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...Mayor-elect of Seattle went to Manhattan last week, arriving just too late to hear what the Mayor of San Francisco said to the Mayor of New York. Mayor-elect Edwards was there to inspect public utilities. Mayor Rolph of San Francisco was there on a holiday, with his high boots tucked under his trousers (as always) and wearing the first straw hat of the season. Just before Mayor-elect Edwards arrived, Mayor James J. Walker left town, as usual to make a speech...
...also has an incredible gift of relating his own stories. He acts them out on the platform. His strength is tremendous. One evening I saw him fear up 30 New York telephone directories, ripping them right in half. To illustrate his likability I can best fell you that Mayor Rolph of San Francisco was financially interested in a cargo that Luckner sent to the bottom. He was so taken in by the Count's congenial ways that he presented him with the golden Key to the city and sent a cable to President ven Rindenburg congratulating him on having such...
California. Some 251,000 San Franciscans registered to elect a mayor. They had had but one mayor since 1912-crisp, greying Mayor James ( Plain Jim of the Mission") Rolph Jr. To oppose Mayor Rolph's reelection there had now stepped forward James E. Power, tEe power behind whom was Sheriff Tom Finn, old-time politician. Mayor Rolph endorsed William J. Fitzgerald to oust "Boss'' Finn as Sheriff, saying: "Bossism must be thrust down!" San Franciscans reflected that "Plain Jim Rolph of the Mission"†† was the man who had brought the Panama-Pacific International Exposition...
...Timpson, chairman, and Miss M. Timpson and Mrs. Timpson, L. Simons and Miss Carol Percy, J. L. Hubbard and Miss Alice DeWolf, J. F. Rolph and Miss Delha Brown, F. B. Todd and Miss Elizabeth Merrill, S. Rollins and Miss Elizabeth Carter, H. Robb and Miss Roberta Wiley, C. W. W. Heffenger...
...Palmer Miss Pyser W. L. Prosser Miss Pierce C. Parker Miss Prescott F. E. Raymond Miss Van Wickle M. C. Rees Miss Hersey C. P. Reynolds Miss Perkins P. L. Richardson Miss Lyman A. L. Richmond Miss Sigourney H. Robb Miss Wiley S. Rollins Miss Carter J. F. Rolph Miss Brown W. H. Russell Miss Bliss J. C. Scanlan Miss Scanlan H. Scholle Miss Klapp H. Shortall Miss Morris H. H. Silliman Miss Schmidt L. L. Simons Miss Percy T. A. Smith Miss Smith W. B. Southworth Miss Brown W. W. Spencer Miss Faxon H. B. Sprague Miss Sprague...