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EL PASO. TEXAS. TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 7. 1916.

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German Dreadnoughts Tor

pedoed, Is Claim; British

Cruiser Also Sunl.

ITALY REPORTS

MUCH ACTIVITY

Italian Destroyer and Aus

trian Submarine Duel Till

Both Are Sunfy.

LONDON. ENG., Nov. 7 A claim

that two dreadnoughts were hit by

the British submarine which Hon-

day was reported launching a torpedo

at and striking: a German dreadnought

In the North sea, is contained in

i

further report received from the officer

of the submarine, it was officially an

nounced today. The two dreadnoughts

claimed to hare been struck were bat

tleships of the Kaiser class.

The official statement reads:

With reference to yesterday's com

munique, a further report has been

leceived from the commanding officer

of the submarine. He now claims to

have hit two dreadnought battleships

of the Kaiser class.

The naval registers show five dread

nought battleships of the Kaiser class,

all completed between October. 1912

and August. 1913. Besides the named

ship of the class, they are the Fried

rich der Crosse. Kalserin. Prlnz Regent

Luitpold and Koenie Albert. The dls

rlacement of each is 24.709 tons, length

6 feet, beam 95 feet and draft 27

feet Their armament consists of ten

xz men guns, 14 6-mch guns. 12 2

pounders and four anti-aircraft guns.

12 24- 1

British Losses Heavy.

Kritn iininan- it. 1 in'i.ai.., ;

to Sayville. L. L) The sinking of a : eu8,nB "ul"" """ "" """ , , ,

British small cruiser off the Irish coast i became connected with Princeton uni

ty a German submarine has increased ! versity he has recorded his choice on

and rmiKrrs to 01 7l Inn. o. an I

Overseas News agency announcement (

""According to the known strength of

the British navy at the beginning of the

war, it has lost 14 percent of its pro

tected cruisers. Thirty-nine ships, with

a. wiai vi -s-ij.auu ions, nave Deen ae

stroed t German naval forces.

The extent of the British losses Is

notab'e n lire of the fart that at the

beginning of the war the French navy's

tonnage was 497.000 and the Italian

"r? "" """ ""' ""-"""""": it tooK .air. wiison several minui.es w night, with clearing today. I

vRuxilary cruisers, submarines, torpedo I . .. - ,MIMnn t ,tItr ln , ver a heavy snowstorm whlcl,

coais or Kuara snips iosi, me an- ? .. . . " . ... ...I shortly after 8 oclock this

nouncemem aaas I nresiaentiai election, ce maricea nis

Moreoer, the British navy has lost " the president's coming and as his auto

5m torpedo boats of Tl.idO tons and 76 ' mobile drove up the drummer beat a

t-u hmannes." tattoo. Almost instantly, students ap-

vni.n,..!-. -...t r ,-,.- ;..!, I peared from every direction. They

SQuinnnae and Destroyer sank. ' iT-m .a AA. ..- .nK... n MH.

J i BTarmea over the campus and rushed

Rome, Italy. Nov. 6. (Via Paris, toward the voting place as Mr. Wilson

I ranee. Nov. ,.) An Austrian sub- j alighted from his automobile. The

marine and an Italian destroyer were , Princeton yell went up, with a re

sunk in a duel on the night of October soundlnP -".'ilson. Wilson, Wilson r

1 6. according to an admiralty announce- j "

ment today The submarine had at

tacked a transport which escaped. The

text t.f the statement follows.

"An Austrian submersible attempted,

on the night of October 16-17, to tor

pedo one of our transports conveying

troops, but was discovered and attacked

by a. convoying destroyer. The sub-

mersiblp and th- destroyer sank while i

the transport reached its d.-stination i

safely The majority of the crew of the

uestroyer were saved and two officers

. nd 11 men of the crew of the sub

marine were made prisoner.

Pierce Austrian Cordon.

"On ihe night of November 1, our de-

atroyers. after crossing boldly and sue- mamder of the day playing golf and

cessfull-, a mine zone and surmounting . resting He will receive the returns

by their daring solid obstacles defend- bv telephone from secretary Tumulty

lng the Fasana-Polo cAial, managed to j tonight

enter the customary anchorage of part

vt the Austrian neet. Two torpedoes .

were fired against one large ship and I

were observed to catch in the vessel's)

Keconnolter Xear Pola.

