The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-10-08

Hiram c. Gilt. weak and xaeilist.
ING, has saueaied. The Vice syndl.
cate has turned the screws on him.
and he has ordered the restricted
district to move 20 the Tenth Az.
property owned By the hillside In.
seatmert company.
The order 10 not given IN 90 many
words. The undcsirsbles are aim.
ply told that they must move. tha,
the mayor will not designate where
they mus, move 10. bot Il they move
into the Hillside properly they will
not be disturbed.
Where Pic, Wac Laid.
Thus works out the plot that had
its beginning when the mayor waa
Hhanghaied aboard the brewery
launch Rainier The Hillside In.
YsAtmrnt company has triumphed
over the Rex Investment company
and the friends Of Gan. Who are in
teressed In Keeping the district
where Il h. And thus has the mayor
himself shown another conclusive
reason why he should be recalled
from his high office.
Gllfs friends are tuEglng at him
from all sides The Hillside invest
ment company cribhouss 10 ready
for occupancy. so GIN orders the
present district 10 move ige Is pay
Ing the penalty ~ being IN league
with vice promoters
Occupies City Streets.
Now the Hillside Investment com.
pany. which, by the way. Is occupy
INK city streets under a lease. Is a
corporation organized under the
laws OF the state OF Washington
This company was organized June
10. 1910. with a capital stock ~ $780,.
900. 100 shares Of par value ~
$3.50. The original officers 81 the
company were. President. John T.
Clancy. the poolroom mnEnate. sec
Rotary. 3. q. Barrett. one of the
smaller handbook FRY: treasurer J.
y. Wood. manager. W A David. a
vice promoter. vice president. II. G.
Davis. Of the notorious Paris house
Barrett and Davis we're the original
trustees
On August ~ The corporation held
another meeting and elected X NJ.
Cooper. Of the stradford saloon.
president. Davis. viccpreHldeut.
Barrett. secretary; Wood. treasurer
and John r Clancy. Davis and q.
~. Boucher. trustees Boucher IL
70 have the saloon privileges In the
house.
Forced 10 Buy Stock.
on the undesirables OF the under.
world who had any money we're
forced TO buy stock" In this con.
Germ. the stock sales amounting TO
$4,000 The stock was sold by
l.. X. Church. an empioye Of George
+. Vanderyeer. and until recently
on the county pay roll as r de
teetive In the prosecuting attorney =
office. The friendship Of GIN for
the Hillside gang was one Of the
biggest stock selling clubs
The Rex Investment company. q
similar concern. was organized on
May 10 under the legal auspices Of
r. r. Hammond. attorney It's Of
flcers are two dummies who can.
not be found. A. Dexter. president
and l.. r. Gilbert. secretary ana
treasurer. The capital stock Of the
Rex Investment company Is $50.
600. but its plans were big. lnclud-
ing a cement dance hall which was
10 be operated under their crib
house adjoining the Hillside place
The Rex company has played In
hard luck. the stockholders double
crossing" each other, and added
70 this Was a landslide which prac-
tically destroyed the foundation Of
the proposed vice he'll.
The Other Vice Faction.
Opposed 70 these two honorable
corporations we're the men who
have their vice money Invested In
the present district, Bergman, Lu-
d0vic. the Sixth av. house and the
rest. These are the places that