The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-14
COMMISSION PLAN
FAILS TO CARRY
Proposition Defeated in Highland
Park By Six votes-villages
Hold Elections.

! ed at the polls IMAM In Hisniunu ram
: Detroits northerly suburb. There
were three tickets in the field, and.
In addition to making their selections
from these, the electors had To vote on
the question OF revising the charter to
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 who
are looking forward to the annexation
OF the village to Detroit at an early
date. The count showed $40 for the
proposition and SAC against 1t.
| II was after o'clock, Monday after
noon, when Frank Holznagle and a
few others who were opposed to char
ter revision started out with bundles
OF cards to defeat the measure. Al
that time, IL Is said, the ayes We're
liz the lead, but, through the efforts of
the annexationists enough voters were
brought out in the evening hours TO
turn the scales the other way.
The Straight Republican party cap
tured most of the village Offices. 1t
elected Martin A. Martin president by
an overwhelming majority over Trus-
tee Berger, who was the candidate OF
the Highland Park Republican party.
Other Straight Republican candidates
who were successful were: Royal
Ford, clerk. reelected: W. ID. Patter-
son. assessor; Horace Il. Clarke and
Clinton ID. Butterfield, trustees
Ben Marks, the Citizens party can
didate for village treasurer, defeated
George l.. ID. Peterson, the Straight
Republican candidate, by a majority
of 151 votes The Citizens party also
elected Elmer b. McGraw, trustee, and
! Harry Hickey, trustee for the short
term.
There was an interesting contest in
| River Rouge between Village Presi-
! dent Daniel ID. Barron and Trustee
Raymond Hafeli for the presidency.
| the former being re elected by ma
| jority of AZ. The vote was the larg-
est ever cart In the village totaling
! 1853 Hafeli had been defeated for
the nomination and his friends had
to use slips in the election. There
were no other contests and the re-
suits were as follows: Clerk, Ed
Abbott; treasurer. Frank X. Grant;
assessor. William Nieman: trustees.
John O'Brien, Charles Britz and John
Cassidy, Jr.
The Detroit City Gas Co. was voted
30-year franchise by the villages
OF Crosse Pointe and Crosse Pointe
Park, and the Detroit & Suburban
Gas Co. was given a 30-year franchise
In Trenton.
The election in Ecorse village was
featured by sharp contest between
John and Frank Maurice, father and
90.
winning by small margin. All the
successful candidates, except Frank
x. Monte, who was elected clerk or
the village ticket, were members of
the Peoples party. The other officers
elected ore: President, Charles Rio
, pelie; treasurer, Louis Beaubien:
trustees, Robert Polk, Daniel LATER
ty and Fred Brewer.
Results IL the other villages Of the
county were as follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Lewis Hill
mer: clerk, Arson Hearn: treasurer,
Henry f. Wright; assessor, William
t. Rattenbury; trustees, Andrew Tay-
lor Andrew j. Lapham, Fred Hall.
, Crosse Pointe Park-President,
Robert Trombley; clerk. Horace E.
Page; treasurer. Edmund Poupard;
assessor. Charles Page; trustees. Leo
pold Rornick, John Berry, Charles
Poupard.
Redford--President George C. Bur
CESS; c.erk. John Venus: treasurer,
f. s. Lee; assessor, c. b. Andrews;
trustees. two years. Thomas Johnson,
A. l.. Lamrhere, F. l.. Demio; one
year, T. G. Houghton.
Trenton President, j. o. Arm
strong; clerk, James Bailey; treasur-
err; j. c. Alvord; assessor. Andrew
Kemp; trustees, Joseph Anderson,
Jacob Reiger and George Strohm.
rd--President, Charles Begeman;
clerk, Clarence Pratt; treasurer Will
liam Kahn; assessor, Selah Sander
son, trustees Ballard Tonnage, Louis
Moline, Daniel LeClair, Jr.
North ville-President, Charles Col
dren; clerk, Silas Murdoch; treasur-
er, f. II. Lapham; assessor, Charles
Sessions; trustees, Stewart Montgom-
cry, D. r. Griswold, William Lincoln.
Crosse Pointe Village-President.
Daniel r. Crowley; clerk. William G.
Diegel. treasurer, John T. Cronin;
assessor, Albert f. Damerou; trus-
tees, Clarence Il. Beaufre, John Kies.
Fred ]. Eaker.
Oakwood-- President, Samuel Hun
ter; clerk, Albert Charles; treasurer.
Henry Breevoort; assessor, Marvin
Luke; trustees, j. w. Speck, Alexan-
der Charlani, Charles Schonfeld.
Wayne--President, Dr. X. B. Cum
mings: clerk, p. j. Snyder; treasur-
err, Owen Rayno: assessor, Vivian
Vallrance; trustees, Emil Gerstadt,
William +. Monroe, r. N. Francisco
and Lorenzo Wurtz are tied for third
trustee
st. Clair Heights-President A. b.
banning; clerk, George lick; treas
urer, Johr Scherer; assessor, George
Goetz; trustees. Charles j. Commend,
Martin Steenland, David Cross.
Hamtr3mck - President, Charles
Geimer: clerk, A. p. Schroeder; treas
urer. John Schulties assessor, Arson
c. Harris; trustees, Henry NJ. Jacobs,
George CONNER. George Kramer.
Crosse Pointe Farms-President.
Ingersoli l. Lewis defeated Carl
Schmidt. 90 to Sc: clerk. John r. Kir-
by; treasurer, Andrew LaFores.: as
SCISSOR, Bert LABEL. trustees, Paul
Deming. John LABEL. Edward j. $.
Tucker.
Dearbcrn-President George Hum
bert; clerk, John w. Nieland; treas
urar II ,nor, Stewart. aaapssor Sam.