mmmmMmm t..?j.t.rt pyfi- -W7 -TfffTT, iiv T Jf . i" i "i.-t .; i 'J, M .y.(,,fj,j. ! V-;; a M5 &h uMi"J :T. 4 xr v .. ifr ," r-iLL,:ij 'L.J. . j'li ,w-v-vi " Taujji'-r ,-w.wfTo rfr tsftlrftt ami" TlMtrwIfty'L skwlf -"slni temperature Moderate Westerly vinds. TltMrKRATUItB AT.TJAC'n KOTO r 8 1 n no in ia i li 2 iirR'nn t-tx' l tv i ( im ik- inr. IfrrtyTiTT - -J ' ' .- -f . aasks' 7 EXTRA JMsrjkJNrciAL i VOL. VII. NO. 44 Kntlas Becond-felam Matter t lh Jtotoffle. nt PhlUimphla.'Pft: tlVa th Act of March 0. 18T& . . PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1920 Pabllihed Daily Excpt 'SUndty. BubucrlDllon Prlco tO n Ttir by MJ1. PRICE TWO-CENTS jV orv.r ni P20. bv 1'nbllc Vr6ttr Company, i i ' M FOR HARDING V " GOP. GAINS Si, i -.. . M V. JJ T , V ' . i" .( 71 ' - i ' v. ' y-? rgstiWKfiliiLiifii! ,t IAI "'inml "iNWrNiH - ' 4 iihla' ,v:vi r x fr'Hi" . iam'i. ji ', rin; let r T-B t HBB1 - ri"- tw. i, T'V rr -- " H f" Ff-.' T-TT r r -I """-"V ""CI W f c .---. & l t- ------r ' --"T '. JL ,jl.uIjA " -J H iJfl--V... " KWHB .(-I'i, . llfj.'b -i L,M 1.MV . H ,. -. . M U - " X m. .k. , . jflrl i i;-. t v -k-w Ex . H rV'H M' B II IT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ra . '' "hhi h rMJ : jr iv i i I , l "J, RISES WITH MEW RETURNS i IN TREMENDOUS TRIUMPH k i i &. : nr . .. ,1 , TIDAL WAVE CONGRESS IN I I R V' I u h' rf is; &' K. . Complete Figures Show -! - ... . IS . STATE TICKET 4. uWomen Play Big Part in RollingJ Up Large Majorities for Candidates 90 PER CENT OF REGISTERED NEW VOTERS GO TO POLLS Snyder Elected State Treasurer and Lewis Chosen Au ditor General Complete Vote Cast Here for Principal Candidates PRESIDENT I Ilnr-lint (IU 512 Co rru -2'f' Ch-lston-rn a.nhor) "2 Hnr(llt)B,' i.lum'itv 21 . ,M8 UNITED STATES SENATOR rem (It.) 2S0.SS1 Fnrrell (D.) 8'.0.n Mnrinn (P.) ,11'5J2 Penroc' pliira'ity liis,( s COUNCIL. FIRST DISTRICT roimnor (Varc) 2i.0)3 (JaJ'MK)icr foilmlnht-ntion) ... 1,J rommor's majority -03 CONORESRMAN-AT-LARGE .Tooppii MclJiiiBlilln. rhllo. .. 80.480 Wm. .T. Rurkc. IJittslmrah . . . 20r,.2O2 rn!llon II. fiorlnnd. Pittsburgh 233,475 Andcrxou II. "Wnltcrs. Johns- own 293.03. - (AH elected on Rc:mbHcan ticket. h CONORESS. LOCAL DISTRICTS First Vnrc .O Thlitl-ltnns'ev 20.502 Fourth Edmonds 40.C07 Fifth Conuo ly 48,704 Sixth Darrow 102,014 (All elected on Uepublirnn ticket.) STATE TREASURER Sny.lcr (It. ) 2110,275 EkWr (D.) 81,712 Snyder's plurality 214,503 AUDITOR GENERAL Lewis (H.) - 203,530 McKcnn (D.) 82.710 Lewis' plurality 215,820 NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL SUPREME COURT Sadler 101,813 SUPERIOR COURT Linn 153,173 The Grand Old Party's elephant romped away here with the most , sweeping Republican victory this dyed-in-the-wool Republican city over saw. , The tidal wave of ballots rose higher and higher until 305,013 votes had been recorded for Harding and Coolidge, as compared with 194,163 c&st here four years ago for Charles Evans Hughes. Senator Harding's plurality over all other presidential candidates was 217,338. Governor Cox won a total of 88,275, falling behind the vote polled in 1916 by Wilson, who had 90,800 votes. Cox carried only one ward, the Sixth. Vote for Snte Offices The total vote polled here for state offirns and for congre3smcn-at-largc follows: State rnwirer nmr'es A. Knvder. Houb'lcan. 310 275: Prtcr E. EIkcs ner. Dc'o-rntV. 1,712. Snyder's plu rality. 214.503. Auditor Renerul Snmucl S. Lewio, Republican. 20S 530 ; Arthur McKcnn. Demoeratlc. 82,710. Lewis' plurality, 215.8.20. Congrewmicn-nt-largo (four elected) ,7oei)h McLauRh'in. 280.480: Wil li? .1. Rtirke, 205.202; Mahlon M, Gar mid, 283,475. and Anderson II Walter. 