The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Suburban Washington bristled with po-
litical activity yesterday, elections being
held in nearly every community on the
outskirts Of the Capital.
Mount Rainier and Chevy Chase were
the centers Of bitter political contests.
st being the first election held for local
Offices in each Of these townships. Riv-
airy for the honor Of being the first
mayor was intense, and full vote was
brought out in both districts
Robert L. Joyce advertising manager
of The Washington Herald was chosen
mayor OF Mount Rainier by a majority Of
seven votes over Stewart Z. Oberlin
The vote by wards for the mayoralty
was:
Joyce-First ward, "A; Second, Il; Third.
Il; Fourth. %. Total 20.
Oberlin-First ward. Is; Second, p:
Third, 2S; Fourth, 6. Total, 70.
The overwhelming victory OF Mr.. Joyce
in the Fourth ward exceeded the ma
jority Of his opponent in all the other
wards. The Fourth is Mayor Joyce's
ward
Celebrate Joyce Victory.
A big celebration. with bonfires and
torchlight professions 10 Mayor-eect
Joyces home, followed the announcement
OF the result Of the election. Houses IN
the neighborhood were lighted up to re-
ceive the celebrators. and Mr.. Joyce was
induced by his admirers TO make brief
speech Of thanks. He promised the citi-
zens that his newspaper connections
would in no way tend to get him mixed
up in a newspaper fight, as had hap
pened TO Mayor Gaynor. Of New York
The councilmanic elections in the vari-
Gus wards resulted as follows: First
ward, c. O. Bohrer. As; Second ward J.
3. Moore, 25; Third ward, w. II. vanne-
man. 20; Clyde Fowler. 10: Fourth ward.
a. II. Winslow. Is; G. ". Hughes T. A
total Of 155 votes were cast. four illegal
ballots being rejected by the counters.
Chevy Chusc Election.
Chevy Chase held its first election un-
der the new charter last night and chose
William T. s Curtis president by ma
jority Of thirty votes over James &.
Ord Mr.. Curtis headed the incorpora-
tion or progressive" ticket. which was
elected from top 10 bottom. Mr.. Curtis
7.
The vote for trustees gave the pro
gressiveS" a majority throughout. the
count being as follows: George Swart-
zell. e.. Eugene Z. stephens, 43; Adolph
Hoehling, 6S; John Simpson. AZ Vernon
Hidgers. 62; W. f. Evans. IS: John
Weaver, 55, and J. w Morgan. 50.
Following the announcement Of the re-
suit. PreSident-elect Curtis made a brief
speech at the Chevy Chase Library. in
which he thanked the voters for the
honor and pledged an economical, pro-
gressive administration.
Reelected I'm HyattsviIIe.
W. G. Magruder was reelected mayor
Of Hyattsville by a majority Of 1o5 over
DR. Thomas r. Latimer. a total OF s65
votes was cast in the three wards. Two
members Of the old council. William A.
Brooks, Of the Second ward and J
Frank Rushe In the Third ward were de-
feated. Edwin Devlin, brother Of Arthur
Devlin, Of the New York National League
baseball team. defeated Brooks by ma
jority Of six votes, and r a. Fuller.
editor Of the Hyattsvile Independent. de-
feated Rushe by g. 20 -. Tn the First
''t''''iAt'ttA NNilAi DulllfI ltlGdleu
W. 4. Corr, 76 10 i3. O. A. Greagor de-
fcated Clarence Wilson for the one-year
term in the Second ward, y 20 81. W A.
Shepherd was elected town treasurer
without opposition. He received 253 votes
Without opposition. w C. Plat was
elected mayor Of Takoma Park. The
cOunciimen elected are L. r. GrabuI
r. d. Rush. and H. F. Taft. for the two
year term. and F. ". Williams. TO fill
a vacancy.
Only thirty-six votes out Of the total
registration Of 80 were cast in the
election.
Glen Echo elected Clarence r. Wilson
over Roscoe Roach. son of Mayor Roach.
AT the election yesterday Daniel Collier
and Thomas A. Wilson were elected town
councillors without opposition.
In Bladensbure the old board OF com
missioners was reelected by a large ma
jorty. The vote; A. II. Bailey. 60: Fran
els Gosch. 50; John Haynes. IS: Marion
Duckett 81 and Frederick Heller. Sc
The opposition ticket was led by Bur
dott Gully (colored). his vote being So.