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Oldest Newspaper;
ESTABLISHED 1873
Nation Is Going To Polls Today
Early Vote in Bismarck Is Reported Light
ONLY Ul9 BALLOTS
ARE m BEFORE 3
AT 13 POLL PLACES
Total Primary Vote of 3,967
Expected to Be Surpassed
Before Night
LEGISLATIVE RACES HOT
Candidate* for State Office*
Make Final Appeals by Ra
dio Last Night
Bismarck, as usual, had cast only
a light vote up until 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
The Capital City is expected to fol
low its usual custom of swarming to
the polls between 5 and 7 o’clock this
evening.
Up until 3 p. m. today, only 1,819
voters had gone to their respective
polling places and cast ballots.
In the primary last June, Bismarck
cast a total of 3,967 votes. Because
of the fair weather today, many ex
pect that figure to be surpassed be
fore 7p. m. The city cast its record
vote, totaling 4,463, in the November
election in 1928.
Opening of the polls this morning
was signaled by a long blast of the
power house whistle, and the whistle
was repeated at every hour thereafter.
At 3 o’clock this afternoon only
one of the city’s 13 polling places had
been visited by more than 200 voters.
The total votes cast at each of the
city’s polling places at 3p. m. and the
total vote in each precinct in the
June primary election are given In
the following table:
First ward, first precinct (William
Moore school)—161. (Primary—3o7).
First war, second precinct (Faunce’s
garage)—l3o. (Primary—32o).
First ward, third precinct (Little’s
garage)—97. (Primary—2os).
Second ward, first precinct (Will
school)—l66. (Primary—324).
Second ward, second precinct (Ing
stad’s garage)—lo7. (Primary—264).
Second ward, third precinct (swim
ming pood)—94. (Primary—l9l).
Third ward, first precinct (Cook’s
garage)—2lo. (Primary—394).
Third ward, second precinct (High
school)—151. (Primary—347).
Third ward, third precinct (Rich
holt school)—108. (Primary—3lo).
Fourth ward (Bertsch’s garage)—
118. Primary—3Bo).
Fifth ward (Association of Com
merce) —147. (Primary—3o9).
Sixth ward, first precinct (Fire
hall)—ls6. (Primary—299).
Sixth ward, second precinct (St.
Mary’s school) —174. (Primary—3l7).
Total at 3 p. m.—1,819. Primary
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Irregularities Are
Charged in New York
New York. Not. 4.—(5 s )— Charges of
Irregularities and of an assault upon
one voter reached the attorney gen
eral’s office soon after an unusually
heavy early voting began here today.
The first arrest of the day was
made by Mrs. R. Pally Panken, a
deputy attorney general and wife of
Jacob Panken. Socialist candidate for
congress. Mrs. Panken caused an
alleged illegal registrant to be ar
rested at a polling place.
Shortly afterward Panken reported
to the attorney general’s office his
nephew, Morris L. Panken, had been
beaten up in a voting booth. The
nephew is a deputy attorney general.
There were a score of arrests
throughout the greater city in the
first hour of voting.
Cavalier Businessman
Is Dead of Pneumonia
Cavalier, N. D., Nov. 4.—(5 s)—Fu
neral services were conducted st the
Presbyterian church here for Henry
Pico, 65, local furniture dealer, who
died Saturday of pneumonia.
Pico was prominent in business and
political circles here. He was a mem
ber of the Masonic lodge, Odd Fellows
and A. O. U. W. A daughter, Mrs.
Guy Spiller, and a son, William Pico,
survive.
Mother Gives Life
To Save Her Baby
r Minneapolis, Nov. 4.—(5 s )—Heroism
of a mother who gave her own life
to save her baby from their burning
home, became known here today as
the final rites for her were said.
The mother, cruelly binned, her
clothing afire, and so weak she col
lapsed once, rallied enough strength
to carry her baby out of the house.
She died four hours later.
