Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1928, Page 39

EXTRA! @} ¢ Foenino ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Staf. EXTRA! WASHIN GTON, -D. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928 TWO CENTS. HOOVER IS ELECTED REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NAMED 30th PRESIDENT IN GREATEST ELECTION Upstate Balloting W}ipes Out| Smith’s Early New Yo RESULT CONSTRUED GE Lead in rk City. TRALLY AS VICTORY FOR CAUSE OF DRYS First Sign of Smith Concession of York by Ma ’s Defeat Comes in Loss in New ny Sources. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Herbert Hoover wins. The first presidential nominee from the Pacific Coast since Freemont has been clected the t States. President. Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New gone down to defeat, apparently When New York, the Empire column by many authentic sourc newspapers Democratic hopes er the fate of Smith. Without its hirtieth President of the United Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas was elected Vice York, Democratic nominee, has under an avalanche of votes. State, was placed in the Hoover es, including several New York wded. The upstate vote sealed 45 electoral votes it was con- ceded by the Democrats that Gov. Smith could not win. The indications are that Hoc wards of 370 electoral votes. 266 votes are necessary to elect. wwer and Curtis will receive up- The total electoral vote is 531 and G. 0. P. Holds Congress. The Republican party not onl Vice President, but it has retain creasing its lead in the Senate anc The great States of the Midd y has elected a President and a ed control ‘of "the Congress, in- 1 probably in the House. dle West, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, have stoed staunchly to their Republcan colors. The farm revolt upon which th materialize. In the East, Hoover, accordi e Democrats counted failed to ng to the returns at hand, has carried Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and most of the New England States, if not But more astonishing than a all. ny other feature of the election is Hoover’s apparent victory in at least two_States of the solid South, Virginia and Florida. The border S ates, Kentucky. , West Virginia and Oklahoma, are to be counted in the Republican column. The race is close in Maryland, but the tide appears to be swinging there to Hoover. Wisconsin, which was believed to be strongly for Smith, in its returns so far reccived gives Hoover a substantial lead. The odds against Gov. Smith come. The country has registered were too much for him to over- 1 another victory for prohibition. Party Lines Are Smashed. Party lines were smashed in currents which entered into the cam wet-and-dry issue, the so-called r But the returns also indicate that many States, owing to the cross rign and the election, eligious issue played their parts. the Republican protective tariff and the prosperity which the country has enjoyed under the Coolidge administration have played important parts in the result. While the returns come in slowly due to the tremendous vote cast gest” election, it soon became ap; ahead. The resul in Ketntucky, or was manifested early the State to Hoover by 35,000 vo from many. of the S in this State the country’s parent that Hoover was forging ne of the socalled doubtful States, and the Louisville Courier-Journal conceded tes. New York’s defection from the Smith standard was a bitter blow, and indeed, ended all chan late President Wilson in 1916 lost ce of Democratic victory. The New York to Hughes but made up for its loss by carrying Ohio and California and other Western States. BY N. A. N. A. NEW YORK, November 6.—The New York World conceded the! election of Mr. Hoover in the foll in its next edition: owing editorial which will appear “HOOVER AND SMITH.” “The result is not what we wished it to be, but it is an indisput- able result. Mr. Hoover is elected President of the United States by a clear and unmistakable decision of ‘a majority of the American people. The World salutes the winner. It salutes the next President. It wishes him health, strength and good fortune. CURTIS SPEEDS HERE | AFTER CASTING VOTE, TOPEKA. November 6.