California Vote In Doubt As 1,000,000 Ballots Counted
New York November 13 The GOP questions the California results claiming possible errors in tallying nearly a million ballots. Reported Wilson leads by about three thousand but only an official count can confirm the outcome. Republicans fear miscounts, misstranscriptions and rushed tabulations could erase or enlarge the margin.
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Wilson
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California
marrin
New England
Man Attacks Election News Reader in Altoona
A. G. Feather, 42, of Juniate, a machinist in a rail unit, became deranged while reading election news. He was taken to Blair County hospital after acting violently amid his melancholia over a failed invention to make a room weave on backward motion.
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Altoona
A. G. Feather
Juniate
Blair County hospital
Corporal Kills Two at Laredo Cavalry Camp Stables
Corporal W. Smith shot and killed Privates Jones and McKnight and wounded Private Conners during a routine at the camp stables in Laredo Texas on November 13. Smith was placed in the guard house.
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Conners
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Fourteenth Cavalry
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Western split unlikely as San Francisco vote hints at solid delegation
San Francisco analysis by Democratic leaders finds little support for a Republican claim that California could split its electoral votes. Carrie L. Tyler trails Francis J. Heney by 411 in San Francisco, suggesting the statewide margin would still favor Democrats and leave Republicans about one elector short. Unofficial returns show anti equal rights amendments defeated, though dry campaign managers withhold judgment.
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California
San Francisco
Republican state central committee
Carrie L. Tyler
Francis J. Heney
Tyler
New Hampshire Wilsons Final Certified Return Lead
Concord NH November 13 President Wilson earned a plurality of sixty three votes over Hughes in New Hampshire per certified returns by Secretary of State. The totals show Hughes 43784 Wilson 43787 with 289 votes from ward two Dover included. Also report from Mason Texas notes first shipment of turkeys driving 990 to Brady thirty miles away taking four days with prices 16 to 18 cents per pound and some birds fetching 4.75 dollars.
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N. H
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
New Hampshire
Baan
Dover
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Mason
Tex
Brady
Hughes Chum Found Dead in St Paul Home
Emerson Hatley, roommate of Charles Evang Hughes, was found dead in his St Paul home on November 13. He had suffered heart disease for years. Hatley, age 58, served as assistant general counsel of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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St. Paul
Emerson Hatley
Charles Evang Hughes whfe
Columbia University Law School
Hadley
Northern Pacific railway
Republicans Gain In The House In Close Returns
In late returns from a doubtful district and reclassifications in California, Republicans gain a small house plurality. Weston’s likely win in New Mexico, a Republican bid in North Carolina’s tenth, and adjustments to Nolan Hayes Randall shift the balance. Close districts remain unsettled with tiny margins and possible count changes. Democrats, Republicans, and third parties hold scattered seats.
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New York
California
New Mexico
Weston Democrat
Caroline
J. Britt
congress
John J. Nolan
Everis A. Hayes
Charles H. Randall
Randall
Nolan
Hays
New Jersey
Robert Carson
Thomas J. Scully
Potato Prices Drop In Lehigh County
Lehigh County shippers cap potato prices at 1.35 per bushel citing slack demand. The cut follows a rise from 1.25 to 7.40 and 1.53 and 1.60 earlier, with thousands moved to railroad sidings. Much of the crop reportedly went by rail to Canada and on to Europe to feed Allied forces.
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Lehigh County
Allentown
Canada
Europe
Man Gadly Hurt by Blast in Maryland Quarry
In Hagerstown Maryland on November 13 John McCaules formerly of Tyrone Pennsylvania a foreman at MP ville rock quarries suffered serious injuries from a blast. His tenth leg was broken one day was badly crushed and he was hurt internally.
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Hagerstown
John McCaules
Tyrone
MPville
Cruiser Maryland to Be Renamed Frederick in December
Washington announces that the armored cruiser Maryland will be renamed Frederick on December 1, honoring the state city. One of four new battleships will retain the Maryland name.
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Washington
house of representatives
house
Champ Clark
James Mann
Maryland
Frederick
Rubber Court Innovation Shifts Tennis Surface
An English inventor creates neon tinted rubber courts changing the game’s surface feel and bounce. The bold new material promises durability and striking court visuals as leagues explore installation.
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