Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and cooler tonight and tomor- row. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 66, at 2:16 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 7:30 a.m. today. I Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and}gnds, Page 22 £ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = No. 28,682. Entered as sccond-class matter post_office Washington. D. C. Foening Star “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1922—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Net Circulation, 90,746 "7 TWO CENTS. DEMOCRATS MAKE WIDE GAINS THROUGHOUT U. S. G. O. P. KEEPS CONGRESS WITH REDUCED MAJORITIES 10 SENATE, 54 HOUSE SEATS LOST BY THE REPUBLICANS THUS FAR; LEADERS SEE RETURN TO PARTYISM, 5 Farmer-Labor Vote in Upper Branch. MANY VETERANS PASSING OUT! Fifty Districts et to Be Decided. The republican party will control both Senate and Io in the Sixty- eighth which s into being after the present Congress ex- pires March 4 next, according to the Congress returns from yesterday's But the huge ma publicans have in both houses of the present Congress has been flattened out, stepped on, by an onrush of dem- ocratic votes in every part of thel Union. In the Senate the republican majority has been reduced the danger point. In the cxact count ca be given, ing to the a considerable number of districts still rema heard from. It is estimated, however, that the republicans wiil have a safe majorit . 0. P. Senate Seats. The republicans will have fifty-two seats in the Senate; the democrats, forty-three and the farmer-labor party, one. in the n gress, on the face of the returns far re- ceived. This means a gr: seats by the republica loss of eight 1 a net The republicans ivon seats now held by democrats braska, where R. B. Howell defe nator Hitch- cock, democrat, Ohio, where Representative defeated Sen- ator Pomerene, democrat. The democrats won seats now held by republicans in Delaware, Indiana, Maryland. Michigan, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and probably in North Dakota and Washington. The farmer-labor party has prob- ably won the senatorial t in Minnesota, where, turns, Henrik Ship: candidate, had 48,273 for Senator Kellogg. republican, and 16,222 for Mrs. Olesen, democrat. in two states, where the democrats now hold seats, Utah and Wyoming, there is stiil a chance that republican gains may be made, though the demo- cratic nominees are running ahead on the returns so far received. Sixty Republicans Now. The make-up of the present Senate republicans and thirty-six The result of the election yesterday indicates clearly that it will be necessary for the republicans to “count noses’ closely when it comes to putting forward measures, something which has not been necessary in the last two vears with their overwhelming majority in the Senate. There will be at least five so-called progressives on the republican_ side, Borah. Johnson, La Follette, Norris and Brookhart, who, with the farmer-labor senator, Ship- stead, will hold the balance of power in the Senate. They will be able, the six of them act together, to control the action of the Senate to a large extent, if the democrats hold solidly to- gether. One effect which the drastic change in republican ranks in the Senate. with _consequent democratic gains, may have in the next Congress is to bring about the ousting of Senator Newberry of Michigan, who was charged with having won his seat against Henry Ford, democrat, by ex- cessive expenditures of money. When the Senate voted January 12 last on the proposal to oust Senator New- berry the vote stood 46 to 41. All of the democrats were in favor of ousting Mr. Newberry, except one, the late Senator Tom Watson of Georgia, who refrained from voting. With the change in the make-up of the Senate now promised, it. seems probable the vote would go against the Michigan Senator. Senator La Follette of Wis- consin_has declared he Intended to bring the matter up at the next Con- gress. Lodge Victory Close. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, has been re-elected by a few votes less than 2,000, running be- hind the state ticket by many thou- sands. Gaston, the democratic nomi- nee, has announced he will demand a recount of the ballots. Republicans senators slated to vanish from after March 4. Michigan, New of Indiana, who was defeated for nomination by Beveridge, who in turn lost to the democratic nominee, Ralston: France of Mary- land, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Calder _of New York; Sutherland of West Virginia, and probably Kellogg of Minnesota and FPoindexter of Waushington. Senator McCumber of North Dakota lost the nomination t- Frasier, a non-partisan leaguer, and apparently Frazier has been defeated by O'Conner, the démocratic nominee. Two veteran democrats, Hitchcock of Nebraska and Pomerene of Ohio, will not be in the new Congress, it is indicated. Senator Hitchcock led the fight for the league of nations. He has been defeated by Howell, the republican national committeeman of Nebraska. Representative Mondell of Wyo- ming, republican floor leader of the House, on the returns so far re- celved, has lost in his race for the Senate to Senator Kendrick, demo- erat. G. 0. P. Majority Still Safe. The republicans maintain a safe majority in the House, despite fifty- four assured gains by the democrats, on returns already recelved, with more than thirty districts yet unde- clded. b The House now stands 296 republi- can, 130 democrats, one soclalist and eight vacancies. With 218 necessary for a majority the democratic strength, according to a compilation based on reports received up to noon, will 182 members. The sitting socialist, Representative Myer London of New York, was de- on 3 who are the Senate ss of ton | it | include Townsend of | EMo;zdgll’s Defeat For Senate Ends ! . DRARRISEWING FRANK W. MONDELL. Special Dispateh to The Star. CHEY . Wyo., November 8— | After having served at Washington almost continuously for more than a quarter of a century, the republican ! fioor leader, Frank W. Mondell, of the House will go out of office next March. [He was retired yesterday when he {made an unsuccessful race for the | Senate seat now held by John B. Ken- H drick. On the face of returns compiled up to 8 o'clock this morning Kendrick vas re-elected by a margin of 3,000 to 000, with his totals steadily growing. | !including approximately half of Wyoming, showed Mondell, 11,722; ! Race for governorship, however, continued close with Jjohn W. Hay, all margin. Totals were: 14: Ross, 12.394. Judge Three hundred and seven precincts, Kendricl, 15,122, | republican, trailing W. B. Ross, demo- 5. 'Winter republican, ap- Crarles parently ceed Mondell. figures giving him_ 9,018, and Robert R. Ross, democrat, 6,890. LO0GEREELEGTED * INCLOSECONTEST iComplete Vote Gives Him 1,945 Plurality—Opponent Will Demand Recount. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 8.—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was re-elected | over William A. Gaston, democrat, vote of the state, Gaston, 414,730; Lodge, 416,675. { A recount of the voate will be ask- ! ed by Col. Gaston, his associates sald. | Gov. Channing H. Cox, republican, won re-election over John F. Fitz- gerald by & margin of 56,045, the vote of the state complete being: Cox, 468,277; Fitzgerald, 412,232, When Senator Lodge was last elected, in 1916, in the days before women had the vots, he won by a majority of 32,939 votes over John F. Fitzgerald, who yesterday was de- feated as the democratic candidate for governor. His first election was lin 1393, Senator Lodge was forced to over- come an adverse plurality of 47,809 in the city of Boston. Attack Lodge's Record. The democrats attacked the veteran | senator’s record at Washington as re- actionary and laid much stress on support of the new tariff measure. The voters acted on referendum questions on the ballot by accepting legislative acts providing that dis- jtrict attorneys must be members of ‘the bar and that voluntary associa- tions may sue or be sued. They re- Jected acts providing for a state pro- 'hlhlllon enforcement act to conform to the Volstead act, and providing for a state censorship of motion pictures. The vote on motion picture censor- ship: Yes, 207,476; no, 545,919, ; The vote on law to bring the statutes nto conformance with the Volstead ct: Yes, 319,965; no, 423,633. Du Pont Seems % Delaware Loser By 1,323 Votes By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del., November 8.— Thomas F. Bayard, son of the late Thomas F. Bayard, who was Secre- tary of State under Grover Cleveland, was elected to the United States Senate yesterday on the face of complete but unofficial returns from Delaware. The final returns today glve Bayard 40,754 and Senator Cole- man du Pont, the republican In- cumbent, 39,431. Representative Layton, republican, was_defeated by William H. Boyce, by more than 6,000 majority. Long Public Life| R e e Say Reaction Is Merely Normal. NATION’S SOUND POLITICAL STATE Wet and Tariff Is- sues Are to the Front. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. In the opinion of political leaders in this city the outstanding signiticance of yesterday's country-wide clections is demonstration of the fact that the country has returned to a partisan basis. The result of the balloting which gave the democrats such heavs galns is attributed to normal reaction from the unusual conditions prevailing in 1920, with certain contributing causes. This state of affairs the politicians regard as a sign of political health and robustness, discouraging to the pros- pects of a third party, & warning to the bull moosers and to the radicals. It means, they think, that government by partics, along traditional American policies, will continue to live in the United States. Which, in the opinion of many men in public life, is as it should be. The democratic gains in the next Congress will serve, It is contended, by making such a close party division In House and Senate as to put a stricter watch upon legislation, and should be a factor working in the public welfare. “Wet” Vote Significant. Deep significance is attached to the vote cast by the “wets,” where it is possible to locate and differentiate it. It is regarded as evidence that an epochal struggle for modification of the Volstead act is ahead and that the “wets” and “drys” will come to close grips the country over. The tarlft question Is naturally ac- cepted as having figured in the voting. | elected to Congress to suc-(Only one construction is placed upon the verdict at the polls, which is that the arguments against a high protec- tive tariff advanced by the democrats were appealing to a large element of the voters. It would be interesting, if it were possible to do so, to esti- mate to what extent the votes of pro- gressive republicans on the tariff ald- ed the democratic tickets. As there can be no repeal of the ex- isting tariff law in the life of the present administration and the next Congress, the tariff promises to be one of the important issues of the campaign of 1924. The tariff policles of the two parties will be determined in their national conventions in the summer of 1924. The republicans will be expected to abandon insistence upon excessive duties, and the demo- crats, from the pressure within their own ranks, to get further away from free trade doctrines. New “Bloc” Prospects. The close party division in the Sen- ate in the next Congress will con- tribute to the formation of “bloc: it 1s thought by the political leaders. The agricultural bloc will be as | yesterday by a plurality of 1,945. The | powerful as in the present body. The complete, was: | radical bloc will come very near hold- ing a balance of power against the regular republican organization. In the reorganization of the Senate and its committees that element will have to be reckoned with by the regulars and the democrats may find In its existence a constant temptation for coalitlon. Politicians were eagerly discussing today the possible bearing of the elections on presidential possibilities. It was assumed that Gov. Miller's overwhelming defeat In New York removes him from the list of top- liner candidates for the nomination. Mr. Beveridge's position also is classed as being_considerably weak. ened, likewise Senator Pomerene's, while Senator Hiram Johnson will be strengthened. The gubernatorial re- sults presented no new possiblilities to_the republicans. Mr. Ralston, in Indiana, is regarded as having made long strides toward democratic favor in 1924. Mr. Bruce, in Maryland, will be watched closely as an avallable man for second place. Developments of yesterday recall a statement made several months ago by democratic leaders that the gov- ernorship elections of this year might bring the democratic party its leader. Gov.