he Omaha Daily Bee ittim VOL. 50 NO. 119. (ttrttf si SmU-Clsu Mstttr Mu H. IMt. Oath p. o. Usssr Ast of Kin I. 1171. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1920. By Mill (I rnr), I lit 1 4s 4th Isss. Dsll, ssd Susosy, W: 0H Oalr. SS: Saatfair. M Ovtilst 4th Zsns (I twl. Daily $may. Ho: Otlly Oil,. 113: Suiau Oaly. THREE CENTS MB Mil : w Li -1 a V t J I A SLIGHT EDGE TO HEME IN NEBRASKA Returns From Twenty-Seven Precincts in State Indicate Small Margiu Over His j Opponents. 1 HARDING WILL CARRY STATE BY OVER 80,000 Wray, Nonpartisan Candidate, Shows Surprising Strength In State Holds Own "... With Morehead. The first 27 Nebraska pre cincts reporting t,he result of Tuesday's election showed the following: For president: Harding, 4, 114; Cox, 2,046. For governor: McKelvie, republican, 2,663 ; Morehead, democrat. 1.829; Wray, inde pendent, 1,783. None of those precincts was in Douglas cbunty. Allowing for the fact that sonic of these precincts were in territory normally republican, the indications still pointed to a Harding plurality over Cox of more than .80,000 in Nebraska. McKelvie is running away behind Harding and Wray, the independent Nonpartisan league candidate, is making a much better showing on the early returns than expected and better than he is likely to show on more complete figures. While the re turns are too scattering to make rophecy safe, the likely fact is that IcKelvie has been re-elected by a safe majority. i ' McKelvie Runs Behind. Early returns indicated almost uniformly the overwhelming victory for Senator Harding in Nebraska. Without exception, too, they showed "inc material urag ui juvciiiui im,. J Kelvie, republican candidate for re f election. Two precincts in Adams county give Harding, 392; Cox, 94. The same precincts gave McKelvie, 20.1 for governor; Morehead,. 144, and Wray, 287. For congressman in the Fifth district, these precincts gave Andrews, 275; Dungan, 119. Furnas for Harding. Three precincts in Furnas county gave Harding. 403; Cox, 277; for governor, McKelvie, 193; Morehead, 152; Wray, 200; for congress, Fifth district, Andrews, 281; Dungan, 235. One precinct in Harlan county ': gave Harding, 268; Cox. 157; for governor, McKelvie, 196; Morehead, 132; Wray, 127. A single precinct in Kearney coun ty gave Harding, 156; Cox, 125; for governor, McKelvie, 121; More ld, 123. The first precinct reporting from Lancaster county gave Harding, 328; Cox, 147; for governor, McKelvie, 273; Morehead, 123; Wray, 82. Lincoln county, two precincts, re ported, Harding, 297; Cox, 202; for governor, McKelvie, 248; Morehead, 181; Wray, 61. Andrews Has Lead. Hall county contributed returns from two precincts: Harding, 398; Ccx, 194; for governor, McKelvie, 184; Morehead, 222; Wray, 207. Otoe county in southeast Ne braska gave Harding, 166, and Cox, 5i.', in one precinct; for governor, -McKelvie, 92; Morehead. 94; Wray, 44; for congress. First district, Kcavis 152; Peterson, 43. '. Jfour precincts m Phelps county cave Harding, 572; Cox, 224; for vernor, McKelvie, 437; Morehead, 2;-Wray, 267: for congressman. itth district Andrews. 485: Dun- an, 336. McKelvie Leads in Webster. Two Orecincts. Wrhstpr rnnntv I ( gave Harding, 249; Cox, 135; for I governor, McKelvie, 183; Morehead, ("3 97; Wray, 110; for congress. An-. crews jw; dungan, lsi. A single Cass county piecinct gave Harding, 85; Cox, 84; for gov ernor, McKelvie, 47; Morehead, -57; W'ray, 92; for congress, Reavis, 102; Peterson, 83. Washington county, one orecinct. showed Harding, 74; Cox. 59; for governor, McKelvie, 58; Morehead. 53. Butler For McLaughlin. . Three p.cincts in Butler county gave for president, Harding, 344; I ox, 221; for governor, McKelvie. 200; Morehead. 261; Wray. 104; for congress. Fourth district, McLaugh ; lin, 335; Sprague, 193. . Fillmore county in one piecinct save for president, Harding, 65; Cox, 158; for governor, McKelvie, 43; Morehead, 175: congress. Fourth district, McLaughlin, 62; Sprague, 155. - Holt county, one precinct, gave for president, Harding, 152; Cox, 82; for governor, McKelvie, 118; More head, 104. Two precincts in Hamilton county gave for president, Harding, 276; Cox, 123; for governor, McKelvie, 175; Morehead. 