Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-04
FORMER MAYOR
is GIVEN 1000 TO
1000 PLURALITY
Early Hopes of Howe Victory
Fades as Count Con-
tinues.
robson TRAILS THIRD
BULLETIN.
Official figures from 1853 pre-
cIncts gave Shank 27,126 and
Howe 25,605.

Official figures from 15s pre-
clncts gave Shank 27, and
Howe 25,605.
Samuel Lewis Shank. who waged his
campaign on an anti-city administration
platform, was made the Republican noIni-
nee for mayor yesterday by a plurality
Of between 1000 and 1000 votes.
Official returns from $50 precincts out
| Of the 166 in Indianapolis gave Shank a
plurality of 1871. The vote was Shank.
| 1880; Howe, 24,359 Robson, S931, and
Meyer, 4S0.
Returns from Irvington, Mr.. Howe's
home, and from some of the negro dis
tricts, cut into the Shank plurality.
Late this afternoon two precincts were
still out. There were the Sixth Of the
Third ward, and the Twenty First Of the
| Fourth ward. The Fourth of the Fifth
ward had been held out until late, but
to the surprise of many it gave Shank,
unofficially, 267 votes to 156 for Howe
and 81 for Robson.
Howe headquarters, after having their
spirits buoyed up by the north side re-
turns during the night, gave up early
today and conceded, the nomination OF
Mr.. Shank by 1000 votes. Shank workers
at that time were claiming their candi-
date had won by 1000, but later as the
official vote was counted they dropped
their estimate to 1900.
BLAMED DEFEAT
ON BAD WEATHER.
It was conceded at Howe headquarters
that Mr.. Shank has carried the First
Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
wards and possibly the Ninth, the home
ward Of both Mr.. Howe and himself.
The Howe forces blamed their defeat
upon the bad weather, which, they said,
prevented them from getting out their
full strength on the north side and upon
the unquestioned fact that thousands of
Democrats took Republican ballots and
voted for Mr.. Shank.
Robert II. Bryson, city controller,
and one of the leaders in the Howe or
ganization. said that he believes con-
serYative estimate Of the number Of
Democrats who voted for Mr.. Shank is
1900
From the incomplete official returns
, available it appeared that the total vote
WAS between 10000 and 65 900. This was
10000 in excess of what many politicians
expected, the general pre- primary esti-
mate being around 10000 Many Howe
) workers who stated that every vote over
10000 would go in their candidates
favor were at a loss to explain the fact
publican vote of more than 10000, in any
other way than that they had under
estimated Mr.. Shanks strength not only
on the south side, but in many parts Of
the north side.
PROFESSOR CARRIES
HOME PRECINCT.
Professor Howe won his home precinct,
the Fifteenth Of the Ninth ward, by a
vote Of $50 to Shank's 146 and Robison's
44, while Mr.. Shank won his, the Second
Of the Ninth, by approximately 100 votes
The Robson home precinct, the Eleventh
Of the Second ward, went to Howe, by
vote of 24s for Howe, 149 for Robson
and 55 for Shank
Robson won only three precincts In
the eutire city, taking the Second of the
Fifth ward from Howe by 191 to 159 the
Third of the Fifth ward from Howe BY
Isl to 176 and the Fourth Of the Second
ward from Howe by 135 to 132. Shank
got 131 in this precinct
Politicians also were much interested
in the fact that Henry Fleming, one OF
RobisOn's negro organizers, who gained
much prominence in the campaign
through threats to reveal methods used
in the nomination and election of Mayor
Charles W. Jewett four years ago, could
not muster more than So votes for Robi-
son to 250 for Howe and 46 for Shank
in his (Flemings) precinct, the Fifteenth
of the Fourth ward.
Robson VOTE FALLS
SHORT IN NEGRO WARDS.
Robison's much -touted strength in the
two negro wards, the Fifth and the Sixth,
vanished before the votes piled up for
Shank in the Fifth and Howe in the
Sixth. Without the Fourth precinct Of
the Fifth ward, unofficial totals showed
Shank leading with 1,106 Howe next with
993 and Robson third with 701. The
total unofficial vote in the Sixth ward
was: Howe, 1,241; Shank, 900, and Robi-
son. 40S.
Howe's biggest gain over Shank came
in the Fourth ward, where twenty
of the twenty five precincts showed him
leading by 5,544 to Shank's 2,S7S and
Robison's 2091. Howe's plurality In the
Second ward was about two to Shank's
one. The unofficial totals for this ward
were Howe, 2,2S7; Shank, 1,240, and Robi-
son, 1,04S. The Third ward went over
whelmingly for Howe. the unofficial vote
being 2,051 to Shank's SCI.
The Eighth ward went to Howe by
1920 to Shank's 1852 and Robison's 6s1
True to predictions Shank captured the
Seventh ward handsomely. The Robson
forces held some splendid meetings in
this ward and expected to win it, but
with one precinct absent unofficial to-
tale gave SnanK 1oS9, MOVIE 4,VOO ana
Robson $40.
The shank slaughter Of Howe in the
south side wards was about on a par
with that suffered by Mr.. Jewett in
these districts four years ago, with the
exception of the Twelfth ward where
Howe cut Shanks plurality down to 374,
With one precinct out it was estimated
that Shank will have around $500, Howe
11O0 and Robson 800 in the Tenth ward
The Eleventh, according to unofficial and
incomplete returns, gave Shank around
1900; Howe about 800 and Robson, 400.
Shank got 2,269 to Howe's $50 in the
Thirteenth ward and the ratio was about
the same in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
People who thronged Howe headquar
ters early last night began to believe
that there would be a landslide for their
candidate when at S:15 O'Clock five pre-
cincts showed him to be more than 700
votes In the lead. This lead quickly grew
until at 8 AS o'clock twelve precincts gave
him a plurality over Shank of 1 500 and
a majority over Shank and Robson Of
/ 1000. Shank and Robson began to gain
at 9 o'clock, however, and the lead was
cut to 1,700 Howe kept out in front un-
til 1920 o'clock, when Shank crept into
the lead with a total of 10,777 out Of six