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PRICE TWO CENTS tCopyrttht, 1020. br Public htdttr Company j: BIGGEST VOTE EVER RECORDED CAST TODAY IN HAT K ' Women's Eager Rush to Polls Makes Early Balloting Heaviest Ever Registered in City i&?7a i i ,fi k. V f jusiiHi TB uromi w ION i y j i n ! - w it, r ty V NEW ELECTORS CUT SENATOR PENROSE IN SOME SECTIONS i bther Wards of City, How ever; rijority Vote Repub lican Ticket Straight HEAVY TURNOUT DOWNTOWN .IN COUNCILMANIC CONTEST 'NVomca voters here gnvc early ind Jccislvo proof tlioy nre not "election pjnckoia," ns the hrnvlrst vote ever ro-i iorded in thii city poured into the 1350 Xiolllnc plnces. In the tlrst hours of this general clcc Won nppnrentlv more women than men Wre cscrcininj? tlie right of franchise. TOicre Merc no lenzthy delayn, either, Sich as might be rxpoetccl wlien to jminy new olV'rs were maritime hnllots. The election in the first councilmnnic district proceeded mnoothly with upmc Idckcrinirs but no serious disturbances, anmes fjallagher is the adminislrntior. candidate for Council there in opposi tion to Charles .1. l'ommcr, the nic choice. Pommer, the Council candidate. t'liiirani nu woii'il pm iw"" . plurality, while X3nllnghcr forecast n1 JlitlU omra'ity lor mmsr.i. pcuuiui . .. ulaimed Pommer would win by 10,000 votes. Women Fight Penrose One feaCure was the nnmber of wom en in many wards working openly to cut ,down the vote for Senator Penrose. Many divisions, however, reported that women as well us men were voting tuc 'straight Republican ticket. There appeared to be general indorse--went of the S!13.000.000 municipul loan. Ilepofts that the big loan was being opposed In the Fortv-sccond ward were receUed shortly before noon at iho Mavor's office. Andrew Iroscu, Kc ptibllcnn Alliance Tender of the ward, said the Tare leader. William P. Wio Kert. had onjered his supporters to vote "no" on the loan. When this report reached Senator Vare he made nn emphntic denial. , inc senator BSHcrted he and all his friends wereiworklng.for the loan. He said It .was assured of a big majority. "Thelo.'uicte8 election ir. cars,r was tho (omment of V. h. D. lloach, necrc tatr o"f- the Committee of beventy, at noon. Two niotoroycle patrolmen were kept in rcadiiW at the committee head quarters to proceed to any lotation where troub'o was reported. .' Philadelphia not only is participating In the election of a natioual govern ment tbdav. but also has the important djity of, filling some state and city of- )ffices voted on nre: Presiden tial ebxtors, United States "enatnr. four cOiigressmen-at-large, six district c6pgrcssmen, state treasurer, auditor senercl, fouc state senators, forty-one state representatives, u judge of tlie State iSupreme Court and a judge of the- State Superior Court. .Two proposed amendments to the state constitution also nie be tig voted on. The first, in cfTcct. would permit th6 Legislature to grant perpetual char ters to banks nnd trust companies. Charter are now limited to twcnt enrs. This change is advocated to enable the state banks and trust com panies to compete with national banks, .particularly in the matter of discount business. '-The second proposed amendment al lows this city's borrowing capacity to be Increased to 10 per rent of the totnl assessed valuation of taxable propertj. It provides that the municipality can use its borrowing power for public im provements. When such improvements yield enough revenue to take car$ of intercbt nnd sinking fund charges the amount of loan funds used in their pur chase will pot bo a limitation ou tho city's borrowing capacity. iScveii Seek Presidency Thero are seven sets of presidential electors on the ballot Hcpublleun, Democratlcic, Socialist, Prohibition, Industrialist, Labor and Single Tax. 'ine iiepuuiicun ciccHirs-iii-iuriiP in- i cludo John 'Waumuaker mid James Dobson. The Democratic elcctors-ot-large include William A. (Jlnsgow, Contlnunl on l'ncn Hit. Column Die PENROSEJJASTS BALLOT Yptes Straight G. O. P. Ticket. Chate With Woman Watcher Senator Penrose oted the straight Ttepnblican ticket at J1-:4S o'clock at 210 South Twelfth street, tho no'lins place of the ninth .division of the Eighth vrard. The beuator was in excellent spirits and appeared to be in good health. Ills color, woh Jicttcr thuu it has been since his prolonged Illness. He camo to the polls unaccompanied nnd walked without a cane. Ac ho entered the senator exchanged BmJles with Margaret I, Desmond. 