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Home My WebLink About02/25/19241q� City Hall, Monday, February 25th 1924 - 7 :30 P.M, For the lack of a quorum no meeting was held. Approved this 3 day of �eZ1924. Mayor City Clerk City Hall, Friday, February 29th. 1924 - 2 o'clock P.IaI. City Council met in special called.session for the purpose.of hearing allegations concerning the Police Department of the City,of San Luis Obispo, certain officers of such Police Department and other employees of said City assigned to police duties ; to take and hear testimony of witnesses concernitag the alleged misfeasance of certain officers of such Police Department and other employees of said City; and to determine a course of action to be pursued by said City Council in reference to such Police Department, its members and other employees of said City. Mayor L.F.Sinsheimer presided. Present : W.B.I?artin, C.!,.,!. Carpenter. Chas Forbes, L.F.Sinsheimer. Absent : Geo.W.Kilbern. 7 , It was moved by !,.B.Elartin and seconded by Chas: Forbes that the Council proceed to executive session - TvIotion carried. Council convenes in executive session. Resignation of George Itiatts , Police Officer, was presented. It was moved by C.IvI.Carpenter and seconded by Chas. Forbes that George Iv?atts , Police Officer, be and is hereby suspended from the Police Force. Notion unamiously carried. Resignation of Geo.L.Kilbern, Police Officer, received. It was moved by R.B.I,Iartin and seconded by Chas. Forbes that Geo.L.ti'ilbern be and is hereby.suspended from the Police Force. The motion carried. On motion duly seconded the meeting was adjourned to:7 :30 o'clock P:IvI. Friday , February 29th .1proved this ,/� day, of , 1924. Kayor City Clerk. 1 1 C 1 [EY EXCEPT SUNDAY LES, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924 :0 s CM eel —The Danly, today; r IWO "edles, Of in- O- ed to na on hoof are a and on in liable them seri- rs of given '.epre- 'ornia hing- on of been by .r of , di- ,ment halr- ernor 'rissy Y In flyer )ver- city iered I Arranges Recepti ®u ®f U. S.° Fliers 1 Lieutenant C C. McNutt, American Army officer who made advance ar- rangements for the arrival of the American around the world airplane flight, was royally feted by the Japanese wherever he stopped throughout the land of cherry blossoms. He is shown here eating rice and boiled beef with chop sticks, AMerican World Flight Is Lauded by. Jap Air Officer By Internationnl News service TOKIO, April 15 —"The coming flight I Pole, Lieutenant Nagai pointed out that of the American Army aviators around Japanese arroy and navy officers had the world marks a high place in the been watching the newspaper reports Progress of world aviation,.. said Lieu- of the plans for the North Pole ex- tenant N. Nagai, Japanese aviation of- pedition with greatest interest, and ficer who Is assisting Lieutenant C. Were mach disappointell when the can - C. 'Putt, the American Army man, in cellation became. necessary: N completing 'arrangement for the stops 'TIeel 'sure that':the. American avl- in Japan of the American airplanes. ators will have a successful passage "Japan is intensely interested In the through Japan;" concluded Lieutenant flight, and is particularly glad to wel- Nagai. ^storms are not frequent in come the Americans here. We have;(linato, the first landing place, heard of other g par- heard flights by ticularly at the time of [he y'e�r when :.then nations, but this is the first one this e w• th landing trill be mad Hoever,l )f which e have received official all provisions have been • maade to in- iotice." sure,the safety of the American nlanes .t °. Official Paper OF TIIE CITY OF EL PASO DH ROBLES. `FIVE CENTS TWO SAN Buis OUSTED I SAN LUIS OBISPO, April 16. —Stat- ing that the entire matter would be referred to the district attorney for such action as he may see fit to take, the city council yesterday afternoon concluded its two months' investiga- tion into the police department irreg- ularities with the dismissal from the service of officers George Matts and George L. Kilbern. FPhile taking no action regarding Chief of Police W. F. Cook and Night R-atchman Harry Payton, both of whom were involved in the Investiga- tion and testimony, the council stated that there were "Infractions and dere- lictious of duty" on the parts of other members of the police tepartment which would demand further action on the part of the councfl at a future time. It is understood there is a possi- bility of the county grand jury being called into session to investigate the Irregularities of the department reveal- ed by the testimony brought out at the hearings. Both Matts and Kilbern were found guilty of conducti unbecoming to an officer, as well of other charges, and the two months' salaries of each of- ficer, since the time they were, sus- pended at the beginning of the investi- gation, were declared forfeited. 