203.032. The nou-partinan ote, locally, for Sylvester B. Sadler, candidate forjudge of the State Bupreuie Court, waa 101, 813 and for William II. Liuu, for judge of the State Supremo Court, 153,173. NeJt'ier judicial candidate had any opposition. Result Wan Predicted The 1020 presidential election In Philadelphia will bo down In local his tory as an election without a biirprise. jwept afonc on tho flood of Harding voteB, every Republican cnndldato reached tho mtn haven of public ap proval. ' A remarkable fact, duo In a large part to the new women voters, was that fully 00 per cent of the total res hstered voting strrnsth marched to the polls hen1, Of 110.013 men and women regis cd.Jil 'eaut 400,000 voted, leaving the Continued on Vn$9 Two Colama Tw pen e : EASILY AS DOES NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1 v mm&; :-vBDiiV';':';::;:::';:T':PH wMl! (or tnm ()l,,,c, WmiftK''& Mti&KR&T ' -" -dfi ,S-BBBM STATE DEMOCRACY ED Republicans Got Unprecedented . Majorities Way Have 34 'Congressmen ." . SOCTAtTS'r V0T E- SURPRISE Rv GEORHK VOX ?TrCAIN Pennsylvania Republican as iBunl "bmnelit home the bacon" vcytcrdav. It was a larec and gcnerallv larda ceous hunk. They left the Democrats barely cnoiiRh to grease the griddle. Ry the time what Is left of the Democracy gets through expelling Its loosened front teeth, and applying ar nica and hot fomentations to its elec tion bumps and bruises, it will have wnl tho fact that there Is neither balm in Gilead nor hope in a political Israel for them when Pennsylvania starts to hand out the real old posasa rough stuff. Majority Sets Record Never was such a majority rolled up In the Keystone stato before. Unofficial returns Indicate that Harding and Coolidge uill have a majority approxi mate ono.ooo. Phl'adelphia alone gave them 217,338. Senator Holes Penrose received the largest majority ever given him in the state, despite the fact that he was cut some In this city and quite liberally in the state. This was expected. Tho cutting was done almost exclusively out side the great cities by the women voters. Circumstances afforded them the rare opportunity of voting against Penrose and of voting for one of their own sex for United States senator, Leah Cobb Marion, of Emporium. The Penrose vote in Philadelphia was 2S0.381, or 10,232 behind Hard ing. Leah Cobb Marion polled 11,810 Major Farrell Strong Major John A. Farrell managed to draw out the full Democratic strength in the city and presumably in the state. He receled 87,050 votes In Philadc'nhia. He was hopelessly out classed from the start. He Is a politi cal martyr without the crown. As fur the city loan bill, it went through all right, but with a protest. Heavy cuttiug left the mark on it, and som" of the most artistic slashing was done in districts over which Judgo Charlie Drown is suzerain. OuUdde the Penrose sci etching the remainder of the state ticket, including the four congressmcn-nt-large, went throuch on the Harding tidal wave with 'J virtually the same majorities. rimaucipmu nuppueu nu ine ioca high llghtH that could hnve been desired. All ejes were on South Phl'adelphia where the fight centered on the election of a councilman to the seat formerly occupied by the late William E. Fln.ey. Moore- Against Varcs It was the Moore administration against the Varcs. Charles J. Pommer. the contractors candidate, was opposed by James Gallagher, who had the In dorseihit of Mayor Moore and tho ac tive support of the Trainer brothers, And the Varcs mid Charles .1. Pommer wou handily. Pommcr's .majority will exceed 7000, Senator Ed Vare guessed 10,000. , Joseph C. and Harry Trainer, who have won the dist'netlon of being the hardest' in and out fighters in the