2.17 South Sixteenth stieet, Ilepubllean watcher there. He chatted briellv with her and then obtained u ballot. In less than a minute he had marked the big fciipet and deposited it in the ballot-box. lie walked back to his homo, 1831 Spruce street. ELECTION RETURNS Tho Public Ledger has installed n battery of telephones to glvo special Bervico tonight, election night. Call Lombard 6300 and Lombard 6300 only for elec tion Information tonight. THE , PUBLIC LEDGER 1EVEN BABY GOES Ledg-cr Photo Servlco Voting was not pennittcd to Interfere with such household tasks as mind ing tho baby by Philadelphia women. Mrs. It. Franklin Stahl is shown hero at the. polling place at 1728 Dclauccy street with her son "Hilly" in his carriage. Mis. Alan Calvert, a watcher, is Instructing Mrs. Stnhl on the proper way to mark her ballot MAN DEAD, WOMAN FIREMEN INJURED HURT IN COLLISION: " IN $250,000 BLAZE Autos Collide at SixtyTthifd'nd Uatnanne'btrjeets, but.iSKsai jaw " of Accident Flees SECOND VICTIM WILL LIVE In u collision between two automo biles at Sixty-third and Catharine streets, early this morning, a man was killed and a woman riding in the enr with him was injured. The' driver of the other machine did not stop to nid the injured, but drove away. Morris Delgoc' Jiving at (1120 Lo cust street, wns ufc-r. killed. In company with Mrs. Esther Fields, who also occupies nn apartment at tho Lo cust street address, he attendeda movie, nnd later went on n shott drive with the woman. Delgood is n widower, twenty-four jears old. Sirs. Fields lives with her husband. At the intersection of yht.v-thirdjnnd Catharine streets a heavy touring car crashed into the machine driven by Delgood. wrecking the car, killing Del good instantlv. At the Mlscricordln Hospital it was found that Sirs. Fields suffered a cut Hcalp. She isbclng held nt the institution, pending examination as to possible Internal injuries. FATHER" FATALLY SHOOTS SON ON HUNTING TRIP First Death Near Here of Rabbit Season at Harrison Estate The first fatal gunning accident of the season from. the district near Philadelphia- happened this morning near tho II. II. Hurrisou estate, Oircy Towers, north of Glensldc, when Walter Bur gess,, eighteen j ears old, was shot and killed by the accidental discharge of i I'lin In the hands of his Intncr, .1. uur gess. ' ' According to tho Ogontz riolico the Burgesses started, on a rabbit hunting trip shortly nfter daylight. The 'father laid his gun on a pile of brush, and iu picking up the weapon it was dis charged, the entire charge of shot en tering the bov's body. Ho was taken to the Abington Me mortal but wus dead when the ambulance Hrrived. The ra-e. wns turned over to the Cheltenham township officials at Ogontz. NEGRO WOMEN BARRED Ballots Refused Themln Georgia Because of State Law S.ivannah, Ga., ,'ov. 2. (By A. P.) Negro women were refused ballots at tlie voting places" in Savnunah today. Many negro women have registered here since the suffrngc amendment beenmc effective, but the election judges ruled that they were not entitled to vote bc cause of the state law which requires registration six months before nn elec tion. U. S. DEBT $24,062,509,672 Reduction Last Month Was $24, 846,455, Treasury Reports Washington, Nov. 2. (By A. P.) Treasury opcintioqs for October re sulted in a further reduction iu tlie pub? lie debt, according tofigtorcs nuidc pub lic today showiug tho gross debt to be $2I.002,50D,072.4 This represents a reduction of $24,-81(1.