New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
Loser Charges
Ballot Fraud
To La (,unardlia
Henry Frank, Held Defeated
in Goth District, Alleges
intimidation, Attempted
Bribery, Inaccurate Count
Gets Show Cause Order
Directed to Representative
Elect, Election and Police
Officials and Socialist

The election of Major r. II. In
Guardia, former President of the Board
OF Aldermen. as Representative in Con-
gress in the goth District, is challenged
! by Henry Frank, his defeated Demo
cratic rival, who charges fraud in
limitation, attempted bribery and the
inaccurate eanvassing of ballots. Frank
served papers yesterday on John R.
Voorhis, president of the Board of
Elections, in q proceeding brought in
the Supreme Court for an examination
of ballots.
Az order to show cause calls for a
hearing on Franks application in
Special Term, Part /, of the Supreme
Court tomorrow. The order is di-
rected against election and police Of
ficlals. and against La Guardia, Will
liam Karlin, the Socialist and Farmer
Labor candidate, and others.
In the official reutsns from the Goth
La Guardia was credited with 8,492
votes, Frank S,224, Karlin 5,261 and
Salutsky 95. Defective ballots totaled
oil, and 7ll were counted blank.
Blanks Added to Ballots
In his petition Frank charges:
That in many of the election dis
tricts ballots which were blank were
added to the totals OF the ballots voted
for La Guardia.
That ballots improperly voted and
VOID because the voting marks were not
IN the form of q cross and not in the
voting space, or were defaced, marked d
or torn or mutilated were counted as
good ballots for La Guardia.
That ballots which were properly
voted for Frank were counted void.
That several members of boards of
inspectors were intimidated and CO.
creed to commit the acts complained
Of and to return false and inaccurate
results of the canvass.
Offers of Money Charged
That in several cases offers of
money were made by representatives
of La Guardia for the purpose of in
ducing members of the boards of in
spcctors to make false returns and
shat money was accepted for falsify-
.ng returns.
That in the 7th Election District Of
the 18th Assembly District the return
shows 334 ballost cast, whereas there
were 487 ballots cast, and that the 103
ballots voted but not counted were
voted for Frank.
That in the 18th Election District of
the 18th Assembly District the return
shows SGT votes cast, but that only 562
were cast, the discrepancy of five being
added to La Guardia's vote.
In the 14th Election District of the
18th Assembly District, it is charged,
the return shows 620 votes cast, but
that in fact 629 votes were cast, the
nine votes not accounted for having
been cast for Frank.
PA Good Votes for Frank
Julius Levine, of q West 112th
Street, chairman of the Board of Elec-
tions of the 7th Election District of the
18th Assembly District, deposes that he
knows that 214 good votes were cast
for Frank and that no more than 60
votes were cast for La Guardia, al
though the returns show that ia votes
we're cast for Frank and 116 for La
Guardia
Ralph j. Hofrmeister, Of 165 East
Ninety-tifth Street. Democratic
watcher in the 18th Election District
Of the 18th Assembly District, says in
his affidavit that he saw at least thir-
ty-fiye blank ballots, but that the re-
turn shows that no blank ballots were
cast; that he saw ten void ballots
counted for La Guardia.
Says La Guardia Raised Fist
Jacob Rubenfeld, Democratic
watcher in the 23d Election District of
w LON 1soeHiDiy DlSLflCV, QepOSeS
that La Guardia and his friends inter
fered with the work of the qualified
officials in the precinct. He swears:
Zone of the ballots voted for La
Guardia had mark and erasure for
Karlin, but was counted for La
Guardia. When | protested, at least
eight people, including La Guardia, be-
gan to handle the ballot A scufile
ensued. La Guardia raised his fist and
threatened me if I interfered. The
men in back pushed and jostled me
around. A sergeant of police told the
men not to jump on me and to leave me
alone, but the sergeant also told me
not to interfere
Charles Vahlbruck, a Democratic
watcher, deposes that Republican Of
fered him and Patrick J. Mcdonald
$3.50 if they would count twenty-five
votes cast for Frank in favor of La
Guardia. He and Mcdonald were in
spectors. The offer, he said, was made
in the polling place of the 14th Elec-
ton District Of the 18th Assembly Dis
trict. Vahlbruck also tells of a per-
sonal encounter with La Guardia and
men with the major. Vahlbruek's
father also swears that lie was
threatened by La Guardia, who said he
would break him in two"