city, weio handicapped from the start. Thov were compelled to pro-empt a party nome and then form whatever alliances were possible. It was a crucial batto for tho Vares. Had they lont with Pommer, tholr avail uli i. asset In the City Council would have been reduced by one vote, .8 ti r i i.M I Ceatuiued a I'M o xwnt. cloaut' One IS FAIRLY CRUSH Cox Lost Phila. by 217,338; Vare ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT Harding Rep. Cox Dem. 12 State .i.tlbaum Arizona 3 Arkansas California 18 Colorado G Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Florida ......- Georgia .' . Idaho 4 irtinota rf...,;v:,"J2n Indiana ' 15 0 14 Kansas : .?' :'1ft "rr?1 Kentucky ,.. Louisiana ... Maine Maryland ... Massachusetts Michigan . . . Minnesota . . Mississippi . Missouri .... Montana . . . ! 13 10 "6 8 18 15 12 10 Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 14 jsew -Mexico cw Yoik . . . North Carolina N'o'th Dakota Ohio Oklahoma . . . Oregon 12 IVnnHjivunin 38 Rhode Island 5 South Carolina South Dakota 0 'Tennessee Texas Utah : 4 Vermont , . 4 Virginia . ... Washington ... 7 West Virginia 8 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 "20 12 Totals 370 127 Doubtful. (Tho foregoing figures do not repre sent complete returns and there may be some changes.) City Vote for President and for the U. S. Senate Ward Hard- Cox Penrose Far Mar Ion Ing 1 ...''!1S 2 ...3703 rell 705 318 207 201 108 702 500 450 213 504 102 217 301 032 2001 370 003 1010 2098 1230 2570 4351 2114 3737 2833 2848 1200 4277 3070 2300 1053 2272 3l 5720 3750 075 3720 1277 2105 2010 3005 0552 1501 1015 3827 7584 7801 7015 17815 0037 0043 0318 8452 4788 7002 5074 5010 4802 7584 88 Jl 11004 3001 0001 101 1 11158 0580 12823 2508 12230 0400 5050 4810 10013 (1180 4008 01 0 250 190 181 1(11 700 005 402 200 505 07 220 355 058 2830 200 071 1430 2003 1201 2150 4330 2059 3787 2045 2004 1233 3050 1501 1311 OOOjj 2245 3214 4501 030 2011 1425 3702 2231 4754 005 2733 3227 3237 1.101 5878 1408 1777 31 T 3 4 5 0 7 8 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 ii 20 27 28 20 30 31 32 33 34 ,1o 37 38 30 40 41 42 43 44 45 40 47 ...2302 ...1820 ...2209 ... 314 ...5771 ...3715 ... 075 ...3541 ...1277 ...2151 ...2010 ...3082 ...0758 ...1725 ...1042 ...4103 ...7004 ...8022 ...7358 ..10207 ...7133 ..10102 ...0105 ...8585 ...5201 '5 1 31 35 13 28 - 0 ' 4 15 29 153 14 7 101 182 982 210 1122 429 294 90 .402 102 34 182 200 185 900 151 01 235 009 117 822 101 10'- 42? OOf 151 1171 105 48 305013 88275 280381 87039 11810 . t ...8080, 3071 ...0003 1518 ...0007 1311 ...5007 2281 ...8038 2285 ...0115 3277 ..13003' 4024 ...3220 080 ...7205 2089 .. 4859 1520 .,11823 3752 ...0017 2257 .. 13900 4050 ...3820 1054 ..13290 2720 ..10147 322S ...0317 3100 ...407(1 1307 ..10214 5007 ...(1000 1451 ...4285 17811 G. 0. P. HAS SENATE BY TEN MAJORITY . Republicans Increase Their Membership in Both Houses "T of Congress' -, y whmmvAwk toy the Associated Press New York, Nov. 3. Republican n trol of Congress for another two years, with an increased House majority and a prospective lucreaso in the Senate, was a major part of the election sweep. A net gain of twenty-five votes In the House was shown, wjth cqmplcte returns from, only seventeen! stntes, but with most of the Democratic strongh61ds re porting. Eisht of the fifteen Republican sena torial candidates had come in winners today and the seven others had substan tial loads. In ten other stntes al' of the Republican contestants were re ported In the van. For the nineteen Democratic Senate seats, nine of tho minority party had been returned win nersall from southern states while in the border Hnd western states the others were fighting an uphill