RIMARY FIGHTS 5 VERY NUMEROUS ate Has Unusual Election 1 Contests to Settle at the Polls on Wednesday Pennsylvania will hold its flrst pri ary election under the act of 1917 j Ling the third Wednesday of Sep- i niber as the date for the primary j j ection in odd numbered years two j . ivs hence and while there are no J ate nominations to be made numer- ! : is contests for honors in counties id municipalities have contributed 1 create a popular interest exceed g that in some primaries in guber- | ( itorial years. There are thousands ' nominations to be made as not lly councilmanic and county official ; miinations are to be made, but elec on officers and party committeemen ill be chosen. The second class cities of Pitts- j trsh and Scranton nominate candi ites for mayor and Harrisburg, ; 'illiamsport and a few other cities \ the third class where there arc icancies in chief magistracies by eath, resignation or otherwise, will | 1 >minate aspirants on nonpartisan ckets. They will also select mem- i . jrs of city councils on the same an. Philadelphia will nominate! >uncilmanic and other candidates) , l the partisan plan as will bor-; lghs. The first class city does not ; uninate a mayor this year. Judicial Contests All judicial nominations will be on le nonpartisan basis. There arol ty-two judicial otttces to be tilled in ovembcr and over 160 candidates) ed petitions. There will be chosen j venty-sl* Common Pleas judges, | iree Orphans' Court judges and i , venty-two associate judges. The! wenty-Eighth Congressional district! [imposed of Mercer, Venango, War- i >n, Forest and Elk counties, will \ ect a congressman to succeed C. j . Bleakely. Five judges appointed by the Gov- j nor are candidates for full terms, j our sitting judges are not opposed; >r nomination. Several well-known' I'lges are face to face with big con-j ■sts. Philadelphia and Allegheny j iriges are all opposed and lawyers' onpartisan committees are working] ;>rd for them. Liquor enters into, lany up-state judicial tights as sua). >lt'C'arfcll to Ho Honored Dauphin county is one of the dis-, •icts where a sitting judge is to be I mplimented by re-election. Judge i J. M. McCarrell will be extended le compliment paid to various] nines of the past. Schuylkill county I the only other one in this section ; hich will elect judges. Judge H. j . Bechtel Is a candidate for renomi ation and Judge C. E. Berger, the ovrnor's appointee, for a full term. While Lancaster. Lebanon, North-1 mberland, Cumberland, Franklin! id York counties do not elect judges ' lis year there are so many local; inte'sts that they have plenty to i old interest. York has battles on < ir district attorney and for most i the county offices, while Lancaster ; as very little to tight about. Cum- > i rrland and Lebanon are in ths , idst of primary campaigns which | ; d fair to last until to-morrow ight. i ! Hig; "Little Judge" Fights \ , On the other hand four of HarrU urg's neighbor counties have inter- ■ iting contests for associate judge t ominations. The liquor issue looms 1 ' pin everyone of them. Two of thei' aunties —Juniata and Mifflin, Iry" now. i '■ Perry county will elect a successor! > S. W. Bernheisel. who is not aj 1 indidate acaln. There are three mdidates, I. E. Stephens, Buffalo. ! nd George E. Boyer, Duncannon. Ividing the "dry" forces with the : her element united behind James i . Noel, a farmer of Toboyne town lip. ! I In the next door county, Juniata, < hich is in the same judicial district j lere are twelve candidates with two | idses to be nominated. The "wets" I nve been consolidating, while ihei iher element is divided. Judge enas W. Gilson, of Spruce Hill, j ■ ishes to succeed himself, but Judge r E. Harley would not run. Mifflin county is also indulging in | < multiplicity of candidates. There is i le judge to be nominated and there;' •e seven aspirants including Bur-;: ?ss G. A. Leopold, of Lewistown. ; iffiin is also a "dry" county. Judge Gottleib Rowe and A. K. | ieffenderfer, of Union, are candi- j ates for* nomination with eight vals, Fulton county has seven can- - idates for its one judgeship. wo Are Arrested For Giving Booze to Soldiers Two arrests were inaile Saturday i nl Sunday in connection with the ! lie of liquor by Harrisburg residents I > t'nited States soldiers in uniform, i William Fasnacht was arrested at I arket street subway Saturday night, j -urged with furnishing liquor to ; Mir members of Company I. Fifty nth Infantry. Adams, whose home is in i owderi street, was arrested Sunday I orning. Police claim that the negro I ■cured liquor for several soldiers ho came here from Gettysburg. Hoth o to aid in win ning the war. Boris Bakhmeteff. Russian ambassador; Frank A. Scott, j chairman of the War Industries I Board, and Dr. Newell Dwight Hil lis, of Brooklyn, were other speakers | on to-morrow's program. I Herbert C. Hoover, Lord North |clilTe, chairman of the permanent I British mission, and Judge Robert S. ! Kovett. of the War Emergency Board, will also address the convention.. Several group meetings to con sider the functions of the different ! business organizations in the con j duct of the war will be held during the meeting and at the cincluding session the report of the committee on resolutions will be acted upon. I'IH.I'I'ICAI. ADVERTISEMENT For School Director R;I'I BI,ICA\ PARTY BENJAMIN H, REICHERT A Former Teacher— Now a Businessman If elected I will serve,in the j best interest of pupil, teacher and ! taxpayer. Will favor awarding j contracts to she lowest responsible bidder. Will encourage publicity. Will guard against robbing the school children by a misuse of the big loan. FOR CITY COUNCILMAN ' ■■■■ . ;• . :: V AUGUSTUS WILDMAN! If elected I pledge myself to give the office all of my time ! and attention. Vote the last name on the non- I partisan ballot and I will thank you. