The Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 7, 1916 Page: 1 of 6
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VOLUME XVL
BROWNWOOD. TEXAS TUESDAY NOV. 7 1916.
No. 20
PRESIDENT
B U LLETIN
NATION'S VOTERS
SELECTING
LIGHT VOTE IS
OASTJN TEXAS
Bexar County and City of
Fort Worth Have Local
Contests Which Stimulate
Voting.
DALLAS !Tev. 7. Reperts from
Ter tke state ef Texas today in-
dicated as aansaally ligkt vote
fm nest ef the counties -where
ttrejrae a lecal issaes f im-
aertfnce te arease entkasiasn.
la Bexar ceaaty a keavy vote is
kefng pallet en accennt of Re-
paklkan opposition la tke race for
mmry Jadge wkile la Fert Wortk
tfce rffcfdeate are Tetiag heavily
kcH ef the nayeralty electiea.
FalrWeatker is reported in nost
parts ef tie state Tkreatenlng
weatker prevailed is Xertk Texas.
4 Brothers Discover
Coal Mine at Cisco
CISCO Tex. Nov. 7. The Kleeaer
brothers have opened a coal mine one
and a half miles north of Cisco. .
The work has been carried on most-
ly by the two boys for several months
.and. an immense amount of work has
already been done aria" the prospects
are very flattering for a Ood pay-
ing mine.
..EARLY RETURNS
. LEAD HUM KANSAS CITIES
Incomplete Returns from To peka and Wichita Give
Hughes Small .Lead in Former City and Wilspn a
4- Two to One Majority in the Latter City; Heavy
Vote Throughout Kansas.
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A ikuTf Tate Is Mag palled taraagfeit tke ste.af Jraasasjoiay.
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County Judge Asks Presid-
ing Judge of'His Box to
Erase Democratic Nomi-
nee's Name. '
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Only upon the demands of the voter
himself is the - name of Charles H.
Hurdles to a Democratic candidate for
railroad commissioner to fill the un-
expired term of W. D. Williams who
died receatly being erased from the
ballot in Brown county today ac-
cording to advices received Ty Coun-
ty Judge Frank H. Sweet this after-
noon. gome of the voters before accept-
ing their ballots to mark them asked
the presiding judge to follow the in-
structions of Attorney General
Looney in erasing entirely the name
ofrthe Democratic candidate for rail-
Clear Weather-
All Over U. S.
WASHINGTON Nov. 7. Gra-
erally fair weather; prevailed in
all parta of tke country this
morning bo the Weather Bu-
i rdaa aanaunced. Tke only ex-
eitlas were ia tke upper Mle-
kwrepf valley wkere it ralaed
aW ia 'wtatera Colorado wkere
' it aaewed.
HE! ASKS FOR IT
Fair Weather Everywhere Except in Upper Mississippi Valley
and in Western Colorado Brings out an Early and Heavy
Vote; Politicians Puzzled by Early Voting
.
Leaders of Both Parties Announce Confidence of Their Suc-
cess Declaring That the Fight is Won arid ft's all Over but
the Shouting; Democratic Campaign Cost Heavily
SUB CLAIMS II HIT
II DREADNOUGHTS
REPORT FROX COMMANDER TO-
DAY GIVES DETAIL OF SOUTH
SEA FIGHT.
LONDON. Nov. 7. The claim that
two dreadnoughts were hit by the
submarine which yesterday reported
the torpedoing of a German dread-
nought in the North Sea was contain-
ed in a further report received from
the commanding officer of the sub-
marine; it was officially announced
today j
The two dreadnoughts claimed to
have been: hit trere of the Kaiser class.
GIVE WILSON
nr&t avaiia! iHa rH.M-u
road commissioner. lr. Looney ad-
vice was given following the decision
of the supreme court of Texas In-upholding
the Gilmore injunction pre-
venting the name nf MnrHirt
being printed on the UckeL In many
counties among them was Brownthe
ballots had been printed at the time
uie aecision was returned.
County Judge Sweet wa nmAnr ti
number who had the presiding Judge
vox m wnich he voted tp
scratch the name of Hnrrfipnn rnm
the ticket before he accepted It Then
-wr. sweet wrote In the proper place
on the ballot the name or Ma r3nai.
date for the office.
Reports he has received ar fim n
number of voters are doinc Hlmilni'iv
in all parts of the county. Judsre
Sweet did not instruct
juages or tne thirty-two boxes in
Brown county to erase Hurdleston's
name leaving the matter Instead to
the discretion of the-voters and the
presiding judges of the several bo.es.
High Prices Force
Boarding Houses 4
to Quit Business
PITTSBURGH Nov. 7. High cost
of -eggs." butter meats rnfainrs .md
-o
other foods have driven a score of
boarding houses in this city includ-
ing some of the largest and -more ex-
clusive out of business within the
last few days and announcement was
made that probably a dozen more will
follow suit this week.
