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The 15 and THE NEW'NOfcTH Daily News Knows of No Reds, Loyalty Board Says State Department Aide Makes Report To Senate Probers WASHINGTON Conrad E. Snow, chairman of the state department's loyalty board, said today the board knows of no Communists in the department, Snow made the statement to a Senate foreign relations subcommittee investigating charges by Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis.) that the depart- mcn is a haven for Communists and their friends. "If there arc any Communists in the state department, the loyalty security board is uninformed of their existence," Snow declared, Climax Thursday. Snow and Chairman Seth W.

Richardson of President Truman's loyalty review board were called before the committee in a phase of the hearings that is expected to reach its climax tomorrow. Owen Lattimore, the Johns Hopkins University professor who McCarthy charges is a top Russian agent, is to be heard tomorrow. Lattimore has called McCarthy's charges a lie. By the time Lattimore takes the stand, the committee hopes to have from McCarthy papers he says he has to back up his' charges against Lattimore. McCarthy has promised to go through his files and select material that he considers valuable.

The state department loyalty board is made up of nine officials of the department. Snow's position in the department is that of an assistant legal adviser on political affairs. Reviewed 346 Cases. Snow told the senators that from 1947 to March 1, 1950 the department loyalty board has determined 246 loyalty cases. He added that 199 of those have been "post-audited" by the loyalty review board headed by Richardson.

The "post- audit" is a check on what the department board did. Snow said that in the 246 cases, two employes were found to be security resigned while Snow did not say what'Tia'ppened to the two employes found to be security risks. McCarthy has given the Senate committee the names of nine persons he says he considers bad security risks although they were passed by Snow's board. McCarthy also has caled the Snow board "cither incompetent or stupid. 1 Some of the persons McCarthy has named have appeared before the committee and denied his charges of pro-Communist leanings.

President Truman last week ordered that the cases of all those accused by McCarthy be examined again by the presidential loyalty review board headed by Richardson. Data Given FBI. Sen. Tydings the committee chairman, wrote McCarthy Tuesday that the group wants "all information, documentary or otherwise, which you may have" dealing with the investigation. The committee took that action after McCarthy had indicated he did not intend to give it a look at his Lattimore material.

He already has turned it over to the FBI. Tydings reminded McCarthy that he told the Senate on Feb. 20 that he would be "willing, happy and eager to go before any committee and give the names and all the information available." Replying, McCarthy wrote Tydings that he would supply "any material which I consider of value But he added that he would furnish nothing which would help the stale department locate the sources of his information. Referring to sworn statements which he has said will help prove his charges against Lattimore, McCarthy added: "Where affidavits were given on the condition that they only be given to the FBI and not to the committee, I of course, have made them available only to the FBI. "The committee is welcome to any other information, however, which 1 have or may be able to develop." Tydings spotted that last statement and promptly sent McCarthy a second letter.

In line with that offer, said Tydings, "will you please gather such information as you have together, and turn it over to the committee by noon (today) so we can pursue our investigation and study on it. Weather Forecast for Wisconsin: Partly cloudy, windy, and cool this afternoon with snow flurries southeast and extreme east. Clearing and copier tonight. Thursday mostly fair and not quite so cool. Low tonight 10-15 northwest, near 20 southeast.

High Thursday 38-31. Khiuclandcr Weather: A maximum temperature of 35 degrees was recorded here yesterday with a minimum of 31. Last night's low was 20. The reading 21 at 8 o'clock this morning, 24 10 and 28 at noon. The prevailing wind is from the north.

There has been .09 inch precipitation in the past 24 hours. Weather Ofte Year Ago: Maximum, 54; minimum, 27; no precipitation. Gestapo Chief Gets Life for Killing Jews FRANKFURT Heinrich Baab, former Gestapo leader, was sentenced to life Imprisonment today for the murder of 55 Frankfurt Jews. Baab, who was in charge of Jewish affairs in Frankfurt for the Gestapo, was convicted by a German court after testimony from 150 witnesses, Bednasek Freed On Charge He Slew Iowa Co-ed IOWA CITY, la. Robert E.

Bednasek was found innocent today of the charge that he strangled pretty Margaret Anne (Gcc-Gec) Jackson in a University of Iowa off- campus rooming house last Dec. 11. This meant that the jury accepted the defense story that the pretty coed's death was a "tragic accident." The state had asked conviction for first degree murder and the death penalty. The four women and eight men who decided against the state's theory that the beautiful blonde's death was "cold, calculated murder" motivated by jealousy had taken the case 23 hours earlier. Appeared Confident.