-15$ during the month. Ordinary expenditure of tho govern ment .during tho month totaled 420, 407,372, against totnl ordinary receipts of $220,031,804; The nllfferenco of $200,402,507 wnB more thun overcome, I however, by othor transactions Jjy the I department affecting the, public debt. TO THE POLLS attuDfistroyed. in.Early.'Morn- - ing Conflagration DRIED FRUIT FIRM LOSES Several firemen received slight injuries nnd the building of V. L. Cnvanna & Co., nt 41 South Water street, was re-' stroyed by fire at 3:10 o'clock this morning. , Two nlarms were sent in, but tho firemen were unable to prevent the building from being completely gutted. The adjoining properties were saved. The building extends through to 40' South Delaware avenue, nnd is used on the first two floors by tho dried fruit brokerage ofllccs of Mr. Cavannn, the two upper tloors being occupied, by A. IJ. Cavnnna & Co.. who prepare dried fruits of various kinds. V. Tj. Cavnnna said this morning. tho dnmnge to the bul'dlng is $100,000, and to the1 contents. $150,000, only partly covered bj Insurance. "This ruins mV business," he said, "as all our Chribtmas orders hod been inrcnarci'. and were Just rcadr to shin. 'Our best businesy.is done at this season of the year," Patrolman Murphy, of the FourtJi nnd Raci' strebts station Rmt sow tlin !firc, as the flames" burst from a fourth noor, winuow. , lie at. oncq turned in nn alarm; Owiug to the large quantity of dried fruits, packed iu paper boxes, in 'the building the fire spread and burned wjth great hent. In consequence mnny firemen were soverely scorched. Three men were treated by Police Surgeon iRyan and kept at-their work.. Captain Edwnrd Horn, of Truck Co. 4, was. injured when the ladder he was 'climbing slipped and fell to the street'. John McShnne, of Engine Co. 22, was taken to the Jefferson Hospital with cuts of the head and face when he wns struck by falling bricks. Crossed electric, wires' nro supposed to have started tho fire. , JAIL,' THEN DEPORTATION, FOR LONDONMYSJERY MAN Intermediary Between British Rebels and Soviet Gets Six Months London, Nov. 2 (By A. P.). Six months nt hard labor nnd denortation thereafter was the sentence imposed in, jjow street, poucc c.pqr toaay upon fcirKl Welthclm, the mystery man, who jvas arraigned In .this- court n week ago to day charged by tho government with nctlng as nn Intermediary between members of tho revolutionary circles in Great Britain and, Russian revolution ists. Neither the name nor the na tionality of the prisoner wns made known at the time of his arraignment. 1 It was upon Welthclm that the gov ernment's nttorncy announced thnt a letter from Sylvia Pankhurst to Nikola Leninc, premier of Soviet Russia, had been found, in which Miss Pankhurst was alleged to have written : "Tlie sit uation Is most acute; not ready for a revolution yet." Miss PanWiurst has since been sen tenced to six months' Imprisonment on charges of haying published seditious Mterature 'designed to nffoct the navy, in tho newspaper tho Workers' Dread nought, one of the articles In which was entitled 'Discontent on tho Lower Deck." This 8ettles It! Senator Harding led In a straw vote tnken today at the Friends' Select School, Sixteenth street and tho Park way. The result follows: Harding, 230; Cox, 32; Debs, 80; Wotklns, 1; Chris, - lenaeu,-;, -, , -r , Harding Awaits Nations " Greatest Birtliday Gift Marion, O., Nov. 2. It is within the power of the American people to give Warren O. Harding the greatest birthday present he has ever received. Senator Harding is fifty-five years old today, and ho is calmly awaiting the verdict of his fellow-countrymen, confident ,thnt they will confer on him the greatest gift it Is in their power to bestow. Tho Senator completed his cam paign with his speech Saturday night in Columbus, 0. HARDING GETS 28, COX 6; FIRST T0WSV0TE OUT New Ashford, Mass., Shows Repub lican Gain; 16 to 7 In 1916 lloston, Nov. 2. (Ily A. P.) The town of New Ashford. In Berkshire county, was the first in Massachusetts to report its vote for President today. The tabulation of the vote was completed at 7.80 n. m. nnd resulted as follows: Harding and Coolidgc (Republican). ..28 Cox and Roosevelt (Democrat) 0 Pour j ears ago New Ashford gave Hughes (Republican) 10 votes and President Wilson (Democrat) 7. The town of Norwcll, in Plymouth county, voted as follows for President and governor: For President Cox 48, Harding 4011: for governor Cox (Re publican) 