New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1928, Page 14

ASSOUUATED PRESS Candidates Express Appreciation Tor Fair Handling of News New Yerk, Nov. ¢ (P) — Com- mendation for its success in adher- ing In this campaign to impartial but thorough news coverage has been written to the Associated Press by each of the two leaders of the two majer parties. The communica- tion in each case gives signal recog- nition to each member of the As- soctated Press staft assigned person- ally to the candidate. Immediately after tions, Kent Cooper, the conven- gencral man- ager of the Associated Press, wrote | letters to Governor Smith and Sec- retary Hoover assuring them that the Associated Press would, as al- ways, endeavor to adhere to its prin- ciple of unbiased reporting of facts and expressed the hope that at the close of the campaign each candi- date would feel that he could say that in this effort the Associated Press had been successful. Coopera- tion with the Associated Press writ- ers was also asked. strenuous campaign have written thousands of words, covering every conceivable angie of the political activities. Today Mr. Cooper is in receipt of the following four communications: Smith’s Letter “At the outset of the campaign 1 received a letter from you restating the well-known non-partisan position of the Associated Press. communication you said the Asso- ciated Press again would do its best to be fair and accurate and present an unbiased report to it members. “The end of the campaign is now at hand and I wish to congratulate you and the personnel of your or- ganization o nthe work it has done. 1 have followed the Associated Press report as closely as the demands of campaigning would permit and this report in my opinion has been an accurate one of what has taken place. “You have set forth my views and position fairly and I wish to con- gratulate you and the members of your staff assigned to me: Miss Dal- rymple and Messrs, Haupert, Oliver and Chamblin, for what has been done. “Sincerely yours, “(8igned), “ALFRED E. SMITH.” Note From Hoover “] want you to know of my grati- tude for the uniform courtesy ex- tended by James L. West, chicf of the staff assigned to me during t presidential campaign and by, bis assistants W. B. Ragsdale and Miss Mary Bainbridge Hayden. Mr. West and his coworkers have demon- strated their fairness in a most marked degree and I am thankful to them and to you for their splendid cooperation.” Faithfully yours, (8gd.) Herbert Hoover. Curtis Pleased “It gives me great pleasure 1o write you in regard to the splendid mervice of Francis Stephenson who has been with "ne in the campaign representing your association up to the end of the campaign. T have found him very attentive to his duties, always on the lookout for news and perfectly fair in his re- ports. “l am writing this of my own volition because I think it due him | for you.to kmow of his splendd scrvices.” Yours very truly. (Bgd ) .Charles Curtis. Robinson Writes ‘Walter Chamberlin in the first stages of the camnaign and Ray- mond Z. Henle in theJatter part of it, represting the Associated Press attended me on my tour through 30 states. They were at all times fair, diligent and able in representing the Associated Press and in reporting my addresses. T found them both eourteous, compankenable and ready to work at all timé. Sincerely yours, (Sgd.) Joseph T. Robinson. 380,009 Ceorgians Are Votine Teday Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 6.—(U'P)—Up- wards of 380,000 Georgians are ex- pected to vote in today's national election—the greatest number in the state’s history. Falr weather was general, In Atlanta, thousands of workers wought to cast their ballots hefore their day's labor began. For the first time, the rep ntatives of the republican party at many polling places. were Lift Right Hard ‘corns. soft co; the toes and callou You'll laugh—it doesn't hurt a bit! Just drop “Freezone™ on any te der, touchy corn. Instantly aching; then shortly you that old bothersome corn with your fingers, It works like a charm, every tim« Seems magic! A tiny bottle of ‘Freszons costs on few cents any drug stor: ' off! * oif! and lift of Through a | these writers ! In that . ity It City Items Watch for our ffth anniversary and fall show. Flower Greenhouse, 1163 Stanley St. Phone 3826-2—advt St. Elmo lodge, Knights of Pythi- as, will hold its regular meeting to- morrow evening. All megmbers of the board of governors are request- ed to be present as important mat- |ters will be heard and action taken at once. The entertainment commit- tee has arranged an interesting pro- {gram for the énsuing term. |~ Miss Agnes Buckley of Austin {street has returned home after spending the past week as the guest of Miss