battle. Further Gain In Senate Expected That the general Republican land slide would seat scvcnil mibru Repub lican senators was predicted confident ly by Republican campaign managers, whose claims included a majority cf eight to ten in the next Senate. Roth the Rcpub'ican presidential and senate rial tickets were reported early today as ahead in California, Nevada, Missouri, Colorado, Mouth Dakota, Idnho, Ohio and Washington. In Ohio former Governor Frank B. Willis, who nominated Senator Hard ing at the Chicago convention, was re ported iu the lead. Of the Democrats. Senator Under wood, ot Alabama, minority leader, was re-elected, nnd HenresentnUvo Ileflln chosen to succeed the late Senator Hankhead. A new face In the Senate on the Democratic side will be Repre sentative Caraway, of Arkansas, who defeated Senntor Kirhy, in the pri maries and was elected yesterday. Among the Republican loaders re elected were Senators Urnndcgrec, Wadsworth, Dillingham, Watson and Penrose. Veteran House Members Re-elected In tho House most of the veterans, both Republicans and Democrats, were re-eloctod, including Speaker (Jillett, now holding the record for continuous service and elected for his fifteenth term. Former Speacer Cannon, who has served twenty-two terms, but not continuously, also was re-elected, as Continued on race Twenty, Column Voar MEN WRECK CAR AND FLEE Occupants Who Escape Relieved to Have Stolen Machine Flvo young men about twenty years rxIA aunnniul hv flinillni? TlOrth nn Hjipah. .rjltecnth street this morn'ng, after wreck "'i In n motorcar which, according to th police, had been stolen in New Jersey recently. Detectives O'Hara and Sul'ivan, of the Twentieth and Ruttonwood streets station, were making the rounds, of tho district. At Seventeenth nnd Spring Garden tfreets uiey saw a louring car "b, " r" i " . skid and striko a pole. The machine Democrat, by nearly 7500. Gernerd car was demolished and the five occupants rled his home county of Lehigh bv 3000 who were unhurt by the crash ran away, rk.ut.MKn Votes In Salt LaW rifu wven more rcmnrKunie man me licr Chrlmnsen voieo in pan LaKe city . vi.orv 1(1 tho pioctlon nf .Tnm Salt t Lalto City, Wov. 3. For tho first time In tho lilstory of Utah, n presidential candidate, Parley P. Chris- ensen, ot Salt "f. cy ." "E, on ,.om))lsnC(1 beforo in a straight county the Farmer. Labor ticket, curt ; his bal. wM; cotest. Norton was one of the mi iiere. .. . . " ... i. , . i uu day with his aged mother, who is blind. W.M jrou sn i, wrllln. ELECTION BOUGHT BY IS E I V Administration Leader Says Result Will Not Be Con tested, However GALLAGHER GOT 17.830 TO 25,093 FOR OPPONENT Pommer- Gallagher Vote in Fight for Council OPPOSITION Tn i mrivn ni 1 1 nn lllfllHIl ll'm I'll Hill' inHiioounHiLi Ward . Pommer Gal'athcr 1 3082 1050 20 0090 5320 &0 ... 5371 4327 30 0351 3050 48 .' 3287 2874 Total 25003 17830 One division missing. Charles J. Pommer. Vare candidate for City Council in the First district, was swung to victory over James Gal lasher, administration candidate, in yestefdav's election by the great Hard-Ing-Coolldgc landslide. His majority was 7203, with one division missing. The election was to fill the vacancy -aused by the death ot the late Coun cilman William E. Finley. who was the close personal and political friend of senator Vare. The Pommer-Gallagher contest, the only real fight In the whole city. In volved purely local municipal questions, but atptho Vare "candidate had the Re publican nomination, he was carried alonjt with the- genera llepubican tJMT wave. ' . nirTpkn&ndo'frvota yap- so Ueavy4on'0'i5rJJthi!'ele(tlrtKKtolrally and-jnf 1 that the Democrats, who were counted upon to put Gallaghpr 'over the line, were swamped and were unable to rally the neeofwary reserves. As a conse quence Republicans who cut their ticket in favor of Gallagher were not backed up by the Democrats. The Pommer vote, while a victory, proved liejoml question that many vot ers in the Vares' home wards arc turn ing awny from the contractor bosses. This is shown bv comparing the win ner's total vote with the total vote polled last jcar by Finley. 