405, Walsh (Democrat) 30. Topeka, Kas., Nov. 2. (By A. P.) Incomplete returns from four pre cincts out of thirty-six in Topeka at 11 o'clock gave Harding 100 ; Cox, 00. under tuc double election system the count began at 10 a. m. WOMAN KILLED BY TROLLEY ou ml, r, ...... only vote .for yourself for President She Was Carrying Dinner Pall When)0m:c- Struck Not Identified I "Twice," corrected a woman in tho An unidentified woman, carrying a ' "W(V , ""i1 V10 ?nn,lillnto nod,3o1 and dinner pnil. was struck by a trolley JoI"cd '" t,,c ,m,s''. car at Krankfnrd avenue and Seltzer Burnt of Cheering street this morning and injured bo badly sue uled in tlie I.plscopal Hospital with out regaining consciousness. She was about thirty-five years old. In n pockctbook she carried was thirty five cents. She was attempting to cross, from the west to the cast side of Frank ford nvenue when the car struck her. Her right leg wns broken and she sus tained a tfracturcd skull. " ;TH8EE.;BUlpNG;saVNEa- hoots ungntiy Damaged ,in early Morning Blaze The roofs of three adjoining houses on Mulberry street, Frankfqrd. were damaged early this morning ty a firo which caused SHOO damocc. but was prevented by quick action from spread- Ing to the lower tloors. i. The occupantB of the three burned Houses are John Jennings. Joscim M. Clark nnd,Hurold Bice, living at 40.r)3, 40."5 nnd 4057 Mulberry street 'respec tively. Tlay nie all negroes. The tire wus discovered on the Jennings house, but its origin is unknown.' Jennings places a value of $000 on his loss, and tho other two ,$400 each. TWO MEN HELD UP highwaymen Get $100 and a Gold Watch George Wolff, 100 Nqrth Fifth street, Darby, nnd Alfred Simpson, 1320 Froth street, Chester, were held up mid rob btd by three negroes at Island rond mid Elrawood avenue early this morning. The bandits cscnprd wlthjSlOO and a watch and chain valued ut'r.5BfiL Willie two of the negroes held tho victims helpless by threats to shoot, the third w-ent through their pockets and got the money and watch. Then they disappeared over Island road. BOY, 9, HIT BY TRUCK Driver Surrenders to Camden Police t After Accident Donald Allen, nine years old, of Falrvlcw, N. J., was struck by a motortruck on Mt. Ephralm pike near Colllngs road, nt 10 o'clock -this morning. The boy was taken to the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital In Cam den. It is believed ills skull is frac tured. Vernou .laggard, nineteen years old, of Almoncsson, driver of the truck, surrendered to the Camden police fol lowing the accident RAINY ELECTION NIGHT Showers Due to Thin Out Crowds Awaiting Returns Rain will start falling late this nfter noon and conttnuo during the night, the forccastccnnuouncea. "It look's ns thouC-i' election crowds will be thinned out by the showers," he said. "It will bo a twelve-hour rain followed by colder temperature." The showers are not expected before the middle of the afternoon at least, weather signs indicate. They will con tlnue until early tomorrow morning. WATCHERS COLLECT FUND Election Officers Rewarded When They Complain of Pay Watchers at the Forty-seventh di vision polling plnee of tho Twenty-second ward, at 222 West Haines street, took up a collection for the election of, fleers In' that division. kTho officers showed, up for work on time this morning, but they voiced the complaint that $5 is not enough for a day's ,work. Tlie watchers then began eliciting contributions from all tho voters as they arrived nt the polling placo.1 No "Ticklers" Tonight Superintendent of Police Mills today issued orders barring the use of "tick lers" nnd confetti among tho election crowds toqlght. He sajd .plckpockots luscd the so-called fun-makers to dU- jwt " viwynMB., , HARDING CHEERED AS HE CASTS HIS VOTEINGARAGE Nominee- Takes Thirteenth Place in Line, Preceded by His Wife TO GOLF .THIS AFTERNOON; CONFIDENT OF ELECTION By the Associated Press Marlon, O., Nov. 2. Wearing the snrao air of smiling confidence thnt has characterized his manner throughout the campaign, Senator Harding, ac companied by his wife, cast his ballot today at precinct C of tho Fourth ward. Senator nnd Mrs, Harding