CHANEY, JENNIN
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VOL. XLVIII.
Successor te the Semi-Weekly Tidings, Volume 43.
Returned to Office
Poor Showing Made by La Follette Surprises Experts
Who Predicted Wisconsin Senator Would Carry on
Hot Fight in Many Sections. Davis Running Poor
Second, While La Follette Has But Three Votes.
Democratic Sheriff Candi
date Leads McMahon
Throughout County
M ’NARY, KAY, NOTER
ELECTED TO OFFICES
IN S I A M OREGON
EAV1EST VOTE IN
IS CAST BV PEOPLE
R est o f R epublican Ticket Certain
. to be E lected , A ccording to
Early M orning R eturns
H eavy V ote and Long R allot De
lays C ounting of V otes in C ity,
Most Boards S till at W ork
Stale, with her 45 Electoral College votes, J. H. Hardy is the most favor
ed candidate for a council 3eat,
Coolidge piled up a majority of over eight running well ahead of his field
in every precinct. Detrict and
hundred thousand votes. In Ohio, Cool Wiley
were running well in most
of
the
and their elec
idge’s majority, it is predicted, will run be tion is precincts
practically assured. The
tween four and five hundred thousand. other leading candidates, Burdie,
Peters and W right have com fort
Pennsylvania, with t h e second largest able leads, and unless an unfor-
number of Electoral College votes in the seen landslide in favor of one of
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Union, gave the President a majority var
iously estimated at from between six and
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seven hundred thousand.
Invading the strongholds of
Senator La Follette, Progressive
‘andldate, who was expected to
:ut into his vote in many of the
diddle W estern States, Coolidge
■arried every state, with the
xception of Wisconsin. Iowa, with
1er Senator B rookhart, staunch
tupporter of La Follette, Minne
sota, North and South Dakota.
Washington, Wyoming and Ne
Ole«» Rill D«*feate«l, Incom e Tax
braska, all of which were predict
Has Been R epealed, Com
ed before the election to be cer
pensation Act D efeated
tain La Follette states, swung
PORTLAND, Nov. 5.— Scatter
nto line for Coolidge so*i after
ing
returns, most of them incom
the ballot counting started, and
plete,
this morning indicated th at
•emained in the Coolidge column
hroughout the process, giving the Senator McNary had been re tu rn
President a larger m ajority with ed to office with a comfortable
In 482 complete and
he retu rn of almost every pre- m ajority.
incomplete
precincts
in Oregon,
Inct. Even Montana, home state
McNary
was
given
33,472
votes,
>f Senator W heeler, running mate
if La Follette, was swept Into the Miller 12,357, Coulter 3153 and
Poolidge column under {in aval Robinson 343,
From all indications, Kay has
anche of Republican votes. La
defeated
Myers for the State
Pollette’s only Electorial College
treasureship,
while Secretary of
irotes will be cast by the members
State Kozer ha3 been returned to
from his home state. Wisonsln.
The
Democratic candidates, office.
The bill prohibiting the sale
Davis and Bryan, as was gener
of
oleom argarine has apparently
ally expected, carried the Solid
been
defeated. The compulsory
South, Alabama, A rkansas, Flor-
da, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana, compensation act has been defeat
Maryland, Mississippi, N orth and ed and the income tax law has
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas been repealed. These measures
have a big m ajority in all returns
and Virginia.
already
in, and it Is expected the
In W est Virginia, the home
state of Davis, the contest has m ajorities will be swelled con
been the closest probably of any siderably by later returns.
state In the Union, and the re
sults will not definitely be known • Corvallis — W ork begun on
until many of the outlying pre- new $10,000 horse barn at ag ri
;Incts, which have not yet re- cultural college, to replace one
j destroyed by lightning fire in
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’ September.
CARRIED ALL ASHLAND
COUNTED
W ith the vote in the city
of Ashland approximately
two thirds counted at six-
thirty this morning, indica
NEW YORK, Nov 5—Sweeping his tions
pointed to a victory
opponents off their feet, with an avalanche for 0. II. Johnson over C. H.
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of popular votes, which piled up a major Pierce in the mavoralitv
race, with R. L. Burdie, Jr.,
ity second only to t hat obtained by the late R. E. Detrick, J. H. Hardy,
President Harding in the election of 1920, S. A. Peters, Sr., Thornton
S. Wiley and W. M. Wright
President Coolidge was returned to office being
the favored candidates
for
the
seats in the eitv coun
yesterdav by the people of America with a
total of Electorial College votes estimated cil.Johnson, although led by
at from 345 to 420.
