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‘CASPER, wYo., MONDAY, Nov. 1, 1920 NUMBER 328 328 Both iu, “Confident” of Victory at Hee Tuesday but Desperate Efforts Are‘Con-\h tinued on Eve of Election; No Clue to Wo-' men’s Choice, They twenty-four hours — both Republican and De ters confidently took up the stride today which will =——|finish of the presidential contest tomorrow. : “Cox and Roosevelt will sang declared George White, )UTBREAKS TAKE PLACE AS McSWINEY IS LAID AT REST Many Killed and Wounded Throughout South Ireland While Central Ulster City Goes Through Night.of Terror (By United Press.) LONDON, Nov. 1.—Fourteen outbreaks occurred in Southern Ire- land coincidentally with the burial of Terence MacSwiney, according to jon received here. Six policemen and one civilian were killed it policemen and two soldiers wounded in an ambush and ting. Three soldiers were reported shot at Castle Daly. Sinn Fa captured the Littleston barracks. | » (By Associated DUNGANNON, Ireland, Nov. 1— This town, located in Central Ulster, | spent a terrifying night as a result of reprisals following the wounding of a constable during an attack on a police patrol by civilians yesterday. Police- men and armed disguised men. visited the town and discharged bombs, fire-| arms were found. in many business | houses owned by members of the Sinn whose me to thé, country ill Press.) -punuiNy § Nov Abemeves Beay * it, Was executed at Moun! soy erica ae ee Ak ea ettack on a mi escort dui murder as ‘two Butish ‘kilie@in the fight. Y Nearly 1,000 persons prayed outside ’ arrang | tien with the op Casper tomorrow the prison during his execution. Ar- mored cars guarded the streets. The nal rece) Barry’s mother declared she was proud of her son for “dying for Ire- Janda,” sae Terai eh PAY LAST TO M’SWINEY. CORK, Nov. 1,—In the: presence of surpliced church dignataries, scores of , former comrade volunteers and thou- ‘mands of his countrymen, the body of ‘Terénee MacSwiney was lowered to a resting place.in the ‘Republican plat” ON BURLINGTO in St. Finbatr’s cemtery, Just outside of Cork. Despite the splendor lent by, the attendance of high churchmen, there was a simplicity marking the ceremonies that was impressive. 3 x, SEEnISERS ee FOUR DIE, SCORE |: (By United Press) STANTON, Iowa, Noy. 1.—Four men ‘were killed and a score injured in a col- lision of two passenger trains and a freight on the Burlington near here this , morning, ‘The ‘k occurred when Curtis Returns to No. 10;e* fim, faldenger ‘train. ras into the rear end of a freight. The wreckage fell over on the westbound tracks ‘where No. 1, westbound, crashed into it. neers and one fireman were killed and one unidéntified tramp. A score of pas- sengers had a narrow escape from a burning sleeper. peak AR RES WRECK DELAYS PASSENGER Due to a freight wreck on the ©. & Cast Bailot Here Frank G. Curtis, president of the New York Oil company, Game in this morning on the belated Burlington train from New York City. Mr. Curtis has been devoting a great deal of time making speeches for the Republican ticket throughout east and came) S,, No. 29, on the Burlington, did not home in time to oat his vote tomor-|\arrive in Casper today, until after 12 : o'clock. Owing to the heavy registration there is bound to be congestion at the polling places tomorrow at certain hours. It therefore behootes the elector to ‘go early ‘and get his vote into the allot box. It is not only # privilege to vote, it is a duty, and no man or woman should omit to express his sentiments in the way provided. Momentous ‘upon your single vote. Some matter, or the fortunes Hi whom you are interested, may be lost because of your ave this upon your conscience. Go to tho polls early and Don't allow any other matter to interfere with this im- portant business. For it is, without. question, the most important business you will have on your program tomorrow. Public to Be Feted at -REPUBLK “Tremendous Victory” for National and Congressional Tickets’ Predicted by Sulivan on Return to Casper ‘ ‘ia: Patrick Sullivan, regional director for the Republican nation- al committee, embracing the states New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyo- ming and Montana, and member of that body representing Wyoming, has. completed his important cone ink and returned home to ‘vote. He was asked this a for a forecast’ of