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HARRISBURG (SBBSB- TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 260 14 PAGES
ELECTION IS STILL IN DOUBT
WITH RESUTLS VERY CLOSE
DAUPHIN COUNTY
FOR HUGHES WITH
2,418 PLURALITY
Senator Beidlcman Who Leads
Local Ticket Gets 4,592
Over Opponent
KREIDER IS RE-ELECTED
McCormick Fails to Carry Pre
cinct, Ward, City or
State
Dauphin county, which gave a ma
jority to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
four years ago. swung Into the Repub
lican column yesterday with a plural
ity of 2,148 for Charles Evans Hughes
and a plurality of 4,592 for Senator
Edward E. Beldleman who led his
ticket. All of the Republican candi
dates In the city and county won, with
the exception of Augustus Wildman,
who was defeated by Ramsey Black.
Democrat, for one of the city's legisla
tive seats In a close fight.
Much interest was attached to the j
vote In Dauphin county throughout the j
State because of the fact that it is the
home county of the Democratic na
tional chairman, who, by the way.
Failed to get a majority for Wilson tn
his precinct, his ward, his city, his
:ounty or his State. Another thing
which caused unusual interest in Dau
phin county was the strenuous effort
made by the Democrats to win over
the Progressives, who seem to have
preferred the advice of Roosevelt to
.hat of McCormick.
Congressman Aaron S. Kreider who
was re-elected by _i substantial ma
jority, carried Dauphin county, Includ
ing Harrlsburg city which gave him a
fine vote, received a splendid testi
monial from his neighbors in Lebanon
and a good vote in Cumberland.
Justice Emory A. Walling, who had
the endorsement of the Dauphin I
county lawyers, was loyally supported j
not only in Dauphin but in the other !
counties of this district. Returns indi
cate that the vote for him in the State I
will run many thousands above that |
for Charles Palmer.
Vote For President
Justice Hughes carried both the citv
and the county having a total of 6,551
votes tn the city and 7.306 in the
county, an aggregate of 13,877. Wil
son had 6,0 41 votes In the city, and
6,395 in the county, a total of 11,439.
Benson, Socialist, had 330 in the citv,
505 in the county, a total of 835 and
Hanly, Prohibition, got 193 in Har
risburg and 213 in the county, a total '
of 408.
By far the most interesting contest
in the county was that for State sena
tor. Dr. William N. Yates, the Wash
ington party candidate who was run
ning on a local option platform, was
a poor third despite the fact that he
had the covert support of the news
paper of the Democratic national chair
man. Owing to this fact Alderman
George D. Herbert's friends consider
that he made a remarkable showing, !
having 4,249 votes In the city and 4,'095 I
in the county, or a total of 5.344 as com
pared wtth 2.284 for Yates in the city |
and 1,318 in the county, a total of 3.604. :
Senator Beldleman simply walked |
away with his two opponents, having a j
vote of 6,253 In Harrlsburg and 6.943 j
in the county outside, a grand total
of 13,196. This gives him a plurality
of 4,592 and a clear majority over all '
of 1,218. The Senator will be re-elcted '
president pro tem of the State Senate j
in January.
For United States Senator Phil- |
ander C. Knox polled 6,755 votes In |
the city and 6,405 in the county, a to- |
tal of 13,160 as compared with 6,191
votes for Ellis L. Orvla. the Democra- 1
tic candidate In the city and 4,360 In !
the county, a total of 10,155.
Senator Charles A. Snyder, who Is a
native of the upper end of Dauphin
coanty, won a fine vote In the city
and county, having 6,985 In the city
and 6,96 7 In the county, a total of 13,-
952. James Murrln, his rival for Audi
tor General, received 4,780 votes In the
city and 4,597 in the county—a total
of 9.377.
Harmon M. Kephart, for State
Treasurer, polled a total of 13,556 In
the county, the city slving him 6,671
and the county districts and boroughs
6,885. James M. Cramer. Democratic
candidate, had a total of 10,361 the
city giving 5,644 and the county' out
side 4,717.
The vote for Congressman Kreider in
Harrisburg was 6,300 and in the coun
ty districts 6,737, a total of 13.037. as
compared with 5,727 in Harrlsburg
and 4,821 In the county for H. B
Sauaaaman, his Democratic rival
Saussaman got a total 10,548.
The Republican Congressmen-at
large carried the county by figures
approximating those of Kreider.
Justice Walllng's vote In the city
was 5,388 and in the county 4,063, a
total of 9.451. Charles Palmer re
ceived 3,927 in the city and 2,938 In
the county, or 6.865 all told.
Legislative Contest
The votes for the candidates for the '
Legislature In the two districts was as i
follows:
First, or City District
Black, Democrat, 6,640; Werner 1
Democrat, 5,490; Swartz, Republican! I
3,098; Wildman, Republican, 5,364. !
Second, or County District
Bechtold, Republican. 6,937; Ulsh '
Republican, 6,680; Martin, Democrat '
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ELECTION CROWDS
FILL STREETS ALL
NIGHT AND TODAY
Nearly as Many Watch Bulle
tins as Kept Eve on
"Screen"
I-ack of decisive reports on the out
come of the presidential fight kept a
whole etty on the qui vive and the
Telegraph bulletins were watched all
day as eageily as were the Telegraph
screen with their flashing returns last
night.
