Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 95, 8 March 1916 — Page 1

PAIXABIITM HOME EDITION VOL. XLL, NO. 95 Consolidated 117 Palladium and Sun-Telegram RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING MARCH 8, 1916. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

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INDIANAPOLIS. March 8. At noon today when 716 of 3,177 precincts in the etate had been heard from, Harry New and James Watson were still running: neck and neck for the O. O. P. senatorial nomination, with every in- , dlcation that the contest would go to the state convention for settlement. The vote at that hour stood, New, 21,784. and Watson 21,001. Arthur Robinson was bringing up third with 6,611. James P. Goodrich, for governor, was so far ahead of .W. S. 'McCray when, 675 precints had been heard from' that McCray's backers had given up hope. The vote then was 26,462 to 14,756. Among the Democrats there was no doubt of the nomination of James Adair for the governorship. Leonard B. Clore admitted defeat at noon, saying the farmer vote had fallen down. With only about " one-fourth of the state .heard from it. was still uncertain as to the final standing. Reports on the congressional race came in slowly. In the Tenth district William R. Wood led Nelson J. Bogarth 2,070 to 282 for the O. O. P. nomination. R. M. Isherwood was ahead of Q. E. Hirshman on the Democratic ticket. In the Eleventh Milton

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Accustomed as Indiana has grown to political whims of Wayne county the state had to gasp for breath today when word went forth that Wayne, forgetting her ancient feud with James Eli Watson of Rushville, had apparently returned a plurality for Watson's senatorial candidacy. Complete unofficial returns indicate that Watson received a plulrality of twenty-one over Harry S. New, who was expected to carry the county by 2,000 votes. The fact that a large number of former Progressives failed to participate in the primary election is undoubtedly greatly responsible for Watson's indicated victory.

Gray's Race Is Surprise. The defeat of John M. Lontz by Finly II. Gray, in the Democratic congressional contest, as indicated by the unofficial returns, was another surprise furnished by Wayne county's primary election. The sweeping Comstock victory in the county was also unexpected. Incidentally both the Republican and Democratic parties nominated very strong county tickets yesterday. There were two lively contests for county offices in the Democratic primary, for recorder and sheriff, while every one of the county office contests in the Republican primary was a "horse race," with one exception, a fortunate candidate who had no opposition. Complete unofficial totals for the various Republican and Democratic county office contests will be found elsewhere in this issue. Progressives Vote 100. Wayne county in 1914 cast a vote for the head of the Progressive ticket in excess of 3,700. Yesterday less than one hundred votes were cast for the Progressive ticket. Progressive County Chairman Clifford Price, was the only person to vote a Progressive ticket in his precinct. There is no doubt but that a large number of Democrats voted the Republican ticket yesterday, especially in south end wards. Figuring the Progressive vote cast yesterday at 100, there were a total of 6,738 votes polled in the county Continued On Page Five. V

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Kraus was ahead of the other Republican; and George W. Rauch led Samuel E. Cook for the Democrats. The Thirteenth saw no contest for Henry A. .Barnhart, and AndersonJ. Hickel, Republican, had no opposition. In the Fourth, Manly Wilson led the Republicans, and Lincoln Dixon, Democrat, was unopposed. In the Eighth, Walter . L. Ball, Republican, is leading Vestal and Kistleman. For the Demo

crats Denny 'and Foster are running close. In the ninth the vote is so slow that no prediction could be made. ART ASSOCIATION, RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Officers of the Richmond Art association, with one exception, were reelected last night, at the meeting of twenty members . of the board of directors. Dr. A. B. Price was named to fill the vacancy made by resignation of Demas Coe.

