The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-15
MAYORS
THREADING
WARPATH
Only Death Can Stop
Me, He Cries,
While Heavy Mys-
terry Pail Surrounds
Facts

TWO city departments will be in
yestigated, mysterious 100000
Leakage stopped and a prominent
city employe disciplined-aiI within
remarkably short time. Mayor
Edwin J. Brown announced with a
flourish Tuesday.
The mayor got back from an Ir-
rigation meeting at Pasco. which
was reported still functioning with
reasonable success after his aban-
donment OF 1t.
Inspection Of the mayors office
disclosed that no soiled linen or
cigar stubs had been used to con-
vey any impressions this time.
When the mayor got back from
New York recently such stage prop
critics were used to convey tho
impression that the mayor got back
before he arrived"
MYSTERY. MYSTERY
ALL is MYSTERY
Well. you're probably Just DYING
70 know all about the big probes
and the 100000 and the city en-
ploye who is trying to undermine
the administration. aren't you?
IL all started down at Pasco. where
the mayor informed a waiting world
that there was a 100000 leakage"
in department over here; that he
was going TO start two probes, and
that only death can stop met"
Tuesday veil OF triple.x mystery
surrounded:
Cal The two departments;
Cb) The 800. 900. and
(c) The employee who is going to be
disciplined.
There was no mystery about the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" stuff. 1t
was sure fret
SPECULATION, AS
THEY SAY. is RIFE
The mayor arraigned an employe
of the legislative department. un.
named, as "a propagandist who is
managing somebody's campaign ass
days OF the year"
This man." Brown said. sis on
the city payroll in a clerical capacity.
but he spends all his time propagand.
ing. Any time any one else asks for
information they can get 1t. but II /
ask him for anything he is too busy.
believe most OF the obstruction that
has arisen recently emanated from
him.
1t is believed in city council circles
that the mayor referred to Lenhart
%. Shruder, clerk of the city council.
JUST THINK. HE'S
WORKED WHOLE YEAR.
The 100000 saving that the mayor
refers to, city officials believe, is in
the city light department
The mayor has been urging the
council to create an assistant super
tendent's position in this department.
Brown said that when his investi-
cation of the two departments is
made II will be open TO the public.
Il have been working on this for
more than a year." he said.
Councilman w. r. Campbell said
that the mayor should ask assistance
of the city council IL there is any
leakage in any department
There are three committees of tho
city council which have authority to
call and swear witnesses" Campbell
said. ANY of these would be glad to
cooperate with the mayor in making
any desired investigation
SAYS MRS. LANDES
DONE HIM WRONG"
And you remember, of course,
what Mrs. Bertha +. Landes did to
the mayors machine, as some call II.
while the mayor was in New York
trying to straighten out the demo-
cratic convention.
Well. Mrs. I.andes ''done him
wrong" Brown said Tuesday.
He gave out statement which In
cluded n conversation he had with
Mrs. Landes the day he left Seattle
for New York, This quoted Mrs.
Landes as saying;
'Mr. Mayor, YOU may go to New
York and forget about things here.
am just going to attempt routine
work. sign bonds and do the usual
thing, | will not disturb any of your
appointments of departments"
Since he got back the mayor has
been looking up disturb in the die
tionary, with surprising results.
The city council efficiency commit.
tee Tuesday resumed its probe OF the
civil service commission. Hearings
were held in the commission quar-
ters. Records of the department
were being gone over
Chairman Ralph Nichols. OF the
committee, said that the Investigation
still was engaged in studying meth
DDS and practices of the commission.