It is impossible to continue in
business even with an Increase in the
price of meal tickets one nrnnrlefnr
saI4. "Jf we charge more there
would be little or no profit so we
are going to close."
aii restaurants have increased the
prlc of pie from 5 to 10 erata b
'cut
NEW YORK Nov. 7. Fair weather was general
throughout the country today except in the uppe r Missis-
sippi Valley and in Western Colorado and agreeable tem-
peratures brought out the Voting hosts early.
General reports at noon indicated that a heavy vote
is being polled and at some points the bulk of the vote was
registered before 10 o'clock this rooming. The big early
vote was a surprise to the politicians and caused some con-
iecture. New Ashford Mass. had the distinction of making
the first returns the polls there closing at 1 0 o'clock. The
count showed Hughes 16 Wilson 7. In 1912 this town
gave Wilson 4 Taft 7 and Roosevelt 6.
President Wilson voted shortly after 9 o'clock at
Princeton N. J. this morning. He will receive the returns
if the election at Shadow Lawn tonight.
Charles E. Hughes voted shortly after 7 o'clock this
morning- He will receive the returns tonight in his hotel
headquarters here.
The national chairmen of both parties reiterated their
confidence of success.
"The fight is won. It's
the Republican chairman at
Officials in charge of the Democratic headquarters
said the reports received there indicated a "strong drift for
Wilson."
Treasurer Morgenthau of the Democratic committee
cai'd tfiat. the expense of the campa.ign.had amounted to ap-
proximately a million eight hundred thousand dollars.
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wooorc
Mttklii Htadijuarteri Hfcrfcj
TJkere will not he a single
Hagk8 te cast by a . Brown-
weed rail read nan tedayn as-
serted W. G. FitzslBHfeea a e.
cal Saat Fe nan who walked
sereral Inecks te tke Ward 3 vot-
ing keetli te cast his yele.
Tke frart kaaared tkoasaad
wenbers ef tke foar great rail-
way brotkerkoods will vote as a
aait fer Presldeat Wilson to-
day" declared II. J. FiUgerald of
Frt Wertk a Frisce passenger
eendacter and a new her of tke
general cennlttee wkick spent
several days in Wasklngten wklle
tke strike natter was ander con-
fHderatiea. The railroad men are taking a great
'deal of Interest in today's election.
Many of them are unable to vote be-
cause of the fact that their work calls
them away from their home counties
today but those who are at home'
are voting solidly for President Wil-
Summary of
Substantial gains by the British
troops in the neighborhood of Butte do
Warlencourt on the Somme front dur-
ing the operations of last night were
announced by London this morning.
The Berlin report says the British
made an attack near Eaucourt L'Ab-
baye but were immediately beaten
back.
On the Russian front Berlin an-
nounces that the Germans captured
the bridgehead of the Stokhod river.
The Russian artillery the statement
adds is displaying marked activity
near Dvinsk. Near Rothenthurm Pass
the Austrians and Germans advanc-
ed taking more- than a thoaeand pris-
oners according to Berlin which
adds that the Teuton forces
all over but the shouting" said
noon.
son Kecemtig
son. About three hundred railroad-
ers make their keadquarters in
Brownwood and about kalf -that
number are here today to vote.
Xaaur Bepaklknns Ckaage.
IncluMl la the ranks of the rail-
road workers are thousands of voters
who were formerly Republicans but
who according to Mr. Fitzgerald will
vote for Woodrow Wilson today. Mr.
Fitzgerald himself has never vbted.
any other than the RubpulicaTi tick-
et But- "If I were a't home today I
would cast my vote for Mr. Wilson"
says Mr. Fitzgerald. "I ani still a
Republican but I believe that Wood-
how Wilson has given the country
the best republican government which
we have enjoyed during several past
administrations. The man who heads
tho Republican ticket this year has
been a disappointment and his at-
titude toward the railroad men and
toward organized labor in general has
cost him the vote of this great body
of citizens."
War News
gained further ground near Vulvan
Pass.
Berlin also announces the retire-
ment of the Austro-Germans on the
Transylvania front before the Rus-
sians in the Tulgho3 region. The' Teu-
ton forces regained ground west of
Bodza pass.
Paris announces that last night was
without important happenings along
the French front
An Austrian submarine and an Ital-
ian destroyer were sunk during a duel
on tho night of October 1G accordr
ing to the Italian official statement is-
sued at Rome today The sukaaaf-ine
had attacked an Italian transport
which escaped during the duel.
DENY SIGNING NOTES
DOE ITSON'S BANK
STATI INTSODUCES MEX WHOSE
XiXES WERE SIGXED TO
JfOTES DUE BAXW.
WACO-Nov. 7. Witnessed testify
ing today in. the T. R. Watson trial;
here declared that they had nevsr-'
signed the notes which were found
with their names oh them in Watson's
bank after the Examiners had tak-
en charge of the bank's affairs.