Mary Jane Tomer of New York city. A daughter has been born at St. Mary’s hospital, Waterbury, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sullivan of 51 Cedar street. Mrs. U. G. Lucas, of 241 Linwoo | street, has returned from Tivoli, | Y., where she has been spending the past six weeks. FRENCH CABINET QUITS POINCARE (Continued from First Page) cialists was led by Joseph Caillaux, he former premier, and was based on articles 70 and 71 of the 1929 budget. These articles dealt with re- ligious liberty in instruction and had incurred the hostility of that group of the radical-socialists which Cafl- laux had bfnded together. Sunday the resolution had been | withdrawn and the four radical-so- cialist ministers in Poincare’s coali- tion government—Edouard Herriot, Albert Sarraut, Henri Queuille, and Leon Perrier—had procecded to | Paris confident they could continue | | cooperating with the Poincare gov- | ernment. ! Learn of Action When they reached Paris they learned of the congress' action in condemning the budget program and |immediately tendered their resigna- { tion to Poincare, \ This brought the expected crisis. | Poincare had been cautious of what | action the radical-socialist congress | might take and he and his advisers had many conferences on what ac- tion the cabinet should do in case the | radical-socialists ordered their min- |isters not to join in further cooper- ation with the government. | The cabinet was the third that| | Poincare had headed since tie | | World war and its tenure had been | the third longest of any in the his- 'tory of the republic. | It was in the trying days of 1926 | when the franc rapidly was dropping | in value. Premier Raymond Herriot | was unable to arrange a capable | financial policy and finally resigned. | Poincare was asked to form a gov- ernment that would restore the ! franc. He picked a coalition cabinet, outlined a strong financial policy which greatly increased the taxes, and immediately brought back a safe | financial situation. [ His tenure in office had been com- paratively easy up until the attack 'v\us started on him by Catllaux at | the radical-socialist congress. | To Form New Cabinet | Prestdent Donmergue asked Poin- care to assume responsibility for curent affairs until a new cabinet 18 | formed. Meanwhile, the president began the traditional conferchces | with the presidents of the senate and | chamber of deputics and the heads ‘01 the principal political groups in parliament in an effort to find some- one to form a new government. It was generally expected Doumer- | gue would first ask Poincare to at- | |tempt to form a cabinet. In the event | Poincare refused or was unsuccess- ful, Aristide Briand, forcign minister {in the Poincare government was re- garded as the next choice. Former | Premicr Caillayx and Andre Tardieu, minister of public works in the Poin- care cabinet were regarded as the | most ambitious outsiders anxious for | |an opportunity to succeed Poincare. | Brief Note The brief note of collective resigna- tion which the premier presented to the president after a two hours ses- sion of thy cabinet, read as follows: “In the hope of maintaining the | closest collaboration which I thought | il to the public, T long ago ad- | A the members of the cabinet | that if one retired, 1 considered it | au obligation to give a collective | resiznation and I therefore ask you to accept it." | Edison Casts First ‘ Ballot of the Day “est Orange, N. J., Nov. 6.—(UP) Thomas A. Edison and Mrs. E stood in line fn front of a garage here from 0 a. m. to 6 a. . today to be the first to cast their | Mrs. <on Edison cast ballot number son number two. Both mnounced they intended to vote for Herbert Hoover Jardine Casts Vote | For Herbert Hoover | Manhattun, K . Nov. Willizam M griculture, cast Hoover and Curtis left for Washington. Jardine refused to comment on the election. He has been stumping for the republican ticket through the northwestern state early Ay and‘ 199-Year Old Man Votes for Hoover Thompsonville, Nov. & (P— Wil- liam Calderwood for more than fifty vears in business here, doubly ob- served Lis 90th birthday anniversary today. He is living with a son in Sprinzficld, and had registered ther for the clection and he cast a ballot | for Hoover, and then had a party at | home. | \CUATING TOWN | Catania, Sicily, Nov. 6§ (B — Evacuation of the town of Mascali fore streams of flaming lava roil- down from the crater of Mount Fina was going on rapidly today. The railroad around. Etna has been dar i and service interrupted. | A hastily orga d motor car serv- | ice employed to speed the | tion of Mascali while squads firemen and municipal police hur- ried from Catania. vaer READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS | | employes | money Cand questioned. I no one ROTHSTEIN DIES GANE T0 FINISH (Continued from First Page) showed they had paid him $385,000, tut Rothstein, on the witness stand, was uncommuricative, Stlence Characteristic His silence was characteristic. He was never voluble about the inti- iate details of his life. His exact age was not kmown. He bas said he would be 46 years but he looked ten years younger. The son pf a prosperous New York cotton goods merchant, he learned playing billiards with his father's that he could pick up easier that way than by working for it. He gravitated to the race track and then took up other forms of gambling. Early in life, he achieved the reputation of being a “square shoot- er,” his formula was: “Don't think you caa get rich by being crooked. It takes brains to get rich. In the years that followed, Roth- stein handied big sums of money, his wealth and his fame increased. Former Mayor John F. Hylan, in one of his political campaigns, dub- bed him “The King of the Pcol- rooms.” ‘Worth Millions As his wealth increased, he reach- ed out for substantial investments. He owned a hotel in Seventy-Ser ~nd street, valued at $2,000,000, cnd other real estate. Altogether it was estimated he was worth several mil- lion dollars, | In a bed at the Polyclinic hos- pital he lived on even after the doc- tors had despaired of his life. Some blood other than his own beat in his wrists, watched so closely by the doctors. But they admitted that those long years when he said “No thanks” as the drinks were passed around, were responsible for his liv- ing as long as he did. Then, helping him too, was the iron nerve which carried him through from the room in the Park Central hotel where a pistol was the answer to his refusal to pay a quar- ter million gambling debt, to the lobby and a quiet hall boy “Call a cab.” He's no squealer either, this lone wolf of the gambling pack. “You %know me better than that Paddy,” he told Detective Patrick Flood of the white light district when he-was questioned as to whose finger pulled the trigger. Working without his aid the police have reconstructed what they believe is the story of what led up to the shooting and the actual scene in the room in the Park Central when Rothstein walked in Sunday night in response to a telephone call. Early in September six men gath- ered in an apartment in the West tifties, There were Rothstein, George “Hump” McManus, “Nigger Nate” Raymond of San Francisco, Meyer Boston from the Hub, ‘Max and Dude, and a man known only as “Titanic,” who came east from Chi- cago with the reputation of a plunger. . Stud Poker The game was stud poker, one card face down, four up, the most lethal of all varieties of card games where money is at stake. Betting began gently, $100, a century, being etandard. It rose as the hours went on to $1,000, a grand. But the luck was even, the others drank, smoked, swore softly. Rothstein smiled, said ‘No thanks” spoke little and then only in a soft purr as he made his bets: But he was impatient, Thousand on Spade “A thousand I hold a higher spade than you, Titanic,” he said softly. “Done.” He won. The game had started early in the evening. Dawn came, day passed the night came down. Still the game went on. It was 6 o'clock on the second morning when Rothstein stood up. “For how much have you boys taken me?” he asked. No money had passed hands, only memorandas up to now. They fig- ured it at close to $300,000, Turns Crooked “That's about $80,000 in stakes and the rest in side bets,” he said. He paid them what he had, about $37,000 it was rumored, and then, still softly told them the *“high spade” turns were crooked, that they could whistle for their money. He hired two hodyguards. Then two more. His creditors of the game became insistent. Then things seem- ed to settle down. The bhodyguards hecame irksome. He dismissed them 2 | Sunday night he was sitting at the corner table in Lindy aurant at Fiftieth street and Broadway, a table v served for him when a phone call came. McManus wants me over at the Park Central,” he said. A few mo- ments later he staggered down the stairs at the hotel, a bullet hole in Lis side. Whitkey Bottles In a room at the hotel police found two whiskey bottles, one half full, several glasses, an overcoat with MrManus' name in the pocket. There was a hole in the screen. Outstde in the strect the gun had been found, a warm cartridge in its | cBanbe One man was picked up last nigh Some sy it was Nate.” Broadway heard McManus cent word to the he would go to headquarters Rothstein died. What that means would say, although it was whispered that McManus had heen frying to act as peacemaker. That he was Rothstein's friend. “He knows who shot Rothstein and will tell if he dies, ¥ Fricnds of Rothstein say he wasn't the fizer of the world series of 1919, hat he was offered the chance and 1efused it. He wanted no sure thing they say. Worth $5.000,000 He was one of the hest insurance lesmen in the country, his com- Sions running second best ene year. He owns several parcels of estate and is rated close to $5.