reached the voting place, n red brick garage, shortly nfter 10 o'clock. They wore cheered when they entered the building and several of those who were waiting ahead of them offered to give up their places. The senator refused, however, nnd took hfs plnee thirteenth in the line, with Mrs. Harding just ahead of him. . A half-dozen spotlights were concen trated on them nnd a bnttcry of cameras clicked away as the nominee and his wife waited their turn. Mr. Harding took orders from the photographers good-naturedly nnd cot the crowd lauchini! bv mlmlcklue the movlo men. "That's rijllt, let's keep this scenario WAtni nnnit " lm ontfl "im l,1llt, Vfi 1 Mrs. Harding's otlne xnumber was 303 and her husband's 304' In a wurd' whose registered vote is about i00. As they emerged from the voting booths tho spotlights ilnrcd on them again and there was another burst of cheering us they handed over their ballots to the election Judge. The, Hnrdings rode to the polls. .ac-J companled rby the ttenator'Rscen.'tary.v yeprgo .u.. Aviitiaiiap, Jr... wno ioqKws piac". mm? line just, Dcntmi ins cnici K ,lu - ... r k t. "- . .. . il After nciiau voted Senator Harding remainder near the voting plued for n half hour chatting with his neighbors as they crowded around to express a hope that he would bo victorious in the ay's balloting. Mnny of them nlso ttenueu oirtiitlay grcitiugs, for Mr. aruing wns corn iiity-nve years ago lay. Congratulatory birthday messages and advance felicitations on the election re sult also- began to come into Harding t.nnflniin (tiiu lii u.lrn .fi.lr In Hw, Tn, A, great bundle of them had collected j lung ucioru noou. Mrs. Harding Confident Mrs. Harding, the constant compan ion of the senator during his cam paign, nppearcd cqu'illy confident with him of his election. A slight cold kept her Indoors yesterday, but she sold she felt much better today. Senator Hnrdin3 planned to put poli tics out of his attention this afternoon nnd motor forty miles to the Scioto Club, near Columbus, to golf. Tonight he will learn the result of the balloting at his home, where local Republican ltaders have planned a red -Cue celebra tion in his honor. Vacation plans are in formulation for Mr. and Mrs. Harding, but de tails have not been announced. A trip that would take them nwny for two weeks or more of rest has been recom mended by their frieuds, nnd they nre expected to make a decision within a day or two. A, secluded place prob ably will be selected so that should Mr. Hording be victorious, he could escape much of the annoyance which conies to a President-elect. COOUDGE AND WIFE ' CAST V0TES EARU Nortliampton, Mass., Nov. 2, (By A. P.) (lovernor Coolldge voted with Mrs. Coolldge hero shortly after 0 a. ra., and then left by automobile for Boston, where he will receive the elec tion returns tonight. - The governor's day opened with nn informal flag raising nt his home, con flneted hv his two small sons. The hojs hoisted the colors on a small pole set on the lawn in front of the house while the governor and Mrs. Coolldge and a gathering of neighbors and children on their way to bchool looked on nd cheered. Tho Voting plafco for four of tlie city wards is in the auditorium of the City Hall, and the Second ward, in which the governor lives, is one of these. He was driven in his car with Mrs. Cool ldge nnd their housekeeper, Mrs. Ber tha Rcckahn, to the polling place, where a warm greeting from his fellow towns men awaited him. Tho governor de posited Ids .ballot dt 0:10 o'clock and MrsT Coolldge voted n few minutes Inter. After that they held nn informal re ception, many of the women 'voters meeting the governor for the first thne Women in liairPuUing Fight at Leivistown Polls LWbtown, Pft., Nov. 2. Two women 'engaged in' a halr-'piilllng Amlnut nt rim Hwonri wnrri nnllft in i dayi 'where a jeweler had offered a prize QI a .String pi iuus iu iiiu nrsi woman, to cost her ballot. While they were struggling Miss Ella Saxton, a stenographer nt tho .Stundard Steel Works, stepped in jand won the prize. Women Are on Hand Early; New Voters Back Harding Maily Are First to Deposit Ballots and Others Stand