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lEuipnttw (0b CITY EDITION Only Nempaptr Printed in U Grand Covering Union and Wallowa Counties WwB Wire Mnln SIX PAGES TODAY VOLUME 31 Ml tBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1932 EAOTKIIN OREGON'S UBADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 59 HEAVY VOTE OVER ALL OF THE NATION Oregon No Exception to : Rule in Spite of Driz zling Rain Today. CROWDS LINE UP TO MARK BALLOTS Reports of Election Frauds Heard in New York Where 7557 Police men Guard Polls. S . LA GRANDE VOTE HEAVY 9 La Grande recorded an un $ usually heavy vote during the , $ first five hours of the election v day. Six precincts, which at g a similar time In the presl $ dentlal election In 1928 had $ cast 476 ballots, today had polled 639 votes. Figures follow: 1D28 1932 Precinct 1 38 61 $ Precinct 2 75 106 S Precinct 8 . 94 126 Precinct 9 42 100 & Precinct 10 147 145 rivviuub i . ou iui S In spite of rain one pre- ctnct took In as many votes In the first hour as Is usually & recorded In the first half day. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8 (P) Driz zling rain pouring from, dark clouds dampened voters In nearly every sec tion of Oregon today as they visited tho 1782 polling places in the state to choose a president of the United States, a senator and three congress men, state, county and city officials, and to determine the Issue on numer ous state measures, ,Tho weather bureau said the storm was general over the entire Btate. In Portland a downpour throughout the night continued during the morning hours. . f The privilege of the ballot was available to nearly half a million Ore gon citizens today. Many of them wero present when the polls opened at 8 a. m, there to vote before going to their work. Keen Interest Shown 'The' presidential race, the battle for. congressional posts and the school consolidation bill were the source of th' IrAAnAaf. Interact: n f.fiA frirrm electorate. - But little enthusiasm for or antagonism against the bill, to .re peal the enforcing statute of the state prohibition law woo hoard during the campaign. .... Other important Issues the voters had to decide was the question of re vising the income tax law, of estab lishing a water power commission and whether or not to tax butter substi tutes. Ballots were available today to 486,- (Continued cs rage Four; FUNERAL FOR BETTY CLARK WEDNESDAY Betty Jo Clark, age 8, passed away at her home 903 Spring avenue, Mon day noon after a short illness. She Is survived) by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Rusael Olark and one sister Martha Jane, age 12, and by an uncle Clarence Ritchie, of Denver, Colo., and an. aunt, Mrs, J. E. Harley, of Paris, Mo and by her grandparents, Mi, and Mrs. W. A. Hobson, of Fay ette, Mo., and W. I. Clark, of Port Lyon, Colo. Betty Jo had lived in La Orande for the past three years and was an ardent member of the Methodist church and Sunday school. She was in the 3r3i grade and attend ed Central school. The funeral will be held from the chapel of Walker's Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 with Rev. W. H. Hertzog, pastor of the Methodist church, in charge of the services. Six little girls of her class will act as pall bears and burial will be in Masonic cemetery. Heavy Downpour In Pendleton Today PENDLETOH Nov. B (JP) Umatilla county voters splashed to the polls this morning in a heavy downpour of rain which started last night. The morning hours found the vote light with an increase expected around noon and this evening. $&$$$$34$3$&$ S WEATHER FORECAST 4 Oregon: Cloudy tonight and 9 Wednesday; occasional rain In 3 $ northwest portion; moderate $ temperature; moderate south & t winds offshore. S G WEATHER TODAY 7 a.m. 41 above. $ Minimum: 36 above. 3 Condition: Cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY -S Maximum 50, minimum 36 s t above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .11 3 of Inch. Range: 14 degrees. 