Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19
PRIMARY RETURNS SHORT
Failure to Complete Canvass Causes
Serious Complications.
BLOCKS COUNTY CONVENTIONS
Law says they Must Zee Saturday
and Failure 90 Complete snvsss
Renders ~ Impossible 60 Ger
fifty List Of Delegates.
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DIES MONIES. June 1s.-(special)-Re-
turns from seven counties are not in the
hands of the executive council for the off
cial canvass OF the primary returns and
several Of these seem likely not to reach
the council till there are complications
Yesterday 1t was thought the council had
all the returns but those from Polk and
DALLAS counties, but there has been a re-
count ordered Of seven precincts In story
county. which holds back that county.
Guthrie. Keokuk and Dallas counties all
sent their returns in on the wrong blanks
and these had TO be sent back, and II VIII
be a day or two before they can be put on
the right blanks and returned. The county
auditor Of Osceola county claims that he
has sent his in the mail. but they had not
reached the secretary OF state when the
office closed tonight.
The complications that will arise are that
the county auditors in Polk county, and
Il Is thought also in Dallas and Story,
have not been able to notify the delegates
10 the county conventions Of their selec-
ton. The county conventions must all be
held Saturday Of this week. II is believed
that some provision will be made by the
superyisors in these counties to determine
the election OF the delegates so that the
conventions can be called on the proper
day and can then adjourn till such time as
the supervisors can furnish the certificates.
Carl johnson of Mitchell county today
notified the secretary Of state that he
would stand on his nomination on the re-
publican ticket as a candidate to the legis-
iature from Mitchell county. johnson was
the nominee of the republicans, democrats
and prohibitionists. He received four votes
on the democratic ticket and there were
three scattering votes and he received one
on the prohibition ticket and there were
no other votes for that office on that
ticket. He received a big vote on the re-
publican ticket.
swine breeders and swine judgers are IN
Des Moines for the annual convention. In
an address today DR.. w. A. Niles Of the
State Agricultural college declared that
the death knell of hog cholera has been
sounded. Work of experimenting has beea
going on for some time by the expert
mental stations at Ames and in other
states. It is believed now that a pre-
~ventive has been discovered and that by
vaccination the disease can be stamped out.
Stranger Jumps to Suicide.
An unidentified man jumped into the Des
Moines river from the Des Moines Union
bridge last evening and was drowned The
police have searched for the body, but
have not been able to locate 1t and are
unable to ascertain who the man was.
The mother Of Harry Freed Of $40 East
Court avenue reported to the police that
her son had threatened to drown himself
in the Des Moines river because she re-
fused longer to make UP his shortages. II
is further reported to the police that
L. A. Woodring, for whom two prospective
brides are waiting. is missing.
Woodring quarreled with Miss Ethel
Nance of Cedar Rapids. to whom he is
said TO be engaged. She is at the home
Of a friend here waiting her wedding day
with him now. A Spanish s~enorita, Miss
Maursia Tretancae. is supposed to be on
her way to Des Moines also to marry the
same man as the result Of a romance in the
Philippines, in which he saved her life.
Petition for
A petition was circulated among the bust
ness men Of Des Moines today and was
telegraphed to the Iowa delegation at the
Chicago convention tonight, asking that
the members of the delegation drop all
hostility to Cummins for vice president.
The petition was circulated in the inter-
ests of harmony in Iowa republican poll
tics. Some Des Moines business men have
Furthermore been in telephone
cation with the Iowa members in Chicago,
especially those from Des Moines, and
nave insisted on the delegation voting
solidly for Cummins. 1t was understood
at this end that the delegation would ac-
| cede to their wishes.
Burlington Train Makes Record.
CRESTON, Ia, June 1S.-Burlington train
No. / has a record for schedule time that
railroad men col slider remarkable. An off,