The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-07


Fairgrounds Association. which owns
three OF the largest Fairgrounds and
lea scs them to the city for 81 a year
each and which IL composed OF many of
the very pest people" began petitionins
an important position that OF supervisor
A. nany tsachers bad hcen drof,e8 ana
with an jncreas,ng number OF father.
zone to war ana mothers zone into in
dustrv. the prevention Of what the law
calls "iuver,I. deiinouennv" had become
a pressinp matter in Pbila delpnia, as I'm
other cities
Rut the Mavor stuck 10 oudehus. lie
removed from the Recreation Board the
,hree mos, ohaursi. ,nsmbena. Mr.. Tus.
rim. Habhl nerlowit. ana Mas Ross
Mics Roas saws that In d.rna ndinr her
resisnation the Mayor saId be realized
that mar s.rvicss had been slyen nm.
self,hIy and had greatly benen,ed the
city. ,shu, that n ,ho hoard "a a whole
IL 10 be a succesa n, members ahould he
in svn,na,bv ana friand,h,n with ths
newer tho, annoin,. th.r,
A fo,,ryn r,c,nh.r U,ui,an, A Stechar
,s.isns<, IN synna,hy wi,h the ,hree who
we're oustcd The MAYER then beran
e,i,no the vacancies NV snno,ntins fudge
NacSe,,i NJ the Munic,nai I,ourt % the
Decrest,on Roard 40 tho hoard has
seven n,sn,hors nf.vor Smith NOV, ha. a
ma ior,ty ,,i,L hin, ga en-. INV for tba
Amendment Of C;ndsbu, was omen.
p,.x.rnr,s sn,r ro-rssosa
Tho Philadelphia Fairgrounds Associ-
alton denounced the Mayor publicly. Its
treasurer, Otto T. Mallery. said, I'VE i'll
tend to pllory the Mayor In the court
Of public opinion. Politicians must be
convinced that Il is as dangerous and
as Improbable to attack the independ.
ence Of the playground movement as TO
tamper with the MANAGEMENT Of the pub
lie schools. Mayor Smith has dared 10
submarine the playground ship, which.
launched eight years ago, has heretofore
enjoyed immunity under the white nag
OF childhood" Eighty Chestnut IIi!l
women signed n petition voic,ng their
protest. The Fairgrounds Association
expelled Mayor Smith from his honor
III. Mayor ar,o,ioa o,,a.,,. aud A.
Tended himself. He said that this was
no case OF political favoritism, that the
Wares were not forcing Gudehus upon
him. that It was merely a matter OF per-
sonal friendship. He explained that
Gudehus was one OF three reporters who
had been personally friendly to him for
a long time, land for each of whom he
had wanted to DO something in a sub
stantial manner to show that their
friendship was appreciated.
Mr.. Tustin said that when he spoke to
the Mayor OF Gudehus's inexper!ence,
Mr.. Smith pertInentIv renl,ed.
Look at me. Here / am Mavor O,
Philadelphia, and before I got IL I never
knew anything about the Job. Now I
want this man appointed. II you don't
vote for Gudehus. ri change the hoard -
On September IL another member OF
the Board OF Recreation; Edward Laf-
ferty. having resigned and the Mayer
having filled four of the flye vacancies,
the new board met for the first time
md instantly elected Gudehus as play
ground supervisor The Mayor had won
his fight and uudehus his opportunity
for Sunshine and fresh air" in A CITY
automobile.
Arrest or Mayor Next Move.
But the Playrrounds Association, aud
tho dismissed memher, a, tho r.crn,.tnr
hoe I'd were not through Ths arreyt ~
the Mayor WA dec,ded unon NJ Nj.
,ery. as secretary OF thu a.socia,ior ana
as a Philadelphian not in polit,cs but
deep In his hobby. the welfare of chill
dren, agreed to maize tho connlaint n,
September 26 he obtained a warrant on
an afYadayit charainq thu, h, raasnn =,
ILLEGAL. wrongful ana ahu.,v. .~.ro,,.,
Of Official power Mr. Sn,i,s 80 80,
of "misbehay,or ana n,isdsm.sner a.,
office"
On the following day the 6fth n.w
membe~ Of the Board OF Recreation a 9
reconstructed by tho Msvor resIgrsd Oh =
was Mrs. Edward Riddle. nresidap, ~
the Civic Club.
After the warrant was ,ssued III,
said:
am Undertaking the task OF bring
ing lhe Mayor TO justice because / con-
s!oer " pubic duty His misuse OF
nus nlsp Office mas been ruthless, as the
VIII SHOW. He spurned the
au'ice OF thoee close to him, dismissed
from oHice honorable officials and boldly
carried out his threat to pay a private
deot with public office, let the conse-
auences to the childhood OF Philadelphia
De what they might"
Inc Mayor had no counsel when he
was arraisned and held in $4,000 bail
on wednesday. He waived n hea
Mr, Tustin testified that the Mayor had
told him that ne, the Mayor, had changed
the requirements for the examination
for playground supervisor and took tho
responsibility for IT,
Since then the Mayor has gathered
around him as counsel JAMES Scarlet
who sent the Harrisburg CAPITOL xrs tiers
to Jail ex-Judge A. NJ. BETTER and SbeI.
don Potter. Mr.. Mallerys counsel arc