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ms STMl MIJTOI tCAL SOC ^|(j| ^ r>HE ( >MAHA . M :ORN: MG BEE ■ „„ • _______ __ fc**' VOL. 53—NO. 123. .“3? «3TOMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1923.* g;„r .l1. V,;r)zonD.‘M(>. *5:.nV"I‘uTndaV.W » TWO CENTS » W™, ^LT" I Debt Meet Hinges on Paris Reply Exact Meaning of Restrictions on Economic Parley Sought hy America From France. U. S. May Feed Germans I IJy Asgnrliited Priv a. Washington, Nov. 6.—Availability 'of American helpfulness in the Eu ropean economic crisis apparently hinged tonight upon detailed explana tions of the Poincare restrictions on the proposed export Inquiry into the reparations tangle. Up to this time, it was learned authoritatively, the ^^S^tAishlngton government has not been able to find out exactly what the French premier had in mind in pro posing to confine the inquiry to Ger many's ‘‘present” capacity to mako reparations payments. Conversations between President Coolidge and Ambassador Jusserand today, and between the French am bassador and Secretary Hughes ‘yes terday, it is known, turned almost wholly on the effort to determine the exacj nature of the French re strictions. As it has been translat ed in London, the French phrase reads: ‘‘Capacity to pay at present and for a limited future period.” It was evident today that the am bassador had been unable to amplify this sufficiently and has cabled his government for a detailed explana tion, for which government officials here are waiting with deep Interest. Appeal to Patience. In view of this situation, it was stated emphatically that reports that the negotiations had met a deadlock wire wholly without loundation. Ad ministration officials, on the con trary. regard the door as still open to American co-operation in the search for a solution of the repara tions problem, provided the allied powers desire such aid. After Presi dent Coolidge's conference today with Ambassador Jusserand, a White House spokesman urged that the American : public exercise patience. The Washington administration is not inclined to express In advance of a specific understanding as to Just ■what is meant by the French restrlc its willingness to co-operate in ^^any form of investigation except such os was outlined in Secretary Hughes’ answer to I>ord Curzon. The lan guage of the British proposal to the alii d governments incorporates to an important degree the language used by Secretary Hughes in that com munication. Verbal changes proposed by Bel gium and acceptable to Great Britain and Italy do not, in the American view, alter the senae of the original proposal materially. The French proposals for restrictions, however, are looked on as possibly Involving a radical limitation which would alter completely the nature of the inquiry. The language of the French pro posals is subject to various possible interpretations. A complete understanding of the limitations sought is rendered more difficult by the fact that the original text of the French restrictions is in the French language and variations in translation are possible ns there are many English equivilents. not precisely similar in meaning, for some French expressions and words. In the conferences with Ambas sador Jusserand there Is no doubt that nil of these shadings of meanings have been discussed. It has also been disclosed officially that the am bassador received from President Coolldge a restatcrnent^of the Ameri can attitude which already had been disclosed to him by Secretary Hughes. While further developments appar Ik^tptly awaited upon the formulation ^tMd receipt of the French reply so far as final decision on the expert domtnlttee plan is Involved, govern ment officials here have been giving further consideration to the possible scope of American aid in the fore shadowed famine crisis In at least parts of Germany. Study of reports from Germany has convinced Presi dent Coolidge that aid must be forth coming during the winter and until the next German crops can he har vested. So fur as has been disclosed, however, no definite plans for mak ing American surplus foodstuffs have yet taken shape. Home American observers In f3er many are understood to have re ported that in the regions where help will be needed most, the chief lack In foodstuff* is for fats rather than grain. This report has directed the attention of some administration of ficials to figures which show thnt the Vnitcd States has