The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-23
CITY IS STIRRED
BY BAN; WOMEN
CALL MEETING
President Rhodes of Cham
ber and President Of City
Council in Session
CHIEF UNDER FIRE, TOO

I'll be right here until my term
| Of office expires"
This was Mayor CilPs answer
Friday 70 numerous demands
that he step out OF office. with
his chief Of police, for failure
, 20 clean up Seattle 20 the sat
isfsetion Of Mai Gen. n. J.
Greene, who Thursday quaran-
tined the city.
The Minute Men OF Seattle at
I noon today had committee out 10
rent a hall for "A meeting early next
| week in connection with the quar-
I antine.
/ President &. y. Fitzgerald. OF
/ the council. went into conferences
/ with President a. J. Rhodes. Of tho
! Chamber Of Commerce M noon 10
/ discuss plans for lifting the quar-
sntine. which restricts 10000 SOL
| diers at Camp Lewis from coming
here
Mrs. Thomas Graham. president Of
| the Women's Federated clubs. an
nounced that plans for a city-wids
women's Indignation meeting. direct
ed at the attitude OF the municipal
authorities. would be discussed at a
meeting TO be held Monday. at IL
a. IN.
| Austin +. Griffiths. president Of
the Municipal league. and c. J.
France. chairman OF that organlzs-
tons cleanup committee. both de-
clared that Mayor Gili should resign
Immediately for the good OF the city.
Griffiths is himself candidate for
mayor.
Mayor GIN held long conferences
with Chief Rockingham. and also
talked behind closed doors with Har-
old Preston. head OF the King coun-
| ~ defense council.
None OF them would discuss the
nature ot the conversations.
Neither would President Rhodes,
of the Chamber Of Commerce. be
quoted on any phase OF the situa-
| ton
I'm certainly not going TO get
/ into any controversy with a major
/ general OF the United States army
during war times. no matter what
happens" the mayor said
what do you intend 10 do. now
4 AiAAA ,AiAAs NflfsAtt has tAIIltO Dul fliA
quarantine threat?" the mayor was
asked.
Police Doing Best
I'm going to keep right on. do
| ing the best know how" he said.
I My contention is that the police
are. and have been. doing their best
to clean up the city"
"Will you resign"
No" he answered emphaticaliy.
! I'm not going TO resign. and I'll
be right here until my term of office
| expires"
Mayor GIN was interviewed after
he had conferred with Preston and
/ the chief.
Won't DO Anything
Regardless Of who is to blame"
the mayor was asked. what Is the
1 city to do now to lift the quaran-
tine? What do you. as the chief
citizen OF this city. suggest as the
next step2"
II am not going to do anything,
except go right on as | have been
doing" he replied. II didn't put
/ the quarantine on and | can't re-
move it,"
The mayor said he might even
he candidate for re- election, but
was not ready to make any an
nouncement one way or the other.
He's Going TO Sit Back
"a lot of these fellows who de-
mand | resign" he said want my
job. I'm going to sit back and
| listen to them for awhile"
Council President Fitzgerald fav-
ors united action OF all civic or
ganlzations behind some program
that win satisfy Maj Gen. Greene.
and result in an order 10 lift tho
quarantine
Just before going into conference
with Rhodes. Fitzgerald said;
II don't know what ought to be
done. but it's important that some
action be taken without delay to
lift the quarantine, intend TO
suggest that delegation of rep
resentatlves from every civic or
ganization be formed. to follow
some definite program.
"This delegation. / believe, should
work with GEN Greene and get
behind any suggestion he may
make The general is the man who
! put the quarantine on the city.
and he Is the man WHOM remove
IT,"
Mrs, Graham, president OF the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. explained
that while she was personally in fa-
| vor of big women's indignation
meeting, the organization has never
mixed In politics.
so | don't know" she said,
whether or not the women win care
to get into this thing
Members will decide, however. at
the Monday meeting.
Austin Z. Grifnths president Of