-elect Smith’s availability as a presidential asset, seemingly accen- tuated by his great victory, may be oftset In the minds' of many demo- cratic_politicians by denominational considerations. —_— KANSAS RETURNS SLOW. Reports Indicate Loss of Republi- can Seat in Eighth District. KANSAS CITY, Kans., November 8. —Reports are coming in slowly, but indicate the re-election of Hays B. ‘White, republican, in the sixth con- gressional district, and the defeat of Richard E. Bird, republican in the eighth, by W. A. Ares, democrat. —_—— KENTUCKY RE-ELECTS 10. Maurice H. Thatcher (R.) Chosen to Fill Seat of Ogden (RB.). LOUISVILLE, Ky., November Kentucky re-elected all of the pre: ent memberas of Congress, excepting in the fifth district, where Maurice H. Thatcher, republica. to flll the seat of Charl republie who was not candidate. o delegation stands eight demo- crats and three republicans. 7 \ FLAPPERS MAY BE GOING OUT OF § SYLE But IM FEELING MUCK YOUNGER Tris MORNING $R% 22 = = = = = = = BRUCE WINS OVER FRANCE BY 20,000 Maryland Democrats Win Senate and Regain One Seat in the House. MUDD AND HILL VICTORS Republican War Veteran FPolls Smashing Vote on Wet Platform. Zihlman Re-Elected, Too. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 5.— The democrats won a sweeping vic- tory yesterday for their senatorial candidate, Willlam Cabell Bruce. His majority over Senator Joseph I. France will probably reach 20.000. In addition the democrats gained one seat in the lower House through the election of Millard E. Tydings, who defeated Representative A. A. Bla- keney in the second district. Mr. Bruce's victory was overwhelm- Ing. He has nearly 8,000 majority in Baitimore city and an estimated ma- Jority in the countles of 12,000. He carried every one of the Six congres- sional districts, his majority in the Sixth district. the stronghold of the republican party, being estimated at 55000 In the fifth district, which In- cludes Prince Georges, another re- publican center, where Representa- five Mudd was successful in his re- election contest, Bruce has approxi- mately 600 majority. Wet Candldate Wins. In the countles of the first and second aistricts, democratic strongholds, he has majorities of close to 5,000 in each. He carried all three counties of the second district and lost only Cecil, Senator France's home territory, in the first, or eastern shore, district. In the city vot- ing he carried nineteen of the twenty- eight wards, the nine carried by Senator France being the fifth, sixth, seventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty- ffth. Broadly speaking, these are the wards in which there is elther a large vote of forelgn birth or extraction, a large labor vote or a heavy republican jon. O aoniative John Phillip Hill made one of the most remarkable runs in the ¢ local politics, when he de- s A the demo- in a district which has a Jemocratic afliated majority of over 10,000 lines were forgotten in this fght and Hill was re-elected solely on the stand he has taken in the et and dry issue. In_the victory of Senator Millard E. Tyding over %‘:;:auenullve A. A. Blakenoy the wet and dry question is also held re- for the defeat of the in- ::;%:‘:? who is rated a dry, while Tyding had the backing of the wet Reprelenutl;a Sianey 1‘;:. defeated his democratic op- :‘::ednt, Clarence M. Roberts, in the ffth district, he had a close call. In the sixth _district Representative Frederick N. Zihlman, republican, Was re-elected by the usual republi can malority in this district. and Rep- Tesentative Alan T. Goldsborough, Qemocrat, had little difficulty in de- fosting his republican _opponent, Charles J. Butler, in the first. Repre- sentative J. Charles Linthicum's re- election was a_foregone conclusion ond he carried his district by nearly 2"to 1 over his republican opponent. Senator France when seen this morning intimated that he intended, for the time being at least, to retire from public life. He declared that had he been returned to the Senate he would have been able to dominate the policies of his party “to the extent of influencing it to the adoption of more l‘ll'al'lvl and pro‘re!slvs domestic_and international policies. Senator France attributes his defeat %o & large extent to the newspapers of Baltimore, all four of which oppos- ed his election. “I regret that my duties In the Senate and the fact that the newspapers were against me, made it impossible for me to get the Teal issues of the campaign squarely before the people,” he said. . /Indica- tions from New York, New /Jersey, Massachusetts, and other states, how- ever, indicate that the was strongly against my party.’ |Prince Caetani | Ambassador to . U.S. From Italy ' By the Associated Press. ROME, November 8. — Prince Gelaslo Caetani, a member of the chamber of deputies, has been ap- pointed Italian ambassador at Washington. WET CANDIDATES WIN FOUR STATES lllinois, California, New Jer- sey and New York Would Lessen Prohibition Laws. “DRY” TRIMS VOLSTEAD | Sentiment for Light Wines and Beer Gains in Many Parts of i Country, Returns Show. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 8.—Proponents of less stringent prohibition Mws scored heavily, in at least four states yesterday, according to compilations today from the nation-wide election In Illinois an expression of senti- ment on the Volstead act favored modification by approximately 600,- 000 votes to a negative 200,000, with one-half the state reported. Cali- fornia defeated the state enforcement act by an indicated 2-to-1 vote; Mis- souri re-elected United States Senator James A. Reed, an avowed opponent of prohibition,” and New Jersey, it was indicated, sent Gov. Edward L Edwards, also avowedly against pro- hibition, to the United States Senate over Senator Frelinghuysen. A wet victory was recorded in Massachusetts, where a proposal to harmonize Massachusetts prohibition laws with the Volstead enforcement ct was lost. 2 B A e democratic party of New York state, which overwhelmingly swept Alfred E. Smith into the governor's office with the entire state ticket, ran (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) ] Circulation That Counts The circulation of The Star, both daily and Sunday, is greater by many thousands than that of any other Wash- ington newspaper. Total Advertising Month of October Lines Star ...............2,087,823 2d newspaper.......1,163,862 3d newspaper....... 879,515 4th newspaper. ... 526,685 5th newspaper.. .. 80,074 Circulation Month of October Average, Evening Star, 88,828 Last year .............86,800 Gain, 2,028 Average, Sunday Star, 89,884 Last year ............88,650 Gain, 1,234 The latest newspaper cen- sus shows that the circulation of The Star, daily and Sun- day, in the Homes of Wash- ington is practically double that of its nearest cotempo- DEMOCRATIC FLOOD Tremendous Victory Sweeps Entire Ticket Into State and National Offices. SMITH WINS BY 418,000 New York City Gives Him Record Plurality—Copeland ' Defeats Calder by 275,000. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 8.—Riding on the crest of a tidal wave of votes that swept into office the entire democratic state ticket and its candi- date for United States senator, gave the party a majority of the state delegation to Congress, gave it con- trol of the state senate and reduced the republican control of the state assembly to a slight majority, Alfred E. Smith was elected governor of New York yesterday by a plurality of approximately 418,000 over Nathan L. Miller, who defeated him two years | ago. In accomplishing this notable triumph Smitn carried his native city of New York by a plurality of nearly 478,670, the largest it has ever given and candidate for any office. With all but 295 of the state's 7,301 election districts accounted for, the vote was: Smith, 1,375,646; Miller, 970,388, Presidential Boom Begins. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, democrat, health commissioner of the city of New York and former republican mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich, defeated United States Senator Willlam M. Calder, republican, running for re- election, by a plurality of approxi- mately 275,000, The vote, with 940 of the 7,301 elec- tion districts missing, was: Copeland, 1,125,893; Calder, 876.946. Gov. Smith’'s smashing victory im- mediately started his friends booming him for the democratic nomination for the presidency in 1924, In 1920 he was given a splendid ovation at the democratic national convention in San Francisco as New York’s favorite son, receiving the complimentary vote of the state delegation on the first ballot. He only smiled, however, when he was hailed as “‘the next President of the United States” at a wildly en- thusiagtic reception given him at his headquarters. “The job I've just been elected to is big enough for any man,” he said. EARTHQUAKES RECORDED. G. U. Seismograph Shows Tremor Center 4, 600 Miles South of Here. A pronounced earthquake was re- corded last night at the Georgetown University seismological observatory, tremors beginning at 6:11 o'clock, and continuing until 7:10. The maximum intensity was reached between 6:42 {and 6:44 o'clock, according to Father ‘Tondorff, director of the observatory, who estimated the center of disturb- ance to have been 4,600 miles south of Washington. —_— CALIFORNIA VOTES WET. Dry Enforcement Amendment De- feated Two to One. SAN FRANCISCO, November 8.