2000 Less Than Finley Finley was elected with a plurality of 23,000 voth, receiving a totnl of 27,000. when women did not have the franchise, Despite the feminine vofc thi year, Pommer had about 2000 less thnn Finley. Nearly 18,000 voters- ap proved Gallagher's candidacy, while Finley 's three opponents last jear only received a total of 0000 tcs. Pommer carried each of the five wards in tho district, the First, Twenty-sixth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-ninth nnd Forty-eighth. The figure for the presidential ticket and for the councllmuulc candrdates tliowed how the big Republican vote wa tile finest kind of nssct to the Vare can didate, who was opposed by administra tion leaders, represented by the Tiainer brothel s. The total vote for Harding and CViol Idge In the First couiicilmanie district was 31,310, whl'e the total vote for Cox and Roosovc't wns only 0745. As Pommer received a total of 25,093 votes, it is obvious, said politicians, that he was cut by Renublicans to the ex , tent of about 7000 votes, which is the approximate difference between tin-Ilnrdinc-Coolidee vote iu tho district nud the total Pommer vote. Seen As RIow at Trainer This Republican vole which had to be diverted to Gallagher running on the South Philadelphia party ticket, ac cording to the Cos and Roosevelt totals could only depend on about lp.QOO Dom ocratic voter, which were not enough to ovcrcomo the 'end established by the head of tho Republican ticket. Senator Vare. his brother, Congress-' man Vare, nnd Vare leaders In gen eral declared today, however, that the Continued on Pace Two. Column Mx EVEN BERKS ENGULFED ' IN HARDING TIDAL WAVE Republican for First Time Q. O. P. Wins Congress Seat Reading, Pa., Nov. 3. Thp Harding landslde hns carried Ucrks county and elected a Republican congress man and state senator for the first time iu its history. Berks has never before gone Republican for President, and the Rerks-Lchlgh district was the only one in the state not carried by the Repub'icans In the Rooscvult landslide of 1004. Fred II. Gernerd, Republican, for Congress, has defeated Harry J. Damn, 1 ,,ml Heading by a like margin. Dumn's majority in rurui dltkh county laueu to offset this. n. Norton. Rcnuhllcan. as btate senator f this countv over W llson E. Haric. i)emocrat. This has i -1 .., ry,. jfa(jerl, ln tM0 lnst Leg si a tu re. ,,' Hl,rl(f) 08 minority leader of the I House, croclaimcd himself "100 per cent I wet.' Wins Victory With Pommer by 7263 HARDING TO "We've got a real job iand TODAY'S FACING RESULTS First rimllco, for two-year-olds, claiming, purse $1250, fivi nnd one-half furlongs "Pernwooil, 80, Swart, S20.30, 811.60, S7.G0, won; "Wantllla, 103, Mooney, 814.50, 88.50, second; Sllenco, 112, Kowan, $5.10, thirdt Time 1.0lTli5. Second Plmllco, The Mt. "Washington Steeplechase, for four-year-olds nnd up, selling, purse $1500, two miles Hlbler, 100, Howard, 80.40, Stf.UO, 84.10,, "won; SmithfleltT, 141 Williams, S5.0O, ?3.80, second; Max Meadows, 133", Byers, 83.10, third. Time 3.5B 4-5. ARMOUR PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO INDICTMENT ' NEW YO"K, Nov. 3. JOgdcn Armour, president of Armour & Co., meat packers, and F. Edson White, vice president of the company, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging'proflteor Ing in violation of th,q .Lover act, heforo Judge John O. Knox in the United States district court hero this afternoon. PRESIDENT TAKES DEFEAT STOICALLY Wilson Suffers No III Effects From His Keen Disap pointment HE HAS AGED GREATLY v ,u .Stuff CorrespondeiUi Washrngtoiil Nv. 3.