in Line Patiently and Enjoy Initial Experience in Electing a President TlniS. THOMAS ROBINS, of 1819 Locust street, .prominent society '.woman nnd member" of the O. O. P. "flying squadron," nnd her daughter, Miss Margaret, and scores of other women were prevented from voting this morning because of an er?or iu tlie dis tribution of ballots. Mrs. Roblns.nnd her daughter wcrc.nt the eleventh division polling place of the Eighth ward. 1024 Chancellor street, promptly nt 7 o'clock, eager to cast their first bajlots at a general election. When tho polling place was opened the discovery was made that tho bal lots Intended for the eleventh division of tho Thirty-fourth ward had been er roneously delivered nt the Eighth ward po'Miig plnee. ) Mrs. Robins called n taxlcab and wns starting for tho Thirty-fourth ward when the county commissioners called up and snld they would send the cor rect hnllots as quickly us posHlble. The coricet ballots for the division did not 'nrrlve until .S o'cloek. Mean time n M-urc of impatient women had gatlicrci at the polling rtnee to nst thcl'- linl'of. MibS A mm Stole, of JJOl Locust VARE WORKER ARRESTED FOR FAKEIOT CALLS Alexander Mullln, of TOlO South Isemlnger street, Varo worker In tho first division of the Thirty-ninth, ward, was tir orcsted thia afternoon by Patrolman Keennn as the mnn who had sent "fako" riot calls to tho Pourth street and Snyder avenue fetation. Tho polico say he contests is making several of these calls. Ho -was sent to City Hall for a hearing on a disorderly conduct charge V HEAVY VOTING IN -. i. WILMINCraOMr, Del., Nov. TlntiLTOnro. tho Tiolllut?' nlacca eenernllv. heinor nnenri nrnmnflw nt " i I V it. .J ,11k JIA- ljJI. . L more-' xnan -nan xno registered, Mb disturbances wore reported nor indications of the probable result CONTEST ORDERLY IN FIRST DISTRICT! Woman Has Vare Worker Ar rested and Fined for At tempted intimidation RIOT CALLS, BUT NO RIOTS I There were several riot calls, but no riots In the First councilnianlc district, this morning and early afternoon, and but one arrest. The riot cnlls. the police believed, were turned In by Vnre workers, who wonted to have a little fun wjth the police. , The arrest was that of a watcher for Charles J. Pimmcr, Vure candidate for Council to succeed the late William E. Finley. That watcher was Jiunes Marlow, of 1315 South Fifteenth strot. He was nt tin. nnlllnrr nlace of the thirteenth. di vision of tho Twenty-sixth ward, at Fifteenth and Wharton streets. Denied Democratic Badge ' Rebecca Parvis. colored, of 1.123 Reed stieet, caused his arrest. She is a Democrat, and had tried, without suc cess, to get o watcher's ccrtificoto. She lcmulned around the polls this morn ing, and shortly before noon complnlned that Marlow had tried to force her to work for Pommer. Marlow was tnken to Central Station and given n hearing before Mugistrnto Carson. The woman testified he had pulled her doorbell and demanded she vote for Pommer nnd get her friends to do likewise. When sho refused, ac cording to her story, and ordered-him out of tho house, he cursed her. Magistrate Carson .fined Marlow $10 and advised him to let the women vote any way they please. ''They're new to this game," said the magistrate. "Don't bother them. If you want toc"t people out to vote, go after tho men." Cortelyou Tours District Director Cortelyou made a tour of the First district-during tho morning, using a machine not his-own so that ho would not be recognised. Upon his return to City" Hall hd reported everything quiet, lie said 'that he l)ad sent fifty detectiVcs Into the djstript under Assistant Super intendent of Police Tempest to kcop order. Arting Detective Franklin E. .Hodge, the director announced, had turned in his resignation when he. vas told to go Into' the' district, and three natrolmcn also hqdrtrlcd to resign.' These reslg nations, the director said lio hail re timed. , ... The .police wcro concentrated at jthol FoUrtu street una anyocr uvequo sta tion to bo frndy for emergencies. There, were three patrol wagons waiting; in Hi Ntiitlhn house yard ready to re&noud nt u moincntls notice, jind a strong squad