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The Omaha Daily Bee
THE WEATHER
Fair and Colder
' VOL. XL VI. NO. 126.
OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES.
Dn Trains, tt Helsli,
Newt tin, Me., to.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
ALL RAILROADS
PLAN TO FIGHT
ADAMSON LAW
Carriers of Nation Are Consid
ering Joining Santa Fe and
Sock Island in Ask
ing Inunction.
jSTATEMENT BY SEWALL
Official of Milwaukee & St,
Paul Says His Road Has
Not Yet Decided.
HEARING SET FOR DEO. 4
Chicago, Nov. 10. All railroads of
the country are considering the fil
ing of injunction suits attacking the
Adamson law, as was done by the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific here
today and previously in other states
by the Union Pacific and the Atchi
son, lopeka & S'ante re, according to
Vice President bewail ot the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul.
Mr. Sewall said that his road had
the filing of an injunction suit under
consideration, but that decision on
the matter had not been reached.
A similar suit, seeking to enjoin
the same defendants, was filed this
afternoon by the Chicago Great West
ern. December 4 was set by the court
as the date on which the United
States' district attorneys for northern
and southern Illinois and the chair
man of the general committees on the
Rock Island system of the four rati
road employes' brotherhoods, are to
answer the receiver's petitions for an
injunction to restrain enforcement of
the law.
Arabia Fired Upon
Submarine After
It Was Torpedoed
Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 10. (Via Lon
don.) Two German submarines were
seen by persons on board the Arabia,
wnen cnac rcninsuiar anu t-mciuai
liner was sunk in the Mediterranean
last Monday, and one of them, accord
ing to the steamer's officers, was
fired upon by gunners on the Arabia
after the liner had been struck aft on
the ' starboard side by the torpedo
which sank it. There was no panic
among the 437 passengers or the
crew, who immediately took to the
boats. The Arabia sank an hour and
a half later.
The City of Marseilles,, another
steamer artd.lhrM.traw.lers, .aiplwj,
up the survivors after they had besn
in the boats about an hour. The
weather fortunately was very fine.
Count de Tarnovski
T XT J A
Ambassador to U. S.
Washington, Nov. 10. Secretary
Lansing announced late today that the
Austrian government had named
Count de Tarnow de Tarnovski am
bassador to the United States and that
he has been accepted by this govern
ment. Records here show Count Tarnov
ski was secretary of the embassy here
for two years. He has been in the
diplomatic service since 1897 and has
been attached to embassies and lega
tions at Constantinople, at Paris,
Dresden, Brussels, London and Sofia.
He came to the United States in
1899. While attached to the em
bassy in London be was a close friend
of the late King Edward.
The new ambassador is a Pole, his
home being in Galicia. He married
the Princess Swiatopolk-Czetwertyn-ska
of Warsaw.
Northern Montana Has the
First Real Snow of Year
Helena, Mont, Nov. 10. Northern
Montana was experiencing today the
first real blizzard of the winter. Snow
was general throughout Prickly,
Pear valley, and northern Montana,
and fell to a depth of three to six
inches.
The Weather
For Nebraska Fair and colder.
Temperature at Omaha Yeitorday.
- Hour. Def.
t a. m. . .
a. m...
T a. m...
43
t a. m...
9 a. m. . ,
10 a. m. . .
44
11 a, m 4 a
ia m..T n
1 p. m 40
1 p. m 40
i p. m 40
4 p. m 44
p. m 41
p. m 40
7 D. m 7
p. m 85
Comparative Lorard necord.
1115. 116. 1114. 1 3
Wgheit yeiterdar .. 46 71 69 4C
Lowest yesterday. .. . S5 41 41 23
Mean temperature... ,40 IS 50
Precipitation too i.in nn
31
Temperature and precipitation departure
from the normal at Omaha since March 1,
and compared with the last two years:
' Normal temperature 44)
Excess for the day
Total excess etnee March 1..'. 841
Normal precipitation 04 Inch
Deficiency for the day 04 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1. . , .16 . tt inrhcn
Deficiency since March 1 11. M Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. J. 01 Inches
Deficiency for cor. Period, 1914. l.Jfl Inches
Button and State Temp. Hlfh- Ratn-
of Weather. ' 7 p. m. etc. fall.
