Show SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 25 1928 THE OGDEN STAND it HI if ' CMS3 ft' wj j R 99 Jf c Hi ARD-EXAMIJJE- ' p is ft s Q r i t at 4 Newburyport Is $ Quaking in ' ' Anticipation of the Explosion Which Will Ensue When His Honory Mayor Andrew J Water33 Gillis Returns to His Desk ana1 Demands Vengeance w ' ' l'- - ti 'vlft V 1 - 1 erf 'Blow-Em-Outo- a V f- — w i V — — 'i - i 8 i I 'I 11 I 5 X t x x i? 9 i - a r -- s ST- llili 1 1 1 1 - t - t - X "IIe' in the Jail House Now!" This Picture Show Slayor "Bossy" Confined in What He Might Term the "Brig" After He Was Convicted of Operating J M i l : i - cles fill Library Director aad a new Sealer of Weia-htand Measures! This task finished Mayor (Bossy) "v'S'JVj Gillis dusted "Blow-'Em-Out-of-Wat- olf hi3 hands and lookftd around frti- - Mi 1 1 I 4 - y v "' J ' A Glimpse of His Honor the Mayor Ladling Out "Gas" froiri a ' Pump at the Filling Station Which Finally Landed Him in JaiL ' ' V I - 41 F "Blaw-'EmrOnt-of-Wnt- II lit I'LL'' NLESS well founded predictions fail there will be reverbera- tions of a cataclysmic nature to disturb the quiet calm and tran quility of staid "old New England in a few days now For His Honor Andrew J (Bossy) Gillis Mayor of Newburyport Massachusetts" impressario of filling stations and tough guy from Uncle Sam's own Navy is about to return to his desk from the cloistered confines of a nearby hoosegow' "Just wait until I get out!" These were an Jtionor s parting words dur- -i i lfl£f It the raRtI ifpw rmniitoa hofnr an nn sympathetic Judge and prosecutor ' conspired to retire "Bossy" from cir- culation for sixty days It was all- made doubly dreadful because they chucked Mayor "Bossy" in the hoose- go!w just at his moment of greatest T J ' Many of the substantial elements in the town were stunned For "Bossy" Gillis didn't get his reputation of "Bad Boy" without effort He "has been in trouble with authorities off and on for years And not l©ng before his election he registered his protest against the administration by bouncing his hefty fist off the august jaw of the then Mayor Michael Cashman He received a sixty days in jail for this bit of sport and all thin few of the : residents of ' Newburyport II "Blow-'Em-Out-of-Wat- - triumph His Honor "Blow-'E- -- m sen-tence- ib uuujsub Mnrkimai elected' to head the nnc duAf °' J "Water" Gillis thnup-Ti- t new fill station would be an ideal thing for When he first con- Newburyport this brilliant idea he was plain 'Bossy'' Gillis and his chief claim to fame was being known as Newbury- port's "Bad Boy But some of the tnWn' mnt snh etan a r t tptic whn livaA in tVia iriAin nme proposeai xuung i iur jfitt uie site iljt ui ii i rri it quebuuiu aney arguea inat tne loca- iion was in a residential section and V H nnu U J Mutt MtL £wr "llu P&y :- b Newburyport K:4 - 1 "'"'Cv-- A' I 14 a auu your inenas SI 1 1 " i IT it appeared r"cthat ministration buryport was to have a new: f ire cmer Uity solicitor Assessor - " - ' f ! 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I' 0 h t v V i ' t vM W - i I J f fcr f S3 II 1 1 1 Pit s - - - ) vjW v ijj W ' v frj Andrew 'Ji (Bossy) Gillis Tells the Citizens of Newburyport a Few Things The Above Poster Carries the Slogan on Which He Was Xlected tf' he-Water" of Superintendent of High- "Bossy" was wearing" a new $25 brown suit effervescent cravat f'store ways Board of Health City Messenger Over- - 6hoes" and "cast iron hat" His first seer of the Poor Build- - ' stop wad the City Hall "Me and Jimmy" was the way Mrv Inspector Harbo?r Mas- ter Tree Warden Sup- - ' Gillis characterized his meeting1 with enntendent of Park3 Mayor James J Walker of New York of City Caretaker "Bossy" clambored aboard the Owl Clocks Superintendent Train to return to Newburyport "I've of Gypsy and Brown ' got'a see that th cops ain't loaf in on Tail Moth Extermjna-- : th' job" he explained' tion Eegistar o£ Vehi- ""assy" hadn't been home long be-- 1 a Tliree Qiief Magistrates The Above Photo Was Taken When Mayor Gillis Was Visitihg '' " ' sJ ' i l — u ouuwi tiim wun mayor James Walker and Former Mayor jj j i James il Curly of Boston ct' t-- t- - ' r v- i ' S 1 ! I 1 f j) ' I - v j SO? i tV 8 ( A - fewjpapor m it N V " llil i i llil is PHI' lill y - ' - 'I & ill 'P mm " " H S t Vf r t s 5 "Blow-Em-Oat-- v- -i fS ! K - s ? : t li VfA 1 £ is h h 1 1 u New- - Out-of-Wat- h w 1111 jr ' f w Aw 7 k i A 1 -- ill mi big heavy axe fell!" Then he iwehfc over the force man by man and addressed a few and Dertineht remarks tn onMpungent xtov he attacked a problem which obviously wu-- uif"a ul tiVWpH I- f - didn't understand "highfalutin' " legal terminology and offered to learn law in three years so he could handle his defense for himself But Judge