- 0.000 in Broadway's books. The shooting brought back his wife, from whom he had heen es- tranged for several months. She arrived at the hospital in an expen- sive automebile from her Fifth ave- nue home. xtra polics ! * ils have been stationed at varici's strategic cen- ters in the Roaring Forties. Two patrolmen watch the doors at Poly- th: police if I Vete 1 “Te2e lidge| Da: State ! 12 |Alabama | |Arizona ... 9 |Arkansas ...\ California ... Colorado ““THE VOTE IN 1928 Vote |Hoover | Smit! State .12 Vote| Hoover| Smith Nebraska ... 8 Nevada ....2 3 N. Hampshire 4 ‘New Jersey.. 14 New Mexico. 8 3 9 Connecticut . New York... 45 Delaware ... 6 |Florida .. 14 |Georgia ..... |!daho ... No. Carolipa. 12 North Dakota 5 Ohio ....... 24 Oklahoma .. 10 | Minois ...... Indiana .. Oregon ..... 5 Pennsylvania, 38 lowa ....... Rhode Island. 5 Kansas So. Carolina.. 9 Kentucky ... South Dakota 5 Louisiana . Maine ...... Tennessee ... 12 Texas I Maryland ... Utah ....... Massachusctts Michigan . Minnesola ... Vermont . 4 Virginia ..... 12 Washington .. 7 1 Mississippi .. West Virginja 8 ‘ Missouri .... Wisconsin .. 13 La Follette 13): Montana .... 1 Wyoming ... 3 3 In order to make this more clinie, others keep the crowds of soft speaking men who walk on tip toe from loitering in front of | Lindy's. Even for Broadway it's a | big thrill. SPELLACY ASSERTS HE 1S 70 RESIGH (Continued from First Page) | senator in 1922 when it was deter- mined from his point of view “normal democratic margin” in this | state. He made known this vicw- point when he reacted to a prophcey by J. Henry Roraback, republic national committeeman und stute chairman, at the McKinley day din- ner at Bridgeport last February when he eatimated that the republi- | can plurality at the slection veing | held today, would be at least 75,000, although Mr. Roraback did not 2dd to his prediction ths name of the probable presidential nominee of his own party but did iutimate that Gov. Smith would be the demacratiz cne. | Has Supported Sinidh | Mr. Spellacy has Leen a vigorous supporter of Gov. Smith and he car- | | ricd his personal caiapaign in behalf | of the governor in citics and towns of the state since the national con- vention of four years aga whcn he | was at the outset a supportor of Mr. | McAdoo while his staze delegation | was a Smith one in scntinment, | Has Had Oppoeition Vigorous as has been Mr. Spellacy | in urging his party to organize and | work for party success, he also met | { with much friction from a minority | | who have opposed him since the New | York convention, Even during the | campaign, and especially during the | recent visit of Gov. Smith to the state, it is understood that opposi- tion to Mr. Spellacy was ever pres- | :nt although his fellow workers did | | not abate their efforts in behalf of | the ticket. | Voting Is Heavy Reports from cities and towns up | till noon indicated that the voting is extremely heavy and fully up to| | estimates, The total registration in nnecticut has been placed at about ,000, or approximately 30 per cent increase over the vote of 1924, and the cutlook was that the total vote cast would exceed 550,000, | Chief Justice William H. Taft, who | with Mrs. Taft, is registered in the ! 18th ward in New Haven, did not | return from Washington to vote, but | Mrs. Taft who is visiting friends in | this city, was handy to her voting | place. John Coolidge, son of President | Calvin Coolidge, who is registered in Northampton, Ma was 10 go by motor this afternoon to vote | though he had a blank absente | 1ot sent him several days ago. | Many Autos Used | This election day saw more auto- | mobiles pressed into service than ever before, induced, it was the gen- cral opinion, by the acuteness of in- terest taken by individuals in the | prospect of party suecess. The ma- chine made it possible for the spry old folks to get to the polls and in- | stances were many Where nonagen- | avians cast their ballots with as much enthusiasm as did the young- | | sters who had just reached their age | of efigibility, In Fast Hampton | three electors had an average of 90 sears. In Hebron George M. Buck, 101, who voted four years ago, ex- | pected to vete during the day. | In the 30 cities and towns of the state which use voting machines. supplies of paper ballots were on | | hand in the event that the machines prove incapable of handling what is expected to be a rocord