-For two hours our destroyers recon-

notered within a few hundred yards of

the forts and strong citadel of Pola and

Bfily withdrew when they had accom-

pllshed difficult and most delicate mis- I

sions. Numerous powerful searchlights !

beat the sky and sea and batteries

opened random and futile fire. I

Train PIchts Deatrojera. I

"On No ember 5 three enemy destroy- j

ers at dawn before Santa Pidiolmare I

1 egan to bombard that part of the i

coast, although no military works are

there. One of our armored trains

lushed up, engaged and drove off the

enemv Two destroyers were hit. one

was seen with a heavy list being as

sisted by others"

RUMANIANS REPORT GAINS

ON WHOLE D0BRUDJA FRONT -I

Bucharest. Rumania. Nov. 7. The

Rumanian forces in Dobrudja, which

ie-ently assumed the offensive against

field marshal von Mackensen's army,

are continuing their successes, the war

office announced today. Progress for

the Rumanians along the entire Dob

rudja front is reported.

ALLIES CHECK"bULGARIAN

ATTACK IN MACEDONIA

Paris. France. Nov. 7. Considerable

activity to the east of the lake Presba

region, toward the western end of the

Macedonian front, is reported by the

war office. A Bulgarian counter at

tack in the region of the town of Ger

man uas repulsed. Elsewhere in this

sector there was moderate artillery

activity.

raTFI III

BUETI PULLS

Apathy of Voters in Por

tions of New Mexico Wor

ried Political Leaders.

Santa Fe. X. M-. Nov. 7. Apathy of

many voters worried political leaders

here and it has taken prodigious ef

forts to get out anything like a full

vote, not only In the capital, but also

at other points, according to early

reports.

Many voters refused to vote unless

an automobile or other conveyance

was cent for them, free of charge,

while Instances are reported of voters

demanding to be paid for the trouble t

of going to the polls.

Many Scratched Ballots.

It is evident that In Santa Fe many

scratched tickets were voted and there

has been a distinct trend toward Wil

son and Jones. At Sun Mount sani

tarium, for instance, every vote but

one was reported to be for Wilson.

Out of more than 2000 registered votes

in Santa Fe less than 1400 will be

cast.

The weather Is raw. windy and

cloudy.

1501 VOTES

11 FIE H

Students of Princeton Mass J

Outside and Cheer Presi

dent As He Arrives.

Princeton. K. J, Nov. 7. President

Wilson voted here today, casting his . storm raged today over western and

ballot shortly after 9 oclock. He , northern' Colorado. In the southeast

motored over from Shadow Lawn. J em section, summer-like weather was

which he left soon after 7 oclock. j

The resident cast the EOth ballot in .

j,S preclnct He voted in the old fire '

i i . 1 m a. "Tawa ft-im sl & tni a A

election day.

Because of the length of the ballot.

presidential

ballot for the state offices.

Student Cber Htm.

The president was accompanied by

Mrs. Wilson and when they arrived

they were greeted by a demonstration

staged by Princeton students and pro

fessors. At the entrance of the Prince-

i ton campus a drummer stood awaiting

Mr. WHiton Jnst Langha.

While the president was inside vot

ing the students continued to arrive

and massed In the street outside. They

cheered almost continuously, while a

large corps of moving picture operators

and photographers took up strategic

I positions. A small opening In a win-

uov enabled some of the students to

!. -,,. .noin. k on -,..

, pushed and jostled for a glimpse of the

president. Mrs. u lison sat in the auto

mobile and laughed at the crowd.

The president started back for Long

Branch

immediately leaving at 9:30

oclock.

He planned to spend the re

PHOHIRlTinN THE BIG ISSllF

rX"ni.-?.1i1" V - i"i . r.JJJL

IN THE CALIf-ORNlA ELECTION

San Francisco. Cal . Nov .A record

voe J5"3 predicted In California, not

only because of keen political interest,

t because of the bitter fight over the

two prohibition amendments submitted,

Amendment No. 1 provides complete

prohibition, effective in 1920. and No. 2.

effective in 1918. prohibits the sale of

liquor in hotels and clubs.

