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r...s . v j- r ,, -'A s ;.- ; A. - ' A-.," '-."' '';V if A l ! CORN SH&W ARTS EXHIBITS THE WEATHER. ; Fair and warmer Sunday, Monday fair. ; f77.----' -', H IWBilii.----.:, 16PagesTo-Dav VOL. XCni-KO. 36. MEXICO MftTTE ABOUT THE SAME Constitutionalist Plan to Con centrate Attack Upon Fed erals at Monterey Soon;f ' r UNO AND MINISTERS CONFER Washington Remains' Quiet "Concern ing Situation Secretary Bryan Busy With Politics and Pres- V ident Uncommunicative. Matamoras, Mexico, Nov. 11 A final attack on .Monterey with the combined Constitutional iorces now in that sTi - cinity was planned today at a confer- ence of Constitutionalists -leaders at Villa Apodeca, 12 miles east of Monte-i iey. ': . 5 The proposed iCttack, it was said, will begin as soon as the" Constitu tional forces can ;be concentrated. ' Ad ditional details of the fighting at Mon terey was brought , to this, city "rtoday by Constitutional officers. The -destruction of several of the city's larg est buildings by ; cannon and fire js firmed. The number of non-combat-, ants killed, according to these officers, has been greater than the previous casualties among the troops on either side. Many of the wealthier class, it is stated, have been killed and the. Fed erals, the Constitutionalists say -Jxere summarily executed a large number of he poorer class who were suspect ed of aiding the rebels. .. ; : : ,-: The Constitutionalists claimed to have had control of Monterey -three days, October 23rd.. 24th and 25th but withdrew temporarily upon "the ar rival of Federal reinforcements. Quiet at. Washington. ' Washington, Nov. 1. Administra tion officialsj5hed no further light to day on . their : plans for dealing with the Mexican situation. The govern-- ment-here still is awaiting some an nouncement froin- the Huerta adminis tration as to the . result of the last election. . ' -v-' . .r v.' v ' Reports describing the conduct .of , j of . the ; political slljatferanerttflyt 1ft :iexicor-were receivaed, today- from John Lind at Vera Cruz. It is believed some of the suggestions under consideration here have bea submitted to Mr. liihd. for approval. v-" V ; ; 1 : V It is not expected that any announce ment on the situation will be. made be5 fore next week. , Secretary Bryan, after twa days' ab sence campaigning , in New - Jersey, Avent over the Mexican dispatches to day before leaving to address Mary land voters. He said there was no change in the situation. He conferred with President Wilson before going to Rockville. . - There was discussion today in offi cial circles . over . the possibility . that the President might' send a message cr make an address to Congress giv ing a detailed report of what has oc curred since he last informed Congress on the Mexican situation. There was no indication at the White House that such was the plan.'. . ' -. . Ministers Confer. - Vera Cruz, Nov , 1 . John Lind, President Wilson's" representative, re ceived visits- today ;jfrom the Russian, Norwegian and German ministers who arrived from the capital last night. He conferred for a long time with the Ger man minister. Mr Land said the in terview was extremely cordial in char acter, but maintained absolute reserve regarding the subject under discus sion. . " -r ' " Other conferences "will be held be fore the ministers return to the, capital tomorrow or JMonday.' Address Washington. - .. ; No Gales, Sonora, Mexico, .Nov. 1. General Venustiand Carranza, lead er of the Mexican, Constitutionalists, announced here tonight that. he would r.?ake a formal appeal to Washington probably tomorrow or Monday for ;recr oa;nition of the' belligerency of the Mexican insurgents. . ' ' s General Carranza arrived tonight on a special train from Hermosillo the capital of Sonora.