a very large sur plus of hops, which might lie used to meet the emergency should it prove possible to work out a prac ticable relief scheme. The food situation In ffermany, while not Intimately related to the plan for an expert Inquiry Into the reparations problem, serves to em phasize In American eyes the need foi as little delay as possible among the allies in reaching a decision on tlic course they will take. Slum Politics Abroad. it selves alsrg to some extent, to move the Washington government to the Informal efforts It is making to about sn agreement Hhrnad. It •is emphasized by all responsible spokesmen for the Cooildge adminis tration. however, that there has been lit, departure from ths fixed policy of g voiding ny participation In Europe's political affairs. t SUNNY SIDE UP Discovered! A nlap* whfiro I rwn get the baked apple without the gooey stufT, or even with it if desired. John W. Welch came to the rescue. Says it will be carried to me, too, and without a tip, if I so request. If John's restaurants make good on the pledge of serving the best baked ap ples, minus the goo, he's made a friend for life. I’ll take an extra portion of cream in place of the usual syrup, if you please! Can hardly believe it, but hope It is true. T<jld of an Omaha Sunday school where more than 50 per cent of the pupils are boys, and of a church congregation where the aver age attendance is showing up with more men than women. Flourishing church and Sunday school, too. Must make personal investigation of most unusual case. Listened in on the radio last night. Was informed that it was the static that made the noise. Reminded me of something I hear every time I drop cigaret ashes on the front room car pet. It is reported that the matter of holding the republican n.ational con vention in Chicago is up to Chicago hotel men. Recalling the fact I once paid $5 for the privilege of sleeping on a billiard table while attending a national convention in Chicago, I'll cheerfully admit a belief that the Windy City's hotel men will be equal to the occasion. Congratulations to John Pray, 89 years young yesterday, and admitting that he keeps young by disdaining tobacco and taking a little nip every morning. Wouldn't mind growing old gracefully like that, and perfectly willing to give up the tobacco if Mr. Pray will divulge source of his supply. Mr. Pray may call me by telephone, or if agreeable I’ll call In person. Hope his recipe keeps him going Etropg for many years to come. Accepted invitation of business of fice to meet the charming young la dies who answer your call when you telephone a want ad to The Bee. Found them too busy to visit with a middle aged fat man. but have hopes. Must hunt up something to advertise in tlje want ad section. Latter day ambition of the colonel, sitting Just to my left. Wants to hold an I. T. U. convention in north east corner of Maine and then start special trains from 101 Paso, L09 An geles, San Francisco and Seattle, all members in good standing to be car ried free. Would cause temporary suspension of all daily newspapers, and that seems to be only possible hope of a vacation in this depart ment. •lust supplied with a noiseless typewriter. Now worrying about how to make the Rig Chief think I am working. Afraid that any min ute he will drop in to inquire the reason for the prolonged silence. There is such a thing as carrying efficiency atoo far, and noiseless typewriter strikes me as one of them. Miss Mier sang “Blues” with un usual effect at the matinee. Porter at theater had swiped bankroll frorn^ her trunk night before. If that calamity could happen to me, and did, I could sing In all the colors of the rainbow. W. M. M. Woman Is Killed ! When Train Hits Auto at Chapman Miss Mabel Smith Victim of Grade-Crossing Accident— Car Driven by Her Sister. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Be*. Central City, Neb., Nov. 6.