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Show SAN FRANCISCO. June 2 For a time today San Francisco had two chiefs of police and for the moment it looked as If Mayor McCarthy's long and hard fight to deposo Chief Seymour Sey-mour would be successful. By means of a writ of prohibition, however, Seymour Sey-mour averted the blow and tonight holds office while the mayor's temporary tempo-rary chief, D. A. White, Is seeking advice ad-vice as to his status. Mayor's Fight Is Failure. The mayor's campaign against Chief Seymour results from the latter's fail ure to co-operate with the mayor in his announced policy for a more libel lib-el al administration of the police regulations reg-ulations governing dance halls, saloons, sa-loons, cafes and other resorts where women may congregate and the charge by the mayor that Seymour has been using his department for political purposes. pur-poses. Last week Seymour was brought before be-fore the board of police commissioners commission-ers on charges and (suspended pending trial. The chief Immediately secured a writ from Superior Judge J. F. Sea-well Sea-well which kept him in office. Mayor Again Suspends Chief. When the board met today Commissioner Commis-sioner Sullivan resigned, and the mayor may-or appointed J. F. Jewell in his place, the charges against Seymour then being be-ing formally dismissed and a new set brought In. It was on those charges that the mayor again suspended the chief and Immediately appointed White, an officer of a local gas and electric company, as acting chief of police. Chief Seymour declined to surrender his star and going before Judge Sea- well secured another writ against the i pollco commissioners. Seymour Holds Office. V Backed by this ho still holds his i' office. j. In the meantime Judge Seawell Is- ( sued a supplementary writ directing i- that the records of the commission bo j brought before him, intimating that ; proceedings against the mayor and (, the board for contempt of court migH - result. r V no ' 0? |