- " ' " It was said in revolutionary circles that Carranza's mission was to Jffeet and confer with an agent of President Wilson who was expected to arrive. "; Knew Nothing of It. , Washinetonr Nov. 1 . Representa tives in Washington of the Mexican Constitutionalists denied tonight any knowledge of a meeting planned be tween General Carranza and an" agent of President Wilson - at Nogales. sin official circles'-it" was stated that the President had sent an agent to meet the Constitutionalist chief. PADDED ELECTION. Mexico City, Nov. 1. El Pais,. the nh . to an indenendent ' ' f ii: r;tir tmlav twii. wspaper torially admits government mnuence in lact- SnnHav's elfiHtlOnS. It SayS! "It is evident and notorious , that the authorities secured the triumph of the Huerta-Blanquet tickets This we do not deny nor doubt, but it is .a far cry from what may have occurred to questioning the "validity of the elec tions. ' - - ' -. - "Suppose the Huerta-Blanquet tick et had not been put out, would the votes cast for them have gone to Man uel Calero, Federico camooa, or reiu Diaz? It is clear they would not. be-f cause they were artificial votes,, iut vented and non-existent. ' ,i The political intrigues of the White House against our country have enter ed a period of aDparent inertia recent ly, President Wilsort showing himself reserved, undecided, and expectant like one who prepares a jnost .telling blow," says El Pais in another edito: rial. ',V.:,'.:.v-.'. ; ''.fi-": "The cable, however, in spite of its laconicism, gives; a glimpse of the ma chinations of the ' government at Washington which may be summarized as follows: ''-; a;--f;r .v ; : - - "President Wilson vhas not resolved to proceed frankly and openly against Mexico, doubtless - because ne com-; -i m:: FINISHED ", .r Battle for Political Supremacy r m ew Ytrk City Practi- cally Ended Yesterday. MU0-SUNGIN8iS;EPIIlEiG One Name Remains Untarnished-from tr-3 Political Quagmire, Charles "r' Whitmanr Candidate for ? .District Attorney.- New York, Nov. 1. The battle for the "mayorality : of New York with abjdndant skirmishes for lesser, offices .virtually closed tonight, enUng a cam paign in which economic issues were buried under an inter-chance of Der isonalities and a flood of vituperation. p - - On Tuesday- ballots will be cast, final speeches will be made .Monday. . ,The foes of Tammany Hall, united under ' the "standard of fusion with John Purroy Mitchells their leader; nave centered their fire upon Charles P; -Murphy, Tammany chieftain. Mit-cheL-, although a tireless campaigner was .eclipsed as an orator- by- -John A , Hennessy, a political comet, ' whose course deflected the candidates from their prescribed orbits of-campaigning to- acrimonious debate largely center ed about the recent removal of William Sulzer from office and revelations re sultant - therefrom. - - . i - Hennessy was Sulzer's investigator or graft to state .Departments and he has made public what he claims to have unearthed . in : the way of corrup tion. : His bombardment of . Murphy and Edward E. McCall, Tammany can didate for mayor, resulted in. a ' John Doe investigation by the district attorr ney ' and the revelation that former State - Senator StillwelL now in Sing Sing Prison for bribery, sought a par don from. Sulzer .by turning informer against . Tammany. . These . charges have been met with hot -denials. " - -.All Sides " Confident. - . Pusiori -'leaders predicted ' tonight the election; of Mitchel by pluralities rdinroinVWf,OOei to" J25iG0o. -,rato-many ..was equally, confident that Mij? Call would win by from ,58,000 to 100,-. 000. U - ? - . . - . The turmoil ; of the campaign has resulted in unloosening the tongue of the -Tammany chieftainfor the ..first time in the memory of his followers. Under.-.the assault Mr. Murphy talked daily with reporters and - on one oc casion " issued a. statement of 1,800 words. - . Hardly less striking that the spec tacular charges of i Hennessy has been the apparent sympathy of the Eastside for Sulzer in ; his fight for election to jne Assemoiy - on., we . rrusressive years ago. he represented the district. The former- Governor also wagea a campaign against Aaron J. . Levy, Democratic leader of the Assembly, who is seeking election as municipal court Justice; " . - In the. epidemic of mud-slinging one figure has been untouched. This is (Continued on Page Eight.) No Falling Of f in Custom Receipts - Washington, Nov. 1. Although the hew tariff act with its lowered rates of duty has been in effect practically a month the. customs receipts have -so far shown little falling off. - - According to the Treasury Depart ment" today the customs receipts am ounted to $30,138,000 for October, just about $80,000 less than those of October, 1912. Then deficit for the fiscal year- to date, the statement shows, is $5,757,627, about $3,900,000 more than the deficit at the corres ponding : period , last year. Pension payments under the Sher wood act are apparently largely res? possible1 for the larger deficit. The .payments for the periods in 1912 through October amounted to about? $52,500,000 and for the same period this year to nearly $57,000,000 an increase of more than $4,000,000 in this 'one disbursement item. The to tal pay warrants for October 1913, were $59,366,994, with total receipts of v $64,196,633,- leaving an excess of receipts i;f or, the month of $4,829,639. The net balance in the general fund of the treasury at the close- of the day . business - was - $124,923,123 ; and the grand total of cash -in the treasury was eiven at $2,037,846,293 with a to- tal gold in. the trust fund of $1,098,- No; feo . in . vat nna hank denosito- . -- r f . TInited states treasurer there - was $91,121,101. - At the close of. business yesterday there were ,7 .514 National banks in exist ence, lth a capital of $1,068,534,175 and circulatidn outstanding, secured by bonds amounting to $740,063,776. prehends the colossal injustice of his cause," but he searches for allies and accomplices in thev crime against hu manity. -"President Wilson has doubtless tried to wheedle the European govern mentse into the perfidious belief that violation, of the suffrage " in Mexico is notorious. and that provisional President Huerta is. to blame. - - "Nothing can be more - sophlstlcaL or unjust. , Nobody but ourselves has any right ; to -determine whether Gen. Huerta has violated the suffrage ; no body but ourselves should tlace the responsibilities." : -; -:. ii;r , - CWashington, Nov 1. Capt. Ballin ger, of- the revenue; cutter Bear, at' Nome, today, wired - to v Washington asking for $2,000 to aid Eskimos in the'-vicinity of Nome, who suffered se verely from . the recent , cyclone . v ; m JEioxjPsro: SvP liPpiipP Tu;b Sections v William G. O'AIalley and Edmund B. Jermyn, candidates; for mayor of man and running on that ticket, while the latter is a man Tot millions and ' getteS. . - .sV---.. ' ; . . ;; . -V ; . ,, , r - . . - ' .' : , -r' ,','"' . " " , v E CONTROL OF Banking and Currency Com mittee- Discuss at Length Capitalization Plans DEBATE WAXED VOCIFEROUS Supporters of Strict Governmental .. . Control- Theory Declare .They ' Are Prepared to Carry Fight to the Senate Washington, Nov, 1. A snare was reached today in the running discus sion, oi me; administration currency bill by theSenate Banking Committee when the committee spent hours in debating the capitalization and control of the four regional banks tentatively (proposed to administer the new sys tem. V; ' !" . " ' The debate at times waxed vocifer ous and the " committee " adjourned to night until 'Wednesday without affirm ative action on the -question. Several members took the position that hope for a unanimous report from the com mittee ' hinged upon . the question of the control of the regional banks .which may lie either in the government or in the member banks.-The supporters of the - strict' governmental' control theory declared they were prepared to carry , their fight to the floor of the Senate. Administration supporters in the committee adhered to the plan in the, administration bill as it came from the House by which the banks would elect six directors of each re gional bank, and the Federal - reserve board would ' appoint three. The board, however, would have the pow er to remove, three of the bank directors."':'-; ; . - : i' Reject Proposition. -' The committee ? rejected a proposi tion advanced by Senator Hitchcock by which the entire system would be (Continued on Page Eight.) FigKtf Organized jBaiseball System ; Indianapolis, , ;Ind., Nov . 1 . The board -Of directors of the Federal Lea gue here; tonight; decided to declare war : upon Torganized baseball, admit ted Buffalo. N. Y., and Baltimore, Md., to the circuit, making it aii eight-club organization and refused to have any dealings whatever with Horace Fogel, fepresenting " Philadelphia capitalists. 'The -'-directors, in -their decision to try to sign players of the two major ieagues,j voted 'not-to ask any man in organized . 