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DEMOCRAT VOTE SHRINKS TO FAR BELOW 2,000

When the official count of the primary election held yesterday is completed it will probably reveal that the Democratic vote in Wayne county was less than 2,000, a loss of approximately 1,300 over two years ago. This remarkable shrinkage in the Democratic vote of the county was one of the outstanding features of yesterday's primary electiqn. It had been the general impression that the Democratic vote at the primary election would be very close to the vote polled by the Democratic ticket in 1914. The basis for expectations of a normal Democratic vote was the candidacy of John M. Lontz for the Democratic nomination as representative in congress. What vote the Democrats did poll gave Mr. Lontz a fair majority over Finly H. Gray but this majority was nothing like what was anticipated. Democrats Desert Party. "We have been informed that certain Democrats in the county yester-l day participated in the Republican primary for the sole purpose of supporting the candidacy of P. J. Lynch

STRAYER DEFEATS HARLAN; OTOEfJER LOSES TO AHL; CARR WINS SHERIFF RACE

GRAY RECEIVES MOST VOTES IN WAYNEJOUNTY DEMOCRATIC COUNTY RESULTS. The following figures are for the sixty-four precincts, but are unofficial: PRESIDENT. Woodrow Wilson Unopposed VICE-PRESIDENT. Thomas R Marshal . . Unopposed , SENATOR. John W. Kern Unopposed GOVERNOR. John A. M. Adair 1474 Leonard B. Clore 210 REPRESENTATIVE. . Finly H. Gray.. . ... 936 John M. Lontz ..... . . ." . . 863 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. , Joshua H.' Allen Unopposed REPRESENTATIVE. Robert B. Boren. . . .Unopposed JOINT REPRESENTATIVE. Albert F. Bell : . .Unopposed TREASURER. William S. Hunt . Unopposed RECORDER. Henry E. Long 790 J. Frank Pickett......... 376 Harry R. Thalls 431 SHERIFF. Benjamin F. Drischell. . . . 920 Frank Reis. . . '. 221 George M. Young. 485 CORONER. Frederick P. Buche. .Unopposed -SURVEYOR. James C. Starr Unopposed COM. WESTERN DISTRICT. Robert Hartman .... Unopposed James F. Harris Unopposed SOUTH SIDE PLANS ADDITIONS TO HOME To accommodate a growing need for larger quarters, the South Side Improvement Association plans to erect an addition to its club house in Beallview. A committee of Adolph Blickwedel, Anton Stolle and Hans Koll to arrange plans and details was appointed at last night's meeting of the association directors. The new addition will cost approximately $1,100, an officer of the organization said this morning. for the congressional nomination," said a Lontz supporter today. "It is also a fact that a large number of Democrats sacrificed their own party for the purpose of supporting friends among the Republican candidates for county offices. Clem Carr and Oscar Mashmeyer, two Republican candidates for sheriff, and favorites, drew considerable support from Democrats. It was the general opinion on the eve of the primary election that conditions in Shelby, Rush, Hancock and Franklin counties were very satisfactory from the Lontz standpoint. Just what turned the tide in favor of Gray in these counties at the eleventh hour has not yet been ascertained. OPPOSITION TO ZEPPELINS. LONDON, March 8 The manager of the Kingsway theatre announces an interesting plan for making it much easier for playgoers to brave the dangers of darkened London. He is ready to send an automobile to fetch from their homes the purchasers of boxes, or of four stalls.

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JUDGE COMSTOCK WINS OUT OVER LYNCHIN HENRY REPUBLICAN COUNTY RESULTS. The following Figures are for the 64 precincts but are unofficial: PRESIDENT. C. W. Fairbanks (unopposed) SENATOR. Harry S. New 1935 Arthur R. Robinson 731 James E. Watson : . . 1956

