The sun., 1919-05-14
HERO AVIATOR WINS
IN JERSEY ELECTION
Lieut.. Sleeper Is Successful in
Race for Commissioner in
Passaic.
SOME BITTER CONTESTS
Trenton for Third Time Re-
tains Its Five Officials
Socialists Defeated.
SOME BITTER CONTESTS

Bitter contests featured the elections
yesterday in towns Of New Jersey yot-
mig for city commissioners to serve for
the next four years. A large percen-
tage Of the vote was polled in the MORN
Ing and from that time until the polls
closed there was little change in the
ma5orities.
The Socialist ticket. which boosted an
overwhelming victory In Passaic. was
badly defeated. The ticket was backed
by the people who conducted the mill
strike in that city a short time ago.
Three of the present commissioners were
elected for another term. They are
Mayor George ". Seser. John II. Nc
CURE and william A. Reid. J. Hosev
ofoorn' the other commissioner, who
was up for reelection. was defeated,
The two other successful candidates
were Abram Preichel and Lieut.. Fred
E. Sleeper The latter won nth place by
"a votes He was an ace in the Ninety
nrst Aero Squadron and had downed
| nine German planes. All but Reid are
Republicans.
The United Citizens Better Govern
| ment ticket defeated the Workingnan's
democracy ticket in the Bayonne cleo
ton. by the Garven-Daly combination.
The majority was about 1000. The win
| ming ticket is headed by DR.. Bert DAILY.
| Democrat, and the two other Demo
Gratis who won were John o. Devlin and
] DR.. William H. AFFORD. The two Re-
! lnlya yoA- n
Smith and Robert J. Talbot The win
ming ticket had the backing of Mayor
! Pierre p. Garven.
! At late hour last night figures avail
able In Hoboken showed that Mayor
i Patrick r. Griffin and the four other
! commissioners had been again elected by
four to one. Mayor Griftins vote In
twenty-seven OF forty-five districts was
more than $500. while william verdon
| the highest man on the second ticket
polled LOO votes. He tied william
| O'Neill. The others elected on the Grit
| An ticket were Gustav Bach. James II
Londrigan. Bernard n. McFeely and
Harry Schmulling.
In Ridgewood. Bergen county. Mayor
| Daniel A. Garven was not a candidate
| The only one of the three Commissioners
| up fox election was John s. Harper
with him Albert o. Ames and Thomas
J. Forster were elected.
| For the third time Trenton elected It's
five City Commissioners to serve another
term They are Mayor Frederick w
! Donnelly. George b. Lsbarre. Edward
w. Lee. William F. Burk and !. Ridg-
| way Fall. Their majority was 1000 over
| Surrogate Samuel II. Bullock. who ran
| sixth.
The only interest in the New Bruins
| wick election was In the candidate :.
| get NTH place In the voting. William
! Jaquss won. The four Commissioners
reelected were J. j. Morrison, f. j.
Houghton. Frank Connolly and Joseph
| J. Feaster
Mayor Clarence E. r. Hetrick OF As.
bury Park was reelected with George
W. Pittinger. DR. Hugh S, kinmouth
| Thomas II. Pratt and Thomas ]. Winck
Ter as the other Commissioners. Howard
D. Leroy. the present Commissioner o.
| Public Safety, was defeated.
In the Bradley Beach election. Mayo
| William L. Mcdonald was beaten at tn,
polls by Frank c. Borden. Albert I
Rogers. another OF the present commits
sion, was also defeated for reelection
Commissioner Bernard V. Poland wa
| reelected. Former Councilman JONI
Rogers will be the third member Of III
Commission.