Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-25 | Page 12 | Johnson's Lead is Increasing

isiSnc Montana All for Calif ornian; Nevada Delegation in Favor Fa-vor of Wood I HELENA. Mont.. April 24. Returns Re-turns from the Montana presidential! preference primar trickling slovlf into newspaper offices tonight in -1 creased ihe lead of Senator Hiram W. Johnson over ljs four Republican rivals on the ballot General Leonard Leon-ard Wood, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Her-bert Hoover and Governor Frank O Lowden. Thero were no presidential candidates candi-dates on tho Democratic ticket. Returns up to late todaf from 224 precincts in eleven counties out of a total of 1.500 precincts In 51 counties wcro as follows: Johnson 7,4 87. Wood, 2,134. Hoover, 1,509. Lowden. 1.593. Harding, 179. These figures Included returns from Silver Bow county (Butte) complete, the city of Great Falls complete, and scattering returns from principal cities cit-ies of the state. Returns from rural districts were almost negligible. Nevada Sends 111 RENO, Nov., April 24 Nevada will send twelve Republican delegates to tho Chicago convention, each having half a vote, as a result of the convention con-vention held hero today. The delegates dele-gates were apportioned a.i follows: Washoe county three, and threo al ternates; one each from nine counties with Lincoln county not represented in the convention. Sam Piatt was defeated as national eomitteeman, George Wingfield being selected by acclamation. The delegates dele-gates will go to the convention unin-Istructed. unin-Istructed. Lcadom pleaded for har-'moiiy har-'moiiy In the ranks and Piatt was , named as a delegate aflor being de-I de-I foaled for committeeman.