Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-07

record Of the vote ana none Of them are
able to give accurate fgures today.
AT Camp Meade II Is estimated that 1900 |
votes were cast. and that sixty per cent
OF these were against the Wares. Word
from Camp Hancock. Ca. where the Ma
tional Guard is in training. indicates a
substantial majority for the Town Meeting
party ticket.
Estimates give the Town Meeting marty
candidates majority of 700 votes in the
lO9th and l11th infantry. Unofficial figures
given out by Town Meeting representatives
give the lOSth field artillery TO the Ware.
Smith ticket by 23S votes and the llOth
infantry and 103d engineers to the Town
Meeting party by 100 and $50 majority, re.
spectively. Town Meeting men say they
will carry the camp by 500 votes.
At Fort Oglethorpe lis Philadelphia votes
were cast at the two voting places, Camp
Warden Mclean, the reserve officers train.
Ing camp, and Camp Greenleaf There were
no polls in the regular army camps and
the vote was light because r. o. T. c. men
were not notified In time, but 100 out of 42O
voted there Fifteen Philadelphia votes
were cast at Greenleaf.
No votes for Council were SLOWED There
was much interest in the mayoralty fight in
Pittsburgh, sixty-three going for Babcock
and twenty-five for Magee
+ The vote was as follows; Common Pleas
Court No. 1-Bregy, 102. Court No. 3-Mc-
Michael. II; Ferguson. IS Boyer 25 Nit
chell, 2s. Court No. 4-Audenreid. 9S.
Court No 5-staake, SO; Monaghan, A:
| Bonnwcll So; Drake, a.
Orphans Court--Lamorelle. "a: Ander-
| son, 50; Bonner, a.; Lynch, IS Magee, 6.
Register of Wills-Sheehan, As; Smith,
| 81 Detwiler, 8.
Receiver Of Taxes-Kendrick, 61 Arm
! strong 4s.
Treasurer-shoyer. Al; Nicholson, 81.
| District Attorney-Rotan, 81; McSorley,
| 13; Houston. g.
Magistrates-Campbel. 81; Costello, 81
| Neff, "a; Rooney, 81: Eisenbrown' 3S
Grelis, 30 Borie. 26 (: Boyle, 29 Allen, l :
Limeburner, 5; Littleton, 6; GILL; 3; Con
| nor. 4.
| NEW PARTY SWEEPS CAMP MEADE
That the Town Meeting candidates made
| n clean sweep at Camp Meade Is apparent
| from the returns in the 3l5th Infantry ana
| 316th Infantry. In the latter there are l0S
| Philadelphians and 106 voted as follows:
Register of Wills-Sheehan, 26; Smith, 30.
| Receiver of Taxes-Kendrick, 40; Arm
| strong, a.. Recommendations, % !;
| Shoyer. 80. District Attorney-Rotan' " ;
Hopston, Is, and McSorley, g.
Company D, 315th Infantry, which is a
Philadelphia outfit, Gid better than the
| 316th for it gave the row" candidates an
| overwhelming majority. The vote OF TINS
company for the row offices is as follows!
Receiver of Taxes-Kendrick 20; ARM
| strong, &C.
Register of wills-Sheehan, 21; Smith, 30.
City Treasurer-Shoyer, 16 Nicholson, SO.
District Attorney-Rotan, Fl; McSor-
| ley 9.
Company F, 315th Infantry. in it's vote
for the Ware Magistrates, Campbell COS
tello, Neft and Rooney, gave each man oO
| votes and 81 each to Esenbrown, Grehs'
| Borie and Boyle. This is how the company
voted for the row offices: 9Th,
Register of Wills-Sheehan 30; smith
81. Treasurer-Shoyer, 3O Nicholson OIL
Receiver of Taxes-Kendrck, 80; Arm
strong, 81. District Attorney-Rotan' ~
McSorley. II, and Nelson. IL.
HELP OUT REFORM TICKET
Company L, also of the 315th, did its BIZ
for the reform ticket 1t gave kendrlcr
20 votes and his Town Meeting party riVa
A. Sheehan received but 20 votes while
Smith obtained 43. Nicholson, the ToWI
Meeting candidate for the ,treasurership, re
ceived 40 votes and Shoyer but Ia.
Although it was impossible to get returns
from other units. the boys in olive drab wh'
operated the election machinery assert ina
| the Town Meeting candidates made cleal
sweep in the seth Field Artillery 3l4tl
Infantry, 304th Ammunition Train and othe
organizations in which the Philadelphian
figured.
The election was conducted in true arm,
fashion and was devoid of disturbances
The only protest made at the polls wa
| registered by a young Italian. lie at
| tempted to vote against the Wares, but wa
! Challenged on the ground that he had no
obtained citizenship. He protested
That is right l am not citizen, but
! am fighting for America. If l am
! good enough to draft, 1 am good enough
to vote.
He was not permitted to vote.
Men in the 315th Infantry, where interes
in the campaign centered, added a littl
spice to the election by exhibiting a placar
over the door of a barracks which read
I'VE are doing to Mayor Smith what W
l will do to the Kaiser"
Some of the figures from Camp Hancoc
follow:
One Hundred and Ninth Infantry (fol
merly First Infantry)-Register of Wills
Smith, 500; Sheehan, 219. Receiver {
Taxes-Armstrong 52S; Kendrick, 23
| City TreasureT-Nicholson 49S; Shoye
1872. Judges-Bonniwell 535; Monaghan
221; Stake, ia. Magistrates-Neff, 1870
Rooney. 1888; Borie, 453; Boyle, 500; Eiser
| brown, 529; Grelis, SIS.
One Hundred and Eleventh Infantr
J | (Philadelphians of the Philadelphia ba
TALON of the old Sixth Infantry)-Dstri,
Attorney-Rotan, 229 Register OF Wills
Smith, 279 ; Sheehan, 10. Receiver of Take
Armstrong, 22l; Kendrick, 10. Cit
$ Treasurer-Nicholson, 221 Shoyer, 6. MAJ
y Istrates - Borie, 220; Boyle, 225 Eiser
: brown, 222; Grels, 219.
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