The Adair County news., 1922-05-16
BEVERIDCE HAS
LEAD over new
] lpdiana Has Majority of H.
+ 952 in State Primary.
GWEN TOTAL OF l11,453
~orxaer Governor RaIston Given 20, ,4se
Notes in Democratic Senatorial
scontest-Wet Leads
in Gary.

Indianapolis, May 4.-When returns
EFom 203O Of the 1882 precincts in
s1pe state had been unOficially tabu-
Gated, former Senator Albert ]. Beve-
ridge was leading Senator Harry s
NeT for the Republican senatorial
lsss1nlnation by 1882 votes. Beveridge'S
eacs1 was 111,453 and New 9S,5Ol.
Ta the Democratic senatorial contest
Samuel NJ. Ralston, former governor
&szaS received 40, ,4S9 votes IL 71O pre-
sE-GacGs. DR.. Jesse Sanders was second
SasiEa 6,941 votes, with three other can
Alhkases trailing.
EE the contests for the national
RSeu@ of representatives four Repub-
E&n2 candidates for denomination
esseened assured of victory. They are
1Ascar A Bland in the Second district,
-AENsrt II. Vestal, in the Eighth dis
EErsCt, Fred S. Purnell in the Ninth dis
arIct and Louis w. Fairfield in the
EwRalfth district.
EConqressmen to Return.
Five other Republican members OF
-zRue present Indiana delegation in con-
zteEz, as follows:
Oscar r. Luhring, First district;
.Faszz s. Benham, Fourth district; Ev-
.ssrSstt A. Sanders, Fifth district; Milton
l6ELns, Eleventh district, and Andrew
II. Hickey, Thirteenth district. Samuel
Il Eambdin, Republican, also received
sRs nomination with opposition In the
Sr-d .i.f hic hnanminO a.
acRExt recently through the retirement
,sf James A. Dunbar, Republican.
Ghzgy one Democratic nomination for
-CsHxress was a certainty, William /.
sSRsgner having been unOpposed In the
cTeEkn district. Democratic returns
were TOO meager to forecast accurately
the outcome in other districts, In each
OF v2ich two or more candidates were
,cuEaHstants. In the Thirteenth dis
.Srfcs, Miss Esther Kathleen O'Keefe
E<ss leading three opponents for the
-OeRecratic nomination.
.Hsae slow return of the vote from
~Hax4ans counties was due apparently
"a the big fields of candidates for Of
Zee The vote, however, was ligl
4ncz1 vote would not exceed $4,000.
Ehht& rs less than 30 per cent Of the
Ne&2A Republican registered vote. The
EgsuDcratic vote was prOportiOnately
sxnaNer than that cast by the Repub-
GicarS
"Hef" Candidate Leads in Gary.
GaEy, Ind, May 4.-Win b. Ander-
ae1n- called the unknown" in this dis
1rhc@. as running Gus Strom a close
ss@eanG in the race for representative
OF Cue Ten congressional district, ac-
scerxEeg to late returns from the pri-
srnHy election. Anderson came out on
Ha spen platform favOring beer and
Szgtle wines.
RsSurns from ten precincts give for
sEe- Senator Beveridge 800 votes and
sSezsxtor New e09 in the contest for thu
1ReEziblican nomination for senator
Like county's vote in the primary
WIS unusually light. In three cities
ft,Rs zzUmber of votes fell below the
oesSxr expected. Gary polled 10,176,
fIzasalnond about 1000 and East Oh:
cczx9 2,5OO.
ST. Paul Elects Mayor.
81. Paul, MIMI, May 4.-Virtually
.e&zxplete returns from the city cleo
-efesv, give Arthur E. Nelson a majority
qssf more than 1900 votes for mayor
ssrer William H. MahOney, labor candi-
siate
2Women on Seattle Council.
Seattle, Wash, May 4.-Municipal 4.
ssSes9jons 70 fill offices and decide civic
F-seasares were held in several north
'gpeSf cities.
Dr. Edwin J. Brown, dentist and at
seyxuey, was elected mayor Of Seattle
ssss.rsr state Senator Dan LandOn. Two
vzromen were elected to the city coun-
cd, Mrs. Henry LaLdes, wife of a pro-
Eessor In ;be University of Washing
1s0A, and Mrs. Kathryn A. Miracle, tusi-
less woman. A referendum bill pro-
-->sstng that the municipal street rail-
Nzy re Ineintained by taxation was
sSeSeated