Wu Ting Fang Named
Foreign Minister
PEKING Nov. 7. Wii Ting Fang
has been appointed Chinese Minister
of Foreign Affairs. He was once Chin-
ese minister to Washington.
Omen of 111 Luck;
Hughes Vote te 13
. : "
XfiW YjOItJCeT. .7.CadMte Ckarks E Mgit tke KepnkH.
caa.enJat Teted skertty after a area e'cleck tkls nrakg. Kkr kal-
tettwf vaatkec thirteen at kls Teting kex wkick is leeated in a snaU
knwicTkaM kir.ketea ' ;
WkMi tke anennVen el tke aenlnee was called te tke a raker em
kis kAft;ke wiled and settt .
TMrteev Is ny Incky nnnker aid I wae kern em Friday tee."
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tJIATE
II EIJUE1 OFRBE
Flashes on Results in Doubt-
ful States Will Be Placed
on Bulletin Board To-
night. Fer tke lafematien f its
Meads tke Bally Balletia tenigkt
expects te receive fren tke As-
sociated Press Inpertaat kalletias
en tke resilt ef teday's geaeral
electien la tke denktfal states.
Tkese bulletins will ke. brief kat
will give tke atest aatkentie' aew$
ef tke prepress ef tke cenat la
tke varlens states. Tke Bilk tin
will met Issne a special edition
bat will place all returns receiv-
ed npon a balletia board in tke
lefcby ef tke Bulletin baildlag.
Tke general pnbllc Is iavited te
call nnd read tke bHlletins as re-
ceived. In anticipatlen ef a close race
between tke doninent parties tke
Associated Press kas taken all
necessary precaHtlons to assure a
correct report of the election.
Tho nsnal reliability of this grea
news gatkerlag organization gives
readers of newspapers containing
Associated Tress dlspatckes full
assarance tkat nly correct re-
turns will be glvea ent. Caution-
ing all operators aad corres-
pondents as te wetkeds of re-
porting electien retnras Melville
E Slpae geaeral aiaaagcr qf tke
Ass.eclated I'res Xenday sent
eat Xfi f elWwIas dtspalck :
"t tnist every a la tke serv-
ice will naae earnest teffert in.
kekalf ef prempt aad perfect eiec
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m
Republicans Prepare Bonds
for Blacks and Charge
Conspiracy Against Dem-
ocrats. ST. LOUIS yT. 7. A kandred
aai fifty megree -were arrested
liere today for alleged attenpts to
vote Illegally.
Bends fer tke negroes were
ready wkea tkey were kreagkt ia-
te the crt and tkey wera
pronpUy released.
BepahScan leaders ckarged tkat
tke arrest ef tke megrees wg a
part ef a Beneeratic plam te la.
timiate etfcer negro voters.
Eradication of . ' 1
Citrus Cancer in
Texas Fruit Belt
AUSTIN Nov. 7. Eradication of-
citrus canker on trees in the fruit belt
of Texas is progressing satisfactorily
according to Fred W. Davis state
commissioner of agriculture. This
campaign was made possible by a
federal appropriation for tho purpose"
for which Texas -received $85000.
The money is being used by repre-
sentatives of the- department of ag-
riculture in co-operation with experts
from the bureau of plant and animal
Industry of the federal department
of agriculture.
tie reports Tk:LUtkiiOe..fa
iig as are greater tkan tkes im
amy presidential caJBaJga far m
quarter ef a eentnry. It Is well
akjk Inpessikle te ferecast ake
resalt In several ef- tk stakes. AI-
se tke party dfeteiea 1112
were eaek tkat ctnf ariseng wjtk
tke vete ef tkat year are nearly
vatnelfjHH Tke accessien ef a
very large wenaa vete fartker
cenplkates tke kasiaess. In-tke
ligkt ef tkls ceafnslng sitaatlen
tke greatest zeal is necessary te
tke maintenance ef tke spJeadki
record ef tke Associated Press em
femer eccasiens. There nasi be
ne specnMfien er gnessing npem
tke entcene anywkere.
Texarfyma Industrial
Fair Opened Today
TEXARKANA Tex Nov. 7. Tax-
arkana's Industrial Fair and Expo-
sition opened hero today and will.
J continue until November 11. Agricul-
tural commercial and industrial ex-
hibits from the city as well as from
I Bowie county Texas and Miller coun-
Ity Arkansas ia which Texarkana la
J situated will be displayed during tha
'affair.
I Prominent speakers from both
states were Invited to attend and take
part in the daily exercises. Up-to-date
amusement features for the ex-?
position period have been arranged
for.
FIRE ALARM.
A fire alarm at 4 o'clock this
afternoon called the Fire De-
partment to the residence of
Wulbur Smith on Fag street.
Tonlgh unsettled. Wednesday
unsettled and colder.
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