—Miss Mabel Smith of this city died here at 3:30 this afternoon as the result of injuries sustained at 1 id. nt., when the automobile In which she was rid ing with her sister, Mrs. G. P. Kin sell, also of this city, together with Mrs. John Hutchinson and the latter's daughter. Miss Genevieve, was struck by Union Pacific passenger train No. 1 at a grade crossing at Chapman, Neb. Mrs. Blssell was driving the car. The other occupants aside from bad bruises and severe nervous shock, miraculously escaped. The crossing at this point angles across the tracks and a string of box cars is said to have completely obscured the view to the east and made It impossible to see the fast westbound train ap proaching. No. IK, eastbound pas senger, which passes No. 1 but a short distance away, picked up the occupants of the car, and brought them to Central City. All are prominent residents of this city, Mrs. Blssell being the widow of the late George P. Blssell, prominent banker and business man, who died it few months ago. Miss Hutchinson, who, together with her mother, re ceived minor Injuries, returned re cently from a tour of Europe. Mrs. Bissell «‘n* uninjured. Miss Smith was making her homo with her sis ter. Vandals Wreck Part of Newspaper Office Reatrice, Neb., Nov. 6.—Someone entered the office of the Beatrice Hally Kx press during the night, de stroying mailing slips, broke the web on the power press and performed other acts of vandalism. John H. Kearnes, the editor, offers a reward of ?25 for proof that one of the paper’s mailing lists Is In possession of a person not In the employ of the newspaper. Collect Funds for State Convention of Firemen Beatrice, Neb., Nov. (!.—A commit tee from the volunteer fire depart ment Is collecting funds from the business men of the city for the fire men’s state convention which Is to be held In firemen's hall here the lat ter part of January. Five hundred delegates are expected to attend the meting. 900 Tons of Gravel to Be Used on Lincoln Highway Columbus, Neb., Nov. 8 —More than 900 tons of gravel will be onerl to gravel the Unrein highway from the Colfax Platte county line to the point where the gravel road now ends near Columhns, following an order of the Platte county hoard of supervisors. Business Is Great! said the manager of Parks Paint Store. You are cer tainly right when you say "It’s Results That Count," for I get more business from my three-line Classi fied Ad in The Omaha Hoe than from any other ad vertising source in Omaha. You can keep my ad run ning—it’s a good invest ment. Place YOUR Classified Ad in The Opiaha Bee FIRST. You’ll find it less ex pensive. j Its Results Thgt,Count Argument Over Attorney for Souder Trial Counsel for Accused Former County Treasurer Objects to Special Prose cutor. By Associated Press. North Platte. Neb.. Nov. 6.—Argu ments for and against employment of Will E. Shuman as special prosecu tor for the state in the case against Samuel M. Souder. former county treasurer wlw> is under indictment on nearly 150 charges in connection with the alleged misuse of co'/ity funds, will he aired before Judge John E. Tewell in district court tomorrow. Attorneys for Souder, In their objec tions, charge that Shuman has repre sented the county in civil matters out of which criminal charges have re sulted. and that he is biased and pre judiced. They say that he has made defamatory statements against Sou der and that he would not be fair. Shuman has announced that he will show that he has no personal rein tions in the matter, and that Mr. Souder and he always have been close friends. Arguments on the plea in abate ment, demurrer, continuance, and change of venue will be presented as ion ns the Shuman motion is dis posed of. Attorneys for the prose cution indicated tonight that argu ments on these motions may be con cluded by tomorrow night. If such is the case, lawyers will have nearly a week before starting the work of selecting jurors. The prospective jur ors. called today, were excused until next Tuesday morning. Testimony of witnesses and presen tation of evidence In the Souder forg ery ense, first to be tried, may be started next Wednesday. By Amtorlated PrfM. Defense Attorney Robert Beatty, In his arguments on the forgery motion, this morning sought to distinguish the difference between "the making of n false Instrument" and "the false mak ing of an Instrument." He argued that although the contents of sn Instrument are false, It Is not forgarj when signed by the county treasurer, who, by virtue of his office, has a “legal right” to sign his name to such a paper. He declared that such an act as Mr. Souder has been accused of by the state may l>e malfeasance of office, hut that It Is not forgery as charged In the Indictment. Special Prosecutor Shuman argued that every letter in the tax receipts and checks under question are falso and that Mr. Souder knew they were false, therefore he should he tried for forgery, Attorneys for both the state and the defense elted numerous au th(g-ltles for their arguments. Judge John I,. Tewell temporarily overruled the motions seeking to quash the forgery Indictment agnlnst Samuel M. Souder. former Lincoln county treasurer. In announcing his declslo, following a mornlg of legal arguments on the Indictments. Judge Tewell said the motions were over ruled with the understanding that It would he taken up again when evi dence Is given on the motion for de murrer. Four-Acre Corn Field Neur Cndicott Yield* 312 Hu. Falrbury, Neb., Nov. B.