Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-06-07 | Page 3 | Seattle Places Women at Helm

S Sf SEATTLE A JIl PlA PLACES WOMAN AT Livi HE-Livi Mrs I Bertha K Landes Takes Office as M Mayor Lack of Ceremony SEATTLE June 7 AP AP With With Without out ceremony Mrs B Bertha rtha Knight Lander Landes Se Seattle's first woman mayor mayor may may- or at walks into office here her today At Mrs Us Landes' Landes request the usual b band nd mUsic and speech speeches s shave have been deleted from the inaugural inaugural inaugural gural program In f fact ct there was Vas no Inaugural I program Mrs Landes Landes Landes Lan Lan- des Just takes tales office She replaces Dr Edwin J. J Brown a dentist who held office for four years b before C fOrC r she defeated defeat d him for re election The mayor mayor- mayor elect lect who won on on promises of a ti clean town is the wife of pf Dean Henry Landes of ot the college of science at th the University of Washington She does n riOt not t assum assume the mayoralty With any lack of experience in municipal I politics Two terms as president of oi the city council councH hav acquainted h hC r. r with the wo workings of ot government The donning of a new now dress Is declared by Mrs Landes to be the them m most st momentous event V t of ot h her r l in inaugural inaugural in- in augural day She has explained that it will be beof beof beof of midnight blue crepe with embroIdered embroidered em em- broidered panels of ot red blue and silver A big droopy hat hat With a Coral facing and nd a black satin cape coat with a beige collar are other items of the costume Mrs Irs Landes has s selected a a- chief of police pollee from the tanks of ot th the Seattle department He lie is Captain W. W H. H Searing The woman mayor maor said his tenure of office Is 13 dependent depend depend- ent upon his hrs performance In en enforcing en- en forcing laws