'baseball, already under a contract, to jointheir organizatioii but they: held . that any player under a reserve:7clause . might be tendered -a contract This, it was said, was done because the directors felt that the con tract of a player would be upheld in the courts, but that the reserve clause would not. - - . - NASHVILLE v'PAPER SOLD. Democrat Goes to Tennesseean and ' American. - -Nashville, Tenn,; Nov. 1. The Nashville,, Democrat, a morning . daily, has been sold to.iSenator Luke; Lea's newspaper, r the Tennesseean and American and will cease publication with tomorrow's, issue. -The Demo crat '. was : established in the Fall of 1911 .and v was politically "regular" Democratic In; policy, v ARGU REGIONAL BANKS Wealth qndan m Political OSBORNE AMATEOR G0NV10T d . . : r Good Words Published by "Prisoners of Atlanta Federal Prsonj . De-' , " clares His 'Self-imposed Sen T tence Futile'" Atlanta, Ga.,- Nov; 1. The efforts of . Thomas M. Osborne, oT New . York' who ' recently served i & elf -imposed sentence at. Aubnra; prison, 'to learn atijttisfjjuana iagregso effect. of penitentiary lif e'1n the minds of prisoners, today were - characterized as well meant, but futile in an article appearing in Good Works, the paper printed wiihin the walls of the Atlanta Federal prison, This article under the "caption "an amateur convict," said that -Mr. Os borne's trip to Tophet with a string tied to himself," was- both - estimable and entertaining, and that, he deserves credit for directing attention to prison problems. The article adds, however, that though this penitentiary - Colum bus really may have .gained some ideas about physical existence in jail, . he actually got no deeper than the sur face of "the inferos in which all bona fide convicts must live." . It is pointed out that Mr. Osborne understood his self-imposed -hardship fortified by the excellence of his mo tives and a contemplation of the plaud its he undoubtedly would earn through his martyrdom. "That," says Good Works, "is the main obstacle which prevents him from attaining his ob ject, for' real convicts have no such support of encouragement.";. . The convict ihas not tbe?comfort or mediation upoil'present heroism or fu ture renown, says the article.- 'The only companions of - the real prisoner's solitude." it continues, "are vain re grets for the past shame- and humilia tion at the treatment to , which he is subjected in prison and the dread of the prospect of disgrace and persecu tion which await him when he goes back to the world'' - r-- ; Hope is expressed . that : good will come of Mr. Osborne's experience and it is suggested that if judges and pros ecutors were .obliged to qualify by spending a term m prison no longer than that of Mr. Osborne, "justice and decency in administration of criminal law would be greatly advanced' Good 'Works is published by the pen itentiary iprisoners, and as is- stated in an editorial in the current . issue, articles appearing therein present the views and ideas of the prisoners and not those of the officials. . " OUTLINES The Goyernor of Indiana has. refused to send soldiers to aid the police -of Indianapolis to handle the street car strike. , -Uv7., ' ' K 7:7' -' 7 Most ' of the -regulations concerning the collection of the income tax having been completed those in the .internal revenue collector s office have turned their attention to the selection of the staff of "collectors, r . 7 -- -v. - ? : The currency bill debate jorrxhe' Sen ate Banking and Currency; Committee has developed into- a very heated -affair. - Arguments over the -capitaliza tion of the regional reserve banks were heard today with no aennite result. The committee - adjourned until Wed nesday. ' v ' .7 ", -7 - . v , ' Next Tuesday is election day in many States. Virginia will elect a Governor who has run with no opposi tion. New York -City has practically closed her heated three-cornered may orality fight while the battle is still going on in New Jersey. 7; , 7 7 Prisoners in ; the Federal prison at Atlanta, in Good Words, 'a paper pub iishen .within the walls, .declared that Osborne. -who recently spent some time Lin the Auburn prison in New - York to learn- conditions", there, only . touched the tops . of the infernos -. prisoners really; go through. New York markets: Wheat irrreeu- larTNo. 