Listerin Leads in Early Returns for Congress Race
Returns from 1 863 precincts show Ernest Lister leading with 95 087 votes to 75 921 for Hodge and 4 167 for Hay. Will E Humphrey appears to have defeated Dan Landon by about 2 300 votes with Snohomish county still outstanding. Dems and Socialists split votes in King county, affecting totals.
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Ernest Lister
Lister
Hay
Hodge
Will E. Humphrey
Dan Landon
Congress
King County
Humphrey
Landon
Snohomish County
Humphreys
Whatcom County
Skagit County
Kitsap County
Island County
Snohomish
William BE. Humphrey
AY Beats Hodge Here By 116 Votes In Gubernatorial Race
Unofficial county results show AY leading Hodge by 116 votes in the governor race. Tom mood and party tallies are listed for multiple state offices including Landon Humphrey and state treasurer across nine precincts with candidate scores ranging from the mid teens to about twenty thousand.
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Hodge
Calls for men in British Columbia lumber districts
News from Spokane reports calls for men in British Columbia lumber districts offering up to 3.50 dollars a day for bush work with a minimum wage of 3 dollars.
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United Presse
Spokane
British Columbia
Specials in the News Judge Decides Snoring Not a Punishment
Philadelphia department order forbids profanity by employees advancing emergency permits. Mrs Stephen Nageotte of Frenchtown proudly becomes mother of twins and a second set of triplets born 13 months apart. One trio member dies while others survive. George Burke abducted from Washington agricultural greenhouse. Burglar caught on porch in Williamsburg linked to toothache. Volcanoes active in New South Wales. Mrs Louise Remsen of Boston paying bus fare in six cent installments. A North Carolina hunting trip ends with a cub shot. Chief Bannick notes scarce meatpackers.
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Cook
Philadelphia
Passaic
George Burke
Washington
Williamsburg
New South Wales
Louise Remsen
Boston
Athewson
North Carolina
Bannick
California in doubt as returns favor Wilson by about 100
Reports from independent computers put Wilson ahead of Roosevelt in California by a rough thousand votes this afternoon. The margin cited a small plurality in the state as results from early tallies arrived.
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San Francisco
California
Wilson
Roosevelt
Wilson will get Wyoming in 1912 election
Cheyenne Wyoming Nov 8 latest figures show President elect Wilson leading Taft by 500 votes and likely carrying Wyoming. Republicans say missing precincts will give Taft the state but this is not credited. Both claim the legislature but Republicans appear better positioned though margins may shift on joint ballot as later returns come in.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wilson
Taft
Elden
Egg Brings On A Wedding
Minneapolis novel wedding tale unfolds from a mistaken egg swap in Iowa. Miss Macky and Wilton Wiley, both from Meéetilo Wiley, are involved as the prankster storekeeper placed a name and address on an egg two years ago, causing the mix up in a Minneapolis crate.
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Minneapolis
Menlo
Iowa
Miss Macky
Wilton Wiley
Wiley
Mone
Uncle Joe Cannon Defeated in 18th District Battle
Danville Illinois reports that Danville officials reveal that Uncle Joe Cannon faced a political setback as managers lost hope for reelection. Official figures show O'Hair, a Democrat, leading by 875 in the 18th district.
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Danville
Ill
Joe’ Cannon
O'Hair
Trouser Thief On Job Again Strikes Seattle Hotel
After weeks of inactivity the trousers thief returns at a Seattle hotel on First Avenue room of F J Allen. Allen heard the burglar depart and found a $20 purse in a hip pocket. Other victims include M M Ogden with rings and a chain, G Nicolaccio with $16, and J G Eyer missing five dozen silverware pieces.
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Seattle
F. J. Allen
Allen
Mise M. Ogden
Pikest
Giovane Nicolaccio
Diet
J. G. Eyer
Galer St
Weather forecast for tonight and Saturday winds and temperature
Rain expected tonight and Saturday with brisk southeasterly winds. Noon temperature recorded at four degrees.
Wilson Wins 442 Electoral Votes in Election Fight
United Press Leased Wire reports practically complete returns show Woodrow Wilson poised to win 442 electoral votes. Wyoming margins narrow the state, California unclear, and Democrats gain 48 Senate seats, giving Marshall a potential tie-breaking vote.
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United Press
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Wyoming
Wilson
California
Senate
House
Marshall
Illinois incomplete unofficial count from Chicago returns
Unofficial results show Wilson 403 416 and Roosevelt 389 561 with Taft 265 095 votes. Governor elect Dunne holds a 110 654 plurality over Deneen. Late returns confuse forecast of the state legislature composition.
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Chicago
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Dunne
Deneen
Progressive sweep in Tacoma and Pierce County elections
The Tacoma Progressive slate won in Tacoma and Pierce County with a full county and legislative ticket except for one man. Hodge led Hay in Pierce County and finished a close second to Lister.
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Tacoma
Pierce County
Hodge
Hay
Lister
Confession in Iowa Murder Case Over Reward Offer
Jacob B. Kranano a Russian immigrant in Jasper county Iowa confessed that under a $10 000 promise he falsely claimed to have killed Mrs Mathilde Hermsmeier of Newton Iowa The reward was said to be offered by Simon Krampe father of Leo Krampe convicted and sentenced to life for the crime The motive was to secure a pardon for Krampe.
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Denver
Colo
Jacob
Kranano
Jasper County
Iowa
Mra
Mathilde Hermsmeier
Newton
Simon Krampe
Leo Krampe
Krampe
People Reject Gang Rule in State Victory
The people vote to end gang influence, elects Lister as governor, and move toward reform. Roosevelt wins big for the western state, with progressives gaining seats in Congress and the legislature, while initiative, referendum, and recall empower citizens. The Star celebrates the victory and its role.
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Est Lister
Trister
Bob Hodge
People's Cause
Gang
Mity
Roosevelt
Congress
The
Star Today
Star
One Vote Elected Judge Sampson to Short-Term Bench
Judge G W Sampson won a two month term on the superior bench by a single vote. He will draw $6667 and serve from November 15 to January 13, with power to appoint a clerk and two bailiffs. Four appointed judges on the King county bench must adjust to the short term. Sampson plans to open court on the 15th.
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G. W. Sampson
Sampson
Dows
Forzot
Superior Court
King County
Dykeman
Mackintosh
Smith
Seattle Evidence in Workers Trial
The government produced testimony that Eugene A. Clancy a San Francisco labor leader visited Seattle in August 1910 and that H W Pohlman Seattle labor leader wrote J J McNamara that Caney met his man after a week in Seattle. It is alleged James B McNamara was in Seattle then and Clancy met him.
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Indianapolis
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Seattle
H. W. Pohlman
J. J. McNamara
Caney
James B. McNamara
Clancy
CHECK NAMES ON RECALL PETITION
Work began to verify the recall petition against Mayor Cotterill filed last evening. It lists 1415 sheets with about 23650 names, needing 16500 bona-fide voter signatures. The petition is by Seattle Recall association led by John L Kahaley and Charles S Carpenter, who say they are dummies behind a larger group. Cotterill vows to win the recall and says signers will be published by precincts if a recall occurs.
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Gaines
Cotterill
Seattle
Carpenter
Redelsheimer & Co
the Star
All Star
Star
Down Town
Union St
Elliott
The
Imminent Austro Russian War Amid Balkan Turmoil
Dispatches from Vienna and St Petersburg indicate a strong possibility of immediate war between Austria and Russia over Turkish territory seized by the Balkan allies. Vienna reports massed armed forces on the southern frontiers ready to invade Balkan territory.
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Austria
Russia
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Balkan
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