Cheyenne, snow 32 in ,01
Davenport, clear, v 42 14 .00
Denver, part cloudy... 40 6S .00
pes Moinee, clear 40 49 .00
Pod re Ctty, clear..... 6 64 .00
Lander, snow 10 IS .4$
North Platte, cloudy... 21 31 .on
Omaha clear ......... 87 46 .00
Tueblo, clear 2 08 .00
Rapid City, snow 10 21 .20
BaJt Lake City, cloudy. 40 12 .00
Rant Fe, clear 44 64 ,00
Sheridan, snow 12 IK .64
leu Ctty. cloudy 12 40 .00
Yalnnttn, snow 23 31 .02
ladicates trace of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Heteoroftst
NEWLY ELECTED GOVERNOR
'OF NEBRASKA.
FT
1 imw:
KEITH NEVILLE.
BOY SCOOTS EARN
TEACHERS' PRAISE
Efficiency of Service Given to
Visitors Makes School
ma'ams Wonder.
HUNTS GRIPS AND BOOMS
The boy scouts of Omaha have
made a hit with the out of town teach
ers. It is a common thing to hear
some appreciative schoolma'am, as
she chatters in the lobby of the Rome
hotel, say: "It surely is fine to have
these neatly uniformed boys to guide
us through the large city of Omaha.
If it had not been for them I do not
know what we would have done. They
are surely gentlemen and they ought
to be complimented for their good
work. We will never forget them."
The boys, fifty in ' number, . have
been busy for three v days from the
small hours of the morning till late
at night. Three shifts have been on
the go. ihey systematized their
work. When the teachers arrived, the
scouts were there to take the luggage
and direct them as they wished. Those
who looked tor rooms were sent to
the Young Men's Christian -association,
where another trooo was ready
to escort them to suittbV-toigtnfH
olaees. Another reB ot 'the DOvS
as. everything from a beil boy to a
traveling . directory. ...Mill anotner
group escorted the schoolma ams
through the large stores and places
of interest.
Women Help.
The success of the boys' work is
partly due to Miss Jeannette Newlean
and Miss, Jessie Robeson. These two
young ladies had charge of the or
ganization. Half a dozen boys were
selected from each of the seven
Omaha scout troops. These boys
were then divided into three divisions.
Miss New ean took charge of the
Rome and Young Men's Christian as
sociation divisions, and Miss Robeson
took charge of the depot division.
Each band was again subdivided into
three shifts. The Omaha young
ladies are more than pleased with the
work of the boy scouts. They said:
This is the first time we have tried
them and we are surely proud of
them. Their neat khaki uniforms and
leggings make a very good impres
sion on the teachers, but their man
ners by far outweigh anything else.
The boys have been patient, obedient
and obliging."
The Workers.
Some of the boys are R. Redfield,
W. Kelly, K. Siple, B. MacGregor,
E. Weaver, J. Atkisson, A. Garcia, W.
Younor. E. Tracv. G. Barr, G. Hend
erson, W. Mann, G. Grant, L. Homer,
C. Jensen, H. Jensen, s. r,ogeny, w.
Jurgen, J. Morton, D. Burroughs.
As a partial compensation lor ineir
good work the scouts got two tickets
apiece to the concert.
President Is Given
Ovations at Troy
AndWilliamstown
Williamstown, Mass., Nov. 10.
President Wilson arrived here early
this afternoon to attend the christen
ing at 4 o'clock of his youngest grand
child,. Eleancr Axson Sayre, the
daughter of Mrs. Francis B. Sayre.
He was met by a cheering crowd of
Williams college students.
1 The president will remain here un
til tomorrow and then leave for
Washington, where he arrives Sun
day night. Tonight he probably will
speak at an open air meeting here in
celebration of his victory.
Troy, N. Y., Nov. 10. A shrill
chorus of locomotive whistles greeted
President Wilson upon his arrival
here. Railroad employes lined the
track and cheered. The president went
to the observation platform and
waved his hat. He smiled constantly.
On the front of almost every locomo
tive passed was a picture of the pres
ident. Track torpedoes by the score
exploded as the train entered Troy.
