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M'CORMICK CLAIMS PRESIDENT HAS WON
REELECTION WITH GOOD MARGIN ELECT'R'L
VOTES TO SPARE; 'ALL OVER,' HE ASSERTS
Both Sides Hint at Fraud Democrats Regain Good Lead
in California Minnesota's Militia Still to Be Heard
From, State's Choice May Be Puzzle Until Monday
Perkins CaUs Hughes 'The Man" With One Measley
Vote to Sparer-Divided Congress Probable, With G.
O. P. Bossing Lower House New Hampshire Claimed
by Both Sides; Certain
State May Give Divided Electoral Vote.
(By the
St. Paul, Nov. 9. Hughes is leading in Minneso
ta by 811, with 288 precincts still missing.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. Wilson is leading Cali
fornia by latest United Press tabulations by 5,055,
with only 175 precincts missing.
Concord, Nov. 9. New Hampshire is still uncer
tain. Wheeling Nov. 9. The Democratic State Chair
man concedes West Virginia to Hughes by 2,500.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. With just 220' pre
cincts missing, Wilson is leading in California
by 2,363.
Victory Won, Says McCormick.
New York, Nov. 9. At 11:10 Democratic Chairman
McCormick made a statement that "it is all over. We won
the election. We will come up clean with 288 electoral
votes. Wilson carries New Hampshire by 93."
Hughes Leads in Minnesota.
St. Paul, Nov. 9. Hughes' lead in Minnesota now is
olO, with 474 precincts missing,
Minnesota Result Doubtful
St. Paul. Nov. 9. With
riving on Sunday from the border,, the world will not
know the result of the election until next week, in the
event Jiugnes comes tnrougn witn L,aiitorma. six elect
ion commissions are now en route from the border with
ballots. .
Parties Question Each Other's Honor.
New York, Nov. 9. "We do not trust the Democrats
any farther than they are reported as trusting us," re
torted George W. Perkins today when asked, to comment
on hints of fraud by Democratic Finance Chairman Hen
ry Morgenthau. Perkins claims 267 electoral votes for
Hughes not including California.
.Wilson Leads California by 3,533.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. With 366 precincts to hear
from, Wilson leads California by 3,533.
California Vote May Be Split.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. California is under peculiar
ktion laws, and may cast a divided electoral vote. The
law provides that -the highest thirteen electoral candi
dates, regardless of party, sit r the electoral college.
The highest possibly will vote split, inasmuch as Hughes'
southern majorities are expected to be overwhelming.
There was a split in the last election, Roosevelt getting
eleven and Wilson two.
Republican House; Democratic Senate.
. New York Nov., 9. United Press reports indicate a
divided Congress, probably a Democratic Senate and a
Republican House. .
Hughes Wins in Big California County,
i San Bernadino, Nov.' 9--CdmpIete returns in 170 out
( 'Of 177 San Bernadino county precincts give Wilson 9,171
and Hughes 11,57a
Hughes Ahead in New Mexico. v
fei Albuquerque, N. M .Nov. 9. With slightly more than
SECOND
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to Be Contested Big" Pacific
United Press)
for Days Yet.
2,100 militiamen's votes ar -
EDITION KINSTON,
INVESTIGATION INTO
FREIGHT CAR SHORTAGE
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 8. Represen
tatives of industrial plants, pu')lic
service corporations and commercial
organizations were the first witnesses
to be hea:d in connection with the
formal investigation begun hero to
day by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission into the methods of exchange,
inter-change and return of freight
cars by the railroads of the country.
Commission.-r McChord is presiding.
CIGARS, TOO, WILL GO
CEILINGWARD, SAID
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. !). ,Six cent
cigar dcal.vs' association today pre
vcry near future, the St. Paul retail
cigar dealers association today pre
dicted. '
half the returns received, Hughes is maintaining a scant
lead of 258 in New Mexico. The missing precincts are
all outlying, and probably
Wilson Leaps Ahead in California.
(By Perry Arnold)
New York, Nov. 9. Wilson registered sweeping gains
: in California as the count progressed there this morn
i ing. Inasmuch as Hughes apparently must win Californ-
ia to obtain an electoral majority, the situation is watched
j.there with intense interest. Up to 11 o'clock Hughes
! was maintaining the lead in Minnesota by more than 800
i with 490 precincts missing.
I California's jump came in a single hour,
j Early this morning Wilson's margin was only 641
j when a mistake was discovered in Mendocino county and
83 precincts were reported, swelling the majority to
4,396. Four hundred southern precincts are missing.
Hughes is maintaining a lead in New Mexico and
gaining in West Virginia with 3,224 while New Hamp
: shire is exceedingly doubtful. A few votes either way
: may swing the state. A contest is inevitable.
I Following rumors of fraud, the department of justice
sent agents to Minnesota post haste. The Democratic
National Committee ordered the district chairmen per
sonally to see that all ballot
1 Rpnnblican headouarters
take every precaution to prevent fraud. Both sides are
apparently preparing for contests of the count in a num-
ber of states. There may be
Hughes Overturns Wilson Lead
In North Dakota.