83; Wray. 140; for congress Fourth district, McLaugh .hn. 229; Sprague. 157. t ... ' . i iutivuii iuuiii.v, one nrecinci. ;ive tor . president, Harding, 94; ox, 13; for governor, McKelvie. 33: Morehead. 10; Wray. 69. FLORIDA. . Jacksonville, Nov. 2. Twelve dis tricts out of 1,000 in Florida give: Cox, 6$; Harding, -64. League h Repudiated Campaign Leader Says Chicago, Nov. 2. "The land slide is here. It is a triumph for Americanism and a repudia tion that forever buries the Wil son league of nations," said John T. Adams, in charge of republi can western headquarters in a statement to the Associated Press tonight. "Early returns indicate the American people have spoken plainly." Harding Hears Glad Tidings at Birthday Party Election to White House Is Gift of People of United State to G. O. P. Candidate. Marion, O., Nov. 2. Warren G. Harding tonight had the greatest birthday party of his life. Surrounded by members of his family and a circle of neighbors and personal friends, he received quietly at his home here the tribute of the millions who had voted to present him on his fifty-fifth anniversary with the presidency of the United States. The smile of confidence he has worn for wesks, broadened as he read the early returns and began to receive a flood of congratulatory messages hailing him as the presi dent elect. He deferred any formal comment, however, until the result should have been established be- yona an aouoi. Vdtes During Morning. During the day he outwardly had concerned himself very little with the pending national decision. With Mr. Harding he voted during the morning and then made off for a 40 mile automobile ride and a game of golf at the Scioto club near Colum bus. He returned in the early eve ning, his face flushed by the raw fall air, and his spirits heightened by the tramp over the muddy golf links. Returns collected by The Asso dated Press were delivered to the senator in his home during the eve ning frora.the special leased wire which has ' beerT installed within a hundred feet of his front porch since the campaign began. He 'scanned the presidential and con gressional figures with an equal how of interest for he has asked the people repeatedly for a repub lican congress to put the party's legislative program on the statute books. Mrs. Harding Interested. As "throughout the whole cam paign, Mrs. Harding was an active figure during the evening about the candidate's headquarters. She had familiarized herself with local con ditions in many states and she studied the returns with an eye for political detail. The senator's father, Dr. George T. Harding, and two of his sisters, Miss Abbigail Harding and Mrs. Caroline Votaw also were in the family circle and many friends from about town dropped in during the evening to pay their respects with the Hardings. Outside in the street a crowd gathered early, watching the news of the elections as it filtered out to- them. Manager is Present. Harry M. Daucrhcrty, Columbus, who was the senator's pre-convention manager, and who has been ms close friend for years, was one of those who received the election figures here. Since the Chicago conventioa he has served as a member of the campaign executive committee, has accompanied the nominee on all of his speaking trips and has been in consultation with him at Marion more frequently than any other party leader. While the senator was at dinner late in the evening a committee of employes of the Marion Star his newspaper, called to present mm with a srold printer's makeup rule and he came out on the front porch, and with his voice chocking with emotion, thanked them for their de votion. Senator Hardings home precinct gave: mraing, 4j; -ox, o. tour years ago the senators pre cinct had gone democratic, but a reapportionment had changed pre cinct lines. New Era Dawns, Says Governor Coolidge Boston, Nov. 2. Governor Cool idge received returns from the elec tion tonight