Isprommmm wmm* - Jfe HARRISBURG ifSfili. TELEGRAPH M (ftp otar-Independent / LXXXVII— No. 110 16 PAGES .SPROUL SWEEPS THE STATE; BEIDLEMAN DEFEATS SCOTT; BONNIWELL BEATS GUFFEY "WET" DEMOCRAT FOR GOVERNOR; HOUCK IN LEAD Believed Schuylkill Man Has Been Nominated Over Woodward For Secretary of Internal Affairs; Palmer- McCormick Machine May Not Be Successful in Effort to Dictate Governorship; Republican Victory Sure By A ssctn.it n Press Philadelphia, May 22.—State Senator William C. Sproul. of Chester, received an overwhelming plurality for the Republican nomination for governor at yesterday's primary election in Penn sylvania over J. Denny O'N'eil. of McKeesport, State Highway Commissioner. Returns early to-day from 3,351 districts out of 7,039 in the state gave Sproul a plurality of 178.355. Sproul and O'N'eil both favor the ratification of the federal Prohibition amendment. Sproul had the support of United States Senator Penrose throughout the state and of the Yare faction in Philadelphia, while Governor Brumbaugh threw the weight of his administration to O'N'eil. Philadelphia gave Sproul a plurality of 140,954. While the Penrose and Yare factions supported Sproul in Phil adelphia they split on the nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Returns from 3,069 districts early to-day gave State Senator E. E. Beidleman. supported by Penrose, a lead of 8,242 over Congress man John P. K. Scott, who had the backing of the Yares and the state administration. These returns include the complete vote of Philadelphia where Scott was expected by his supporters to roll up a big plurality. Scott carried Philadelphia by 15,365. Returns from 2,684 districts with Philadelphia complete gave Paul \\ . Houck, of Schuv'kill county, for the Republican nomin ation for Secretary of Internal Affairs a lead of 4,218 over James F. Woodward. . In this contest the Yare faction was back of Houck and Senator Penrose supported Woodward. I he big fight in the Democratic party was the gubernatorial nomination in which the candidate supported bv the friends of National Chairman Vance C. McCormick and A. Mitchell Palmer is more than 20.000 votes behind in 2,796 districts ut of 7,039. Municipal Court Judge Eugene C. BonniwelljOf Philadelphia, who is leading for the nomination, ran on the wet ticket while Joseph Guffey, of Pittsburgh, his opponent came out in favor of the! ratification of the federal Prohibition amendment. There were fourteen candidates for the tour Republican nomin- | ations for Congressman-at-Large and it will take more complete j figures to indicate the successful candidate. The Republican faction in this city] beaded by State Senator Vare and Congressman Vare apparently have nominated thirty-one of the forty ono successful candidates for the nomination for member of the leg islature from this city. This leaver ten nominees ••redited to the Pen-1 rose-Independent faction. Carey and Trainer Lose A marked feature of the Legisla tive battle was the wrestling of con tiol of the Third and Fourth wards John Harris' Furtune started with ferry toll Start Yours With Thrift Stamps I THE WEATHER For Harriakiri „nd vlclaityi Part ly cloudy to-night nnd Thur u're. mUr '' ' ►'or Kaatern IVnn.rlv.nl., Parf . ly cloudy to-night nnd Thara , " Probafcly thunder.hower. In north portioni gentle to mod erate .hitting nlnda. River The mnin river will rl.e nlonlr ' until Thur>da> afternoon. All j trlbutnrle. will full, except the lower portion of the North Branch. which will continue to ri.e to-night. A .tagc of about 1 .1* feet I. Indicated for Harrla bar* Thur.day morning. General Condition. The weather ha. been unsettled over the greater part of the t nited State. .Incc la.t report nnd ahowrrn have fallen gener ally from the Plain. State., be ing monf I > light to moderate, except In portion, of Ba.tera I enn.ylvanln, Ka.tern New York and We.tern North taro linn. where amount, exceeding nn Inch have occurred. Tempera tore i 8 a. m., . San I Rlaea. 