8 4 WEATHER NOV. 8, 1931 $ Maximum 46, minimum 37 $ above. Condition: Cloudy. Range: 9 $ Q degrees. President Votes In California; Long Trip Ends Continues Presidential Campaign Until Late Monday Night Stops at Sacramento Today. HVDE PARK, N. Y Nov. 8 (P) Governor Pranklln I. Iloosevelt, Democratic cuiulidate for tho presi dency, voted In the Utile town liaitl near his home here today. Tho gov ernor went to the polling place with his sou, Elliott, and pulled down the lever to register Ills vote for the straight Democratic ticket. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 8 P) Coming Into the capital of California, President Hoover today told a throng that greeted him at the station that ho had been the subject of "unceas ing misrepresentation by the press of William Randolph Hearst." Remarking at the outset "the elec tion is on today and most of you have already made your conclusions," the chief executive asserted that the peo ple of California had not been given a full account of the crisis through which the nation had passed. Tho station crowd st&ndtng In bright early morning sunlight, ap plauded the president when he said tho nation was "again on the road to prosperity." He said there had been a "disagreement" between himself and tho American Federation of Labor in that while he estimated 360,000 men had returned to work in September, tho federation placed this figure at 560,000. He smiled as he made the remark. Police On Guard " Crowds that greeted the president (Continued on Page Four) Armistice Day Celebration To Include Parade In commemoration of the signing of tho armistice ending a world conflict In 1913, all organizations of service men will participate in a celebration In La Orande on Nov. 11, Armistice day. The American Legion Is sponsoring the celebration but sol diers from the Civil, Spanish Amer ican and World wars and the na tional guard will take part In the day's activities. Practically all of the stores in the city will be closed throughout the entire day, public schools will be dis missed, and the La Grande Evening Observer will go to press aboifc hoon.' Through the action of the state board of higher education, the students of the Eastern Oregon Normal school will not enjoy a holiday on Friday but regular classes will be held. Plan Midnight Frolic Tho Armistice day activities will open with a midnight frolic at Union on Thursday night. - The parade in which all patriotic organizations will march will be the first event of Friday morning, at 10:30 o'clock. Walter A, Bean, chair man and captain of the La Qrande company of the national guard, an nounced today that he believes the parade lineup also will include the drum corps of the La Grande, Lewis ton, Baker and Enterprise posts of tho American Legion, the La Grande band and members of the G. A. R., the United Spanish war veterans, the American Legion, Company E. 186th Infantry and Headquarters company from Union of the Oregon national guard, and the Boy Scouts, all with their auxiliary organizations. ' Jesse Andrewu, lieutenant in Company E and member of the local legion post, will be the starter in the parade. Services Afi Cemetery The parade will be followed by services at the cemetery. A feed will be served by the Ameri can Legion auxiliary at noon, direct ly after the services, in the Odd Fel lows hall. Otto Pleper, of the le gion, Is chairman of the feed which will be served free to all who par ticipate in the parade and theijr families. The main feature of the afternoon will bo the football tilt between Bob Qulnn's Eastern Oregon Normal school Mountaineers and the eleven from tho Lewlston, Ida., Normal school. Tho day's activities wilt close with a dance at Zuber hall at 9 o'clock, at which Bob Besmehn, the singing le gionnaire, will furnish the specialty numbers. - Robert R. Carey Becomes Lieutenant SALEM, Nov. 8 (P) Robert R. Carey, first sergeant In the Oregon national guard, was promoted to second lieu tenant and assigned to Co. E, 186th Infantry, it was announced today at national guard headquarters here. Carey has been a member of the Washington and Oregon national guards