-lres!denl W11h icrcil no 111 clfivtH from rending' news bulletlrii showlii.-i tlii' lit'plibilY'ifi sV6(l throug'.KMit the countr;-. AHhoujh con vinced up t ) tV I.il momnnt that his policies would be vindicated he was prepared for the worst, politically, and today exhibited no sign of the keen dis appointment lie felt. The President, with u small, group of relatives, received press bulletins in his study until short! after 0 p. m. last night. When it became apparent ther was no hope of Democratic success he retired. He slept well, arose at the usual hour this morning, uud put in a routiuo daj interrupted only bj the re ceipt of dispatches bringing additional details of the. election. Admiral ary T. Grayson, the Presi dent's phslciau, after n visit to tho White House today, reported thut the President was "fine." Iu administration quarters it is ac cepted that there is itow iio danger of a collansu or setback iu the President's condition, vat least du6 to the election. uepuris mat uu nun suuereu n ruvi.TM several weeks ugo were dnied by Ad miral Grayson, although apparently borne out to some extent by the com- I ment of tho pro-league independents who saw liim u week ago . Kt ,., .k.. ! ... . ...,u i.. ,i it Liirs hi tin mor, ami that There Is no questloi: President had aged twenty last twelve mouths, now he is now sustained largely by his hope and deternrinatlon to write the history of his two administrations and tho ex pected autobiography: When the President returned from Paris the second time, sixteen months ngo, he appeared robust and in the best of health. Ills skin was clear nnd tanned ; he was full of figure and it wus geuerully remarked by those who saw him that he never looked better physically in all his public life. The contrast today is overwhelming, accord ing to those who have Talked with him. His hair is snow-white, his cheeks sunken nnd he betrays in every way un mistakable evidence of the suffering through which he had passed. WOMAN OF 70 ROBBED NEAR 21 ST AND WALNUT Footpad Knocks Her Doyvn In Sight of Crowd and Flees Mis. Katherlno flievhlri reventy wars old. of 2107 Walnut street, wat attacked bv n negro atid robbed of her handbag In full view of a score of per- sons near her home at 4 :30 o clock yes terday afternoon. Mrs. Cheshire was returning to her homo from her physician's. She was nearlng Walnut street, on Twenty-first, and had just spoken to Sidney Keith, a neighbor, when her assailant gave her a violent push and grabbed her hand bag. As she fell, tho man tried to wrest a gold-handled unbrcl a from her. She plucklly he'd to the handle, which was torn from tho uinbro'la. Mr. Keith and several teamsters, who were passing at the time, rushed to Mrs, Cheshire's uld. At their approuch, the robber ran south on Twenty -first street. Ho eluded his pursuers after a chase of several blocks. Mrs. Cheshire was assisted to her home. She was bruised about the body and Buffered from shock. Tim handbag contained a gold watch, valued at $75; n locket uud a small amount of cash, Tho "ticket wns valued as un heirloom It, I liul hu'ii hi Mrs. i Cheshire's family for several genera. tlOW. COOLIDGE, we'll tackle it together." SCORES IN W. PHILA. ROUTED BY FLAMES Residents of Brkntwood Apart ments on Parkside Avenu$ Flee to Street CAUSE OF BLAZE UNKNOWN out' kto 'the street today