the result) in the states of the territory in which he has directed the fortunes of the Repub- | lean party for the past several months. He said: “I can #e¢ nothing short of a tremen | dous victory for Harding and Coolidge \and the Republican party in the na- IN SUCCESS IS HELD CERTAIN BY CAMPAIGN MANAGER eles Sea oka od Woe ements are being made for the social features.in connec- of the new Tribune t, while election returns are committee has been named: Mrs. B. B. Brooks, Mrs. Sam Service, Miss Ida May Porter, Miss Laura Bicknell, Mrs. G. R. Hagens, Mrs. C. E. Wintery} trom irre: acai te amd failure in ‘con- Mrs, Todd Bowman, Mrs. ¥. B. Firmin, ducting te t if Republican Club to the citizens of received. Mrs. C.D. Murane, Mrs, Harold ,Mare eke Mrs. Honey. Johnson, Mrs. J. B. Tanwoy, Mrs. Hanway, Mrs. R! i Andrus, me. James” Roush, Mrs, John Bryne, Miss Marie Engarde, Mrs, Hugh Patton, Miss Beatrice Boedefeld, Miss Polly. Wickstrum, Miss Margaret Douds, Mrs. Frank Fee, Miss Frances fae spi Miss Inez Babb, Miss Mabel rd Big ree members of the club will assist the reception committee in making all, visitors feel. at home, and will help with the serving of refreshments. The. Leffingwell. orchestra will {furnish music for dancing. Every person interested in the elec- tion returns. is invited to The Tribune Building, where the full press report’ on the returns, gathered by the Aa- sociated Press, which confirms all in- Both passenger eng!-| rormation before sending it out, will be recelved on a direct leased wire by The Tribune's own telegraph operator, Arrangements to secure the full city and county returns are also being made and partial state returns will also be be given. ‘YANK SCHOONER IS AGAIN VICTOR HALIFAX, Nov. 1,—The American schooner Esperanto won the second race of the international series here today from the Canadian ship Dela- wana. It was as thrilling a race as was ever sailed—a race through sunshine, mist and rain squalls, with never more than a dozen lengths between the ves- sels and sometimes with the ships beant’ to beam, Pie Ba Sas aR Orrell Porter of Parkerton, Wyo., spent the week-end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 8. ¥. Eshelmaa.. HARDING HOST IS URGED TO CAST BALLOTS EARLY '- “There is one point I desire to em-| “I have évery confidence tn a com- phasize as wa clése the local cam-| plete Republican victory tomorrow. The peign,” said Hon. G. R. Hagens, chair-|pgople want a change and I find the man of the Republican county central) sentiment as strong this year for Hard- | committee this afternoon, “and that is| ing and Coolidge as it was in 1916 for to urge the Republican voters to get; Wilson. I look for a local yote, in - to the polls as early as possible and| something like the ratio of 4*to 3 in | vote. With the great number of voters)our favor, t would place the Repub- it will require a steady grind|lican majority {a the state at 10,000, to get through im the time. fixed by| with Mondell receiving the greatest in- Jaw, 9 a. m, to 7 p. m. dorsement ‘that has ever been given him. I look for not less than 6,000 votes to be polled in Natrona County with every Republican candidate on our tidket successful. * “The campaign has been cléan and fair, so far as the Repvblicans are con: cerned, and we will have no regrets to annoy our conscience when it is. o' and\we have resumed our usual fairs. Once more—vote, and Pes! early,” tion; which in my opinion will sweep into office a yery large pereentage ‘oi minor Republican candidates every- eV 2 ksinfliiey yikes cage of what ts known {as TWELVE INCHES OF SNOWFALLS, FIRST OF YEAR Casper’s first snow storm this sea- son showed a fall of nearly 12 inches, secording to the record obtained by George McKenzie, government weath- oo observer at the courthouse. Snow began falling Saturday morn- ing, continued intermittently, all day Saturday, and the sturm obtained al- most blizzard proportions by Sunday. mornin, So Nee a Although the fall Sunday was light and dry, it melted quickly in the ris- ing temperature of today. — Engineer Called to Colorado by I Paes of Wife “Robert ™e: ’ DutMic; the ‘engineer in eheatie ‘or the surveys for the Casper south, are wavering in their Liatvanteece to and pre!