When Harrlsburg went to bed last
night it felt reasonably certain that the
day had been won by the Republicans
and that Charles Evans Hughes had
been elected to the presidential chair.
The earliest dispatches of the day
seemed to confirm—until reports
from the "doubtful" Western States
with their Republican margin clipping
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Results in
City Election
Legislature
D.—Black 6640
D.—Werner 69 4>)
H.—Swartz 6098
R.—Wildman 5364
High School Loan
}>■ 6519
No 4363
Jitney Amendment
Yes 7109
No 6045
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1916.
COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL RETURNS
FROM
i
Complete unofficial returns from the 125 districts in Dauphin
county gives the following results:
FOR PRESIDENT STATE SENATOR
City. County. Total City. County. Total
Wilson (D) .. 6041 5395 11,439 Herbert (D) . 4249 4095 8344
Hughes (R) . 6551 7306 13,857 Yntcs <W) .. 2286 1318 '1604
hu"7J u (R) ) ;; ill :]?3 ? 0 l BcWh!, " n < R > 25
Returns for 124 out of 125 districts (Lower Paxton township miss-.
I"S) give tlie following results:—
SUPREME COURT JUDGE | CONGHESS-AT-LARGE
(Nonpartisan)
City. County. Total City. County. Total
!' al |", < r 2038 6865 i Kinsley (I>) . 4959 4239 9,198
i ailing 5388 4063 9451 j Moore (I>) .. 4789 4188 8,977
M STATES SENATOR WMMkft (b) 381*6 4m *7,*987
Kno* Cr *C < ' < R > • ?0 6696 13,266
• Knox (R) 6700 OIO.j 13,160 Gariand (R) . 7628 6611 14,239
1 liTtTi,' TDricrn™ j Mclaughlin R 5719 6136 11,855
STATE TREASURER j Scott (R) ... 6715 6677 13,392
Cramer (D) . 5644 4717 10.361 i
Kephart (R) 6671 6885 13,556 < AUDITOR GENERAL
, Murrin (D) . 478J 4597 ,9,377
LEGISLATURE IN COUNTY j Snyder (R) . 6985 6967 13,952
Martin (I)) 5 265
Mates (D) . . • 5,1771 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
Bw-htold (R) .... .... 6.937 Kans'n'nn <l>) 5727 1821 10.54H
llsli (R) .... 6,680 Kreider <R '"'no 6737 13,037
(COMPLETE ELECTION TABLT-S ON PAGE SIX) | 1 j
BISHOP JI'DOWELL TO
HE HERE SATURDAY
All the ministers of the Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Meth
tdist Episcopal Church have been In
vited to the "long table" table d'hote
luncheon to he served In the Grace
Methodist Church at the noon hour
on Saturday. The speaker will be'
I
Bishop William F. McDowell, of Wash
ington, I). C. His topic will he "Tho
Pennsylvania Convention of Methodit
Men." Th<> following local arranne
iienls committee will have charge of
the gathering: H. B. Dickson. James
\V. liarker, Dr. John D. Fox, Charles
\V. Burtnott. JOUU *•,
thur Bacon. .
EARLY RETURNS
INDICATED LONG
DRAWN OUT FIGHT
New York, Nov. B.—Tho result of
the election still was officially In doubt
to-day.
Upon doubtful States from which
the returns are slowly coming depends
whether Mr. Wilson has been re
elected or whether the net President
of the United States will be Charles
E. Hughes.
Chairmen of both national com
mittees claimed handsome majorities
in the electoral college for their can
didate but tho actual figures early to
day made good the claitrts of neither.
"They did however, show a steady
trend toward President "Wilson all
through the west.
Aside from the uncertainty of the
result the most remarkable thing
about the election was the sudden
wiping out of the Hughea majorities
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SCHOOL LOANAND
JIT CHANGES WIN
WITH BIG TOTALS'
i T~
People Authorize Borrowing of
$1,250,000 For Better High
Schools
Harrlsburg may have gone to bed
late last night or early this morning
decidedly perplexed as to whether
Mr. irfighcs or air. Wilson is to be
| President of the United States but it
; had no doubt at all as to the question
of the two important city problems.
The $1,250,000 high school loan
was passed by the comfortable ma
jority of nearly 2200. Jusb 6549 votes
were cast for the loan J &nd 4363
against it.
The amendment to the" jitney or
dinance, the first try-out of the initia
tive movement in Pennsylvania, was
carried by nearly a thousand. Just
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3 OF 5 DISTRICTS"
ON WEST SHORE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
West Fairview and East
Pennsboro Swamp
Measure
Although only passed by three of
five voting districts, the West Shore
Central High School may be & possi
bility. Whether or not Lemoyne,
Camp Hill, and Wormleysburg, the
districts that passed the loans in their
respective towns will proceed with a
joint school for these districts is now
up to the boards. West Fairview and
East Pennsboro swamped the measure
by a large majority. ,
The lower precinct of East Penns
boro township passed the project by a
large majority nut was smothered by j
the vote of the upper end of the dls
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THE WEATHER]
Far Harrlaburg and vlelaltyi Pair
to-nlttbl and probably Thursday i
H rmer to-night, loweat tempera
ture about SU deicreea.
