Evening journal., 1907-10-24
COURT KNOCKS
OFF SOME NAMES
Battle Over the Registration
Continues Before Judge
Spruance To-day

ing continued its attack on the reg 81, a.
tion lists and succeeded IN ecttlng ca ne
list many names thar we're the-e Illegally
The First ward registration suffered tae
most, AZ Toast % Of the cases ia when
appeals have been nled are IN that ward.
The nrst name TO be ttsicken on this
morning was that OF Frank Dovlia, reg p
tered from No. eis w Front street. James
Devino. registered from the SINE pia,
was stricken from tbe list Neither man
lived there From the house No. sis or
anse stiect Henry j. Recfs. ien.y Ros-
ter John HAL and oliver Turner were re-
gistered but each name was stricken IN
the men not being known there.
William NJ Aikley. registered form
No. l05 West street appeared IN court
to defend his residence after his name
had been stricken from the list The
court refused 20 reopen the case
The onti-license forces lost three np-
Deals because OF errors In copying
names and street numbers from tho
books. Tho cases were those of Frank
Decrese. John p. Green and John J..
Fernan. James Kilroy. registered
from ll5 Market street. opposed the
striking Of his name from the list for
non residence, but proved his resi-.
donce. The name remains on the
bonks
Appeals against William Rlnggold
Edward Pyle. John Potts and Daniel
Haggerty weee withdrawn. and that
against solomon Bayurd dismissed
Tho names Charles n. Green. Henry
Floyd, William Booker. Thomas
Sampson. Joseph Bivin we're stricken
from the list Bivin registered by
mistake In the Fourth ward, instead of
in the second. He lives on the street
that divides the ward This finished
the work of the court and the books
OF the registrars, who figured Ia the
appeals. We're then signed by Judge
SpruRnce. The anti-iicense committee
announced afterward that they had
succeeded in striking 10 OF 90 names
from the list and permitted six OF the
10 remaining names 90 remain on the
books The committee Is of the opln-
ion that the books show az least 200
time. they say. prevented them from
appeiang IN the cases.
The court Yesterday afternoon or
dered the name Of Andrew M. Craig
stricken from the list OF registered
voters IN the Tenth district OF the
Eighth ward. craig desired the ac-
ton. while resident of the Second
-district OF the FIRST ward he registered
-. a
trict OF the Eighth ward where he req.
istcred again without FIRST obtaining
transfer from the district from which
he came.
The name OF William H. Burbage
registered from No. 7O5 Locust street
IN the Third district OF the Eighth
ward was stricken from the list He
Is unknown AT the address
Breakfast Mission Hit Hard.
Jacob Smith. John Wesley Fountain,
Edward y. Wyatt. William Nichols,
Joseph McKowan. oliver Cooper Clar-
enco Mitchell. William White. Samuel
Congo. ell registered from No III
Shipley street, the home OF tho Sunday
Breakfast Association, were ordered
disqualified. the Breakfast Association
officers denying that the men lived IN
the mission
An appeal against George Foster was
dismissed after Foster had satisfied
the court that he was born In New
York instead OF Ia Canada as the reg
istration officers in the First district
OF the Fourth ward has charged.
The name OF Wesley Wilson. alias
John Wesley Fountain. registered under
each name In two districts OF the
Second ward, and under bail on that
charge, was stricken from tho books OF
the Second district OF the ward.
Peter Salvlnski. Of No. 704 Curlett
street, successfully defended his right
TO continue as a qualified voter Tho
appeal against him was based on the
allegatlon that he could not speak
English, but as he produced his natu.
ralizauon papers his name was con-
tinued on the list
Appeals 60 strike Off William L. Gam.
bic and Randolph Allione. the latter
registered from No. 500 Orange street
were sustained. neither man having
residence at the places registered from
Frank poulson. who registered from No.
3iS West Front street, had his name
stricken from the list as also ala johnson
George, OF Easton Md. who had not been
IN the state long enough to qualify as a
voter
During the day "a names were stricken
from the list
RECEIVERS FOR THE
WESTINGHOUSE CONCERN.
BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire