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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1911?. 1
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S
Kstimates based upon the latest
returns of the popular votes in all
states indicate that President "Wil
son's popular vote amounted to
8.o63,713 and Charles E. Hughes'
WILSON
1912
Alabama 82,439
Arizona 10,324
Arkansas 68,838
California 283,436
Colorado 114,223
Connecticut 74,561
Delaware 22,631
Florida 36,417
Peorgia 93,171
Idaho 33.921
Illinois 405,643
Indiana 281390
Iowa 185.325
Kansas 143,670
Kentucky 219,584
Louisiana 60,966
Maine 51.113
Maryland 112,674
Massachusetts 173,403
Michigan 150,751
Minnesota 106.426
Mississippi 57,164
Missouri 330,746
Montana 27,941
Nebraska 109,109
Nevada 7.985
New Hampshire 34,724
New Jersey 178.289
New Mexico 20,437
New York - 665,475
North Carolina 144,507
North Dakota 29,555
Ohio 423,152
Oklahoma - 119,156
Oregon 47,064
Pennsylvania 395.619
Rhode Island 30,142
South Carolina 48.355
South Dakota , 48.942
Tennessee 130.335
Texas 221.589
Utah - 36,579
Vermont 15,350
Virginia - 90,332
Washington 86.840
West Virqinia H - 113,197
Wisconsin ...-. - 164.409
Wyoming 15,310
Totals ..6,203,120
Wilson's total plurality by states,,
states, 751,133.
Wilson's net plurality, 403,312.
WIRELESS NEWSPAPER
HAS 1,000 SUBSCRIBERS
Events cf the World to Be Flashed
Through the Air Every
Evening.
Tie hzh co?t of print paper 'will not
prove a source f worry to the now
Trirolc-s "newi-niier," tho first issue
of which, has just appeared from the
Frrt t'-r trirnental laboratories at
rPs'.il.rklire. M Y. Dr. Lee de Forest
-rdkts that Ne new publication will
bare a circulation of 10.00O. lie ex
pects its pro 'a tlx will be rapid. The
news of the vrnrld as well as music by
lira stars Trill be placed before the
f.uberibers n "r-htly.
All tho an:;itcur wireless operators
within loo miles of New York will
have frm h.lf an hour to an hour of
news and mnie every night by tuning
their instrunsents to the wave length
of the sondi'sg station at the labora
tories. The entertainment will begin
at 7: and the music nx-ords will be
furnished by a company which manu
factures resjnls. Election returns
wore sent oct over the wireless on
election niglifi.
Lr. de Forest is enthusiastic over
the possibilities of the wireless rul-i-ation.
Wl s?n the idea is developed,
lie said, farmers may bring their wires
from the wirsdmill to the cupola of the
Kirn and hate the latest news of the
world and tbe voices of the greatest
singers served to them as soon as they
have liuished. their chores.
THE PINK BOLL WORM.
Greatest Coiion Menace Known Ap
pears n Northern Mexico.
The pink borfl worm, most destructive
cotton pest known, lias appeared for
the first tiino in North America. The
department f agriculture at "Washing
ton has jusc announced that worms J
had been discovered in northern Mexi-
o, where tlicir presence, the depart
ment says, ''constitutes one of the
greatest menaces which have como to
the American industry In its history."
Importation from Mexico of icotton
seed, cottonseed hulls and seed cotton
i prohibited tinder an order issued
ov. 4.
Aged Twins.
Samuel and Willam Gordon, twin
brothers f Fryeburg, Me., passed their
eighty-second birthday. The twinare
very active for men of their age and
have a brother four years older than
themselves who Is a practicing physi
cian in Fryeburg.
Oil Town Burned Twice.
For the second time in a year fire has
virtually destroyed Wirt. Okla., a little
lutom town In the Healdton oil Eelds.
Firty buildings were destroyed, with a
loss of $123,000. More than 00 home
less persons were taken to Ardmore.
Postcard on Way Seven Years.
a itost card mailed in New Egypt,
X. J., to Selma Krauss of New York.j
A'jg. "Z, 1909. ras delivered to Miss
Kraujs a few day3 ago. The card ragj
from "Minnie," whose existence Miss i
K-suss bad nearly forgotten.