Jones be a little too long thought to postpone the case It was heard accordingly and when cne case was over Mayor Andrew J why the great '5 VV:- 1 the Photographer Surprised Him at Breakfast in His New York Hotel : i i 1 baker! "Just Blowed in lo Do the Town" Said Mayor Gillis When l £ XTamknm llil in In the meantime however Acting Mayor Edward Bass has been having a pretty r tough time of it Acting Mayor Bass is a baker by profession and stands high in the ranks of foremost purveyors of pies and pastry It jreally i3: an inconvenience he explained to have to take one's hands out of the dough to sign the city payroll He'll be glad when '"Bossy" gets back on the job I ' But this nhRprvatinn Vn eot enma professional politicians to wondering whether signing the city's payroll constitutes taking one's hands out of the dough orputting them in It all depends upon the point of view they declare— and whether or not one is a 111 y f TnwB J Gilli3 received the most severe shock f arrived Mass MM of his career since being elected Mayor He was fined $545 and sentenced to sixty days in jail for operating hi3 filling station without a permit! Mayor "Bossy" was led away to beAnd cergin service of his sentence tainly the most casual attempts at empirical reasoningwill serve to paint a vivid picture of what may be expected now that Mr Gillis has emerged from his enforced retirement nilTio Pr' S5t II nI 1 I 1 -4- that-woul- d L 1i Jj 1 r ' - I " a- turn he handed the citizens of New- buryport was a classic: "I'll build that filling station 'if 1 have to be elected Mayor to do it!" "Heh heh!" chuckled a few sar- castic ones behind their hands But theychuckled too soon for "Blow-'Em- Gillis proceeded forth ' to with demonstrate the truth 'of the old axiom that "he who laughs last knows his political onions" "Bad boy— Go"od Mayor!" That was "Bossy's" campaign slogan And ' strange to relate aftr tha ib --i'hurrah" had floated off with the BYcumgjuiewe ano me smcKe oi the election day battle had cleared "New- buryport awoke to a startling revela- tion The new Mayor was none other than Andrew J (Bossy) Gillis! He had delivered his ultimatum onH Vi vq-r— - m&ae eooa on Hi - i v -- and he delivered Whether or not he learned to dplivpr ultimatums while serving a term in 3 get Hnnnr Off I" 1 awiuiiy angry an ultimatum to- nee-ceiv- ed ki-- l "All — ncrh irnn' jv viUs fisieu 4 plication for a building permit Tbf i Dermit Was refused y" "s - "V j new station 'and tell a4few flat feet Where to ir- maae-isoss- hlS bncks Tt nq f nd W1 trora thl3 ao"nistration fiaws folks c©P ? is? s Milwnn "cossy throwers consideration And the with Harvard accents °i ?na ocner nahqbs donit make my fast! Now the first thing ?reath comes 1 to fir H' frt ofA 1rtm f - me lm Coin? w " f - ims tli°k fSffJ??? uuui iyobcrs Iduii ' rf v !' t ( hipffTa i Sl l of 4 of SSe ?Se$ !"attr' Jiugebu kd?1 nto the ?jf£ma 7 shaped kdestiniej - Out-of inai puseiuie unj-'n:'- i Si X i enmmftno: Plain "Bossy" Mlis nave ma permit-uu- i now? that yu VBossy" was Mayor "he wasn t going to be stopped by anything like the lack of a permit Then "Bossy" decided that a vacation would be a good jthing New York City with all its usual hub-bu- b and familiarity with sensation blinked a few times when His Honor Andrew J (Bossy) iic uiwu s answer charges of violating the law in operating his filling station without a permitl "Bossy' appeared in District Court Sin A era MotViainial XT TV Ehe2-heuW- ? X s S New York Mayor "Bossy" received a n fin efficient administration and toward that end he gave orders for the 'erection of the'filling station which had b?ten the desire of his heart x 7 is i 4 new worlds toiconquor Some hardy soul-wabold enough to inquire why COSSV hart iriUnA f tnanwrhliMiroa m the citv administration '"Rossv" fixed his inquisitor with a frank craze and replied: "Hell we won didn't we? And uon t tne victqrs get the gravy?" J nit SPtt M thfl Tnattdr on !Ta OB Bogsy" was concerned He turned his attention to giving Newburyport Slayor "Bossy" Sees a Bit of "High Life" During Hia Visit 'to New York City He Is Pictured Above with Contestants in a Dance Marathon at Coney Island illi fore he realized that his police force was disnlavinEr enough vicor to suit th most strenuous Mayor' And the city's prosecuting machinery also was well lubricated A few weeks after his return from s s f" rvlll His Filling Station Without a Permit ti ' V ' r 1 ''- - 1' ''- - - ' 'i ' ii' i Tatar Serrlo r- ' -v- ! - i 11 r ' " Bossy" GtUis in a Characteristic Pose b naa Never Been The Mistaken for a Delicate Person and His Physical Proportions Carry Somewhat the Spirit of II U C Vigorous Administration Ex-Go- 4 & 192a - - mm 1 j L ''A JJA X ml t IIIIIMW ' t III i - II —— - '''A I it f |