The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-01-05
SHARDLOW HAS
HEAD CUT OFF
so DO TRRtt POLICE OFFICERS
Phillip, the Rcformer, WicIds tho AK
and His Nasscls Dane, TO Ills
IIornpipr--New Appointments.

Tho new council started in work at
its initial meeting Tuesday night,
when the Administrations ak was
flashed and applied with telling ef-
feet. The first blow resulted in the
heads. Captain Frank MilIicGn, Ia
trolmen Frank Loker and .. b.
Gram The mayor made one more
mighty flourish and the saloon license
of Frank Shardlow was revoked. The
meeting was OF little more than
half hours duration but it wrought
mighty havoc while 1t lasted, and to
all appearances. 1t was one of those
cooked up affairs of which Mayor
Armbruster gave an inkling before he
was elected to office, when he said.
that the council would hold its real
meetings hereafter in the Farmers &
Merchants bank. This one must have
been held there Saturday afternoon.
There was nothing to 1t but Arm
bruster from start to finish. or II
there was, it was not visible to the
naked eye. Armbruster made the
appointments; Armbruster put the
motions; Armbruster declared them
carried. In the case of the Shardlow
license it appeared to the spectators
that the vote was close, but the op-
posing ones were like so many sheep
and sat submissive, unwilling to ask
for the ayes and nays. Before the
vote was put by the mayor, Attorney
Luhman arose and stated that he be-
lieved 1t to be a long established GUS
tom to give the defendant a hearing
and In all fairness and justice, he
asked that such program he carried
out in this instance. The mayor, how
ever, was obdurate and would listen
to no argument. Assuming a highly
righteous air, he explained with char
acteristic Philippine eloquence that
gambling was unlawful; that Mr.
Shardlow had permitted it to go on
in his place of business, consequently
he must be beheaded.
No one ever thought to remind the
mayor that Mr.. Shardlow's gambling
joint. If he has one, is not the only
one in the city, and of course Mr..
Armbruster being mayor Of q thriv.
ing municipality and president of an
alleged growing bank and a very busy
man besides, is unable to be cogniz-
ant of all these things. So no one
was very much surprised at his be-
nigh innocence. That old time COM
bination of ignorance and wisdom
was never displayed to better effect
than Tuesday night by "hizzoner."
With an air of you can't arrest the
mayor" he adorned the executive
chair with the mock dignity OF Ne.-
laya and the crust OF a gingerbread
man.
In the appointments, the heads of
departments with the exception of
Building Inspector Wise and Police
Judge Wende are retained in office
No successor was appointed for 4he
building inspectors berth and Attor-
ney Irving j. Bounds replaces Judge
Henry II. Wende City Engineer
Doolittle. Police Chief Tom Story.
Street superintendent Mart Schichtl
and City Health Officer DR.. John
Nywening were reappointed. III. w.
Taylor Is slated for Captain Millcan's
job as desk sergeant and Patrolmen
Loker and Grant were given the
"kibosh." The other city appoint
lnentS IOllOWS:
City engineer, II. J. Doollttle; street
superintendent, Mart Schichtl: police
Judge, l. j. Bounds; sexton, j. D.
Johns; chief of police, r. l.. Story;
captain, II. w. Taylor; patrolmen,
a. l.. Wakefield, a, A. Smith, w. II.
Kelley, II, M, zimmerman, l.. T.. Chase.
f.. V. Sanders, j. c. Lang, Chas.
Niles; chief fire department, e. q.
Dawson.
The arrangement OF committees
handed out by "hizzoner" are as fol-
lows:
Finance and Purchasng-We nner,
Null and Culver
Street and Ditch--Schorn, Nun.
Pease.
Police--Mull. Culver, Schorn
Fire and Water-Culver, Shaw and
Wenner.
Cemetery--Shaw, Smith. Peasa
Public mprovements--Pe ease, Cul-
yer, Shaw.
Water Light and Franchise-Cul-
yer, Shaw, Schorn.
Taxation-Mull, Pease, WenneT
Printing-Smith. Wenner, Schorn.
Board of Health--Dr. Nywening,
Shaw, Culver.
Judiciary-Culver, Pease, Null,
Schorn. Wenner and the mayor.