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT i —— ' • DeWitt A. Fry Candidate For CITY COUNCIL Present City Controller Councilman From 1901 to 1905 Member of Finance Committee 3 Years. A native-born resident of Har risburg who pledges his executive ability gained by years of ex perience and his entire time to the efTicient conduct of his office and for the city's best interests. YOUR SUPPORT AND INFLUENCE SOLICITED POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT THOMAS P. MOHAN HAS WAR RECORD Local Boy Has Served His Country in Several Wars; Native of Harrisburg • | —Photo bv Sagaml, Honolulu. TOM ON HIS WAY TO THE PHILIPPINES. 1809 Thomas P. Moran, a soldier of In dian campaigns, Spanish - American "JOE" MOHAN on Hoard the Vlekxhurg During Spanish-American AVnr. I . ' V JAMES T. MORAN Company E, ."Ist lonu and Company ■I, autli l , S. Vol. Inf. In the Philippines 1 11 m P* 'Ms iflHH^I r **. • Mo^^m mSbW i T&X > ,/^C . '■' *\' J fm 3TBI- Jam I ' Thomas P. Moran | Candidate For City Council POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT war and Philippine insurrection, seeks the nomination for City Coun cil. "Tom" was born in Harrisburg. Pa., March 6, 1869, being the youngest son of Thomas Day Moran, a veteran of ' the War of the Rebellion. At the age of 11 years "Tom" was admitted to the McAlisterviUe Sotdters' Orphan School, graduating therefrom March fi. 1885. Returning to Harrisburg he entered the employ of the Baltimore One-Price Clothing House. THOMAS P. MOHAN Spanish-American Wnr Veteran Being trained for the military, he entered the regular army at the age of 17 and was assigned to Company B. Twentieth United States lnfantr', , stationeu at Fort Asslnniboine, Mon tana, After being discharged from the army in 1892, after serving five years, he accepted a position with Reinach. Tollman & Company, cloth ing merchants of Chicago, and repre sented them in the Black Hills coun try, South Dakota, resigning later he took charge of the government canteen. Fort Custer, Montana. After Fort Custer was abandoned "Tom" returned to Harrisburg and accepted a position as military In structor at Scotland Soldiers' Or phan School. "Tom" later resigned from Scotland Soldiers' Orphans' School to accept a position with the Department of Pub lic Safety, Philadelphia, as military instructor, and to make a general survey of the personnel of the police department. Hence, so far as the garbage and police questions in Har risburg are concerned, "Tom" is well fitted to handle them, as well as the many other civic matters that come under the direction of the City Council. Returns to Army At the outbreak of the Spanish- American War "Tom" gave up his position and enlisted in Company A, Second Pennsylvania Volunteer In fantry. When mustered out he returned to the Department of Public Safety and was loaned by the Department of Public Safety to instruct the boys at Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphan School. From there he went to the Philippine Islands in 1899 with light battery F, Fourth United States Ar tillery, and took part in many en gagements in the two and one-half years' service in the Philippines. "Tom" had two brothers in the Spanish-American War, and the three brothers saw foreign service. James T. Moran lost his life in the Philippines and Joseph, who served ten years in Troop A, First U. S. Cav alry, from 1881 to 1801, died in Har risburg after returning from Cuban waters. Thomas P. Moran is a member of the Harrisburg Republican Club, Har risburg Camp. No. 8, Spanish-Ameri can War Veterans, a member of the Sixteeners Association, Harrisburg Reserves, and Veterans of . Foreign Wars. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTI9EKBNT For City Council im ii" 1 1' l l iP' 1 mmmmmmM - Jjj WSHM m JWT mM Howard W. Jones Howard W. Jones was born ! in Oneida, New York, Septem ber 15, 1869. His father, when a young man, enlisted in the army during the War of Re bellion. During the Battle of Gettysburg he received four or five wounds and was left on the field to die. He was carried to the home of a farmer, Daniel IJeintzelman, where Mrs. Hcintzelman and her daugh ters nursed and cared for him until he was able to return to his regiment. After the war was over he returned to New York and several years later return ing to Gettysburg, visited the farmer and his family who had cared for him at the time he was wounded on the battlefield, later marrying one of the daughters, Miss Elizabeth Hcintzelman, returning to Oneida, New York, where Howard W Jones, about five years later was born. A few years later when Howard was about five years old the family removed to Adams county, to Cashtown, above Gettysburg, where Mr. Jones was raised and resided until he came to Harrisburg, January, 1890, in which city he has made his home ever since, living at present at the corner of Eorster and Green streets. During his first eight or nine years in Harrisburg he was con nected with the Prudential In surance Company and has been with several different companies since, at the present time having his offices at No. 9 North Mar ket Square. His father and the late Dr. Ezra S. Meals were very inti mate friends in their younger days in Adams county, at that time Mr. Meals was practicing medicine in McKnightstown. He is a candidate for o