Piece» in a number of pre
Carrying New York State, Ohio, Penn cincts, gained a large ma
jority of the votes in the
sylvania, Massachusetts, Illinois, everv several precincts which he
pivotal state, the President early piled up did carry, and the advantage
thus gained gave him a little
a lead which assured him of his re-election. lead over his opponent. This
By ten-thirty p. m. last night, the Brook face is so close that the ex
act result will not be known
lyn Eagle, one of the strongest Democratic until
a tinal cheek has .been
newspapers in New York State, coneeeded made ot the votes, hut from
all indications at present,
the election of the President. In New York Johnson
has been elected.
NO. 56
I l LEAD FOR
Narrow Margin of Votes
Separates Candidates
Throughout City
VOTES 2-3’s
EDITION
ASHLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 5 1924
JOHNSON LEADS
FIERCE IN RACE
FOR THE MAYOR
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Fair Weather Brings Out Voters in Presidential Ballot.
Many Civic Problems Balloted Upon Tend to Induce
Voters to Visit Polls. High Percentage Reported
The sherfif’s race is the
From Every Section of Country.
closest one in the county
contests. W ith incomplete
returns received from local
NEW YORK. Nov.5—With 014 Sol
precincts and from scatter
ing precincts throughout doing his best throughout the country to
the c o u n t y, indications persuade the voters to visit the polls, the
pointed to the election of
Ralph Jennings, the Demo people of America yesterday marched to
cratic candidate, over his their balloting places and east the largest
¡Republican opponent, J. J.
ballot total ever known.
McMahon.
Jennings was given a fair
Thirtv-five millions of voters, a eon-
lead in Ashland, according
leaders
to the incomplete returns serva^ ve estimate by p a r t y
! early this morning.
throughout t h e country, joined in the
W ith the exception of this
fpiadrenuial march to the polls. This figure
contest would go into office
with good leads, especially establishes a nev; record, not only for the
Hartzell, who is running far United Slates, but for the world, surpass
ahead of Ulrich, his Demo
ing the total of twenty millions, who east
cratic opponent.
Chaney, Republican, was theii ballot in the Presidential election in
H also running far haead of
1920.
With a hot race on for the governor
ship of New York, as well as being the
CALVIN COOLIDGE
scene of the greatest effort on the part of
President Calvin Coolidge, who yesterday was
major ¡»arty leaders, it is reported that a
cd to serve as President of the United States for
years, by a m ajority second onlv to that received by Pres r1 that Mrs- Su;anne Carter percentage far exceeding that of the 1920
ident Harding at the 1920 p re sid e n t^ election. '
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election east their ballots yesterday. Ap
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i impendent.
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1 The fact th at many of the pre proximately sixty-five per cent of the
f e c t s in Ashland and Medford had
Charles G. Dawes, who was elected
♦»"»'«»J their count when eligible voter» took advantage of their
this was w ritten made a forecast
franchise, and east ballots for their favor-
on
other contests very meagre.
to serve as Vice-President under
ite candidates.
Coolidge for the coming term. Dawes
Texas, another state with a terrific
has held no other elective political
light on for the governorship, was the
office during his career, but is a well
i nrm r fCen.C ° f another heavy turnout, with near-
known hanker and expert on economic'
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L rtflb t V Slxty Per cent of te voters visiting the
affairs.
polls throughout the day.
fi
Borden, Democratic candidate
for district attorney. Early re
tu rn s also pointed to the election
of H. W. Conger, the regular Re
publican candidate for corner, who
was opesed by Mrs. Nellie Perl,
elect- j independent,
fo iirl A message from Medford stat-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. —
Dedication of Armistice Day, No
vember 11, to the establishm ent
of Perm am ent peace and the out
lawry of war, is suggested by
President Coolidge, in a letter
addresesd to Jam es A. Drain, n a
tional commander of the Ameri
can Legion.
“ Growth of sentim ent for the
outlaw ry of war from this e arth .”
Mr. Coolidge said, “ has been an
j impressive fact of recent times.
