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MEDFORB
FORECAST
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WEATHER
.Miixlimim Yt'storiliiy .15;
Minimum Today UK.
Forty-olxth Jear.
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? I LOU II U1VLI1
LARGEST VOTE
Popular Majority Is 403,312 Re
ceived 8,563,713 Votes, Nearly Mil
lion More Than Both Taft and
Roosevelt Got in 1912 Sure of 276
in Electoral College.
'
COX CORD, X. IT., Nov. U
Certified returns for Xew
Hampshire complete ivc for
presidential eleelors: Hughes,
4:1,724; Wilson 4:1,787. Wil-
sou's plurality, (i.'l.
NATION HISTORY
XEW YOI1IC, November 11. Wifli
; liepublienn Xationul Chairman Will-
cox still awaiting tho offieial count in
close states before conceding thu de
feat of Charles E. Hughes in the na
tional election, the latest returns to
day frive the president Xew llanip
k shire by b'3 votes, and probably Xew
.Mexico. In Minnesota Jlr. Hughes'
lead has been cut to lilt!), with 2H pre
cincts to hear from. The president's
plurality over Mr. Hushes in t he total
popular vote, according to tho latest
. estimate, based upon the incomplete
returns, is 4011,312. His total vote
was 8,.')(i;i,7) 3, and that of Mr.
Hushes 8,1(10,401.
With New Mexico and Xcm Hnmn
shire assured, the president's vote in
the electoral college will be 27li.
Should he also carry Minnesota, it
will be 288. .
Iiiirgest Vote (last.
WASHINGTON', Xov. 11. Keere
' itaryjiitirulty today sent the following
telegram to President Wilson at Wil
liamstiiwn, Mass. :
"More complete returns show that
you havo received tho largest vote
ever east for n candidate for the
presidency. You have received near
ly a million more votes than were east
for both Taft and Roosevelt in 11112.
Your gain over 1012 is three times as
much as was ever gained by n presi-
dent running for re-election."
In Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Xov. 11. With
twenty-eight, precincts to be heard
from in addition to the results of the
vote of the soldiers on the border, Mr.
Hughes' lend hns been cut down to
230. The vote stands in 3020 pre
cincts out. of 3018, Wilson 178,IM.
Hughes 178,353.
The special commission sent to
gather the 2138 soldier votes on the
border returned to St. Paul today.
Tlie various county boatvi will meet
Tuesday and count the ballots.
Tn New Mexico.
' SANTA- l'K, N. 5L, Xov. 11.
President Wilson led Charles H.
Hughes in the unofficial New Mexico
returns early today by 1184 voles,
with 20 of the fi38 precincts missing.
..These, precincts were small and wiriV
'""ly scattered.
Late returns on congressmen gave
Walton, dem., a lead of 1776 in f42
preempts. I''or senator, A. A. Jones,
dem., had a lead of 3()0.", with sixty
precincts missing.
In the gubernatorial race, rePacn,
dem., led fiursum, rep., by 1050
votes with 118 precincts not re
reported. STAIE BY 54,000
SKATTLB, Not. 11. The striking
feature of the Washington election
result was tho enormous majority of
MMes Polntlexter, republican candi
date for senator, over Georse Turner,
democrat. With 222 precincts miss
ing, Polndextcr leada by more than
54.000. Wilson's plurality continues
nearly 14.000, and that of Governor
1. later, democrat, over Jfcllride re
publican, more than 11,000.
ltcturns from all the districts in
dicate the following division in the
next legislature:
Senate: .Republicans, 38; Demo
crats, 4.
House: Republicans, S4; Demo
crats, 13.
CALIFORNIA IDOL
FLAYS REACTIONARIES
FOR LOSING ELECTION
v, ? I
(iovfi-uor Mii'iini Johnson.
California Governor Says Standnat
Politicians Made It Appear That
Hughes Was a Reactionary and
Out of Sympathy With Progressive
Measures.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11 Gov
ernor Hiram . jonnaou, kuckukdiui
candidate for tile United States sen
.it.orBliip on the republican and pro
gressive tickets, issued a statement
today, charging that "a few petty
politicians acting in conjunction
with certain newspapers, so mis
used .Mr. Hughes and his visit to
Caliiornia, that, the injury tljey.did
ne were unable to undo."
To this Hie statement aw iilics the
Wilson plurality in tho slate.
Crocker is ltlained.