when' fire 5 discovered, in the J"rantWood.ApnT) nii-ntrt. on Parksldt'" avenue between. Marllon and Moinorlul avenues, bear Forty-second" street. The fire began In fhe envts of the four-story apartment house, which -overs about half a oltv block, at 10:45 o'clock. It is believed a d"foctive fluo -rrus the cause. Families Rush to Street The fire spread rapidly, but not bo fore every one wns able to get to tho strcot. There wns groat confusion, however, as the families tried to get the most val uable of their belongings out of the way of the lire. Most of the men who live In the jiipurtincnt house had gone to woik. and tho women and children, frightened ut the groat volume of smoke tlmt swept through the npartment house and the near approach of the flumes, did their host to save what few valuub'cl they could get together before they wore forced to leave. Several aban doned jewels and other valuables. Houses In the neighborhood were thrown open to the frightened women and children, nnd they wore made as comfortable as possible while the firemen tried to save the big building from de struction. Women Calm Children The iipartment house is built in three sections. The fire wns In the middle froetlon and was held there by the fire- '''-- The tP ll""1 f this building was Wlrrml 0llt rompMcly. and the !mv,,r lloors damaged by water. During the height of the blaze the firemen clambered over the tile roof, clipping precariously on the tiles, man of which fe'l to the street as the flumes oral ked them. Several firemen were slightly hurt, and were treated by the surgeon on tho Presh.Uerian Hospital amhuhinct. which waited iu case of serious accident. Airs. M. M. Radiiifto, one of the tenants on tho fourth floor, and Mrs. W. lleehtold. of Atlantic Cltj , went among the frightened women and old dren when the fire was ut Its worst, calming them, nud helping tlu-m get their possessions together. Others whose apartments were iu the direct path of the flames were Dr. nnd Mrs. Stein and Mrs. J. ('. Hurley. The damuge to the apartment house building and to the property of the teu unts Is estimated at more than $100,000. Mills U i ln Rulldlug Superintendent of Police Mills lives in a neuiby apartmeut house. Ho le eched n te'ephone message, a few min utes after the fire started that tho build, ing was ablaze, and immediately started for the tire in a toxical), thinklug it was his own home. The total number of persons driven to the streets by the fire was more than a hundred. CAPTURE PALMER DISTRICT Republican Congressman Elected In the Twenty-sixth Easton, Pa.. Nov. 3. (Rv A. P.) William II. Klrkpatrhk, Republican, wns elected to Congress in the Twenty sixth district, comprising Carbon, Monroe, Northampton and Pike coun ties, by a plurality of 2000, according to Incomplete returns. The district In which Attorney Gen eral A. Mitchell Pa'mer resides hns been a Democratic stronghold for years. Klrkpatrick's Democratic op ponent was George W. Getser. Farmer Dies From Coughing rie .May, N. .1., Nov. 3. Knnnh oldest farmers In Lower township, died suddenly Monday from co.ugb.lng. fflttlEnf 1 tlYREPLIBLICAHS: FIGURES MOUNT Democrats Are Overwhelmed in All States Except in Solid South ' HARDI-VG SEEMS ASSURED , OF 379 ELECTORAL VOTES East and West Bury Cox anl Roosevelt in Avalancha ' of Votes By the Associated Press , New York, Nov. 3. The Republi can landslide continued to roll along in even greater proportions today as , belated election returns came in from the West. '' Beside electing Harding by a tre mendous plurality, it "was assured that the Republicans would increaso their margin in both houses of Con gress, nnd Tn the Senate, in particu lar, would change their precarious control by one to a substantial working majority.