The mother was Mrs. Myrtle Ed
.lund, of Minneapolis.
She poured '*erosene into the stove
to start a fire and before she could
step back there was an explosion. Her
clothing caught fire, and the flaming
liquid started a blaze in the kitchen.
} Despite the rapidly spreading
' flames she thought of the baby.
Crawling along the floor she reached
• the crib. She managed to lift her
self high enough to gather Shirley in
her arms.
She fell back to the floor and then,
through the smoke and flames, she
dragged herself through the open
door and out on the porch. The baby
was burned, but her life was saved.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE
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Here are the outstanding figures in some of the most
interesting of the nation’s political races that come to their
close with Tuesday’s elections. Dwight W. Morrow, Repub
lican candidate for the senate in New Jersey, and Franklin
D. Roosevelt, New York’s Democratic governor who seeks
another term, often mentioned as presidential possibilities,
are shown at the ends. In the center is ex-Governor Gif
Two Jamestown Men May
Be Charged With Murder
J. B. Walsh and G. A. Ness Held
in Connection With/Fatal
Shooting Sunday
New Rockford, N. D., Nov. 4.—(/P)
Charges of first degree murder are
expected to be placed against Joseph
B. Walsh and G. A. Ness, both of
Jamestown, in connection with the
pitched shotgun 'battle south of here
Sunday night in which David Vote,
23, Carrington, was killed, State’s At
torney N. J. Bothne said today.
Walsh and Ness, together with their
two companions, Emil Kerner and
Roy Aggola, also of Jamestown, are
held in jail here. Walsh and Ness
probably will be arraigned tomorrow
for preliminary examination, Bothne
said, and Kerner and Aggola are held
as witnesses.
Shooting Said Felonious
At an inquest last night a coroner’s
jury found that “Vote came to his
death by an unlawful gun wound in
flicted from a shotgun held in the
hands of Joseph E. Walsh, who did
such shooting intentionally and felon
iously.” The charge against Ness re
sults from his being an accessory to
the crime, the state’s attorney said.
E. R. Gedrose, Wells county farmer,
and his son-in-law, Carl Britton, were
witnesses to the greater put of the
shooting, it was disclosed at the in
quest.
After Eldar O’Leary, Votes com
panion, had walked up a road follow
ing the automobile collision which
started the argument, md Vote had
driven into a field some distance away
to fix a tire, the four Jamestown men
were taken by Gedrose in his car to
a spot near where Vote was wltn his
truck. Gedrose and Britton, realizing
there was trouble, walked out in’® the
field after the Jamestown party and
witnessed the scene and fled only
after the shooting began.
Wrested Gan from Him
It was brought out at the inquest
that Vote had stood alongside his
truck with one gun in his hands, but
apparently he made no threat to use
it, according to Bothne. The men
wrested the gun from Vote and Ness
admits striking Vote in the face,
Bothne said. Vote secured the other
gun which was in his truck and start
ed to back away, testimony disclosed,
and meanwhile Walsh had poHsession
of the first gun and some shells.
Vote is believed to have fired the
first shot of the exchange whicn con
sisted of five shots as near as author
ities could determine, Bothne said.
The Jamestown party maintain that
three shots were fired by Vote end
two by Walsh, Bothne sa:d. Vote
died when the top of his head was
blown away by a charge. His body
was found about 60 yuds from the
truck which he had driven.
Mary Garden Scores Great Triumph
In Appearance at Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas, Nov. 4.—(5 s )—ln
this western cow country dty, where
she once was bitterly accused of fail
ure to give her best as a singer, Mary
Garden, opera star, enjoyed today one
of the greatest triumphs of her ca
reer.
Not the least among the 3,000 per
sons who cheered her at a concert
last night was Gene Howe, newspaper
editor, who criticized her performance
with the Chicago Civic Opera com
pany in Amarillo a year ago so se
verely that Miss Garden was moved
to reply to him through the press.