A band played "America." The crowd
numbered thousands.
A huge horseshoe of flowers was
given to the president here and thirty-six
roses to Mrs. Wilson.
Moorhead Chooses One
Demo and One Republican
Charles J. McDonald, a republican,
and J. J. Barry, a democrat, have
been appointed by Harley G. Moor
head, election commissioner, to act
with him as a board to canvass the
election returns. The board will
start upon its duties immediately.
n
LATER RETURNS
DO NOT CHAE
CLOS'ES
r v
Chairman ;v", ox, After Con
ference wV.a Campaign Man-
- agers, Refuses to Concede
That Wilson Elected.
HE ISSUES A STATEMENT
Republican Chairman Says Re
sult Depends On Vote of
Few Close States.
LEADERS IN CONFERENCE
New York, Nov. 10. Republican
National Chairman William R. Will
cox, following a conference of the
campaign managers, refused to con
cede the election of President Wilson.
In a statement, he declared the re
suit still depends on the vote of the
close states, and the returns from
these were so far unofficial and might
he changed by the official count. Mr.
Willcox stated, however, that the na
tional committee would abide by the
decision of the omcial count unless
circumstances arose which made
other action necessary.
This was the situation up to 1
o clock today. Returns continue to
filter in from states which had been
close, but they made no change in
the figures, which srave President
Wilson 269 electoral votes and Mr.
Hughes 243.
Minnesota, New Mexico and New
Hampshire remained in doubt. Min
nesota's state returns showed Hughes
leading by 752, but the figures for
New Hampshire put Wilson ahead by
239, with eleven precincts missing,
while he also led in New Mexico.
At democratic national headquar
ters the view is taken the election is
all over. Chairman McCormick is
preparing to go to his home in Har
risburg, Pa., tonight to resume his
private business, he said today.
Workmen 'were removing the furni
ture and. the committee's local busi
ness, it was stated, would be con
ducted at a branch office. The main
headquarters will be in Washington.
McCormick Closet Office.
Vance C. McCormick, democratic
national chairman, arrived at the
party's national headquarters shortly
before noon today after a night's rest
and said that President Wilson
having been re-elected, he would re
turn tonight or tomorrow to his time
in Harrisburg, Pa., to fsume private
business. He reiterated his claim
that the eresident would receive 288
electoral votes! declaring that Minne-
itvof about 500.
The president is so completely re
elected that I do not expect the re
publicans to ask or a recount, Mr.
McCormick added. The furniture
was being removed from the national
headquarters here today and the na
tional committee'! business will be
conducted in Washington. Mr. Mc
Cormick, a former gridiron star, said
he had lost sixteen pounds during the
campaign and was nqw down to foot
ball weight. . .
New York, Nov. 10. Chairman
Willcox, refusing to concede the elec
tion ot president Wilson, said today
in a formal statement issued after a
conference with republican campaign
managers the result still depends
upon the vote of a few close states
and that the returns thus far an
nounced are in most states unofficial
and may be changed by the official
count.
Mr. Perkins was the first to arrive
at the headquarters of the republican
national committee, tie was followed
by John W. .Weeks, chairman of the
republican senatorial campaign com
mittee, and the two had a preliminary
conference.
"The result still depends upon the
vote of a few close states," Mr. Will
cox's statement read. "It must be
borne in mind that the returns thus
far announced are in most states un
official and may be changed by the
official count required by the laws
of those states. Twice during the un
official computation yesterday in Cal
ifornia mistakes in additions were an
nounced from that state, substan
tially changing, figures previously
given. It is common experience that
the result of the official count al
most always varies from the returns
first announced.
"Where the vote is as close as that
(Continued en Pace Two, Column Two.)
State School Board
Men Hold Meeting
Boards of Education of the State
Teachers' association met Friday aft
ernoon. The following parties took
part in the rund table talks: Superin
tendent W. A. Yodcr, Omaha; Mr.
Burnett and Superintendent Davis,
McCook; Superintendent White, Wis
ner; Superintendent Duremus, Au
burn.. One of the leading thoughts which
was most heartily approved was that
each county, not including the cities,
should have a county hoard of edu
cation to manage the school affairs of
each county, there should be a county
remedy of taxation and a county uni
formity of text books.
