Illinois primary puts Lowden Dunne in big lead
Illinois voters backed former Congressman Frank O Lowden for Republican governor and Governor Edward F Dunne for Democrat governor by wide margins. Early results show Lowden carrying Chicago by about 40 000 and down state counties with a large statewide plurality surpassing 150 000. Dunne leads in Chicago by about 70 000 and heads toward a strong down state margin.
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Dunne
Chicago
Brinton
Ill
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon, Ill
Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
Wedmaardnes
Lowden
Cook County
Morton D. Flull
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Smith
Hull
William B. Brinton
Dixon
James Traynor
Williams
William E. Williams
Pittsfield
Everett Jennings
William E. Mason
Burnett M. Chiperfield
Mann
Boynton
James R. Mann
Melbourne Boynton
Anti-Saloon League
Lorimer
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Arthur W. Fulton
Fulton
Brundage
Edward J. Brundage
Richard J. Barr
Joliet
George H. Wilson
Quincy
Walter M. Provine
Taylorville
Henry B. Miller
William B. Northrup
Maclay Hoyne
Sullivan State
Sullivan
Thomas M. Sullivan
Sanitary District
Charles H. Sergel
Goy
Edward P. Bunne
Repubican
Cook
Morton D. Hull
Repub
Medill McCormick
B. M. Chiperfield
McCormick
Mason
Chiperfield
William Elza Williams
James Mann
Melbourne P. Boynton
James T. McDermott
Charles Martin
Minois
Ilinois
Democratic
Banton
Traynor
Sept
Branton
Incomplete returns show wide field for Congress nominees
Late Wednesday night, incomplete returns list candidates across districts with Republicans and Democrats noted. Names include Tystrict, Madden, Treacy, Hennessey, Kuslewski, Sabath, Juul, Cale, Britton, Foss, Herron, Waters, Mooney, Fuller, King, Treland, Sterling, Gannon, Saylor, Wheeler, Rodenberg, Perryman, Williams, Renderman, and others. Lorimer trailing Fulton by about 1,000 votes in Sixth. A reported precinct disturbance in Chicago’s Eighteenth Ward emerged as tallying continued.
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Tystrict
Maran B. Madden
William J. Hennessey
James R. Mann
Phillip H. Treacy
William W. Wilson
Bernard McMahon
Robert W. McKinlay
John Galembrowski
Felix M. Kuslewski
David T. Alexander
Adolph J. Sabath
Arthur W. Fulton
James McAndrews
Niels Juul
Frank Buchanan
John H. Cale
Nicholas L. Piotrowski
Fred A. Britton
Eugene L. McC
Edward J. King
Edward P. Allen
Clifford Treland
Claude A. Stone
John A. Sterling
S. A. Rathbun
Joseph G. Canon
Armand E. Smith
William B. McKinsey
Martin D. Foster
William R. Arnold
Thomas S. Williams
Andrew J. Renderman
xIndicates Fcumbent
Poindexter Renominated in Washington Senate Primary
United States Senator Miles Poindexter, elected as a Republican, joined the Progressive party, and was renominated as the Republican candidate for Senate after defeating William E. Humphrey by an estimated 7,000. Henry McBride won the Republican nomination for governor, with George Turner seemingly nominated for senator and Ernest List renominated for governor amid a light Democratic vote.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Miles Poindexter
William E. Humphrey
Congress
Henry McBride
McBride
George Turner
Robert Bridges
Ernest Lister
No Opposition in Primaries Races Across Illinois Reports
Illinois returns show strong leads for Medill McCormick and other Republicans for congress and for Brundage and Barr in attorney general races. Chicago results indicate Dunne leads downstate, while Cook County margins favor Hull and Lowden. many nominees listed as unopposed in both parties with complete results pending updates.
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Brundage
Barr
Day Candidate Blames Wilson for Suffrage Delay
Spokane Washington September 14 Prohibition candidate J Frank Hanly blamed President Wilson for the failure to bring the Susan B Anthony suffrage amendment to a vote this year after arriving with Ira Landrith on a coast to coast dry special train from Whitefish Montana He said for three years the president and his party controlled the federal government and Congress could have submitted the amendment but did not He called it poor grace and said suffragists have driven him to bay and that he is waiting for political leverage.
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Spokane
Wash
Congress
Wilson
J. Frank Hanly
Ira Landrith
White Fish
Mont
Hanly
Carlson Named Over Nicholson In Governor Race
Denver returns from Tuesday's statewide primary show Gov. George A. Carlson gaining on Samuel D. Nicholson. Carlson leads by 5 422 in outside counties as out of state returns shift the balance. Nicholson backers refuse to concede defeat.
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Denver
George A. Carlson
Samuel D. Nicholson
Nicholson
Carlson
Caustic Gerard Criticism From German Press
Berlin reports that Ambassador James W. Gerard is attacked by a German liberal press section for remarks attributed to him about Dr. Gustav Stresemann and a speech urging resumed submarine warfare. Gerard denies hearing Stresemann's speech or making the quoted public remark and defends American export interests.
