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Show i Revised Returns at Noon Give Wood Only 672 Votes I Lead in Primary C NEW YORK. April 29. With i Major General Leonard Wood leading Senator Johnson of Cali-J Cali-J fornia by only a few hundred votes J in the New Jersey preferential j presidential primary, Johnson's ' ; primary, Johnson's campaign man- ager announced today that a recount re-count would be asked in Essex, Morris, Gloucester and Camden counties. 4 NEWARK, N. J., April 29. Vith " 53 districts missing, Major General 5 1'eonard Wood today -was leading Sen-: Sen-: alor Johnson of California by 672 -otes in the New Jersey preferential ; presidential primary contest. Revised " returns at noon gave Wood 51,822 and j Johnson 51,150. The complete vote probably will not 1 5 he available until late today as the j - missing districts are located In out- lying rural sections. Seventy-four of j the missing districts are in counties I which have returned majorities for Wood in the incomplete returns, j The Republican "big four" delcga-Z delcga-Z lion to the Chicago convention will be Z Senators Walter E. Edge and Joseph 1 K. Frelinghuysen, who are pledged to ' 7 support the voters' choice, -as ex J ' pressed at the primary' Edward C. J 1 X Stokes and William N. Runyon, ; pledged to support Wood, j Incomplete returns indicate that J " Wood will have eleven district delo-; delo-; gates and Johnson, ten. Three dele- gates are unpledged? Campaign managers for both Wood and Johnson reiterated claims that their candidate would carry the state. . William P. Verdon, a Republican w leader in Hoboken and worker 1 for "Johnson, would add nothing today to j Ills" charge yesterday that the Cani formula for-mula senator had been "robbed" in at I least three counties. Camden, Morris and Essex. Widespread reports that Senator j Johnson's supporters would ask for a lecount could not be confirmed here early today. - j -Ohio Race Close. ' COLUMBUS, 0 April 29 Harry M. Daugherty, pledged Harding candidate for delegate aijlargc, who 'on the face of incomplete returns last night apparently ap-parently had been defeated by William H. Boyd, pledged Wood candidate made- heavy gains in additional precinct pre-cinct returns received today. Boyd now is. leading Daugherty by only S91 with 126 precincts yet to report. ; On the face of unofficial returns! from all but 103 of the 5.S82 precincts in the state, the senator was leading : Major General Leonard Wood -by 15,-J 15,-J 186 votes: The-vole stood:' Harding 125,003; Wood 109.S17. Daugherty apparently has been de-1 de-1 ' feated by William H. Boyd, Cleveland attorney, and a Wood candidate . i Three' Harding delegates at large' apparently are elected. The vote In' all but 272 of. the 5,882 precincts of the state showed: Galvjn, (Harding) 114,097; Willis (Harding) 115,413; Herrick OHardlhg) 125,596! Turner, (Wood) 101,942. Indications were early today that at I least 39 and possibly 42 of the state's! 48 delegates to the Republican natfon-l al convention will bo pledged to Scn-i j ator Harding, while the remainder will n bo pledged to Wood, i on |