The time of holding the State
Teachers' association meetings was
discussed and there seemed to be a
general dissatisfaction among the
school boards of the state as to the
time of holding the state meeting,
they contending that it makes two
breaks in the school, in the fall when
the school is dismissed for the state
association and then for Thanksgiv
ing. School boards of the state, it was
assured, were of the opinion it would
be better to have the State Teachers'
association meeting hcla Thanksgiv
ing week.
The following officers were elected:
President, E. C. York, Brock; vice
president and secretary, L. H. Thorn
burgh, Alexandria.
HUGHES HOLDS HIS
LEAD IN MINNESOTA
His Lead Is 603, With 38 Pre
cincts, Soldier and Drum
mer Vote Not In.
STATE IN DOUBTFUL LIST
St. Paul,' Minn., Nov. 10. Thirty-
eight precincts whose records show
that they should poll about 400 votes,
the 2,100 ballots cast by the state sol
diers in Texas and the votes of rail,
road and traveling men under the ab
sent voters' law tonight held the bal
ance in Minnesota, between Wilson
and Hughes. Therefore, the state was
still classified as doubtful, with pre
dictions varying widely as to the out
come.
Latest returns gave Wilson 177,534
and Hughes ltf.lW, a plurality of 50J
for Huahes in 3.008 precincts. Of the
missing thirty-eight precincts, ten are
in Koochiching county and twelve in
Beltrami.
It was estimated tonight that it will
take three to four days to hear from
the former and nothing is expected
from the latter before Monday. Both
counties were strongly Wilson, but
the missing precincts are not con
siderablc in population.
St. Paul, Nov. 10. With hardly
more than fifty precincts to hear from
Candidate Hughes' plurality in Minne
sota at noon today was 752, but Fred
Wheaton, chairman of the democratic
state central committee, still insisted
we' feel sure of Minnesota for Wil
son."
"Ballots cast under the provisions
of the 'absent voters' bill which al
lows traveling men and railway men
to vote the national ticket away from
home is not included and this vote
will wipe out the Hughes lead," Mr.
Wheaton said. The vote of the state
troops at the Mexican border also will
help cut the Hughes margin, accord
ing to Fred Lynch, democratic na
tional committeeman from Minnesota.
E. L. Thornton, chairman 1 of the
republican state central, committee,
declared the rural ballots still to re
port would offset any Wilson gain
among absent voters and claimed a
lead among the state guardsmen.
Threatened Several Times.
Hughes, lead was threatened several
times by returns from , the northern
part of the state, but always some
other sections added the necessary
votes to the republican candidate's
column to keep him ahead.
Several prominent politicians ex
pressed the belief that the vote cast
by the Minnesota guardsmen at the
Mexican border would be a decided
factor in the presidential contest The
commissioners who took the border
vote Tuesday, telegraphed the secre
tary of state today that 2,138 guards-
ihe state canvassing board is to
meet next Tuesday to check the tabu
lation sheets sent in bv local officials.
At that time the result of the guards
men's vote will be known.
So far as can be learned no extra
ordinary precautions have been taken
to guard ballot boxes in any precinct.
Reasons for Delay.
State officials well acquainted with
gathering returns in Minnesota, ad
vance various reasons for the delay in
K : t c . t. i . ' .
tium buiiic oi inc uismcis.
In some counties the distances are
great. One precinct in Cook county
is forty miles from the county seat,
with poor means of transportation.
Returns from a village on the Lake
of the Woods must be brought across
Canadian territory to the county seat
of Beltrami. Some of the election
officials in small towns mailed their
tabulation sheets without notifying
the county auditors of the results.
Some, more interested in local fights
and figuring that Minnesota would
give its usual republican majority for
the national ticket, delayed counting
the presidential returns.
Steamship Sinks
In Lake Michigan,
Twenty-Two' Drown
Calumet, Mich., Nov. 10. A steam
er, reported to be the Castalia, was
sunk off Manitou island last night
with a loss of twenty-two lives. One
sailor is the only survivor.