“Marvelous,” “wonderful,” and
“flawless,” were terms which Howe
applied to Miss Garden’s singing at
the concert where the opera star was
applauded and cheered so often and
so vehemently the old timers said
nothing like her reception ever bad
been seen in the dty.
CANDIDATES IN SPOTLIGHT AS NATION VOTES TODAY
A
Luxury of Bath
Denied to Girls
Frederick, Md.. Nov. 4.— (JPh- Girls
at Hood college are permitted but one
tub bath a week. There is a short
age of water due to drought.
DECLINE SHOWN IN
ALCOHOLIC DEATHS
Figure of 4,627 for 1928 Is Re
duced to 4,339 for 1929,
Says Government
Washington, Nov. 4.—(5 s )—Deaths
from alcoholism in the United States
declined last year from the total at
tained in 1928.
A census bureau tabulation of the
total deaths attributed to that cause
in the registration area—46 states,
the District of Columbia and a group
of nine cities in the other two states
—showed 4,339 deaths against 4,627
recorded in 1928. The decrease
showed up also in the rate per 100,000
population which was set at 3.7
against 4.1. The census bureau esti
mated this registration area holds 95
per cent of the United States popula
tion.
Declines took place in New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, New
Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, and
Missouri. Increases, however, were
shown in Massachusetts, Wisconsin,
and California. These eleven states
completed the list of those reporting
more than 100 such deaths.
Increased deaths were recorded in
19 of the 46 reporting states, several
in the west. Among them were Ari
zona, Colorado, lowa, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah,
and Washington. In the south seven
states reported decreases, two were
unchanged and three had slight in
creases. New England states report
ing showed three with gains, three
with losses.
New York’s total, the highest re
ported, was 817, against 866 for the
preceding year.
Deaths in North Dakota from alco
holism in 1929 numbered 22 compared
to 14 in 1928, an Increase of eight.
THOMPSON IMPROVES
Chicago, Nov. 4.—(s*)—A continua
tion of the favorable condition of
Mayor William Hale Thompson, who
underwent an emergency operation
last Friday for relief from appendici
tis, was noted today.
Howe made haste to assert he
never had said Miss Garden “couldn’t
sing,” but merely that she “didn’t
sing” on her previous visit. He like
wise denied he had said she was “so
old she tottered,” and Insisted he had
said she was either so fatigued or in
different that she “appeared like an
old woman” instead of a “prima don
na who ruled the operatic world.”
“She is not the greatest singer in
the world," Howe wrote. “There are
and always have been persons who
can sing rings around her. But for
sheer artistry and musical interpre
tation she reigns as queen of them
aIL”
The singer had indicated she would
include on her program a discussion
of Howe and his knowledge of opera.
The discussion, however, was not
forthcoming.
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930
ford 8. Plnchot, Republican, of Pennsylvania, who is run
ning for that office again, opposed by John Hemphill,
Democrat, below. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Illinois
Republican, will be the first woman ever elected to the
senate if she is chosen over her Democratic opponent, James
Hamilton Lewis. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana,
a dry Democrat and hero of the Teapot Dome expose, is
KENTUCKY MAY HOLD
BALANCE OF POWER
Returns of Voting There Will Be
Delayed Until Thursday
by New Law
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4.—(A*) —lf a
close race for control of the national
house of representatives develops in
today’s election, the party to hold the
ba'f.nce of power may not be known
until after the delayed count is com
pli led in Kentucky.
Kentucky’s new election law pro
vides county election boards begin
tabulating the, vote the day after the
election.
Should control of the house of rep
resentatives depend upon the lineup
of Kentucky’s delegation of eleven
congressmen after the returns in
otherstatesaretabulated.it will prob
ably not be known which party will
hold the balance of power until
Thursday.
An even longer time would be re
quired to determine the political com
plexion of the senate should the less
likely eventually arise that the holder
of Kentucky’s seat would give either
party the majority.
Senator John M. Robslon is the
Republican nominee to succeed him
self. He is opposed by Judge M. M.
