St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 5, 1924

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PTL La re ek eae ye My ane PR a Oe ee ae a eee Pee. mr 2 ante , s fet vty ° e »“We Own Our Home” gaia With Pride by Hundreds of Offers in the we ) Bt. Loutsans Who Have Taken in Advantage of the Real Estate DISPATCH REAL ESTATE PAGE3 S. Cobb il The Only Evening Paper in St Louis ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH With the Associated Press News Service F | EDITION ° (Conpitettuntet Separtes ™ > NTIOUS—BUT COMPLETE. | . 77. NO. 59. usert to be a perwanent ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1924—44 PAGES. PRICE 2 cterrinss) ums who all at once Caae: time he had rather leaned ts e. But now quite suddenly to depict importagt historical anagement afforded, he fi ment provided him with gur that he was prepared to hold @ ace. He invited the superin t on that occasion. he brought forth a large f t where the light would brin he removed the cover with af of canvas untouched by go mue with pride in his voice, “what i ul superintendent. “But r - ry s t represents the Passa e o a, Sea.”’ se of about them ?”’ R THE TEMPTRESS, er ladies for luncheon at’ a) to buy three seats for r was to secure aisle seats. ‘orders literally. He presen Y ret ndicular instead of the tert ) in the rear of her ht persuade her nearest enw of her pait in front. Jae and ! an ingratiating 3 stranger continued to stare y deaf, the lady raised her voice = HPUBLICAN STATE. NATIONAL AND LOA pT SWEEP Cl ng his elbow: Be m the answer came in a — : le dam’ yee s here wi y ality in St. Louis for Coolidge) ' of 42,000 or More, Baker’s Lead Slightly More. (Copyright , JOTERS ABANDON NORTHEAST > APPROACH TO FREE BRIDGE, dawes Re-Elected in Apparently feating Hart—Majorities as High as 54,000 for Local Offices, With Schuler for Sheriff Eleventh District, De-|' $pou0er 370, DAVIS 136, LA FOLLETTE 1 tL Nelson, Democrat, Has | | | Little Chance to Over- | take Republican. Candi- date for Governorship. | PRECINCT S STILL OUT ARE IN RURAL AREAS ; Entire G. O. P. State Ticket | Apparently Assufed of | Victory as Late Returns : Come In. Dr. Arthur W. Nelson, Demo- candidate for Governor, on belated returns this afternoon re- duced of his Republican opponent, A. Baker, from 17,- cratic the lead Sam precincts. There remain unreport- ed 695 precincts in which Nelson must receive nearly 13,000 plural- High Man. ect ion Results in St. Louis OFFICE. Congress, 1! Congress, 1! Congress, |! Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, inal Cor., ox, H. C. Circuit . S&S. Pat. OF SSIES, BE Schuicr, R. A. Hampec, [™. RS. Vite, R. G. Baechner, I. L. Wetzel, R. Alderman, (Unexpired term) The Vote for President. Circult Circult Circult Circuit Circuit (Unexpired tcrm) Judge, Court of. Crim- A Attorney we Sheriff Public Administrator Coroncr City Treasurer ity to win. Until the receipt of these late re- turns it appeared that virtually ail chance fof Nelson to overcome the Baker lead was passed. However, if he should continue to whittle his opponent's lead in the same DEFEATED. H. J. Schieper, D. Michael J. Hart, R. J. F. Duggan, D. Court J. R. Claiborne, D. Court “Wm. S. Connor, D. Court C. Cummings, D. Court rn. J. Kirkwood, D. Court ».G. P. Burleigh, D. Oth District ith District 2th District . Huchdoerfer, D. J. O'Brien, ». Fred B. Murphy, D. Wm. H. O’Bricn, 1). . Dr. C. H. Winterer, D. H. C. Menne, D. Jacob Roth dr., D. Div. No. 2 16th Ward (From 621 out of 624 City Precincts.) 