Men and women everywhere have
100,000 Is Majority Given Tammany Votes Put Gover been
giving their best thought to
First Woman Governor
nor in Lead, After Roos i bring this end into full realiza
in the Country
tion.
evelt'Carries Outside
“ The inclusion of Armistice
Day
in the list of dates commem
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. o - ( new YORK, Nov. 5—
orating
W ith a majority which it is P ii;ng np in lead ¡n the out.
* great events in our na
tional history,” the U tte r said.
believed will easily reach the |ving sections of New y ork ..marked a significant change in
100,000 mark before all the s ta te of more than 15,000 our world relations, Prior to tha'
The Solid South, excepting In a
I few instances where local politics
was the prime issue of the day,
was behind the rest of the coun-
, try in popular voting.
These
i 3tates which form this district.
always Democratic, failed to show
a great deal of interest in the
election, since it was known in
advance that nothing could p re-
I vent a Davis landslide in the
HERRIN, 111., Nov 4— Glenn Southern districts.
Young, leader of the W illiamson
M assachusetts.
Pennsylvania
county Ku Klux Kian today and other Atlantic Seaboard
clashed with a special deputy Un- states, although usually Repuhli-
ited States Marshal Jeffrey at one can, turned out in immense num-
of the polls here.
I bers for the balloting, most of
Young, according to the reports these states reported the g reat-
of the clash, ordered Jeffrey away est percentage of votes ever re-
from the polling place, but Jef- corded.
frey refused to move.
Young
Ohio, one of the pivotal states
threatened violence to the entire with her 24 Electorial College
ballots have been counted, ' votes Theodore Roosevelt f,r8t armi8tice day- whlch Ameri city unless Jeffrey got out of votes, ranked high in the list of
Miriam Ferguson, affection- j r o n i c k l v to s f
nfi v « n ’ ,c a greeted with such en th »siasm.
but the m arshall refused to states with one of the greatest
atelv known as “ M a” t o \ *’ qu ! ’ iO8t his advan- our historic anniversaries had all town,
move,
stating to bystanders th a t turnouts in the history of the
i
vy tage, and was snowed under been of exclusively national char-
he
had
been stationed at the poll- State. A hot fight was fought in
thousands of voters through-
avalanche of Democratic acter- They recalled events o p
I ing place in order to cope with any this state, since Ohio has never
out Texas, was yesterday ballots when the votes of supreme im portance in our n a -’ ’1
ioting which might take place, shown a preference for any party.
elected governor of Texas, \
York
t»i°,n 9 between
life' but th
of at cm life 11 va’no
The situation crested by Jef- but has many times helped swing
1 orK Citv
V ll\ and
anu Greater
trreatei nnks
and the
Above, Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, the firet worn™ governor to New York were tabulated, activities ot the outside world.
frey’s refusal to obey Young’s the election.
wife of an impeached governor ever Hold office
Throughout the Middle West.
in the ¡t is estimated by several1 “ W hen, by common consent, command is very tense. A large
of Texas, who was yesterday elect country
'N e w Y o r k T in n ers flin t f n v Armistice Day was added to our number of gangsters are said to the party leaders pronounced the
ed to fill the office form erly held
Mrs. Ferguson, wife, of a ernor A, Sm ith’s m aiorhv1 cale,ldar 01 memor‘al "at“ '
P°",r'°v ‘"“T " T “ ?
vo,e ,he n,m" «aLlstacorv .In«
by her husband.
Her e lec tio n 1
o-ovem nr w a s riin n in v fo rir
1 t
“ i a j o r - , t° ° k »a Place as the one In whose p0n3c 10 » “ “ " S s C ilt Machine n , 1900 campaign. This section,
came in spite of the opposition of g o v e r n o r , w a s i u n itin g i u i | for re-election Will be near celebration we will always be e uns have been mounted on the expected
to be
the stamping
the Ku Klux Kian, and of d is -t tile office ftom w h i c h (Jjg 125,000 mark.
i drawn closer to other peoples who city ba^ by a t ro°p of m ilitia, In ground of La Follette, proved to
gruntled Democrats, who believ iter husband was removed,
' case severe rioting breaks out. be the one in which much of the
The Empire State, voting stand for liberal institutions.
ed a woman had no rig h t to of
More troops are said to be on
fice.
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There is wisdom In reading ads i their way here.
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'MA' FERGUSON GOV. AL SMITH
CARRIES TEXAS RE ELECTED B Y
BY BIG MARGIN HUGE MAJORITY
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