Logan for the long term and by Ben
Williamson for the short term.
Cause for Gratitude
Is Seen by Hoover
Washington, Nov. 4.—(5 s)—Presi
dent Hoover today called on America
to observe Armistice day with grati
tude that the agencies of peace have
been strengthened and the nation’s
relations with other countries “are
firmly grounded in amity and ac
cord.”
School Board Gets
Bids on Bleachers
The school board Monday evening
received two bids for constructing
bleachers for the use of the High
school in its athletic events on
Hughes field.
The bids were laid over pending
receipt of Information that will clar
ify the offers.
The board had no other business,
and spent some time discussing foot
ball and athletic events at the High
school, but the discussion did not in
volve action.
Vagary of State’s
Election Law Keeps
Shafer from Voting
A vagary of the North Dakota elec
tion laws today denied the state’s
first citizen the right to vote.
Governor George F. Shafer, ill in a
hospital here, was too weak to go to
the polls in person and, under the law,
was denied the right to cast an absent
voter’s ballot because he is present in
the city.
From the hospital in which the gov
ernor is a patient two voting places
can be seen within a block.
Milwaukee Knitters
Accept Cut in Wages
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 4—(5 s )— Eight
hundred knitters of the Holeproof
and Phoenix Hosiery companies
agreed last night to accept a reduc
tion in wages amounting to 14.5 per
cent. This was accepted, a spokes
man said because the workers realiz
ed the general depressed conditions
existing in the full-fashioned indus
try.
opposed for reelection by Albert J. Galen, an extremely wet
Republican. Robert J. Buckley, Democrat, runs for the
senate in Ohio on a dripping wet platform, while Marcus
Coolidge, also Democrat, is doing likewise in Massachusetts.
Benator Tom Heflin, ousted from his party for opposition
to A 1 Smith In 1928, is running as an independent in Ala
bama. Two veterans. Senator Norris, Republican, and ex-
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, oppose each other in Nebraska.
HOOVER AND PARTY WILL HEAR
ELECTION RETURNS BY RADIO
f Bunch of Grapes
I Insured for SSOO
❖ *
New York, Nov. 4.— (JP) —There’s a
SSOO bunch of grapes in town. It
comes from Bussels, where it was in
sured for that sum while growing in
a hot-house. The bunch, which
weighs 30 pounds, will be exhibited at
a flower show. Until then it will be
in cold storage.
NEGRO KILLED IN
KENTUCKY QUARREL
Argument at Voting Booth Ends
in Death of Reputed
‘Bad Man*
Danville, Kentucky, Nov. 4.—(AV-
An election quarrel at Turkey Pen
precinct here today resulted in the
fatal shooting of Ed Doneghy, negro,
by Joe Hayden, 60, white Democratic
challenger. Doneghy was killed when
he visited the precinct to “straighten
out” a trivial disagreement as to ne
gro voting at the booth.
Hayden was arrested by Sheriff
James Dean, made bond a few min
utes later, and returned to the elec
tion booth to continue his work. He
claimed he shot in self-defense.
Witnesses said the negro came to
the voting booth and said he had
heard there had been trouble. He
announced he would regulate the sit
uation and became involved in an
argument with election workers.
The negro, witnesses said, directed
his attack at Hayden, the row became
heated and Doneghy reached for his
hip pocket. Hayden fired four bullets
into the negro's body and as he fell,
witnesses said, his hand clasped a
pistol.
The sheriff’s office said Doneghy
had a reputation for being “bad” and
had caused considerable trouble be
fore.
Five Niagara Youths
To Be Quizzed About
Shooting Into Auto
Grand Porks. N. D., Nov. 4.— (JF) —
Authorities will question five Niagara
youths here Wednesday regarding a
shotgun barrage fired from their auto
mobile into another driven by Miller
Urness, Niagara farmer, Monday. The
shooting is alleged to have occurred
while Urness was taking his daughter
and a son of neighbor to school.