GOVERNOR. James P. Goodrich. . . . .2740 Warren T. McCray. 1423 i CONGRESS. Daniel W. Comstock. . .3288 P. J. Lynch. 1551 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. Denver C. Harlan 1799 Frank T. Strayer 3194 REP. WAYNE COUNTY. William H. Bartel, Jr. . .2395 James M. Knapp 1564 Samuel K. Morgan 660 JOINT REPRESENTATIVE John W. Judkins ...2252 Oliver P. Lafuse 2033 TREASURER. Thomas I. Ahl 1204 William H. Brooks 1057 Robert W. Hall........ 534 Filmore F. Riggs 373 Edward F. Warfel.. 493 Abiathar L. Way. . .. .. . 168 Edward J. Weidner. ... .1192 RECORDER. Robert E. Boyd 257 Joseph R. Edwards. . . . . 262 Harry.T. Fisher 1532 Joe F. Groves 561 Dave Hoover 148 John C. King 191 Barney H. Linderman.. 275 Benjamin F. Parsons. . . 328 Joseph B. Peltz 584 Harry C.Shaw......... 203 Harry C. Wessel 258 Oscar C. Williams 304 Isaac N. Winburn ...... 236 SHERIFF. Jesse A. Bailey 771 Jacob W. Bayer 396 Clem. Carr 1447 Oscar E. Mashmeyer 1119 Willis D. Rich 114 Howard J. Ridge....... 138 Hamilton Squires. . 180 Albert Steen.'. .'. ... . ... 746 Harry C. Thornburgh.. . 257 William B.Watson..... 86 CORONER. Warner W. Anderson.. . 676 Luke M. Gentle : 1581 Roy D. Morrow. 2370 SURVEYOR. Howard H. Horton. . . . .2235 Levi C. Peacock : . ; .2204 COM. WESTERN DISTRICT.- ' Mordecai D. Doddridge. 1984 Andrew W. Simpson . . . .2555 COM. EASTERN DISTRICT. Wm. K. Cheesman unopposed Weather Forecast United States Report Fair tonight. Thursday fair. Warmer. Temperature. Noon 22 Yesterday. Maximum 53 Minimum ........ 27

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VERDUN'S FALL NOT EXPECTED BY ENTENTE PARIS, March 8. Despite German gains at Forges and Fresnes, military experts are confident that' the Kaiser's grand scheme to encircle Verdun and capture General Joffre's army is doomtd tofailure. The Germans are methodically tryContinued On' Page Twelve. PRISONER ESCAPES. JOLIET, 111., March 8. Frank Maloney, a prisoner in the state prison hereeacaned early today .. from the ouice of the penitentiary ' auditor where he was assigned to duty. Maloney was considered a trustworthy prisoner and he was not under guard.

SECOND CHOICE VOTES TO HAVE LITTLE EFFECT

The entire first and second choice votes cast at the primary election yesterday will probably be spread upon the tabulated sheet of the election commissioners by tomorrow night it is believed and not until that time will it be known what result if any second choice votes are going to cut in the various contests. It is believed that only a small minority of voters expressed second choice votes. In contests where the winners finished with fairly large pluralities it is reasonable to believe that second choice votes will cut no figure in changing the results as indicated by the first choice votes. In close contests, such as the Republican treasurer's race, there is a probability of second choice votes figuring as important factors in determining the final result. An official tabulation of returns is not anticipated before sometime tomorrow night.

"FINE" SAYS COMSTOCK, INFORMED OF VICTORY; LYNCH'S HOPES FALL FLAT

Judge D. W. Comstock of this city, Republican nominee for representative in congress from the Sixth district, accepted his spectacular and decisive victory over P. J. Lynch of New Castle calmly but gratefully. His sweeping victory in Wayne county particularly pleased him. ' Evincing ho particular anxiety over the outcome of the contest Judge Comstock retired before midnight Tuesday and early this morning, the clamor of insistent telephone and door bells failed to arouse him from his slumbers. About 8 o'clock he left his home to learn the results. "Fine," he said when informed of the success of his candidacy. "It is splendid to have such friends."

FINDS WRECKED DESTROYER. COPENHAGEN, March 8. The captain of a Danish tramp steamer which took the extreme northern" course from America to escape being held up by British cruisers reports that he sighted the wreck of a warship about 200 miles nor h of Kirkwall.