William II. Crocker, republican
national committeeman, and Francis
V. Keesling, former chairman of the
republican state central committee,
are named as having "iniule it ap
pear that Mr. Hughes was entirely
reactionary, and that he was neither
in accord with nor sympathetic with
California's progress mid achlfve
1'ient." Referring to his own large ma
pority compared with' Hughes' fail
ure to carry the state, the gov
ernor in his statement noted "the
fact that the slate of . Washington
elects Senator Poindexter by an
overwhelming majority and decisiv
ely goes for Wilson; that Kansas
overwhelmingly elected Capper, re
publican, governor and defeats Mr.
Hughes by a large majority; that
.Minnesota elects a republican gov
ernor and Kellogg, republican, Unit
ed Stales senator and presents a
vote similar to ours on the presi
dency." Congressmen Win.
'"In our own state In the congres
sional district, which went heaviest
for Wilson. -Congressman Curry, re
publican, woii by five to one being
unopposed, and in San Franeieeo,
where Wilson received ids largest
majority, Kahn, republican, for con
gress, wins five to one."
"They not only affronted progres
sives and ignored progressive lead
ers, the statement said, "but in San
Francisco, with equal stupidity, tliey
ignored San Francisco's greatest
vote getter, and most popular mayor,
.lames Rolph. .Ir., and in Los Ange
les treated in like fashion the newly
appointed lieutenant governor, the
most popular man there, William 1J.
Stephens, both of whom were regis
tered republicans.
A greater wrong, the statement
said "was ignoring a state and its
(Continued on Page Six.)
LOSE THEIR WEAPONS
KL PASO, Tew. Nov. 11.--lie-ca
a l';:rrnza of 1 M-i;i Ip fcarerf they
'jtiht he disloyal, kocs of former
Villa RoIdi'Ts, who lune-hecn serv
ing as customs puanls In ,1 n it tot
sinrc tin: Villa iiarrir'on joined the
CurranzH army. ere ordered to the
.h;arez customs house today and dis
armed by the military.
JOHNSON SAYS
HUGHES DEFEAT
DUE TO CROCKER
MEDFOKl).
COMPLEXION OF
NEXT CONGRESS
T
On Face of Incomplete Returns, Re
publicans Have 216, Democrats
213, Other Parties 6 Official
Counts May Change These Figures
Close Contests Reported.
XKW VOifK, Nov. IL Tho prob
able complexion of t tit sixty-fifth
congress was further complicated to
day hy lull returns from one close
district itml ti reclassification of the
polities of throe members id' the Cal
ifornia delegnt ion. The count in the
one doubt fid dist rid, thai - in New
Mexico, is not yet complete, hut the
election of Walton, democrat, is
probable, according- to latest returns.
A reversal of the North Carolina
(li-trid, where complete returns indi
cate tho election of Congressman ,1.
llriti, republican, hy n plurality of
thirteen voles, broke the lie which
existed on the lace of the returns for
congress up to last night.
Kceliissify Delegation.
A roolus-dficni ion of the politics of
three members of the elected Cali
fornia delegation, John J. Nolan in
the fifth district, F.vcrs A. Hayes in
the eighth-and Charles II. Kandall in
the ninth, in accordance with their
political design in congressional rec
ord, also apparently was favorable
to the republican side.
Tlie names of the three members
appeared on tlie republie;in ami dem
ocratic tickets, and Kandnll in addi
tion was also on the progressive
ticket. The congressional record,
however, classes Nolan" as a progres
sive, Haves as a republican ami Kan
dall as a prohibitionist.
('. (. l i'lumlliy.
t a result of tliee chances, the
republicans from present indications
have a small plurality in the bouse,
latent tig'Ures giriu them '-Mb' mem
bers, the democrats '2'.i and other
partie- (i.
There are a number nf close district-,
where, on the lace of complete
ret mi i members are apparently
elected by small pluralities. The
third New Jersey district, where Hoh
erl Carbon, republican, is apparently
elected by eleven votes over Thomas
.1. Scully, democrat, and present
member of congress, is a cae in
point. The official count next week
may change some of these close dis
tricts. READY TO DEPART
NKW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 11.
The (lerman under-sea merchant
man Deutschland, ready to proceed
to sea for its return voyage, to (ler
iiiany was still tied up at tho state
t ier, under shelter of the steamer
Willehad this forenoon. There were
ro signs of an Immediate depar
ture. Captain Koeni has the choice ol
three courses to reach the Atlantic
ocean, One would he through the
race at Long Island Sound and
uthcr of two which would pass his
craft Jnio waters near Martha's
1 ineyard.
LONDON. Nmv. ll.-The Manches
ter (Juardian attributes President
WiUon's -iicce-s to the rallying of a
-uflicient number of the progressive
vote-- which li'ooM-vctt gained in 1012.