—Pbll Daw non of Endlcott finished bunking corn In n four-iters field on bln farm north of Endlcott, which yielded .112 bush sin by weight, or an average of 78 bn* he In an acre. Mr. Dawnon nnyn there are many fbddn about Endlcott yielding F»<) to BO bunheln an acre. The bent com In Jefferson county thin year In found In the Blue rival !»<>ttom* near Endlcott, Former Teacher Dies. Nebraska Elty, Nov. b Minn Nina I Wright, former Otoe county school nfttr an UlntM of _ __ • .. . 4. 42 Thought Killed in Mine Blast Over Score of Bodies of West Virginia Workmen Are Recovered From Wreckage. Gas Imperils Others Beckley, W. Va., Nov. 6.—Forty two men are believed to have per ished in an explosion which entombed them in the Glen Rogers mine of the Raleigh Wyoming Coal company, Wyoming county. At 1 o'clock the bodies of 25 victims had been brought out by rescuers, who since the disaster have been digging frantically In the tons of debris which blocks the chambers. There were 63 men at work in the mine when the explosion occurred. Twenty-three escaped. The 17 still In the mine, officials are crteain, are dead. They are believed entombed nearly 600 feet from the head of the shaft and rescuers at 2 o’clock, six hours after the explosion, had suc ceeded in penetrating but 250 feet. If not crushed to death, mine offi cials say. these men will be asphyx iated before rescuers can reach them. As news of the disaster spread through the district hundreds of per sons gathered at the mine and state police and local authorities were rushed to the scene to keep order. Relatives of the victims were per mitted through the lines to claim their dead. York Entertainers to Give Radio Program York, Neb., Nov. 6.—Radio station KFDR of York will "take the air" At S:30 Wednesday night, with a 360 meter wave length. The program la being sponsored by the Gould A Northrup company, co-operating with BAllocks & Howe, a sporting gooda company. It is under the direction of Miss I^aura Holm of Toyland and Joyland, here. The program follows: Plano selec tion by M. F. Jones; bedtime stories by Mr. and Mrs. Harlo Bottun; tnmi bone and piano selections by Miss Helen Purdy; piano selection by Miss Dorothy Runford; violin solo by Miss Pauline Bradwell, accompanied by Miss Helen Purdy at the piano; vocal selection by Dean Anadon, accompa nied by Mrs. Charles Bardwell at the piano; vocal selection by Mrs. Ma rlon Moore. "Sonny o’ Mine" will be sung by its author, George McCall, with orchestra accompaniment. The closing number will be a trombone and cornet selection. Wants Nebraska Farmers to Stop Raising Wheat Rlncoln, Nov. 6.—H. J. Watson of Kearney, one-time owner of the ' famous ‘T73J ranch,” and introducer of alfalfa Into Nebraska, would like to see Nebraska farmers give up wheat as a crop, "Canada and the Argentine can grow ail the wheat we need in the world,” he said here today, “and it's about time our farmers grew some thing on which they can make a profit. Wheat takes more from the soil and costs more to produce than the farmer enn get out of It. Why don’t we let those other countries grow the wheat and we’ll grow crops that we can handle better nnd that will net more money." Warm Western Wind Rising Temperature and Sunny Sky Today Makes Furs Passe "You ran say that It ta going to be a beautiful day.” M. V, Robins, meteorologist of the weather bureau, gave hla forecast yesterday that Omahnns are to enjoy another day of Indian summer today. "Fair and slightly warmer," he opined after glancing over hla reports. Yesterday the mercury showed an upward trend, after hovering between 40 and 60 degrees during the greater part of the last week. At 7 a. m. the temperature was 26 degrees, which Is five degrees higher than at a similar hour of tho day before. At noon, the thermometer showed 62 degrees. Three and a half hours later, Omahnns were beginning to condemn Dame Fashion for ordaining fall and winter coats, when the mer