The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-20

as are required for the filing of NOM
nation papers.
There were many other scattering
votes for councilman-at-large among
those whose names were written in for
this Office but who received too few
votes to put their names on the ticket
were. George Harrington, John j.
Joachim, Jacob Gottlieb, N. J. Wer-
ner William Thfeinen, and DR.. Kali
tenbach.
Cook Loses Supervisor Race.
The only race on among those reg
ularly entered as candidates in the
primary was in the Fourth ward for
the place on the ticket for county SUI
pervisor. Here John B. Cook, present
supervisor from the ward, was elm
mated when he came out third in the
race for the nomination with George
Strangberg and A. NJ Neergaard.
Strangberg led with 121 votes, Neer-
gard was second with II and Cook
third with AZ.
In the Sixth ward race doomed up
for county supervisor when James Fill
bin, present supervisor, was written
in with 46 votes as against 96 votes for
Fred Murdock, the avowed candidate.
Close races were found in the Eighth
and Ninth wards for supervisors, two
candidates being entered in each of
these wards; Peter Elsen led Michael
Duczak, TIA to 1872, and Peter N. Sor-
ensen led Sidney E. Jones, 141 to 70,
in the Ninth ward, all four getting
LaS Eo%c
Several new races also developed for
places on the school board. In the
First ward the name of Attorney Wal
ter w. Hammond was written in with
IS votes, making him with George Fl.
Cook, present incumbent, the two can
didates there. Cook polled 218 votes.
In the SIXTH ward where there had
been no candidates, Jay B. Glerum,
former president Of the school board,
was nominated with 81 votes and Fred
Rainan also nominated with "a. In
the Seventh ward William Threinen
and AL Gehl both qualified with IA
votes each and in the Eighth ward the
names of Fred Joerndt, present COM
missioner, and X. Safranski were writ
ten in with IS and % votes, respective
ly.
An increasing number of aspirants
for the office of constable in the vari-
Gus wards developed as a result of the
prolific use of the pencil by the vot-
ers. Joseph G. Newhouse, the regular
in the Sixth ward, was nominated
without opposition; so likewise were
Matthias Nader in the Eighth ward,
George Bares in the Fifth ward and
John Blank, Jr., in the Ninth ward;
in the Fourth ward William ]. Larsen
led John Mcneil, both being avowed
candidates.
Constable John Scholey, who won
his spurs as the crusader several years
ago, was written in as a candidate in
the Third ward with Fred and Al John
son, receiving seven votes each and
vieing for second place on the ticket.
In the First ward Owen O'Hare, for
mer chief of police, and j. J. Willems
were written in, the former with 81
votes and the latter with So. In the
Seventh ward Charles Thomas receiv-
ed ~ votes and former Mayor John
Joachim 5 for constable. 1t takes six
votes to qualify.
The election marked the opening of
two new voting precincts, one at the
office of the Green Ridge cemetery for
Precinct A Of the Second ward and
the other in the Mckinley school for
Precinct B of the Fourth ward.
Less than 1,700 voters went to the
polls for the primary. It is antici-
pated that the races which have loom
ed up will make a large increase in
the vote at the election on April 1st.
The primary served as registration
day for voters for the general cleo
tions in the fall, as will also the
spring election two weeks from yes
terday.
The tabulated vote in the election
is given on page five