—Confident of d Senat Charles Curtis, Re- in vice presidential nominee, was peeding castward to Washington to- Mght after casting his voté here in the quadrennial election. Before the polls had closed the Sen- ator boarded a Santa Fe train which e to reach jicago at 8:10 tomorrew Arrangements were > that could ceive during returns which will tell strenuous_campaign was ator Curtis expressed tire early am made he the her _his & ful, but Se k ntention to ‘The nominee polls early sting lot shortly be- m. He grected by several .d pupils when he. appeared at cinct voting place, the Polk few blocks from his home, companied by his sister, Mrs. Rome Colvin_of Topeka, and his daughter, A Permelia George of Fort Sill, Mrs. Colvin voted at the same After voting the Senator received a forw carly reports on the election from scattered points in the East and South, and opencd a Boy Scout campaign by GEORGIANS REGISTER UNPRECEDENTED VOTE By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga. November 6.— Georglans turned out today in unpre- | cedented numbers to crowd polling | places throughout the State, indicat- | ing the heaviest vote in a general elec- tion on record. Bright, crisp weather { prevailed throughout the State, while ) two militant campaigns had served to | dissipate the apathy with which gen- elections have been regarded dur- g the past 60 years, While crowds gathered about the poll- ing pla they were as a whole good natured and no disorder was reported early tonight. Election managers in the cities of the State reported the greatest crowds | i nistory and at Savannah and_At- 1 lanta extra ballot boxes were hurriedly procured to take care of the vote. Interest centered in the presidential | race as the governor and all 12 of th | State Representatives, all Democrats, wehe re-elected without opposition. . Hoover's Sister Votes, (P) —Mrs. Mary H. Leavitt, making the first contribution. Later in the day he visited the grave of his wife, who- died four years ago, lg:rclnct 14 here today. Lot earlyy - ., ¢ The | SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 6{to close long befor sister of Herbert Hoover, was the first voted in She cast her | (A the Associated Press. ALABAMA Four hundred and ninety-two pre- cincts out of 1,343 (approximately 130 incomplete): Smith, 34,352; Hoover, ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 6 (). —Senator Joe T. Robinson received a report today that of 88 votes cast in Cadron Township, Faulkner County, 81 of them were for the Smith-Robinson ticket. The vote was incomplete. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November 6 (#).—Returns from 90 precincts out of 2,018 in the State tonight showed 2,293 for and 1435 against the pro- posed anti-evolution law. 142 precincts out of 2,018: Smitl, 11,893; Hoover, 5,334. MARION, Ark., November 6 (#).— The 11 voters in the first voting pre- cinct in Crittenden County from which reports were received today were unanimous—all of the 11 voting for the Smith-Robinson ticket as well as the State Democratic ticket. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November 6 (#).—To precincts out of 57 in Pulaski County, both in Little Rock, give Smith 132; Hoover, 9. ARKANSAS—One precinct out of 27 in Jefferspn County: Smith, 29; Hoover, 43. Seventy-two precincts out of 2,018— Smith, 6,405; Hoover, 2,501, Returns from the first nine precincts to report in Lonoke County, home coun- ty of Senator Joe T. Robinson, Demo- cratic vice presidential nminee, gave Smith 772 and Hoover 190. ARIZONA™ The Choice of the Nation Nine precincts out of 503—Hoover, 473; Smith, 375. CONNECTICUT Seventy-seven towns out of 169 give Hoover, 188,880; Smith, 185,366. Seven towns in third district give Tilson, Republican, 41,885; Moseley, Democrat, 43,798, for House, Tilson elected to House. ‘Fenn elect- ed to House. Merriit elected to House. ' CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, November 6 (#). ~—United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson, ill at his suite at the Mark | Hopkins Hotel here, lost his vote in the | election today for the first time in many ! years. The Senator is slflerlng with | influenza and was unable go out to | cast his ballot. ! SAN FRANCISCO, November 6 (). —First returns from a California pre- cinct in San Bernardino County gave Hoover 4, Smith 5. COLORADO ALAMOSA, Colo., November 6 (#).