Bednasek himself had appeared confident even before he received word that a verdict had been reached. Sheriff A. J. Murphy said he had to wake Bednasek up to give him breakfast, so soundly had the young man a'ept. The court-room, though only half- filled, was taut with emotion as the verdict was passed to District Judge James P.

Gaffney who read it after first admonishing against any demonstration. When the verdict of innocent was read, however, there was a shout of exultation from spectators. The handsofee leaned his head back momentarily and then embraced Defense Atty. Clair Ham- Both wept aodJBednasek then sank "back into his cliaif'atTnfiePeoufi- sel table, rested his head on his arms and sobbed. Thanks Jurors.

Bednasek then rose and walked to the jury box, exclaiming: "God bless you all." He then shook hands with each juror. Several of the jury members were in tears. Mrs. Irene Coglan, wife of a retired farmer, embraced the youth and they rubbed cheeks. Bednasek then went into the law library where his Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brothers were waiting, "I am the happiest man in the world," he said.

Judge Gaffney had given the jury a choice of four verdicts first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter or acquittal. After the verdict was read, the judge said the trial had been conducted on a fair and impartial basis. Prosecutor Jack White said the state had "done its best to present this case." He added: "we acquiesce in the jury it was returned in the American way." Juror Joe Kadera, 64, said that on the first ballot the vote was 7-5 for acquittal. In all, 15 ballots were taken, he said, and the death penalty never was discussed at any time. Stauff Wins Judge Job in Milwaukee MILWAUKEE Incumbent Roy Stauff retained his Milwaukee county judgeship Tuesday by defeating Dist.

Atty. William J. McCauley by more than 4,000 votes. The unofficial vote in the county's 576 precincts gave Stauff 85,151 and McCauley 81,032. The pair waged a bitter battle throughout Tuesday night as returns came in.

McCauley lost an early lead when the village of Wau- 'watosa, Stauff's home town, reported. In one swoop, the incumbent jurist erased a vote McCauley margin and soared 3,000 votes out in front. The religious question had entered the campaign. Stauff, a Lutheran, was endorsed by the Milwaukee county council of churches, which urged pastors to advise the election of a Protestant to the bench. McCauley is a Catholic.

Stauff immediately deplored the suggestion and declared that neither party politics nor religion had a part in the election. INCUMBENT BEATEN IN CIRCUIT TEST By the Associated Press One incumbent was returned to office and one was beaten in two of the three contested circuit court contests in yesterday's election. In the second district, Milwaukee, Judge Gustage G. Gehrz easily retained his seat, piling up 109,472 votes in 576 of the city's 576 precincts to 45,094 for Leon J. Dealy.

Judge Milton Meister oi West Bend, who was appointed last year by Gov. Rennebohm when Judge Edward J. Gehl resigned after winning a state supreme court seat, defeated by William O'Connell of Juneau, in the 13th district. KHINELANDEtt, WEDN6SDAVEVfiNtNGrAPRiL 5, 1950 10 PAGES AWAITS Bridges (left) plays chess with his physician Dr. Asher Gordon, while for San Francisco federal court jury to return a verdict in his perjury conspiracy trial.

The jury found him guilty telcphoto). Bridges Union to Appeal His Conviction on Perjury SAN FRANCISCO Harry Bridges' CIO longshore union laid plans today to carry to the Supreme Court, if necessary, the fight against their leader's conviction on a charge that he lied to conceal he was a Communist. Bitterly assailing Tuesday's verdict of a federal court jury, the union's officers mapped a strategy that would counter possible moves to cancel Bridges' citizenship and have him deported to Australia. But F. Joseph Donohue, the special prosecutor for the government Czechs Sentence Monk to Life Term PRAGUE A Roman Catholic sentenced today to a Czech court on 'charges of high 'treason and spying 'for the Vatican.

His nine co-defendants, all of them Catholic churchmen, received lighter sentences ranging from two to 25 years. Most of the defendants got heavy fines. The official Czechoslovak news agency reported that nine of the clergymen were convicted of either anti-state activity or treason or both. The other drew a two-year sentence because he knew the activities of the others and did not report them. Some of the defendants were charged with contacting foreign groups and collecting weapons to be used against the government.