- udice. ‘The Republicam party may. well ‘prepare to welcome several total stran- gers to the fireside after tomorrow's ‘votes have been counted, “New England, the middle and middl Western states, the prairie states, the Rocky Mountain states and® the Pa- cific slope states all, give the strong- est indications of rousing Republican majorities. ‘They all desire the same thing—relief. from Democratic» rule— ‘8 Business, from the horrible wast. et the people's money and from the unbearable burdens of taxation. They want as well to avoid the entanglements\ of a league such as Mr. Wilson insists upon and acquiesced in by Mr. Cox. They roll it into one lump and call it Wilsonism. | That's what the people everywhere want to; get away from. “In my division of the country I can give the most cheering account. “New Mexico will give a safe Repub- can majority. *““Utah will return not less than 20.- 000 Republican majority and Reed Smoot will be returned to the United States senate as he deserves to be ant at which all people should rejoice. “Colorado will surprise the country. Out of her involved situation will come anywhere from 25,000 to 40,000 Repub- Mean majority and ‘Mr. Nicholson will be the new Republican senator from the Centennial state. “We estimate Wyoming at fron: 7,000 to 10,000, with an. unusual majority in beth branches of the legislature and large gains of. Republican office holde| ers in the various counties, “Frank Mondell will be re-elected by the largest ‘majority he hag ever re- ceived. He deserves it, and the pen ple will not fail to make it good and strong. “Montana comes into the Republicin fold this year with a good round Re- publican \majority, Party ‘lines are Smashed in‘ that state amd it is the fashion to seek the Republican party for safety. They have an epidemic of Non-Partisan League in certain sections of, Montana’ and ‘the people are thur- oughly aroused; Former Senator Jo- seph M. Dixon, the former chairman of the Progressive party and faithful friend of Theodore Roosevelt will be elected governor by a good round ma- Jority. “Take it from me if there is any drift to Mr. Cox and the Democratic party, | they had better provide themselyes | With shovels to dig themselves out of | it, “I have jast wired advance congratt- | Jations to Senator Harding, Chairman | Hay Treasurer Upham and John T. AN ye member for Towa. I am will- ing back Thy “judgment by my Senator Sullivan Sent out the follow- ing encouraging telegrams this after- noon: ‘i { Casper, Wyoming. November 1, 1920 Hon. Warren G. Harding, Marion, Ohio. In the hour préceding the solemn referendum the Rochy Mountain out- Post reports ‘the Electorate fully in formed and thoroughly conscious of the duty before it oni the morrow. Fair weather or foul you will be the | Siai ‘alo choice in New Mexico, Utah, Col Wyomine and Mont: | ana, We " cnttibuting twenty irrigation project, “was called to his home in Boulder, Colo., yesterday on receipt of word that his wife was quite ill., Upon the arrival of the telegram, Charles B. Stafford of the: Chamber of Commerce drove out to the field for Mr, ; Duthie., ° Work on the irrigation surveys will close this week, all the work prelimi- nary, to the presentation of the project to the state legislature “having been done. PRINCE PAUL TO ACCEPT ONLY IF FATHER REFUSES (By United, Press.) LONDON, Nov. 1—British» officials| believe Prince Paul will accept the Greek ‘crown’ despite the statement’ he made that.his father was entitled to the throne. Prince Paul announced that his father and elder brother George had “not renounced their rights, He will ac- cept on the, one condition that the Greek people’do want either his fathew or brother, fn case Prince Paul refuses the crown it Ig belleved that Greece will adopt a republican form of government with Premier ‘Venizelos as first president in case Venizelos wins the Greek «)ctions. $< Harry Adams, who has been attend- ing to business in Great\Falls, Mont, has returned to the city. cones saa Sanford Baker has returned to his home from Cody, Wyo., where he spent several months. |cratic national chairman? Declare WM Hays, leader of he Repul forces, translated his expectations Agures, expressing the conviction thy’ Harding would have no less than 3h and probably 395 electoral votes out of), a possible 581. The number required to elect is 266. i Interest on ‘the last day of the great fight centers ina final desperate at- tempt to bring “doubtful” states with. large electoral votes to