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Show eOI! BUSY IT COMMISSI SESSION Thirteen Decapitations in the Police and Health Departments. SHIFTS ANNOUNCED Burbidge New Senior Captain; Cap-tain; Taggart Succeeds Beckstead. Heads fell fast into the basket for a few minutes at last night's meeting of the city commission when Karl A. Scheid, commissioner of public safety, submitted recommendations and motions for changes in hia department. Joseph E. Burbidge. formerly head of the moral squad, became senior captain of police, succeeding Captain John HempeL Henry Taggart, by a margin of one vote, edged, Riley M. Beckstead out of the lunior captaincy, getting threo of four votes. Mayor Ferry being absent from the meeting and Commissioner Herman IL Gree n vo t i n g " n o. ' ' B. D. Seigfus was dismissed "for the good of the service," having refused to accept employment as a patrolman, and C. W. Pitts was promoted to succeed him as third dutv sergeant. The resignations of L-. O. Gordy, Hugh Carr, W. H. Hurst and Mike Fitzgerald as patrolmen were accepted, "in the interest in-terest of conservation," according to the accompanying recommendation of J. Parlev White, chief of police. Guardcllo Brown, erstwhile chief probation pro-bation ofiicer and superintendent of the Uintah Training school for boys and a foreman in the city waterworks department depart-ment until a few weeks ago, when be was discontinued in that position, was appointed a patrolman and designated to the position as head of the moral bquad, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion pro-motion of Captain Burbidge. Mr. Brown was a policeman years ago. Lynch Succeeds Keyting. In the city health department. Dr. Hardie L-vnch was appointed to succeed Pr. w. Scott Keyting as first assistant health commissioner, and Dr. Roy G roes-beck roes-beck as second assistant, succeeding Dr. J. J. Galligan. J. L. Weiler was made chief of the division of sanitary inspection, succeeding J. C. Key. As tirst-grade inspectors. Alma Karl-son, Karl-son, G. W. Bailey and George Brown were appointed to succeed Roy Mathews, Royal B. Young and Frank Jordan. Mrs, J. H. Johnstone, formerly a stenographer, was given the post of laboratory assistant. assist-ant. The resignation of C. F. Barrett, superintendent super-intendent of the city waterworks department, depart-ment, was submitted by Commissioner C. Clarence Xeslen and accepted as effective March 15. The shifting of men into and out of positions went without question from any of the four commissioners present except for the appointment of Henry Taggart as junior captain. Commissioner Green took occasion, after the roll call, to explain ex-plain that he was not opposed to Mr. Taggart. He pointed out that, without option on his part, he would be voting automatically against Captain Beckstead if he voted for Mr. Taggart. He said that since he was opposed to dismissal of Captain Beckstead he had no choice but to vote- "no." Declared Out of Harmony. Commissioner Albert H. Prabbe indorsed in-dorsed the sentiments of Commissioner Green, but did not change his vote for Mr. Tuegart from "yes" to "no." "I do not wish to vote against Captain Beckstead. Beck-stead. but I want to vote for Mr. Tas-gart," Tas-gart," explained the commissioner. "Why don't you do it, then?" asked Commissioner Scheid. "I have." answered Mr. Crabbe, and the next motion was read. During the controversy over the removal re-moval of Captain Becks tead. Commissioner Commis-sioner Scheid stated that tho captain must go because of his being out of sympathy sym-pathy u itJi the declared policy of tho commission as to the elimination, of disorderly dis-orderly women from tho city's population. popula-tion. The resignations presented for the four policemen were identical in wording and on the t?ame kind of paper, each typewritten type-written and each signed by the resigning patrolman. They read: "I tender you herewith my resignation as patrolman of the first grade, effective this date." Fach was addressed to Chief White, who submitted with them a recommendation recommenda-tion that they be accepted in the interest of economy. Vote for Acceptance. Patrolmen Gordy and Carr were openly active during the last election as workers for Commissioners Crabbe and Xeslen. Gordy was talked of for a captaincy after the two were elected. Both commissioners commission-ers voted last night without hesitancy for the acceptance of the four resignations. Though he did not submit an appointment appoint-ment for the position of inspector Mr. Scheid said that he hoped soon to do so. Previously he had announced intention of appointing Detective Walter S. Brown for the position and later that the appointment appoint-ment would probably be delayed by the mysterious disappearance of $1440 worth of opium from tho safe in the detective headquarters. Mr. Scheid intimated last night that he still reerards Mr. Brown as clear of any knowledge of what became of the opium and that he will yet propose him for the position, hoping that the mystery mys-tery will bo cleared up in the meantime. Xo resignation from any detective was presented last night. During the meet ing. Attorneys Russell G Schnldor and M. P. Rraffett appeared before the commission with a petition for reconsideration of he denial of license renewal for D. C. Hunt of the Touralne hotel. Mr. Schulder argued that the com-mission com-mission had exceeded Its rights in denying deny-ing the license without previous court conviction. His argument was immediate- ly followed by a motion from Mr. Scheid that the petition be received and filed, which was unanimously voted. The attorneys at-torneys left the commission chamber with announcement of intention to carry the matter into court. Scheid Is Indignant. Asked yesterday If he had issued orders for the driving out of gamblers and bootleggers, boot-leggers, similar to those issued with reference ref-erence to disorderly women, Commissioner Scheid became indignant. He said that his declaration of poliey when he took the public safety assignment was an answer to the question. A more recent oixler. he pointed out, was issued by Chief W hite, prohibiting cards games for' stakes of any kind. To the question of The Tribune reporter, re-porter, whether he had issued or contemplate.! con-template.! orders against the gamblers and bootleggers as he had done against the women, the public sa fety commissioner answered with a charge of unethical and unprofessional newspaper manners on the part of the interrogator. "But my Instructions are to ask; you these questions." said the reporter. "Kindly carry to your city editor mv request that he send a reporter not given to impertinent questions, or. rather," that ho not send a reporter primed to ask Impertinent Im-pertinent questions," was his parting remark. re-mark. The fourteen women of the underworld caught In the vice dragnet Inst Saturday Satur-day night were arraigned before United States Commissioner Henrv V. Van Pelt yesterday afternoon. All were admitted to bail in ?;00 each, which was promptly furnished, and dates for pleading were fixed beginning Friday and extending over next week. The women were arraigned ar-raigned on complaints issued bv the United States attorney, sworn to bv a member of the department of justice " A.ri effort to obtain release of two of tho women by habeas corpus proceeding's in the Third district court failed. |