Tremendous Vote Is Report From Entire Country
Article notes an estimated 20,000,000 Americans poised to vote for president with enfranchised women influencing turnout. Weather and turnout uncertainties loom as parties claim differing electoral outcomes and focus on key swing states. Continued discussion expected in following pages.
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George R. Holmes
New York
United ‘Statea
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Rebikan
Will H. Hays
Hays
Harding
George White
Cox
Hanss
Indiana
Missouri
Colorado
Connecticut
Maryland
West
Virginia
Kentucky
New Jersey
Governor Cox Casts Ballot in Campaign End
Gov Cox arrived by special train after Toledo campaign stop and planned to vote for the League of Nations. Mrs Cox accompanied him and he was to cast his ballot at a crossroads store on the way home. His Toledo speech included a plea for peace on earth and aid for the hungry.
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Payton
Cox
Toledo
League of Nations
Driver of Diving Auto Is Held
John Clark of 62 Beach Street was arrested for operating a car under the influence after his vehicle plunged over the Berkshire Avenue Bridge into the water. One passenger Samuel Drisko of 331 Park Avenue suffered two fractures of the right arm while the other three occupants were treated for shock. Clark’s case was continued to November 3 on bonds of 260 dollars.
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John Clark
Beach Street
Clark
Berkshire Avenue Bridge
Samuel Drisko
Park Avenue
Heavy rain and heavy vote in Ohio
Col umbus Ohio reports heavy morning rain that threatened to dampen turnout in one of the state’s most hotly contested campaigns. Officials promised clearing skies as many eligible voters rushed to cast ballots, with women voters and other groups expected to push turnout beyond the 1,166,000 record set in 1916.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eliies Weer
Anly
Turnifail
Jonas
First Town Shows Gain For Harding
New Ashford Massachusetts reports early presidential results with Harding leading Cox 28 to 6. The farmer town of 36 registered voters sent 34 to the polls, with Charles Sherman and Mrs Mary Williams absent ill. Ballots counted by 7:15 AM at the country schoolhouse.
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New Ashford
Mass
Cox
Harding
Hughes
Wilson
Cape Cod
Charles Sherman
Mary Wiliams
School House
Man Killed in Moccio Pool Room Case Comes to Coroner
Testimony at Coroner John J Phelan hearing on William Knapp shot by Antonio Moccio reveals Moccio allegedly talked of killing someone. Witnesses say Moccio spoke of blood and prison and threatened others, with no criminal negligence found for the Stratford trolley crash killing Gertrude Marsh.
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William Knapp
Antonio Moccio
Moccio
John J.phelan
Knapp
John Wargo
Horace Street
Charles Brecklin
Pembroke Street
Moceio
Tony
Breck- In
Gertrude Marsh
Stratford Avenue
Stratford
Main Street
Robert McGary
William Hine
Negro Women Refused a Vote in Savannah
In Savannah Georgia on November 2 1920 Negro women were refused ballots by election judges who said state law requiring six months registration before an election barred them from voting. No white women appeared at the polls.
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Savannah
City Reports Low Crime Despite Arrests
October bureau report shows 43 arrests by Investigation and Missing Persons, with 31 convicted or bound over. Several offenders transferred to other authorities or institutions, and missing children cases resolved through department efforts.
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Bureau of Investigation and Missing Persons
New York Police
House of the Good Shepherds
George Junior Republic
Navy
Naval
Stratford
State Farm
Wilmington
Mystery man sent to prison in Bow Street case
London authorities sentence six months hard labor and deportation for Eric Weilheim the so called mystery man accused of acting as intermediary between British revolutionary circles and Russian revolutionists. The prisoner’s name and nationality were kept unknown at arraignment.
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London
Bow Street
Ericl Weilheim
Great Britain
Guards Still Guard Wheeler Home After Bomb Threat
Police guard the Wheeler home on Brooklawn Avenue after a threats from a postcard signed by A Workingman. Guards were stretched around city coal yards following the Acme Shear Co. bombing and earlier bomber convictions, then withdrawn.
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Wheeler
Acme Shear Co
Brooklawn Avenue
Traffic Center at John Street busiest corner in Bridgeport
A police traffic survey on October 25 recorded 11 783 vehicles passing the John Street corner in 10 hours 8 am to 6 pm. Broad and John ranked second with 2 272 vehicles and Wall and Water Streets had 6 779 vehicles with 6 106 north-south and 673 east-west. At John Street 203 people boarded jitneys and about 1 000 pedestrians crossed in seven hours.
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Main
John Street
Bridgeport
Traffic Department of Police
Broad
John
Wall and Water
Legion To Parade On Armistice Day
Members of the American Legion voted to hold a parade on Armistice Day November 11 to memorialize local buddies who fell in France. W. S. Keating selected the Armistice Day committee with George Moore as chairman and members Dr. F. J. Adams Carl Westerberg C J Lynch B Driscoll and Tagnem J Ton.
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Legson
Thronehemi&t the Cite, the
Fac
Tories
France
W. S. Keating
George Moore
F. J. Adams
Carl Westerberg
C.J. Lynch
B. Driscoll
Tagnem J. Ton
Mystery of the First Science Seeker Prompted by Times Notice
The Times invites written identification of an unnamed figure described as the first to seal science under the rules. The authorized person must present themselves in person or mail documentation to the Times Office for verification and potential payment.