vote. The {remainder of the 169 towns use the | Australian ballot exclusively. Exceptionally heavy voting was | ‘reported in Torrington, where at 10 o'clock the number of votes cast was only 2,000 less than the total presi- dential vote of four years ago. In Eridgeport 15.000 persons voted be- | fore 9 @'clock and in New Britain | a third of the total vote had been cast by 9:30. Stratford voters cast more ballots between six and eight, TOTAL ELECTORAL VOTE—531 ! Here is a score card for your use as election returns come to you. It tabulates the states, their full electoral count, and leaves blanks for the Hoover and Smith votes. As a state seems certain for either candidate, its apportionment of electoral votes may be |inserted into his column, and so the national trend may be | dates in 1924 are given alongside, so that comparisons can easily be made. request that a | | doubled. | “straights” making for speed. 82 136 discerned. interesting ~nd instructive, the electoral votes for the candi- o'clock than is generally cast in an entire morning. | Using Machines The cities and towns which are using voting machines today are as follows: Bridgeport, Bristol, Dan- bury, East Hartford, East Lyme, Hamden, Hartford, Manchester, Meriden, Milford, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Haven, Norfolk, Nor. walk, Norwich, Plainville, Ridge- fleld, 8eymour, Southington, Sprague, Stamford, Suffield, Torrington, Wal- lingford, Waterbury, West Hart- ford, West Haven, Westport, Weth- ersfield. Voters in four cities of the state will also elect their local officers and anether will elect aldermen. Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Stam- ford voters will cast their ballots for mayoralty candidates and other administrative officers and Bridge. port will vote for aldermanic can. didates. In Stamford Arthur W. Bell, democrat, is opposing W. W. Graves, republican, for the mayor- alty. In Derby. Charles J. Dickgiesser is the republican nominee for | mayor and Williuam J. Riordan is the democratic nominee. In Ansonia layor Michael J. Cook is running for re-election on the democratic ticket and is being opposed by Theodore I. Bristol, jr.. republican. In Shelton, former Mayor Ben nett N. Beard is the d«mocraucl randidate for mayor and Francis L Nettleton, the present incumbent, is the republican choice. FOUR MILLION N AR WEST VOTING| Electorate Turning Ont in Vast| Numbers BY H. T. ASHBAUGH (A. P, Western News Editor) Upwards of four milllon men and women of the west were casting | | their ballots today, after one of the | most exciting campaigns in the his- tory of this region, Generally favorable weather re- | ports and early heavy balloting indi- ated the vote would be large and that & vast percentage of the 4,- 600,000 persons registered by the 11| westermost states would exercise their rights as citizens. i In all of the Rocky Mountain and | Pacific coast states national candi- dates and issues overshadowed statc und local contests. But the latter | were by no means devoid of interest. | In Washington & race for the gover- | norship was made spiey by exchang- es between Roland H. Hartley, in- umbent republican, and Scott Bul- itt, democrat. Late yesterday the fight had reached the libel threat stage with newspapers involved. Montana also | has a state fight with the cleavage | mainly around “pro-copper com- pany” and “anti-copper company’ adherence. ‘Fabutation of Vote ew Haven, Nov. 6 (P—At what time will Connecticut vote count be completed? Was a question volleyed | In all these western states reli- right and left today. The heavy gion and prohibition were issues, votiag in towns is expected to mean | especially in New Mexico, where a a delayed count in the larger ones. | large population of Spanish and An example is Greenwich, the | Mexican antecedents has the vote. wealthiest town in the state which In California, largest of the group, clings to the paper ballot and the | a favorite son was being voted for onc polling place. Today, all voting | and against. This is the home state was done at the armory. There were |of Hcrbert Hoover, republican can- 00 names of new voters on the | didate for president. It is general- The staft of counters has been |ly agreed that Governor Smith, his Two years ago the count |democratic opponent, will get a larg: was over at 2 a. m. It is hardly ex- | vote in northern and central Cali- pected before daybreak tomorrow. | fornia but that in the south the ma- The hope for a speedier count there | jority for Hoover will be a wide one. seemed to rest fn the nature of | In Arizona, Governor George W.