Fargo, N. 1)., Nov. .9 Eleven hun
dred and fifty-one precincts out of
1,859 last night indicated that Wil
son's lead in North Dakota had been
overturned and that Hughes was lead
in? by less than 1,000. The South
ern German districts wore coming
string for Hughes. Loss of the State
would reduce Wilson's lead in the
electoral vote to 251.
Minnesota for Wilson.
St. Paul, Nov. 9. The last 340 pre
cincts before 8 o'clock last night
showed Hughes slightly gaining. He
gained 150. Nearly two-thirds of
ths State gave WUson a 6,914 lead.
If that ratio were maintained Wil
son was expected to finish 6,000
ahead.
California DemocraUs, Appeared.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. United
Press tabulations of 3,627 precincts
out of 5,870 last night indicated Wil
son was leading by 9,744.
Wilson SU1I Ahead at 9 O'clock.
At 9:10 a. m, Thursday, the Wash,
ington Bureau of the .United Press
estimated Wilson's electoral votes at
251; Hughes' 243. with New Mexico,
North Dakota, s West, Virginia, Cali
fornia and Minnesota still In doubt
Flagheaied in New Mexico by 258,
Wilson led In North Dakota by 1448,
N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916
MVAL OFFICERS DEAD
FROM BOMB EXPLOSION
Washington, Nov. 8. Naval Lieu
tenants Luther Welsh and C. K.
Brnnson were killed at Indian Head,
Md., late today by the premature
explosion of an aeroplane bomb
while testing bombs designed fa use
against war vessels.
Witnesses saw their aeroplane break
in two j'.nd fall into the Potomai riv
er, but no trace of it had been
late today.
Lieutenant E'-onson was born
bund
n II-
linois and appointed to the naval aer
oplanauiic station at Pensacola, Fla.,
and recently was ordered to Indian
Head to conduct the aeroplane part
of the ordnance tests. Lieutenant
Welsh was born in and appointed
from Missouri.
will arrive late.
boxes were guarded
announced that it would
a clouded result lor weeks.
with only 179 precincts to be heard
from. Hughes had apparently car
ried West Virginia, having a lead of
3,441 with 409 precincts to be heard
from. Hughes led in Minnesota by
803 with 519 missing precincts. Wil
son led in Califou-nia by 641, with
518 precincts still to be heard from.
Hughe3 led In New Hampshire by
161.
North Dakota For Wilson.
New York, Nov. 9. Late returns
make Wilson apparently assured of
North Dakota. Hi is 847 ahead,
with only 42 sparsely-populated pre
cincts missing. Wilson's electoral
total now is 256. He needs either
Minnesota or California. Wilson ia
leading in California by 641 votes.
Hugh's is leading in Minnesota by
603, with 519 precincts missing.
Hughes is leading in New Mexico by
258, in West Virginia by 2,370, and
in New Hampshire by 161. A con
test is certain in the latter. Hushes
is leading in Oregon.
Tight Race In California.
San Francisco, Nov. 9. On the re
turns from 518 precincts, mostly in
Los Angeles, where Hughes is very
strong, depends the result in Califor
nia, and possibly in the nation. Wil
son's lead i only 641, out f such
an enormous total that political lead
ers are convinced aa official
will be necessary. .
count j
BOARD OF SELECTION
OF NAVY APPOINTED
Washington, Nov. 8. Nine rank
ing officers of the navy, headed by Ad
miral Mayo, commander of the At
lantic ftest, were appointed by Sec
retary Daniels today as the board of
selection authorized by the last nav
al bill directing that officers in the
grados o fcommander .captain
and
rear admiral of the line of the navy
hereafter be promoted by selection
and not by sonority.
BUENOS AIRES LINES
UP VS. GOVERNMENT
itWT Aim rinrriPC
LIKE OUR CAP 1 1 AL IS
i Ry Charles p. Stewart 1
(United Press staff Correspondent)
I
j Bueno3 Aires, Argentina;? Oct 20.
' (By Mail) A proposition is before
the Argentine congress to change
the Buenos Aires form of government.
Hitherto the city has had commission
government Hke Washington. The
pnplc are tired, however, of having
their affairs regulated for them by
outsiders. They point out that this
r,-.an: .tccmcnt has resulted In piling up
one of th? largest municipal debts,
considering, the community's size, in
the world. It is also remarked that
the attempt to economize, by the un
r.ulho:ized wlthqlding of percentage
of the citv emnloves wages, is re
siding in a tiresome series of strikes
.. . London, Nov. 8. 'The Peninsular
by the scavengers, grave diggers and ... . ,
and Oriental liner Arabia received no
other classes of city workers. w&rnim fmm the 8ubmarine which
Ths situation is also more Irritat- gan her in the (Mediterranean on
ing from a numerical standpoint Monday, according to a statement is
than ths one in Washington, where a sued this martiing by the Admiralty,
n.-iiional population of about 100,000,- . All the 427 passengers, including
000 dictates arbitrarily to a city of
Rbou 350,000, while in Argentina a
total population of approximately 7,
000,000 makes local regulations for a
'apital with a population exceeding
1,500,000. The new plan, if adopt
ed, will abolish the existing commis
sion in favor of a municipal council,
to bj elected by the citizens.
SHOPGIRLS CONDUCT A
SHOP-EARLY CAMPAIGN
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8. Uniform
ed shop girls lined down town streets
today and handed each passerby a
printed appeal to shop early. It was
a shop-girls campaign to close loop
department stores e.t 6:30 p. m. Sat
urdays. The campaign will be con
tinu2d during November.
SOME VICTIMS OF CHILD
PLAGUE BEAR NO SIGNS
New York, Nov. 8. The infantile
paralysis epidemic which swept New
York city during the Summer marked
many, but not all of its victims, far
life. The home cases show higher
percentage of serious after effect
than those of the hospitals. t " ,
Accorduig to a health bulletin' just
issued, 66 per cent of 2,053 discharg
ed, from' cltyf hospitals showed, evi
dence of paralysis, 18 per cent, show
ed that paralysis had entirely .'dis
appeared and the remainder, 16 per
rent., had not shown effects of para
's at any time W ; - . -
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CANV'SING RETURNS
FROM BALLOTING IN
LENOIR PRECINCTS
The returns from Tuesday's alec
s': tions in Lenoir county are being can
vassed. Indications are that it will
1)0 'nte Thurslay before the election
officers are through with the work.
A majority of 1,230 for Sheriff A.
w Tay)or over ,SuttQn ,g cWmed
Register of Deeds Pridgen's majority
over George Sutton is believed to be
. u- er J00" coission-
ership candidates polled an average
' m3iority f about L000- Assembly
Nominee Henry Brothers beat his
opponent by more than a thousand.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
AMERICANS SAFE.
El Paso, Nov. 94 The ten
Americans at Parral whose
safety has been feared for are
reported safe.
ROUMANIANS RETAKE
HARSOVA.
Bucharest, Nov. 9. The Rou
manians have recaptured Harsova,
it is officially stated.
BRITISH LINER IS
TORPEDOED; ONE U.
S. CITIZEN ABOARD
169 women and children and all the
crew with ths exception of two engi
neers who were killed by the explos
ion were saved by vessels which went
to ths rescue.
American Aboard.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. , 8. Paul
R. Daaner, of this city, an American
citizen, was a passenger w board the
British steamer
AraDia, (reported
sunk November 6 in the Mediterran
ean by a submarine without warning.
Ilia parents, had had no word from
him today.
HEARST PAPERS AND
NEWSSERVICE BANNEP
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 8. The Hearst
papers have been placed under the
ban in Canada. These publications
have been prohibited from circulation
rom Saturday next. The heavy pen
alUes of the war measurea act will
apply to any one having them in pos
session after that date,
facilities are also denied the Inter
national News Service.
LARGER SALES ON THE
WEED MARKET THURSDTf
1 It Is estimated that 122,000 pounds
of tobacco was sold, oa the Klnston
market Thuwday." 'Prices were prac
tically unchanged, averaging better
than 22 cents, . . V : V ,
HOSPITAL CUB
CARRIER; ADVOG'TES
SAY IT'S ftEilf
Majority In County for In
stitution Reported 255
Exclusive jr)f Rnk , Hp
PrecinctQuestion p$
stitutionality v
The county hospital voted on at the
flections Tuesday was aot lost,
cording to claims by friends of tSe
proposition Thursday morning.' The1
prevailing opinion Wednesday -ing
was that it had faBed to carry.'
vote of 86(1 far the hospital nd' 60
against It, not including Pik H1U
precinct, the return from which -could
not changs th issue, i rspqit- ,
ed now. . , .
There la belief in o circle. th4
the election will netr MA, owingt;
the fact that "apjtfftjf ths) Hff
istersd vote mst iwtfcottee the- .
penditure of moneys aove 'necessa
ry' expenses" under the constituttev
lends of the hospital say the etee- x
tlon is valid, however, because the
hospital is a "necessity.''
MEISTERSINC:
THE BAPTIST CPP.
Ths Melstersingers Quartet will
give their program in the First Bap
tist church here Thursday ndght a
8 o'clock under the auspices of the
Mothers' Club, who aire conducting a
lyceum course for a playground bene- 1
fit. Air four singers are soloists;
three are pianists. A set of organ
chimes is carried. They Tender folk
songs, old plantatio "classie"
an occasional selection trotn gtaad
i opera, ihe quartet ha number 01
ciever "stunts"' vftfcku gjy. lift wkf.
variety to the program. Ao IndiaiM
paper had ty of them; flhejp
rollicking, Informal' crowd JttttC
men, and. the individual, 'M(tnf -wf '
humorous and very enrtaliing. 'Tit
organ chimes were wonderfully reU
played. The four, are unquestionablj'
the most talented group heres fa?
years."' .; "' ""
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About 150 bales of cotton wet stot4
here, JTurdj pness tenting" r$.
New Ye0. ,utorea quotations were's
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March .. .49.4S
May .. .....JlWa
July .. ...........C?
December .. ....... ..1943
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A football game' that war to tatf"
be a played by the local and Wt
ington High Scheel 'fvott&Tl elevens '
here Saturday baa' been calTed 7. ,
The Washington te. J toJli , not
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