with friends at the Hotel Touraine. Early in the evert ing he issued a statement thanking the voters for their support and ex pressing assurance of victory. The statement follows: "It is with a great deal of gratitude ; that I have seen by the incoming re turns the extent of the victory and have realized its source, yhile I re joice in its great proportions. I re joice even more in the nature of the support we have received. It means the end of a period which has seemed to substitute words for things, and the beginning of a period of real patriotism and true national honor." Steamer Goes Aground. Seattle. Nov. 2. The steamer, Eastern Belle,. en route from Fuget Sound, points to Cuba with lumber, grounded in the fog at Dungeness bay. Straits of Juan De Fuca, Wash., according to reports received here. A coast guard cutter was srnt to her assistance. - -r Ha iLJ - I Mr wfv' Z''Mii H -.V A? J$jK Harding &fz Straight Football Brings 28 to 0 Victory to Gornhnskers in Dash With Rutgers By JACK VEIOCK.- ; New York, N. Y:, Nov. 2. (Spe cial Telegram.) A gigantic steam roller from out of the west tumbled across the gridiron at the Fold grounds here today and crushed Rut: gers college. 28 to 0. It was Ne-i braska's well-known, foot ball team! With 15,000 spectators looking on, the Cornhuskers, looking even more beefy in their -Scarlet Jerseys, made, their first eastern debut in the grid iron atfd rode to an easy victory be cause of superior weight, speed and all around foot ball ability. Little Rutgers, her players clad' in black Jerseys, looked like a pigmy to the big team from thcplains of Nebraska and was as much of a pig my as the score indicates, regardless of the fact that no scoring was done by either side in the-iirst or hird quarters. Force Aerial Game. Rutgers could not pummel her was through Nebraska's ' beefy line and Coach Henry "Indiana" Schul te's . welMrained ends saw -to it that she made no long gains around the. wings. The only thing left to Rutgers was the aerial game, and Nebraska solved lier best efforts in this department iwith comparative ease. Another, outstanding fault of the JerScyites was their fumbling. x Hubka, Nebraska's great fullback, with Wright and Hartley, hit' the Rutgers line like typhoons for(con sistent gains once the big Red team got going. Nebraska excelled in the passing game. : t - The victory was highly encourag ing to the Nebraska players. They came here confident of their ability to win but doubtful as to the size of the score they would be able to run up against the team from New Jersey. Tonight they were jubliant and Coach Schulte spoke optimistic ally of the coming game with Penn State at State College, Pennsylvania, next Saturday. Schulte is Confident. "We are aware that in Penn State we will meet one of the strongest teams," t aid . Schulte, "but noue of . i . ' : The President-Elect our players was laid up as a result of today's, game and I am sure that Nebraska will show a fine brand of foot ball against Penn State Sat urday. ' The size of today's score against Rutgers means but little. I think it would have been much larger had it not . been- for one or two plays that, were run off indifferently by a. winning team. Naturally, we are saving something forPenu State," he concluded significMttly. ' All the scoring done today came in the second and fourth quarters; although Nebraska showed, her superiority toward. the last, half of the first period when time was called with the ball in possession of the Cornhuskers .. on Rutgers' one-yard line. The . second quarter started with the ball in this position and on the first play Hartley; drove through the black-clad line for a touchdown arid 'Captain Day kicked goal, making the score: Nebraska, 7; Rutgers, 0. Pucelik Blocks Kick. .After the. next kickoff. in this quarter the teams exchanged punts several times and the ball went from one team to the other. Finally to ward the latter part of the period, Nebraska held the New Brunswick ites and forced M. Redmond to punt. Pucelik, Nebraska's star quarter, broke