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PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI "0. 1 5.7 03.
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B! TRUST'S ACTS
GaryTellsWhy Tennes
see Iron Bought.
CRASH WDULD HAVEBEEN GREAT
Roosevelt Consulted Before
Steel Trust Buys.
FEDERAL CONTROL SOUGHT
Ilrad of Trnt Relate Dramatic
fclory of Deal W hleh Saved Moore
at fk-hh-j Slork Jhiaeht for
Jlore Than It's Worth.
WAJOrtNGTOX. June 1. Elbert H.
Gary, chairman of the United States
Heel Corporation. told the Stanley
ateel trust Inveettaatlnr committee) to
day Ct his corporation ihhm! behind
J. P. Morgan tn avertln a disastrous
f!nanrtal opheaval la 107.
He Insisted, challenalng tha state
ments of John W. ckm bafora tha
oramlttea. that lha parchaa by tha
tral corporation of tha Tmiitw Coal
at Iron Company at that tlma araa made
at a price mora than It waa worth for
tha tipr.u purpoea of preventing tha
crash of tha New Tork banking firm
of Moora Schley.
Mr. Gary related a drnmatlo story of
tha momentous events which preceded
tha absorption of tha Tenneaaca con
earn. lie described In detail bow ha
and Henry C Frlrk. at tha Inttanca of
Mr Morgan, had revealed tha plan of
buying the company at a prlca greater
than Ita value to President Roosevelt
and Kl:ho Root, then Secretary of State,
lie told how ha had concluded, after
thalr Interview with Mr. Roosevelt,
that any Government prosecution of
their act would have been an "out
.age."
IVtlrral Control Mut Com.
Mr. Gary made surprising statements
du-tng bla eight hours examination,
bit none mora startling than his dec
laration that Government control and
publicity of corporations In this country
must coma, lie said that through tha
A inert ran Iron at Steel Institute, tha
heads of tha steel Industry ara trying
to steer a course between tha Sherman
anti-trust law. which ha characterised
as "archaic.- on the one hand, and tha
old-time method of destructive com
petition on tha other. In order to oper
ate for public welfare.
Mr. Gary announced to tha commit
tee that ha wanted everything known
concerning the steel corporation, and
mora than all ha pleaded for soma re
sponsible government eource to which
auch a necessary great corporation
could appeal for guidance tn tha con
duct of Ita business, lie agreed to fur
Titan tha committee so much that It
wished to know that ha will bo recalled
when It meets again Wednesday.
Other who have been summoned to
appear ara W. tt. TMc-kson, of tha Steel
Corporation, and John Lambert, of tha
rtepubllo Iron Steel Company.
TenarMt Offered Tra.U
Tha acquisition of tha Tennessee Coal
at Iron Company by tha Vnlted states
Hteel Corporation waa taken up by tha
committee this afternoon. Represen
tative) ljttleton conducted the Inquiry
f r tha committee Mr. Gary was per
mitted to make a full statement re
garding that transaction.
"Early In Ie7 Mr. Morgan sert for ma
and said George Reenter, who bad pur
chase stK ks of the Tennc.ee Coal A
Iron outsld tha grant to Fir on. had
approarhsj him with the state-rent that
tha Tennessee company could ba pur
ehaeed at 1J. I told Mr. Morgan It
waa not worth havtng at that price.
"I believe at that time Mr. Morsan
aid that Keejler represented only him
self and not any of the members of
tha tVbley synduate. Hut about Octo
ber Si. 15". Mr. Morgan asked me to
coma to bla bank and tIJ ma that
Grant eVMey. managing director of te
Tcnneawe company, was much In need
of ra'-ney t- use at tha bank tha firm
ef Moore VMey.
"I tblrfc I saw Mr. J-Mey then, but
tha business finally resulted In my ao
comno.la:irc Mr. rVhley with a loan
af ll.JOo.eoa par value of Vnlted Statea
teel aeconJ ho '.. and ta-lng from
him an areement to return theea
bonds, an I I received as security for
te fulfilment of that agreement I -.-"....
rar value, stock cf tha Tennes
see Coul a Iron Company.
linr) Waa Nccrary.
-Mr. ScLley eal.l It waa absolutely
ec.sry to protect fcltn from final
trouble. That lon. yon see. was tak
ing tha Tennessee Coal Iron on the)
basis of
Mr. Gary referred to the possibility
then of sup-n?1on of many banks and
fallura of many persona He told of
fie conferen.-e between Mr. Morgan and
Louts Caea Ledrard. counsel for Colonel
Oliver Payne, of the syndicate that pur
chased the controlling Interest In tha
Tennessee Comrnny.