For Fnaterr. IVIIUH.VIV anInt Fair to- "
night aad probably Thurda>,
warmer tu-mitliti moderate to
, freak aoutb wind*.
T mperat urei N a. m., 42.
uai Hlaea, Hi4s a. m i acta, 4iS4
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, November 0,
SilH p. ni.
Itlver stnaei 3.7 feet above lon
water mark. ~
Yeaterday'a Weatifr
llirhewt temperatlure. 87.
I.oweat temperature, 4a.
Mean temperature, 80.
Neraial temperature, 48, j I
Single Copies, 2 Cents CITY EDITION
WILSON HAS
BEST OF IT,
IS ESTIMATE
u J Z ,°Y* B ~, At 7 . 45 O'clock tonight President Wilson
had taken the lead in California and in Minnesota, the acquisition of
either of which to his column would insure his election, barring unex
pected losses from states now accredited to him as reasonably sure.
a " d " ort ?„ Dak ° ta e slipping from him ai.d late
returns showed his lead in Minnesota being cut down.
CUTTING DOWN WILSON'S LEAD
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8. When 2,-
005 of the 3,024 precincts in Minne
sota had reported at 6 p. m. Wilson's
vote was 141,921; Hughes 136,952,
showing a continued decrease in the
President's lead.
WASHINGTON INCOMPLETE
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 8. Returns
from 1.471 precincts of 2,385 in
Washington give Hughes 107,394; Wil
son 115,008.
HUGHES LEADS IN WEST VA,
Charleston, W. Va.. Nov. 8. Re
turns from 1,060 precincts out of 1,713
in West Virginia give Hughes 57.697;
Wilson 85,161; 412 precincts for Gov
ernor give Robinson (R) 55.884;
Cornweil (D) 86.045; 145 precincts for
V. S. Senator give Sutherland (R) 87,-
534; Chilton (D) 81,328.
WILSON LEADS IV CALIFORNIA
San Francisco, Nov. 8. Woodrow
Wilson took the lead in California at
4 p. m. to-day. Returns available at
roil Pfefi'lsnt from i 1,945 out
In give Wilson 138,439; Hughes
Hurt result remains in doubt.
I ' vith Hughes leading; Minne-
MiVcst Virginia, Oregon, South
Hi ecincts out of 5,917 in Cali-
I. Wilson 328j896.
I ■ a lead over Hughes in Minnc-
M'.J iy ,vhen returns from 1,865
State gkvc Wilson 134,737 and
l:ic headquarters announced at
Bwed that New Hampshire had
9 votes.
n National Chairman Willcox
that North Dakota hid been
:turns from 993 precincts out of
1, i.i ' . ■ Virgini.' • <. H' , 31,273; Wilson 80,657.
M. D. I• 1 - : leci iCb, out of 1,859 in North
I Dakota Wilson polled 31,104 votes and Hughes 32,519.
Portland, Ore. Ei ty-four out
6; / O -e. ; on precincts ,iv, >! .,:;hes 51,,90; Wilson 47,Uw
■'! I'.iosco.— With )ictf T redactscounted
I out of a total of 684 Wilson was leading Hughes by 12,500
ir. . i- isco. The I*-j.ubjican Central Committee
concedes San Francisco to Wilson by about 15,000.' City
■ of Stdtkton complete gives Wi150tv6,694; Ifughes 4,316.
Sioux Falls; S. D. lncomplete icturns from 1,408 pre
t cinct: out of 1,728 in the State late to-day indicate Hughes
I untaining his slight lead over Wilson. The latest
re Hughe? 41,949: Wilson 37,349.
Ch, Ir-.ton, W Va. f Nov. B.—Returns from 995 precipcts
I out of 1713 in West Virginia give Hughes 49,771 ; Wilson
, 45,795. #
San Francisco, Nov. 5.—3414 precincts out of 5917 in
C 'if ,i give Hughes 269,926; Wilson 252,993.
I
that hour frcyn 4,306 out of 5,910
precincts in California gave Hughes
337,657; Wilson 339,195.
MINN. GIVES WILSON LEAD
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8. Returns
on President from 1,496 out of 3,024
precincts in Minnesota gave Wilson
138,796; Hughes 132,788.
i MISSOURI FOlt WILSON
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8. 2,666 pre
cincts out of 3,459 in Missouri give
Wilson 332.822; Hughes 307,556; 2,649
precincts give Gardner (D) for Gover
nor 316,707; Lamm 313,975; 2,487 out
of 3,459 precincts give Reed (D) for
U. S. Senator 327,233; Dickey, (D).
305,230.
KANSAS FOR WILSON
Kansas City, Kan., Nov. 8. —Re
turns from 1,665 out of 2,474 Kansas
precincts give Wilson 217,156; Hughes
192,990. Returns from 1,489 State
■ precincts In the race for Governor
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