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PLURALITY, 403,312;
8,160,401. This means a plurality
for Wilson of 403,312. The table
also shows the vote cast for Wil
son in 1912.
.WILSON. HUGHES. TLURAL-
1916. 1916. ITY.
89,000 30,000 60,000W
29,641 19,363 10.278W
85,000 37,000 48.000W
466,269 462,838 3,431 W
158,257 95,716 62.541W
89,687 106,378 6,691 H
26,111 27,909 1,798 H
60,000 12,000 48.000W
109,200 23,000 81,200W
68,000 54,500 1 3,500 W
869,152 1,044,608 175,456H
333,466 339,437 5,971 H
215.918 279,085 - 63.167H
315,000 277,000 38,000 W
219,000 193.000 26,000 W
68.000 9,000 58.000W
64,148 69,491 5.343H
133,211 113,773 . 19,438 W
247.327 263,361 20,934 H
237.114 308.122 71.003H
176,577 177,285 708 H
91,000 5,000 86,000 W
376.000 345.C00 31.000W
S0.927 54,608 26.319W
98.323 75.031 23.242 W
12.448 9.842 2,6C6W
42.905 42,723 182W
209.332 264,320 54,988 H
34,545 83,251 1.294W
756,010 863,937 1 07,977 H
158.000 110.000 48.000W
54.449 52,831 1,618V
578,000 496.720 81.280W
140.000 110.000 30.000W
116,550 123.570 7,020 H
510,747 695,734 184.9S7H
39,353 44.159 4,806 H
68.000 1.5C0 66.500W
45,449 50,892 5.443 H
133.647 97,553 41.094W
228.000 58.000 1 70.000 W
77381 48.943 23.433W
21,832 38.254 6,422 H
60,107 21,132 38.975W
197,000 183.000 14.C00W
139,013 141.432 2.419H
194.000 220.000 26.000 H
25,617 19,993 5,6 19 W
8,563,713 8,160,401
1,154,440. Hughes total plurality by
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SHOES $20 IN RUSSIA.
War Puts Up All Manufactures From
200 to 6C0 Per Cent.
Twenty dollars for a pair of shoes,
ZO cents for a cigar of the lowest
grade these are samples of the ad
vance in prices in Russia since the war
began, according to J. 13. Steurwald,
who has just returned from that coun
try, where he went as representative
of a" largo American automobile con
cent. "Of course all the larger Russian
cities are under military restrictions
concerning the supply of food," .said
Mr. Steurwald. 'One is allowed to
have meat three days a week Satur
days, Sundays and Mondays.
"Everything has advanced from 200
per cent to GOO per cent in price since
the war began. Not only does this ap
ply to foodstuffs, but it also affects
clothing, tobacco and many other
things. For instance, you pay 40 ru
bles (about $-0) for a pair of "shoes,
and they are very poor ones even at
that price. Cigars cost from 1 ruble
up. Pipe tobacco is very high, a ten
cent can of smoking tobacco costing
at the very minimum 2 rubles and TO
kopecks (about $1.40). The reason for
all of these high prices reverts back
directly to the matter of transporta
tion, as Russia has plenty of food and
grain, but no way of transporting
them."
Appendicitis Hits Family.
When John Nachtwey, a farmer liv
ing near Green Bay, Mo., submitted to
an operation for appendicitis he was
the seventh member of his family to
have this operation performed within
the last three months. His wife, three
sous and two daughters have already
been operated upon.
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THE ELECTORAL
WILSON.
Alabama 12
Arizona 3
Arkansas 9
California 13
(Ey 3,131 votes, 3G precincts missing.)
Colorado 6
Florida 6
Georgia 14
Idaho 4
Kansas 10
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 10
Maryland 8
Mississippi 13
Missouri 13
Montana 4
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
New Mexico 3
North Carolina 12
North Dakota 5
Ohio 24
Oklahoma 10
South Carolina 9
Tennessee - 12
Texas 20
Utah 4
Virginia 12
Washington 7
Wyoming 3
Total : 272
Vote for deceased Democratic
lcfor may give one elector to '
Hushes.
