The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-16
THOMPSON TICKET IS VICTORIOUS IN
 ILLINOIS PRIMARY
In Democratic Contest Jim Ham Lewis Is Leading 0'Hara Five to One On
 Incomplete Returns
By Associated Press

thtcagO. September I5.-Returns
 from 1,239 precincts out of 5,537
 in Illinois, including 599 outside
 of Cook county. for republican ca
 didates for governor give: Carl
 strom 6,628, Ogiesby 73,O26. Small
 BEATS, Woodruff 7.oO1.
 Returns from o47 precincts. iu-
 cluding I3s outside of Cook county,
 for democratic candidates for gov
 ernor give; Lewis 32,217, o'Hara
 5.S66.
 Returns from 1,42l precincts out
 of 5,T37 in Illinois, including 642
 outside of Cook county, for repub-
 Iican candidates for United States
 senator give; Chiperfield 13,025,
 Mckinley 69,6tO, smith S7,140.
 Returns from 95S precincts, in-
 cIuding Il9 outside of Cook county,
 for democratic candidates for
 United States senator give; Burke
 1S,GO1, Waller ISI51.
 Chicago, September 15.-Tickets headed by Len Small of Kankakee for governor and Congressman Frank Smith of Aledc for United States senator, and which had the support of Mayor William Hale Thompson, were leading for%the republi- can nominations in today's Illinois pri- maries in the early returns
 Cook county, in available returns, gave the Thompson faction ticket a large ma jority over that headed by Lieutenan, Governor Oglesby for governor and Will liam B. Mckinley for senator supported by Governor Lowden. but down state Oglesby had lead on scattering pre- cincts One hundred and forty-nine pre- cincts outside Cook county gave Oglesby 9,S75; Small. 1884
 In Cook county Small. in returns from 34o precincts, had 26.759 votes against 12.20S for Oglesby giving him 34.S3S in 49e precincts in the state against 22,0S3 for Oglesby
 For senator, Smith was leading McKin- ley by approximately 13,o00 in AT out of 5,637 precincts in the state.
 Reports from 122 down state precincts gave Mckinley a lead of about 1000, but smith boiled a big majority in first re. turns from Cook county.
 On the democratic side former Sena- tor James Hamilton Lewis led his oppo- nent for the gubernaterial nomination Barret O'Hara, by about five to one, ir early returns. Two close races developed however; Maclay Hoyne seeking a third term as states attorney for Cook county was running behind Michael L. Igoe Robert E. Burke of Chicago and Peter A. Waller of kewanee were within few yates of each other in, returns from Slt precincts, incauding tet, utsitie Cool county, for the demofratfc norninatios for senator.
 ONLY ONE KILLED
 Aithough one man was Killed half dozen kidnaped and score injured i, fights around Cook county polling places nff iato oIr the election had been ''comparatiyelv quiet and that disorders had not beer So great as they had feared
 Charges that the assailants in most cases were Thompson adherents, brought statements from the mayors faction thai many of the 2,0O0 special deputies sworr in by Sheriff Peters a Lowden adherent were ex-convicts and that they had start ed most of the fights Sheriff Peters said that few "dsreputable characters might have been included among his deputies, but that they were discharged as soon as discovered.
 Michael Fennessy, precinct worker kill ed, was shot by policeman wno said Fennessy drew gun. Two women were bruised badly when they attempted to help Sergt. John Coyne quell a disturb ance in one polling place over charges of repeating" in the voting Coyne was ooiiousiy HJuIeu anu the women knocked to the floor.
 Several unsuccessful attempts to stea ballot boxes were made. and two precinct captains were included among the mer Kidnapped in each case by gangs in auto mobiles.
 With one-third of the Chicago returns tabulated all candidates for offices ir Cook county who had the support ot Mayor Thompson had large .eacs.
 Joseph G. Cannon led on ear.y returns ii tl.s Eighteenth congress. s.oa4l district With 56 out of 211 precincts In, he had 3.562 to 2,673 for E. B. Cooley.