''It seem-, a -mall thitcj," this
new-paper continued, "but yet it may
indicate a H'w epoch in American
political life. The pntreivc move
ment jiio-c entirely independently of
foreign politic'-. Many prnjrre-Mve
miIi-i given lo Wil-on are aiven with
the mental r.'-erva! ion that they will
not L'o again t a democratic candi
date nnlcs- Wil-on confirms the f'ailb
id the pn.;res-ive- by ctm-nlida t ing
wimt is still only tentative.''
1 1 ILL in uuuu
ORKOOX, KA'I'l'li DA V.
SHACKLETON ON RESCUE MISSION
Sir Krnest Stllleklcton, i'anious exp Idrer, Kiiuiipcd fu San Frunpisni on Ills
wiiy tn .Vow Zvulund, where tie will mwmlze an exiieditlnu n rescue ten of
tils men murocineil on Itnss tslund, tn tlie Antarctic. Alter this duty he In
tends to present hiinsell unci his shin Undiinince tor service in tlie British
n.Tvy. His rank Is that nf lieutenant.
PURSUIT OF ViLLA SLIGHT CHANCES
, CIlllICAlirA CITY, Mex., Nov; ll.
The division under (ieneral .Min'gia,
it is officially announced her",' has
begun to advance northward from
Kscalon in two columns. One col
umn is sail! Id lie proceeding up the
line of the .Mexican Central railway,
while the other, consisting of 'Win
cavalrymen, is paralleling the track
on a liiinl fur tniudit.
Military authorities here state thiil
Villa is near the Durango border, so
that this movement will cut him off
in tlie north, or in the event of his
escape northward, place him between
the forces of .Margin and tlie cavalry
that (Ieneral Trevino would dispatch
from Chihuahua.
The temporary fortifications en
circling Chihuahua City, nine miles in
circumference, tire being enlarged
and strengtht-nrd. They were visited
today by an A-ociatcil Pre,-s corre
spondent, who found a double row of
barbed wire entanglements outride of
the infantry trenches, while within,
three st rotig earthen redoubts were
being finished. Thee redoubN hold
'JOO men each and are provided with
artillery. Santa liosa, the bill dom
inating the approach to the city, is
fortifier! and armed with seven larire
caliber gun.-..
(ieneral ('onzales Cuelhuv n class
mate of (Ieneral Trevino nt the Cha
pultepec military academv and in
charge of the fortifications command.-,
ItlMIO men, mostly veteiaiH ol'
the siege of Khuno, which held out
72 days again-t a force double its
size, led by' Villa, whom the veterans
in tailiing- 1o the correspondent, aid
they would like to meet again.
(Ieneral Trevino stale- that he has
plenty of ammuuitiiru tor pre-ent
Uses, including -he! tor the artillery
which i commanded by Colonel San
ehcz. His cavalry force of 4000
men is equipped wit h machine gun
and is held here ready to ta!e the
field at the fir-t warning. ( There is
al-o a machine gun ro eaej infantry
battalion of :OD men.
AW
KAOl.K PASS. Tex.. Nov, 11. - Oc
facto government troop- under (ien
eral Mm gia lui e recap t ur'd Pan al
and Sanla Ro-alia, according to a
report from ihe holder today. This
report said that a iiic-miui! ,-iiriicd
"Margin," stating these (nwns were
reeaptitied, was received la-l night.
XOVK.M HKU 11. 191i
! OF SPLIT VOTE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11. -Analysis
by democratic leaders todav of
the popular presidential vole in San
Francisco failed In give much encoiir
ugenienl to the claim of the republi
can state cent nil commit lee thai a
split electoral vote would result from
scratching of democratic electors.
In this city Ihe low democratic
elector, .Mrs. Tyler, received 77,H:0
voles, only 411 behind Francis '.I.
Heiiey, high with "H.'J-H. If the same
ratio were maintained throughout the
s-rale, it is said, Mrs. Tyler would he
approximately 2 Mid voles behind the
head of her ticket. The pic-eiil dem
ocratic plurality, however, is 11728,
leaving the republicans approximate
ly HHP shorl of e en one elector.
Kighleen precincts lil were miss
ing early today from Ihe slate total
of .iH70, wilh the possibility that the
unofficial state count would not be
complete before Ihe oflicial canvass
by the variou- county boards of su
pervisors begins Monday.
Advices I'roui Sacra men I o a re to
the effect Ihat at least eleven state
legislnlois will (use salaried po-ilions
with the state because -nf the adop
tion of the coiisiiiutional amendment
prohibit ing members nf eit her house
from drawing other salary from the
stale.