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Times Office
Identification of Kingston Quite Easy
Four people identified the profile portrait in the Times yesterday afternoon as Charles Kingston connected with Cartwright Shoe Co. 983 Main Street. Edith Peterson of 59 Rennell Street was first in at 3:05. Others identified were M. J. O'Reilly of 53 James Street R. Tracy of 25 Tiberty Street and Francia Keane of 92 Sanford Place.
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Times
Charles Kingston
Cartwright Shoe Co
Main Street
Edith Peterson
Rennell Street
Correst
M. J. O'Reilly
James Street
R. Tracy
Tiberty Street
Francia Keane
Sanford Place
Crushed Beneath Automobile in Westbrook Essex Crash
Frederick Knitter, 50, of Westbrook, died when his car overturned on the Westbrook Essex road near Dickinson Birch Mill at 7:40 this forenoon. An apparent steering gear failure sent the vehicle off the road. He was a carpenter en route to work. Survived by widow and two sons Henry F. J. of Westbrook and Charles of Cleveland, Ohio.
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Essex, Conn
Frederick, Knitter
Westbrook
Westbrook- Essex
Dickinson
E. E. Dickinson
Knittel
Henry F. J
Charles
Cleveland
Ohio
Harding Plays Election Golf As Nation Votes
Senator Harding spent most of election day in golf at the Scioto Club near Columbus after voting early in Marion. He planned a 40 mile return by car and would learn the results at home with Mrs. Harding and a circle of supporters awaiting a red fire celebration.
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Marion
Harding
Scioto Club
Columbus
Bristol Voters Lose Votes In Ward Election Trouble
Bristol voters faced a machine failure in the Third Ward that did not register Democratic votes, costing about sixty ballots. The fault surfaced after a voter complained, prompting hopes the issue would not swing the close race between Lonergan and Mayor Dutton, who is also a congressional candidate.
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Bristol
Conn
Lonergan
Dutton
Congress
Mutiny on British Steamship Wounds Eleven Crew
Eleven Chinese crew members of the British steamship Elmleat were wounded when guards used pistol fire to quell a mutiny aboard the vessel near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Election Returns Evening Update
The Times urges readers to watch election returns tonight, promising live results and coverage of the vote tally as results come in.
Burglary Foiled At 1140 Fairfield Avenue Home
At 3 o clock a burglar entered through a dining room window at the home of Mrs Clifford Marsh 1140 Fairfield Avenue and crawled on the floor toward the buffet drawers. She woke and screamed causing the intruder to flee out the window before a nearby neighbor could detain him. Nothing was taken.
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Clifford Marsh
Fairfield Avenue
Ald
Heavy vote in Stratford signals strong opposition
In Stratford, long a Republican stronghold, voters turnout was brisk with almost half the vote cast by 10 30. Women appeared in large numbers while Lonergan ran strongly and Brandegee faced determined opposition. Treadwell, running for state senate in the 25th district on the Democratic ticket, also showed a good showing.
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Stratford
Lonergan
Brandegee
Treadwell
Hartford Jitneys Rush In As Fare Change Sparks Fuss
Hartford conductors on the Connecticut Co division began collecting 10 cent fares on jitney routes amid unsettled reactions from riders. Jitney operators report a surge in passengers despite pending court action by Judge John P Kelloge on the temporary injunction against the aldermen ordinance, while public complaints echo the fare increase concerns.
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Hartford
Connecticut Co
Public Utilities Commission
Connecticut € A
John P. Kelloge
Board of Aldermen
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Shelton School During Election Day
Louis Simons a six year old of 206 Alice Street was bitten on the right eyebrow by a dog left in a car near Shelton school while adults registered to vote in the Sixth district. An ambulance treated the head injury with stitches.
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Louis Simons
Alice Street
Simons
Shelton School
Little Simons
Democrats Claim They'll Win City by Plurality
Bridgeport voters flocked to polls with more than half the ballots counted by noon. Women voted in large numbers and straight-ticket voting dominated. Reports showed mixed predictions from Democrats and Republicans with calls for a plurality for Harding and local races including alderman and probate judge.
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Bridgeport
Harding
Lonergan
Devine
John Bennett
North Avenue
Mary Mallon
Cunningham
Tesiny
William Hegan
Wrangel Routed in Serious Plight as Reds Drive to Crimea
London dispatches report General Wrangel’s anti Bolshevik army in southern Russia retreating toward Crimea after Reds push from Alexandrovsk to the Perekop line. Soviet claims say Berdyansk and Mariupol fall, Sea of Azov access threatened, signaling a major setback for Wrangel eight months after his start.
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London
Azov
Berdifinsk
Mariupol
Crimea
Perekop
Alexandrovsk
Perekop-Berdansk
Wrangel
Weather Update for New Haven and Connecticut
The forecast calls for rare warm spells tonight with clearing and colder conditions by Wednesday. A low pressure system over lower Michigan spreads cloudiness and unsettled weather from the northern Lake region to the Gulf and east coast. Rain is widespread east of the Mississippi, cooler temperatures inland, with milder eastern districts and sharp falls west of the Ohio River.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Towa
Lower
Michigan
Lake
Gulf
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Massacchusetts
Florida
Oho
Rocky Mountains
Fair and Calder
Yio
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