The San Francisco call., 1913-08-26
Mrs. Canning Reads Long
Diatribe, Characterizing
Crusaders as Noto-
riety Seekers
CHARGES MERELY
AMUSE CHIEF WHITE
Admits He Refused to Send
Officer Sleuthing With
Mrs. Huegel


Swamped under torrent of words
and invective, the police commission sat
last night and looked on helplessly
while the opposing factions of the
Oceanside war fought ii out in their
presence.
The Oceanside defenders We're there
in force, routing for the time the
"Campbellites, who We're represented
chiefly by Mrs. Myrtle Howard Huegel
and Mrs Mary Sullivan.
However. the commissioners finally
did get a chance to transact a little
actual business.
Ulrich Remensperger, who claimed to
be the owner of the saloon at 1o3 Third
street. had been cited to show cause
why his license should not be revoked,
Captain Mooney having charged that
the real owner of the place was James
Ryan. one of the proprietors of the
Phoenix gambling club
This case was tried. and Joe Kilbay.
who manages the place. testified posi-
lively that Ryan had no connection with
1t, but that he himself ran it, He said
that the place is called THE Ryan
The commissioners suggested that it
might be just as well to change the
name, and to this Kilbay agreed.
PATRoLMAN SEEKS NEW TRIAL
Patrolman Pat Tracy. who few
weeks ago was dismissed from the
force for accepting bribes. appeared,
and By counsel, asked for a new trial
After q long conference in executive
session the board finally agreed to take
/ the matter up September 10. but am
nounced that this must not be taken
as a precedent. If. however, an in
Justice had been done to Tracy, the
commissioners wanted to right it.
The case of Oficer Hiatt. charged
with unofficerlike conduct for being
member of the notorious Waldorf club.
went over until next Monday.
Patrolmen John ]. Crowley and
Michael Welton, charged with unoff1cer-
like conduct in connection with the ar
rest of Myrtle Cert a few days ago,
were exonerated after hearing.
At the close of the open session the
board went into executive session to
consider changes and innovations in
the police department for the good of
the service.
The exciting feature of the meeting
was the onslaught made by Mrs. Cath
crime Canning on Mrs Campbell and
her forces.
MIys. CANNING READS ATTACK
Mrs. Canning read long and pointed
diatribe in which she characterized Mrs.
Campbell and the latter's forces as
undesira bles whom 1t would be ad-
visable to deport to Oakland, were 1t
not for the fact that the Oakland au-
thorities probably would object. She
said that the Campbell crowd was ruin
ing Oceanside by slanderous statements
concerning its morals, and demanded
that the extra patrolmen placed in that
district at the insistence of the Camp
bell crowd be Immediately removed. as
they were not needed, and merely gave
the district black eye.
The Camphells. she declared, were
merely notoriety seekers. When she
tried to address the reporters present
she was shut off by President Roche
The charges made against Chief Of
Police D. A. White before the police
commission by Mrs Myrtle Howard
Huegel, the woman who would be su-
pervisor,. did not come up. They do
not bother the head of the police de-
partment He cheerfully admits the
y tel
asked about them.
ADMITS WOMAN CAME TO HIM
why, yes" said the chief yesterday,
just after he had resumed his desk
following a. two weeks vacation, ut
is true that the woman came to me
and demand that I send an officer with
her to try to get evidence against the
lottery ticket sellers. And 1t is per-
fectly true that I told her I would do
nothing of the kind.
'I don't care when the charges come
up for hearing. / am willing to face
them tonight If the commissioners
want to take them up. I'll. leave it to
them If | wasn't right in refusing to
accede to the woman's demand
would do the same thing again under
similar circumstances.
Chief White says he had bully
time on his vacation
Questioned as to his line OF attack
on the gambling clubs. Chief White
expressed entire approval of the meth
ods adopted by Captain Mooney to
make professional gambling an un-
profitable business and declared his in-
tention Of continuing the blockade on
the Phoenix club.
1T is up to the captains Of the
various districts, said White. They
have their orders to suppress gambling,
and I'm going to see that those orders
are carried out.