ol motorcycle patrolmen. During tho mornlug and early qftcr Cantlnoed on lo Trce.'0lamn Four, street, wag nmong the women forced to wait ior the ballots. After she had missed her train to Wilmington she had several things to say about inc execu tive ability of men in general. "If women had had charge of the dis tribution of thoso ballots, this thing would not have happened," she said. When the ballots finally arrived at tlie polling place, Mrs. Horace Mces, of 230 South Fifteenth street, was the first woman to vote. MRS. .T. HAMPTON MOORE, wifo of the Mayor, voted tho straight Republican ticket at a little before noon. Mrs. Moore went to tho polling place of the ninth division of the Fifth ward, nt 304 Cypress street, accompanied by her sonClayton Moore, and his wife. "I did not wnnt the vote," said Mrs. Moore, "but now that equal suffrage has been granted I believe It is every woman's duty to vote. "I am afraid n great mnny women will be misled Into thinking thnt Mr. Cox will do more to support the League of Nntlons than Mr. Harding. Just the opposite In the ease, nnd every woman who wonts to see a League of Notiomij Contlnurd on I'aio Two, Column One WILMINGTON DEL. 2. Early, voting was the vk in voio or iuu,uuu nau oecn polled. .. Ill .n,i HftA . - r .. were there tho sllgktlt surface of the balloting. CONNOLLYS PLAN TO 'STICK TO PHILA.' No 'Hon. Jim' for Congress Nominee and Wifo Has No 'Society Bug' HOPE TO STAY 'PLAIN FOLKS' "What! Break up jour home for in Washington? l.qucss two yeais knot, .Mrs. .lames .1. uonnoiiy gave a limp with her fiugers to shake off tho dish water, wiped her hands on her npron nnd shook her head emphatically. "Besides," bhc added, "A woman with n home to keep up nnd four chil dren to raise wouldn't have much time for the kind of life n congressman's wife is expected to lend." Mrs. Connolly wns talking In the kitchen of the little two-story house tit 2015 East Clcnrtleld street thnt has been their home for the entire thirteen jears of their married life. Husband ISasy, nt Polls It was a bus day for Mr. Connnllj : ho wns being elected .congressman from the fifth dish-lot. on the Republican ticket, nnd Mrs. Connolly had found tho frequent rings nt the doorbell an inter ruption in her unavoidable round of household duties. "And bcnides ull thnt." her husband Interrupted "we urcn't going to get any society bug In our heads; you enn say that for both of us. I'm going to be plain 'Jim' Connolly tomorrow same ns I nm today nnd same as I'vnlwajs been with the boy3 up here. So far as I'm concerned voti can save vour type by cutting out the 'Honorable James' after tomorrow." And .then Magistrate Campbell, life long family fricml of the Connollys, who bus pushed "Jim" to where he is today and where lie will be Inter, joined in with d smilo. "And If you think thero's anv doubt nboiit tho result." he said, "jump in my car outside and I'll tnkc you around nnd show you Connolly votes coming In so fast vo'u enh't count 'em. Jim's going to win by 20,000; I'm betting on it nnd I never bet to lose-." Picture of Big Moment But Mrs. Connolly was not a bit in terested in .the political situation. She was filled with trepidation by u vastly inoro Important' ihnttor'r sho had been asked t .iioso for her phqtograph Sur rounded by her husband and children and. the rcqaest had como in tlin midst of her dishwashing, She wasn't pre pared for u. ' ' Chllji Bori In Motorcar A boy -us born in un automobile, passing through Audubon, N. J,, jes tcrday. Tho littlo chap was immediately wrapped .UP in blankets, and with his mother, Mrs. J. B., Wilson, of West Berlin, was taken to tho Cooper Hos pltal, Cdinden 30,000,000 VOTE' AS PARTY CHIEFS WflTCHRETURNS ' Fight for Control of Congrew Second in Interest Only ' to Presidency WOMEN TURN OUT STRONG TO CAST FIRST BALLOTS Citizens Undaunted by Snow in ? Middle West and Rain in Dixie Land 7 WHITE HOUSE. ASPIRANTS National Chairmen Repeat Prediction of Victory for Re spective Candidates By tho Associated Press New York, Nov. 2. Reports received nt both the Republican and Democratic headquarters today from virtually every state in the