Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-16
BLOODSHED MARKS
ILLINOIS ELECTION;
RESULT IN DOUBT
Complete Count Necessary to De
termine Between Lowden and
Thompson Factions.
DEMOCRATS NAME
LEWIS FOR GOVERNOR
py Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press In Every Evening
Chicago. Sept if.--Returns this morn
ing from the Illinois primaries yesterday
gave leads 10 the Republican candidates
favored by Mayor Thompson s faction but
did not decide the contests.
Len Small received 1861 against 10
300 for Lieutenant Governor John O..
Oplesby for Governor. in returns from
| $50 precincts in Cook County (Chicago)
and $50 outside.
Congressman Frank l.. Smith led con
gresham W. Il. Mckinley for the nom
nation for United States Senator 1885,
SOC to 170.a55.
These returns were nearly MI from CITY
precincts with country precincts, believed
TO be the Lowden faction strongholds, yet
tn report.
Chicago. Sept. l6--A close race be
tween the Lowden and Thompson oandi-
dates today made necessary complete
cn,,nt of the State votes cast IN yester-
days primary to determine the result.
Suppnrters "a Mayor William Hale
Thompson swept Chicago, winning all
county and city nominations for their
men. but the adherents Of Governor
Frank o. Lo~den carried the rest of the
political scales wavering
On the Democratic ticket ]. Hamilton
Lewis, former senator, won handiiy over
Barratt OHAra for the gubernatorial
nomination, but the race for the Senate
candidacy was close between Robert r..
Burke and Peter Waller. The Democrats
also had slght fight for the nomination OF
\ States attorney for Cook county, the
incumbent, Maclay Hoyne trailing Michae
lgoe On incomplete returns
| Among the congressional contests was
that Of jo~cph q. Cannon, OF Danvills
IN the nineteenth district. He was ir
the rear ON early returns but finally forged
to the front for a victory.
Regardless of the final outcome IN ths
State contests, Mayor Thompson wor
possible control Of the election machinery
Ia Cook county by nominating his eandf
date for county Judge.
Although one man was killed, half {
dozen kidnapped and score injured II
| fights around Cook county polling places
election officials last night declared ths
election had been comparatively quiet,
| and that disorders had not been 80 greaf
! as they had feared.
| Charges that the assailants IN mos
cases were Thompson adherents, brough
/ statement from the mayors faction tha
! many of the two thousand special deputies
| sworn in by Sheriff Peters, Lowden adj
| herent, were ex-eonvicts and that the,
| had started most of the nights.
Sheriff Peters said that few "dis
reputable characters might have beer
| included among his deputies, but tina
they were discharged as soon as discovered
Michael Fennessy, precinct yorke
| who WAS killed, was shot by a pohcemai
who said Fennessy drew gun
Denver, Colo, Sept. 16.-With boil
| leading candidates for Republican nomi
nation for United States Senator claiming
a victory it appeared probable today tha
an official count might be necessary Z
| establish the result. Returns compiled
by the Rocky Mountain News from ], ~
precincts of the 1.532 in the State gav'
Karl G. Schuyler, Denver, lead OF z 81
| over Samuel d. Nicholson of Leadville.
| A victory for the Non-Partisan Leagu'
in the Democratic primaries was lndieates
with nearly complete returns from tn
principal cities and scattered returns from
| over the State. In Denver eleven OF tbs
| twelve Democratic candidates for th'
| legislature are Non-Partlsan Leaguers, q
/ are three loE ilit Astshtt kftti3tS
/ James NJ. Collins, Non-Partisan Leagu
| candidate for Democratic nomination 10
| governor. has lead of ,0Ol votes IN two
| thirds Of the precincts.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. 16.-Wlth l,57'
precincts out of 1906 IN the State re
| porting, Governor Louis f. Hart toda,
| maintained his lead over Roland IL. Hart
| ley, his nearest opponent for the Republi
| can nomination for governor in the State
wide primaries of Tuesday. Governo
Hart's vote in the precincts reporting Wa
! 5O,OS9 and Hartley's 45,042.
United States Senator Wesley Jones il
ISIS of the States precincts receive,
SO, 1888 votes and Colonel w. G. Ingi
/ 30,941.
| New Orleans, Sept. l6.--lneomplete re
turns from Tuesdays Statewide Demo
cratic primary indicated that run-of
primary would be necessary to deternin
the Senatorial nominee.
| Indications were that Jared Y. Sander
of Bogal,isa, former governor, and Edwl
| s. Broussard of New Iberia, brother O
the late United States Senator, woui
finish less than 1000 votes apart.
Police figures, which have IN pas
elections been considered official, gay
Andrew McShane majority of 1,27
over Martin Behrman in the New Orlean
mayoralty election.