The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 30, 1925, Page 1

gjome | Bre | | bs on t repay bi | s cenieeseeiee reat ED | ie BAILEY, COLVIN CONFER eee, TAKE POLICE OUT OF CITY POLITICS Compromise Measure to Be Introduced by Blaine at Monday’s Meet © folks! This is the year the sports writers pick out All-American football tea Nothing like giving the readers a good laugh now and then. Howdy, season of the shoot craps to see who'll be on it Name Business Manager to! Conduct Board of Works Affairs Well, you can say this for the sports editors. None of them ever pot low enough to pick an AU American team of yell leaders as Our Own All-American Football Team Iron (Ore); | ‘ Very (1M) Banks (of Wabash)... Coolidge (Cal, Wet (Wash). ),. Fountain (Penn) Tube (of Colgate) Cherry (Pitt)! , Gelatine (Knox) Smear (Case) Tin (Kans) proposal of a the duti board of publi assume mu charge Th A bill will be in t the troduced at Otym- | °* eoduck formed Yep, there are too many hunters Bhooting those bi water, bulidir partments. deh eternal werantibic linking up ie x the mayor's office with police graft Incidentally, for the benefit of} and alleged lawlessness will be ended strangers in our midst, geoduck 48! if the amendment passes, by placing Pronounced “geoduck," the police department under of the police commission the Spaulding fac-|™en. These men w ontrol Visitor from tory say larger golf ball will be|the voters a used in 1 y co We don't want a larger golf ball. ball of the We can’t get one of the pesky ed by the jjthings into the cup the way It ts. fairy pe AIN MAYOR THE PARLOR SPORTSMAN | AND CITY COUNCH. Football's over, there's no game . City Councilman B nine was To which I want to go, at Mon So I'll stay home a-playing golf | day's session of Several Upon my radio. of the counci Dialing ‘round for KDKA, amined them and h Happy as can be, a cl And perhaps some night I'l win | qua And get Schnectady! y have ex that the Municipal leag | freeholders’ moveme Followenms of both # freeholder league plan mn have in which is sald to ac more Chief Severyns has appointed a city mother to advise girls contem- plating suicide. She should tell ‘em it's easy enough to commit suicide, but a darn sight harder to give an en ® dorsed complish (Turn to Page 9, Imperative re Column 2) i MIAMI STREETS Divorced are Mr | | And Mra, Moses; | Bhe just would warble “Moonlight and Roses.” | The bartender’s union has 27,000 members. Evidently they're not Soing to disband until there is pro- hibition in the United States /Nine Inches of Rain Falls. Over Night in Florida 1 ted MIAMI, Fla., Nov eae | —Many Miami stree | DRAMATIC NOTE 1: bobs es WATE tc e—____ —% a nine-inch The leading feminine character in "What Price Glory” is named Char- maine de la Cognac waded to work in their bare feet Heck, we knew that girl in thelr trousers rolied above the knees ance! She was a cousin of the Many bus lines w sisters, Rouge and Blanc, ate and automob! during the night Led by Mayor Romph. } hundreda inable to oper were powerless to move thru the Bathing sults pted styl always got | the ce of automobiles | of the way! About 14 inches of water | the streets in the downt into business places and | s. A lesser amount of water cc districts, Since early last night a cloudburat poured itself over the entire city and| during the past eight hours more | ) nine inches of rnin fell, break all records here, according to the | local weather bureau ater The Army pla and 5 d bare feet were avy Saturday, nd ref boat the a¢ and re took 5 on the A lot of plea they play the covers 1 section, Hush, tittle alley Don't you ery You'll be a mink cout When you dic hotel lobt L'l Gee Gee say ®t. this morning t “ae she C rs od iooad A pet same’ “8 81 GOOD USED —— | ing | Here are several special offerings imn Of!) taken from today's Classified | | Columns Srom the 40 Yours the Colfax Gazette coma and Seattle are still ais: | quarreling over the name of Mt. | a5 |) sy le name of Mt.|| USED mahowany fernery..