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CONTEST RECALL
ELECTION 0
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Long Uncertainty Over Hayes-
Tilden Vole.
CLOSE MARGIN DECIDES
As In This Election, the Fight Between
Hayes and Tilden Was Long In Doubt.
Cleveland-Blaine Race In 1334 Also
Similar Returns Very Late In Ar
riving. Close national elections always recall
the historic contest of 1S7G, when
Rutherford B. Ilayes, Republican! was
declared elected president bj' a margin
of one electoral vote over Samuel J.
Tilden, Democrat, almost four months
after the election. On election night
in November, 1S7C, Tilden's election
was announced in the first editions of
all the newspapers and at 1:30 o'clock
was conceded by the Republican lead
ers. Decided by Close Margin.
The other memorable instance of
close national elections was in 1SS1.
when it was not known until Friday
after election day whether G rover
Cleveland or James G. lilaine had been
chosen president, and then the contest
was decided in New York state by a
margin of 1.100 votes. It was at this
election that John Y. McKane. the
Democratic boss, of Coney Island, wh
later went to Sing Sing for overzealous
political activity, gave the Cleveland
"ticket a plurality in Gravesend that
exceeded by 2,000 the total number of
men, women and children in the town,
which was v,000.
The contest of 1S7G, which brought
wholesale charges of fraud, gun play,
intimidation and murder, some cf
whi;h were also proved, started on
election night when it became appar
ent on the returns not to I e doubted
that Tilden had 1S4 electoral votes and
Hayes 1 (".". with twenty votes doubt
ful. Oi:e hv.v. J red and eighty-live wive
necessary for a choice. The twenty
doubtful votes were distributed in Ore
gon. Louisiana. Florida and South Car
olina. Ry sunup of the next morning boll;
Republicans and Democrats ptarle-1
after these twenty votes. If the Re
publicans pot them all it meant that
Hayes world be elected by a margin
of one electoral vote.
Theft of Election Charged.
It was freely charged that TV.den
had been fraudulently deprived of sev
eral electoral votes and the election.
His popular vote exceeded that of
Hayes by 2o.).!XJ"3. As in the election
just passed, the doubtful states were
California and some of the middle
western states, notably Nebraska
Florida remained a puzzle for a long
time. In 'those days the south was
not solid when it came to voting be
cause of the punitive measures en
forced bv the north after the civil war.
which restricted suffrage in the rebel
states.
For a day or so after tho presiden
tial election in 1S02 there was consid
erable doubt as to tlie(resulf7 Many
Republican papers claimed that Renja
rnin Harrison, Republican, had boon
re-elected over Grover Cleveland, Dem
ocrat, by a comfortable margin. Indi
ana and Illinois were claimed by both
sides, and it looked for awhile, judg
ing by the scattering returns, that Har
rison would carry both Delaware and
West Virginia.
The second day, however, proved
Mr. Cleveland's election for a second
term with a handsome majority in the
'electoral college, his vote being -77
against 115 for Harrison.
Rut tho race was so close for awhile
that the newspapers of New. York sug
gested that the next president of the
United States might have to be elect
ed by congress.
VOTE
Total, 531 ;
Necessary to a
Choice 266
HUGHES.
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Illinois 29
Indiana T. . 15
Iowa 13
Maino : 6
Massachusetts 13
Michigan 15
New Jersey 14
New York 45
Oregon
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island .
South Dakota .
Vermont .....
West Virginia
5
33
5
5
4
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13
Wisconsin
Total 243
DOUBTFUL.
Minnesota 12
(Will remain doubtful until vote of
guardsmen is completed.)
New Hampshire 4
(Will 'remain doubtful until official
recount is completed.) '
Substituted elector's name omit
ted from some ballot3. May give
one elector to Wilson.