The life imprisonment was ordered for Dr. Jan Mastilak, 39, re- denptorist monk who was director of the Moravian theological institute. Sentenced to 25 years were Dr. Frantisek Silham, 45, procincial (director) of the Jesuit order in Czechoslovakia; and Augustin Ma- chalka, 45, abbot of the monastery te Nova Rise, Bohema. Western newsmen were barred from the trial, biggest mass prosecution of churchmen since the Communist-led government enacted a law last year setting up state control over all churches.

U. S. Cracks Down on 'False' Cigarette Ads WASHINGTON, The government today ordered a crackdown on what is called "false and misleading advertising" by some major cigarette makers. The federal trade commission directed two of the largest companies to halt certain claims that one brand of cigarettes is superior to another. The so-called "cease and desist" orders were against R.

J. Reynolds Tobacco makers of Camels cigarettes, and the P. Lorillard producers of Old Gold. Late Bulletins MAPISON The Wisconsin supreme court held with a Milwaukee circuit court today that if there is a conflict between a sheriff and a city chief of pojice over duties, it is up to the legislature and not the courts to clarify the law. WASHINGTON Secretary of State Acheson said today the U.

S. favors immediate steps to include Germany in welding a western European organization, lie said this country wishes Germany would join the present council oi Europe. MADISON A legislative committee investigation of the motor vehicle department was postponed today pending 3 hearing by the state personnel board on tbe discharge of Homer Rell, enforceoxent director. in the stormy 81-day trial, said he felt certain the higher courts would find no basis for a reversal. Donohue expressed belief that Bridges' conviction of committing perjury at his 1945 naturalization hearing would result in automatic cancellation of his citizenship, followed by deportation action.

Face Sentence Monday. Bridges, 48, and two union aides convicted with him of also conspiring to commit perjury, will be sentenced Monday. Seven year terms and $15,000 fines are possible. From Sydney, Australia, whence Bridges shipped out in 1920 for a tumultuous career as a labor leader in the U. came word by immigration officials that he probably would be allowed to return if ordered Other govern- onent -officials took the.

opposite view but said no decision would be made untitean application required it. The reaction of Bridges and his union colleagues to the conviction was cynical. "An immigration frameup," snapped the lean, hawk-nosed man who has sparked several paralyzing west coast strikers since he became an active leader in 1933. Bridges always has been bitter against the immigration department which he blamed for the moves behind two unsuccessful efforts to have him deported as an alleged Communist. His union last night called it a "fantastic jury verdict" after a trial in an atmosphere of "H-bomb hysteria." The statement called upon men" throughout the nation "to rally now and turn the tide before they are themselves engulfed by the forces that thrive upon political and economic bondage." Became Red in 1933, Claim.

Ex-Communists, testifying for the government, said Bridges became a card-carrying Communist in same year in which he helped stevedores get a union charter. In 1939 a federal hearing to determine if he was a Red ended with Dean James H. Landis of the Harvard law school ruling that the evidence "establishes neither that Harry R. Bridges is a member of nor affiliated with the Communist party of the United States." In 1941-, when another federal hearing reversed this, the Supreme Court voted 5-3 that the evidence did not support the charge. So contentions was -the trial just closed that two defense lawyers were cited for contempt.

Hardware Store Burns at Eleva ELEVA, Wis. early today raced through two buildings, completely destroying one and gutting the other. The flames were discovered in the Gamble Hardware and Appliance store at 6 a. m. Before the fire could be brought under control, the one-story frame hardware store was a charred wreckage and the two-story tavern and apartment building adjoining it was gutted.

Firemen from Strum and Mondovi assisted the Eleva department. Damage was estimated at $40,00. Wgnt-Ads Offer Best Way to Sell Have you farm machinery or tools which are in good condition but lying around your premises unused? Turn spare equipment into cash now through Daily News Want- Ads. The quickest way to sell is to place an inexpensive Want- Ad in the Classified section. A 15-word ad for three days costs only $1,50, and for six days you can get the same ad for the bargain rate of $2.10.

Just phone 10,00 for an Adtaker. PRICE FIVE CENf 3 Gwidt Wins Mayor Contest; Grosbier and Mrs. Stroede Get School Board Posts Winner Calls tor Easily Beats Rival I Cooperation with New City Council Stove J. Gwidt, named mayor of Rhinclandcr in yesterday's balloting, today issued a statement in which he expressed the belief that the new city council will be reprc-1 sentative of residents of the city. He also called for cooperation of all citizens with the incoming administration.

