Evening star., 1922-05-02
MARYLAND TOWNS
ELECT OFFICIALS
CounciImen Also Chosen in
Prince. Georges and Mont
qomery' Counties.
,nerial pisnateh to The Star.

gomery Counties.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. May Elections
TO choose mayors and town council
men were held yesterday In practf-
cally all of the incorporated towns OF
montgomery and Prince Georges
At the biennial town election held
Councilmen Washington HICKS.
Charles G. Holland. Joseph l.. tiagett
and Clifford H. Robertson were re-
elected without opposition. Because
of there being no contests: nsht
vote was polled. Samuei D.. aasy, sa.n
William E. Morgan and J. Arthur
England were the election judges.
Bond Issue Defeated.
Ar Gaitbersburs and Garrett Park
proposed bond issues were passed
upon by the voters. BY vote OF .44
to ia Gaithersburg decided against
bonding the town tor $loo,ooo 10 ~
stall waterworks and a sewerage sJs-
tenn, while Garrett tark' py
of SO to 10, declared in favor Oh
bond issue of S2.5OO for road improve
ments. o,o,.od
John w. Walker was reelected
mayor of Gaithersburg without oppo-
sition. and A. F. Meem ana Eosar
town council, the former to succeed
himself and the latter IN place %
Robert E. Kanode. The total vote ol
each candidate was as folloWs: wa. 4.
ker, 2O7; Meem. 244; Fuiks, ao1
kanode. 1874 Carson ware ,aarar anu psmH
B. Severance are the hoIooNei ihei
bers of the board.
st Garrett, Park w. S. McGill was
reelected mayor. defeating behJanih
Durr, as to %. and H. NJ Brooks anu
II. P. Springer were CHOSEN " tb.
ceed themselves as members OF tne
town council, the only other candl-
date being A. F. Haan. Brooks re.
ceiyed ~ votes. Springer, 40, anu
Ham, So OF the eighty-eisht quai.
flied voters in the town seventy Went
to the polls.
Woman Candidates Lose.
Joseph ]. Decker was re-electeo
mayor of Glen Echo without oppos!-
tion He received f1fty-three votes:
For the town council Thomas Denneii
was reelected and Harrison NJ. Sosue
was chosen to succeed Harry Arnoio'
who dill not seek reelection. me
other candidates were Mrs. EVeiine
Riley. Charles Pagan, Thomas NC
Keon' Mrs. blanche Leger and Frank
Miller. The vote of each of the coun-
cilmanic candidates was as 1oilows'
Dennell As; Bogue. 20; Mrs. Riley
IS: Fagan. Is; Mckeon, ~; mrs.
Leger. Z: Miller. 4; Edward q: B0s. s
well and Harry Houghton are the
hoIdoyer councilmen.
For mayor of Kensington Paul y
Kelieter had no opposition. he sue
ceeds w. w. Skinner. For the town
Council Richard F. Green was re-
to- succeed George H. Snyder and VIII
Mam F. Matthews. who was, unop-
posed, was elected to fill out the un-
expired term of Frank X. CalVert, re-
signed The vote of each candldate
was: Kelleter, 191; Green, ls4; Vaien-
walter B. Lewis is the holdover coun-
y. W. Stohlman was reelected
mayor of Somerset at an election
held yesterday, in which a heaVler
vote than usual was polled. w. b.
were chosen councilmen to serve for
two years..
Results In Hyattsville.
In Hyattsville. Mayor J. Frank
Rushe and Ernest F. Gasch. Ben
jamin N. Brouner and G. Sherman
James, councilmen from the first
second and third wards, respec-
lively. and Town Treasurer vii,
liam A. Shepherd were all elected
without opposition. All serve from
May 8, Mayor Rushe's term being fol-
one year and the councilmen and
treasurer serving for two years.
despite the fact that there was
no opposition in the selectionS here
asIcomplimentary vote of 314 ballots
was cast
AT Capitol Heights. George Finger
5 defeated John Gabriel, incumbent,
for mayor by vote of $50 to 119.
The following were elected to town
h
+ bott, George Smith. DR.. A. H. Lee,
Rollins Reno and Lyman J. Laugh
ton William H. McGinnis was re-
elected town treasurer. All OF the
officials will serve terms of two
years duration.
Il, Beaten for Reelection.
Fin Riverdale another incumbent
mayor was refused reelection when
). Burrows Waters defeated Dr.. F. M.
Mcmillan for the position. The vote
Was 1874 for Walters to 14s for DR..
Mcmillan. James H. Parr defeated
III; c. Munich for town councilman
from the fourth ward. John H.
opposed for town councilmen from
the first and second wards. H. c.
Mcknew was reelected town treas
urer for two years.
IA proposal to amend the town
charter of Mount Rainier by levying
for police protection was defeated. A
proposal to raise a $4,000 bond issue
for inspection of the water and
sewer systems was adopted. Coun-
Gilman Warren W. James defeated
George A Tovey for that position
from the second ward. Floyd B.
Matthias was :unopposed for re-elec-
tion as councilman from the third
ward. =. 7t-.s .
Edward Gasch, Elroy, Gasch. Mil
ton Payne William Constantine and
Thomas WfIdman were elected town
councilmen. fer terms of two years.
at Bladensburg Edward Gasch re-
ceived a total of 14s votes out of 149
cast. =. :E'-,-f p. T.
Axsumes New Duties.
DR.. John Gardner of Clarksburg,
elected last, fall county treasurer for
a term Of four years, has subscribed
of the circuit court here and this
morning entered upon the discharge
of his duties. = He has appointed Car
SON Ward of Gaithersburg and John
p. Culver of Forest Glen assistants.
Mr.. Ward has begun work, but it is
not definite known whether Mr.. Gull
yer will accept.
be elected by the people to the office
of treasurer. He succeeds Berry E.
Clark, who was county treasurer by
virtue of his Office of clerk to the
board of county commissioners. His
annual salary will be $4,000 and he
will be allowed $4,000 a year for cleri-
cal help Mr.. Clark continues as clerk
to the commissioners.
WILMETH REELECTED