The quintet have not yet been ar
rested but have agreed to come here
for a hearing before State’s Attorney
Philip R. Bangs of Grand Forks coun
ty. Officials at the sheriff’s office
here withheld the names of the five
youths who will be questioned.
Hunted Farmer Is
Captured in Barn
Pond du Lac, Wls., Nov. 4.— (jP) —
Anton Jonells, Parnell farmer want
ed in connection with the slaying of
his wife, 33, was in custody today be
cause of a “hunch” of Sheriff Alfred
Zande of Pond du Lac county.
While a posse searching wooded
swamps near the Jonells farm Zande
led his deputies to a farm near here
owned by a friend of Jonelis and
found him in the barn.
The body of Mrs. Jonelis, mother
of five children, was discovered yes
terday by four of their children as
they returned from school. Zande
said Jonells admitted killing his
wife. Bhe recently filed suit for a di
vorce.
Executive Plans to Retire at
10:30; Plans of Cabinet
Members Vary
Washington, Nov. 4—(AT —The home
radio and telephone will bring elec
tion results to President Hoover and
a majority of his cabinet, though
some will be found all through elec
tion day and election night on the
Republican fighting front.
With a number of intimate friends
the president expects to receive te
turns in the white house until his
usual retiring horn*—lo:3o o’clock.
For the full story of the ballots—
whether the seventy-second congress
will be dominated by Democratic op
position—he will wait until next day.
Two years ago, at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia, he retired early also, but only
after assuring himself of his own vic
tory and determining the proportions
of the landslide that placed in office
with him a staunchly Republican
congress.
Hope for Majorities
The cabinet members hope for ad
ministration majorities.
Tonight, those in Washington will
keep one ear attuned to the radio an
nouncer’s tale, the other to the tele
phone bringing news from the Re
publican national committee head
quarters.
The most active cabinet member, of
course, is James J. Davis, the secre
tary of labor, himself a candidate,
who today was in Pittsburgh conduct
ing the finale of his own campaign
for the senatorship from Pennsyl
vania.
Pittsburgh drew also Andrew W.
Mellon, secretary of the treasury, who
Intended casting his vote at the home
precinct in person.
Hurley Travels Furthest
Traveling furthest to perform his
citizen’s ballot-casting duty, the sec
retary of war, Patrick J, Hurley,
hurried out to Tulsa, Okla.
That Indefatigable campaigner,
Vice President Curtis, finished his
round of oratory in his home town
of Topeka, Kans., and after voting
planned to dash back to Washington
for the avalanche of returns.
Postmaster General Walter F.
Brown, who has been in the midst of
Ohio politics in his home town of
Toledo, also planned an election-day
return to Washington to watch re*
suits.
Arthur M. Hyde, secretary of agri
culture, said he would be most con
cerned about results in his state, Mis
souri. The secretary of Interior, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, California, said he
was most Interested in Ohio, Okla
homa and Delaware.
Three Women Running
Three cabinet members, watching
their home states, will take a special
interest in the fate of a woman at the
polls. Robert P. Lamont, Chicago,
secretary of commerce, made his fi
nal pre-election statement urging
support of Ruth Hanna McCormick as
senator. Secretary of State Henry L.
(Continued on page nine)
New York Spends $1,127.65 to Count
Ballot of Lone Voter in Precinct
New York, Nov. 4.—(AV- Although
its daytime population is among the
densest in the city, one Times Bquare
election district today yielded but a
single voter.
It was the 38th precinct of the 10th
assembly district, west of Broadway
in 40th street, where George Schra
der, who tends a boiler in a nearby
skyscraper, cast his solitary ballot.
Election officials said Schrader’s
vote cost the city $1,127.65. Six elec
tion employes and four party watch
ers were required to handle the ballot.
