Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-19
WARES GET NAMES
ON NEW TICKET
pre.empt Town Meeting
Party Name for Council
men in Several Wards
'SorRT FIGHT IN PROSPECT
preparations Made to Try to
Have Independent Candidates
Thrown Off the Ballot

erta Ware smith forces lOudN nldue prep
..atjons to take into court their efforts to
-. off the ballot the names Of the Town
,Soetlng party candidates.
"vare ward and division leaders Invaded
A. county Commissioners office and there,
,ndsr the direction of Lee Ellmaker, secre-
80, TO Representative William 5 ware.
n.,eed the names and addresses of signers
II ''si.ns tro,yn Meeting party nomination petit
- This was taken to be a prelude to
upritte additional arrests on allegations of
lyNating and filing of false nomination
papers. ,-... -....,..., o,.oos,. oro
,,,der arrest i'm what the leaders of the new
V Vas,v declared was q demonstration by the
Tare.smth police to intimdate workers
,or the Town Meeting party. Those under
lanes G. Connor, Mercantile Apprais-
..s, clerk Of the Twenty-second Ward.
Former Magistrate Frank l.. Rau,
,otary Of the Twenty-ninth Ward.
charles Wharton, Of the Twenty-sixth
ward ,-,...-
r.ntral station and with the two others,
arrested yesterday was held in $500 bail
tor a further hearing next Monday. All
.,e accused Of irregular signing of nom
nation petitions
WARE MEN FILE NEW PARTY PAPERS
In the Twenty-sixth Ward. it became
Known today, the Ware forces have filed
naners nominating on the Town Meeting
narty ticket the four Ware candidates for
rouncs-James T.. Lennon, Joseph T. Gaff-
new Frank B. Stockley and George II.
Kellv This Is Congressman Wares home
ward. The Town Meeting party pre-emp-
tors also filed papers for the candidates In
dorsed by the Town Meeting party, but as
counter-move the pre-emptors of the in
dependent party I'm the ward signed both
papers.
The same thing occurred in the Thirtieth
4 Ward, where City Treasurer William Nc
Coach is the Ware leader
The law committee of the Town Meeting
marty in the Forty-fourth Ward met at
noon today to discuss their procedure.
Illustration of how benetciaries of the
public payroll are going the limit to pro-
cure support for the VareSmth ticket was
given yesterday in a letter sent out to every
voter in Director William II. Wilson's divi-
sion in the Forty-eighth Ward
The letter is signed by H. G. Tyson,
holder of a $25OO job as claim adiuster in
. tbe Workmen's Compensation Board, of
which Harry \. MaCkey is chairman.
HERE'S WILSON'S LETTER
COPY of the letter. received by william
Adam, 2436 South Garnet street, follows
,D9 sr election which conditions have made
UNIQUE. dastardly act committed in divi-
which
onnonents an opportunity to make political cap
YpO"Sd taI and include in their criticism the other
sSed SS u''fOt II this criticism We're true and jus
. ned could any fair-minded man condemn 1895
hope and trust for the speedy adjustment Of
snairs. which WI prove that this nntair, ana ana
ntical capital out of an occurrence which should
have only been looked upon with sorrow and
In our division certainly one of the 1898 In
nocent we have for II neighbor and friend VII;
liam H. Wilson, Director Of the Department of
Public Safety.
Mr.. Wilson has lived his whole life in this
tectdn, where, to earn money to pay for his
stores, His early education was in the public
school Of the University Of Pennsylvania OF
lawyer needs no comment; his loyalty to his
4 friends and neghbors has never been doubted
should az this time show our confdenCe and
PPITs'niiPPn iP by yotns s'g9sht ticket for Rr fRt
ilcais sparty-hereby showing by our votes for
Sors and friends So Of his, his, to hold up his hand,
and assist him to reach out further in tbs
interest Of our section Yours VERY siP2SESlNy' TTgSN
The two arrests yesterday came at the
end Of day marked by what was termed
the most surprising foray by the police
In the history of the city. From many
sections of Philadelphia Town Meeting
party workers reported alleged attempts a
Intimidation
Rau, a former Magistrate, termed hi
arrest deliberate "frame-up"
This case, said Mr.. Rau, is an abso-
Lutte frame-up and obviously a mere
furtherance of the conspiracy between
the Police Department and political
faction to harass and attempt TO In
timidate the voters and workers who
are representing and striving for honest
government in Philadelphia.
The charges were unsubstantiated. In
fact, there was no effort and really no
intent to offer any testimony other than
that which Attorney Gray succeeded in
injecting into the case. The service OF
the warrants at a time when it made II
impossible to have other than night
court hearing, which of itself required
postponement and further hearing, was
palpable proof of the insincerity of the
whole proceeding designed temporarily
to distract public attention from the hope
lessness of the Vare-Smith cause.
The leaders of the Town Meeting party
naturally expected from such sources
grand'stand plays and gallery tactics but
uer only result can be to strengthen
public conviction of the desperation with
which the faction identified with the
Firth Ward atrocity is attempting to
Treak its vengeance
IN the Third Ward the new Town Meet
Ing men were followed relentlessly, ques-
TONED regarding their actions and urged
70 give up their allegiance to the new
party
WARE MAN SWEARS TO WARRANTS
walter c. Bowditch, Ware candidate fO
common Council in the Twenty -secon
ward was the man who swore out the wa
tahts. Magistrate Carson went to City Ha
Mnen he learned of the arrests and release
,he men In $500 bail for a further hearin
~ the night court. At that hearing the
were arraigned before Magistrate Pennoc
shd were held in $500 bail each for
nearing Monday next
william A. Gray, an attorney, who he
conference yesterday afternoon with of
Was OF the Department of Public Safet
lepresented Bowditch and the Republics
S'y Committee The three men are a
FUSED Of the offense in the fact, it was sal
iat wharton filed the papers before Ra
ule notary. C0nnors il was understoo
was included because of his official positiC
ihe ward committee. The papers
\ question, It was said, were those of counc
Ward.
=, ware adherents declared last night tn
~ signatures to the papers were bog
"u ehat false afiidavits had been filed
Ehorts to trace the responsibility of Z
activity Of the police on behalf
Me Nare-Smith machine were frustrat