the past ten years. He was first sergeant at La Grande before his promotion to succeed Lieut. Wil liam Heughan, resigned. Dental Society Elects Dr. Eames Dr. Prank Eames was elected presi dent of the Union County Dental so ciety when they met last night in the offices of Dr, A. L. Moore. Dr. J. L. McPherson was chosen as secre tary. The business meeting was followed by a scientific program which In eluded a paper by Dr. A. M. Moore In which he discussed "Dental Econom ics." Dec. 6 Is the date of the next meet tng. Regular sessions will be held on the first Monday of each month In the future. Campaign Ended, Gov. Roosevelt Awaits Verdict Democratic Nominee at HydeV Park Home Speech Monday Night Last Before Election. liy WiUU-T T. Brown (Associated Press Staff Writer) HYDE PARK, N. Y., Nov. 8 (P) His campaign ended, Governor Roosevelt slept late today and had his break fast in bed, as his fellow countrymen trooped td the polls to vote him into the presidency . or back to private life. The Democratic candidate later went for an automobile ride over his Hudson valley estate. A mile away at Hyde Park, where the candidate would cast his vote, election officials awaited his arrival, It was a typical autumn gray day, with heavy clouds hanging over the CatsktU foothills across the river. But gay bunting and the drifting leaves on the village streets gave It bright nesa. Except for the extra detail of gray uniformed state police at the en trance to the Roosevelt home and on the Hyde Park streets, and the bunting and the somewhat larger crowd near the polling place, the day was no different from past elections here. Messenger Boys Busy And life was about the same- at Krum Elbow, except that messenger boys in relays delivered bundles of telegrams, most of which expressed the hope that the sender would be the first to congratulate the presl dent-elect. Mi. Roosevelt admitted to a slight excitement. He said: - 'l can't believe there is not a speech to prepare." McDuffie, the governor's negro valet, let Mr. Roosevelt sleep late. "Usually he tells me when to wake him but last night he didn't so I Just let him sleep until he woke up," McDuffio said. Mr. Roosevelt and his mother were the only members of the family In tho large old house before noon. Mrs. Roosevelt, the candidate's wife, tele phoned she would arrive .1 ii the Tod-Hunter school where biie teaches, about 2. Shortly after that, the gov- (Continued From Page Four) TIGERS TO PLAY BUCKS ON NOV. II La Grande's Title Chances Depend Upon Outcome of Armistice Day Game. Only one more team otnnds be tween La Grande and the 1932 East ern Oregon football championship. That team Is the traditional rival, Pendleton, and the Bucks will be host to La Grande at the Round-Up pork Friday afternoon. Dope would give La Grande a slight edge, but like in many other games between the two schools, dope doesn't always work out. From one angle. La Qrande looks stronger the Tigers defeated Baker by ono touchdown and Baker defeated Pen dleton by one touchdown. But from another angtef the two teams would appear on par the Tigers and Pen dleton both tied Mac-Hl. So take your choice.1' A real gridiron battlo. is sure to re sult, ami Indications aro that a large number or fans and students will ac- (Contlnued on Pafre Six) MEDFORD MAY BATTLE HOOD RIVER ELEVEN MEDFORD, Ore., Nov. 8 (ff) Nego. tlations were under way today be tween the Hood River and Medfora High school football teams, for a game to be played in this city, Satur day, November 19. Hood River asked Medford to play the game In Portland on the Bame date. Local school heads countered with a proposal to play the game here. , Both teams are stoto title claimants outside of Portland. Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri . 4, Watchman Guarding Railroad Near Sparks, Nev. Attacked by Two Men ELKO, Nev. Nov. 8 m What Southern Pacific officials believe was an attempt to wreck President Hoo ver's special train was frustrated near Palisade, west of here, last night, when a watchman surprised and frightened away two men carrying sticks of dynamite near the railroad right of way. SPARKS. Nev., Nov. 8 (VP) A watch man guarding the railroad right-of-way ahead of President Hoover's spe cial train, bearing him home to Palo Alto, Cal., to vote, was attacked and injured last night and 22 sticks of dynamite were found near the rood bed, A. A. Lowe. Southern Pacific division Inspector, revealed when the train arrived hero today. An unconfirmed report given out by 8heriff P. J. Harris of Elko, Nev., that another guard had been shot and killed and one of the attackers captured was denied by Lowe. The attack occurred, Lowe said, two miles west of Palisade, Nev.. at an NEW ASHFORD IS FIRST TO COUNT VOTES Massachusetts Town First at Last Five Presiden-; tial Elections. - ,- FAVORS HOOVER BY 24 TO 8 VOTE? Peru, Mass. Second With Martin Station, Ala. and Jophn, Mo. Precincts Completed. NEW ASHFORD, Mass.. Nov. 8 (rt The little town of New Ashford. nestled deep In the Borkshlro hills of Western Massachusetts, again today claimed the honor of being tfro first community in the country to roport its presidential vote. Tho townsfolk cast 24 ballots for Hoover and 8 for Roosevelt.-' One Dresldcntlal ballot was blank ; One New Ashford resident cast his vote for the Socialist candidate for governor, Alfred) Baker Lewis. Twenty three votes were cast for Lieutenant Governor Youngman, Republican gubernatorial, candidate, and eight for Governor Joseph B. my ' .u.j Again one of the ballots was blank. In 1028. when 31 townspeople were eligible to vote, 28 marked up their ballots for Herbert Hoover and .tnree for Alfred E. Smith. : This year, the voting list was In creased to 34 19 men and 10 women, One of the women was in a' North Adams hospital and her ballot, be cause of legal complications, was not included in the vote reported. Fifth Time .It was the fifth successive presi dential year that New Ashford has held tho distinction of being the first community In tha country to report its presidential vote. The result today was officially announced! at ti:H a. m two minutes Inter than the anr nouncement, pame through four yearo ago. - Tho voters of the town had pre-- pared for days to maintain their claim to the distinction they have held since 1916. The townsfolk had expected to have the voto in earlier than- usual this year but they didn't figure on Gregory Makaroff, 60-year-old New. i$fordrtQ.,v;v,.r-;ov w;ki ! ' 1 ' Oregon' Walked i Gregory, who lives two miles from the i30-year-old schoolhouse in which tho votes were cost, Insisted on walk ing to the polling place. He scorned all offers of rides and trudged) along tho country road bearing a' Roose velt banner on which was painted a horseshoe. Then that blank presidential bal lot had the board of registrars guess ing for a time and some minutes (Continued on Page Four WASCO COUNTY TO GET $7000 RELIEF FUNDS WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 P) The Reconstruction corporation today au thorized emergoncy relief loans to talling $811,898 to Kansas, HnmlHon county (Cincinnati) , Toledo, Ohio, and Wasco county, Oregon. . Wasco county, Oregon, Is to receive $7000 for use from Nov. 1 to Dec, 31. Today Is Important For Prince Michael ,SINAIA, Rumania, Nov. 8 (VP) This was a big day for Prince MlCliael of Rumania, celebrating his name day two weeks after his eleventh birth day anniversary. Among the gifts he received were a spirited young lion cub, sent by a circus playing' In Bucharest, nndi a horse from the border arms corps. The Chasseurs regiment to which he belongs notified him that he had been promoted to the rank of corporal. and shot In tho hand. Four shots were fired by the watch man. In frightening away his at tackers, tho railroad official said. After driving the attackers Into the blackness of the sage-covered hills along the right-of-way, which at that point twists tortuously through the Humboldt river canyon, crossing and rc-crosslng tho river, Fish said he searched the tracks and found two sticks of dynamite tied to gether but without percussion caps or