Popular Vote on
President
New York, Nov. 10. The total
popular vote received in each of
the states by President Wilson and
Charles E. Hughes, but based on
incomplete reports and estimates,
indicated that the ' president re
ceived 403,312 more votes than Mr.
Hughes.- The table follows:
KleiHom. tVINon. Hughe.
A l tin ma IS RS.OUO 80,000
ArlT.oni 3 2H.M1 lf),!lflS
ArkfltiNrm 0 Hti.Mtft 87,000
California 13 IftXM 4V,H:iH
( onneHlf'Ut 7 Wf.6H7 J0A,87ft
llrluvmr 8 Sfl.l 1 1 27,909
llorltla (10,000 12,000
(corirla 14 10!0 2Jt,flO0
Irinlm 4 AK.000 tU.ftOO
Illinois 2?J RHU.Irt'i 1,044,44
Iwltiuiu 15 ;i33,408 3:i0,4.17
Iowa 18 21MIH 78,0M
KwiftHH 10 JtlfUtOO 277,000
Kentucky yjt glif.OOO 168,000
liilNlaiut JO (18,000 ft ,000
Main 6 fll.148 fl!),481
Maryland K i:i::,21l 113,778
MaHwhuwttn .. . ! . 217,827 2(M,881
MlrhiffiMi 1ft 287.114 80H.122
Mlnncitota . . 12 -170,7" 177.2KA
MIsMiMslrtpl 10 01,000 MOO
M.tMourl 18 . 3 70. GOO 374,000
Mont una 4 o,C27 B4.709
NfliraxUa S 0R.328 7fi,0HI
Nvivln 8 12.418 ft42
Nw tIaniiiHlilriv , 4 42.VOA 42,728
?w Jfrr 14 ZOfl.iMa 204,320
w Mfili.) 8 844i 3S.2.M
rw orU 45 7.1(1.010 808,(187
ftorlli ( tirnllna. . 12 Ifttt.OOO 1 10,000
North Dakota. .. 8 14,416 52,881
Ohio ... 24 578.000 4(10.720
Oklnlwmn 10 140,000 110,000
Oreirnn 5 1 10,5.10 128,570
I'riutHjIvHnla UK S10.147 095,784
Klimlr iHlunrl 3 8,85H 44,156
South rnrollnn. . , ft OH.Odii i.ROO
Kimtli lluUota 5 45.446 50,812
TfnnrftN4 12 188,(147 07,558
Tn 20 22H.WM, 58,000
1 tall 4 77.381 48.948
Vermont 4 ' 2I.H3J 8JI.254
Vlrirtiilii 12 01.107 21,132
Wafthinfftnit 7 167,000 188,000
H'rul Virginia .. . m 186,013 141,482
UlfMonoln 18 I61,0im 20,000
Uyomln 4 26,(117 19,668
Total 53 1 S,S8,7 1 8 ft ,1 80,401
Wilton over Hug hen 403,311
At the
GOLDEN STATE IN
WILSON COLUMN
Balloting So, Clous that Elec
toral Vote Probably Will
Be Split.
FEW PRECINCTS MISSING
Bulletin.
San Francisco, Cat., Nov. 10. With
eighteen, precincts missing in the
state, Woodrow Wilson's lead over
Charles E. Hughes was 3,286 votes.
The count for 5,852 precincts of 5,870
was: Hughes, 462,813; Wilson, 466
099. ,,.,
San Francisco, Nov. 10. California
politicians settled down tonight to
prepare for a vigilant surveillance of
the semi-official count of the state by
county clerks and the final count by
the secretary of state. All future
proceedings, leaders of both parties
agreed, will hinge upon what de
velops in these counts. At 6 o'clock
tonight Wilson led in the state1 by
3,286 votes. With eighteen precincts
missing the count stood: Hughes,
462,813; Wilson, 466,099.
Chester H. Kowell, chairman of the
republican state central committee,
and U. K. Lushing, chairman ot the
democratic state central committee
were in accord in that both agreed
the outlying precincts still to be heard
from would not make much difference
one way or the other, in the unofficial
returns.
Differ on Official Count.