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Berlin
London
James W. Gerard
Gustav Stresemann
Reichstag
Gerard
America
National Liberal Press Agency
Germany
Dr. Stresemanin
Peace Body Busy With Gen Bliss
New London Conn September 14 suggestions on methods to establish peace on the Mexican border were submitted to Major General Tasker H Bliss by the American members of the American Mexican joint commission. Officers’ opinions covered withdrawal of troops, border policing, and relocating Mexican troops to pursue bandits.
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New London
Conn
Tasker H. Bliss
U.S. A
Joint Commission
Mexico
Carranza
Gen. Bliss
Bliss
Building collapse in Toledo claims several lives
In Toledo on September 14 a four story brick structure housing Fohusen Furniture collapsed while under repair, tumbling into Summit Street. Several pedestrians are feared dead as workmen search for bodies amid the debris.
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Toledo
Fohusen Furniture Company
Summit — Street
Senator Page wins renomination in Vermont primary
Virtually complete returns from Wednesday's state primary show U.S. Senator Carroll S. Page easily winning renomination. Page led with 23,780 votes while former Gov. Atlen M. Pletcher totaled 7,856 and Gov. Charles W. Gates had 7,856 in the results with other figures noted.
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Senator Page
Burlington
U.S
Carroll S. Page
Atlen M. Pletcher
Charles W. Gates
French Gain Ground North of Somme In Red Tide Off Combles
Paris reports French forces enlarge positions north of the Somme opposite Combles and retake Le Priez area while Germans briefly recapture L Abbe wood and hill 76 before French counterattacks restore ground. Over two days more than 2,300 Germans taken prisoner with numerous guns and machine guns seized. British front quiet. fighting continues elsewhere including Verdun and Macedonian theater. Italian forces engage west of the Vardar as Bulgarian losses claimed. Russian destroyer sunk near Riga. attacks on Constanta noted.
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Paris
Somme
Combles
le Priez
War Office
L’abbe Wood
Hill 76
London
Peronne
Bethune-Peronne
Bouchavesnes
Lepriez
Rancourt
Vermandovillers
Chaulnes
Fleury
Verdun
Vardar
Lake Butkovo
Rome
Demir Hissar
Gulf of Riga
Black Sea
Constanta
Rumania
Berlin
Henry Leads in Schuyler County Election Returns
Rushville Sept H late returns show Henry leads Schuyler County for the state board of equalization over Travilla by about 5 to 1. County results favor Smith for governor and Manny leads for state senator with 513 votes. Republican leaders include Dietrich Warrington for state representative and Wajibaum as nominees.
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John G. Oglesby
Elkhart
Cook County
Barratt O'Hara
Chicago
Flattman
Lewis G. Stevenson
Louis G. Emmerson
James J. Brady
Homer J. Tice
Andrew Russel
Arthur W. Charles
Len Small
Pive Lynch
Putman
Stubbles
Welly
Rushville
Sept
G. Henry
Schurer County
State Board of Equalidization
Lawrence Travilla
Por
Simith
Hull
Lewden
Dane
Brinten
Traynor
Wilson
Barr
Brundage
Miura
Provine
Glover
Emmerson
White
Weston
Patterson
Newman
Jayne If
Erickson HH
Chiperfield
McCormick
Logan
Cummins
Manny
Walter Manny
Kuhlman
Reardon Mr. Work
Morton
W. ‘Dietrich
F. L. Warrington
Wajibaum
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Oregon
Shouay
Oglesby
Ment
Henry W. Huttman
Huttman
O'Mara
Lewis Emmerson
Mount Vernon
Barth P. Collins
Lewis G Stevenson
Stevenson
Homer Andrew Russel
Jacksonville
Tice
Russel
Downstate
Len Smal
Kankakee
George E. Keys
Spring Fi4
Carmi
Democratic State Central Committee
John Downey
W. W. Wilson
Frank D. Lowden
Miles Poindexter TS
Washington
Mers
Hicago
Patrick J. Lucey
Ith
A. J. Sabath
Mth
W. C. Mooney
Charles E. Fuller
John C. McKenzie
Clyde H. Tavenner
William A. Rodenberg
Louis W. Goetzman
Andrew J. Rendleman
Edward E. Denison
Meyer Cossman
W. J. Walsh
F. I. Johnson
Christian Haase
John P. Dempsey
James F. Mullaney
Edward C. Curtis
Martin B. Bailey
R. D. Meeker
Jacob Martens
John R. Hamilton
Edward Yates
F. T. Denny
Charles T. Edwards
Frank M. Hewitt
W. Duff Piercy
Charles L. Wood
D. T. Woodard
Thomas Curren
Edward J. Smekel
Charles F. Franz
D. O. Finkenbinder
Israel Dudgeon
James A. Watson
Sth
Joseph Bitterman
W. G. Kent
John Day
Charles J. Skaggs
William J. Hollenbeck
W. E. Baker
Rice J. Moore
Frank A. Wharton
Louis D. Hirshhelmer
Alexander W. Crawford
Joseph F. Bunn
Edward W. Hilker
L. Jasper Hess
Thomas B. F. Smith
Carlson IS
Mexican-American Border Commission
Henry
Schuyler
Camp Point
Travilla
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