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Show THOMPSON IS 1 GHOSEN 1VIAY0R ) BY HEAHy VOTE N . h Republican Is Elected to 1 Head Chicago Government 1 With Plurality of V 139,389. HEAVY VOTE IS CAST BY WOMEN Successful Candidate Car- ries Sections of Chicago J in the Heart of Demo- cratic Strongholds. i i CHICAGO. April 6. William Halo Thompson was elected mayor of Chicago Chi-cago today by a plurality of 139,3$!?. K?t'j-ns froru 1400 precincts out of l."0t3 irdicaied tbat he bad carried the entire J E??uhr.can city ticket to victory. H Throughout the pre-election cam- raicn Thompson's managers stated re-j re-j peate'lv that business and labor eondi-.1 eondi-.1 tions throughout the country presaged I i Republican victory. Women Divide Vote. Women voted for the first time at a jrayoralry election in Chicago, and in-' in-' complete returns showed that the reta-1 reta-1 tive percentages of meu and women votes received by Thompson and Robert f $-eit:er, the defeated Democratic .' cacaidatc, were approximately the ! sase. About S5 per cent of the three- qsners of a million votes registered - ncre cast. According to election offi--r.ils this w ould set. a record. ::' Some nards hitherto considered I s'.rorriy Democratic "were carried by ! the Republican candidate, and J ere;tzer's own precinct, in the heart , el ore of the west side Democratic srougholds, was carried by Thompson. I D::v.:crats Concede Defeat. 1 Sweitzer and his managers conceded i t3e tiectinn to the Republicans early in f tbe evening and left their headquarters, j Before gome home Sweitzer sent his i pj'csgful rival a telegram in which he- ! "t'ODgratulations on your victory. It ira? conclusive. ' In a speech to a crowd of his fob lowers Thompson reiterated one of his i pre election pledges. , Sweeping Victory a Surprise. j I "My fjr-t official move," said Thomp- . tr,!, "irill be to have my chief of police II Grive the pickpockets and thieves out of Cuoigo." Political writers were divided tonight as to tile cause of Thompson's sweeping victor; vic-tor; in an election which at best was expected to be a close contest. In an interview in-terview yesterday Mavor Carter Harriet!, Harri-et!, who was defeated when he- sought to M renominated for a sixth term, de-C'lr.ed de-C'lr.ed to sav how lie would vote, al-tric-iiBh the Harrisons have been Demo- I cratic leaders in Chicago for generations. it?r.y were inclined to believe this Indicated Indi-cated that Harrison followers would cast loeir votes for Thompson. T:ie city council probably went Repub- ilran, which would be the first time in rive years. TV Socialist vote apparent!- was1 l er than prdir-ied bv partv "leaders. in? returns Indicated that the total So-! So-! Klin vo;t would pot ex'-eed 20. 000. The, 1. ""'"H'on party candidate. John Hill,) IP ran far behind the Socialist candidate, h Beymour Stdman. 'n f close primary contest Thompson on rrom Karry Olson, chief justice of municipal court, hv a pluralilv of Sweltzer defeated Mayor Harrison. ; a plurality of 7S.185. in i1-7pson was born in Boston. Mass.. t vi. aT"3 was brought to Chicago by Parents In the following vear. In a .nr-P-Tcal sketch which he issued prior ' ,,e!eclion he stated that as a boy I n- newspapers and later went to vTt K aI"! worked as a cowboy and a j !ian He received much of his edu-i edu-i l.rij in, the Public schools and later en-r'nl en-r'nl university. He is a dealer In rZ."ft' having succeeded to the busi-: busi-: ot his father, who died wealthy. : -BW0n Is also known as a yachtsman, : ,Ul?,rm'My ,an oaptaln of the Chicago "uiietic association. I Enormous Plurality. I .JSPSOn 3 Plurality of 133.389 wis the i Th ever Blven a mayoralty candidate. niin ntar8t approach before was In 1S97. more irer..H- "arrison received TS.J50 tr.. pJn 11 t,ian Joil" Maynarrl Harlan, ! - '.epubllcan. ; "lii '.ye11'" propositions on a huse ' i";; y were. approved, the only Maiwm e tlle ""ejection of a double lo v".!eni tnr lhe ''re department. 1 "D'jrnvJJF yes on the others the city ' !!?;' r5S,"ven bnnd issues for a total of ann.'in Increased its territory by Iriniln. ,rore ,nan ' square miles, i luare J, cltX area " more than 200 ' n.v?''s- Tl!c Indications were that : 'eino '4,.COlin,"'' would be thirty-three ' r'r-?,l, ' lhlrty-one Republicans, two I s';a:u lhrei; Independents and one ' 'l"iti V A nesro, Oscar De Priest was !'ato- lIV Se,'on,J ward, returns in-'. in-'. 'at M in th'e fic-Hy u'nSl""'0 ' ; Hayy Vote Polled. ''rII,'Iu1i J"". April 6. Heavy vote 'oi-ns ,'ni iorlay ln -'" Te-oas cities and 1 : f'll Th . ""-""lelpal elections were. 1 W malorlty of the candidates hu ;',r''lts running af-alnst Derno-A Derno-A Vm,lZ !h..''--lalis.8 ma.de active V ""ra s,",' ou "orth. t-allas and fj r,n , t.iwns. t'-'-k-r 1-iJ, 'lie Citizens' association "" or ,'"" by Henry li. I.lndslev for -Jwas opposed by John J." Col- (Contlnued on Page Four.) THOMPSON ELECTED MAYOR OF CHICAGO (Continued from Page On) llns o the peop e s independent partj ticket The vo p was 832 for L ndsley and 4601 for Co ns In Waco with no oppos tion to the Democra c t oket on y 3o0 votes nere polled It was the qu etest e ection there In ears Four city commissioners were e ected In add t on to o her or flclals |