The Detroit times., 1916-10-21
MandelI Finds No Law
Giving Him the
Authority
ELECTION BOARD
NOW UNHAMPERED
Commission Dismisses
81 Precinct Officials
For Cause

court IN Michigan 20 remove names
from registration books Ia conse.
queuce, the effort 10 take Dctroirs
new registration TO court Tor purg
ing H. a failure. and one trouble
some angle IN tho complicated cleo
tion situation e. disposed OF
Because he could hud no legal
authority d. fawper With the city
registration hooks Judge llcurs \
Mandcl IN rircu', court Saturday
morning dismissed tho mandamus
action brought D, Charles u from
hloy merchant thru his attorney
James ~ Pound 10 compel cry
clerk Lindsay and The election com
mission 20 present ~" books In
court that falls. entries might be-
stricken ~
Lindsay appeared and The city
was represented D, As,istan, Cor
poratiou Counsel Tar-ney bar they
ltd not bring fhs books a- directed
I'm the order 20 show cause The
ciy's answer vsS that there was
no legal sV'hor.', for 'te cour m
remove n7mo- from rrris'r- ion
books
Judge Nardell rlt the cnse
square,e up to Nforlcs Pound and
asked him ra h0v legal authority
for the action hs -ouEh Pound
vas unable 20 90 $50 ANA The action
was speedily thrown oa' af cour
As a rraali ~ Judge MH0drls ac.
lion. tho election commission d. mn.
impednd in .t. check Of the new
registration being made thru the
police department with iNa assist.
ance ~ Prosecution Ia.now.}a.
IasnoV -iJ sent check ~ 40 pre-.
cincts 20 che city hall late Friday
and Lindsay started to send regis
tered letters 20 person. who could
no. Do" located M given addresses
TIE letters direct such persons 20
appear before thc commits ion In
even dtys and establish fhcir right
20 vote n tho DO MOI respond or
~ letter sent 30 Them are returned
question marks Will Do -of opposlt
their names ami they viii DE chal-
lerged when thy sock 20 vote elcc
ion day
IN cases whore tnor, arc "a great
many registrations from Jingle I'd
dress IasuoVs.: ,- making a spo.
cial invest cation
Thirty.one Officials Fired.
Thir'y-one more vacancies in
ptcc'nCt boards were declared 0y
tho election commission Friday after.
noon. after examination Of officials,
a OF whom were -ummcned 10 ap-
pear IN CUTUrCTTOU WIN gross care
lessness and corruption In the PIT
mary and false registration.
This make 20 places in precinct
boards uAde-.yacant a. the result
Of The election scandal Prosecutor
Jasnowski. who investigated the pri
mary frauds brought about the res
ignatons OF 80 members OF precinct
boards and these were accepted by
the commission
officials removed were mainly
those Hho failed TO appear in re
Spouse 10 the commissions sum
mons These men were promptly
crossed of the list and their places
declared vacant In other cases.
vacancies were declared because the
officials did not serve primary day
The entire boards In two precincts
were dismissed In the fifth district
Of the Second ward. ana IN the first
district Of tho Firth ward. NOT an
uricial survived. Removals and wa
cancics made Friday affect eight !
precincts These were not covered
in Prosecutor Jasnowski's inyestiga.
ton.
Those Dismissed.
Following are the officials dis
missed:
second ward. gah mariet-.Frank
''r"Sn '3 80 " az ass WSodward ave-
lanes A Kler So. aD Highest west
Henry " coleman. No ia High - !
west. Harvey Bowen, No los Park
blvd. and Harry Nnndcnherg, 10. us |
Third ward, nrst distric, George
Barclay. 40 lHf f4arnrd - east
Fifh ward. first diStriut--Chsries
J. Dubois SO $50 ConKress-st east !
Albert l. prttz. SO. .lN Forrest. east |
Walter W Preetz No 2t6 Fort-st
east. Karl larr No. rs Forrest east
Arthur Allen, Np 90 Congress ~. !
east. John Cowan. SO -ri Congress
Fffth ward. seventh district David !
RoFcnthaI No -0l FRrnHwprth- |
Leopold CylkoVaki. 81. a6a Russell
at q Marshall, $50. $40 Farnsworth- !
ave
seventh ward. third district Edwin |
smith NO t3S Autletpm-st William |
ShrenherE So 3li Biopcllr-st Ar
thur ITcrb4t. SO rs sherman ~ |
william HcrWcurnrier No. III Sher
man-st. and Edwin Brodcl No 1913 |
Mamie ~
seventeenth vatd eiytocnth dis
trirt.. Ernest Ocstwau. No. 80 Con
Ear-ayc. n = ltange, 80 l3lS Mcd- |
bury-avc.. J. p schultz, No IS
Phelps .usc.. and Fr1uk Ernper, SO
1909 Baldwin. tt,.
Eleventh ward. .sINth distrIrt--Johp |
~ t>tiiali $50 5IB Isitnd-At An-
thcuv Iortre Nu. 50f Jos rampnu-
ave. Louis LnndWisr SO no 'hsuc-
ST. Anthony kri.kr. 500. $50 Jos
tamppu.atc., ana William Murha No |
If2 Mrbouvall
Eleventh wHrd SECOND district
Philip koib. 10. 55B tathCriuc-si
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