through and blocked the kick, recovering the ball himself on Rut gers' 35-yard line. Wright on the first play, slipped around the left end for a 22:yard gain. Hartley then lost a yard on a line smash and an other line play failed to gain. Day trie a place 'kick' from the 25-yard line, which was blocked by Raub of Rut gers. Hartley recovered the ball for the, Cornhuskers and promptly made seven yards off tackle. Hubka then tossed a forward pass to Swanson, who caught the ball over the Rut gers' goal line for a touchdown. Day kicked the goal. Total; Nebraska, 14; Rutgers, 0. The qnarter ended with the ball in Nebraska's ."possession on her 20 yard line. Rutgcr 'carnelv held the Corn- Ihuskers for. downs but after trying several plays Redmond was forced to punt, kicking to Newman on Neb raska's 19-yard line. After trying two line plays and receiving a penalty for holding, Nebraska minted.. Moore, who had replaced Wright, did the kicking. The ball went over quarter back Maloncy. and rolled to Rut gers' eight yard line. Redmond promptly ' punted out . of danger. Moore, who had been injected into the Cornhusker backfield, started the westerners. on thev way to their third touchdown with a , 25-yard v gain around left end. . , Day's Boot Faultless. j Hubak got the spirit and ripped off nine yards'through center. Moore. then hit the line for four yards and first ' down and given the ball . a secondMimc, carried it over for a touchdown. Day booted the goal easily. Score: Nebraska 1, Rutgers 0. .Moore Kicked off to Malonev who returned 10 yards, Hartley inter rupted a Rutgers forward pass in midfield. Dale replaced Hubak and promptly made. seven yards through Republicans Already Are Preparing for ; Revision of Tariff Washington, 'Nov. . 2. So confi dent are republican members of the house ways and, means committee as ic the result df today's election that they are already collecting materia! for a new tariff bill which will revise practically the entire schedule up ward. - Senator Harding is ' com mitted to such a bill for protection of American industries,1 A volume of 1,005 pages and con taining every - known, existing tarilf schedule has been compiled and is now being-sent to every member of congress. A wide margin is left on each page and all members of the house are asked to write suggestions opposite the schedule in which they re particularly interested. in. New York tenter. Thomson went to halfback for Hartley at this stage and after Newman had made four yards on a fake play, Thomson tore off an 11 yard gain, around his own right end. It was here that Newman saw the chance for a forward pass and his aerial to Swanson gave Nebraska her last ' touchdown. Once more Day's unerring toe accounted for a goal. Score: Nebraska 28, Rutgers 0. The lineup: Nebraska . S8) . Swanson ...T..E... Pucelik .....L.r..., W. Munn , L.G... Day (c) . ., C -M. Munn n.Q... Weller R.T... Shorr ' R.K... Ne'v.-maa Q.B... Wright .L..H... Hartley R.H... Rutftra (0). Winner Raub" I.entz Kahle Hllker Paisley . H. Ri'dmond Mnloney Milliard Vorhee Hubka K.B Schaefer Score by periods: Nebraska. 0 14 0 14 2S Kutgcrs 0 0 0 00 Nebraska- scoring; Touchdowns Swan son 3); Moore, Hartley. Ooals from touchdown Day (4). Subntitutlbns Nebraska: Moore for wrlght, Howarlh for Moore, Tountf for W, Munn, Thompson for Hart ley, Dale.' for Hubka. Rutg-rs: ScliHPfer, Gardner fur Vorchecs, Dtckson for Winner, King for Lenta, Augustine for Sllker. Referee Brown, (Tufts). Umpire Eck ersall (Chicago). Head linesman Maxwell (Swarthrore). Time of periods 15 minutes each. Former Husband Offers to Testify in Mrs. Pcetc Case Los Angeles, Nov. 2. II. R. Bos ley. Dallas, Tex., divorced husband cf Mrs. R. C. Pette, indicted here for the alleged murder of Jacob Charles Denton, offered," in a telegram re ceived by District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine, to come to Los An geles to testify at the trial of Mrs. Pcetc. Boslcy and Mrs. Peete were divorced in 1912, Mr. Woolwine said. Commercial Air Pilot? Killed. Los Angeles, Nov. 2 L. E. Tusk