The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-12
"OTFICLAL" RETURNS GIVES CO.
LUMBIANA MAN PLURALITY
OF 6S VOTES.
Situation 1B Badly Muddled in TWO
Counties and Belmont County At
torney Still Has Chance.
Ga!hrcath .......... 5."n0
Ll%On >, l39

With "oTiCial' returns from Belmont.
Harrison and jefferson counties. and M
official returns FROM column! and count.
furnished hy III" i.itst Liverpool Morn
ING Tribune. Attorney William r. bIArn.
Jr.. ~ Martins Ferry. - defeated FOR tin:
kcrubllcan nomination Ia. state S'uAt"r
from the Tw"ntlrih-TwrHi:- SECOND Srn-
a'""ial districts 10y y. y. Iiaihr"Hih. II
Rogers, Cnlumht;Iua county, "hn has 4
l"ad Of GS votes OYER III" Martins Fcrr%
attorney. Tho situation in jefferson am:
t"!"nhilna counties Is very badly mud
died. ami tI"rr IS Slill I chance. al
though slight on, that Attorney plN"n
may S"cuc" CuuEGh vote" /" overcome
the lead which thu CululGbILna County
man appears 10 have.
At O'Clock thlS morning the official
count In G"lumDtHnH cuUH;y WAS not
completed and WuUil NOT lie announced
until some luEr today. according to tn"
editor Of the East Liverpool paper. with
whom tie Intelligence WAS IN commune
cation ever the r"l"pl'"n". lay Paisley
ii Stcub,uviii,.. who j. was 'hnu%lt WIS
Attorney biXuu's nearest competitor. toll!
the lniclllScnc"r ~ mtinica, that ne
urcS which 1t had secured from StcI-
bcnvitie represented The 'uiiIrln!' count
as given out hy the Jefferson county
board OF election. Tie added. however
Iha; III ono precinct III StcuhSnEllir
where III" Juur"S huG failed 10 tally
tier" would be Il chang" "t about loo
votes. h"t he did not h"!I"Ve mat X
-
he could hardly hc cNHcr'"I To Sccur"
enough additional votes here ~ over,
come Galtrvuth.s apparent lead OF %
Sut"S
The orfirial.vot in Hc!mont ana Har-
riS"n COUNTY wcr" confirmed last NlEht
ami are likely r""rcrt. Whether III,
official count in Cnlurnhiann county VII!
give Dixon enough votes To beat Col
umbinana's own candidate remains TO hc
S,cn. Friday evening papers announced
that Dixon WAS the winner oyer l'alSicH
81 Stcubcnvilr. which IL correct IN the
face of latest r"1cr!S. hu, tiaihr"aih.
Y \" was considers" ia dark horse. So
cured enough additional, i":"s in ti'''
"nificiai' count OF jefferson county Ia
rlac" him ahead Of both ll\"n ana
Paisley. At 1918 o'clock las; might. the
lnt.!licync@r received the ""fiicGHl" re-
port of the jefferson CnuntE lection
Supervisors which Gah" nlA"n Log
votes instead OF o.. ~ given "u' Thurs
0ay night, q gain Of $50. Til" same
figures shcw thai 'iaihrcI'': r'""IE"d
LIPS in the "utficial' count. HS com
pared with I.0l@ in the unofficial count,
Jefferson county WAS cul IS votes, &C
c"rrlin< TO tn" "orf!rial'' figures
Relieving tha, Attorney DIXON haG
won out after Il ari"'nrrd mat ne ha'i
been defeated 10y Paisley Martins Ferry
people; and others in Belmont county had
planned Il celebration for Martins Ferry
last night. hu; Indictment Weather nee
esSitated its post roEcmrnt Unti tonight.
t'nGrr present circumstances thc C"I,'-
hration will IA" postponed indefinitely
until il is certain that tn" Martins Ferry
attorney HAS been viCtoriuS in his fight
for office.
Following arc tn" "offficiai" returns on
tho senatorial fight from !iolm"nt. linr-
riSnn and Jefferson counties and Inc
unofficial returns from Columbian c"un-