— Incomplete count of three precincts in Alamosa County gave Hoover 265, Smith 94, DENVER, Colo., November 6 (#).— ‘The incomplete count from 81 precincts out of 293 in Denver County as an- nounced by the Denver Post this after- noon gave Hoover 5,496, Smith 2,577, DELAWARE Twenty-five districts out of 219: | Hoover, 4,645; Smith, 1,739. United States Senator: Townsend, | (R), 4,495; Bayard (D.), 1914. FLORIDA One hundred and seventy-nine pre- cincts out of 1,263: Smith, 21,378; Hoover, 36,680. GEORGIA ATLANTA, Ga., November 6 (#).— | Gov. Al Smith maintained a lead of { almost 15,000 votes over Herbert Hoo- jver in returns from more than one- i fourth of Georgia early tonight. The figures in 638 precincts out of 1,745 in | the State gav At this tabulation reports. had br‘l‘nl | received from 117 of the 161 counties {in the State and the returns in three | counties were complete, although the figures largely represented the rural districts’ vote and most of the big cities were still to be heard from. On the basis of these returns Hoo- iver had a lead in 25 counties. DEXTER, Ga. November 6 ().— oasting 315 registered voters and one recinet, this town in Laurens County | went unanimously for Gov. Al Smith, giving him 315 votes to none for Her- bert Hoover. Those who went to the polls voted early and enabled the box i i i i | | | | | HERBERT HOOVER ANB CHARLES CURTIS. DISORDERS RIFE AS NATION VOTES By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va.—Clyde Moore shot and critically wounded at polling booth near Left Hand Hill, Roane Country, in political argument. JERSEY CITY.—Crowd storms court- house to ask names restored to poll lists. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Flurry caused when representative of county Republican candidate attempts to sit at polling booth table and is ejected. EVANSVILLE, Ind:—Alleged “strong- arm” tactics by negro election clerk to force other negroes to vote causes dis- turbanee. PHILADELPHIA —Hundreds of co) plaints of interference at polls, thre against voters and destruction of posters received by Democratic and Republican headquarters. City councilman one of | three men charged in warrants with in- terfering with eclection. BAYONNE, N. J.—Hundreds of voters, challenged at polls, jam police head- quarters looking for court orders to vote. Many disturbances reported. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J—Captain of Detectives Frank Ferretti, arrested and heid for grand jury in election dis- turbance in fourth ward, charged with an attempt to kill a Democratic worker while aeting as Republican challenger. Other minor clashes reported. KANSAS CITY—More than 250 per- sons arrested for alleged election disor- ders, many of whom were immediately freed on writs of habeas corpus. Two free-for-all fights at polling places; one death from alcoholism. NEW BERN, S. C—Five men ar- | rested for conspiracy to_prevent voting, including A. A. Kafer, chairman county elections board. More arrests predicted, the regular time. MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. November [ Three_precincts _ouf in, (Continued op Page. 2,-Column 2.~ TRENTON, N. J.—Confusion results when 350 persons vote illegally through error of the district board which did not require book, - ot i them to sign the registry HIGHLIGHTS OF ELECTION NEW YORK, November 6 (#),— Governor Smith carried the home dis- trict of Samuel Koenig, Republican leader of New York County by one vote. Mr. Koenig resides In the nine- teenth election district of the sixth assembly district, and the vote was: Smith, 229, Hoover, 228. Extra_ballot boxes, were placed in scme of the larger cities in Georgia, North Carolina and other States to care for the tremendous vote. PHILADELPHIA, November 6 (#).— William 8. Vare, United States Senator- clect, was wheeled in a rolling chair to a garage today, where he cast his ballot. It was the first time he had been seen in the city streets since he was stricken with paralysis at Atlantic City last Au- gust. ATLANTA, November 6 (#).—The Atlanta Georgian, which supported Her- bert Hoover, for President, in its “Home Edition,” today said indications were that ‘Georgia would cast more than 300,000 votes “with a likely majority of 50,000 for Gov. Alfred E. Smith.” NEW YORK, November 6 (#).