5i33 a. m. | .eta, 8:23 p. an. Moon I Kail moon. May 25, River ittagei feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Mlgheat temperature, Bt. I.oweat temperature. H5. Mean temperature, 721. Normal temperatare, N. f from James A. Carey and Harry J. | i Trainer, who have been the respec-' tive Republican leaders in these! wards for many years. State Sena tor Samuel W. Salt*.- nominated hisi two candidates for the Legislature! over those supported by Carey and Trainer. In the twenty-fifth ward .Magistrate William F. Campbell, Re ■ rublican leader in a notable contest. ' renominated Perry and Snowden for | the Legislature, defeating the can didates supported by Coroner Wil liam Knight, j The old Republican stronghold of •| James P. McXlchol. the Eighth legis lative district, was captured bv thet Vares. They nominated William T. i 1 Connor, Congressman Scott's law! partner, and William F. Rorke. anj assistant city solicitor, over the can didates supported by Thomas W. ' Cunningham. Cunningham carried the Tenth ward by 1,000. but the Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards , which make up the district with the Tenth, went overwhelmingly for the Vare candidates. Woodward Defeats Jenkins , Dr. George Woodward won a spec-1 tacular fight in the Sixth senatorial 1 district, defeating Owen B. Jenkins,! Republican, the incumbent, bv near-' ly 1.500 majority. Senator Edward | W. Patton was renominated over! | John B. Taylor by nearly 2,000 votes, j (Senator Samuel W. Salus. Republi can. was renominated by the Repub licans in the Second district and' I George Gray defeated Vivian F. Ga ble for the Republican nomination in the Eighth. William J. McNichol was nominated without opposition in the j Third district to (succeed his late I father in the State Senate. . The Sixth, the only ward In Phil [Contlnued on Page 7.] Mrs. Margaret Brandt Dies Suddenly Today Grief over her son's participation in the war is said to have caused the death of Mrs. Mar garet Brandt, aged 60, at her home, Second and Pine streets, Steelton. early this morning. Mrs. Brandt had been seriously ill but a few daya. She was well known in Steel- ' ton and Harrisburg. Surviving her are three sons: Lieutenant Ben jamin Brandt, stationed at Camp Meade; John Brandt, of Steelton, and Abraham Brandt, of Harris burg; five daughters. Miss Mame Brandt and Miss Margaret Brandt land Mrs. Milton Litch, of Steelton; j Mrs. Leroy Btrock. of Harrisburg, ' and Mrs. Ross Willis, of South Car- I olina. "YcwST** HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1918 °% Y K^S V ,^E Republican Choice For Governor •\ " v ' ". - * *4 M MSNm . --m M : jjjl ' 1W , 1 19 SENATOR WILLIAM C. SPROUL Whose candid;c:- for the Republican gubernatorial nomination was given a wonderful endorsement yesterday by the Republicans throughout the state. He will receive the unite d support of his party at the polls in November. VANDYKE NOT YET READY TO ADMIT GUFFEYS DEFEAT Says Organization Candidate May Be Nominated by Ma jority Over Bonniwell Democratic, state leaders, who had | classed the contest of the Guffey I slate as "a cinch" on Monday were Iso chagrined by the vote rolled up : by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell yes terday that they were not good com j pany to-day. They declared that such a thing as Guffey being defeat ed by the energetic Judge could nev er be and declined to accept the face of the returns as they did for some hours on a certain historic November day in 1914. Democratic leaders from this part [Continued on Page 7.] Martial Law Proclaimed in Bohemia; Pilsen Riots and Plunderers Are Busy By Associated Press l.ondon. May 22.—Martial law has been proclaimed in Bohemia and in consequence of "popular excesses" many persons have been imprisoned says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berne quoting the Slovenski Parod. Outbreaks have occurred in Pilsen. Nachod and other towns. The vast estates of Prince Furstenburg, a close friend of the German emperor, have been plundered and the buildings on them -burned. Dr. 