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.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
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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
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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
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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-
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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 <lls
Guffey 1402
McDevitt 45
County—oo of 71 Districts
Bonniwcll 246
Guffey 774
McDevitt 10
Totals—ll9 of 129 Districts
Bonniwcll 891
Guffey 2236
McDevitt 55
Republican Representatives in
Legislature from city complete
Htst 442
1 41 vert t 638
.Millar 2917
Miller 3211
Sherk 1989
Smith 300
Terry 154
Trulllnger 2220
Walter 283
Wilson 299
COUNTY REPUBLICAN REPRE
SENTATIVE IN LEGISLATURE
70 or 71 Districts
Bailor 358
Bechtold
Beek ; ~4 72
Bottomlcy 13 3g
Hoffman 733
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AMERICANS
ENEMY LITTLE REST
i TERRIFIC FIRE
POURED ON HUN
BY YANKEE GUNS
American Artillery Launches
Heavy Attack on German
Positions in Wood
PUNISHMENT IS SEVERE
' U. S. Troopers Defeat Enemy
in Lively Patrol En
gagement
By Associalt d Press
With the American Army in
France, Tuesday, May 21. The
American artillery northwest of Toul
launched a sudden and terrific local
gas attack upon the German ;>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 %
£* <C; • '•> ...1 > . . :->t {•s
X Secre • of Internal Affairs, over Jamps F.. Woodward
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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
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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 <y:pt ible substitute was adopted in place of the Ghamber- 9
•§
lain - solution.
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T Clmm4 H. Stelgfrwalt and AluNa Mae Hair, New < umber in.*.
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HOME EDITION
HUN OFFENSIVE
IN WEST ENTERS
THIRD MONTH
Losses Sustained in Picardy
and Flanders Cause
Enemy to Halt
GERMANS THROWN RACK
Rcrlin Relieved to Re Ready
to Order New Drive
Forward
By Associate* Press
PARIS, Slay 22. Artillery
fighting of the most violent
character occurred l"st night
on Uic front southeast of
Amiens, tlie war office an
nounces.
LONDON, 22.—1n the
sector southeast of Arras, Ger
man trenches were entered at
two points last niglit by British
raiding |i riles, says to-day's of
' iicial announcement. Prisoners
and a maclUne gun were taken.
Germany's spring offensive, launch
ed in the hope of forcing the Allies
to conclude peace, enters upon its
third month to-day. The Alied ar
mies are still intact and awaiting
further enemy attacks, while Anier*
lean reinforcements are hurrying to
France. Great losses sustained in
Picardy and Flanders have forced
the Germans to ,halt and reorganize
their shattered divisions.
In the weeks since the repulse of
. the last strong German attack, that
north of Mont Kemme), the Allies
, have succeeded here and there in
, biting off important positions. Ene
i my counterattacks have not been
vigorous and all his attempts to re
gain the lost positions have failed.
The latest German failure was
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