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O- C
IENT SIIPER-
TITIONS HOST
BE ERADICATED
In "The Citizen," published by tha
Central Labor Temple association at
Los Angeles, Cal., appears a very
timely article on "Superstitions,"
which was written by Adam Bceck, a
brother of Henry Boeck of this city,
and a gentleman well known in this
locality. The article is as fallows:
Among some of the superstitions
that will have to be eradicated from
the popular mind before a real ad
vance in a human existence can be ac
complished is the almost universal be
lief in the divine rights of kings. If
this were the only one, it would not be
so serious. When first the superior
fighter was lauded by the multitude,
then proclaimed their chief, with pow
er to command, and to be obeyed with
out question, the few superior fighters
among the masses soon conceived the
idea that if they would elevate the
chief fighter to a position designed for
him by God himself, that his person
should become, sacred and infallible,
with authority to perpetuate his posi
tion through his descendants forever,
he, the so annointed, sacred, infallible
representative of God, would recognize
their work by creating them and their
descendants forever as superior and
away above everyday men and women,
entitled to the service and homage of
their brothers and sisters not desig
nated by the king to be of so-called
noble blood, and the king was only too
glad to do so, as it must have been
quite clear to him that he could not
for long hold and retain his claim of
divine rights without a powerful aris
tocracy to sustain ami protect him,
while thev had at the time to nurre
and strengthen the damnable supersti
tion of divine rights among their serfs
and victims.
It is not difhcult to recognize ant!
believe that while the race was in its
(hihiheod davs any sort of a story
would be accented if uttered by one of
recoc-nized. natural superiority, but
that such monstrous doctrines and be
liefs should continue to exist and be
:uv
cpted as divine truth is beycml
comprehension, and yet such is the
pad fact even in this much-lauded
twentieth century in the most enlight
ened nationsof the earth outside these
Uritcd States and Switzerland.
Men of the greatest ability and
rehievemcnts in science in England
and Germany go to tho extent of ex
posing themselves in battle array to
be killed, in eider to perpetuate this
horrid condition and fact.
The question looms up, "What can
be done to wipe out forever this mons
trosity?
The kimrs and nobility still have
power to command and cqntrol the
nimies, the courts and money; they
hold the keys to the bastiles and fcrts
If anyone would dare to question "di
vine riirht." he would commit "treas
on," the greatest crime on the calen
dar, and would at once be apprehend
ed and an end put to his dangerous
efforts, if not to his life.
It would seem that any open and
public efforts against this superstition
is bound to result disastrously, un
less the rank and file of the army
would refuse en masse to obey the
commands of their officers to-vit,
turn about and fire at their officers
and whomsoever would attempt to
control them, except the ones whom
they, the rank and file, would select
and designate as the representatives
of the nation. -If the army could be
brought to act solidly as a body, it
would hardly be necessary to shed
much blood, as the king and nobility
would be only too anxious to disclaim
the right of divinity and superiority
over the rest of mankind in order to
be allowed to live on an even level
with everyone else.
But there is little so far at present
that will "justify the hope of such
solidarity among the tank and file of
any people. However, there is a grow
ing number who arc inclined to the
opinion that the terrible struggle now
raging in those three countries Eu
rope, Asia, and Africa will so lively
and emphatically impress and con
vince not only the men in the trenches,
but all men and women, except kings
and nobility, of the terrible conse
quences of this superstition of divine
rights of kings and nobles (so called)
that by the consensus of a fair ma
jority, of those who keep things going,
will 'of itself be sufficient to forever
eiadicate the hated doctrine and that
only a fool would wish for a crown,
or crave a title, which would then be-
y:ome the laughing stock of the multi
tude.
Meanwhile, let each patriot and
lover of humanity do all in his power
to make all superstitions appear in
their true light and relation to human
v,vlf.'ire.
Whatever has a tendency to keep
the industrious citizen in ignorance,
a fin
CjJaTicI specially planned delusions to be-
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in a servile condition, must be made
odious and completely uprooted and
destroyed.
ANGRE STORM OF
METAL CONTINUES
London, Nov. 15. With no abate
ment in the fury that attended its
initial smash, the British storm of
metal and men against Germany's
vaunted sub-surfaced fortifications on
both sides of Ancre brook continues.