Democrats, campaigning for the elee-

tion of George S. Patton to the United

States senate, have claimed the state

for president Wilson by 50,000 votes In

recent weeks. Governor Hiram W.

jonnson. opposea Deiore tne primaries

by the regular Republicans, has had

the unanimous l. O. P. support since i

his acquisition of both the Progressive,

and Republican senatorial nominations

at the primaries.

There is no gubernatorial election in

California this year.

PROHIBITION AND SOME LABOR

ISSUES LEADING IN OREGON

Portland. Ore., Nov. 7. As In Califor

nia and Washington, prohibition is a

large Issue at the polls in Oregon, one

of the two most heatedlj argued m-as-

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rtlrt.rhr'-ittin, th-at: :

af beer; the other to add to the effect

iveness of the present prohibitory laws

J by absolutely prohibiting the importa-

' tin. rr ltn..nv

A "land and loan tax," sponsored by

labor leaders, is opposed as a single

tax; other special propositions on the

ballot include the abolition of Sunday

closing laws, establishing rural cred

its and limiting taxes and indebted

ness. There is no gubernatorial election.

iKUGH

HES' NLUT

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Candiate Says He Was Born

on Friday; Says This Is

Republican Day.

New Tork, Nov. 7. Charles E

Hughes cast his tote at 7:05 oclock this

morning in a small laundry at 71$

Eighth avenue, almost directly back of

the hotel where he made his headquar

ters during the campaign. His ballot

was No. 13. When his attention was

called to It. the Republican candidate

said "13" was his lucky number.

"And I was born on Friday, too, ' he

added.

Mr. Hughes went to the polls before

breakfast. When he saw the weather

indicating- a clear, cool day, he re

marked: "It looks like a good Repub

lican day."

As the candidate left the polling

place the onlookers were startled by

the noise of a taxicab backfiring. Half '

a dozen policemen jumped in the direc

Hon of the disturbance, but stopped

when Mr. Hughes smilingly pointed to

the heavy smoke hanging behind the

stalled automobile.

Mi Mill

fflUD

Six Inches of Snow Falls Atjr M scratched ut .

lUOIlLrOSe, onOWSLOnil IS

Raging in Denver.

Denver, Colo , Nov 7. A heavy snow

reported. Reports from the western

slope indicated the heaviest storm of

the season. Montrose reported six

inches of snow fell Monday night with ,

SSclT"":.Uc.;Ih- " and

62 miles an hour, which stripped the

trees of remaining fruit.

nam was reported at ueita iionaay

, I

DUminn.

continued at noon with Indications of

lasting all day.

ELY SPEAKS AT ALAM0G0RD0

IN BEHALF OF DEMOCRATS

Alamogordo, N. M-. Nov. 7. Ralph C.

El, former Republican state chairman,

poke to a crowded house at the court

house last nlcrh-. Even- available seat

was filled and standing room was at a '

premium. Ninety per cent attending

were voters, because the children were i

attending a moving picture show given j

by the Republicans just before their

meeting at the pavilion where senator ,

Fail sDoke.

Ely advocated a vote for the Demo

cratic state ticket. He explained the

workings of the Republican machine at

the last legislature, compared Bursum

and DeBaca as men as he saw them.

El left immediately after the speak

ing for Santa Fe to cast his vote.

BIG PROHIBITIONFIGHT AND A

CONGRESSIONAL BOUT IN ALASKA

Juneau. Alaska, Nov. 7 Not to be

behind the rest bf the Pacific coast,

the territorv of Alaska had a prohibi

tion question on the ballot, the Worn- j

an's Christian Temperance union of !

Alaska having campaigned for an I

amendment prohibiting the sale of ;

liquor after 1917.

Chanes Sulzei. brother of William I

Sulzer. former congressman from New J

Tork. Is the Democratic candidate for ,

delegate to congress, opposed by James

Wickersham. Republican. J

ABOUT 1700 VOTES CAST

IN EL PASO BEFORE NOON -

Estimates made at noon were that

about 1700 otes had been cast at the

17 city boxes during the day. It was

also estimated that the total vote ln the

county would be about 5000, as against

4000 a few years ago. Voting, there- '

fore, will be much heavier during the j

afternoon than it was this morning.

