Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-30
Be Carr Grants Request
81 Democrats in Sixth
Ward Division
DECISION Us EXPLAINED
Required by Statute and Does
Not Mean Charges Against
Republicans Are True

4 Judge Carr made the appointments
a 1DllOwinG hearing of petition hled BY
JAMes M. Dohan, counsel for the Demo
a cratic city committee, who charged thai
Y voters were being listed on the registry
n list of the division in a fraudulent man
a ner.
N 4. Mr. Dohan, in his petition. also de.
! C3Ared he feared a repetition of the Fifth
ward case and charged that the Re.
.,{ publican organization was using illegal
q methods in attempt to wrest. control OF
~ ward from the Democrats
y. Lee Patton. attorney for the Re-
Il Publican city committee, did not make
Il vigorous objection to the appointment
8t az overseers. However. he answered
Is the charges of Attorney Dohan that
\ names of men appeared on the registry
q list OF the division who do not appear
on the tax assessment books and on the
draft registration rolls of the local draft
4 boards
is He explained this by saving that they
probably were due to removals, voters
now living in the division probably ap-
n pearing on draft registration lists in
other parts of the city.
George NJ. Ruth. salesman, suggest
ed by Dohan, and Charles Fl. Petrick.
+ salesman, 90 South Sixth street, sug-
eested by Patton, were appointed over
seers.
sst- Judges Ruling
ak In making the appointments. Judge
Cnrr said that an act of 1874 made 1t
K mandatory for him to appoint overseers
}s lDr an election whenever they were de-
nnanded by sufficient petition whether
there was evidenc of illegal methods or
not.
Lemon Love. chairman of the Bonni
H well campaign committee went to Wash
=
ment of Justice complaints made by
Z Bonnfwel1 workers that Ware leaders
were attempting to coerce saloonkeepers
TO support the candidacy of Senator Will
liam C. Sproul.
Senator Sproul. the Republican guber-
{ nAtorial nominee. is pledged to the
ratification OF the Federal prohibition
! amendment. and Judge BonniwelI won
The Democratic nomination on wet"
Y platfOrm.
Recently the saloonmen have become
active IN the interest of the Bonniwell
candidacy. Their activity drew warn
Ing last week from. Senator's Ware and
Martin that If they persisted the Ware
members Of the Legislature would have
lnai say" on the liquor question at
Harrisburg.
Charge Against Mckinley
a.
4 n1oned the saloonkeepers to police sta
tions and ordered them TO support the
Sproul candidacy. Select Councilman
Z John j. Mckinley Ware leader OF the
81 s#xhirty-third Ward is charged with hav-
S3nx ordered saloonkeepers in his ward TO
&urn IN for the Republican candidates
81 A He is said to have been aided by
Il Common Councilman John l.. Dougherty
q m his demands on the liquor dealers
Inn n IN ha
Y ened that unless they supported the
& fRepublican candidates the national pro-
hibition amendment would be ratified
~ the next Legislature.
Vi As Congressmen are included among
sfhe list of Republican candidates the
Bonniwell forces decided to nut tho
alleged attempt at coercion up to the
FEDERAL authorities.
Want Lieutenant Removed
The removal of Lieutenant Puck
felder from the Fourth and Race streets
station house. is dema nded in a petition
signed by several hundred residents of
the Sixth Ward which will be forwarded
TO Mayor Smith today.
I'D MAYOR Smith is asked to remove
Fiuckfelder from the district and pre-
vent . repetition of the conditions which
marked the Bloody Fifth" Ward
primary fight in September, 1911.
The Mayors attention has been called
TO conditions in the Sixth Ward in two
letters sent him by Mr.. Dohan. Dis
trict attorney Rotan also has been
notified Of the alleged state of affairs
Dohan charges that the Ware forces
are planning to steel the Sixth Ward
tbs ast Democratic stronghold in the
4 city. for Walter J. Littleton. the Ware
: Republican nominee for Select Council,
v He Ii opposed by Common Councilman n
4 SCHWARTZ who has fhe Democratic nomi-
nation.
William Walsh. George n Huch, John
~. Tracey. William Wartberg and Eli
i wood -Nece are the signers Of the petit
tion which asks for the appointment of
e1ectfpn Overseers.
WI The petition specifies twenty-five AL
3sged frSudulentIy registered voters in
the Fifth division Of the ward and cites
eiieeSd evasions and violations of the
draft law.
The Ware corps of campaign speakers
eonttnued its drive TO rvotes for Sem
z 1eqr 6prOul and the other Republican
fandfdates at q series OF ward meetings
laet night.
SENATOR Edward F. Beidleman. of
8eSetnourg, who defeated Congressman
n p44 ~ X. Scott for the nomina ton for
Ij4senant Governor, Joined the speakers
<8 night.
MEETINGS were hold at Murray,s Hall
toenfh street and F'airmount ave-
4 - 3 TWenty-sixth and Oxford streets
x14 ~ Eighteenth and Jefferson streets.
1t @044e Bonniwell was designated as
4 ~ rum candidate" by Senator Ware.
'j&v ~ platform is rum and he hasn't
N 3tuan8 else, was the way in which
\, ontor Ware summed up the Bonniwell
E$nn119acy. Senator Sproul IL a great
Il ~ pAn and should be elected Cover.
zE 1ounicipal Judge BonniweIl. Demo-
111e 4 guberRatorial nominee. will be
Iored . reception tonight by the
oosatic- city committee In the head
Feero. Tenth and Walnut streets.
Etty Chairman Edgar W. Lank, whose
0xnl - chairman was demanded by
lpnniwell following the primary
y of1on. will preside. Judge Bonniwsli
Y 1Do John NJ. sGarman; of Luzerne
others. Will speak following the re-
1ks3otism should be placed above
nAnahip In the presen crisis :.
Dan Lank declares in the invita-
sent out for the reception. He
ri ne support of candidates pledged
oery out the legislation necessary
- support Of the national admins
= the Ponniwell campaign COM
an1 The Democratic city com
Nave arra angod nertes Of monday