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Show iiiiffifS1' Late Returns Show Senator a Few Hundred Votes in the Lead I PORTLAND, Ore., May 22. Senator Sena-tor Hiram W. Johnson was leading Major General Leonard Wood by GC9 votes at 9 p. in. tonight with somewhat some-what less than half the precincts of I the state heard from, according to returns re-turns from yesterday's presidential preference primary compiled by the Portland Oregonian and the Portland Telegram. The vote nt that hour stood: Johnson John-son 23, 117; Wood 22.5 IS ; Lowden, 8,410. Hoover. 7,913. Rot urns from 17 counties including includ-ing 162 precincts complete in Multnomah Mul-tnomah county (Portland) on a referendum refer-endum proposition to restore capital punishment in tho stato were: Yes 15,827; No. 13,525. Tho votes counted wero from 2D counties, only two of which were complete. com-plete. Multnomah county, in which Portland is situated, was included in the count. In tho Democratic senatorial contest, con-test, United Stutcs Senator George E. Chamberlain was leading I-Iarvoy G. Starkweather by 1737 votes. This count was from 19 counties. In the contest for the Republican nomination for United States senator, R. N. Stan-field Stan-field had a majority over Albert Abraham. Ab-raham. Representative C. N. McArthur had a substantial lead over both of his opponents in tho raco for the Republican Repub-lican congressional nomination ln the third district. Representative W. C. Hawley In the first district was nominated nom-inated without opposition. In tho second sec-ond district Rep. N. J. Slnnott led his opponent, the Rev. Owen Jones. Dr. Esther Pohl Love joy, candidate for- tho Democratic congressional nomination In the third district, was leading her opponent, Mrs. Alexander Thompson by 213 votes based on compilation com-pilation of 101 precincts. |