The Detroit times., 1911-03-15
Commission PLAN
FAILS TO CARRY
Proposition Defeated in Highland
Park BY Six votes-villages
Hold Elections.


Elections were held, Monday. In all
the villages OF Wayne county. and In
a few instances there were some IN
teresting contests. Nowhere In tho
county was greater interest manifest
ed AT the polls than In Highland PARK
Detroit's northerly suburb. Inere
were three tickets In the neid' anu
in addition to making their seiections
from these, the electors had To vote on
the question OF revising the charter 10
provide for a commission form OF gov
eminent.
The proposition lost out by Just SIX
votes, through the eleventh-hour oppo-
sition of several of the citizens VINO
are looking forward TO the annexation
OF the village TO Detroit at an cary
date. The count showed $40 for the
proposition and 346 against II.
II was after 4 o'clock, Monday AFTER
noon. when Frank Holznagle and
few others who were opposed &c char
ter revision started out with bundles
OF cards to defeat the measure. Az
that time. II is said, the ayes were
ir the lead, but, through the enorts OIL
the annexationists enough voters were
brought out in the evening hours TO
turn the scales the other way.
The Straight Republican party cap
turcd most OF the village Offices. IL
elected Martin A. Martin president by
an overwhelming majority over Trus-
tee Berger, who was the candidate oil
the Highland Park Republican party.
Other Straight Republican candidates
who were successful We're: Royal
Ford, clerk. reelected: w. ID. Patter.
son, assessor; Horace 4. Clarke and
Clinton ID. Butterfeld. trustees.
Ben Marks, the Citizens party can
didate for village treasurer, defeated
George l.. ID. Peterson. the Straight
Republican candidate, by majority
of ISL votes. The Citizens party also
elected Elmer b. McGraw, trustee, and
Harry Hickey, trustee for the shorl
term.
There was an interesting contest II
River Rouge between Village Presi
dent Daniel ID. Barron and Truste'
Raymond Hafeli for the presidency
the former being re elected by ma
Jority of AZ. The vote was the lars
est ever cart In the village, totalin!
1853. Hafeli had been defeated 70
| the nomination and his friends ha'
to use slips in the election. Their
were no other contests and the re
suits were as follows: Clerk, f.
Abbott; treasurer, Frank X. Grant
assessor. william Nieman; trustees
John O'Brien, Charles Britz and Johl
Cassidy. Jr.
The Detroit City Gas Co. was vote,
30-year franchise by the village
OF Crosse Pointe and Crosse Point
Park, and the Detroit & Suburbal
Gas Co. was given a 30-year franchis
| In Trenton.
The election in Ecorse village wa
featured by sharp contest betwee
John and Frank Maurice. father an
son, for assessor, the younger ma
winning by a small margin. All tn
successful candidates. except Fran
x. Monte, who was elected clerk o
the village ticket, were members o
the Peoples party. The other officer
elected are: President, Charles Rio
pelie; treasurer, Louis Beaubien
trustees, Robert Polk, Daniel LATER
ty and Fred Brewer.
Results III the other villages of tn
county were as follows:
Plymouth-President, Lewis Hi
mer; clerk, Arson Hearn; treasurer
Henry Z. Wright; assessor, William
T.. Rattenbury; trustees, Andrew Tay
Tor. Andrew J. Lapham, Fred Hall.
Crosse Pointe Park-Presideni
Robert Trombley; clerk, Horace Z
Page; treasurer. Edmund Poupard
assessor. Charles Page; trustees. Lee
pold Romick, John Berry, Charlie
lPoupard.
! Redford-President George C.. Bui
CESS; c.Gtk, John Venus; treasurer
F.. s. Lee; assessor, G. b. Andrews
trustees. two years. Thomas johnson
A. l.. Lamrhere, F. L. Demio; on
year, T. e. Houghton.
Trenton President, J. o. Arm
strong; clerk. James Bailey; treasu,
err: j. C. Alvord; assessor, Andre,
Kemp; trustees, Joseph Anderson
Jacob Reiger and George Strohm.
Ford-President, Charles Begeman
clerk, Clarence Pratt; treasurer, Wi
liam Kahn; assessor, Selah Sander
son. trustees. Ballard Tonnage. Loui
Moline, Daniel LeClair, Jr.
hville-President Charles Co
dren; clerk. Silas Murdoch: treasul
er, z. II. Lapham: assessor, Charlie
Sessions; trustees, Stewart Montgon
cry, ID. L. Griswold. William Lincoln
Crosse Pointe Village-Presiden
4 Daniel T, Crowley; clerk, William {
Diegel, treasurer, John T. Cronin
assessor, Albert f. Damerou; trui
tees, Clarence z. Bsaufre, John Kie,
Fred J. Eaker.
Oakwood- President, Samuel HUI
ter; clerk. Albert Charles; treasures
Henry Breevoort; assessor, Marvi
Luke; trustees, J. w. Speck. AlexaI
der CharlanJ, Charles Schonfield.
Wayne--President, DR.. r. b. Gun
mings; clerk, p. J. Snyder; treasu