136.643 94.852 26,458 145,311 103,115 jan a local Republican victory almost as sweeping as that of & President Coolidge yesterday carried St. Louis by about | 00 plurality. Baker for Governor led by a slightly larger , and the city Republican candidates won by pluralities as 54,000. ifth boulevard Plaza site Rew courtheuse was ap- S by a margin of more than and the abandonment of Free Bridge northeast ap- Project was voted by more $000. The city gave large ma- for seven of the eight amendments and legislative with a lead of nearly for No. 5, the good roads ' The other State proposal, t&, the workmen's compensa- Blan, lost by 27,000 or more city. oe 9 ae zi | | results appeared from re- M from 621 of the 624 city pre- complied up to 1:30 p. m. | Hawes ls Re-clected. # local Republican victory was complete. Congressman in the Eleventh District, bh H. Brogan, in the =ird senatorial district, Only Deinocrats who won Offices. Senator Michael Democrat, in the Thirty- was unopposed. Republican delegation of Was elected to the low- of the Legisiature. Wa!- Moore, a negro, who for- in the Legislature, was from the Third Dis- . . mal Vote About 260.000. Sw WOte cast in the city, so Som be computed from was a~ , about’ _ : Be vemtetra tion of Continued om Page 2, Column 2. fise of .:. 303.150. This would be a vote of |85 per cent of the registration. In 1920, with a registration of 315,018 and a poll of 283,798. a 90 per cent vote was cast. The Fifth Ward, cratic stronghold, which is sented by “Dinty” Colbeck City Committee of that party, went Republican by more than 1500. This is attributed in part to an increased negro vote, in part to the strict supervision of deputy commissioners from the Board office, and in part to the enforced absence of Committeeman a river Demo repre- in the Colbeck, who was in the custody of | the United States Marshal all day | yesterday, being on trial in the mail| truck robbery case. On the day | when freedom of movement !s' most valuable to a politieian, Col-| beck was not permitted to go near | a polling place, except such as he| passed while being taken back and forth between the Federal building | and the City Jalil. Vote in the Fourth Ward. The Fourth, where the late Jus- tice Jimmy Miles used regularly to, in a Democratic plurality of | hand 2009 or so, went Democratic by leas than 500 yesterday. The La Follette yote in the city was far below the expectations of his supporters, and was much less even than Republican estimates had granted him. A total city vote of about 27,000 for La Follette ap- | They gave Baker a total of /'133 and Nelson 526.444. ‘and St. 'ed and that nearly all the unre- | ported precincts are in rural coun- | ties in ' turns | ocratic | rural | pectations |Nelson was leading Baker in the proportion he would have enough. | A total of 3374 precincts of 4069 Per reported late in the afternoon. 539,- €.0.P. FIGURING REGULARS’ WILL CONTROL SENATE But Borah and Couzens Will Be Needed to Match Democratic Insurgent REPUBLICANS GAIN IN HOUSE CONTESTS Se Capture at Least 12 Seats From Democrats — Woman Elected in New By PAUL Y. ANDERSON. A Washington Correspondent the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—On the basis of returns available this aft- ‘following Democratic Senators had Nelson's only possible hope lies in. the fact | that virtually all the precincts of | the heavily Republican St. Louis Louis County have report- which Nelson in the re- received has consistently polled more than the normal Dem- vote. To win, Nelson must receive a total vote which will average a plurality of 16 to the precinct for him, which will be difficult be- cause many of those out are Re- publican precincts. | Governorship Race. Nelson showed a strength in Missouri nearly up to ex- of Democratic leaders, | though not quite. He was a stronger candidate than John W. Davis in‘: pearly every community, and while Davis lost the State, even utside of St. Louis, to Coolidge, ‘ural communities by more than 25,000, Indicating that his total lead out of the city mizht reach »V,000. He will require nearly that to wipe out the approximately 43.900 lead the complete returns will show for Baker in St. Louis. The whittling down of the Baker lead began in returns which came 290 to 12,689 in reports from 195 |ernoon, Republican leaders claimed-| ~ an administration majority in the Senate over Democrats and insurg- ent Republicans combined. Senator Smooth of Utah, one of the administration leaders in the Senate, announced that the proba- ble Lineup would be: Admirsistra- tion Republicans, 650; Democrats. 