Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-28
DR.. MEALS FILES HIS
PETITION FOR MAYOR
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Young, 1908 Paxton street. a Social
| ist. His petition bore 15 signatures
The County Candidates
County candidates included Frank
j. Roth, an attorney and court steno-
grapher for many years, who filed IL
petitions bearing els signatures for
| the Republican nomination for re-
corder. Sheriff Harry c. Wells, 11OS
Penn street. put in his Democratic pc
tition for the county commissioner
ship and eX-Select Councilman Alfred
B. Gardner. a gentleman, 81 Ever
green street, filed a petition for the
Democratic nomination for the same
place. His petition bore 294 signers
Superintendent F. b. Snavely, of the
Hershey farms. Republican candidate
for director of the poor, filed papers
bearing 40S names. J. F. Ommert,
carpenter. 190S1s State street, a resi-
dent of Susquehanna township. filed
papers with 10 signers as the Social
ist candidate for county controller.
Other candidates included ]. V. w.
Reynders, Republican, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company
and at present presiding officer of
Steeltons borough council. filed his
papers for denomination for council
from the Third ward. Burgess Fred
Wigfield of the same borough for.
mally entered the race for justice of
He, too, is a Republican.
Tuesday Final Day
Tuesday is the time limit for filing
primary petitions and a flood of pc
titions for minor Offices kept the COM
imissioners' clerks busy today. Mon
day and Tuesday will be big days too
lit is expected. City Commission
ers NJ. Harvey Taylor William Fl.
Lynch and Harry f. Bowman will put
in their papers Monday and City
Treasurer o. NJ. Copelin will file for
city commissioner at the same time.
Register of Wills Roy c. Danner will
file his papers for reelection Monday
too.
That Wayne township Democrats
are having a battle royal on was in
dicated today when two complete sets
of tickets we're filed for the various
offices in that district by the Demo-
Gratis.
Other petitions included:
County-PaXtang, Republicans, Will
liam c. Sourber. school Director How
ard A. Rutherford. assessor; Union
town, Republicans, Thomas l.. Snyder,
Morris S. Snyder and Elmer w.
Docliey, school directors; William A.
Snyder, chief burgess; James NJ. Got
shall, Judge of election; Joel NJ.
Boyer, inspector of elections; Lloyd e.
Burlington, constable; John II. Binga-
man. auditor; C. l.. Grimm, r. w.
Heckert and w. H. Bohner. council
man. Reed township, Republicans,
Asahel D. Lukens, judge of election;
Charles E. Bressler, auditor; Paul
Johns, inspector; II. e. Lukens, su-
pervisor; John A. Lukens, auditor; S.
b Bonde and A. j. Shade, school di-
rectors; Highspire, Socialists, Uriah
C. Brown, Samuel Hahnlen and Ed
gar G. Sheaffer, councilman; Frank
II. Brown and Benjamin F. Byers,
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spector; Earl Gruber, judge of elec-
ton; Joseph K. Leedy, auditor; Harry
S. Hahn, constable; Jefferson town
ship, Republicans, James Hummel,
Charles p. Hoffman and David Etz-
wiler, school directors; Daniel Rutter,
inspector; II. B. Hackenburg, super
visor; Ross e. Lukens, constable;
Samuel Yerges, Judge of election;
Philip Shoop and John o. Sultzbaugh,
auditors; Wayne township, Democrats,
P. f. Hoffman and John U. Wise,
judge of election; John ]. Baker and
Theodore Shertzer, inspector; William
D. Engle and Calvin c. Shoop. con-
stable; Elias Rettinger and w. II.
Hoffman, justice of the peace; Harry
L. Nipple and Curtin C. Pottiger,
auditors; Washington Sheetz, Harvey
A. Enders. Jacob F. Nice and A. G.. B.
Dimpsey, supervisors; Harry c. Sny-
der. Charles f. Sheetz. John Fl.
and Charles E. Miller, school direct
ors; Wayne township, Republicans,
Harry Lebo, inspector; j. A. Lebo. JUS
tice of the peace; Daniel Lebo, judge
of election: C. E. Wise and Peter
Lebo, auditors; Isaac C. Smith and
A. Nj. Hoffman. school directors; z. H.
Shoop and Grant Lenker, supervisors.
Other Republicans included the fol-
lowing: R. B. Rutherford, inspector.
Fourth precinct, Swatara township;
Christian F. Rupp, assessor. Fourth
precinct Swatara; Norman P. Ruther-
ford. assessor, Fourth precinct, Swa-
tara; David Mumma, school director,
West Hanover: Christian L. Hoover,
high constable, Royalton; James w.
Haines, justice of the peace, Steelton;
Mervin E. Grunden. judge of election,
Paxtang; John w. Swartz, school di-
rector Lower Paxton; Fred Wigfleld.
Justice of the peace, Steelton; Harry
NJ Troxell, auditor, Lykens; Jacob r.
Sheaffer, commissioner, Swatara town
ship.
Democrats included Harry C. Kitz-
miller justice of the peace, Jackson;
William P. Umholtz and John E. Mil
Ter, councilmen, Gratz; James Bow
man. auditor. Halifax township:
George e. Sheaffer, inspector, Second
precinct, Swatara; Harry NJ TroXell,
auditor, Lykens; Thomas T. McEntee,
council, fourth ward, Steelton.
Other petitions filed included: John
V: w. Reynders, Republican, council,
Third ward. Steelton; George NJ
Aungst, Republican. school director,
Penbrook; Thomas T. McEntee. Re-
publican. council Fourth ward, Steel
ton; William II. Hoerner. Republican,
school director. Lower Paxton; John
A. Hoerner. Republican. constable,
Lower Paxton; Grant S. Runkle, Re-
publican, school director. West Han
over; Harvey S. Umberger Repub-
lican. Judge of election. West Han
over; William A. Cassel. Republican,
| inspector, West Hanover.
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