'Von Seydler, the Austrian pre mier. it is added, has summoned the Czech Deputy tftanek to discuss the s tuation. Deputy Stanek has de clined and has warned the premier against a policy of violence in Bo hemia. fearing evidently that the in discriminate hangings and shootings in Galicia at the beginning of the war are to be repeated in Bohemia. Boy of Four Wanders Home at 3 O'clock in Morning Spencer Grunden. the four-year-old ' son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Grunden. j who. last night disappeared from his, home at 220 Chestnut street, after he ! had been put to bed with his baby i sister, returned home at 3 o'clock this! morning. According to the parents, the little boy could tell nothing ex cept that he had been "out on the! street." At first the parents feared the child had been kidnaped, but 1 evidently it merely wandered out of I its bed during the night. ' RED CROSS DRIVE SURGES FORWARD AFTER PRIMARY Nearly a Thousand Men and Women Engaged in City- Wide Canvass Election day interfered somewhat with the making of returns by teams in the north division of the present Red Cross drive when they gather ed at Chestnut street auditorium last night. Dozens of men on the various teams were either working on elec tion boards or interested in candi dacies, so that the reports were far from complete. But the north divi sion's success on a day when people were greatly interested in a political contests leads to the belief that the local campaign for $150,000 or $200,- 000 will be more than successful. The north division secured $7,- 080.11 in cash and $12,325.50 in pledges. Elsewhere in this paper to- [Continued on Page 11.] Frederic C. Martin Is With Friends in York Frederick C. Martin, who disap peared from ht home at 3201 North Front street, yesterday, made a trip to York, and is well and safe among friends there, according to informa tion received at his home to-day. Martin disappeared yesterday After noon and late last night a city de tective was called into the residence by the family, who had fears that he had taken his life. No trace of him was found last night. This morning he let his familv know of his whereabouts. H e is expected to return to the city to-day. Smokes Part of Army Rations -Is New Order With the Amrrlrnn Army In Kraaee, May 21. Tobacco, which heretofore has been purchased by the soldiers or issued by the Ited Cross and other agencies, will be made a part of the regul r rations. On the recommen datl ,i of General Pershlag. the War Department has decided upon this action. The new order will go Into effect in a few days and there will be issued to each soldier of the American expeditionary forces dally four-tenths of an ounce f smoking tobacco and ten clgaret papers. Cer tain other articles muy be substi tuted. DAUPHIN COUNTY GIVES BEIDLEMAN HANDSOME VOTE He and Senator Sproul Sweep City and Country Districts With Big Majorities FIGHT ON LEGISLATURE Democrats Nominate "Drys;" Unpledged Candidates Win on Republican Side Senator William C. Sproul for governor and Senator Edward E. Beidleman for lieutenant governor swept Harrisburg and Dauphin cbunty in the primary election yes terday. The Harrisburg man car ried every district in his home county. Senator Sproul failed to carry but two of the whole Dauphin j county list and broke even in two ; others. With a few districts missing Senator Sproul's majority over J. Denny O'N'eil in city and county to tals 4,178, while Senator Beidleman beat Congressman John It. K. Scott by 6,383. On the Democratic side Joseph F. Guffey carried the city for gov ernor by a fair majority, the Mc- Cormlck machine having greased the ways well for him. In the city the Democrats renominated Representa tive A. Ramsey S. Black on a "dry" platform and named Dr. G. Wiliis Hartman as his running mate. Hart man also is "dry." On the Repub lican legislative side Albert Millar and Dr. David I. Miller, unpledged candidates, defeated Harry A. Sherk and Dr. C. I. Trulllnger, who were endorsed by the Dry Ratification committee. Ira E. Ulsh, Millersburg, and David J. Bechtold, Steelton, un pledged, were renominated on the Republican ticket in the county dis trict and will be opposed by C. W. McCoy, Steelton, and W. R. Bot tomley, Wililamstown, who are sup ported by the dry ratification com- I mittee. Complete returns with a few dis tricts still out are as follows: GOVERNOR—Republican City—Complete Hapgood 100 O'Xeil 1913 Sproul 105" Wcimer 117 County—7o of 71 UUtrivk Habgood 103 O NeU l o4a Sproul ; 3213 Weliner 83 Totals—l 23 of 124 Habgood 203 O'Neil 2955 Sproul 7270 Weinter 200 LICET. GOVERNOR—Republican City—Complete ! Aarous >'• 130 ! Bateson 159 ; Itcldlcman 4780 | Powell .