Jonathan H. McMurray, who lost to Gwidt in the vote yesterday, also issued a statement in which he expressed confidence that' the new council will serve residents of the city unselfishly. Gwidt's statement was as follows: 'The election is over and the people made their choice. From now on the" responsibility of the city administration rests with the mayor and city councilmen. "Personally, I believe we will have a good representative council, as it should be in a representative form of government.

One thing this ejection brought about, is the peo-' pie's interest in their own local' government, something which this city has need for many years. "Besides many other things, Rhinelandcr needs new industry and enbouragement to our present industry to provide additional employment to labor. This can only be accomplished by friendly labor relations, fair tax assessments, and a city administration that represents labor, business and industry alike. I believe the people elected this type of local government. "I have made my position clear on all issues in this campaign, and I will do my utmost to keep my campaign promises.

Moreover, I still will be Steve Gwidt, even though I mayor." Hetd, Many Gwidt, 60, has held several public offices in the past and has considerable experience in municipal affairs. He served four terms in the state legislature as assemblyman from Oneida, Forest and Florence counties, four terms as a councilman under the city manager system See "Gwidt," Page 2 For State High Court Post By the Associated Pros The man who led his party the last time he took his case to the polls proved his vote-getting prowess again Tuesday. Justice John E. Martin, who paced the Republican party in the 1946 Democratic Aide Hits Brannan Plan WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the House agriculture committee denounced the administration's 'Brannan farm plan today as an untried idea based on "principles of a consumer subsidy." Rep. Cooley (N.

who blasted the plan, thus demonstrated a Democratic party split on farm policy. Only Tuesday Secretary of Agriculture Brannan and Sen. Humphrey (D-Minn.) argued warmly for the secretary's plan before a statewide meeting of farmers in Milwaukee. Cooley's vigorous anti-Brannan stand took on more significance because last year he led an unsuccessful fight to give the plan at least a trial. The.

agriculture chairman explained his altered position did not mean that he would refuse to use the Brannan subsidy approach, in cases where this seemed to be the only way 'of meeting a specific problem. The Brannan plan proposes that perishable farm commodities be sold at whatever price the market Will pay; and that the government a payments- or subsidies to farmers to bring their income to a predetermined level considered by the government to be fair. The present farm program seeks to maintain a fair price in the market place for farm commodities, through government loans or purchases that take price-depressing surpluses out of the markets. Election Vote Summary MAYOR Ed W. Boyce 2 Steve J.

Gwidt 201 Harris Lewis 55 Jonathan McMurray 260 CITY ATTORNEY Jack E. Kruschke 219 George A. Richards 294 SCHOOL BOARD Irving J. Grosbier 233 Irvin L. Mase 210 Robert R.

O'Brien 225 Mrs. Kermit Stroede 234 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Wd. Wd. Wd. Wd.

Wd. Wd. Wd. Wd. Total 5088340 30 147 86 298 289 150 300 193 1,664 33 27 24 32 31 32 24 258 187 147 59 130 97 124 290 1,294 136 99 115 173 115 155 217 1,229 219 148 266 280 164 298 275 1,944 145 96 273 275 168 262 178 1,630 169 93 69 112 93 120 185 1,051 159 128 76 127 91 160 273 1,239 153 108 273 311 144 282 236 1,741 JUSTICE OF PEACE Eugene Kabcl .418 308 200 327 397 239 381 398 2,668 ALDERMEN Henry P.

Gates 200 Arthur L. Larson 2, Richard Timm 133 Henry Stoltz 214 John Wells 178 Pat J. Cain Frank Karnosky John F. Olson Clarence Pecor Harvey Ruggles 143 196 93 152 CO Warren Delap Norman Kriesel Earl A. Nehls Anthony T.

Roman Jack Anker Daniel Petta John Orval Schultz Donald Stefonik 145 54 168 89 113 54 282 249 Burl Blackman Jerome Koudelik Bernard Moes Fred Tegeler Adolph Kushman C. D. Rued Martin Zietlow Leo L. Zoncki 130 310 148 265 158 141 77 121 Joe Bloom William G. Hyland Frank Maloney Peter Moes Lyndell Richardson Jay Russ 163 180 191 24 127 177 Theodore Blaszke Dale Danfield George W.

