Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-28

OlAlCu was ISclSCl0u 'yoSLCAuoJ W.
Jonathan w. Brown, superintendent
the departments OF public accounts
and finance, by a majority Of 1872 votes
in the most hotly contested and clos
est drawn fight in recent years. The
vote cast was exceptionally heavy, be
ing approximately $500 in number.
Councilmen e. O. Wesley and g. B
Healy were reelected and Charles
O'Shaughnessy and Rudolph Beerend
are the newly elected. members.
| Roth at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar, Rapids, March ;26.-After one
Of the hottest municipal fights in the
history of Cedar Rapids, Louis Roth
defeated W. H. Stepanek, for mayor by
706 votes and J. NJ. Hughes, Fred La
Selle, Allen McDuff and Louis Zika
were elected councilmen. Percy P
Smith, the only member Of the pres
lent council who tried to come back
for the same place was defeated.
Pray Entire Day.
Waterloo, March 26.-R. c. Thomp,
son, city auditor, was elected mayor in
vote, that proved vertaible land.
slide. His total was 1856 out Of a
vote of 5,194 with four candidates in
the field. L. E. Park, backed by a
temperance element, received 1926.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union held an all day prayer service
in the interest of the Park ticket.
| 49,. Result at New London.
New London, March PA. D. Hays
won over DR.. c. E. Cook by SO votes,
receiving respectively III and 1856. The
rest of the elected ticket is as follows:
20 Councilmen-Frank He'll, Sam Bey-
ers, Herbert Beyers, George Shelledy,
Isaac Linder, James Hobbs.
| ,'Assessor-O. H. Tyner.
The total number Of votes cast was
312. ..
| Result at Pennington.
l. Pennington, March 27.-The indie
pendent ticket won here 1t is as fol-
lows: " s.
Mayor. N. Eddy.
| Councilmen-John Jack, w. T. Boy
er, H. r. Jones, Louis Newman, G. J.
Wendt.
Assessors. B. Badly.
Treasurer. w. Woodruff.
Lafferty EddyviIIe's Mayor.
Eddyville, March ga large vote
was polled here yesterday at the
ferty (republican) being chosen
mayor; F. w. Epperson (republfcan)
treasurer; A. c. Black (democrat)
assessor, and G. F. Hartman (repub-
lican), R. j. Oldham (republican), H.
G.. True (republican), w. Hankins' IRE
publican), and r. F.. Shahan demo
craft, councilmen:'
The complete vote follows:
49, For Mayor.
]. A. Lafferty' (republican) ...... ISL
Wesley Donegan (democrat) .... So
5. H. Keki (socialist) .....-... 46
For Treasurer.
F.. NJ Epperson (republican) e.. =. .161
A. e. Johnson (democrat) ....... "a
Lee Warner (socialist) ........... 81
81, For Assessor.
c. E. Hatchitt (republican) .:....... 72
A. G. Black (democrat) .......... 1913
George Chitwood (socialist) ...... 40
go. FOE councumen7yr 49,, . :,
G. r. Hartman (republican) 1876
S. K. Delong (republican) .,.....:. 81 4
r. J. Oldham (republican) ...... no
H. G. True '(republican)2 ........ 118
W.. Hankins. (republican) ....... .11S
Earl McElroy (democrat) .,....... IS
Charles Odem (democrat) .,.... II
R:.F. Shahan (demecrat) .e...... 100
H. s. Burns (democrat) g.; ....... SO
sc. Wilcox (democrat) ........ 81
John w. Sandilands (socialist) -. 81
John H. Chitwood (socialist) .46
s. b. Bickford (soc1alist) ......... 43
Frank Hudson SOCIALIST ......... SO
William Gordon (socia1ist)' ...... Al
WyIIie Defeats TatIey BY 81 Votes.
Sigourney, March, 26.-The Sigour-
ney city: election passed off quietly, al