cury-dld Its merry Jig around 68 dearths. A half hour later It had reached 69 degrees. The eight miles an hour northwester which hnd occupied tho choice room at the weather bureau was Invited to check out, and a west wind sauntered Into Omaha at the rate of nine miles an hour. Weather over all Nebraska yesterday wns reported similar to Omaha's. It was almost universally clear. Clear weather and snnnv ski* s were also reported from points west of the Missouri river, nil the way to the Pacific coast. It was somewhat cloudy In parts of Wyoming and Colorado, Uaatecn cities enjoyed the benefits of a refreshing rain which 4*11 over New York and the surrounding outfit try. Rain also fell at Buffalo, Pitts burgh, Norfolk. Washington and Chylegtotfc Shadowing His Tracks \ _ i # , Slayer in Klan Feud Indicted Threat of Lawyer to Expose Editor Held Motive of Killing. Atlanta. Nov. 6—Indicted by the Fulton county grnnd jury on a mur der charge for the killing yesterday of Capt. W. S. (’..burn, attorney for the so-called insurgent klan faction, as he sat at his desk In his office, I'hlllp E Fox. publicity chief of the Jiu Klux Klan and editor of the Nlghthawk. klan publication, tonight continued silent while awaiting re sults of his efforts to obtain counsel. Solicitor General J. A. Boykin, who presented the case to the grand Jury this morning, had not Indicated late today when the case would come to trial, but at his office It was said the trial likely would lie called soon. Other than the statement that Co burn planned to publish certain state ments that would have attacked his character, Fox declined to explain the slaying. ( It was said at thcjall that no klan officials had been to see Fox and newspaper men's conversations with the prisoner wcra cut short by police officials. Mrs Fox, the prisoner's wife, called at the jail twice, leaving the second time without seeing her husband when she learned newspnper men were seeking her. Other reports said she was 111 at her home here and reporters who called there were turned away. It was learned today that some time ago Co burn was poisoned while lunching with a man whose name had not been announced. I.nst month, It Is said, a threatening note was delivered to the Coburn home. The body of Captain Coburn was to be sent tonight to Savannah, where funerel services and burial will be held. Gregory. S. D., Will Have $70,000 School Building Gregory. S. II. Nov. «.—Gregory’* new $70,000 grade achool building la Hearing completion %nd when ready for occupancy the first of the year will give Oregory the most adequate achool facilities of any town In this section of the elate, The present building will lie used exclusively for a high school, where In connection with the regular high school course for an accredited school the follow ing courses are taught: Normal training. commercial. domestic science, manual training and agricul ture, with special courses In music, art and penmanship. The new building I* located in the i enter of the city and Is a beautiful brick structure, fireproof, with all modern conveniences. Hosrlmd Dislrirl Has Kxrcllcnl drop of dnrn Otrgory. S !>,, Nov. 0 The Roar bud country this your baa tho tw»*t corn crop In It* hint or y and tho yield In tho Gregory territory la reported by farmer* who have bunked enough to tel! a* to the meaatn ement, to 1** from 40 to 05 huahel* and of fine Uimllty. The market U good and thia crop should tend geratly to aid the farmei p A larg** number of feeder* hav* already placed their atock In Uii J liitis, k »t.. J Omaha Pilot Finds One-Man Radio Set Is O. K. for Mail Planes Washington. Nov. 6.—Air mal! pilots flying: across the continent in the future will be acce**slble at **11 times to instructions from the ground, i Postoffice department experts having worked* « ut a one-man sending and receiving radio set which will be In- | stalled In the coast to coast service. ! The set In which the receiver is under the pilot's helmet and the transmitter on his breast, will make ‘ it unnecessary for a radio operator to accompany the plane. The whole ! mechanlcism, weighs only 170 i pounds. A test of th? set was made here recently w hen Jack Knight, mail j pilot of Omaha, held a conversation with Postmaster General New while flying over Washington. Vegetable Poisoning Avoided by Cooking Lincoln. Nov. 6.