fuse, railroad officials said. Bleeding profusely, but not serl-under-pass where the Southern Pa clflo tracks are crossed by the West ern Pacific. The Injured watchman, Paul E. Pish, reported to him, Lowe snld, that ho heard a noise on the trestle above him and that he "went up to In vestigate." Fish said he was attacked by a negro and a white man and stabbed (Continued on Pago Two) F. R. IN EMLY LEAi Even miulliliitiw for president cuit tliclr votes, which will snilrtlo upon one of them, "the toughest Job In the worlcl." Here, In picture, taken at u previous election, you see President Hoover (left) cust Imk his Imllot nt l'ulo Alio, oil, una Franklin U. Itooscvelt nt a voting nmohlne In his homo precinct at Hyde Turk, N. Y. The shudow or four years of siBiiliiK counties, document., slinking hnnilH with niullilmles, presiding ut momentous cabinet meetings, laying cornerstone, und a thousand other Jobs, always hangs over the victor. Mrs. Harriman, Once Richest Of Women, Is Dead NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (P) Mrs. Mary Avercll Harriman, financier and phil anthropist, who became the-, richest woman In the United States In 1000, in dead. ,, r.. . 'The widotf of E. H. Hnrrmian,rajl road financier and "little giant of Wall Street.,,, succumbed last night in New York hospital after an em ergoncy operation. She was 81 years old. . . ; When Harriman died in 1000 he left a 100-word( will bequeathing his vast estate to his widow "absolutely and forever." Mrs. Harriman amoxed Wall Street by tho sagacity with which she administered It. Harriman had had a fondness for 10 per cent investments coupled with a risk,, but she preferred 5 per cent and safety. She withdrew from spec ulative enterprises and eventually created tho Harriman National bank. Wits Very (leneroiiH ! Tho list of tho philanthropic and scientific projects she set In motion would fill a column. The most fam ous was the gift of 10.000 acres and $1,000,000 for a state park in the mountainous regions west of the Hudson river in the highlands.- She' was responsible for Bear mountain bridge, which crosses the Hudson to make the park more accessible She established a training school for public service In New York, a (Continued on Page Six) Four New Mexico Counties Placed Under Martial Law SANTA FE, N. M.., Nov. 8 P Oovernor Arthur Scllgman today placed San Miguel, Valencia, Guada lupe and Sandoval counties under martial law while detachments from tho New Mexico national guard pat rolled polling places in those coun lien. For Roosevelt Gov. Roosevelt Is Leading In First Returns BOSTON, Nov. 8 (A1) With 37 of Massachusetts' 1707 precincts re ported, including 34 out of 45 In the city of New Bedford, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nomlneo had! a lead over President Hoover of 3481. Totals were: Hoover 0305; Roosevelt 13,140. KANSAS CITY. Kas., Nov. 8 Wi Partial, unofficlnl returns from 06 of 101 precincts In Kansas City, Kas give: president: Hoover (R), 1,685; Roosevelt (D), 1.053. Incomplete, unofficial returns from 27 precincts here ot 11 a. m., gave: For president Hoover 160; Roose velt 203. V. S. Senator McOIII 174; Paulcn 134. Congress Sheridan 147; Ouyer 120. ' (Continued on Pago Pour) MAN-KILLING TASKS AWAIT SHIPS HELPLESS IN STORMY SEAS Two Vessels Wallowing in Caribbean as Hum cane' Whips Up Waves. Hy the Associated Pres Two ships were wallowing help1 lessly in tho troughs of high seas behind an erratic Caribbean hurri cane today, and another mysterious call for help was under investigation. Tho disabled craft wero tho Blue Funnel lino freighter Pheinlus and tho Quaker line freighter San Simeon, and they lay within 200 miles of each other off Cape Gracilis a Dlos, Nicaragua. Tho mystery messogo was picked up by the steamship Blxaola, pre sumably In the Caribbean, and tho call lotters were O-B-W-Y. The Slxaola roported the SOS to tho navy department at Washington, whore a check was In progress. A salvage ; tug from Kingston, Jamaica, found the Phcmlus yea tor -day after the craft had drlftedi two days In