• 211 Scott 1182 County—7o of 71 Aaron* 89 Buteson 97 Beidleman 3547 Powell 107 Scott 504 Totals—l 23 of 124 Aarons 215 Bateson 256 Beidleman 8327 Powell 318 Scott . .. 1740 GOVERNOR—Democratic City—Complete Bonniwcll osi tions and cantonments within the Gereeham;} Wood early to-day. Se vere punishment was inflicted upon j the enemy. How great is not yet i known. The deluge of American shells fell in three waves and within a half hour the woods in which it is known many Germans were sleeping had been drenched with a large quantity of poisonous gas. In lively patrol actions Monday night and this morning east of Lune- I ville, German parties were twice de j feated by the Americans, who cap j tured two prisoners. An officer and twenty men while ! exploring the area north of Ancer j villers east of Luneville, sighted four| j enemy patrols and established con- I tact with one of them. The enemy j party, numbering lu, took up a posi j tion in an unused trench from which they were driven by the riflo and grenade firing from the Ameri cans. The Germans were then rush ed by the Americans, who took two prisoners, one so badly wounded that he died later. There were no 'jas ualties on the American side. Four hours Jater on enemy patrol made a bold attempt to rush one of our outpostf but was driven off. one, Gfcrman was killed and his body vas brought back to the American line for identification purposes. Northeast of Toul an American patrol traversed the Apremont- Varneville road arid found a high tension cable used for charging the enemy wire. They cut th 6 cable and brought back a large section of it. Another patrol name on a German party southwest of Apreniont find sharp fighting vesulted. The Ameri cans used their pistols, rifles and hand grenades effectively and the Germans were forced to retire. A corporal named Klick, from a New England utate, carried out a j "personal patrol" :ate yesterday af i ternoon. He crawled to the enemy ! wire to investigate what he thought ! was a periscope and saw a German step up to the firing trench. Bullets were exchanged but the American returned safely across No Man's Land. Hun Jlycr Downed Captain David Peterson, of Hones dale, Pa.. aft9r a long chase, sent down a German two-seater airplane wabbling and diving to the ground in the neighborhood of Chateau Sallns to-day. The American aviator pur sued the enemy, machine for forty kilometers along the battle line and t)y™n chased him twelve kilometers behind the German lines before he succeeded in attacking him from be neath. The German's dive to the ground followed promptly.. Lieutenant William H. Taylor, of New York, chased a German biplane from the American lines to over Pagny-sur-Moselle, north of Pont-a- Mousson, to-day and defeated the Boehe in a desperate fight 5,000 met ers in the air. Enemy Is Charged j A bullet from the enemy machine I barely missed Lieutenant Taylor and I punctured a wing of his airplane. I A second later the lieutenant saw i one of his tracer bullets penetrate the fuselage of the enemy machine where the observer was working a machine gun and there was no more fire from the German. Lieutenant Taylor continued to fire at the German pilot and after 450* shots had been fired, most of them at about 70 yards, the enemy machine went spinning toward the earth in a nose dive. In addition to Lieutenant Taylor there were several others in the bright sunny skies to-day. Two American aviators chased two enemy machines to Thioucourt and there attacked them. One of the