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Show MAYOR PUT OUT OF OFFICE Citizens of Seattle Hold Election and Depose City Executive, Women Aiding In His Defeat. Seattle, Wash. Mayor Hlrain C. Gill, who was elected hint. March by a, plurality of 3,&i0 votes, was recalled re-called on Tuesday for alleged mise.om duct In office. The recall won by a plurality estimated at 4.000, the vote of the women who were recently enfranchised en-franchised In the mate of Washington admittedly being largely responsible for this result. George lulling was elected ovel Mayor (illl und will take office Innne. dlately to serve out the unexpired imrt of GUI's term. One hundred pre-j pre-j clncls out of 153 gavo Wiling 19.074 I and Gill 17,124. A very large, pro portion of the 22,000 women who registered reg-istered cast their ballots and to Uiein In given all the responsibility oi credit for the recall. It w Blleged by the recall lender that GUI and Chief of l'ollce Wap pensteln had fanned out the vice privileges to a syndicate and had collected col-lected a large perrentnKO f the receipts re-ceipts of the syndicate. The women, who were extremely active In Tuesday's election, etood In lines nt tho bootlia and appeared to be as apt nnd quick at caution their voles an the more experienced nine voters. A surprise of the day was the heavy Socialist voto, which pixbably will reach 6,000. |