2 red 97 to 98; No. lf North ern Dulutir- 9 5 1-Z. Kosm quiet. Tur pentine steady; Money on- callnom inaL'no loans. Snot cotton auiet:. mid dling uplands 14.10: gulf 14.35: -no : sales. . Fight. ; Scran ton, Pa. The former is a poor has the endorsement of the suffra- ALL HE6ULAT1QNS OUT OF TH j Next feature of the ; Income Tax -Law is the Selection " z ofCollectingStoff 7r''l'.-- T HAVE APPLIED Three Hundredand Thirty-four Depu ty Collectors, Forty Agents arid Forty Inspectors to be Appointed. W'ashingtbn, Nov. 1. With most of the regulations for the collection" of 4he income' tax out of the way,, inter nal revenue officers today turned their attention 0 the selection - of the. staff to collect the money; .In the next .few months 334 deputy collectors,. '40 agents and 40 inspectors are to be 'ap pointed.. , 7 Several thousand applications , for these positions nave been received at the Treasury Department 'Appoint' ments probbaly ' will be . apportioned among the States and inmost caBes successful applicants will heed the1 en dorsement of collectors of. internal revenue in their districts and be ac ceptable to Senators and Congress men.- 7 : V . . Although the operation bf . the in come tax law. so far as -concerned col lections at the source of Income began today, the actual cash will not reach the treasury for many months. Cor porations and others who pay interest on ; bonds or mortgages, or who pay salaries or other forms of income, must withhold the normal, tax of 1 per cent, except as provided by law. The return of the sums withheld will be early in the year,-but the collec tions will not begin until June. Secretary McAdoo said the regula tions for the' collection for the tax put out by the department might re quire changes from time to time Big Dividends and Low Wages Unjust , St. Louis, Nov. 1. Secretary ; of Commerce Redfield addressing the members of the St Louis Commercial Club tonight said ' the time; is. coming when big dividends combined with low wages will not be; respectable; "The idea that - many rightly can profit out of conditions under which their fellows wrongly live, will ' not last," he said. "It is uncertain how soon public opinion ' will say that a wage for working women in a facto ry that is insufficient to maintain them in decency, shall not go on side: by side with a costly home of the owner of that business." Mr. Redfield said it was important that -business men of the. country understand the-purpose of certain v work to - be undertaken with the approval of the President provided Congress Supplies the neces sary funds. "We purpose," he said, "to undertake an inquiry into the fun damental, economic. lawsvthat underlie the vast phase of capital and .labor-" ' Halifax, . N. S.. .Nov. 1. A wireless message received today- frbm the gov ernment survey ship Acadia, by the Halifax - agents & of the . transport steamer 'Alette stated that the .crew of the vessel is safe on board the gov ernment ship. - The Alette was beach ed on the shores of the Nelson; river as the, result of damage by jce, REFUSE TO SEND Governor Ralston of Indiana Will Take No Hand in Indianapolis Car Strike DELAY MAIL COLLECTIONS All Union Laborers In C'ty Wear Bsdges Reading "We Walk; Do -- , You?" Fighting in Down- town District. Indianapolis, Ind.; Nov. . Govern or Samuel M. Ralston tonight emphat ically refused to take any aetion in the street car strike, which complete ly tiedvup the; service Jhere. at noon today.-; He told Mayor .Shank, who admitted the situation was beyond control by the city authorities, that Jf the police were ndj; doing their full duty to appeal to Sheriff - Theodore Portteus, of Marion county for . aid. The mayor tonight' conferred with the sheriff, but no decision was reached. No attempt had been made to move a car tonight, although about 400 strike breakers were brought into the city this afternoon on a special train from Chicago. President Robert I. Todd, of the Street Railway Company, said 'tonight he was prepared to start the cars at any time adequate police protection for them was offered. 