Union Indicate thnt the voters are flocking to the polls In greater numbers thnn ever before on an, election day. Political experts, com menting on the situation. esnresKeil the opinion that n very large percentage of1 the nntlon's 30,000.000 qualified voters would east their ballots befors the polls were closed. ' Before the down of another day the country in all likelihood will know defi- I nltclv whether Warren O. Harding. Re- publican, or James M. Cox. Democrat, I has been elected to succeed Woodrow Wilson, for it is taken ns n foregone ' conclusion thnt none of the other five presidential candidates will be chosen. The women of America, voting to- ' flocked steadily to the polls. Keen Klgdt for Congressmen' ; v ., ou-unq .oiii.v in UHgri'BC, m tac. ci a- ,r. , ,.. . .. .f- -. FAT thiwwl,lnw,r. 1m ',.. -fc..l tile two major parties for, 'the control of Jj the next Congres's. Thirty-four United t , ffl States senators thu-ty-Cwo- to fill scat $- ?r-f k'i-4,"-y-,vJrV" 'F .!IM' now neiii oy seventeen wcinocrnis ana - fifteen Republicans and two to fill .the- i unexpired terms caused by the deaths of Senators Bankhead. of Alnbama, and ' Martin, of Ylrginin, both Democrats arc being chosen, as well as an cntirs new House of Representatives, pom-, posed of 43." members. The present Sennte is composed of forty-seven Democrats nud forty-eight Republicans and one Republican and Progressive. Tho present House con sists of 100 Democrats, 232 Republi cans, two Independent Republlcnns, one 'v independent and one Prohibitionist. There nre also nine vucanclcs. Will H. Hays unci Ceorge White, Re publicnii nnd Democratic national chair-' men, respectively, ench continued confi dent of victory when tho polls opened. Mr. Hnjs reiterated his prediction that' the Republican ticket was "certain to obtain 308 electoi ' votes" and thnt. there was a stronij osslbility thnt the" totnl might reach th 100 murk. A total of 2(50 is iiccchsniy elpct. Mr. White gave ( -minute prediction on the electoral vote", but renewed his expression of confidence in the election' of Governor Cox. Bach chairman also predicts control of the next Congress by fils party. v I nscttled weather faced early voters of the eastern states as they trudged to the pulls to cast their hnllots. while those of the upper Mississippi valley and northern New England nnd New York prepared for the weatherman's predlc- tion of snow. Tho rest of the country generally Is expected to vote under clear skies with the exception of the south-' eastern states, where rain is ful'lng In' some tactions. BIG VOTE INDICATED IN N.Y. AS POLLS OPEN New York, Nov. 2. (By A. P.) Early indications were that n heavy vote would be cust in the five bqroughs of (ircatciNew York today. When the polls were opened this morning short lines of voters, "including women, -were outside the numerous polling booths in ull pnits of tiny city. After the enrly arrivals had vocd. housewives and n large number of women office, employes began to fall intoN line. Indications that interest iu tho elec tion was tnore than usually acute was shown iu the heavy' ballot cast In the' Forty-fourth election district, a sector favored hj uctors nnd theatrical, Continued on I'usn Ms, Column ,On, Stock Exchanges Closed Today being observed ns; a legal holldnj, all the principal stock'ex chnnges and commodity' markets' will be closed. The banks, trust com pun, les mid other financial Institutions will also suspend business for the day. The foreign markets, will bo open as usual. ' It will, be the tlrM time since the Civil War, however, that early quo. tntlons from the London Stqck Ex- change will not ho used to measure sentiment hnd effect of ctectlpn" re Hiilts. Since the world Vnr nud by renson of tho disturbance in tho for elgii exchange inarkvts the Loudon market nud operations of thu Kug. Huh traders have not been a factor In sluiplng the course of tccurlty values In this country. r ..1: ffSicas 1 x?:p'f v M !'H 41 T uA ffl n ,i '4. ' - f I 1 ,1 Ikr iki.,l:M.fe kfJl6&3JJkMl& -. ' ' ih.dfelJ.i..&&ri!. IJb&Ai& i riyj .,-.;- . Vi... rr""?
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