deliver, or save the senators of other doubtful states where the electoral vote is not large enough to be indispensable, There are two salient examples of these states in the first category is Ohio, with 24 votes, while the! outstanding case in the sec- ond class is Neyada with only three votes. Other states where the eleventh- hour contest is intense, with’ both par- ties sanguine of success, are Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Ten- nessee, North Carolina and. Oklahoma. All, as well as the Buckeye state, aro claimed by both Democrats and Re- publicans, Second only in interest to the out- come of the voting is’ “what. will the women do?" Leaders of both major par- ties disclaim possession of advance in- formation of what is expected of the new class voters exercising their fran-: chise in all states for the first time. Speculation in ordinarily well-in- formed political circtes, centers ‘about the numerical porportion — of -.women| who will vote tomorrow in comparison with the male vote; the sectional dijs- tribution of the women's vote and the possibility of its being as a whole in- dependent enough to overturn the tables, *Election probabilities were com- piled based on a period of years in hich’ certain states were “riormally” inclined to one political faith or an- other, The Socialist party made claims for! the largest. proportion: of the women’s vote. With new voters properly belong: Ing to the party they added non-Social- ists who they say will vote the, ticket in protest against the imprisonment of; Bugene Debs.” The Socialists predict a vote of at least 3,000,000., In 1916 the Socialists polled: less ‘than 600,000.~~ If any of the si national parties start out to breg@k th® electoral college records tomorrow, they must aim at that set up in/the election of 1932 by . é PF evislation M. ay Not Be Final, Says‘ Washington Office: (Ry United Press.) 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—In a for. mal statement today Undersecretary. of State Davis outlined the position of the state department on the pro > posed California anti-Jap law. “The: relation of certain treaty provisions! to the proposed measure cre being. discussed clearly and ably in Califéf= nia and will doubtless prove an ele ment in the state’s decision ag to adoption or rejection of the measure: ‘The state department has had num Gus and friendly discussions with the Japanese ambassador ‘and no ouf- come of the California movement wilt be acceptable to the country at ‘erge that does not accord with existing _ visions of the law and is not in acéo,. with na¥onal instincts of justice,” # ttige” statement said. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: CLOSE TUESDAY ‘The Casper schools will be closed “¥f: Morrow on account of election daypit being a state holiday. particularly keen and efforts are being continued to the last minute to bring out a hé@ayvy vote. Most of the Western states’ ballots are long and anced many issues. LRAG¥E RALLY AT ~ CAPITAL PLANNED... * (By Associated Press.) ‘ WASHINGTON, Nov: 1.—The Dem- oeratic campaign committee of the Dis- Woodrow Wilson, His majoritysot 399 was the greatest in ba record of American élections. ~ , NHIO SPECULATING ON FINAL RESULT. (By Associated Press.) COLUMBUS, Nov. 1.—Ohio voters are turning to the speculative and try- ing to’ pick the winners of tomorrow's elections in which one of two native} sons of the Buckeye state—Harding| of Marion and Cox of Dayton—will be| elected ‘presfdent. Political ppeeches were few, the only ‘one of importance being that of Cox at Toledo tonight, Harding being scheduled ‘to remain at Marion. CLAIMS COVER MORE THAN TOTAL VOTES (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Nov. 1.—Claims and coun- ter claims with some indications of old time. political enthusiasm marked the conclusion of the presidential campaign im the Central West. Campaign man- agers made all sorts of extravagant claims, in some instances the total com- bined vote claimed by both sides being 50 per cent over the total number of voters. CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT THE WEST. ‘ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1,—Elec- tion campaigns in Western states were| brought to a close today and in various party, headquarters confidence was’ ex- pressed for the success of national and} state tickets. In California, Colorado! Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, pe oN of Columbia, is inning a League ‘Nat tions, demons' in front-of he. White, ‘House; torent CUBA WILL ELECT > PRESIDENT TUESDAY. vex (By Associated Press.) HAVANA, Nov. 1.—Cuba votes “fo- day for a new president and the out come is awaited with considerable Ap- prehension. The end of the campaign, regarded as the most bitter since the island gained the right to govern ‘ifs affairs, found old party lines broken with @ righ-about shift in leaderships, G. 0. P. EXPECTS TO = CRACK “SOLID SOUTH.” (By Associated Press.) ATLANTA, Nov. 1.—Contests in“ a half dozen scattered congressional dis- triets where the outcome is said to be in doubt today continued to stimulgte interest among Southern voters in..te- morrow’s election. While Democratic ienders expressed confidence that there would te no break in the “Solid South; Republicans who conducted an unusuél- ly vigorous campaign, said they expedt- ed to make an uhprecedented showing and predicted that Republican nomi- fees in several ‘congressional districts would be elected. ONLY TWO ISSUES, t } HARDING DECLARES. (By Associated Press.) ~ MARION,, Noy. 1.—In a final cam- paign statement to the American Deo- ple, Senator Warren G. Harding de- clared Tuesday's election would tirn-on two clearly -drawn issues—the Paris Utah and Arizona, where United States! senators are being elected, interest is League. of Nations and a constructive domestic policy. G. O. P. CANDIDATES MAKE - ANSWER TO SERVICE MEN We, the undersigned candidates on the Republican ticket, being the only candidates on #uch ticket who would be in a position to influence legislation as recommended by the committee ap- pointed by the ex-service men to draw) up a series of questions to be answered by the various. candidates at the elec- tion, desire to state that we recognize In the 6x-#ervios. men of America the most potent féreq for progress and good government. The high order of intelligence and patriotism of the ex- service men merits the most serious consideration of any proposition ad- vanced by them. ‘The questions sub- mitted display a broad-minded interest, In progressive legislation beneficial to the whole community rather than to the exservice men.as a class, The substance of the questions covers such & large field of matters vital to the wel- fare of the state and its people and the time allowed for giving them due con- sideration in so short that we feel that We cannot answer them ‘‘yes" or “‘no'in justice to ourselves or to the people of the State of Wyoming. . A perusal of the ‘questions, however, has satisfied in the main most worthy and will have our support. Legislation will undoubted- ly come up on those question in various forms ‘at the commg session in Jan- uary, and when it does, if elected, we will give our earnest consideration to them and will gladly receive sugges-| tions and aid from any ex-service man or other citizen of this county) and} support and use our best efforts to enactinto laws, the most. progressive and éffective measures, | ‘We heartily favor and will support all legislation looking toward the: best interests of the ex-service men, work-} ing men, the citizens of the state gen- erally and the up-bullding and. progress jot a greater Wyoming. | J, W. JOHNSON, Revublican candidate for the State Senate. HARRY N. FREE, J. EB; FRISBY, Republican Candidates for the State | Legislature. {To the Editor of Tho Casper Daily ‘Tribune: us that the propositions submitted are I desire, through the columns re- served in your paper for that purpod, to state that I favor the enactment-of hocessary legislation to promote, réih- edy and successfully carry out ithe con- | structive ideas advocated by the Amis#l, can Legion and ex-service men for |trona County at their recent meetin Casper, and submitted to all county candidates for office requesting a state- tment of their attitude on these hen. | tons, I am in favor of strict enforcement’ vot fll laws at all times, including the sijb- |jJect covered by your question nym- bered 10. ALFRED R. LOWEK:, | THREE KOREANS FOUND GUILTY |\OF CONSPIRACY (By Associated Press) SEOUL, Noy. 1.—Bleven involved in recent disorders were convicted of cdi). spiracy amd given sentences oaticed from one to three years,

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