39; La Follette.. Republicans, 6: Farmer-Labor, 1. This calowlation was based on the belief that the been defeated for re-election: Walsh of Massachusetts, Adams of Colorado, and Stanley of Kentucky: that a Republican would sué¢ceed Senator Owen (D.), of Oklahoma. and that Magnus Johnson, Farmer- Laborite, had been defeated by a Republican in Minnesota. Smoot admitted that his figures assumed the re-eleetion of Sena-! tor Bursum, Republican, of New Mexico, where the race is close, but pointed out that, even with Bursum defeated by a Democrat, the Re- publicans would still, on this basis. have 47 votes in qhe Senate to 47 | for their combined opponents. On the other hand, he said. his table} assumed the. re-election of Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat, of Montana. who may be defeated by late re- turns. The. seven whom Smoot lists as insurgents are La Follette. | Norris. Ladd, Frazier, Howell. Shipstead and Brookhart. The pos- sible defeat of Brookhart would make no difference in the contro] of the Senate, as Brookhart’s oppo- nent is a Democrat. It wil] be observed that Smoot |. Cool and Comfortable Democrat Has No Bitterness listed as administration Republic- ans, Borah and Copzens, both of | whom are prone to steer an inde- pendent course. It is possible that | control of the Senate in the next Congress may depend upon, wesw and Couzens. Republicans Capture 12 Seats of in from strong Democratic coun- Continued on Page 3, Column 3. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; MUCH COOLER TEM -MPERA TURES, 9 a. m.. a. MH. | THE m m™m ™m ™ "te tm. . : Highest venterday, Z-1DVVS Wis sePrer eee Election | | lowest, 52, at 8 a. m. Official ftore- fast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather tonight and Thursday; much cooler Thursday and Thursday night. Missouri: Fair in gouth portion, AT LAST we MEARD FROM SILENT CAL in north portion A] position by the La Follette bloc. possibly showers | ~ | tonight or Thurs- day; much cold- er. tled weather: probably showers Thursday in south portion and to- night and Thurs- day in north por- tion: colder Thursday and in north portion tonight.; strong southerly, shifting to northwest winds. Sun rises tomorrow at 6:34; sets today at 4:56. Nary, Illinois: Unset- were relected. Stage of the Mississippi River peared to be indictated by the, In- complete figures. Tpis inclyades : at St. Lowis, 5.2 feet at 7 a. m., a. House Upsets. Ry the Aseoriated Press. NEW YORK, Novy. 5.—With 182 Republicans and 164 Democrats | elected to the House in the 346. districts reporting out of 435 con-| tests, the net turnover had beéen | only 12 in favor of the Republic. | ans, or five less than normally | would enable the majority party | representatives to control over op- Democratic Senators re-elected included Heflin, Alabama: Robdin- son, Arkansas, the minopity lead- | er in the Senate; Harris, Georgia: Ransdell, Teuisiana: Harrison, Mississippi: Simmons, North Caro- line; Sheppard. Texas, and Giass | of Virginia, while Cole Blease. a | former Democratic Governor. was | } chosen to fill the seat from South Carolina now held by Senator Dial. | and L. D. Tyson was elected to | succeed Senator Shields. whom he beat in the primary in Tennessee. | In addittén to Fernald, who was) returned to the Senate in Maine in September, Capper, Kansas; Keys, New Hampshire: Couzens, Michi- gan; Edge, New Jersey, and Mc- Oregon, all Republicans, New Republicans elected: to the Senate were: Charlies S. Deneen, in Ollinots: Dupont. in Delaware; Jesse H. Mctcalf, Rhode Island: W. B. Pine, Oklahoma: Fred M. Sackett. Kentucky: West Virginia, and Frederick Gilletie, Massachusetts. Borah Keturns. The election of Senators Borah. | the country. =. lis ila, te: was appointed Russieg auibamsed or: | ito France. — teh) PRESIDENT CALYIN COOLIDGE STATEMENTS BY PRESIDENT AND DAVIS ON ELECTION Coolidge Expresses His Simpie Thanks and Promises to Serve All His Countrymen. By the Associated Preas. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Presi- dent Coolidge, having received a vote of confidence from the Amer- ican voters, today expressed his “simple thanks” as one of his first ucts after his election was assured “It does not seem possible to me,” Mr. Coolidge said in a statement which he read to the newspaper men, “to make an adequate expression concerning the presidency of the United and Has Faith in Ulti- mate Triumph of Party Principles. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. i.—John W. in a public statement issued accepted the outcome of the without any vYain regret or bitterness,’ and said it was his bonest hope that the “administra- tion of President Coolidge may prove successful and beneficial to Davis, today, election The statement was issued by Davis at the residence of Frank! States. No other honor equals L. Polk. former Under Secretary cf} it, no other responsibility ap- | State, at whose home Davis re-| proaches it. When it is con- ceived the returns. When he ha4| ferred by an overwhelming written the statement and ad-| choice of the American people dressed a telegram of congratula-| and vote of the Electoral Col- tion to President Coolidze, on lege these are made all the departed for his home in Locust! greater. Valley. ! “I can only express my simple The text thanks to ail those who have lows: contributed to this result and : ’ lainly ackowledge that it has “The results of the election P speak for themselves and the de- sae newt aeaaicn “aeieumiedl i cisive character renders com- ° ment or explanation . unneces- saan I pes he rapt gre - sary. I accept the outcome with- uch pow ; cate to the service of all my out any vain regrets or bitter- - -eeatinaiine ness and it is my earnest hope country and of all my country that the administration of Presi- men. - ones dent Coolidge may prove success- In the gg genes ve o ful and beneficial to the coun- duties of my office I cannot a for anxthing more than the pres sympathetic consideration which “So far as [am personally con- my fellow Americans have al- cerned, I am unshaken in MY | ways bestowed upon me. I have faith in the principles and tdeais no appeal except to the common professed by the Democratic sense of all the people. I have party. They will mever lack de- | no pledge except to serve them. fenders. To those who SUP- | 7 have no object except to pro- ported me so loyally throughout mote their welfare.” the campaign, I am more grate- ful than I can say, and“ am glad to march on with them as a comrade in the ranks, toward the inevitable triumph of the principles in. which we believe. Greater than any transient suc- cess, is the welfare of our com- mon country and to this is the duty and privilege of every citi- zen to contribute, whether in of- fice or out of it.” KRASSIN ENVOY TO FRANCE Commissar of Trade Chosen by a of the statement fol- MADISON, Wis.. Nov. 5.—6en- ator Robert M. La Follette, defeat- ed Independent candidate for the presidency. in his first public state- ment today. commenting upon tir election, said: “The loss of this one battie i ithe age-long struggle is but an th: cident. “So far as I am personaliy con- | cérned.” he said, “I am enlisted for life in the struggle. the Somart=ted ) The Progressives will not be dix * MOSCOW, Nov. 5. — Leonid| mayed by this result,” he said. “We Krassin. Soviet Commissar of to ge act just, begun to fight. There eign Trade and Commerce. todav compromise on ‘he om oni oe + for La Follette. CTORAL VOTES: Plaza Courthouse Site Wins by 35,000 LATE RETURNS REDUCE BAKERS LEAD 10 12,689) PRESIDENT CARRIES) MISSOURI MARYLAND