—Botulinus poison ing, a case of which recently occurred at Morrill, Neb., and concerning which considerable Interest has been shown, occurs in America only in vegetables, according to the depart ment of agriculture, although a few cases of it occurring in canned meats have been reported from Europe. This poison is so rare, according to the department, that it is difficult to say whether it Is more likely to occur in cold packs or not, and It advises that the only safe way of pre venting the poison is to thoroughly cook vegetables after removing them from the can. This destroys the toxin, although heating or cooking vege tables before putting them In cans does not definitely destroy the poison. Acid or sugar stops the growth, the department's statement continues and so the poison does not occur in fruits or tomatoes. The case at Morrill Is the only one recorded in Nchrfis'/i. Minden Has New System of Display iitg lT. S. Flags Minden, Neb.. Nov. 6 —A* a result of the efforts of the American Is'tion. the business houses of Minden have purchased larite American flak* which a reused for decoration by put tins the standards In holes which have her n drilled in the cement side Walk. Till SO flnys will lie used for the first time on Armistice day I’rac tlcolly every business house around the square has one or more of these flllRS. Nebraska Pionrrr Is Dead; * on Homestead i>2 Year* Republican City, Neb. Nov. — Uarvln H. <»ould. one of the early pioneer* of HOuthem Nebraska, died it hi* homo near horo. following a stroke of pnrftlyni*. Mr. tJuuld settled in Harlan county In 1ST l imd wan clonfly cnn^clfd with the early development of thi* section of the state \t the time of hit death he resided on the original home*tend, taken up hy him S2 year* n«o. Bibb* Conference. Lincoln Nov B An intentanoml* national Bible conference. under the auspice* of the Nebraska Christian I'unduni* ntal* «Miui»tb*n, opvnv Thursday at a local chuicb. • \ Real Man Hunt Is j Staged bv Women Search Entire Town of Plain-, view frfr Elusive Males— 'Twas Just a Party. Plalnview, Neb., Nov. 6—One of the biggest social events of the sea son in this community was a post Hallowe'en party consisting of nearly all the adults in the city. It was a hunting party in which the men and women were divided into groups of ten persons, then the men hid In groups in different blocks throughout the city arid at a given signal a uroup of women began to hunt for the corresponding group of men. it boing specified in which city block each group of men was hiding. The women were given an hour to find the men, the signal for begin ning the hunt being the city plant whistle. The men hid In every con ceivable place, in garrets, closets, liasonients. air shafts and other se cluded p laces. while the women were active In hunting high and low. even searching the city jail and on the tops of buildings. Three groups of men were not found within the specified time One of these groups hid in the air shaft of the high school, hanging a big map over the small drop door: an other In a sub-cellar passage, shut off from the cellar by means of a trap door over which was placed a wash Ing machine; and the third group spent the hour at the moving picture show. What made the hunting party all the more interesting and exciting was the understanding that the women had to pay for the supper, served after the hunt, proved they failed to find their group. Otherwise the paid the hill. Londoner \ imi- ^ itli Parents at Madison. Neb. Sperisl I'Upnfrh in The Omsk* Hee. Madison. Nob , Nov S —Oil* Taj lor of I/Ondon, England, Is visiting his i>arenls. Mr and Mrs W. E. Tay lor of this city. Mr. Taylor Is Vn route to Ixindon on a business trip around the world Hew,is theguest of the Kiwanta club at its noonday luncheon and gave an Interesting talk on his trav els. particularly his observation* In Jnpan at the time of the larthquake and Immediately following. Head of Squadron Pleads Innocence in Wreck Ca-c San Diego, Cal . Nov 5—Capi. Ed ward it. Watson, who commanded squadron 41, destroyer force. Cnitcd States bnttlefleet. on the night of September S. when JS ltves were lost and nearly $14,000,0*0 In government property was destroyed In (he strand Ing of seven vessels near Honda. Cal . pleaded "no! guilty" to charge# of culpable IneflVirney today before naval court-martial. Kearncj Pioneer Dio. ’<ppelnl l*U|»iilch to Th# Omaha Hff. Miwden, N*b. Nov, 6 -Funeml nrrvli'wi for J. K Pulvtr, fornwr buatnene maw and pioneer ix'eubwt of jNUd. . j \ % G. 0. P. Is Victorious in Chicago Republican Has Lead Over Cousin of Coolidge in Senate Rare in Vermont. Kentucky for Dawson By [iiinrul Service. New York. Nov. 6.