'The council embodied its findings in a resolution adopted unanimously by the four councilmen present, Coun- cilman George W. Kilbern being absent. Specific charges mentioned against George W. Kilbern were "consorting with lewd women," while Matts was declared to have "engaged in the illicit �I 1 I The niy, day; 1000 lies, in- lri- to Oil roof ate and , In tale lent eri- of. wen L range was t of ch chop 0 're- . nia ag- og I TOT ten of the by the w of progri tenani dl- ficer enci C. Nu .ir- I comply torlin Jai isy I "Japal In I flight, :er come er- heard ocher ity of wh •ed notice. el- Lieu to respon Uffluth,s OUSTED SAN LUIS OBISPO, April 18. —Stat- ing that the entire matter would be referred to the district attorney for such action as he may see fit to take, the city council yesterday afternoon concluded its two months' investiga- tion into the police department irreg- ularities with the dismissar from the service of officers George Matts and George L. Kilbern. -While taking no action regarding Chief of Police W. F. Cook and Night Watchman Harry Payton, both of whom were involved in the investiga- tion and testimony, the council stated that there were "infractions land dere- lictious of duty" on the parts of other members of the police department which would demand further action on the part of the council at a future time. It is understood there is a possi- bility of the county grand jutry being called into session to investigate the irregularities of the department reveal- ed by the testimony brought out at the hearings. Both • Matts and Kilbern were found guilty of conducti unbecoming to an officer, as well of other charges, and the two months' salaries- of each of- ficer, since the time they were• sus- pended at the beginning of the investi- gation, were declared forfeited. 'The' council embodied its findings in a resolution adopted unanimously by the ftiiir councilmen present, Coun- :ilman, George W. Kilbern being absent. Specific charges, mentioned against 3eorge W. Bit Bern were "consorting ,vith lewd women," while Matta was ieclared to have. "engagdd in -the illicit iquor traffic" ' - -_ Kngoshima, Osaka and other points, in doff place in u,e last nopping Japan the American 1. , Most Forest Fir((e��s,,, an ke company with Lieutenant Nutt, on a;men will find air- us anxious to give them 1 dills tO,VgrelesSrieSS trip of inspection of southern land -every co- operation 1n t,. Ing places.' Discussing the cancella -I we consider a flight which a most Important step ($y Intetnatict- i New�°er; -flee) i1- .Lion of the American trip to the North i forward in the — prog progress of acla[lon. RACRAMENTO, A i 39. —De Allg — that most of the disastrous fires wh[ In in ed raged last summer In California, calls- HATFIELOGETS TO OE YOUE�G p oss f life and vlue .H�S she o- shed and Pores[ timber. to the value o[ er.to t e In p[OPL[S many millions of dollars, primarily were due to carelessness, State For - ae d I NIS T Iester M_ B. Pratt today called upon H. the. citizens to observe Forest Protec- )nl tion weekl April 21 -27, by pledging )y ,e a is ,h Ic IS tl ,a i AT WU0GU- 'cicials in with star e, and federal of- Ificials in preventing a recurrence of - -_ I such fires in 1924. The State Forester in part added: IN -9 larger crowd, a deeper in [crest "Last year California was the worst CASH interest �cas in evidence last n.ght fire state in the union because its which ,can family r,i�:ht in the union l OlLizens were careless with fire. , Seven - revival being :cld n the Methodist) HANFORD. yApril 1S— "Rainmaker" ty per cent of the fires were men - church. caused and as such could have been Charles �f. Hatfield, who .from March . Evangelist Eannard used the Eethni, 15 to April 15 "wooed clouds" as a avoided. 'lase fires that cost six hse home where Jesus was alwzys a •vet_ man lit•es last Season, as well 3 those source of income, and made good at the come guest upon which he based a s job, was that destroyed par[ of Berkeley, most paid in full 35,000 cash. I strong sermon on family life, entp' ^a- of the town of El Dorado, Boyes At a conference held in Lemoore Isizing the great need of having Jesus in where the average of the five officials Springs the resort, and twenty cottages the home life. He used Lazarus as on the Russian ricer —all were the rain guages in the territory In which I_ , a type of those-who-are dead in tres -_ rr.entr ..r . \" PC