the woke of tho blow. Her funnel was gone and four holds were taking water. She was about 160 miles cast of Capo Oraclos a Dlos. Tho San Simeon had a Jammed rudder and her steering gear was broken 400 miles off Cape Graclas a Dlos, and farther to the south. The United Fruit steamer Tola was stand ing by tho San Simeon. The United States navy airplane tender Swan and tho destroyer Overton loft Colon, Panama, to help the Phemlus. It was not determined exactly how many men wero aboard! the two ves sels, but such freighters usually carry (Continued on Page Four) BURGLAR GETS 2 - YEAR TERM IN STATE PEN ROSEDURQ, Ore., Nov. 8 Wl Ray. mond O'Brien, arrested hero two mantlis ago on o. chargo of burglary, to which ho pleaded guilty, was today sentenced to two years In the state pcnltentlory. Ho has previously serv-. ed terms In tho penitentiaries of An zona and Montana, Sheriff Jackson of this county reports. O'Brien Is alBO wanted at Butte, Montanaon a rob bery charge, Joe Rutlcdge, of Glide, was sentenc ed to one year In the penitentiary for posscjslon and transportation of a moonshine still. Curtis Walks To Polls in Topeka TOPFKA.'Kan., Nov. 8 yp Vice President Charles Curtis walked to the polla this chilly morning to cast his ballot In the general election. He declined to ride In an automo bile which friends had sent to hla home, and, accompanied by his sis ter, Mrs. Jerome Colvln, walked th. three blocks to tho Polk school house where ,ho was tho 158th citizen oi the eighth precinct of the third ward to voto. Voting was heavy in Mr. Curtis home precinct. When he appeared av tho school houo shortly after 10 a. m. Pit the hrxitha wero occupied. An ho waited his turn, he posed for pho tographs and dialled with nnwspapor reporters. WINNER Emerick Estate To Be In Court In Portland, Ore. PORTLAND, Nov. 8 (ff) The mil lion dollar estate of John Nicholas Gmerlclc, who died In 1810, will he at Issue In if ederar court 1 here Monday, Dec 5, when the suit filed by Jesse Jrpb Emerick; of -Tncoma .imalnst I vrnon' J: "Emofick ot Medford, and other members of the Emerick fam ily; will be heard. r ' Tho complaint of the Tacoma man alleges that the estato of John Nich olas Emerick, partner of John Jacob Astor, was placed In trust with. Astor and his heirs for 00 years after his death. Ho provided that after that time, the estate would go to his brothers, Christopher and Valentine. This estate included 35 acres part ly' Inside tho New York city limits; 4000 acres in Berko county, Penn., and about 300 acres, partly lu the city of aormantown, Penn. Tho Tacoma member of the Em erick family contondB that court reo ords mado following a court decree in 1840 set 1008 as tho date for dis tribution of tho property among the heirs, is In possession of certain rela tives of tho original owner, now liv- .1 (Continued on Page Four) i . Garner Votes For Himself at Uvalde UVALDE, Tex., Nov. 8 (P) John N. Oarner voted for himself for vice president of the United States and for all other Democrats today and im mediately took the woods. Oarner, the first native Texas ever to bo elevated to the speakership of tho national house of representatives or obtain a vlco presidential nom ination, expressed confidence he would be tho next vlco presldont. Albany Man Killed Near Salem Today SALEM, Nov. 8 (rt1) Ollle Cochrane, 33, of Albany, was killed Instantly 10 miles south of hero this morning when his motorcycle collided with a bakery wagon drivon by William Jef ferson, also of Albany, state pollco said. Portland Woman Injured Fatally PORTLAND, Nor. 7 W) Mrs. Eliza beth Sears, GO, of Portland, wus fat ally Injured when struck by a truck on a street here lost night. Karloy Lyman, driver of the truck, was ar rested for driving without a chauf feur's license. Ho said Mrs. Bears walked Into tho street and turned, back toward the sidewalk as he started to mako a loft turn. Banning ton Given Three-Month Term LONDON, Nov. 8 W) W. A. L. Hannlngton, the communist agent who organized the "hunRer march" of tho unemployed, was sentenced to day to three months in prison. Ho was arrested last week after he had threatened to lead fifty men to the hoiiao of commons with a de mand for greater government aid to th Idle. The specific charge wab that In a ftp-Mich, at Trafalgar square during ono of Inst week's demonstra tions he attempted to Inclto mutiny among tho police. FRAGMENTARY.; REPORTS ARE TABULATED! Colorado, Kansas, Massa'-;;' chusetts Show Koosevelti; Running Ahead. HEAVY VOTE FOR i VF. R. IN THE SOUTH Disorder Reported From borne Poims Jnrst De trc-it Returns Give': : Hoover 8, Roosevelt 14. . . Ily the Associated Press . . ... 