Evening star., 1921-05-03

HYATTSVIIIIE. Md. May 3.-By a
vote of 459 to 406, ]. Frank Rushe. a
local business man, was yesterday
elected mayor of Hyattsville, defeat
ing former Mayor Matthew F. Hal
loran in one of the most heated cleo
tions in the history of the town. A
significant feature of the election was
the fact that all three of the members
of the present council. all seeking re-
election, were defeated. A total of
500 votes was cast for mayor. being
eighty-one short of the registered
vote. Owing to the fact that this was
the first election in which women par
tlcipated the vote was practically
twice as large s in any previous cleo
ton.
Mayor-elect Rushe is forty-seven
years old. was born in Washington.
and came to Hyattsville twenty-seven
years ago and established a plumbing
business. He has twice represented
the third ward as councilman, serving
in 1907. 1908 and 1909. two years un-
der the late Mayor Joseph r. Owens
and one year under former Mayor
William P. Magruder. He served both
as chairman of the improvement and
water committees. In the first ward
Lemuel l.. Gray defeated Councilman
II. A. Harrison. in the secoAd ward
George II. Morley nosed out Council
man Newman G.. Dudrow and in the
third ward Irving Owings won over
Councilman Walter s.. Dutton.
Under the law the mayor receives
within twenty-four hours after the
closing of the polls the certificate of
| the election officials and turns it
over to the chairman of the council.
The ballot boxes, properly sealed, re-
| main in the custody of the clerk until
the Monday following the election.
when the mayor and council convene
and formally declare the result of the
election.
Capitol Heights Reflects Mayor.
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, May g.
! Mayor John Gabriel was reelected
| mayor of Capitol Heights for the
! second time yesterday. when he de-
| feated George Finger. president OF
the Capitol Heights Civic League, by
| vote of 120 to So Charles Tobin
were elected as members of the town
! council to serve term Of two years
| each Mrs. Eva C. Bixler. former
| postmaster here;the only women can
| didate for town council in Prince
| Georges county. was defeated.
The complete vote was: For
mayor-Gabriel. 12o: Finger. So. For
| councilman < Charles Tobin. 10;
| Charles Jacobs, SO: Carl Grimes, 56;
| David Holler, 36: George Smith. 109
Mrs; Ml;s;, Eva G. sixier, 40, and William
was reelected without opposition as
| town treasurer. receiving 12s votes
1 Seventyfour votes were cast for
| proposed amendments to the town
charter and Sc votes against. The
| total was 17S. Women voting for the
| first time took decided interest in
[ the election
! Result in Mount Rainier.
/ MOUNT RAINIER Md, May g.
William E. Rider was yesterday
| elected mayor of Mount Rainier. OBJ
! tanning 379 votes to 271 for Council
! man Floyd b. Matthias, his nearest
! opponent. Mrs. Mignonette p. Har.
! mon, believed to be the first woman
| Maryland municipality. received AZ
votes. Dr. Robert F. Truett received
| 4 votes. Norman A. Pruitt was re-
| elected to the council from the first
ward without oppQsition. receiving
ed from the first ward. receiving A
| votes to Al for Mr.. Hughes, his
| nearest opponent About 300 women
participated in the election.
Lighting Plant Riverdale Issue.
| RIVERDALE. Md. May 3.-In the
i municipal election here yesterday,
| chief interest centered in the pro-
, posed establishment here of a mu-
! nicipal lighting plant A vote OF
/ eighty in favor of the proposition
, against twenty opposing it was cast
; Today a representative of the loca
| council goes to New York to confer
! with syndicate there relative to a
! proposition to build plant here
! which, it is proposed, would furnish
! power and lights to Riverdale, Ber-
! wyn. Bowie and other nearby COM
| munities.
! Apparently satisfied with the pres.
| ent makeup of the towns governing
! body. the following town officials
! were reelected by the voters yester.
: day without opposition: Mayor. DR. S
NJ. Mcmillan: councilman. third ward
| George w. Whalley. and councilman
; fifth ward. George =. Montgomery.
! Two Women Elected.
/ POOLESVILLE, Mi, May 3.-Thos'
! elected to the board of parent com
missioners yesterday include :wt
| women. the first who ever served il
! this capacity. Those elected were
! Harry l.. willard. Or. Byron W. Wall
ling. Dr. L. +. Brooks, Mrs. Thcna!
| r. Hall and Miss Della Young.
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