The DOlice report that the election is

one of the quietest on record here. th. re

being practically no disturbances.

NEVADA VOTE IS HEAVY;

WOMEN CAST FIRST VOTES

Reno, Nev.. Nov. 7 Reports from all

over Nevada show election day weather

conditions to be perfect and an unusu-

ally heavy vote being cast. Women.

casting their first votes, are taking

great Interest in the election and it ls

estimated that 95 percent of the women

registered in the state will go to the

polle.

COLORADO MAYRETURN TO

Tttr Mnjiii?Ar"rciii7 tc Dtrro

nr,

have to elect a complete state ticket,

and decide whether they will modify

Ulltll UIJ ..Win, .,.!. CllUVlOni III IIIC

Plonn of both Democrats and Re

I publicans, by permitting the manufac

I ture and sale in unbroken packages of

beer.

SPIRITED TIGHT ON nEEIl

3IARKS WVSHINGTON VOTING

Seattle. Wash. Nov. 7 With clear

ing weather, political leaders witnessed

todav a record vote in Seattle and other

cities. A spirited fight wa: made for

and against an initiated bill permitting

i tiw ni-nuiacture ana sale ot beer by

breweries.

lElEIOIED

MEI IB

NED

Injunction Against Putting

Hurdleston On Tickets

Not Carried Out.

CORRECT BALLOTS;

VOTING RESTARTED

Numbers Found About Polls

To Revote, But Many

Had Scattered.

-j-y OZENS of illegal votes were cast

I 1 in El Paso and vicinity this raorn-

-"-- in:

ins. before an error In the ballots

was found by the judges at their re

spective precincts. Despite an Injunc

tion that the name of Charles E. Hurd

leston should not appear on the ballots,

it was there. Mr. Hurdleston having

been made democratic nominee for rail-

, road commissioner In place of W. D

I Williams, the original nominee, who

1 j ed.

I When the error was found at any

, one precinct, corrections were made on

I the ballots immediately, the name of

At sm precincts, the name was dis

co erea oeiore tne voting- began anu.

consequently, the change was made be

fore any illegal ballots were cast This

was the case al the fourth, 16th, 17th

I and some other-el tyjSteHnets. --"" """"

Called Boclc To Vote.

When the errors were corrected, those

who had voted were called back, when

ever they could be found, to revote.

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i At the ninth precinct 36 had voted and j

the majorlt of tbfm . .. at ,hp

At some precincts, those who had

cast the illegal ballots had scattered i

-WJV .,, ii,ni.. . ., , h,ln..

,n fci B them back. For instance, at th

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A...... --. nu vcu, miiu, vitr: iivui idici. ,

nnt nnA hsH hA.n hriMiphr naAl. tn Aa. f

new ballots. The same situation was ,

I had at the.second precinct, where three

i naimra na r-T im c r vma .n.., m,.K,..

the Tsleta precinct, ten. and the Canu-

.....,. ,.vu uu .., UJW ..,.au. o,c.i. .

tiiio, la.

Precinct Judcr To Decide.

Eugene Harris, chairman of the local

democratic committee, when asked if

the committee would protest against I

throwing out ballots voted before

the

changes were made, said:

"It's a matter for the presiding judge

at each poll to decide whether or not

he will count the ballots. I am not in

a position to say whether we will pro-

test against the throwing out of votes

by any Judge. That s a difficult ques

tion to answer"

Opinions Ililfrr.

Following are expressions indicating

that there Is a divergence of opinion

among the various judges:

P. M Hudson, presiding judge of pre

cinct 2. stated that three votes were

cast before Hurdleston's name was

scratched out. "I consider those votes

illegal." he said. ,

S W Rasor. presiding over the fifth

precinct, said that he considered valid '

the dozen or so votes that had been cast i

before the name had been erased. i

At the third preginct. it was said that '

ballots with the name of Hurdleston on 1

them would be considered lesral. I

Klrat Vote for llnghra.