$ 8.76 || Mainier Used motal lamp base with | tele ade, comp 6.50 I-plece r and i YL upholat fiber At night hy « nad many people Mathieu, G2" » 96.00 || Used 6 Junior polychrome Jamp 6.96 || Uned f greate talk 1 and we and that an Ch cane erry ond ® Into hour, || Used 4-6 double deck coll | tre é | spring 9.60 y Uned 4-6 metal link aprings, With Prosecutor Colvin Mayor | 5,60 Brown, Matt Starwich, ‘Tom Me Sack 846: oo} Yelle and Dr. Halley gach 14:80 |) Ments, charges and « | - aH Aa Son Turn to the Want Ad Columna yOu can hardly blame the | meh who net up their Wearing gas mo PO |) and see Sopy for|) niture, YOU MONKY BY STAI ADS, cerineanaiesiasniesenasasasnstennietsiaticimmcmsa who is offering this fur: WILL BAY READING TH ALT Bs. pore } Ob (Ovowiig \disturbing the peace at the Tijuana | Griffin here t 24.60 Kiten that Kearns does not repeat the }Ortenes The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington he Seattle Star Mntered a6 Hewwnd Cises Matter May 3, 180%, at the Postoffioe at Meattie, W ash, unces the Act of Congress March 3, 187%, Wer ¥ f, by Mall, $6.00 SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1925 City Council Seeks Business Manager y~_THE WAY OUT! ho on LET’S STOP BACK-BITING AND DECIDE =» THIS CITY MANAGER QUESTION AS ON ITS MERITS (EDITORIAL) city COUNCIL today gets down to brass tacks (sharp end up) in the city man- ager campaign. It’s time that somebody did! Political intrigue, personal animosities and under-the-surface factionalism has crept so far into the fight that the city manager himself has been buried beneath || a landslide of petty jealousies and inconsequential details. | Councilman Blaine this afternoon will introduce a measure that will put the city manager campaign back on the track. As a compromise measure it should satisfy both warring factions, should clear up the muddled tangle of issues that no one pretends to understand and give the voters, in simple, clear-cut language, ONE ISSUE on the manager plan at the spring election. Blaine’s proposals are: A resolution amending the city charter to provide for the abolition of the board of public works and the offices of the six department heads compos- ing that board. These include: Engineering, streets and sewers, buildings, public utilities, water works and lighting. In their place is created the of- fice of business manager. He is hired ona contract by the city council and mayor and can be dismissed by the council and mayor only for breach of contract. A resolution amending the city charter to provide for a police commission of three citizens; to serve in»rotating.terms of three years, without pay, whose duty it will be to appoint a police chief and to administer police affairs. : \ * * %&% Two things have solidified public sentiment around a manager plan: The necessity for lower taxes, coupled with the belief that a business executive, handling city expenditures, could bring it about. The necessity for taking the police force out of city hall politics. Those things are, in a nutshell, what the plan introduced by Blaine provide. The board of pub- lic works spends 98 per cent of the normal revenue of the city. This measure puts a business man- ager in that job. It retains the governmental functions in the hands of the people. The people, thru that government, lay out a policy; the business manager, executes it. The police commission removes police from city hall influence. No need for them to concern themselves with mayoralty elections—a mayor has no power over them. No need to get into a councilmanic fight, as they would under the Municipal league plan—for here there would be no manager, acting as the city council’s errand boy, to have power over them. jase veer” ‘THE Municipal league amendment, in The Star’s opinion, cannot carry at the polls. League ad- vocates have been throwing away what chance they had by their poor sportsmanship in cir- culating petitions trying to drive charter revisionists off the ballot. Even if the measure did carry, it undoubtedly would result in long-drawn-out litigation, as city attorneys have held it to be illegal. With the league’s amendment defeated at the polls, there would be small chance of getting a manager plan written into a revised charter. And even if it carried, we would have two more fights on our hands—a fight to get a manager plank into a revised charter and a fight to “sell” that charter to the public. eae tag HIS compromise measure is the simple way out. It satisfies those who want a business administration for the city’s business. It satisfies those who want the governmental functions retained in the hands of the people. It satisfies those who want a manager whose hands will not be tied by any set of politicians. It satisfies those who