Newspaper from Wednesday, November 3, 1926

OCR text: Spokesmen for Civic Organizations Present Varied Plans—Hanna to Talk for Capital Traction. Any plan for a merger of the Washington traction companies which fails to guarantee the full vo! uatlon of physical property and .1 fair return on the capital invest ment will be opposed by the AYash ington Railway and Electric Ho William F. Ham, its president told the Public Ftiiities Commit.'ion today at an informal public hearing called to consider proposed legislation to force the companies to enter into a consolidation. Mr.

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OCR text: BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Coolidge takes his re verses as lie does his victories, al though he is far more familiar with the latter. There was nothing to indicate, when he appeared at his office this morn ing, that he was downcast or disap pointed at the outcome of yesterday’s election. His actions recalled the morning two years ago, after his own decisive victory.

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OCR text: NEW YORK, November 3. —Once again working control of Congress may puss into the hands of the Re publican insurgents from the "West ern States. Slowly mounting returns from yes terday's general election foreshadow the return of the insurgent group to power in th

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OCR text: BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Republicans have won the only Nation-wide contest of yester day's elections—the House of Repre sentatives. In the senatorial elections th.e Democrats have made serious in roads on Republican control of the upper house. On llie face of the returns so far re ceived the Democrats have won six sen atorial seats now held by the Repub licans— In Massachusetts, Maryland. New York. Oklahoma, Missouri and Ari zona. In three States the final results are still in doubt. Colorado, Kentucky and Oregon.

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OCR text: Retired Officer Expires in Boston After Brief Illness. BOSTON, November 3 UP). —Rear Admiral Harrison Gray Otis Colby, U. S. N., retired, died at his home here today after a short illness. Retired in 1908. Admiral Colby was born in New Bedford, Mass., January 28, 184 C. He graduated from the Naval Acad emy in 1567, having been a student there during the Civil War, when he had a period of active service on the IT. S. S. Dakotah. In 1881 he married Mary Catherine Thompson of Boston.

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OCR text: squall that rocked the Republican brig yesterday washed away most of the party’s majority in the Senate, reduced its margin in the House and still wasgiving a scare today to some . of the crew of stalwarts.

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OCR text: Room, Showing Ho Emotion. By the Associated Press. SOMERVILLE. N. J.. November 3. —With a jury selected, the first trial In the Hall-Mills murder case moved into its second phase today. The jury was selected within an hour and a half. Justice Charles W. Barker of the Supreme Court then dismissed the Jury while he conferred with counsel. The jury does not include a woman, although Senator Simpson, special prosecutor, had planned to get a wom an juror “because she would better understand the workings of Mrs. Hall’s mind.” Simpson Accuses Talesman.

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OCR text: Classified Ads Classifications 97 and 98 Mr. Hearst White House Guest William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, today invited .President Coolidge to spend next Hummer’s vacation in California. Hearst had luncheon with the President. THE WBATHBR Official U. S. Wea

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OCR text: nied Seats. Bn United Preen _ WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Demo cratic spokesmen today called elec tion results “a severe jolt to Presi dent Coolidge’s prestige,” and the forerunner of a Democratic 1938 presidential victory. The first char acterization was from Representa tive Oldfield, chairman Os the House Democratic campaign committee; the second fr6m Senator Swanson, chairman of the official Democratic speakers "bureau.

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OCR text: Bn United Press _ „ SOMERVILLE, N. J„ Nov. 3. The State’s version of the manner In which Dr. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills met death was related dramatically today before the jury which will determine the guilt of Mr?. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens. _ , Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson, in an opening address that lasted but twenty minutes, described the double murder as a noncommit ant of natural Jealousies, occasioned by the New Brunswick rector’s love for the young choir singer.

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OCR text: Partial returns from approximate ly 1,000 precincts of the 3,545 In the State showed early today the Repub lican State ticket elected Republican candidates for Secre tary of State, treasurer of States, auditor of State, Superintendent of public instruction and clerks of the Supreme and Api>ellate Courts were leading their Democratic candidates by about 10,080 votes. The count from 1,070 precincts on Secretary of State gave Frederick Sehortemeler, incumbent, 176,708 against 155,000 for Arthur Hamrick, Democrat. * Mrs.

