Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-18
MORE THAN 100
FILE PETITIONS
Big Rush of Candidates at
County Commissioners
Office Today

Candidates for the minor political
offices of Harrisburg and Dauphin
county made a rush on the County
Commissioners Office this morning
and more than hundred nominat-
ing petitions were filed before noon.
The majority of the petitions were
lodged by Republican candidates.
The petitions must be filed on or be-
fore Wednesday to be in time to have
the names printed on the primaries
ballots.
The following are Williamstown
candidates: w. Frank Hoffman, r.
and D., school director; Elmer Bast,
r., Judge, West ward; Lincoln c.
Carl, r. and D., burgess; Ray l..
Miller, r., inspector, West ward; Ray
@. Thompson, ID. and r., assessor,
East ward; Edward ]. Brown, D.,
council, West ward: Richard Mates,
r., judge, East ward; Benjamin w.
Williams, ID. and r., council, West
ward; Albert Maiden. r., auditor;
Frank NJ. Shaded, r., Justice of the
peace; Martin A. Buggy, r., inspec-
tor, East ward.
These are Millersburg Republi-
cans: Edward b. Bowman, inspec-
tor, First ward; G.. E. Seller, judge,
First ward; James Light, assessor,
First ward; Peter Romig, assessor,
Second ward; Fred K. Chance, school
director; Mark K. Fernsler, auditor;
M. Edward Wilt, tax collector; Her.
bert S. Gilbert, tax collector; Harry
NJ. Fairchilds, burgess; William Ty-
son, judge, Second ward; ]. 1. Grubb,
inspector, Second ward.
The following are jefferson town
ship Republican candidates: Sam
uel Bordner and Allen Schell, school
director; Harvey Sweigard, auditor;
Ross Lukens, supervisor; William
Yerges, inspector; Abe Enterline,
judge.
Elizabethville Democrats filed
these: Clayton Cook, Judge; d. A..
Andre, burgess; Charles c. Matter,
Earl Raker. school director; Mark c.
Spacht, Harry E. Hoke, Dewin j..
Bechtel and George H. Temple,
council; Frank w. Paul, auditor; c..
NJ. Giraffe, inspector; Edward Helm,
auditor; G. William Bolts, assessor;
James F. Hoffner, tax collector.
These are East Hanover township
Republicans: William P. Keister,
auditor; Harry A. Gerberick. tax col
lector; Harry A. Boyer, assessor;
Lingle, auditor; Samuel G.. Eshle-
man, inspector; Alfred Gerberick,
supervisor; Harry w. Hetrick, school
director.
Republicans in West Hanover
township filed these: Grant S. Run
kel, school director; Martin L. Cas-
sci, Judge; William A. Cassell tax COL
lector; Edwin Zimmerman, super
visor; Jacob Shope, inspector; Irwin
F. Meyer, assessor; Calvin S. Cassel,
justice of the peace.
ID III to-, N,YN ~,
a full ticket of candidates as follows:
Johns. supervisor; Charles E. Bress-
Ter, assessor; John Liddick and
Christ NJ. Smith. school director;
Paul Johns and Clayton Zimmerman,
auditor; Asahel D. Lukens, judge;
S. B. Boude, tax collector.
Steelton
Steelton candidates filed the fol-
lowing: Oscar l.. Eppinger, D., as
SCISSOR, Fourth ward; James L. Dick
inson, r., justice of the peace; Harry
C. Genkes, R., inspector, First pre-
cinct Second ward; Ira B. Reider. D.
and r., council, Fifth ward; Charles
f. Reisch, r. and D., council, Fifth
ward; c. Albert Mcfarland, R., as
SCISSOR, Second precinct, Third ward;
Peter Wade, r., judge, Second pre-
cinct, Third ward; Harry E. Jones,
assessor, Second precinct, Third
ward.
These additional petitions were
lodged: Frank Brantner, r., tax col
lector, Hummelstown; Burton w.
willard, r., council, West ward, Will
liamstown; William ]. James, R.,
council, West ward, Williamstown;
Howard A. Birchall, R.. school di-
rector, PaXtang; William S. Kunkle.
r., assessor, PaXtang; Walter S.
Truiiinger, r., supervisor, Susque-
hanna township; Luther l.. Dinta-
man, r., judge, Second precinct,
Swatara township; G. Monroe Schelb,
r., judge, Lykens township; Isaac
Troutman, r., assessor, Lykens town
ship; Charles II. Kocher, r., tax COL
lector, Lykens township; Uri Nye, r.,
school director, Londonderry town
ship; John H. Espenshade, r., asses
sor, Londonderry township; Charles
]. Link, D., tax collector, Millers-
burg: c. c. Urich, r., supervisor,
Lower Swatara township; John A.
Conrad, r., school director, Susque-
hanna township; James j. Neagle,
D., assessor, First ward, Middletown;
C. +. Rupp, r., commissioner, Fourth
precinct, Swatara township; Samuel
Stare, r., inspector, Fifth precinct,
Swatara township; Charles S. Bough-
ter, r., judge, Second precinct, Fifth
ward, Steelton; Leroy Funk, inspec-
tor, r., Second precinct, Fifth ward,
Steelton; Harry Bilbet, r., assessor,
Second precinct, Fifth ward, Steel
ton.
The following are city candidates:
Robert f. German, r., inspector,
Eighth precinct, Ninth ward; Robert
r. Stevenson, r.. inspector, Third
precinct, Fifth ward; George HI.
Sible, Jr., r., judge, Third precinct,
Fifth ward; NJ. j. Dunkle, D., inspec-
tor, and Edwin Assure, ID, judge, First
precinct, Eleventh ward; William v.
Whitman. r.. Judge, Eighth precinct,