"Mr. Morgan sail to me. 1 don't
know whether the Vnlted State! Steel
Corporation can afford to purchase this
stock or not. Tou know bst aa to
that. If It does not buy It; If the
Vnlted Statea Steel Corporation or
someone elaa doea not furnish relief.
I. man can aay what the effect will
' tCao!uled eat rw .
PIG
AVERTED
BERNHARDT RIDES
IN CAB OF ENGINE
ACTRESS WHISKED ALONG AT
RATE OF 7 MILES AX HOCR.
Following Exciting Trip to Chicago,
Divine One Una to Tnclfy Her
Chef, So Day I Trying One.
CHICAGO. Juna t. (Special) Dis
dainful of gTlma and elndera and ter
rlflo sr.eed. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt
clung to tha fireman's scat In tha cab
of tha locomotive of a special train
wblcb brought bar to Chicago from
Milwaukee today.
At tiroes the engineer. In response
to a nod from tba "divine Sarah." put
on mora speed, and tha great actresa
waa wblsked through Southern Wiscon
sin at the rata of miles an hour. At
Waukegaa aba retired to tha privacy
of her car after shaking bands with
tba engineer and fireman and thanking
them In ber sweetest manner.
Fatigued as a result of ber playing
In Milwaukee and thrilling ride after
ward, aha apent most of the day
guletly.
She was compelled. In tha presence
of her guests, to pacify M. Henri, her
chef, who waa In a rage as tha result
of an encounter with M- Plearot, chef
at tba Congress Hotel, wbera Mma.
Bernhardt la ataytng.
At tha Studebaker Theater all waa
In a turmoil In tha afternoon because
of tba failure to find a eultable wooden
horse to use In "Sister Beatrice."
BOY HURT RESCUING BABE
1 "-Year-Old Snatches Toddler From
Car' Path to Bo Hit by Cicle-
BPOKANE. 'Wash- Juna 5- (Special.)
Dashing across tha East Sprague ave
nue carllna ai Made'.Ia and uuve atreeis.
u-.jn..i. evening. Sylvester Otis,
aged 1-. sustained aevere Injuries and
risked bla life In a sueceserui attempt
t -. Walter Wellar. aged 4. from
death under tha wheeia of an approach
ing car.
Tba toddler bad managed to get out
on tha tracks to cross tha street, heed
lesa of a etreetcar which waa bearing
down upon him. Sylvester, also playing
In the atreet- took In the situation at a
glance and unhesitatingly ran for tha
child. Ho got tha baby In bla arms and
cleared the rails, grated by the street
car fender as be passed, but tha effort
made him losa hla balance on the other
side and ha fell In a baap with bla bur
den right In front of a apeeding motor
cycle. Tha rlier waa unable to prevent
a collision and all three ware knocked
down.
Tba 4-year-old waa unhurt, but when
Juvenile Officer Parker got to tha scene
young Sylvester waa taking stock of aev.
eral injuries. Ha waa removed to bla
home, where It was found that bla right
kneecap bad been twisted and both bat
arms torn severely.
SMALL BOY ELECTROCUTED
Astoria Child Playing In Grove
ar Home Touches I.lvo Wire.
ASTORIA. Or. Juna I. (Special.)
John MeMullen. tha 13-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter MeMullen. waa
accidentally electrocuted while at play
today tn a amall grove near tba fam
ily borne, but bis body waa not discov
ered until several hours later.
A small copper wire, which boys tn
tha neighborhood had been using aa a
telegraph Una. had broken and noma
one. a few days ago. attached a atona
to It and threw one end over an alec
trio light wire carrying tJOO volts.
Tha MeMullen boy. while' running
about, came In contact wjtb tha small
wire and waa Instantly killed.
Whlia the boy had been missing
since he came home from achool at
noon, hla body waa not found until
about a o'clock tonight.
CINCINNATI HOTEL AFIRE
Man Kc ported Trapped bjr Blase
Thai Sprni la Doom Jlotclry.
C1NVIXXATT. O. Juno S Th Hot.
Walton, at fMxth anl Walnut strta. In
tha downtown dltrtvt. la burnlnir and
apfars d vomrd.
Tha Mas 19 to a dlntrtrt In which
trt located a half down other hotels
and thrmtr. and other building ara
threatened.