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OCR text: Voters. Failure of a majority of voters to record their views on the four pro posed State constitution amendments at the polls Tuesday resulted in their defeat. The large number of candidates apparently engaged the voter’s at tention to such an extent that no time was available to consider the changes suggested in the constitu tion. A majority of holders of the suffrage must express approval to change the constitution.

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OCR text: Evans Woollen, Democratic candidate, carried his home pre cinct Tuesday and so did his op ponent, Senator Arthur R. Rob inson. But Alberf Stump, Democrat ic opponent of Senator James E. Watson, failed to carry his precinct. Stump and Robinson live in the same precinct, the Twenty-sixth of Warren Town ship. The vote was: Watson, 287; Stump, 256. Robinson, 284; Woollen, 259. Woollen lives in the Forty ninth , precinct, Washington Township. The vote in that pre cinct was: Woollen, 144; Robinson. 125. Watson, 135; Stump, 122.

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OCR text: . Here are unofficial and incomplete returns of the Indlan&.'fcotigrestdfmal election by districts--7*. Y FIRST One hundred thirty-six precincts out of 184, Rowbottom (Rep.), 30,815; Wilson (Dem.), 29,059. ~ • . ■ SECOND ' *7 Seven precincts out of 300, Sedg wi

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OCR text: Bn United Rre.ee _ _ ABOARD QUEEN MARIE’S SPE CIAL TRAIN IN WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. —Official reason for Queen Marie’s visit to America —the dedi cation of the Maryhill* Museum of Fine Arts —will today take place In Maryhill, Washington, an almost in accessible settlement along the Co lumbia River. Diplomatically speaking, this is the only reason for her majesty’s visit to this country.

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OCR text: Official tabulation of returns.wfll be necessary to determine "whether Senator James E. WatsOij, Repub lican, carried Marlon County, over Albert Stump, Democrat 'fn Tues day’s election, for the official 'Returns show them neck and neck. Watson, the man who t)oH3cM?,fjßl votes more than his as Taggart, in the 1920 election for United States Senator, could\ifot poll enough votes Tuesday make it certain whether he was ahead ttr be hind in the county until ihfe. official count is made. . .

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OCR text: NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Eight Dem ocrats and 12 Republicans governors were elected upon the basis of re turns Tuesday night: Following is the list: Alabama—Bib Graves, Democrat. Arkansas—John E. Martineau, Democrat. California—C. C. Young, Republi can. Connecticut—John H. Trumbull, Republican. Georgia—D. G. Hardman, Demo crat. Idaho—H. C. Baldridge, Republi can. Iowa—John Hammlll, Republican. Kansas—Ben S. Paulen, Republi can. Maryland — Albert C. Ritchie, Democrat. Massachusetts—Aivan T. Fuller, Republican. Michigan—Fred W. Green, Re publican.

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OCR text: Colder weather tonight was fore seen by W. P. Stewart, Milwaukee meteorologist, today. Snow’ flurries started falling to day, 7:15 a. m., and will continue at intervals throughout the day. Tomorrow's minimum tempera ture will be about 28, according to Mr. Stewart. . A temperature of 39 degrees was recorded today, 1 p.

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OCR text: Three votes for SI,OOO was what the family of Venel Cibulka, G4th and Bennett Sts., paid last night for going to the polls. While the three men of the fam ily were casting thir ballots, the women were visiting neighbors. When they returned it was found that bur

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OCR text: In B Hall Matter AUSTIN, Nov. 3.—(A*)— The third I court of civil nppees! today over ruled a motion for rehearing the 1 famous B Hall case at the Univer sity of Texas, styled W. M. W. Splawn et al, vs. Percy P. Woodward et al., Travis county. The court recently dissolved the injunction obtained by student resi dents of the dormitory restricting , the t resident. Dr.

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