| the ballots, 2 preponderance ef |P. Hunt, democrat, seeking his sevénth term in his present office, I {flashed to Lower California by the | day. | of voters. Plainfield in Windham county is another slow town owing to number Tt did not repert two | years 2go until 2:15. Its registration lis expected to influence the voting cans claim the state by & small | margin® Biggest Total in After religion and prohibition, the tariff comes in for a major ef- tfect. In the mining, wool and beet {sugar producing states the tariff is {most important. In Colorado, Wash- !ington, California, Arizona and ! parts of Nevada, water power will determine many votes. In all the: states farm relief cuts a figure. | There were exceptions to the good : this time shows a large inérease. The city elections, Ansonia, Derby and clton will complicate the county as the custom has heen to count the ity ballots hefore those of the state. The carliest returns may come from Naugatuck where under a charter amendment it will be possi. ble to close the polls at 5. . . {down carly voting. In Utah the vot- Hmtory m Ahb&ml.lng was heasy after clearing skies Birmingham, Ala. Nov. 6.—(UP) |that followed a morning shower. In ma was expected to cast be- | northern Califernia, Oregon and n 250,000 and 275.000 votes to- . Washington the usual late fall rains . the largest total in fts history. | were not expected to restrain voters ' v voting was the heaviest on | scriously. This also was true of cold record. with around 30,000 cast In | weather and smow in some of the | the first hour. Rocky Mountain sections where 13,000 i;ote Early m;;ya:l;e “v':&: aae a veritable In Stamford Today Notice of Sale 6. Battista Scire sold hls undivid- ed one half interest on Bakery Shop located at 14 Beaver St., fo Giuseppe Coppola. raid on the polls in San Francisco Stanford, Nov. 6 (P . .‘and‘ Oakland, Cal. In San Francisco St 18000 Bt 'g;nt:n L O L ey e o roters had cast their ballots in the | SULCUIty in thelr operation by un- presidential election. A city election | XPerienced ' persons was reported. is also being held today. Extra paper ballsts were provided for the overflow. | o San Francisoo 18 expected to give Smith Carries S. C. Smith & small majority. Alameda | County, Losing But Four | county, in which Oakiand fs situ- Unton, 8. C., Nov. 6 (P—Shortly | 3ted, is expected to give a lead to before noon today the union box of | Hoover. Unlon county reported 238 votes cast | Final pleas were made by all can- with 234 for Smith and four for |didates in one form or another last Hoover. night. Raskob and Wife Go To Polls for Smith | Claymont, Del,, Nov. 6.—(UP)— ! John J. Raskob, democratic national !chairman, and his wife, voted at 10:15 a. m. today at the Red Men's hall in Overlook Colony, near Clay- | mont. Raskob will return to New York this afternoon. CARL F. LINN | The information service pureau of | Dartmouth college at Hagover, N.| H., issued today to the Sertior High schdel of this city, a statement say- ing that Carl F. Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Linn of 24 Roberts street, this city, a graduate of the local high achool in 1924, was a high standing pupil in scholastic work for the 1927-28 term at that college. This is the first of the new series of the notices of this type the bureau is issuing. Whenever a stu- dent has high marks at Dartmputh, the information service bureau will mail notices to the secondcry sdhool | trom which the student graduated. | RUSH TOPOLLS 1S UNPRECEDENTED (Continued from First Page) ord the nation’s verdict. Heavy Vote In Kansas City, officials estimated that one-fourth of the total vote had been cast before 8 a. m. Chicago was voting at the rate of 100,000 an hour. At 10 a. m. forty per cent of Manhattan and Brooklyn had voted. The early turnout in Milwaukee was three times that in the corres- ponding hours of the fall primary. Bufralo reported 75,000 votes cast by 10 a. m. One-fifth of the regis- tered vote of Ohio was in the ballot boxes by 9 a. m. Worcester, Mass., produced increases of from 30 to 50 per cent over the voting records of carly hours on previous election days. Everywhere the story was the same. States like Pennsylvania and | Vermont, where the overwhelming republican preponderence has made national elections mean little in the past, turned out in unprecedented | numbers. 