—Sam- uel S. Koenig, New York County Re- publican chairman, announced soon after 8 o'closi this evening that early returns indicated Gov. Smith’s plu- rality in New York City would be 450,000. DENVER, Colo., November ¢ (4).— Dr. Hubert 'Work, chairman of the Re- publican national committee, expressed extreme gratification at_the extraordi- nary heavy vote cast in Denver early in the day. On being informed that early indications displayed a trend toward Hoover, he said: “I expected that.” MILLVILLE, N. J., November 6 (#).— Ballot boxes in this town were stuffed so full by midafternoon today. that elec- tion officials picked up every available ash can and pressed them into service. Slots were cut in the lids, which were chained and lecked to the cans. NEW YORK, November 6 (#).—One of the election surprises was the Hoover plurality of 24 _votes returned by the eighth Mount Pleasant district, at Po- cantico_Hills, known _locall “John as the'in Se) D..Rockefeller district,”. by rea- . Sloan * —Wide World Photo. son of the millionaire’s residence there. It is normally Republican by 200. Rl ROCK ISLAND, Ill.. November 6 (#). —-Mrs. Sarah - Ann Walker, 102 years old; cast a straight Republican ballot this morning, POUG] IE, N. Y., November 6 (#)—~Frankl D. Roosevelt, Demo- cratic candidate for governor of New York, cast his ballot today in the town hall of the little village of Hyde Park, wherg his family has voted for two gen- erations. He declined to comment on the outcome. ¢ ‘COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 6. (4). —Investigation of leged vote buying in Pike County was being made tonight by observers for . Secretary of State! Clarence J. Brown. Reports to Brown said from $5 to $10 had been paid for votes. WEST BRANCH, Iowa, November 6. (#).—Herbert Hoover's birthplace: re- | turned a majority of more than 10 to 1 today in_ favor of its native son | over Gov. Alfred E. Smith. The vote, | which was the largest ever cast -in | this Quaker settlement, stood: Hoover, | 528; Smith, 46. PITTSBURGH, November 6 (#)— |g The home precinct of Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, the sixth dis- trict of the twenty-ninth ward of Pitts- burgh, gave Smith a slight edge in early returns. The first returns showed Smilh, 147; Hoover, 140. WESTERVILLE, Ohio, November 6 (4#).—This little city, home of the Anti- Saloon League, gave Herbert Hoover 1,225 votes and Smith 261 on its com- plete official unt. Precinct C, in which is locafed headquarters of the; World Leagu# = Against Alcoholism, voted Hoover, 232; Smith, 27. , . - Man, 115, Votes for Smith. GUTHRIE, Okla., November 6 (4)— | sachusetts. ! York and Missouri where the sena- | torfal s 5.0 HILDSEDGE INSEMATECONTES !Bayard.v Gerry, Walsh of Massachusetts and Neely Are Running Behind. Three Senators were elected definite- ly out of the 34 seats involved in the contests’ today, while fragmentary re- turns indicated the Republicans have an advantage in the effort to increase their present slender majority. The (D.), Mississippi; Swanson (D.), Vir- ginia, and' Greene (R.), Vermont. Four of the Democratic Senators seeking re-election are shown by in- complete returns to be running be- hind their Republican opponents— Bay- ard, Delaware; Gerry, Rhode Island; Neely, West Virginia, and Walsh, Mas- Five of the Republican senatorial seats at stake in the election seem likely to be captured again by the Republican aspirants. In New ats involved in today’s election | eld by Democrats the con- tests are close, In Missour, Charles M. Hay, Demo- cratic candidate for the seat being voluntarily relinquished by Senator James A. Reed, was ahead of his Re- publican opponent, Roscoe C. Patter- son, by a narrow margin. In New York, Senator Copeland, Democrat, was | reported slightly ahead of the Republi- | can candidate, Alanson B. Houghton. | former Ambassador to Germany, with returns incomplete. Returns Are Slow. In the House the returns were slow Thomas_Sloan, 115, Oklahoma's oldest citizen, yoted today for Gov. Smith. Wh-n the Democratic nominee was here ber he shook hands with asked verification df his age, in coming