7 For more than an hour late today, a mob, - estimated at 5,000 persons, fought in the downtown business sec tion before it was broken up by mounted police. The trouble started when Joe Hlnchman, a car inspector, tried to repair -a broken trolley pole on a car at ' Meridion and Washing ton streets. The mob pulled Minch man : from the car and started to drag him;to7the union headquarters when police rescued him." The crowd start ed to take the inspector from the rx- L lice, who fired in theair.to drive back the crowd.; Women aook a prominent part In the disorder.. . v : " s Thousands of , men" and women walk ed -the streets - tonight wearirisr--ola-'. Although vehicles of .every descrip ti6n werepressed into ' service, the great majority of Indianapolis labors ing people, ;who did. not "join the mob that surrounded the Louisiana street car barns, where the strike breakers are quartered, walked home tonight That the Federal government may take a hand in the strike was inti mated by: a statement by Postmaster Inspector William T. Fletcher. The car company has -a contract with the government to collect mail from sub stations. Inspector Fletcher declar ed the mails "must be collected on -schedule and if they are not the gov ernment would start an investigation and make arrests If necessary. Will Not Run Cars. The strike of the employes" of the Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co., caned oate last night, has tied urn street car traffic completely since noon todayNo effort was made by the com: " (Continued on Page Eight.) Rifles Are Hidden By Coal Strikers Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 1. The cap-' ture of 14 rifles was the net result of an armed expedition consisting of two regiments of .infantry, two troops of cavalry and a platoon of artillery, com prising , the Colorado National Guard which left here early today to occupy the. Ludlow district and seize the arms and ammunition of the striking miners of the Ludlow tent colony.. .The 14. rifles were turned over vol untarily! The soldiers with the ex- ception of a detachment of 125 re turned to their camps at Trinidad and Walsenburg tonight. No . organized search for weapons was made. It is declared that more" than .1,000 rifles have been hidden by the strikers. Fifteen, hundred men, women and children of the Ludlow colony sing ing - 'Marching - Through Georgia," marched out 'one mile to meet Adju tant General John Chase in .command of the expedition. -. , "You come to us in peace and . we greet you as friends,, was the greet ing to General, Chase by John R. Law son, of the United Mine .Workers of America, who marched, at .the head of the procession. 7; 7 ' Mahyiof the men carried picks and the women and children carried American flags. HERRESHOFF" WINS FINALS. Defeated Maurice E. Risley at Golf for Governor's Cup. . Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 1. Fred Herreshbff, of Garden City, took final honors in the annual F'll golf tourna ment of the Atlantic City Country Club today, defeating Maurice E. Ris ley of the Home Club, for the Gover nor's CUP two Uip " Herreshoff was-never down. Risley successfully -came from two down and evened up the match but the strain of his play in the morning game with Walter J. Travis told . on; him and he wavered on the last two holes. ' Risley eliminated Travis in the fore noon in a hard 20-hole match for the honor ; of meeting Herreshoff. The Garden City finalist defeated Richard Mott Hutingdon Valley, C. C, in the other semi-final round. , ' 7 Suggest to us any child's amuse ment that we can place in our five acre, park at Carolina Beach. The New Hanover Transit Company. 7 . - -. - (lvertiemnt.) - -. STATE TOOLE NUMBER 13,47 1, ANY ELECTIONS SET FOR TUESDAY Eight States and Many Muni cipalities Will Choose Of ficers on That Day. CAMPAIGNING' HAS CEASED Four Congressional Districts Send Representatives to Washington. Seven Candidates for Gov ernor In Massachusetts. New York, Nov: 1. Elections will be held next Tuesday as follows: Massachusetts Governor and State officers; Legislature. ', . New Jersey Governor;: Legisla ture. ' ' ' ;.-..: New York Chief - Judge Court of Appeals r associate judge Court of Ap peals; nine Supreme justices; Assem bly and State Senator. 21st district Maryland United States Senator; State Comptroller. J .-; ;' ' Pennsylvania Two judges Supreme Court.-' .. - - 7'7. ;'' Kentucky Two Circuit -judges; Legislature, two constitutional am " endmentsl I Virginia Governor and State offi cials. . 