1In all of the usually solid | democratic south, the tallies mount. | ed quickly past all previous records, The whole nation was voting heavily, | and voting early. Hear Returns Before They Can Cast Vote Yos Angeles, Nov. 6 (3—Sleepy- eyed workers, hurrying to thelr| early morning tasks in the cool dawn of election day, read of presi. dential election returns in two Massachusetts villages today, sever. | al hours before they could cast their | own ballots. | First returns of the election were | Associated Press at 3:35 a. m. Pa. cific coast time, in time to catch late morning editions, which a few hours later were lying on breakfast tables of the city's residents. News of the first balloting at New Ashford, Mass., and Mount Wash- ington, Mass., was read eagerly. The late morning edition newspapers displayed the ne in black type banner headlines at the head of their first pages. ; Torrington’s Vote | Largest in History| Torrington, Conn., Nov. 6 (#—By far the largest vote in the history of this city was being recorded here to- Over half the total enroll- ment had gone to the polls by 11 a. m. The vote at 10 o'clock was 4,167 as compared with a total of 5,929 in the entire election here four | jfor president, aithough the republi- | years ago. Even with two extra voting ma- chines in use, lines of voters extend- ed for a long distance outside city hall. These lines had been In evidence from the opening hour. 96 YEAR OLD NURSE VOTES Aurora, TIL, Nov. 6.—(UP)—Mrs, | Mary Athow, 96, one of the last sur- viving nurses of the Civil war, did no scratching on her baliot today. cast a republican vote. FARM BELT GIVES EARLY, EAY VOTE Agricaltrst Pock 0 Pols o Regsier Cools By C. E. HONCE A.“P. Central States News Editor The meaning of the tremendous registration 1n the middle west, qualifylng nearly as many womeu voters as men, was undergeing in- terpretation today at the ballot box, which will yield the secret of the farm belt's 149 electoral votes and decide nine senatorial and 13V house races, With fair weather and moderate temperatures prevalling over most of the area early reports indicated that the record bresking tion was being translated into a reo- ord breaking vote. More than 300,000 ballots had | been cast in Chicago slone two and one half hours after the polls epen~ ed and election officials estimated that Chicagoans were continuing to the polls at the rate of 100,000 an hour. Downstate Illinois also was turning out heavily and similar re- ports of unprecedented voting came from Jowa, Nebrasks, Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsih, the Dakotas, Kansas and Ohio, The woman vete in the urban centers was noticeably large in the early hours. Good roads, incident to the ‘unusually warm November weather, brought early balloting in the country areas. In Nebraska, election commis. sioners decreed that voters in line at the hour the polls closed would be given an opportunity to vote re. gardless of the time involved. This was deemed necessary because of the big registration and the length of the ballot, In 1924 all but 13 Wisconsin elec- toral votes, which went to La Fole |lette, were counted in the Coolidge column in the midwest and while | republicans claimed that their tra- ditional front would be maintained and that Wisconsin would be won back, democrats contended that their candidates and the jssues on which they fought would penetrate the republican wall, The increased registratjon of from 10 to 45 per cent In some states was called an outpouring to regis- ter a conviction on the farm prob. lem, which was one of the domi- nant issues in the middle west. Republican spokesmen said the announcement of Herbert Hoover that 1f elected he would call & special session of congress to con- sider the farm problem had brought evidence of a favorsble reaction among farm belt farmers. On the other hand, George N. Peek, chair- |man of the Alfred E. Smith inde- pendent organizations committes and an active worker for the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill, declared that “‘Mr. Hoover's address holds eut me new hope for the farmer.” “Reports from the Smith inde- pendent agricultural leagues indl- cate & wholesale repudiation of Hoover and his policies by mermal- 1y republican farmers,” sai@ Mpr. Peek. “Our information indicates that Wisconsin, Missour! and Nebraska are safe for Smith by a considersble margin; that Smith aise will earry | Minnesota, North and Seu | xota and "Montans 1n mn ot that Jows and Indiana are Gefinite- ly in the doubtful celumm.” ] Peek also saw & “definite pasei that Illinois will land in the Smith column."” STATE TROOPS CALLED 0UT IN WEST YTRGINIA Dr. George O'Hanlon of Jaresy Oty Will Address Gathering of The annual meeting of [ . necticut Hospital ...mm." will b held at 8t. Francis hospital ford tomorrow. Dr, T, lfi:m of the New Britain General e tal is & past president. Miss Mm E. Traver, directreas of muress at the local inastituties, is Sesretary, Dr. Roy L. Leak, superintendent of the state hospital, at Middletown, 1o president. Much interest is manifest ameng | New Britain physicians in the pre- | posed address by Dr. George O'Nan- {lon, medical director of the Jerdey City hospital, who witl be the pfin- cipal speaker. 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