The first vote to be cast ln El Paso

was for Hughes, a.cordinsr to Malcolm

A. Fraser. who clain.r 'be distinction of

having placed the first ballot in the

ballot box. "In precinct 17. between 7

and 8 oclock. there were 20 people wait

ing for the polling place to open, said

Mr. Fraser. "A straw vote of these

voters showed all but three to be for

Hughes for president."

".. :

PROHIBITION & GUBERNATORIAL j

FIGHT IN WASHINGTON STATE i

Seattle. Wash . Nov 7. Prohibition

entered A ashington as an election

I hazard One initiative measure pro

poses to permit the manufacture and

delivery of beer within the state, an

other to permit the serving of liquor

to hotel guests.

Governor Ernest Lister. Democrat, Is

opposed for reelection by former gov

ernor Henr McBride. backed bv the

united Republican party of the stale.

There is said to be a split, however. In

the party support of United States sen

ator Miles Poindexter. a Republican

candidate for reelection ;

George Turner. Democratic candidate !

for the senate, has held the office '

before

IDAHO REPUBLICANS PROPOSE

1U LUArt t-AKMEXS MONEY

Boise. Idaho. Nov. 7 B W. Davis, the

Republican candidate for governor, had

as his principal plank a proposal to

amend the state constitution so as to

permit the sale or all state lands. The

proceeds he purposed to Invest in in

terest bearing securities, and to be

loaned out to the farmers of the state

at a low rate ot interest I

A constitutional amendment for state '

wide prohibition was voted on. al

though Idaho is already dry by legisla

tive enactment Idaho is normally Re-

tl'uuuian, "'""fill USsJU ltl I irU 11 til

1912 by 33.921 otes.

TOFfflffiES llLITIIENIE

HUGHESfl LEAD; GASTIUJE BALLOTS

The Lead Grows as Vote Is

Counted at Noon; City Is

Normally Republican.

Topeka, Kas.. Nov. 7 The first

available election returns in Kansas

today were reported from 16 precincts

out of 32 in the city of Topeka, the in

complete count giving Hughes 6S1 and

Wilson 511. 'The double election boards

used made it possible for the returns to

be given out before noon

The county for governor in the IS

Incomplete precincts reported give gov

ernor Capper 605 and W. C. Lansdon

206.

Incomplete returns from 25 out of

S2 precincts, complied at noon, showed

the following results:

Hughes 13S9 and Wilson 974.

In 23 precincts the Incomplete vote

for governor elves Capper 1331 and

Landson 501. The city is normally Re

publican. W llaon Ahead at Fort Scott.

1 1 Fnt-t snntt retT-rlal election l

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turns mis ax lci uvuu ui . c -. .

.. -.!,. rmaA Unfhea 141-

nine precincts gave jnugnes ii.

Wilson SSI. The vote on governor was

Capper 191; Lansdon 192. For con

gressman in the second district the

vote returns were: Little, Republi

can. 177; Taggart. Democrat, 133.

Hughes Leads at Ilntchlnnon.

At Hutchinson, incomplete returns

from 13 out of 14 city precincts give:

Hughes 747: Wilson 536 Simmons. Re-

ublican, for congress. 649; Shouee.

emocrat 56S: Capper, Republican, for

governor. 761: Lansdon, Democrat. 4 J"

More Hughes Indications.

At Kansas City, returns from 10 of

the IBS prec nets or anaoiie couniy.

jvaubass ijiviuuuife xvaiioms -..., ..j ,

given out by election oiiiciais. enow

43S for Hughes and 4. for lison.

Progressive candidates obtained a.

plurality in Wyandotte county in both

xjii anu ii. in mc iwwiici j-v

Uoosevell received im, vviison iu

and Taft 2107

. WJIacnirfuda , atJVlcalta-g-.

Incomplete returns from the IS pre

cincts InWichlta glre Hughes 80S:

Wilson' MS0. Capper. Republican, for

governor. 93$. and Lansdon. Democrat.

723. Wilson, Republican for congress-

man. tignm district. . ana Ayrw.

Demoorar. for reelection, 898.