Lange Arthur L. Olson Barney Tomtshak SUPERVISORS Pat J. Cain Clarence Pecor 97 246 180 218 161 197 157 John Orval Schultz Adolph Kushman C. D. Reed 323 131 123 Theodore Blaszke Henry Miazga 91 397 fall election, rode to easy victory in the nonpartisan judiciary ballot battle for Supreme Court justice in the only statewide contest of the spring election.

Martin, 58. former attorney general, won the one-year seat at the high court bench with surprising case from Marshall Peterson, Monro attorney. His unofficial margin, with 2,965 of the state's 3,166 precincts reporting, was 85.306. Tabulation at that point gave him 283,837 votes to 198,531 for Peterson. Peterson, 43, conceded his defeat in his second try for a supreme court seat when he trailed by 38.000 votes with nearly 70 per cent of the precincts reporting.

He was unsuccessful a year ago in a 12-man race. At stake in the two-man race was the one year remaining of the Supreme Court term to which Martin was appointed in June, 1948. following the death of Justice Chester Fowler. The full 10-year seat opens again in 1951 and Martin, if he desires reclectioh, will have to make the race once more. Martin's victory, although not unexpected, was surprising in its margin.

The veteran Green Bay attorney led GOP candidates to'a clean sweep of state offices in 1946 with 682,591 votes for his fifth straight term as attorney general. He resigned the post 18 months later to accept the bench appointment. Peterson, carrying the endorsement of a farm-labor group, had been expected to poll heavily in urban areas where the labor vote usually is heavy. Instead, Martin carried all of the industrial counties by wide margins, including Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha. Peterson led in only 17 of the state's 71 counties.

JN.CUMBENT,, MAYORS WIN MOST RACES By the Associated Press The incumbents had the inside track Tuesday as a host of Wisconsin cities voted for mayors. election was the rule in most cases. Mayor Richard Murray of Mari- nctte was re-elected to his ninth term by a 2,403 to 2,038 count over Arnold Schmidt, mayor from 194246. Sparta voters retained Mayor Hugh Williams. He beat John F.

Nichol, a write-in candidate, who had challenged the legality of every Sparta election in the past 10 years since voters have never registered in that city. Williams' majority was Mayor Charles Plotz was re-elected at South Milwaukee. At Cudahy, Mayor Vincent Totka was named for another term. Ripon's Mayor Robert Born was without organized opposition and easily won his second term, It was term No. 6 for Frank A.

Buehler, mayor of Monroe, who beat Maurice Connors, 1,322 to 1,013. Still mayor of Wauwatosa is William B. Knuese, named to his fourth term. But the incumbents lost, too. Toman voters picked Lawrence Curry to replace Edward C.

Otto. Curry won by a margin of 975-400. Otto had served four terms. Mayor Gustave Homgren of Sheboygan Falls was unseated, 665-599, by Alderman, Andrew Kohlhagen. Waukesha's Mayor Edwin Honeyager was beaten by Bruce Beaty.

Incumbent Leo Stoneman of Sturgeon bay lost to Stanley Greene. Not all mayors ran for another term. Alderman Carl Loehning won the Neenah race with incumbent E. A. Kalfahs on the sidelines.

Loehning beat Alderman Frank Mochalzer, 1,976 to 981 votes. Leo J. Fuhrman was elected mayor of Waupaca, replacing J. Kyle Anderson who was an unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge. At Kewaunee, Alderman Charles H.

Schneider won in a five way race for the seat of C. F. Tempy who didn't run for re-election. Platteville's new mayor is Arch W. Hoosier.

Incumbent Frank Rus sell did not run. A newcomer to politics, Schaffitzel. dairy products broker, was sleeted mayor at Recdsburg. Incumbent Alfred Bernien did not run. A write-in candidate.

Dr. J. C. Hanifan, came within 28 votes of upsetting Shullsburg Mayor John Ashworth, who won, 216-188. Antigo Picks Mclntyre.

Antigo voters elected a new mayor, Derwood B. Mclntyre. 69, retired superintendent of the Chicago and North Western railroad's Ashland division. Mclntyre led a six-man field which included former state senator Sherman Wade. Incumbent Hja'mer Olson was not a candidate.