KENTUCKY, W. VIRGINIA Popular Vote for Davis Appears to . Have Fallen 1,000,000 Under That Given Cox. LAFOLLETTESUREONLY OF HOME STATE, WISCONSIN Progtessive’s Popular Vote About 4,000,000— 30,000,000 Went to Polls—Montana and North Dakota Only States in Doubtful Column, By CHARLES G. ROSS, | Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. Calvin Coolidge, Republican, who became President by act of Providence, was confirmed in his high office yesterday by of the voters, in an election that brought to the polls the feet vote ever east, gave him a popular plurality estimated at 10,000,000 over his nearest opponent, John W. Davis, Demo- erat. and assured him 370 or more votes in the electoral college, Whether or not the Republilan victory was of q scope suf- ficient to give the President a working majority in Congress over the combined forces of the Democrats and La Follette in- surgents remained in doubt throughout the day, With one-third of the contested seats still to be heard from, the Republicans had a net gaift of 12 in the House. Democrats assumed that, whatever might be the lineup in the House, the balance of power in the Senate would remain in the hands of the independent bloe. This was disputed by Republican leaders in Washington, who said the regulars.of their party would gain enough seats in the upper house to give them working control. _ The changes in congressional personnel will not become ef- fective till the meeting of the next, the Sixty- ninth, Congress, which will come into being in March. Sweeping Victory. ‘ As returns began to come in from the Eastern States, the elec- tion quickly t0ok on the aspect of a landslide, comparable to that which swept Harding to victory four years ago. Throughout the night, the Coolidge majorities continued to roll up, and today’s reports brought complete confirmation of Republican claims, The count this afternoon showed Coolidge with 370 yvoes, or 104 more than the number necessary to a 136 and La Follette with 13. Twelve votes were still ful—Montana, 4; North Dakota 5, and New Mexico. 3. In 1920 received 404 electoral votes and Cox 127. * tt is indicated, on the basis of returns supplied to the P Dispatch by the A jiated Press and other sources, polled 18,000,000 popes votes, against 8,000,000 for Davis The total of 30,000,000—thse result of fair most sections of the country, combined with a hard drive by all bring out the vote—exceeded the 1920 total by about 3,500,000. Exceeds Harding Total. The apparent Coolidge total exceeded Harding's by while Davis seemingly fell 1,000,000 votes short of the Cox vote 1920. ° that Davis brought back into the Democratic column Oklahoma and | Tennessee—two of the states that strayed the fold in 1920. On the other hand, the Republicans were re in the wpparent beatae ture of Kentucky, one of the States that Cox carried. land. all of which had been confidently counted in his column in t pre-election Democratic f The Coolidge sweep covered even Nebraska, the home state of Charlies W. Bryan, Democratic vice;presidential nominee, La Follette Falls Short. Though La. Fotieiss, ihe ‘will ta 'seune ele tieinelienal’ on the East, and amassed a total approximating that recorded by R- relt in the third party movement of 1912, his showing on the Yell short of the expectations of his supporters, Tt was suf’ proce Sepa seins = : “ty iF eer p ips bins es ae a Biss ; ea il * Meese acd ~~ There was a scant bit of comfort for the Democrats in the fact iia ty f e aa y “ yo horder states of West Virginia-—his native State—Missouri and Seat” = : ee ies a Sg ra fe TRV i og DA Sas se Pre ve AA Petits gta ee Pe EE 1 I I ere 5, ets; Cake, det A os : gt NR a Se es ee a ae r; ae — : . . oy ee So rs ¥ ip ee 6 a 2 , ‘ae .e | het e ee ? _ a a é. bh at & Bad i eA Ls ee 4 , "e or z " Oh ea ee IE! moat ae) Oe oe z ratte BS ae, Pee * Heke 7 Pe ate = See 2 a - ®, a Fi gp #2 38 eo a os Fay. ~“™t ge ie 5 ™ — “ rd see ee a tet | <