A second alarm has been turned In,
ordering out all of the flichtlnv appar-
sattaai I Ken an f . I iHmtrtft If la
rrporiru iaai a iris, onr mun nas oen
trapped la the hotel and o far hns not
been rcud.
SCHOOL AGE IS 8 TO 15
Atlornry-Cieneral 1 Wince Limits for
Compulsion of Attendance.
SALEM. Or. June J. (Special.)
Children In this state are compelled
to attend school when they aye be
tween the axes of 8 and IS years.
The time of compulsory attendance
starts on their 8th birthday and ends
on their ISth.
This Is the substanoe of an opinion
handed down by the Attorney-General
today.
OFFICIAL DECLINES FEAST
City ComniU'lonrr Jlcfu to Attend
llecue of "Open Shop."
SrVKANFi Tash, June I. tSpeclaL)
R c. Costes, City Commissioner." has
declined to attend the com In banquet
of the Rotary Club, composed of 5po
kane'a most prominent bue'.ness men.
because "open shop prevails at the
restaurant wbera the dinner la to take
place.
ROAD POLICY
ASSAILED BY HILL
Calling-in of Convicts
Is Criticised.
PEACE RULES AT CHEHALIS
Resolutions First Modified and
Then Withheld.
LEGISLATORS ARE BLAMED
Accusing; linger, Pointed Toward
Olympla, Evokes Applause When
Southwestern Washington
Discusses Good Roads.
CHEHAXJS. Wash.. Juna 2. (Special.)
Tha eeml-polltlcal clouds that gathered
on tha horison yesterday with an appar
ent possibility of darkening tha blase of
co-operative good fellowship for which
tha Southwestern Washington Develop
ment Association's three days' meeting
was to have been noteworthy, aeem to
have dispelled. For today began tha
first of the programme dealing wltb real
development queatlons, divorced from tha
possibility of political carping and free
from any unpleasant memories of bygone
wrongs sustained by Southwestern TVaah-
Ington.
Tha dove of peace, which seemed about
to alight at tha close of Thursday aft
ernoon's session, waa atlll fluttering
warily at the opening of tha evening
meeting, however, despite the skillful
efforts of the representatives of the
Puget Sound cities to place upon Ha tail
feathers tha proverbial aalt. In thta In
stance a preparation of oratorical ex
pressions of good fellowship and desires
for co-operation.
Hay's Poller Attacked.
Samuel Hill, of MaryhlU. furnished
both tna sensations of tha evening and
what apparently was tha last broadside
that will disturb the amicable course
of events, when ba bitterly attacked tba
course pursued by Governor Hay In abol
ishing tha employment of convict labor
on the roada of the stato.
Mr. Hl!l bad made no secret of tha
fact that be Intended to place before tha
gathering a aeries of resolutions calcu
lated to "start something" with a ven
geance. So positive waa he. In fact.
In his declaration that ha would ask for
action upon these resolutions that In
tha afternoon thel text was given to
tha representatives of the newspapers.
After a conference with some of those
at the bead of affaire In tba Development
Association tha roost' drastlo of the
number, wblcb would have placed tha
association on record aa "unqualifiedly
disapproving" Governor Hay's action In
putting himself at tbe head of tha high
way commission and which character
ized It aa "an Insult to tbe state." waa
eliminated.
The general character of tha remain
ing nine resolutlona was that of indorse-
Cmiclu1ed en Page
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INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
Tbe Weather.
ncKTEItrjAT'S Maximum temperature, 09
degrees; minimum. aS degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Ford ra
Ds a Barra calls election for President of
Mexico. Page i.
National.
Tart and Knox come in conflict with House
committee en disclosing secret rwcurua.
Pass 1.
Gary tells House committee about steel
Trust deal with Tennessee Company and
Invites Federal control. Pass 1.
Idaho irrigation projects add $ ISO. 000. 000
to wealth or state. Page T.
Keyatone for North Yakima atasonlo Temple
nela in r sot iam xor ouiy. - -
. Domes tie.
Detectives seek three oil company promoters
whom widow eharcee witn twinaung nr
out of lto.000 fortune. Pace 3.
Bernhardt, rtdlnr tn cab of locomotive,
speeds along 70 miles aa hour. Pass 1.
Chief of Police Seymour, of Ban Francisco,
dismissed, acting Chief appointed, court
enjolne change, both men bold offlee.
Page 1.
rollUes.
Socialist candidate may receive more votes
fur atayor than Thomas. rase A.
Rushlight partlsane fall to break up 81mon
meetings. Page a.
Paciae Northwest.