- Congressional returns from many states were slow, as were, indeed, the returns on the vote for Presi dent. But on the basis of actual rer turns at hand and indications from partial returns earning in, it seemed thai Harding would have rJtt less than 330 votes in,c electoral col-. --,. i ,' fi.. - .. .., j- itRT.'muA proDJUiKi.y ot acj,wt1- all that could be counted in tnc Uox , column were tho 127 vote's from in solid South. V. ' ' sV Unless some sudden change werer to develop it appeared that the re turns were making good the Repub lican prediction that Cox would not carry a western or a northern state. May Re Rlggcst G. O. P. Victor ' In many of its arpects the election wasj very unusual. It developed what may turn out to be the greatest Republican victory of party history. Roth the Dem- " ocrnvlc candidate, and his chief managers conceded defeat before enough returns actually were in to show it in figures With the e'cctlon went what Presi dent Wilson characterized as a "sol emn referendum" on tho League of Na tions issue, and if it may be said that the eleci'orate regarded their votes as on expression on tljat question thev regis tered a preference for, Hnriling. who de clined for "staying, out'.' as against Cox. who declared for ''going in," with n landslide which exceeded the expcetir tions of the most enthusiastic Republi cans. Rvorywhere the shift toward the Ro publicau column was heavy. Many stntes which wont to the Democratic strength when Wilson defeated Hughes mi the sensational election of 1010 re turned to the Republican column Im estoida's balloting. Roston going Republican for the sec ond time in its history. Now ork ffhlne Hardlnc an unheard of plurality. ! and ratios of two to one iu many states, ' gives Indications of the proportions of the Republican slide; which apparently left tho Democratic cauumac uuuuu but the traditionally solid South. Unpa-alleled Victories Tremendous and unparalleled Rcpub licni pluralities, beginning with the first count of ballots In yesterday's election, continued mounting toda. With the presidency und Congress went loss to the Democrats of gover nors, state I.egis ntures and other stato and local candidates. The break oven threatened to extend Into the border states of the hitherto "Solid South" with Republican gains in some southern stntis larger than any since the Civil Information received at Republican headquarters iudlcated that the Renub i'"Mis had carried New Mexico, piob ably Tennessee, nnd that they might win in Kentucky nnd Oklahoma on th presidential balloting. The unofficial losults prosnjed a larger mnjorltv In tne electoral eo'lege for Senator Hardlnu nud his running mate. Governor Coolld-je. of Massachu setts, than ar.v since 18SS. except alonn the vote ot 435 for President Wl'son In 1012. diirlns the Roiubilcan "split.!. The Republican conjrcssiinal swing wns as strong, increased majorities In both Senate nnd House being marked up. Victory for virtually all fifteen . ........... mi., .. . mm Coiitlminl on 1'uur Nlnrlrrn, Column On THIRTY GALLONS SEIZED "Dry" Agents Take Liquor In Raid n Frankford ' " Thlrtv gallons of whlskv and a quan tity of beer were selied by prohibition' neontH who raided the saloon of Leon Marcus, Frankford avenue below Al legheny, yesterday afternoon, when it, was learned Murcus was keeping his saloon oicn contrary to the election laws. .... The neenis. won oiiicicii un- suiooa w T(,nr ,ioor, said there were flftypr. on8 at tu0 hap. K:l 1 Si M V 1 ft ft. r-v .4d . liVs -r ,A.,i Sil .-rA'i:v AJ'' 'lA.MW''1' .. it'' , lM .. L, Mi
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