William D. Carroll, former state senator and former Democratic candidate for governor, elected mayor of Prairie du Chicn. At Baraboo, Rollo Prothero, former mayor for three terms, topped a field of four to succeed Mayor C. R. Hornung who did not seek reelection.

Appleton voters re-elected Robert L. Roemer to his third term as mayor over Harold H. Douglas. McMurray Loses By 370 Votes in Record Balloting Steve J. Gwidl, 60, former.assem- blyman for Oneida, Forest and Florence counties, is Rhinelander's first mayor in 25 years as a result of yesterday's balloting which set a record for a spring election in the city.

Gwidt. who was one of the backers of the move to abandon the city manager system and return to the mayor-alderman form of government, defeated Jonathan H. McMurray, 44, by 370 votes and took a bare majority of the votes cast for mayor. Gwidt, 1,664. McMurray, 1,294.

The two mayor candidates who withdrew from the race in a sudden move Sunday night polled 280 votes. Harris Lewis, 52, acting city manager, got 258, while Ed W. Boyce, 65, retired manager for the Wisconsin Public Service corporation, received 30. There was some confusion Tuesday morning concerning Lewis' withdrawal, which probably accounts for the votes cast for him. Exactly 73 per cent of the 4,492 registered voters in the city went to the polls yesterday to roll up the record spring election total of 3,281.

Last year 3,185 of the 4,283 registered voters cast ballots, representing 74.3 per cent of the eligible voters. Richards Wins. George A. Richards, former district attoz-ney who has been city attorney for the last four years, was elected to the office by a big majority. He defeated John E.

(Jack) Kruschke, 1,944 to 1,229. Two public life name.g,rto*4b two-year" Kermit (Theodora) Stroede, 38, mother of seven children, led the field of four candidates. She and Irving J. Grosbier, 45, a member of the sales staff of the Daniels Manufacturing company, were named to fill the posts being vacated by Ed Swensen and E. A.

Heurich, who were not candidates for re-election. The vote was: Mrs. Stroede, Grosbier, Robert R. O'Brien, 1,239, and Irvin Mase, 1,051. O'Brien, president of the Rhinelander Central Labor Council, and Mase were endorsed by the labor group.

Labor Gets Five Seats. Five of the 12 aldermanic candidates who had been endorsed by the labor council won seats on the new city council, but two of the winners lost their campaigns for election as supervisors. With the defeats of McMurray, O'Brien and Mase, the election yesterday gave the labor council a record of five wins out of the 17 offices for which it endorsed candidates. The five labor-endorsed candidates elected as aldermen were: Henry Stoltz, First ward; Clarence Pecor, second ward; Warren Delay, Third ward; C. D.

Reed, Sixth ward, and Arthur Olson, Eighth ward. Pecor defeated Pat J. Cain, veteran officeholder, for one of the alderman posts in the Second ward, but Cain defeated Pecor by 40 votes to win re-election as supervisor. In the Sixth ward, Reed won an aldermanic post but lost his su- pervisorship to Adolph Kushman. The seven labor-endorsed aider- manic candidates who were defeated were; Richard Timm, First ward; Norman Kriesel, Third ward; Daniel Petta, Fourth ward; Burl Blackmail and Bernard Moes, Fifth ward; Martin Zietlow, Sixth ward, and George Lange, Eighth ward.

Alderman Races Close. In most wards the aldermanic contests were fairly close races, with the tightest count being in the Seventh ward, where six candidates sought the two positions. Frank (Doc) Maloney, former supervisor, led the field with 191 votes. William G. Hyland took the other vacancy with 180 votes.

Finishing in third place was Jay Russ, incumbent supervisor, who had 177. Others in the race were Joe Bloom, with 163; Lyndell Richardson, with 127, and Peter P. Moes, with 24. Strong three-way races featured the First and Second ward balloting for aldermen. In the first ward Arthur L.

Larson, the incumbent supervisor, and Henry Stoltz were elected, with Henry P. Gates running a close third. In the Second ward Frank Ka.rnosky ler the field and Clarence Pecor was second, with Pat J. Cain, the incumbent supervisor, a close third. The closest supervisor race was in the Sixth ward, where Adolph Kushman and C.

D. Reed were opposed for the third tune. Reed had won the two previous elections, but yesterday Kushman won by eight-vote margin, 131 to 123. The worst defeat of the election was administered by Henry incumbent Eighth ward who beat a former Theodore Blaszke, by Ol "Wfl to 91..