Dead Man Voles; Ballot,

filled Uut aejore nis

--

Sioux City, Iowa. Nov. 7. Clarance

Peterson, a dead man. voted in Sioux

. . j,

i-irv Daar

Peterson, who was a traveling man,

uii-.ri an ahsont rnr'i hallnt at the

count-,

ru-nrrior-,. nffico Mondnv. filled

it out and left It

with "the recorder.,

Monday evening

horse

runaway

iilunt-eil Into Peterson's automobile,

rat ally injuring him ana ne aiea eariy

this morning. The law provides Peter

son's ballot shall be counted.

ARIZONA MAYM0DIFY DIVORCE

AND TIGHTEN UP PROHIBITION

Phoenix. Ariz.. Nov. 7 Besides elect

ing state and congressional officials.

Arizona voters voted today on 12 con

stitutional amendments, one proposing

j to change the initiative and referendum

procedure b making a majority of the

registered vote necessary to enactment. ,

i Another amendment abolishes capital I

punishment and a third tightens the .

prohibition lines by remowng the pres- i

int legal permission for imports of ln-

toxicants for personal use.

Six months. Instead of the present

year. Is made the legal residence period

Lcessary for divorce in another aSiend- .

me.nt- .. .

Among otners or tne 10 proposeu

amendments wni. n were considered up-

on Initiative petition, the more lnwor-

lam are .nTKe OTT?a "' wwumih

aw.ni nnv. r,nn a,.. xnn r9 Tinn nr a 1

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state department of labor, an act to

abolish the state senate, substitution of j

local option for the present constltu

tional prohibition, making Insanity, the i

drug habit and eugenic unfitness

grounds for marriage solution and

abolishing capital punishment.

3 NATIONAL CANDIDATES

VOTE AT INDIANAPOLIS

Indianapolis, Ind . Nov. 7. J. Frank

Hanly. the Prohibition party nominee,

voted early He said he expected his

part to poll more than 500,000 votes,

or more than twice as many as four i

years ago

Charles W. Fairbanks, the Republi

can vice presidential candidate, cast

the 321st ballot in his precinct. His

only statement was that he never had

seen a campaign in which so much

interest had been display, ed.

Vice president Marshall cast his bai

lot just before noon.

VOTES ARE SELLING FOR

j 50 CENTS IN CHICAGO, CLAIM

Chicago. I1L, Nov. 7 Hlnton G. Cla-

, baugh. of the bureau of investigation.

I United States department of justice,

: raid this afternoon that investigators

here had brought in between 25 and 50

men, 12 of whom were detained after

admitting that they had sold their

votes for 50 cents and upwards. Agents

with instructions to make arrests were

sent in search of the alleged vote

buyers.

HUGHES TAKES SLIGHT EARLY

LEAD IN KANSAS ELECTION

Kansas at,. Ma. Nov 7.-Incom-

piete retirns. given out here at noon

l?13?' bl election judges for nine of

the 10? precincts of M vandotte county,

rv.ans.i-. mi iuiumk Kansas I UJ, Jvas.,

Dpflfh (inex in the COUnt among the soldiers. Early voting was . al

LJZUlll, UUM III tJC V-lum br,ak u ls tnougnt alj ballots might AI

gave Hughes 378; Wilson 329.

Many Troops On Border

Had Previously Voted

Early Election Day.

Dallas. Tex., Nor. 7. Election day

was not election day for many of the

soldiers on the border who by state law

were allowed to ballot this year. This

was because a majority of the men al

ready had voted and their ballots, sealed

and stamped, had been sent home to be

counted.

Among the troops In. Texas which

have voted already are:

The South Dakota regiment stationed

at San Benito: Virginia troops at An

tonio and Brownsville: Kansas troops

at Eagle Pass. San Antonio and Donna:

New Tork troops at McAllen and Pharr.

Minnesota. North Dakota. Iowa and

Wisconsin troops were balloting today.

The North Dakota and Minnesota

guardsmen are at Llano Grande: the

Wisconsin boys at San Antonio, and

Town at Rrwnsville and Donna.

.

! If.. fff.. V.J

How They Voted.

j V troop, Kansas cavalry, stationed

i at Donna, Texas, cast S3 ballots 30

for Hughes and two for Wilson.

Several hundred Virginia troops, who

voted by mail, voted practically solid

for WHson.

