Show tr PETITION i FOR THE RECAll OF MAYOR Citizens of Seattle Make Grave Charges Against the Executive Seattle Wash Oct 9 Circulation of the petition for tor the recall of Mayor Maor Hiram C e Gill GUI was ways was begun today The 1 he wording of ot the petition is similar to that employed in the recall of Mayor AC A AC ACo C Co Harper of Los Angeles AnKeles It declares that Mayor Gill GUI has shown himself In Incompetent Incompetent incompetent competent and unfit that he has abused the appointive power by select selecting selectIng selecting ing for personal and political reasons min man m n personally unfit for tor office that he has wholly failed tailed refused and neg neglected neglected neglected to enforce the criminal laws that he has hils permitted Seattle to become become be become come a Ii home and refuge for tor the crim criminal crimInal criminal inal classes that hIs hla continuance In office is a menace to the business en enterprises and morality of at the city A national conference of at the Ameri Amerl American ron can Purity federation will wm be held here next Monday and Tuesday The white slave traffic Is la to be the leading sub subject subject subject discussed and the public welfare league of Seattle S is preparing to show the eastern delegates the scope of at the slave traffic In this city which Is the receiving point for tor women from Japan and the shipping point for tor Japanese women sent to Montana Idaho Ore Oregon Oregon Oregon gon and Washington also of white women for tal the Alaska mining camps Mayor GUI Gilt has announced that out outcast outcast cast east women must within two weeks re remove remove remove move to the huge wooden buildings erected In the southern ps part rt of the thetty city etty tty The buildings are on a hillside and visible for tor miles Seven Information against John Rip Riplinger Riplinger linger former city comptroller and defeated Republican candid ate ite for mayor in n 1906 charging larceny by em embezzlement embezzlement embezzlement of ot were dismissed by Prosecuting Attorney George F P Van deveer today Riplinger was alleged to have appropriated appropriated approprIated to his own use more than 50 of ot city funds while comptroller HP lit disappeared from Seattle after atter his hist t defeat for tor mayor and was next heard hoard from in Honduras whence hence he could not be bt extradited He returned to Seattle without 11 money last year ear and surrendered surrendered surrendered dered himself |