Fire Indicted for plot to swindle Puget
Sound Navy-yard on supply contracla
Page 2.
Court gives Bschelors Club permanent re
st raining order against City of Woodbum.
Page a.
Samuel Hill at Chehalle crltlclsee withdrawal
of convicts frum road work. Page 1.
Tupper teetlfl.ee to paying graft money to
Chief Wappenstcla. Page a.
aim Ella Clark, of Coburg. drowns In Wil
lamette Klver; Mlas Edna Rlddell saved,
when boat upsets. Pegs 1.
Additional census enumerators arrested at
Tacoma. Page 2.
Addison Bennett finds boundless energy tn
new City of Metollus. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Higher prices paid for wool la Oregon.
Page 21.
New York stork market broad and active.
Page 21.
Wheat higher at Chicago on crop damage
reports. Page 21.
Better sentiment prevails in business circles.
Page II.
Rortmea flght closing of bridge draws.
Page 20.
Sports.
Pacific Coast lague reseulte yesterdayt
Oakland a. Portland 3: eacramanto 8,
Vemun 2: San Francleoo 8. los Ange
les a. Page a.
Northwestern League results yesterday: Ta
coma a. Portland 9: Spokane K, Van
couver 1; Seattle 6. Victoria a. Page 6.
Waahlnrton High defeate Jefferson, g to 0.
snd Lincoln wins Interacholaatlo cham
pionship. Page 9.
Portland aad Vicinity.
United Railways gets warehouse slta and
terminals In Bay City. Page SO.
Divorce refused to Velguth; husband sad
wife both held at fault- Page 12.
Portland on alert for arrival of Rex Ore
gon us. Page IX e
Advocate of harbor bill say city ahould con
trol terminals. Page 16.
PORTLAND FIRST ON COAST
Bank Clearings Show Advance of
16.7 Per Cent Sonnd tioses.
Less thsn a doxen cities in tha
United Statea showed an Increase In
bank clearings in the week just closed
over tha corresponding week of last
year, but among these Portland takes
second rank, with a percentage of ad
vance of 16.7. Galveston. Tex., with
an Increase of ti. per cent, alone out
ranked Portland.
Necrly all tha Coast cities reduced
the slsa of their clearings this week.
Ban Francisco showing; a decline of
Seattle 7.9, Tacoma 28.3 and Spo
kane 28.2.
On account of tha holiday this week
tbe volume of clearings waa compara
tively lighter, but Portland maintained
a good position In comparison with
other places of equal size and impor
tance. For comparison, while this
city cleared 18,952.000, St. Paul and
Denver, cities of approximately the
same population, cleared 88,357,000 and
86.593.000, respectively.
KNOX
WITHHOLDS
SECRET RECORDS
Conflict With House Is
Result of Action.
TAFT TELLS HIM NOT TO YIELD
Mystery Surrounds Expendl
ture of $1600 Fund.
ROOSEVELT IS INVOLVED
Ex-Prcsldcnt First Ordered Facts
Abont Balance of Portrait Ap
propriation. Kept Secret.
Bouse Makes Demand.
WASHINGTON". June Z. A contro
versy over the executive right to with
hold confidential papers from a Con'
gresslonal probing committee waa pre
clpttated in the capital today by tha
refusal of Secretary of State Knox, on
instructions by President Taft, to place
before tha House committee on expen
dltures books showing tha record of
the payment for the portrait of ex-Sec
retary of State. Kay. Tba committee
is seeking to find what became of the
$1600 balance of tha 82500 appropria
tion for tha artist.
Mr. Knox said bs was directed to
complete his investigation Into what
became of tha money and to report to
the President.
Roosevelt Enjoined Secrecy.
Chairman Hamlin. of Missouri,
threatened to take tha matter to the
floor of the House. A colloquy be
tween Hamlin and the Secretary finally
resulted in the suggestion that the
chairman might be allowed personally
to Inspect the particular record. This
course probab'y will be followed.
Mr. Knox, In bis letter to the Presl
dent, dated today, said:
"This expenditure was covered by a
regular certificate issued under and
pursuant to tha authorization of sec
tion 231 of the revised statutes. Inas
much as a compliance with this sum-
mona in the matter of producing the
recorda containing statements regard
ing the voucher would be to place be
fore the committee accounts which
have been certified by one of your pre
decessors. President Roosevelt, as not
proper under section 291 to be made
public I have to request your direction
as to what my action in obedience to
the summons shall be."