The fourth South Dakota Infantry.

stationed at San Benito, votes by mail.

gave Hughes a lead of six to one.

Count Gnardmena Vote Dec 19.

The vote of the New Tork state

' guardsmen will not be counted until

. December 19, when the Inspectors of

' election formally meet and proceed to

the official count.

, shoujd tne presidential vote In New

Tork state, for instance, show a nar-

. row r)iuraijtj one way or the other,

I -j,e complexion of the stated electoral

vote miKnt ot be known until the

i official canvass six weeks hence, when

. the soldier vote would oe mciuaea.

10,000 NATIONAL GUARDS

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OTTB0RDER HER VOTING

Ten thousand officers and soldiers of i politicians and caused much conjecture,

the national guard of Pennsylvania and J New Ashford. a small Massachusetts

a small contingent of the Massachusetts town, had the distinction of making

guardsmen now on duty on the Mexican I the first returns. The town has 23 rot

border, are casting their ballots today . ers thi year and when the polls closed

Sni?MnihBnn?idp?-tn at 10 a. m. the count showed this re

candidates at their camps in El Paso. ,..-,, -- ---,,

Election commissioners are here from , ult: Hughes 16; Wilson ..

Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to an- I In 1912 New Ashford gave Wilson

?Sr!" A?.8 3?LlnfV. .iudS" n?Jc,ArJE8 ' four votes. Taft seven and Eoosevelt

ul rirciitiii nxvM ripri Hnnn miau irnra

I oe in oy 4 ociock in tne atternoon.

The voting of the Pennsylvania.

, uaTdTa,e officers. waV one "t "the

' most exnenfiive elections inar inn stare

-. . . .. ..... ..

. or Pennsylvania has ever had.

Mai. . C. Sterling, of the division

ucouiiuariirn. was mo iirsi man .

hand .,n h3. Tte- nI?d he f?a-" closely

' followed by Maj. Gen. Charles M.

Clement and Maj. Davis, the adjutant

This is the first time that the Penn

sylvania troops have been allowed to

vote in the field since 1S9S. when a

similar election was held for state

official?.

Following is the division headquar

ters election board that supervised the

otlng of the general and his staff:

Lieut. CoL Fred Taylor Pusey, First

Lieut. J. B. Wheeler. First Lieut. Edwin

A. Nicodeumus. Sergt. R. M. Austin, Q.

M. C and Sergt. Harry Lauttet, Q

M. C.

As CoL George Van Horn Moseley.

chief of staff to Gen. Clement, is a

regular army officer, he did not vote-

At 10-30. the division headquarters

-- --. .. - . -. ,

turned out lo witness ine passing w

"' . .J1' TT . .

companiments to the national hymn,

-? d y a d.?1nke''- carrylnR a siRn'

" Si '"Ll Sh.rtr , ,-,.

- Elai:M9fJt Ju3y; ..?,

frtTeen'o'fhethlrl'ftfld .."

under CoL Asher Miner

Tho M,91a,rhnsettH troou als voted

t headauarlers this morning.

The South Carolina troops, which .

WOT expected to vote today, did not

YQla

.

TTirn DCMMCVI VANIA rCt7irtTDC

WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE

Brig. Gen. Albert J. Logan, command-

lng the Second Pennsylvania brigade, t

and Maj Lowry Hunes. adjutant, re- -turned

frdbi Philadelphia this morning.

Gen. Logan Ib a candidate for the

United States district attorney's office

and both have been back home looking

after their campaigns,

unci's roi ntivr vote

of low l III IIDMR

Brownsville. Texas. Nov. 7 Count

ing the vote of the Iowa guardsmen

stationed here began early this after

noon but officials expressed belief that

it would be late in the day before

announcement of the result could be

made.

rHIIIDE.NT TUT 1 HOOTRU:

HAS TO AIIIMIO.N M'EECH

New- Haven. Conn . Nov. 7. After

I talking a few minutes here Monday ln

the course of a political speech, former

president William II. Taft was jeered

and booted by munitions workmen to

such an extent that he abandoned any

attempt to speak

Speaking afterward of the affair.

Prof Tart said:

"I have no complaint to make. Such

demonstrations. I am disposed to think,

makes votes for the Republican party."