I'lioflicia return- show both anli
lioiior amendments decisively beaten,
although managers of the dry cam
paign refuse to concede this as yet.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11. -C.
'SI. dandier, stale superintendent ol
the dry campaign federal ion, conced
ed the defeat of amendment No, 2
and amendment No. 1 .
In connect ion w il b I be concession
id' defeat the federation heah(Uai'
lets here announced lhat plans would
be formulated immediately In put til
prohibition amendments on the hallo
in California two veins hence.
FAIR AND COOL
Wild RAINS LIKELY
WAKIIINCTOX. Nov. II - -Went h
fr predictions for the wee); hcglnu-
P" Sunday isnued hy the weather
hiirettu todav are:
Pu'dffr state: deiiernlly fair and
after Wednesday (u I he norr h l'
clfle Mates.
WILSON WS
I
President Not Concerned With Re
fusal nf Rr)ul)licait Campaign
Managers to Concede His Election.
But Is Wcivyiny Over Complexion
of Next House of Representatives.
WIUJAMSTCWN, Mass., N,,v. II.
- Presiih-nt Wilson is ul concenu'd
iiver the refusal of the rt'publtean
campaign managers to concede his
re-deciion. The chief thing worrying
him is the political complexion of the
next house of representatives, he-'
i-nitse of il s effect on bis plans for
legislation. He has not yet received
final information on iliis point.
The pre-ddeni is understood to take
Ihe result of the election as a vindi
cation of his past course and as ap-
tfproval of the general outlines of pol
icy in democratic ami foreign affairs
-et forth by him in his speeches as a
candidal c for re-elect ion.
After hi return to Washington to
morrow he will catch up immediately
on official business and in ihe near
future wilt begin the preparation of
his December message to congress.
Nothing' hns been given out as to
whether lie will remain constantly in
Washington until congress convenes.
The president took a short walk
this morning, lie was invited to wit
ness a football game this al'lernoon
between the Massnehnsel Is agricul
lural college and Williams. On Ins
return trip tonight he will be given a
reception at Albany, N. Y.v Demo
crats there have organized a parade
in his honor and he may speak brief
ly from the observation pint I'm in of
his-Ttri nfe ca r: --t
President Wilson ignored politics
today to remain quietly with mem
bers of his family here. Several
hundred telegrams congrutulul ing
him on his re-election arrived during
the morning.
The president plans to leave here
this afieinoou by I rain for I'hiue
dilT. N. V.. where he will hoard the
naval yacht Mayflower for a trip
down the Hudson to New York City.
He is due to arrive in Washington
Sumhiv night.
OFFICIAL COUNT
NKW YORK, Nov. 11.- William If.
Willcox, national chairman, was again
on duly at, the republican commit -ice's
headipia rlers today, but said he
had nothing In add lo his statement
ve.sierday hi which he announced that
the re-election of President Wil-on
would not be conceded until after the
official count in California, ami per
haps other close stale.
Later, Chairman Willcox gave out
I hi.- statement :
"The national committee is simply
in the same po.-ilion as stale officials
who are wailing for the re-alt of the
official count and who-e duty il is to
re 1 1 it'y what (dec tor- ha ve been
cho-en."
NF.W YOPK, Nov. 1 I. Kports of
war -upplic:. fur t J h nine months
ending September ill amounted to
!)!l7.'J7li.tMMt, or more than '2't per
i-eiil of the country'- tidal cxporl
tnole for the period, according to Inj
ur c-publi-hi'd here today by the
Journal of Commerce. The a nine of
explosives -.enl to belligerent- was
more than half a billion dollar-, ami
automobile-, hor-c- and nudes, metal
uoiking' machinery and wire ranked
ueM in lhat order.
According to a table puldi -bed
cocring war -apply i porl- -inee the
nini meet hcunn in J.nma r , 1 ").
I heir value lor the lucniy-ono months
nils L(iir,Mi:,,iilHi, or about L'J per
cent of the country'- total exports.
More uar -upplie- were -cut abroad
durim; the tir-l nine month,- of thi
car limn thtonvhotit 'Mt.
ELECTION RESUL
A5 VINDICATION
NO. 200
MACKENSEN'S '
FORCES RETREAT
FROM DOBRUDJA
Russians Report Claims Teutons Are
Forced Back, Evacuating Railroad
Towns Bt itish Storm and Capture
Mile and a Half of Trenches on the
Somme Severe Fighting.