Taft Says Don't Show It
The President, in his reply, said that
In view of the facts and circumstances
and that the emergency fund expen
ditures for this period have, under the
express authority of Congress, been
certified by Secretary Hay Tor my pre
decessor. President Roosevelt, as be
ing of such a character as ought not
to be made public, I feel that nothing
but some extraordinary circumstances
would Justify tpe in directing you to
ConcIuded on Pago 2.)
GIRL DROWNS AS
RESCUER ARRIVES
JIISS ET.T.A CLARK, OF COBTTRG,
VICTIM OF CPSET BOAT. '
Snag Breaks Just as Touth Extends
Pole to Save Edna Rlddell
Reaches Shore.
EUGENE. Or., Juno 2. (Special.)
Thrown into the swirling; waters of
the Willamette River when her boat
struck a snag, and swept to ner death
from a fragile branch as she reachd for
a life-saving: pole, after a rescue boat
had been swamped, was the fate this
afternoon of Miss Ella Clark. 20-year-old
daughter of William Clark, of Co
burg:. The accident happened at 8 o'clock
after Miss Clark and a companion. Miss
Edna Rlddell, had spent several hours
with sisters along; the banks of the
river; two miles north of Eugene. The
two girls entered a boat in a spirit of
fun and It at onoe began to float
rapidly with tbe helpless girls. When
the boat was overturned. Miss Rlddell
caught hold of the rope and held on
until she had, drifted near enough to
some willows to be helped out.
Miss Clark secured a precarious hold
on a dead snag, while a youth. Intent
on her rescue, launched a skiff. This
capsized and the youth had hard work
to get ashore, but shouting encourage
ment to the Imperiled girl, he strove to
reach her with a long pole. In her
attempts to gain safety the dead branch
broke, and the girl sank. The body
did not rise.
RICHEST WIDOW COMING
West Attracts Mrs. Harrtman, Who
Will Spend Sumner in. Idaho.
BOISE. Idaho. Juna 2. CSpecial.)
Idaho will have the honor of enter
taining Mrs. E. H. Harriman, widow of
the late railroad magnate, during the
beat of the Summer months, according
to an announcement made today in
Boise by local Oregon Short Line offi
cials, who declare it is definitely set
tled that Mrs. Harriman will arrive at
Island Park, Fremont County. June 10.
She will be entertained on a ranch
there owned by Short Line officials.
Plans made for her reception and
entertainment have been completed by
W. H. Bancroft, general manager of
the Oregon Short Line; D. E. Burley.
general passenger agent, and other
Harriman railroad officials. Mrs. Har
riman is now closing her business sf
falrs in New York preparatory to com
ing West.
The Eastern Idaho ranch on which
Mrs. Harriman will spend the Summer
is nine miles from Eccles. It borders
on the Yellowstone-National Park and
consists of some 700 acres. Ideally 10
cated.
DEATH COMESJN WRECK
Soo Train Ditched, Catches Afire
and Several Persons Perish.
iTvvivnRTA. Minn.. June 2. Min
neapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie
passenger train wo. iu, norinouunu,
at 11:30 tonltrht at Vargas,
... notrnlt. Minn., and several per
sons killed. Many are repori.eii m io
been Injured.
The train went Into the ditch as tne
Af a wAftlimit and one of the
coaches Is reported as Burning, mo
train was returning from jjenwooa.
DETROIT, Minn., Juno i Five cars
r. a&M to be burning, and it Is re
ported two passengers were killed and
four badly injured.
MOFFAT LEFT $9,767,114
Denvar Man's Wealth Was Chiefly
in Bank and Railroad.
DENVER, June 2. David H. Moffat's
estate, according to an Inventory filed
today, amounts to 89.707,114.13, not in
cluding mining stocks and mining
property in this and other states, esti
mated to bo worth from 85,000.000 to
86.000,000. A aupplementary inventory
will be filed.
Tha value of the Moffat stock in tho
First National Bank of Denver is ap
praised at 81,461,000 and that of his In
terest in the Moffat road and the utan-
Colorado Construction Company at
86,954.862.
POSTAL BANK IS COMING
Portland to Have One After July 1,
With Other Big Cities.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. June 2- The Postofflco. Depart
ment announced today that beginning
July 1 postal savings banks will bo
opened in the large cities of the country
and that in all probability one of the
first of these big banks will be opened
at Portland.
Plans have not yet been perfected, but
It is also probable that postal banks will
be opened this Summer or Fall in Se
attle, Tacoma and Spokane also.
STEAMER AMUR IS ASHORE
Vessel Reported in Peril in Wrangel
Narrows.