1 Fragmentary election returns gath- , ered by the Associated Press up to ' 4 p. m.. showed Important Demo oratlo gains In many sections of the ; country. The totals, however, rep-. i resented but a small fraction of th1.. entlro vote. .'.:., nx i Here are some first returns: I Hoover Roosevelt ! Alabama 0 ' 80 ; Colorado MM . 3341 , Florida 4 88' . Oeorgla 1 ' 98 Kansas 5088 6125 , Massachusetts 9305 13148 Michigan 8 14; Missouri 1630 1773 New Hampshire 7 17 North Carolina 0 .. ';. 94 ( Oklahoma 928 1583 Texas ..3328 : 18688 U Domooratlo gains were notlceablf In the first fragmentary returns. In New England, the south, and partf of the midwest. The figures weff far too small to be at all decisive., id Under generaly cloudy skies, ' In some places amid rain and snow, the voters not only registered their pre-j terences' emphatically, out sorneumi rlotlously,.1. , ; . . ' ; i :' .Two election officials were heated by assailants iln Kansas City. A! Democratlo worker In Welrton, Va. reported ha had, been kidnaped and TWKten, There was a poll fist light in Chicago., Police Used club to restore order in one uroogiyn pre' cinct. V .ry''. ; ..:. Four New Mexico counties were placed under martial law to prevent threatened disorders.- Btate troopers patrolled tho streets of Homestead, In tho Pittsburgh steel center. In case of "emergency" ' complaints of illegal voting were made in New York and Philadelphia. Within three hours after the poll opened, Minneapolis was only 19,000 votes behind the total vote of four years ago. Three times the June prl mary vote was recorded in 8t. Paul after an hour and a half of voting, Weather conditions later slowed up tho voting. In Kansas City, slushy snow and. wintry winds failed to keep the voter away from the polls, 70,000 of the 236,000 registration having voted in the first four and a half hours. Lexington, S. O., counted 200 bat- lots In the first hour against 30 in 1028. Iowa election officials, looked for vote in excess of ono million; Utah was running 10 per cent heavier thaU four years ago, . . ' NEBRASKA HEARO FROM ' LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. a W --. In complete ..unofficial returns from three southeast Lincoln preclnots gave Roosevelt a lead of more than two to ono over Hoover and Oover nor Charles W. Bryan a lead, of more (Continued on Page Pour) 'DEMOCRATIC" WEATHER, IS CURRY'S REPLY NEW YORK, Nov. 8 John F. Curry, leador of Tammany hall, waa the first to vote today In his dis trict. Ho cast his ballot at 6:00 a. m. Asked to comment on the election. Curry looked skyward and said: 1 "Look up at the sky, It is strict ly Democratic weather. That's all I can say. That's all anyone can say." . ' John D, Rockefeller Jr., his wife and his son, John D. Rockefeller 3rd,, cast their votes at 9:30 A.,m. after waiting In line upwards of 20 min-. utefl. Roc ke Tel lor smiled gravely In re sponse to nods of recognition from, other voters. "I forgot" he said In reply to a question aa to how he had voted. His only comment was thai tho "best man" would win, but h declined to Bay who he thought was the "best man." V Two Men Vote For j1 G.O.P. Since 1864 WINPIELD, Kon., Nov. S ift w J H, Weber. 04. and John E. Plckard, , 01, today cast their eighteenth ballot for a Republican presidential candt4- date. They both voted for Lincoln 111 ldf!4 and have never missed an eleej t Hon since. Thoy have voted the Re4i publican ticket every time. They are t Civil war veterans.
