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places scattered from one end Of the
District to the other.
At Petworth School 02-year -old
John B. Lecraw of 4035 New Hamp.
shire avenue recalled that the last
time he marked ballot was back IN
Ohio, when Gen. Grant was running
for President.
I'm voting for suffrage in the Dis
trict now." he said, because I hope
my grandson will have q chance to
vote"
Walk from Soldiers Home.
Nearly rs veterans walked about q
mile each way from the Soldiers Home
to the Petworth School in order to
drop their ballots into the refersn-
dunn box.
Charles H. Calvert, "a, native
Washingtonian, voted at the Hub
bard School with the comment that
he has seen three forms Of govern
ment in Washington and expects to
see the fourth as result Of the pleb-
iscite.
Mrs. Anna Winston, IT, OF 5503
Thirteenth street NV. asked an elec-
ton clerk If she was too old to vote.
She expressed great pleasure upon
being informed that advanced age was
no bar.
One Of the old-timers from the John
Dickson Home, William H. Robert
son. told authorities at the West
School hts last vote was in 1876 for
Samuel j. Tilden, Democratic can
didate for President.
Another elderly resident Of that
home had plenty Of trouble at the
polls. He forgot to bring his eyeglasses
and had to request precinct supervisors
to point out the squares in which he
was to record his vote When pho
tographers asked him to pose for a
picture, he refused because he had
also forgotten to bring his false teeth
along.
Ballot Taken to Car.
At the Grant School, Twenty-first
and g streets NV, a 9l-year -old
voter was too infirm to alight from the
taxicab which brought him to the
polls, so officials carried the ballot
box to him. He was George c. Cole
Of 825 Twenty street NV.
John r. Mahoney, who is uncer-
tain whether he is 81 or 90, voted for
the second time in 10 years. He
marked yes" after both questions on
the ballot, he said, as he favors both
national and local suffrage. He is
financial secretary Of the Association
of Oldest Inhabitants of the District
Of Columbia.
Elisha E. Berry. 95. of 1882 Twenty
eighth street NV, walked q quarter
Of a mile to the Oyster School to in
dorse national representation, because
he explained, Il am sure my FORE
fathers, who came over here in 1893,
were for it,
For Mrs. Edgar Hambey, 80, 1t was
her first experience at voting and she
seemed to enjoy it hugely. according
to West School precinct offlcials. Her
husband. who is 81, sent in an absentee
ballot. Mrs. Hambey said she came
to Washington in 1865.
Oldest Voter 104.
Probably the Oldest person casting q
vote yesterday was Daniel Rucker,
colored, who gave his age as 104. He
said he last voted in Tennessee, where
he was born in 1884. He was smoking
a cigar when he made out his ballot
in his home at 1910 Lamont street
NV. where he lives with son-in-
law, Ambrose Caliver, senior specialist
in Negro education, Department Of the
Interior. The aged man told poll
workers he was slave, but was freed
before the Civil War. He Is the father
OF l3 children.
Its a long time between votes for
me-" exclaimed Edward F. Albert, 81.
druggist, of 1888 Columbia road NV,
at the Lowell Junior High School. He
last voted IS years ago in Memphis,
Tenn. where he was employed at the
time. he said.
At the Shepherd School an aged
woman who had never voted before
passed a school desk and put her fold
ed . ballot In the ink well, which,
fortunately, was empty. Workers
helped her to deposit it correctly.
Three Generations Vote.
At least two precincts reported mass
balloting by three generations.
Storming the polls at the Takoma
School shortly after the dinner hour
were a grandmother. her daughter and
her grandson-and it was the first
time any Of them ever marked bal
lot. They we're Mrs. Mary E. Marina
duke. "a, ,tof 606 Butternut street NV:
her daughter, Mrs. Ida M. Spence, and
the latter's son. Adolphus N. Spence,
2l-year -old w. P. A. worker.
Another three-generation group ap-
peared at the Barnard School. Fourth
and Decatur streets NV. They were
Mrs. Birdie j. Esnay, 70, of 4613
Ninth street NV; her daughter, Mrs.
Pearl L. Wheate. of 311 Decatur street
NV, and the latter's son. James C.
Wheate, of 1912 Third street NV.
The oldest and youngest voters at
the John Burroughs School, Eight
eenth and Monroe streets NE. were
william F. Dorsey, 90, Of 1922 Twen-
tieth street NE, who said he fought
the Indians in the Civil War and
voted for Abraham Lincoln, and
Charles p. Dondero. 21 this month,
Of 2439 Monroe street NE.
Girls Engage In Debate.
Two 18-year-old girls staged an
impromptu debate with precinct
supervisors at the Brookland School,
Tenth and Monroe streets NE, con-
tending they should be allowed to
vote in the plebiscite because they
would be 81 by the time Washington
got q chance to take part in a real
election. They lost the argument
Mr.. and Mrs. America and their
baby, Little America" were among
voters at the Barnard School, Incl
dentally. The Americas live at 20S
Farragut street NV.
There was good deal Of elec-
tioneering Of one sort or another
during the day. Takoma voters