WASHINGTON. June 2. The British
steamer Amur, heavily laden, is ashore
in the Wrangel Narrows on the Alaskan
Coast, and, according to reports re
ceived by the revenue cutter service,
is in a perilous position.
The Surveyor of Customs at Seattle
has been Instructed by the Treasury
Department to allow the landing of
such of tho Amur's cargo as may be
saved,
BAY CITY POLICE
HI -.TWO CHIEFS
McCarthy Names New
Man; Is Blocked.
COURT KEEPS SEYMOUR IN JOB
White, Chum of Redlight King,
Named Acting Chief.
LID TO BE THROWN AWAY
Seymour is Dismissed on New
Charges, hut Court Forbids Ac
tion Seymour and White Both
Hold Office at Same Time.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. (Special.)
Judge James M. Seawell at 2 o'clock
this afternoon Issued a writ of review
ordering the Police Commission to
bring all its proceedings in the Sey
mour case before him and continuing
Seymour in the office of Chief of Po
lice until the case comes up for bear
ing on June 9. The court orders the
Police Commissioners not to interfere
with Seymour's discharge of his duties
as Chief of Police.
Ous White, intimate friend and con
stant companion of Jerome Basslty,
chief of the macquereauz, was sworn
in as acting Chief of Police of San
Francisco at noon by Mayor McCarthy's
reorganized police board.
Gus White, aside from being closely,
identified with Jerome Bassity, is an
outside man for the San Francisco Gaa'
Company. The appointment of White
is the fulfillment of Basslty's boast
that be would run the San Francisco
police department and that the lid
would be removed and thrown away.
Change Is Quickly Made.
San Francisco is aghast at this latest
move by the . Mayor. This sudden
change came after Chief Seymour was
suspended this morning on charges
sworn to by Captain Harry O'Dea.
Joseph Sullivan, until 11 o'clock presi
dent of the police board, resigned. Ho
would make no statement other than
to say:
"I've quit. I'm through with the
whole mess."
J. Frank Jewel, secretary of the .
former grand Jury, was appointed to'
Sullivan's position.
McCarthy's plan to put Basslty's man
at the head of the Police Department
was quickly executed. Jewel's ap
pointment arrived at the board with
Sullivan's resignation. The new ap
pointee went into session with Flaherty
and Goldberg, and they proceeded to
carry out the Mayor's wishes. Com
missioner Splro opposed tbe other three.
After the board had -been organized,
the old charge by Secretary Skelly, on
which an effort was made to remove
Chief Seymour was dismissed. This
movement was made to evade, if possi
ble, being brought in contempt of Judge
Seawall's orders enjoining the board
from proceeding with the trial and dis
missal of Seymour. New charges were
read and a resolution passed suspend
ing Seymour and appointing White,
Commissioners Flaherty, Goldberg and
Jewel voting for it.
Seymour Resists Change.
Seymour's attorneys immediately
sought Judge Seawell and applied for
a new injunction to restrain the sus
pension of the Chief and to prevent
White taking charge of the depart
ment. "My attorneys will proceed in this
case," said Seymour, "exactly as they
did In the original case. I can say
nothing further about the matter at
this time."
Seymour refused to recognize the ap
pointment of White and declined to
surrender the office of Chief of Police.
After the commissioners had adminis
tered the oath to White, the would-be
Bassity chief proceeded to the Chiefs
office and told Seymour he had come
to take charge as Acting Chief. ' '
"There is no such office," said Chief
Seymour firmly. "I am the Chief of
Police. I am here and I am going to
stay here."
Two Chiefs Hold Orfice.
White grinned rather foolishly and
said: '
"Well, all I can do now is to go to
the County Clerk and file my appoint-'
ment"
"Go ahead. Go where you please," re
torted the Chief "And when you re
turn you'll find mo right here."
Two Chiefs of Police were for a
time keeping headquarters in the Hall
of Justice on Eddy street. Seymour
holds his accustomed office and refuses
to surrender it to the man whom the
commission has attempted to put in
his place, while Acting Chief White,
under the appointment of the board.
has established headquarters in an ad
joining room.
For a time both chiefs were occupy
ing the same office in the Hall of Jus
tice, with their chief clerks in an ad-;
Joining room.
The two chiefs engaged in friendly
conversation, apparently satisfied with
their status, but neither one willing to
leave the office. The two chiefs are
exercising their Joint authority over
the department. Neither has been com
pelled to issue any important- order .
and there has been no conflict of Judg
ment between them. ..