Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1916 — Big Bet On Hughes Untaken.. [ARTICLE]

Big Bet On Hughes Untaken..

Washington, Oct. 24.—Wilson supporters have failed to cover a single dollar of the $25,000 offered on Hughes ago by E. B. Johns, correspondent of the Army and Navy Journal, w<ho is understood to be acting for a group of army officers. Mr. Johns declared yesterday, although he was ready to place the money at prevailing odds, he had not received even an offer from democratic bettors. The bet has been posted in Washington and was published in a New York paper last week and widely commented upon. Mr. Johns is convinced that Wilson money this year is mostly of the stage variety.