Thev differed as to the official
count, Mr. Cushing claiming the state
and Mr, Kowell expressing doubts
and claiming a split delegation in the
electoral college. 1 he California
delegation was split 11 to 2 in 1912
and was divided several times pre
viously. Tonight the republicans ex
pected to get three of the thirteen
delegates and perhaps more.
Legal counsel has been retained hy
republicans and democrats to aid in
watching the tinal counts. In addi
tion, Deputy United States marshals
and secret service men have been de
tailed in the large counties, notably
Alameda (Oakland) with, roughly
1UU.UO0 votes and Cos Angeles with
250,000 votes, on th two big tickts. .
May Rquire Week.
Tomorrow being a half holiday, the
count by clerks probably will start
Monday and the final count in the of
fice of the secretary of state on
Thursday. Terhaps by a week from
tomorrow the final official results
may be known.
Complete prohibition in California
was defeated. A measure (amend
ment No. 2), comprising many
restrictions on the sale, possession
and use of alcoholics apepared, on
available returns, to have lost. Its
opponents, on the strength of a can
vass of the state today claimed a ma
jority against, it of 40,000. The Cali
fornia Dry Federation refused to con
cede this, charged fraud, and claimed
that an honest count would carry the
measure through. No figures were
available in support of this conten
tion. Missouri Wet hy
Voters of St, Louis
St. Louis, Nov. 10. State wide pro
hibition was defeated in Missouri last
Tuesday by an overwhelming vote.
Returns from more than half the
voting precincts of the state gave a
majority of more than 124,000 against
the amendment. The majority against
prohibition in St. Louis was 127,000.
The majority for prohibition in the
1.353 precincts outside of St. Louis
reporting was about 2,500. If that
ratio in the remaining precincts out
side of St. Louis, the majority of the
state outside the city for prohibition
will approximate 6,000. It was the
heavy vote in St. Louis defeated the
amendment.
Finish
DEMOCRATIC LEAD
IN HOUSE THREE
Five Distriots Are Unreported
and Minority Parties Have
Elected Pour Members. ,
SENATE MAJORITY TWELVE
New York, Nov. 10.With the re
sult in five districts still in doubt
early today, the returns on the con
gressional elections indicated that
215 democratic members of the house
of representatives and 211 republican
members have been elected, giving
the democratt a plurality of. ourw
iTwo of 'trie missing districts are
normally democratic and three nor
mally republican. Their adherence
to their usual political affiliation,
tnereiore, would give the democrats
217 and the republicans 214 members,
or a democratic plurality ot three.
Four members of other parties have
been elected to the house.
The districts from which the final
result has not been received are four
in West Virginia and the New Mex
ico district.
The senate, on the basis of the
latest returns, will stand fifty-four
democrats to forty-two republicans,
a democratic majority of twelve.
Errors in Count.
In New Hampshire
Complicate Result
Concord, N. H., Nov. 10. Dis
covery of errors in official returns,
further clouded the outcome of the
New Hampshire vote for presiden
tial electors.
Secretary of State Bean, announced
in his final statement of the day that
with five of the 294 precincts missing,
the certified count was: Hughes, 43,
422; Wilson, 43,098, ha Hughes lead
of 324. He pointed out however, that
these figures included the Hughes
vote in two precincts, the clerks of
which, had failed to credit Wilson
electors with any votes in their cer
tificates. In-each instance the clerks
later admitted that an error had been
made.
The fi:.e precincts not accounted
for in the certified returns are shown
by press figures to have cast an aggre-
?:atc vote of 293 for Hughes and 263
or Wilson. Unofficially, the secre
tary of state said these figures indi
cated a Wilson lead in the state of
seventy votes. The combined total
of' certified and press reports was:
Hughes, 43,715; Wilson, 43,785.
Preparations for the recount de
manded by the republican leaders
yesterday brought ballot boxes from
many places to the state capital to
day. All were placed in a special
vault to be held for the inspection
which the law states shall not begin
until fifteen days after the filing of
notice,
Production of Beet
Sugar Sets New Record
Washington, Nov. 10. This sea
son's beet sugar production in the
United States was the largest ever
recorded. Sugar beet acreage and
tonnage of beets harvested made a
record. Preliminary returns from
nearly all operating beet sugar fac
tories announced today by the De
partment of Agriculture place pro
duction at 918.800 tons, the acreage at
680.000 and beets used for sugar
6,671,000 tons. Beet sugar production
this year exceeds the record by 44,600
tons.