—First return? of the judiciary election in New York today indicated the Tammany hall candidates had defeated those of the citizens nonpartisan committee. The Tammany men were leading their op ponentg by 4 to 1 on the face of the first returns. The. citizens’ candl dates also had the support of the republicans. Early returns from Brooklyn where county officers, aldermen and legis lators were chosen indicate that the democrats have won by a margin of 2 to 3. By A**m>< iat**d Pr^i**. Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 6—Returns from 228 cities and towns out of 24S in the state in today's election for United States senator from Vermont, give Porter H. Dale (R.), 30.506; Pat k If. Pollard <D), 14,176. Returns from 118 towns out of 133 ' in the Second district, give for con grea-man: Gibson (R), 15.311; Bai ley (D., 3.667. By Vniimal Service. Chicago. Nov. 6—Early returns from today’s elections in Chicago in dicated republicans had won myst of the offices. Twenty-six superior judges were elected for a term of six years. The democrats claim to have elected Daniel Ryan for county com missioner. A school tax proposition carried, early returns indicate, while a proposal for bonds to build a new zoo appears to have been defeated. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 6 —Gov. A1 bert C. Ritchie has been re-elected and virtually the entire democratic ticket sw-pt into office by a landslide in Baltimore city, early returns in dicate. Conceding a closer contest in the counties, democratic manager* claim that the city majorities for Ritchie, William 3. Gordv and Thomas H. Robinson, candidates for governor, comptroller and attorney general, respectively, will overwhelm Alexander Armstrong. republican candidate for governor, and his run ning mates. On the basis of early returns the democrats will control both houses of the next legislature by substantial majorities. — Heavy Vote Polled. Louisville. Ky., Nov. 6 —Returns from various sections of Kentucky were slow coming in tonight and in dications were that while a heavy vote was polled in some of the west ern counties, there was a mater.al reduction In the number of ballots . cast in eastern Kentucky. Dawson s | (republican) anticipated majority was ] set at between 8,000 and 9.000 in a statement issued tonight at repub lican headquarters. Democratic state headquarters refused to make public any statement until S o'clock. Syracuse, N Y, Nov. 8.— Syraeu-c repeated its democrat!^ landslide of two years ago in today's municipal elections, returning John H Walrath. present mayor to the citr hall, by majority of about 4.000. according to incomplete returns tonight. By Associated Press. Cleveland. Nav. 8.—A greater pet eentage of those registered had voted today in Cleveland's first municipal election under proportional represen tation than ever voted before, elec tion board offlciols declared tt-night Of 1JJ.5S5 who had registered, it was estimated that between irS.Vxi , and 180.000 cast their vote*. Interest centered in the election of fa couneilmen for two-year tern - They will take office January 1 after which they will select a city manager. Nine municipal judges and three members of the school board. In ad dition to state and county issues, j were also voted on. but under the old ! style of balloting. By l al< mat service. Trenton. N .1 . Nov. a —Claims that replhlioans will remain in con trol of the state senate were made at republican headquarters one hour after the election pells closed tonight. The statement was based on reports from various parts of the state. <i.O.P. Meeting in He* Moine* Des Motr.es la . N v ( A v omnut jiee of five. Including Congressman C. C. Powell and former Senator Charles Ravvson. was named yesterday to go to | Washington and press upon member* i "f the national republican committee. 1 Vs Moines' invitation to the party ! to hold the national convention here | next year. m Tor ?| hours rndn« T p ro . Nr * Trromrtilurr Hifthrau 45; lo«vM, 34. moan 4< , nor mal 41 Total rterra alnoa Jattuat} t. 1 14. HrUIlM* HamMttv 1 . nriUnif Tam *? Niwn. tT T m . 44 t'ror Ipitrtton. 1u. hr* ami Hi.njmlih* Total. 4 Total nine* January 1 III); glfHMk 1 14 Hourly Tomprrw terra 1 a m.14 l m .4 4 a m ,.».*»fT J? T a m ...... I i. i. »>' .. f. ^* '•< . • •» • *5 .«*41 * W f