in due to the unprecedented three Senators re-elected are: Stevens; | Hoover 265, Smith 170, OOVER LEADING N AREAS NEAR NATIONAL CAPITAL Zihlman Running Strong in Sixth District—Gambrill Ahead in Fifth. BRUCE-GOLDSBOROUGH CONTEST VERY CLOSE )’H Mocre Polling Large Vote in Spite of Absence of Republican Opponent. In the city of Richmond 34 pre- cinets out of 40 gave Smith 7,064 and Hoover 7,064. Virginia: 913 out of 1,665 gives Smith 68,705, Hoover 76,326. Two hundred and fo cincts out of 1,295: Hoover, 37,115. cincts: Bruce, rough, 37.898. ix pre- Smith, 40.822; Sgnate—281 pre- 45,122; Goldsbo- RICHMOND, Va., November 6 (). —Herbert Hoover showad unexpect- ed strength in the cities of the Dem- ocratic eastern section of Virginia, leading in Richmond and Ports- mouth, and %ad a big majority in several of the western countics, in- cluding Winchester, Gov. Harry F. *Byrd’s home cit When the polls clesed shortly after 7 o'clock in nearby counties of Maryland; and at sundown, about 5 minutes after 5 pm. in Virginia, the heaviest vote in the history of these counties had been polled. The early returns showed Hoo- ver running ahead of, Smith for Presi- dent in most of the nearby co both States, but the returns a far from complete, Representative Frederick N. Zihiman, Republican, of Cumberland, who is chairman of the Houso commiitee on the District of Columbia sure of re-election in the gre sional district, adjacent to Washingto: upon the basis of the ecarly return: He is running ahead of Hoover in soms' places. Representative Stephen W. Gambrill, | Democrat, of Howard County, is ahead of Oliver Metzzrott, his Republican op- | ponent for the House in the fifth Mar | land congressional district, also adjacent | to this city, according to fragmentary 1 returns, but his election, it is indicated, | will depend upon the size of th vote for Smith i the district. If M: i and | the fifth district are swept by Hoover by big majorities, Metzerott will probably be carried aleng to v is running ahead of Smith congre Democrat, | ough, can, is appare close throughout ‘the near lof Maryland. Repre cent to Washing | tion as he has no Re H> is polling a largs ron ) tic party in the Virginia 1 [ ties in most instances 17 Indicq | tions are that both Mo Swanson {will run ahead. perhaps far ahead of Smith, the Democratic presidential nominee, in the Virs 324, RESULTS ARE SLOW. Unprecedented Vote in Prince Gecrges Delays Returns. HYATTSVILLE, Id. (Special).-- Owing to the unprecedented vote in Prince Georges County, and the facs that each elector for the tjcket has to be counted, it will be after midnight before the t in the county is knowr however, to indi Republican tic} county by One of the was the large number of w the upper sections of the county o voted the men, which bably ac- counted for the Republican r-ajorities in these districts. The upper section of the county in 1924 gave Coolidge majorities, ~but these are outclassed by the majorities | received by Hoover. About 25 per cent of the vote had been counted at 9:30. ALL GET TO VOTE. | Montgomery Polls Stay Open Until All in Line Ballot. ROCKVILLE, Md. (Special {polls in Montgomery Cou closed before 8 o'clock tonight, under a ruling of the y general that all persons stan 7 o'clock, the official S vote. TI greatest vo of the that point to a decidedly odds apparently ormally Dem- n: clos> race with tI favoring Hoover in tht ocratic county. Hoover appears to be of the Republican s ket headed by Golds! Half of the vote in Ken In race Goldsborough, Republican, polled 230 votes; Brueg, Democ Representative 'Zihlmin, | Republica was leading in the House raet with 2 votes, compared with 185 for Lews, Democratic opponent. About _three-quarters of the Takoma Park vote showed the entire Republi- can ticket well in th= lead. Hoover he polled 371 votes to 135 for Smith. is the strongest Republican dis the county. Goldsborough had po'led 345 vot. for Senator Bruce Th et number of ballots and the first effort of precinct workers bent on counting the presidential vote. The House returns (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) . b Zihlman was leading in the Hous» rac: ith 360 votes to 140 for Lewis. cen 17,000 and 18.000 votss have tinued on Page 2, Column 5.) ©