er, commercial airphnc p:lot of Riverside, Cal was killed here when his 'airplane fell 200 feet. M. M. Langley, Los Angeles, a passenger, Mttfcrcd a fractured skull. DEFENDERS OF LEAGUE BURIED UNDER AVALANCHE OF G. 0. P. PLURALITIES Incomplete Returns Indicate Republican Candidate For Presidency Has Not Less Than 346 Votes in Elec toral College With Majority Over Opponent of Not Less Than 121. By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. Chicago Trlhun-Omuh Bee Leased Wire. Chicago, Nov. 2. Harding and Coolidge were twept into office in the presidential election today by the biggest re publican landslide since 1904, if not in the history of the na tion. With 25,000,00 or more Americans participating in the "great and solemn referendum" on the league of nations issue, decreed by President Wilson, Cox and Roosevelt, de fenders of the Wilson league, were buried beneath an ava lanche of unprecedented republican pluralities from coast to coast. The verdict of the people on the Wilson league consti tutes the most complete popular repudiation of the policies of a president in the annals of the republic. Victory of G.O. P. Is Conceded by Cox Followers New York World, Democratic Organ, Flashes Signal Lights to Admit De feat of Party. New York, Nov. 2. At 9 o'clock, eastern time, no single state had re ported complete returns, but all over the east the chics were reporting heavy majorities for Harding and the republican ticket. Just before 9 o'clock the New York World, which supported Cox, flashed its signal lights to announce the election of Harding. In New York,amH New England, as in Ohio and Indiana, the Harding majorities being reported indicated a landslide in the east. ' Hays Withholds Statement. Chairman Hays, of the republican committee, at that time had issued no statement, but John T. Adams, in. charge of republican western headquarters, proclaimed a landslide for Harding and "burying the Wil son league of nations." Chairman White, of the domocratic national committee, at headquarters said he had every reason to predict that Cox would be elected by the states west of the Allegheny moun tains. He said that in 1916 "the peo ple had a lesson in republican tac tics of claiming everything." Congressional Returns Meager. Congressional returns at 9 o'clock were meager and in no case of suf ficient' volume, to indicate which party would have control. In the state tickets the first re turns were from New York, but they were not sufficient to indicate the result. j ILLINOIS. Chicago, Nov. 2. Returns from 119 precincts of 5.730 in Illinois in cluding 57 in Cook county (Chica go), give: Harding, 26,220; Cox, 9,647. For governor: 576 precincts in cluding 41 in Cook county: Small (r), 10,178; Lewis, (d), 6,820. For United States senator: Fifty-three precincts, including 40 in Cook county: McKinley (r), 10,200; Waller (d), 4.139. INDIANA. Indianapolis, Nov. 2. One hun dred and fourteen precincts out of 3,384 in Indiana give: For" president Harding, 48,149; Cox. 33,486. One hundred and five precincts give for senator Watson (r), 43, 977; Taggart (d), 33,471. One hundred and seven precincts for governor give McCray (r), 44.850; McCuuoch (d), 32,323. OHIO. v Columbus, Nov. 2. Four hundred and one precincts out of 7,154 in Ohio give for president: Harding, 55,009; Cox, 31,289. a WISCONSIN Milwaukee, Nov. 2. Returns from 34 precincts out of 2.174 in Wisconsin, outside of Milwaukee coutitv, for president give: Harding, 7.313; Cox. 1,796; Debs, 790. ' The Weather Forecast. Iowa: Fair Wednesday and pro bably Thursday; somewhat warmer Wednesday. Nebraska: Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday; warmer Wed nesday. Hourly Temperatures. 