7; - , . Congressional Third Massachu setts; 13th and. 20th New York and Third Maryland districts. Municipal elections will be held . in many cities,, the more Important con tests 'beng held In New York, Phila delphia, Cincinnati and Louisville. Virginia Elects Governor. Richmond, Va., Nov. : 1. Virginia will elect a Governor' next Tuesday, chief interest in the event being the fact that there is but one candidate, an almost unprecedented ' situation. The: Democratic party .is in the field, having , nominated Henry C. Stuart Republicans 7 and. Progressives were unable to agree upon, a candidate that both parties could support, and deter? njined not to enter the , contest, i' : Campaign Closed. - -- . . Trenton. JM. J ..Nov: 1-rTha cam. iralgn Th "New JerBwhldJrr1involves ' principally, the election at a, Governor, , practically, closed tonight. , The cam paign . has been j marked .by ; the pres- ence of. several ; speakers of. National prominence. ... Secretary of State" Bry an and Congressman .Glass,, of Virgin ia were among those .who spoke for James F. . Fielder, , the . ' Democratic candidate for. Governor.. Senator Borah and .other Republi cans of progressive tendencies spoke for former Governor Edward C. Stokes, the Republican - candidate. Former Senator Beveridge of Indiana, and Governor Johnson, of California, ; spoke for Everett Colby, the Progres sive-candidate. 4 All Hands Confident. Boston, Nov. 1. One of the most spirited campaigns in Massachusetts politics virtually was closed tonight with four of the seven candidates for Governor declaring themselves confi dent of success.. There will be decid ed also contests for the rest of the r State ticket and the Legislature. The latter is now Republican. . " The gubernatorial, contest is an un usual one. Governor Eugene N. Foss, who forsook, the Republican 1 party four years ago and was- -elected to Congress as a Democrat, has renounc ed the Democratic party which subse quently made him Governor for three terms, and is running independently for a fourth term. , ' His Democratic opponent is David I. . Walsh, who has served two terms as Lieutenant Governor. ' 7 Congressman . August P. Gardner leads the Republicans, while" the stan- -dard 'bearer of the Progressives is Charles S. Bird, a paper manufactur er of WalDole. , ; . . -Kentucky Elections. Louisville, Nov. 1 With the legis lative seats conceded to the Demo crats in almost every dislrict in the State, interest in next Tuesday's .elec tion in Kentucky 7 is .confined largely . to. municipal contests. - A bitter cam paign has been waged . in - Louisville and several other cities. . .; Talcing No Interest. Baltimore. Nov. 1j Despite the ac tivity of the various candidates and the efforts of Dolitieal orators of Na tional reputation In the campaign in Maryland, which . practically closed to-1 ' night the voters generally displayed . no great enthusiasm. ; Chief interest centers in the contest tot the United States Senate,, the 'candidates being Blair Lee, Democrat; Thomas Parran, Republican, and . George L. Welling ton, Progressive.; ; ,. V: 7 ; New York. Nov. 1. The voters of New York State next Tuesday will choose two Judges of the Court of Appeals, and a newState Assembly. As factors other, than partisan poli tics enter into the election, the con test for control of the lower House of the Legislature is expected to be the ' real test of . party, strength in the State. v - -1 Thirty-four cities will elect Mayors and nine Supreme Court Justices will be chosen. .--.'; Now Quiet in Pennsylvania. . Philadelphia. Nov. 1. The State .po litical campaign which had been quiet. ended tonight. The electors will se lect two Judges, for the superior Court, and will vote.-on- five proposed constitutional amendments. More in terest was shown in' the amendment authorizing a' $50.000,000 bond issue for roads than in the Superior Court canvass, opposition havingibeen mam- tested against the bond issue. - Lewis in Massachusetts. - Boston. Mass.. Nov.l. The Orient. Europe and Mexico would regard the defeat of Massachusetts' Democratic candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor David I. Walsh, as a repudi ation of President Wilson's foreign Dolicies,, according to ;. United States Senator James Hamllton,.LfewIs, who (Continued on Page Three.) - ::'Vr.I..r 4 A - 7". "- i '
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