He added that he did not care to

strain his voice.

ELECTION OFFICIAL'S ynillCE.

ivenosna. wis.. :not 7 Election oHl- 1

Monday nlghT, themon council

refused to meet the demand. The elec-

tion officials made a demand upon the

council for J10 instead of J6 a da

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emergency iorces were organized dur-

' ing the night.

IUIL IU

HEAVY,

Ell

Rush Of Ballots In Morning

Hours Is Surprise; First

Town Is For Hughes.

FIGHT ISWON

WILLCOX CLAIMS

'Strong Drift For Wilson,'

the Democratic Leaders

Cautiously Declare.

N"

EW TORK, Nov. 7. Early return-

from some parts of the east anu

the middle west this afternoon

j indicated a lead for Charles E. Hughes

j for president of the United States orc

his Democratic opponent. Woodrow

Wilson. These counts were far from

I complete in most Instances. Fair

weather prevailed throughout most of

the country, east and west, and a ver

heavy vote was polled. Temperatures

were generally moderate and skies

bright. It was called "a Republlcar

day." Reports from some places indi

cated the bulk of the rote had been

, vote Was somethlnff of a surprise to

All of the New England state ln

their early reports dwelt on the heavy

early balloting. Providence, R. L. re

ported that throughout the state It was

the heaviest ever known.

Keen Interest Dlaplayed.

New Tork and other middle Atlantic

, states all reported an unusually large

early vote and similar reports came

from the west and south. Indicating

keen and even eager Interest every

where. Chairman Wm. R. Wlllcox, of the Re

publican committee, was early at his

desk receiving telegraphic reports.

Chairman Vance C McCormlck. of the

Democratic committee, was In Harris

burg. Pa, to vote, but was expected to

return to his desk here later ln the

day.

Fight Is Won Wlllcox.

The fight ls won. We have Repub

lican weather and It's all over but the

shouting." said chairman Wlllcox at

noon, after hearing the reports of the

progress oi me voiinc xrom ail OTer tne

progress of the voting from all over the

. country. He declared that the result

of the returns at New Ashford. Mass

were indicative or the whole country.

"Strong Drift for Wilson."

Chairman McCormlck. of the Demo

craatic committee, had not at that hour

returned from Harrisburg, but the offi

cials In charge declared that reports re

ceived indicated "a strong drift for Wil

son." Commenting upon the. New Ashford

returns. Henry Morgenthau. chairman

of the Democratic finance committee.

said:

Morgenthan Expects TJpheavaL

"We don't judge by pinpricks. We

expect an upheaval ot the masses

throughout the -country."

Mr. Morgenthau announced todav that

the total expenditure or the campaign

amounted to approximately 31.S50.000.

This money, he said, has all been col

lected with the exception of about

3206,000. a deficit the committee was

j not worrying about

Tonight Mr. Morgenthau will enter

I tain at dinner a number of the larger

! contributors to the campaign fund, to

gether with several members of presi

dent Wilson's cabinet and their wives,

and Col. and Mrs E. M House After

the dinner 26-0 additional guests will

Join the party to receive the election

. returns.

WOMEN FIGHT THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY IN THE STATE OF NEVADA

Reno. Nev Nov. 7. Estimates were

that about 15.000 women would vote at

the election this ear. Various, women's

organizations conducted vigorous cam

paigns against Wilson and the Demo

cratic candidates for United States sen

ator and representatives in congress.

Miss Anne Martin, national chairman

of the National Woman's party, and

Miss Mabel Vernon, national secretary.

toured the state in opposition to the

Democratic candidates.

ANTHONY HAS LIVELY DAY;

PARTY WORKERS ARE ACTIVE

i.ih... -v -r .- - ti . j

-.m..j. ... . ..w. bmuuu iu7

X.tV in "est The

voting ntace is In the Florence Trinl

house, next to the telephone office. Thl

judges are W C. P Geek. Patrick Cole-

mnn snrl A I T.le-hlfns., -.i.K T n

1'arbyshire and Luis Telles as clerks.

After Election

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ection rromises

ooa

Of Course All Pre-Ei

Will Be

Made