want the police situation in Seattle straightened out. It is simple and clear. It is legal. The Star believes the public is justified in demanding the concentration of the city manager fight into one issue; that those who are trying to ride bandwagons of their own should be kicked down the back steps and be made to keep hands off. It believes a city manager is needed in Seattle, and it wants to see the public given a chance to vote on the plan that will satisfy the greatest majority of those || whose servant the manager will be, and who will pay his salary. It believes the measure introduced by Blaine today provides that plan, and it urges all Seattle to unite behind it. oo) ig Te Mar: | 18 te aekutietaant titi ot ey hehe a tied ee r Kean Ford S20 REPORT 35 DEAD) "hie a, | E fo Calo Plead } Application for the extradition hapa rehab para from San Francisco of Floyd Rich j ard son, King county jJailbreaker, was ing gully" by hargo of orwarded to Governor Hartley by rosectuor Colvin Monday, Richa Marines and Soldiers Fight) son way tacing w lite term, in Streets of Chefoo habitual eriminal when he here September 16. | recaptured Booze Defendants’ _ Bonds Forfeited Harry Johnson and Nell Johnson, | charged with violating the national | prohibition act, failed to appear bo- | fore Woderal Judge Neteror Mond }morning to plead to the chi Whon a call in the corridors the courtroom fal Ho was recontly | Tudigo Neterer ore their $750 bail forfeited und a bench warrant issted | PEKIN, Nov. 40. | for thelr arrest, rinex from warships today battled) Seaman Killed in zi local soldiery at Chefoo for posses * . . e doh oF the starrases THerd Warship Explosion| Oregon Pioneer Dies Hand-to-hand fighting at LONDON, Nov, 10.—(By U, Py} BEND, Ore, Nov 40—John W. Hxplosion of a 12-pound gun aboard] Ryan, 68, ploneer Jumberman and | oped in the streets, and sho | (Hy U. 1)} banks cloned as a (he navy sloop Harebell during gun} ranches of — Desehut county, | Jack Kearns, iger of Jack Dempney, 260 by Justice Lloyd Jay, ‘The fine was night, border, Fr former 1 was Fined duced to $4g0 by the court on condi Chinese ma | Oregon Convict Is | Hanged for Murder SALIM, Ore,, devel A and precautionary Nov. 30 W, R, Lioyd was hanged at the} monnure | practicn today, tn the channel re} dropped dead of hoart. fatlure. in state penitentiary here this morning| ‘Thirty-five persons are reported! sulted in the death of one seaman | Redmond yesterday. ‘ho body in| for the slaying of Clint 1, Baun, tn-| killed and wounded, Including} and the injury of an ofifeer and} being shipped today to Anoka, dependence, Ore, garage man, | wome Cny © clvilians, four seamen, Minn., for burial, Barbara Along “The Path of Desire?”’—Turn toPage 6| ita 1WO CENTS IN SEATTLE ON VICE WAR! Grand Jury Hears Mayor’s Evidence Reform Movement Believed Under Way as Probers’ Session Nears End AYOR BROWN reappeared before the King county grand jury Monc morning in a hurried, mysterious and apparently important visit, as the session of the inquis- itors neared adjournment. While Brown was revealing whatever he revealed, the Rev. Ambrose M. Bailey, emphatic critic of the Brown adminis- tration, was closeted with Prosecutor Colvin in an equally hurrie terious and apparently important errand. Dr. Bailey declined positively to reveal the nature of his business with Colvin, but declared that he did not expect to appear again before the grand jury. BAILEY’S CHURCH STARTS REFORM ORGANIZATION The minister's interview with the prosecutor Monday was believed to have connection with the anti-vice crusade organ- ization, which was formed at the day-night, following Dr. Bailey’ th sermon attacking the city administration. His congregation, incefised by the civic picture portrayed, joined almost unanimously in the new reform movement. There was an air of intense expectancy in the county-city building Monday as the probers neared the end of their work. ' Mayor Brown was likewise reticent in discussing his reappearance, but it was believed he reported to the grand jurors on a prepared list of bootleg joints which the police have closed and which are now occupied by legitimate busi- ness. It was also reported that Brown attempted to prove Colvin insincere in Colvin’s effort to stop cigar store dice shaking. He left the jury room at noon, having concluded his evidence. . ; The grand jurors are known to he