Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
WARRANT ISSUED
FOR VARE RELATIVE
George Grover Charged With
False Registration and
Perjury at Primary
MOORE READY FOR FIGHT

George Grover. n brother in law oi
! the Ware brothers. will be arrested on
charges of false registration and
! perjury. according to an announcement
maGe today by +. l.. u. Roach. Sec
! retary of the committee OF seventy.
Roach said the warrant had been is
sued by Magistrate Renshaw,
According to the committee of
seventy Grover lives in Narberth, but
! registered for the late primary from
the Twenty ninth division of the
| Twenty sixth ward. which is in Con-
gresham Vare's home division and
| ward.
The relationship between Grover and
the Wares was explained by the COM
mittee by the fact that Grover and the
| Ware brothers married the three daugh-
ters of Samuel Morris. n tipstavc in
| Court of Common Pleas No. ).
Roach announced at the same time
that eighteen other warrants had been
issued for the arrest of election officials
and others on charges of violations of
the election laws in the recent primary.
Moore Ready for Fight
| Congressman Moore, Republican
nominee for Mayor, will lay out plans
today for fighting campaign from now
until November. The congressman will
hold conference in his Office in the
! Grocer Building with Murdoch Ken
drick his campaign manager, and with
leading Republicans. In this connection
it was learned that the congressman is
all prepared to open fire with high
explosive political shells should the
candidates on the Charter party ticket
attempt any broadsides.
In political circles it was said today
that it would not be surprising if Con
gressman Moore received an invitation
to attend the meeting of the Republican
city committee tomorrow when he and
the other Republican nominees will re-
ceive the unanimous Endorsement of the
city committee In the primary cam
paign the members of this committee
supported Judge Patterson.
As a preliminary to the Endorsement
by the Ware controlled city committee
it is anticipated that representatives OF
the committee will call today or to-
morrow on the congressman.
Congressman Moore expects to be
able to announce today the location oi
his campaign headquarters. This head
quarters will be the rallying point of al
elements working for the election of the
Republican nominee-the Republican
city committee, the Town Meeting
party and the Republican Alliance
Each of these factors will be represented
in another Moore "war board which
will hold almost daily sessions under
the guidance Of the congressman him
self
Roach Explains Case
In statement made by Secretary
Roach, of the committee of seventy, on
the Grover arrest, it was said:
i This matter has been under care
ful consideration and investigation for
some time. The committee is convinc
ed that he is n resident Of Narberth
where he has lived for the last three
years. So far as is known he has never
voted there. He did, however, regis
ter from his fathers home in this city
in Nare's ward.
''On election day an operative armed
with warrant for his arrest visited
the South Philadelphia house for tn,
purpose of apprchending him. The op,
erativc's mission was disclosed to Grow
ers father after the latter had admit
ted that he was waiting for his sor
to arrive, SO that he could accompany