The Washington herald., 1911-07-26

The mayor of Glen Echo last
night chopped off one head and
then held his ak, like the sword of
Damocles, directly over the invit-
ing, quivering neck of another.
He "fred" Deputy Sheriff Frank
Weiner, and demanded the resigna-
ton of John A. Garrett, clerk and
treasurer of the village. Into the
latter he poured this hot shot: GAS
attorney for the Washington Rail
way and Electric Company and the
Glen Echo Park Amusement Com
pany, it seems impossible for you
to properly fill your duties accord
ing to your oath of office"
HUNTING FOR HEADS.
The mayor was out head hunting. He
bagged one, and is confident he will get
another. Weiner he dismissed sum-
marily, saying he was conniving at vio-
lation of the Sunday law as an employe
Of the amusement park.
At an early hour this morning Glen
Echo was quiet. Throughout yesterday
the only frothy sentiment express, ID was
the imputation that the town is boss
ridden" and that the boss is John A.
Garrett.
This development comes as a result
Of the controversy between Mayor Louis
c. Witkowski and the Glen Echo Park
Amusement Company over the use OF the
water supply. And all the trouble of
Monday, when eighty-two persons were
arrested for violation Of the Sunday
labor law, has been temporarily lost sight
Of by the gossips in the discussion Of
Garrett and his political acts and aspira-
tions.
Boss of the Town.
Garrett, who was three times elected
mayor of Glen Echo and is now a men,
Der OF the Maryland house of delegates
and clerk of the village, is the power
behind the throne and the controlling
influence in Glen Echo, according to state
ments made by ]. J. Decker, w. H.
Roach, A. ]. Houghton, Mayor Witkow
ski, and others.
in Glen Echo he has run things to suit
himself. Mayor Witkowski says he has
never been permitted to see the town rec
ords and until the case of the water
supply came up never asserted his au-
thority. When Garrett was mayor, ac-
- cording to citizens, he kept possession
of the town records. When he left that
office he was elected town clerk and an
ordinance was passed making the ac-
tons of the town council illegal and void
unless the town clerk was present. The
ordinance is still in force.
Park Not 70 Close.
Manager L. E. Schloss issued the fol-
lowing statement last night:
Glen Echo Park is not going to close.
but will continue until the end of the
season, no matter what the outcome Of
the Sunday question. The report that the
park without the patronage of the Sun
day crowds would be forced to close is
without basis. While the attendance on
Sundays has been gratifying, the finan-
cial returns have not exceeded those of
week days.
'fThere is, absolutely no connection be-
tween the Washington Railway and Elec-
tric Company and the Glen Echo Park
Company, and the attempt to draw the
traction company into this controversy
can be attributed only to petty political
intriguers. The Glen Echo Park Com
pany is a corporation chartered by the
State OF Maryland, and leases the park
grounds from the owner, which is the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany.
Gen. George H. Harries. vice president;
II. w. Fuller, general manager, and DR..
L. w. Glazebrook, also an official of the