Evening star., 1922-01-02

| TO GET OUT OF CITY.
|Wronqdoers Of Youngstown;
Ohio, Have Until January I
!, to Pack Up or Behave.
~ the Associated Press. ~
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. December 81.
George L. Oles, eccentric mayor,
has issued an open letter to ths
underworld. in which he warned
wrongdoers that they will have
until January 2 to "love UP, drink up.
pack up and move. or behave"
Tomorrow, Oles stated, he will ad-
dress the city policemen and give
them hell" Last night he held ban
quet for city council at which he pro-
posed campaign. Of economy. which
includes proposals for reducing the
police and fire departments.
!. Letter From Executive.
The letter to the underworld says:
II am going to give the underworld
Of this city one weeks notice to love
up, drink up. pack up and move, or
behave. l am going to give you TINS
weeks grace because ! feel down IN
to pull you all In and take the last
dollar from you in fines and I'LL our
jails to overlooking. Therefore, ! am
going to give you this notice.
II want to state right here that
on the 7th day Of January at 12 O'Clock
ference who you are. how much pull
you have. how we'll you know me. or
what you think you can do. There
will be no excuse accepted or lentency
extended to any one. This includes
all parasites that live on the proceeds
cludes every one that is not a law
abiding citizen. Pass this word to
your friends, as there with be no ex-
cuses taken. under any consideration"
Mayor.elect Oles arrived home re-
Gently from vacation in Florida
ready. he said, to clean up the city"
and Are any one who doesn't obey
orders
Oles made political history here by
running as an Independent candidate,
by over 500 votes and the democratic
candidate by over 5000. The city
auditor received a request from Oles
in Florida asking for a thorough
invoice" Of the city lust as If I were
going to buy It."
the city of Youngstown owes" he
wrote, whom they owe 1t to and
when it Is due. I want to know who
owes the city OF Youngstown. ! want
to know where the money is coming
from to pay the bills. want to know
what stocks we have on hand. such
as horse feed and supplies. gasoline
in the tanks. stationery and ink and
lead pencils. also the amount of coal
and do not forget to state the amount
of cash in the bank"
Opposed Salary Promise.
Shortly after the balloting Mayor
Fred ]. Warpock,, defeated for re-
msnt ens souaJ ass,sons n stain sn
effort to show that Oles' promise to
give his salary to charity constituted
bribe to the poor, and therefore dis
qualified him. Petitions to the courts
were prepared. but were dropped and
no contest now is in sight.
Oles went into the produce business in
New Castle. Pa, twenty years ago. with
a wieelbarrow and a barrel OF potatoes
as his sole stock in trade. After he had
built up flourishing business there in
five years time he sold it to start a
market in Youngstown, to be run on
what he called a psychological principle.
Oies began presenting eccentric news
paper advertising. based. he says, on
Biny Sundays evangelistic tactics.
which he had seen in New Castle. Slam
bang statements about women's styles,
his competitors, local politics and cur
rent topics soon won him a reputation.
During the mayoralty campaign Oles
announced in his .'ad'' one day that he
was going to run for mayor.
II just started it for a joke" he said
later. But people took it seriously, and
pretty soon took it seriously. too"
Has Spectacular CAMPAIGN.
At length Oles moved into . Youngs-
town hotel from his country home. to
to give Youngstown its most spectacular
political campaign. There was no or
ganization by precincts and wards, but
ne and his wife held meetings all over
the city-meetings for women only, at
which Mrs Oles told what a fine hus-
ings for men, at which Mr.. Oles rushed
on the platform with arms in air. shout
ing: Here am! Vote for Oles?'
Few persons professed to believe
that Oles had a chance until the re-
turns began to come in election night
NcAl udJ d CuCSh oh oNuloSAOu9 oy
various men who had challenged Oles
to wagers brought out dhe fact that
Fby taking all bets he could make
enough to pay his campaign expenses
and give himself and his family
trip to Florida.
At various times during the cam
paign Giles announced the following plat
form planks:
Discontinuance of street car service
and turning over the streets to jit-
neys.
Would Fire Police.
Firing the whole police force IL it
didn't clean up the town.
Permit spooning in parks under po-
lice protection.
Jail any one who paid taxes under
a recent revaluation. -
Tear up the Erie railroads tracks IL
it didn't eliminate downtown grade
crossings.
After. his election, however, there
were indications that Oles was con-
Ndering conservative policies. Ques.
toned about firing various officials
whom he had named in the campaign.
he said he would have to inquire into
the law. Concerning the street car
plank, he said that the traffic problem
was knotty. and required q great deal
OF study. Asked as to falling tax-
payers. he said after election that he
would jail any one who broke the law.