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At noon today incomplete returns from the various . counties of the district but sufficient to obtain some authoritative information as to the results in the Republican and Democratic congressional contests were received from The Palladium's correspondents throughout the district. These incomplete returns clearly indicated the defeat of John M. Lontz, of Richmond by Finly H. Gray for the Democratic nomination and a sweeping victory over Patrick J. Lynch by Judge D. W. Comstock of Richmond, in the Republican contest. There is a possibility that Gray will carry every county in the district, including Wayne, by modest majorities. The failure of hundreds of Wayne County Democrats to support their ticket, on the one hand, and the support acqorded Gray by a large number of Democrats' iri western Wayne, on the other hand, proved disastrous to the Lontz candidacy.

Party is Overjoyed. To say that Wayne county Republicans are jubilant over the Comstock candidacy, would be stating the case mildly. They are proud of the way the members of their party rallied behind the standard of Wayne county's "native son" entry in the Republican congressional contest. Never before did a congressional I Continued On Page Five. 1

CMOS & Comstock Runs Strong. I It is very probable that the official returns will show Comstock the victor over Lynch in at least seven of the eight counties, including Henry county. Union county, the smallest In the district, was the only one known to have been carried by Lynch. The complete returns from that county have been received. Even the most ardent Comstock supporters were astounded by the size of his Wayne county majority, which is 1,737 as shown by unofficial returns. No one had predicted a majority of more than 1,000 for Comstock in this county. COMSTOCK TAKES HENRY. NEW CASTLE, Ind., March 8 Comstock will probably carry Henry county over Lynch in the Republican contest. TWenty-five out of 27 precincts give Comstock 1284, Lynch, 1,024, other returns from the same precincts; Goodrich 1271, McCray 658, for governor; Watson 1271, New 819, for senator; Gray 732, Lontz 341. Gray carried New Castle by only two votes. WATSON CARRIES UNION. LIBERTY, Ind- March 8 Complete returns: Republican Watson 604, New 171, Robinson 40, for senator; Goodrich 478, McCray 135, Myers, 82. for governor; Lynch 412, Comstock 268;- La fuze 566, Judkins 97. for joint representative. DemocraUc Adair 360, Clore 78, for governor; Gray 327, Lontz 127, for congress. NEW LOSES SHELBY SHELBY VILLE, Ind, March 8 Twenty-eight of the 43 precincts In Shelby county give the following results: Republican Watson 842, New 295, Robinson 105, for senator; Goodrich 645, McCray 463, Myers 95, for gov-: ernor; Comstock 840, Lynch 389. for congress. DemocraUc Adair 1213.; Clore 782, for governor; Gray 1171,! Lontz 961, for congress. RUSH BACKS WATSON. RUSHVILLE, Ind.. March 8 Precincts in Rush county show: Republican Watson 1395, New 193, Robinson 75, for senator; Goodrich 783, McCray 609, Myers 189, is the standing in 22 precincts. Comstock 1196, Lynch 1073, for congress. Democratic Adair 935, Clore 231, for governor. All but 2 precincts give Gray 831, Lontz 732 for congress. FAYETTE DOWNS LYNCH. CONNERS VILLE, , Ind.. March 8. Official returns from all precincts of Fayette county: ' Republican Watson, 992; Robinson, 85; New, 390; for senator, Goodrich, 880; Myers, 145; McCray, 406; for governor, Comstock, 784; Lynch, 652. Democratic Adair, 849; Clore, 165, for governor; Gray, 852, Lontz, 220, for congress. HANCOCK RETURNS SLOW. GREENFIELD, Ind., March 8. Meager returns indicate the follow, ing results: Republican Watson, for senator; Goodrich for governor; Comstock for congress, by a two to one vote, Democratic Adair for governor; Gray for congress.