5 . m S9 1 p. m si 6 a. m. -it) 3 p. m S'l 7 a. m St ' S p. m 4 J S a. m t 4 p. m 41 a. m 5 p. m itt 10 a. ni Si) t p. ni 11 a. ni 3S 7 p. in S It noon 3 ft p. m 38 Shippers' Bulletin. Protect shipments during 'he next 24 to 36 hours from tempera lures as follows: North, 15; east ami south, 25; west, 10. . Big Majority for Harding. , ' Incomplete returns at the hour of going to press indicated that Hard ing has won not less than 346 of the 531 votes in the electoral college and that complete returns may give him 360 or more. His electoral college majority is not less than 121 and may be as high as 189 or more, compared with Roosevelt's majority over Parker in 1904. So overwhelming was the repub lican victory, apparently, that it is not certain Cox carried any stares outside of the democratic stronghold in the south. The early returns gave reason to believe that Cox may even have lost all of the border states with the possible exicption of Ken tucky, where the contest appeared to have been extremely close. Cox Snowed Under. In the northern states, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Cox and Roosevelt were snowed under. The receipt of returns throughout the night constituted a review of solidly republican states in the east, m Ijfew England, in the middlewcst, in the far west By 8 .o'clock it was ap parent that Governor Cox. backed by President Wilson, is one of the most disastrously defeated candi dates for the presidency since the birth of the republic. The hopes of democratic managers that Governor Cox would repeat the feat of Wilson in winning with Ohio and the far west in 1916 and that Cox-would be saved by the women vote on the league of nations issue, went glim mering early in the evening. As for the women it is as clearly indicated that they voted overwhelm ingly against the Wilson league of nations, if, as was believed by the democratic managers, this issue was uppermost in their minds. It looks a if the women voted as strongly, if not more strongly in favor of Hard ing than did the men. Ohio for Harding. x Ohio, the "mother of presidents," making a choice between her two favorite sons, hands the palm tc Harding. The incomplete returns from Ohio show Harding beating Cox two to one in territory which Wilson carried overwhelmingly ovei Hughes in 1916. Thirty precincts oul of 743 in Cleveland, for example, gave Harding 5.255 and Cox 2.92L The same precincts in 1916 gave Wilson 4,689 Imd Hughes 2.815 Scattering returns from other Ohio cities were in line with this enormou! lead for Harding. The indications were that Harding had carried every ward in Cleveland, and the state bs 100.000 or more. The Harding lead in New York t . ' . .. . v.ny eany assumeu landslide pro portions. The figu-es showed Hard ing beating Cox consistently two tt one upstate, and it looked as if th republican ticket would come dowr to the Bronx with close to 500,00 plurality. Even in the democrats stronghold of New York City. Hard ing was making an amazing showing On the basis of the incomplete re turns, the republican managtri figured that Harding would carrj Manhattan by 50,000. They saj Harding carried Buffalo more tuai 2 to 1, receivine 72.733 votes to 32. 486 for Cox. Harding also carried Syracuse and a number of other up state cities vied with .the farniinj districts in delivering enormou. pluralities. Landslide in Bay State. Massachusetts gave another tre rnendous push to the republican ava lanchc in the east. Harding mopoc Cox up at a 4 to 1 ratio outside d Boston and even in the Massaclui fctts capital, led Cox at a rate whicl indicate the republican ticket wouh carry the city by 50.000 or more. Th republicans have not carried Bostoi since 1896. Governor Coolidge e t hinted that the complete return: would show . Massachusetts in tin Harding column by a margin of 400, 000, compared with the Hughe plurality of 20.000 four years age The Bay state furnished the banne example of the Irish element, bolt ing the democratic ticket on accoun of opposition to the Wilson leagj ofa nations. The democratic party ii this state is 90 per cent Irish and th Irish defection left the party, con) plctcly disrupted. Hughes' Figure Dwarfed. Connecticut plumped for Hardiiv to a degree that ustoiiished even th most optimistic republican. Hughe, 7.000 plurality dwarfed out t sight by the Harding lead over Coi .which appears to have swept-Scnatc (Continued on rf Two, I'olunia To,