Schrader said his was an “unem
ployment’’ ballot, as he intended to
Farmer Pleads Not
Guilty of Slaying
Crosby, N. D., Nov. 4.—(APT—Louis
Larson, 55, confessed slayer of his
neighbor, Peter Moe, last Tuesday
near Grenora, pleaded not guilty to a
charge of first degree murder In dis
trict court here yesterday.
Larson appeared before Judge John
C. Lowe, Minot, who said he would
call a special term of district court
here early in December.
Attorneys for Larson said he would
plead self defense. The slaying was
the outgrowth of a dispute over a
farm wagon.
VOTERS’ INTEREST
IS WIDELY SPREAD,
DISPATCHES SHOW
Brief Stories From Leading
States Disclose Multiplic
ity of Issues
Notes on today’s election, as com
piled today by the Associated Press
from leading states, show a wide
range of interest in the various mat
ters proposed for decision.
The following brief dispatches give
a bird’s-eye-view of the conditions
and issues in various centers as the
electorate went to the polls to make
the decision on various contests.
SUNNY SKIES GREET
MAJORITY OF VOTERS
Washington.—Sunny skies greeted
the voters of all but a half dozen
states today as they balloted.
The weather bureau reported “ex
ceptionally fine weather” prevailing
in more than 90 per cent of the coun
try.
Rain, or threats of rain, were re
ported in a strip extending along the
coast from southern New Jersey to
northern South Carolina.
Rain was forecast for late in the
day in eastern New York state and
southern New England.
PROHIBITION ISSUE
IS RAISED IN OHIO
Columbus.—Ohio was writing its de
cision today on a senatorial contest
which brought prohibition and the
record of the Hoover administration
squarely to the front.
Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, seek
ing reelection, declared himself In fa
vor of enforcement of prohibition.
Robert J. Bulkley, a Cleveland at
torney running on the Democratic
ticket, rested the outcome on his ad
vocacy of repeal of the 18th amend
ment. He also condemned the Haw
ley-Smoot tariff.
Political observers agreed that the
result of this contest and the scramble
for congressional seats will record
Ohio’s views on the Hoover adminis
tration and prohibition.
MICHIGAN VOTERS
TROUBLED BY FOG
Detroit.—Light voting characterized
the early hours of Michigan’s election
today, although lifting of a heavy fog
which blanketed the lower part of
the state this morning was expected
to encourage heavy balloting for an
off-year election.
A wet and dry fight and a state
wide fight over a constitutional
amendment providing for legislative
reapportionment on a population
basis, were the Issues of principal in
terest.
A total vote of between 500,000 and
(Continued on page nine)
t Election Issues
Given at Glance
TO BE ELECTED
(By the Associated Press)
Congress
Senate—Thirty nine; 31 for six
year terms, three for terms ending in
1933 and five for terms ending next
March.
House—Entire membership of 435;
except the four seats already decided
in Maine.
Present line-up:
Senate—Republicans 56; Democrats
39; Parmer-Labor 1; majority 49.
House—Republicans 260; Democrats
160; vacancies 14, of which 9 are Re
publican and 5 Democratic; major
ity 218.
Governors: In 32 states: Incum
bents—Republican 21; Democratic 11.
Referenda:
Prohibition—On repeal of the 18th
amendment in Illinois and Rhode
Island; on repeal of the state dry act
in Massachusetts.
Public works— 20 states register
opinion on proposals for total expen
diture of $450,000,000.
give up his franchise but decided that
to do so would throw a whole set of
election clerks out of work.
During registration week six clerks
and three policemen waited 5 days at
the precinct for Schrader to show up
and enroll. On Saturday evening he
appeared with the explanation that
he “wanted to make sure the staff
got a full week’s pay.”
At 6 o’clock this evening the clerks
will record the lone voter’s will. He
will not enjoy the constitutional
privilege of casting a secret ballot.
When the machine is opened his
choice will be obvious.