LONDON, Nov. II. The Issue In
the liumnntun province of Dohrudja,
where Uusso-ltumanlnn I'oreea are ap
parently nttemptin;; to wain pobohhIoh
of the Const aii.u-'l'ehernavoda rail
road Hue, neems to haiiK In the bal
ance. V t
KuHso-Itiimanhui troops are
vunchiix from, the north upon Field
Marshal Von Muckeniton'H left, flank
at Tchernavoda and other ententn
forces are clone to the town nloitK tho
route of the 12-mtUMotm brWIgo and
viaduct which spans the Danube nnri
carry tlie railroad neronH the exten
sive marshlands wiwt of the main
stream.
Mnekenseiif Retreating;.
Soda reports under Friday's date
that Hulgurlan urUHery compelled
entente troopa which had advanced to
the west hank of the Danube to ''re
tire toward Dunareav." Petrograd,
on the other hand, yesterday an
nounced the occupation of this town
hy the Russians, localtug It two miles
west of Tehernavodu, which is taken
to mean that the Russians were np
proxlmutcdy at the end of that portion
of the bridge which spans the main
stream. .
Unofficial advices from Hueharest
today reported Von Mackensen's re
treat in Dobrudja toward the Teher-navoda-Con'dtanza
railroad line con-
HiAiMliV vi-tt li ' NnW nhurvi.tr n tlui
direction of these two termini of tbo
road in Dohrudju, this being held to
iiplieate the possibiHty that their
evacuation h imminent.
Fighting on tlie Homme front In
Northern France with the return of
more favorable weather . conditions
have apparently boon resumed on an
increasingly Important scale.
IW IliMi Take Line.
London announces the storming
last night by British troops on the
eastern portion of the Roglua trench
on the northern portion of the frout
i long a Hue more than hnlf a mile in
length. The French have boon aetivo
south of tho river whore Horlfu semi
officially admits they have scored
some HtieeoHMis, which are c.hnractor
b.od, however, as insignificant.
in tlie s:tnie region northeast of
Chuulnes, Paris reports an 'attack hy
the Oermans last night lit the Denie
fourt sector, which is declared, to havo
been repulsed by the French., with
heavy dermaii losses.
Merlin reports that Ititssbiu forces
yesienhiy tried in vain hy tlie use of
strong new forces to recapliire the
poMPons stormed by us Ihe previous
ii.iv at. SUrohowii, near thirauovlehl.
All f he at lacks broke down under
havy losses, sas today's fierniiui of
ficial statement.
h nnan troops pentratod the main
liusr-iian positions southwest of Folv
K ra.'V.olesjo, the Mtatement adds, and
repulsed five counter attacks launch
ed at night.
GOETHALS RETIRES
rnny 11 p kmrv
rru v . iY m m
WAsn INOTOX, N..v. II, Miijor
(iciH'i-iil lint, ', (itn'ihiiN, :iivt'uor
"f lite l';m;iiri;i cimul .nnt. will pn,-iw
int. i Hie riMiiTil li-i nl' tli,. iirmv n
hi- : 1 1 . . 1 1 J. .1 1 iliitinv li i Nnvuin-
lii'i- l"i n't. Anny nnlrr- tnilny
-IliHV I li 1-H I WiUnll :M !ipl-lVCil
hi- :ii,lii-iilinn I'm- r,. iivniiMit nl'lcr
I'nrlv ynii- nf -i-rvii'i,'.
The nriliT "T rolirrnii'iit nl'lVi'tM
inly IIi iii'I'mI (inclliiils' mililiirv -lntus
jiiml il"i- mil . in t In rclii'vc liini
I'luiii ilnty n- iin cniiir nl' (he i-finnl
zmif. lull is iiri'liiiiiiuii"' to lii- I'l'tiro-
iiii'iil. lie (.rohiililv will In' siiiTi'i'dcil
! v l.iciilriiniil Ciilniii'l Clip-li'i- llnnl
iii'.', inccr rfiii-. innv m-f iiiir snv
fiitiir. (li'lllTill ll.H'lllMi- i:m Im'I'II si'hwtod
liy I'rr-iiliMil U'il-en ih liniriiiim ol'
lliL' i-iulit -limir i-oniiiii-.-iiiN, whii'h will
ri'vii-w llic i'II'im'I nl' ilit' AiltuiiHon
In w. H lm- Ihimi uuilfP'-liiml .Hint
lii'iicriil (ini'tliiils de-ires In I'ri'c hini--I'H'
Iriiin i'iiiiiiI ilnlics ; i nil ri'st h(
I'imv Inking up I his ui'W task.