started preparation of their report on the past three weeks’ investigations. No other witnesses are subpoenaed and the jury may adjourn and report to Presiding Judge Smith today. In his serman, “Does Seattle Need BOOZE TRIAL n has failed ag yet to Special Prosecutor May Be}... t Baptist church Sun- the charge that he {!s responsibl the present conditon of affairs. Upon ry hand In ness to join such A an or as was suggested, Named in Olmsted Case | fh, °"ipnveation as, was susgested, signed slips of paper. other things, Dr. Bailey at “a certain official's sunted to $27,000 a month, name as thi hear and ths ntly a man connected with publ had died, leaving an es )00 after only two en when previously he t was nth. te determi oradie PR 1 Prosecutor hands off" policy regard to the | towing D a man so “pains case, filed by Deputy Sheriff Lee R. fully ho; that he'll never be rich,” ‘ously denied the charge tolvin and himself had eight drinks together while on a slumming Parker, because Parker and his pris- oners are conspiracy by federal authorities. Dalton refused to revoke the $1,006 all charged with a booze} cash bail wach posted Iate Saturday i for Hubba c refused a surety bond o Roy . Olmsted, and his pare Olmsted Jerry Fineh’s motion for a separate trial for himself and Olm sted was continued by Judge Neterer Monday PROSPERITY WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—{By U. in federal court ; morning, | p)—rlimination of industrial waste for one week in the United ates, coupled with advance improvement 21 Former Fresno | in meth Management and pro. has resulted in ‘one of the | tonishing | economic Officers on Trial NO, Cal, Noy, 30.—(By U welve former members of the } ( local police department were to go on trial here today, charged with | ng protection money from ers and otherwise conspiring | ransformations in history,” Secretary of Hoover declared in his tommere annual report today “What the country as a whole has accomplished during the past five years in increased national efficien- {to violate the prohibition laws. The | ¢y in this direction is impossible of case is to start in the cour of | Measurement,” Hoover sald. United States District! Judge Hoover cites statistics of the labor Henning. Selection of a jury may take some time, jt is predicted, and a venire of 63 talesmen was ordered department showt 1920 the wage rat hat while in as 99 per cent standard, and the » per cent the 1924 per cent level and the level in that year had dropped to 50 per cent above the pre-war level above the pre | whe U.S. Ambassador to | Present Credentials TOKYO, Nov. 30. have been mac for bassador ale price ve the pre-w se rate had r ‘bove the pre-war wholesale price Arrangements lees lope Amertcan Am: | MacVeagh to present his credentials to the prince regent within a few days, Shortly atter-| City Power Bill ward it is expected he will be a Will Be Discussed luncheon guest at the Imperial Pal- ®, Where he will be presented to} The Jacobs Power Bill, to permit empre acting for the em-| cities to sell power outside their the legisla. peror, woh is ill jeity limits, now befor subject of a de. SEEKS TO PROTECT |i cus a RAZOR-BACK CLAMS | the Chamber of Commerce. | Harlan, expert for towns east | of the mountains, will represent the LYMPIA, Noy, 80.—The razor |] city light department and urge the back clams of the Washing of the bill W. dD. Lane, ton coast tide lands would be former councilman, will oppose the saved if the bill of Senators Mor- || measure ris and Norman ts passed by the eer ators proposed today || U» S» Has No Further Interest in Chapman that a Jaw be passed limiting tho amount of clams that can |] iranprgRD, Conn) Nov totes ae ee coer eet OMe. |i ay: 8 ati United Mentha jag eee Hl, Introduced today [| 9 further interest in Gerald Chap. by Senators Oman, Norman, {|M" 8 he ia no longer a federal Christensen, Smart, Cavis and |] Prisoner, but is’ now within” the Landon, provides that no in. |] Jurisdiction of the state of Connec junction against laborers who |] tleut A Mt United States At. are pieketing or conducting |} tormey Cooper told Wedoral dude orderly strikes can bo dasued une || Thomas today when the hearing on lox the employers can show ire [| the “prince of bandits’ ” application for a writ of habeas corpus, opened in Wethersfield state prison hore, Tuesday passage reparable damage to property en |