Democratic Committee
Is $170,000 in Debt
New York, Nov. lO.iHcnry Morg
enthau, chairman' of the democratic
finance committee, announced today
that the committee is now $170,000
short, owing to the expenses of the
last few days of the campaign and
since the election.
- ' .-. .',
WILSON ELECTED
BY MAJORITY OF
ONLY rtW VOTES
Unofficial Returns Indicate a
Democratic Victory in Na
tional Election by a
Narrow Margin.
GOLDEN STATE IS PIVOT
Pendulum Swings to Adminis
tration Side When California
is Conceded by Bowell.
ITS VOTE MAY BE SPLIT
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Nov. 10. Woodrovr
Wilson was .lected president of the
United States when California swung
into the democratic column early to
day. The only states where the result
remained In question today were Min
nesota, New Hampshire and New
Mexico, with nineteen electoral votes.
Unless there is a decided overturn
in the districts missing, Wilson will
carry New Mexico. " Hughes is lead
ing in Minnesota. The result will not
be known in New Hampshire until
the official count it completed. West
Virginia, which was classed as doubt
ful until late last night, has gone def
initely for Hughes. - . ..
Unless the vote of California it di
vided, which now teemt a possibility,
Mr. Wilson Is assured 269 votes in the
(electoral college, three more than a
majority, ana Mr. Hughes i4j. ine
president could lose three votes from
California and still have enough to
elect. This lost would be offset by
New Mexico, which seems certain he
has carried.
If Mr. Hughes carried both Min
nesota, with twelve votes,' and New
Hampshire, with four, he would have
259, seven less than enough to elect
Mr, Wilson could lose New Mexico
and three votes from California and
ttill win.
The result In Minnesota may be
determined by the ballots of the 2,138
National Guardsmen now on the
Mexican border, which will not be
counted until the ttate canvassing
board meets next Tuesday. Returns
received early today give Hughes a
lead of slightly over 1,000 votes.
With ninety-nine districts missing
out of 638 in New Mexico, Wilson
was 1,410 ahead. The remote pre
cincts not yet heard from are sparse
ly settled and it was not believed the
president's lead could bs wiped oat.
TWKtm--4tw'hnehire'
was in greater doubt than any other
State.' Certified returns front all but
twenty-five precincts gave Hughes a
lead of 131, but unofficial figure from
the districts lacking were said to show
a Wilson plurality of 117.
California complete, except ' for
thirty-six out of 5,870 precincts In the
state, gave Wilson 465,669 and
Hughes 462,538, a plurality of 3,131
for the president.
- Recount In New Hampshire.
Both parties already have called for
a recount in New Hampshire, where
less than 200 votes seem likely to de
termine the result. Charges of at
tempts to tamper, with the ballot
boxes in North Dakota have been
made in that-state and have been laid
before the federal district attorney
by the United States marshal. Agents
of the Department of Justice have
been mobilized at points in other
states.
The republicans contended, it was
said, that since the democrats claimed
California by a margin of only ap
proximately 3,000 out of nearly 1.000,
000 votes cast it was apparent slight
errors in districts here and there
might change the outcome.
The democrats maintained on the
other hand that no charges of fraud
had been made by State Chairman
Rowell of the republicans in conced
ing the state to Mr. Wilson and if
there had been any basis for him he
undoubtedly would have so informed
the national headquarters of the party
in this city. In a statement made to
the Associated Press, at San Fran
cisco, the only contention Mr. Rowell
made of even a partial victory for
Mr. Hughes was that the electoral
vote of that state might be split on
the official count as it was in 1912
when two votes went to Wilson and
eleven to Roosevelt.
Both sides conceded that no matter
what action might be taken in regard
to a recount there was little likeli
hood of a contest being carried to
the house of representatives, as it was
after the Hays-Tilden election in 1876.
Legislation enacted in 1887, it was
said, made the states sovereign in
pronouncing judgment in a recount
of the presidential vote.
In three states there were prospects
(Continued on Pnso Two, Column Four.)
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