Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-04
SWEET IN THIRD
ALSO IS BEHIND
Allen For Secretary Of State May Po;
Sufficient Votes to Keep Contest Out
Of convsntion-Hoyt Appears Win
nsr For State Treasurer = superin-
tendency in Doubt-cIo.e Congress.
sionaI contests-Returns Slow.

Dickinson. Of Algona, by 1900 votes in
Yesterdays Iowa state primary.
Congressman g. NJ. Hausen, in the
Fourth. and Harry g. Hull. in the Sec
ond. led their opponents for the repub-
lican nomination by several hundred
votes on early returns.
Congressman Burton Sweet, rf tie
Third, and c. w. Ramseyer, OF the
Sixth district, were slightly behind their
opponents. with less than twenty-fi five
precincts heard from.
Former Judge ". q. Boies, Of Shell
don, IN the Eleventh district, was close
ly pressed by Charles F. Lyle, Of Sioux
City, in the early returns.
Buell. McCash, q corporal In the ma
tionaa army. whose friends wrote hia
name on the ballot, no petition having
been fled. for him, led the field OF demo
cratic candidates in the Sixth, in first
returns.
The Early Returns.
F1gpres available at noon today on
trcpnbiIcAn conSfessiotal contest,
allowed
Second district, 55 out Of 1e5 pre-.
lcincts, Hull. 2.223; Manville. 1,455.
Third district, "a out Of z17 pre-
cincts, Cloud, 93S; Sweet, 926.
Fourth district, 26 out of 205 pre-.
cincts, EnSer. 300; Haugen, 1850:
Shafer, 1850.
Sixth district, IA out Of 17s precincts.
Mowrey, $50: Ramseyer, 511.
Eleventh district, 40 out Of 2s5 pre-
cincts, Boies, 1857: Lyt1e, 1924; Sam
mis-, 1.13..
Sixth district, democratic contest, IA
out Of 17s precincts. McCash, sos:
Leeny, 81; Richmond, 11s.
Races Continue Close.
Returns available shortly after noon
on the republican congressional con-
test were as follows:
Seventy precincts out of 1855 in the
Second district give Congressman
Harry E. Hull, williamsburg, 2,72s;
B. e. Manvtlle, Iowa City, 2,1sO.
Thirty-five precincts out of 217 in
the Third district give Albert M,
Cloud. Manchester. Its: Congress
man Burton E. Sweet. Waverly, 1864.
Thirty-two precincts out Of EOS in
the Fourth district give Congressman
Gilbert N. Haugen. Northwood, 1895:
W. G. shafer. New Hampton. 1851; L
NJ. Enger. Decorah, $40.
Woods Surely Bsaten.
Eighteen precincts out Of 17s In the
Sixth district give Ross r. Mowry.
Newton, 64s; Congressman C. W.
Ramseyer. Bloomfield. 600.
One hundred twenty one precincts
out Of 315 in the Tenth district give I.
J. Dickinson. Algona. 6.379; Congress-
man Frank P. Woods, EstherviHe,
4,424.
Forty-six precincts out Of 2s5 In the
Eleventh district give w. D. Boies,
Sheldon, 2,4o0; Charles F. Lyle, Sioux
City, 1880; J. q. Sammis, L.eMars.
1881.
On the democratic ticket eighteen
precincts out Of 17s in the Sixth dis
trict give Buell.. McCash, Bloomfield,
SIS: L. t. Richmond, Abba ,145; Pat
Leeny, ottumwa, 81. i
Returns available late today on re-
publican congressional contests follow:
Second district-Seventy precincts
out Of 165 in the district give Hull
I2,729. Manvihe 2.160.
Third-Thirty-fv precincts Of AT
give Cloud 1.77s. Sweet 1866.
Fourth-Thirty-tw Of 2O5 precincts
give Haugen 1896. schafer 1851,
Enger $40.
sixth-Forty-nine Of ITS precincts
give Mowry 1900, Ramseyer 1.4s0.
Tenth-One hundred forty-four of
|315 precincts give Dicklnson 1912,
Woods 4,7s9. s
Eleventh-Forty-six Of 2s5 precincts
rive Boies q 4UU, Lytie q $50, S0mmiS