— Returns from 670 California precincts today showed the state prohibition enforcement measure losing two to one. The vote was: For, 13,120; against, 30,564. The vote for governor in 1,660 in- complete precincts out of 6,681 in the state was Richardson, republican, ¥3,- 426; Woolwine, democrat, 53,234. The following have been elected representatives: Lea in first district, Raker in second, Curry in third, No. lan in fifth, M: bour in seventh, Free in eighth, Us- borne in tenth, Bwing in eleventh. LODGE WINS BY 1,945; BEVERIDGE BEATEN; EDWARDS TRIUMPHS Smith and Copeland Succeed in N. Y.—Du Pont’s Defeat in Delaware Likely. BRUCE VICTOR IN MARYLAND; FERRIS, MICHIGAN’S SENATOR Reed of Missouri Rides High on Crest. Hitchcock Loses—Fess Ahead in Ohio. Gerry Leads in Rhode Island. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 8 —Swept before a rising tide of democratic victories in many states, the tremendous republican majorities piled up in the Harding landslide of two years ago were knocked right and left in The republican majorities in the House of Representatives w: sterday’s election. the United States Senate and in ere sharply reduced, but republi- can managers declared they would not be wiped out. Until belated returns from the west and middle west began SINKS G- U- P- |N N- Y. trickling in today, the democrats actually were leading in the poll of votes for the House. The el eventh Michigan district for the republicans tied the two parties at 178 each in the race toward the necessary 218 majority, and it became plain that the deciding votes were yet to come from the west and middle west. At noon, eastern time, today twenty-five states had completed their congressional election returns, but neither republicans nor democrats had progressed much further toward control of the House of Representatives. The vote at that hour stood: Repub- licans, 185; democrats, 187; socialist, 1. Iowa was the only state which has returned a solid republican delegation. LODGE_HAS Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in the Senate, squeezed through CLOSE CALL, e republican administration leader in Massachusetts with a plurality of 1,945 votes in nearly a million votes cast, and friends of Col. Gaston, his democratic opponent count. 2 In Indiana, Maryland, New , were talking of asking for a re- Jersey, Delaware, Michigan and West Virginia democratic senators replacing republicans had either been conceded or were indicated on the face of the returns. The republicans had an assured however, in Nebraska, where R. bert M. Hitchcock, a democratic in Ohio, although today’s returns ocrat, cutting down the lead of sentative Fess. Not a single republican gain sults. Some important figures in the re. putlican administration went down to defeat and some members of the Senate and House personally close to President Harding will return to pri- vate life with the rising democratic tide. Miss Alice Deteated. The republican forces failed to break into the democratic ranks in the southern congressional districts. | Speaker Gillett was re-elected; Uncle Joe Cannon passed on his seat from Robertson, republican of Oklahoma, the only woman’in Congress, was beaten by a man—the democrat whom she defeated two years ago, and the present House got an additional woman member, a republican, in Mrs. Winnifred Huck, a daughter of the jlate William F. Mason of Illinols. who had served in both Senate and ouse. With the defeat of Gov. Miller of New_ York by Alfred E. Smith, the republicans also lost thirteen seats of the Empire state in the House of Representatives, and a senator, Wil- liam M. Calder, who was beaten by Dr. Royal S. Copeland, democrat, health commissioner of New York city. Upset in New Jersey. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer- sey, one of the President's intimates, who ran on a dry platform, was beaten by Gov. Edwards, democrat, who ran on a wet platform. Senator Johnson, republican, of California, came back. as did Senator McLean of Connecticut, one of the administration leaders in the tariff fight. In Delaware Senator DuPont is running behind in a close contest. In Indiana former Gov. Ralston, democrat, is running ahead of for- mer Senator Albert J. Beveridge and | threatening to remove from the re- publican field one who had been counted on as an aspirant for the republican presidential nomination in 1924, in case President Harding should decline it. In Iowa, Col. Smith W. Brookhart rode through to victory on the repub- lican ticket, although he was openly frowned upon by some of the repub- lican leaders and the platform of the state convention repudiated many of the so-called “radical” principles for which he declared. On the other hand, Senator France, republican of Maryland, charged with radical tendenclies, was beaten by the democratic candidate, William Cabell Bruce, a prominent Baltimore lawyer. In Michigan, Senator Townsend, the republican incumbent, who had a fight on his hands over the Newberry issue, ‘was running behind, while in Minne- sota, where first returns favored Sena- tor Frank Kellogg, one of the repub- lican war horses and a close friend l“r the President, late returns showed him running second to Henrik Ship- stead, who ran on the farmer-labor cratic nominee, ran third. Senator Reed, democrat, of Missourl, ¢ 1llinois to a republican; Miss Alice | senatorial victory to their credit, B. Howell displaced Senator Gil- leader, and propspects of another showed Senator Pomerene, dem- his republican opponent, Repre- in the House of Representatives had appeared today to count against the inroads the democrats made in every state. Various causes, ranging from prohibition to tariff, were being brought forward as responsible for the re- a veteran of many disputes with the Wilson administration, was is republican opponent on the re- | turns early today_and seemed assured | of re-election. In Montana Burton | K. Wheeler, the democratic candi- date, was running ahead of his re- publican opponent, Carl Riddick, for the seat of Senator Myers, democrat. Senator Hitchcock, democrat, of | Nebraska, floor leader for the Wilson administration forces in the peace | treaty “fight. was beaten by R. B. | Howell, republican national commit- |teeman’ from the state, counted | among the progressive republicans. {In North Dakota, where the Non= | Partisan_League was a great factor, {J. F. T. O'Connor, democrat, was lead- | ing former Gov. Frazier, who had the | republican_ nomination,” lost in the ! primaries by Senator McCumber, an- other republican veteran. In Ohio Representative Fess, re- publican, running a close race with and leading Senator Pomerene, democrat, who had been counted a possibility for the democratic presi- dential romination in the event of his success this year. Labor votes, it was said, were cast against Sena- tor Pomerene because of his stand on the rallroad question. Pennsylvania, going republican, as usual, sent Gifford Pinchot to the gov- ernor’s chair, with a republican ad- ministration, and re-elected Senators Pepper and Reed, the latter for both a short and a long term. Senator Gerry, democrat, Rhode Island, beat the former republican governor, R. Livingstone Beeckman. In Texas, where a democratic nomination Is equivalent to an election, Earle BP Mayfield won the election to the Senate. Support of Mayfield by the Ku Klux Klan was an issue, Senator Poindexter of Washington, republi- had a fight on his hands. In West Virginia the democratic sena- itorial candidate, M. M. Neely, leading Senator Sutheriand, the ri publican_incumbent. _Wisconsin re. turned Senator La Follette to the Senate with a large plurality. Berger Wins. In Wyoming, where Representative Mondell, republican leader in the House of Representatives, was running for the Senate, the late returns indicated a close race with Senator Kendrick, democrat, who was said to have some republican support. The returns showed the democrats making all the gains and the republicans suffering all the losses in the House of Representatives, and the republicans taking severe defeats in some places where they had not been expected. |, Victor Berger, the soclalist, was re- } turned to the House from the fifth dis- trict of Wisconsin, and thus offsets the socialist loss occasioned by the defeat of Representative Meyer London in New York. Berger was convicted of a violation of the espionage law during the war and expelled from the House, but his conviction was reversed by the can, acLefferty in sixth, Bar- | ticket. Mrs. Annie Olesen, the demo- |Supreme Court of the United States. He then announced his intention of running for Congress again. ’