Dispatches from the front said Ger
man attacks have been futile against
the British, who are holding the outer
most sections of positions taken at
Beaumont, Hamel, Baucourt and St.
Pierre-Divion.
The lavish outpouring of high ex
plosives and shrapnel from the
British guns appeared to center on
the German lines drawn about Mirau
mont to the north and on Grand Court
to the south.
Miraumont is an important railway
center and affords an avenue to
Achietle, Grand, near Bapaume.
Grand Court, on the Ancre's osuth
bank, is on a southeastern branch of
the railroad that centers at Achietle
Grand after passing through Mirau
mont. The effort spent on the capture of
Beaumont led military experts to be
lieve General Haig has begun a flank
movement to encircle Miraumont.
Mere than 5.000 persons are in the
British rear. For the first time since
the batle of the Somme began, a gen
eral whose forces have been on the
offensive, said the defenders losses
have exceeded those of the attackers
- AV'illTvice was among those, going
n 1 1 f y 1
to
umana to spena a lew nours, ana
consult a specialist in that city
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in
regard to nis neaun.
Mr.-. I hilin Thierolf and daughl
e
.u 1 :
I;. A. lioocncrans, were am
on
t'ii..-e r.i'-i'V' to Omaha this aftern
oon
1 ; ; c::.! a i,cw hours with friend
.:l!:iir 11. Holmes of Chicago ar
riv.-d this morning and will enjoy a
visit of a few weeks in this city with
his relatives and friends. This is the
first visit of Mr. Holmes in this city
for some time.
George P. Meisinger of near Cedar
deck, was in the city today for n
short time visiting with his relatives
and looking after a few matters at
the court house.
Jacob Bergen of near Mynard was
in the city yesterday afternoon look
ine after some tradinsr with the mer
chants, and while in the city advance.'
hi subscription to the Semi-Weekly
Journal for another year.
Baby Had Whooping Cough.
Mrs. Sam C. Small, Clayton, Nv M.
writes: "My grandson had whooping
cough when he was three months old
We used Foley's Honoy and Tar and I
believe it saved his life. He is now
big and fat." Foley's Honey and Tar
is n fine thing to have in the house
for whooping cough, croup, coughs,
colds. Sold everywhere.
Doing the Work.
W. T. Nanncy, Noel, Mo , writes,
"Your B. A. Thomas' Hog Powder
is doing the work down in this part
of the world. It proved to be what
we needed to prevent and cure hog
cholera and 'expel worms."
II. M. Soennichsen.
Puis & Gansemer.
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For Sale Two good male calves
and one milch cow. - Inquire of - R. E.
Dalton. ll-13-2tdltwkly
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WILSON'S LEAD
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STILL GROWING
i'lt-sent Figures Do Not Include
Larger Counties of State.
S;:n Francisco, Nov. 15. Complete!
cff.cial counts from foi w-threc out 0,1
the iifty-eiffht counties in California
t-.(!ay showed chan;-? from t o un
uhVini fipures favoring Hughes by Mi
vitts and favoring Wilson by ol1. a
n. g-nin for Wilson cf 2SG.
These figures do not include any
of the larger counties of the stale.
In the official count in Los Angele
county Hujrhes has shown a net grain
of I'M votes, while in San Francisco
county Wilson's net gain has been
eleven. The changes from the official
count are almost negligible. '
Possibly Plurality of 6,000.
When the official figures are com
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nipulation, to show almost any plu
ia!ity for Wilson up to 5,000 or 6,000.
This will be because of the difference
between the republican and democratic
high and low totals in each county.
This difference runs from five to forty
votes per county.
The United Press is basing its fig
ures on the high republican and low
democratic elector in each county. Be
lieving this will more nearly approxi
mate the minimum democratic plu
rality and will indicate whether there
is a possibility of a split in the state's
electoral vote.
There was discussion today of the
rumors that were circulated in New
York yesterday- that Hughes had
gained (5,oC0 votes as the result of a
discovery of an error in the recount.
No such error has been shown in the
state, and several papers today brand
ed the report as a canard
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