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Show DEVERIQGE WINS PLURALITY OVER NEW IN INDIANA Present Senator and Close Friend of Harding Is Showing Loss in Ballots as Count Progresses OPPONENTS MARGIN I STEADILY GROWING i)Friends of Former Member of Upper House Claims w His Nomination by IS J Over Majority Vote ' INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 3 (By A. P.) Th lad of former Banalar Bsv-ridga Bsv-ridga evar 8ntor Naw in ths Ma. publican senstorisl raca vs ineressed to 13,653 whan 2318 of tha $383 pracinta wer unofficially raportad. .Tha figures wara Bevendne 127,18. Naw 113,545. . INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May 3 (By A. P ) ltd urns from yesicnluy's stale-wlds stale-wlds primary, coining In slnaly today from all parts of til.' slate, gave former '' Senator Albert .1. llevcrldge s constantly constant-ly Increasing lead over Senator Harry H. New In the rare for the Krpubllcsn nomination for the senHtorHhip from lndlsna. When the vote from lt4." precincts pre-cincts of tho SJs2 had been tabulated unofficially, the former eenator had a lead of sir.9. The vole stood. Bevcrldge 0.!;,. Now 81.106. Beverldge's lead grew with srh report re-port received since Inst midnight. The heavy New stronghold of Marlon county was slow In tabulating lis vote snd supporters of the senator hero j were confident that the vote in Ma-l Ma-l rlon county when completed would I give him the nomination. I New supporters declared they saw Sthe hund of Senator Jamea Watson, nlleague of New from Indiana, In the -oversea. New and Watson have not been close political friends for some time. k Rush county, the home of Senator Wataon, gave Beverldce a majority of 7 600. Beverldge carried the Cnlumet steel , district, of which Cary Is the center, and Iaporto, si. Joseph and Klkhart counties, the major counties In the Thirteenth congresalonal district, which contains South Bend as the leading city. Because of the long ' ballot, tabulation tabula-tion of returns In the congrrsslonul races was slow. William B. Anderson, running on s Wet platform, was leading over Wll-llsm Wll-llsm R. Wood, Incumbent congressman In the Tenth district for the Kepulill-; Kepulill-; can nomination. i Oscar Bland was renominated by the Republicans In the Second district. , U W. Kalrchlld. Republican congressman, con-gressman, was renominated In the , Twelfth district. Including Fort Wayne. Richard Elliott, ltepuhllcnn. won the nomination In the Sixth district over a field of five. Andrew J. Hlrkev, Republican, renominated re-nominated In the Thirteenth distrlrt, will he opposed by Ksther Kathleen O'Keefe. who received the Democratic nomination. |