American pilots fired from directly under the tail of a German machine which went spinning toward the ground from 4.000 meters to 500 where It was seen to straighten out and escape. Sister of Dauphin's Famous Flyer Leaves For Camp to Wed Officer From Maine Miss Arne Shaffer, of Dauphin, leaves to-day for San Antonio, Texas, where she will be married to Her bert Foster, an architect, from Ells worth, Maine. Miss Shaffer Is the sister of Walter J. Shaffer, whose letters In the Telegraph describing his wonderful flying experiences In France have attracted wide atten tion. ' Mr. Foster. Miss Shaffer's Intend ed husband, ts In military service. When Miss Shaffer was advised that he could not secure a leave of ab sence, she decided to go to Texas for the wedding ceremony. She will be accompanied by her father, Charles Shaffer, and her grandfather. W. W. Davidson, a retired yardmaster. En route to Texas, the party will visit ' Miss Bhaffer's brother, Earnest Shaf- , fer. who is In the military service, stationed at Fort ZesSttwertb. < U. S. Aviator Dies in Battle With Seven Huns WaahlnKton. May 22 New* of the dra(l< of Kimimi Stephen Pot -1*vl Hrarrvta, who wan kutrd while tticbtlnft seven enemy nlniclc-Neated alrplanea In the North Men on April 25, wu* re ceived here to-dny. Hnnlxn Pot ter ls weeks before lind hot down ■ (ierman neaplitne in Hell- Kolund bl K ht and, with n llrltlob captain, last Mareh ahot down n Herman plane. TEUTON RAIDERS KILL 3 OUTSIDE PARISjFAIL CITY Brilliant Moon Makes Night Ideal For an Attack; Huns Circle Paris, May 22.—German aviators made an ineffectual attempt last niKht to raid Paris. Three persons were killed and several wounded in the outskirts of the city, but none of the raiders reached Paris itself. A German airplane was hit by an anti aircraft gun and fell in flames north of the city. The enemy dropped bombs in vari ous suburban localities. Some ma terial damage is reportefl. The sig nal that all was clear was sounded at 1 o'clock this morning. The raid demonstrated the high State of efficiency to which the aerial defenses of the city have been brought. It was a clear and windless night with a brilliant moon, ideal for an aerial attack. The raiders who were divided Into two squadrons, sought vainly for two hours to And a gap in the wall of lire with which the city was encompassed. The places at which the bombs fell show that the Germans circled'far around the city before loosing their cargoes and fleeing. I IANGES IN LATE RETURNS f % JL r from yesterday's primary election make no change Ms $ mding of the candidates for statewide nomi T X .-.1 ity of Paul W- Houck of '-..ylkill % £* ...1 > . . :->t {•s X Secre • of Internal Affairs, over Jamps F.. Woodward ▼ | A T X 5 from western countries will lower those figures. Th? jt i|B plurality of Eugene G. Bonniwell over "Joseph F. Guffey W or the Democratic gubernatorial nomination is increas - {• | lightly, as is also that of State Senator Edward E T vp. over Congressman J. R. K. Scott, for the Re- J-j fi ation.for Lieutenant Go irnor t aen- M- H| W■m C. Sproul's tremendous vote for cverno Jr ues t > grqw For Republican governor, 3536 dis 4* :QW gave 'O'Neil 77,615; Sprou! .?5'),974.- Jft X PALMER THINKS GUFFEY HAS'WON J j delphia—A. Mitchell Palmer, enemy propertj T fot the United States government and head 4* •• ?i ;* "Ytni fcanized" wing of the stae Democracy i c not X. X- r.eady to admit Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell has been nom for governor in opposition to Joseph F. Guffey, X; of Pittsburgh. When told that returns from about ha\ Jr. X le stae gave Bonniwell a lead of nearly two to one o\ 4V ♦ Guffey Mr. Palmer said: "State committee headquarters esn't have any .report to indicate BonniwellV nomina T T f r iie otfcrz counties to be heard from will tel? s X-; | I do not believe that Guffey has beet 'J J.ti !." ' "I 1 t 5 CHAMBERLAIN FIGHT DISSIPATED Tj .ten -With less than two minutes d< t-ate, the g sned breach between President Wilson and the Sen T ? • re J to-day \vhen by a viva voce 'vote an ac- *§• 4