The Weather
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday,
Colder tonight.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ELECTORATE WE
NAME CONGRESSMEN
Ai 32 GOVERNORS
Swing Away From Huge Repub-
lican Majorities of 1928
Is Conceded
RETURNS WILL TELL STORY
Republican Domination of House
and Senate Menaced,
Leaders Admit
(By The Associated Press)
In an election weighted with un
certainties the nation is deciding to
day who shall sit In congress and in
the places of authority at 32 state
capitals.
A Democratic swing away from the
great Republican majorities of 1928
is conceded, but its extent is so be
clouded, even in the private reckon
ings of party leaders, that only the
returns themselves can tell the story.
Basing their campaign of attack on
President Hoover’s conduct of his ad
ministration in the business crisis,
the Democrats are acknowledged even
by the Republican stalwarts to have
menaced seriously Republican dom-
Bay State Voters
Are Early Risers
New Ashford, Mass., Nov. 4.
UP)— Ashford, with 36 voters, was
the first place in Massachusetts
to count its ballots today. The
vote was:
For Governor: Butler (R) 29;
Ely (D) 7.
For U. S. Senator: Butler (R)
); Coolidge (D) 4.
The polls opened at 5:45 a. m*
and a half hour later all the reg
istered voters in the town had re
corded their vote.
inance in the house, and redu
the Republican margin in the senate.
As a result, control of senate or
house, or both, by a Democratic-In
dependent coalition, was a possibility.
Prohibition, unrecognized by either
party as a national issue, has all but
monopolized the stage in many local
ities and any overturns will be scru
tinized with extreme interest by wets
and drys.
See Augury For 1932
Not only are the possible fortunes
of President Hoover in 1932 thus en
tangled with today’s verdict at the
polls, but the result is fraught with
potentialities for other outstanding
figures in American politics.
Among other things, the election
will decide whether Franklin D.
Roosevelt, groomed by his supporters
for the presidency, will be reelected
governor of New York or voted out
of public life.
It will determine whether the time
has come to confer the title of sena
tor-by-election on a woman, Ruth
Hanna McCormick of Illinois.
It will disclose whether Democratic
Alabama is to discipline Senator
Heflin by keeping him at home be
cause he bolted A 1 Smith.
It will write success or failure
across Gifford Plnchot’s spectacular
campaign to win the Pennsylvania
governorship on the Republican
ticket, without the support of power
ful Republican leaders.
In Montana, the returns will say
whether Senator Walsh, prosecutor
of the Teapot Dome investigation, is
to return again to the senate after
one of the hardest campaigns in his
career.
In Nebraska, the voters will decide
between the veteran Senator Norris
and his one-time colleague, former
Senator Hitchcock.
Maryland Will answer whether Al
bert C. Ritchie is to break still an-
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Vargas Publishes
Brazilian Program
Rio do Janeiro, Nov. 4.— (lP) —Dr.
Getulio Vargas, serving his first day
as president of Brazil, today publish
ed the program of his administration,
which, it was stressed, is of a provi
sional and ad iterim character only.
The program contains 17 articles,
the more Important of which provide
for amnesty of all political offend
ers; social, educational, and sanitary
reforms; creation of a government
consultative body; organization of a
commission to determine responsibili
ty of officials of the deposed govern
ment for expenditure of public
moneys; reorganization of the army
and navy from the standpoint of na
tional defense, and reform of the
electoral system.
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| Lovesick Swain May
I Be Given Photograph
♦ •>
Chicago, Nov. 4.— (JPy— lf the un
identified young man who fell in love
with a girl’s picture he saw in a pho
tographer’s window should read this
morning’s papers he will find he went
to a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Every day for some time, Michael
Granata, the photographer, reported,
the youth passed his establishment,
looked at the picture and sighed. Each
pause was longer, each sigh deeper
than the time before. Finally he
smashed the window, reached in, but
fled before a hall of bullets from two
policemen, leaving the photograph
just where it was.
Such devotion, Granata reasoned
today, should be rewarded.
“If he comes back,” he said, “I’ll
i give him the picture,” ._