| Show I I i r I I r I Prohibition Is Barely I Won by Buckeyes as I Franchise Franchie for the Fair FairI I j I Sex Was Swamped ii i i iBy j j By international News Service COLUMBUS Nov 7 Indica Indica Indications I late this afternoon were were t By United Press Preas Ohio Nov 7 7 t r J Result of of the statewide election deetion elec elec- dee dee- I tion was still ill in doubt today with the wets wet still leading I Whether Ohio will become dry depends upon returns from approximately approximately twenty counties Returns from precincts IncludIng Including ing log wet strongholds of Hamilton and Cuyahoga counties practically com corn give Ive the wets a lead at 7 j a a. m. m of votes If It dry estimates for or the missing I counties are as accurate as those for forthe forthe forthe the counties reporting complete the wet lead will be overcome and the st state te will be dry by probably less than I If It the dry vote otE in the missing counties has bas slumped materially the wet lead cannot be overcome o I Dry estimates for tor counties heard I from have been generally In in inmany many instances these es estimates estimates es- es were lower than the dry majorities majorities ma ma- J given b by the unofficial returns In a total of precincts giving totals for both sides the wets received re received re re- i and the drys In addition have bave been re received received re- re I where re only the dry majority a a total of ot Is 15 is given In the re remaining remaining re- re mailing 1481 precincts dry must maintain main maln- tam tain uin an average of ot at least nine in each precinct to tC win Wet and aDd dry leaders leader still claimed victory early today The prohibition vote ma may mav not be decided officially for several da days Tho The Ohio Ohl soldier vote ote may figure prominently In the final counting If Jt complete returns show a majority on either side to be less than the tIle vote ote a contest may ensue ensue either either side Ide attacking the legality of the soldier vote ote DECREASED MAJORITIES Complete prohibition returns from Hamilton Hammon county Cincinnati give lve the wets wet a majority of 4 less ss than the wet majority of ot 11 C. C Cuyahoga Cuya Cuga- hoga county count Cleveland we wet majority I lis j Is estimated at as compared J JI with m in ll 1 1915 Franklin county I I third largest larget in the f state I I dropped into Into the dry column for the tIle first time I Socialists ts ts failed to elect c a mayor In InI on their antiwar platform I Incomplete returns today from thE seven cities where whore they fan the strongest strong strong strong-I I est t and where the they made extravagant claims claim showed allowed bl bis In Increases iii- iii creases at some points point and and losses at others but in no city was there a showing indicating anything near an issue even division on the war Suffragists drew substantial gains g In the large cities In 2462 pr precincts votes were cast against suffrage suf suf- frage rage and for the measure Notable gains were made by the Cincinnati and Cleveland Socialist mayoralty candidates The Akron So Socialist Socialist So- So Candidate for mayor mavor Iso 50 per cent in his vote Hamilton defeated de de- de- de it its Socialist candidate by Toledo two to one ont and the Lima LimE Socialist So So- candidate ran third In his race with three others otherE In Hamilton and andr Lima Socialists have been strong years and these cities have hayo had So Socialist So- So administrations before there them was was a war issue The Canton Socialist candidate was wa snowed under But C C. E. E Socialist candidate candidate candidate can can- In Cleveland more than dOUbled doubled dou dOU- bled his mayoralty vote of ot two years pars ago His total however was in ti the Continued on page 5 5 J PROHIBITION IS Continued from page 1 1 ratio of ot about one to seven to the I Americanism vote cast for the Republican h lican can and Democratic candidates The most reassuring thing in the election Governor Cox said today is I the widespread repudiation of Socialism Socialism Social Social- social social-I ism wherever the issue was raised Cox was jubilant because the Daj Dayton Daton ton Socialist candidates whom he openly fought were defeated America is patriotic and reverent as well welt the governor said And the Socialist leaders who inveighed against both bath GOd and government have had their lesson I The government should ideal deal seVErEly severely severe severe- ly Iv with Socialist soap box a agitators This war cannot be won by parlor methods |
