The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-08

Unless all predictions are wrong,
there ought to be constant strcaks of
req fire shooting skyward from the
top Of the American National Bank
Building Tonight, Red is the Demo-
cfat1c@color Careful students of poll
tics say At will be red for New York
ana red for the Southwest--that mill
tant district where Henry c. Stuart
and Bascom Slemp are lighting vio-
lently for congressional llonors.
With all of the advertising which
tne national election has been getting
night when. all told, probably fifty
people called The Times-D dispatch over
the telephone tolfind out who had been
elected in New York. 1t rather indi-
Gates that some Richmond voters will
not be on the job to-day.
May Get Results Early.
To-day,s the day and to-night's the
night. To-day the battle will be de-
cided; tonight the result will be
known. That great big State of New
news early in the evening. So at Z
O'Clock the first skyrockets will flash
from the skyscraper. If the early re-
turns Indicate the election of John a.
colored signal to. flash through the
/ night air as the clock strikes will be
red. If those same early returns point
| Stimsonward, a yellow rocket will tell
| you at o'clock that the Republicans
have the lead in the preliminary count.
But If there is nothing definite, a
/ White rocket will flash the news. Dou-
Bile reds on the hour mean that Dix
has won: double yellows mean that
4 Stimson has won.
be fired at $3.50 o'clock by which time
1T is expected that the Southwest will
be sending in the news. The next
Ninth skyrocket is scheduled to per-
n m a
hour. Two reds on the half will bring
the glad tidings that Stuart goes ia
Congress.
Telephone News for All. J.
But But while VI, the signals will keep thou
other means will be used to advise
other thousands and Tonight the tele
phone Will demonstrate it's ability
under tremendous pressure. Nine
trunk lines will run from the tele.
phone exchange on East Grace Stree,
into The T!mes-Dispatch Building t.
connect with private switchboard
The The. switchboard operator will catct
those Monroe !" calls, Jungle hi:
seeker over to special telephones
where operators will be supplied will
the latest returns. An expert vii
work at desk with bulletins from
front of him. Just as quickly as thu
, result anywhere is changed he viii
: write It on slip, pass it to the opera
tor. who in turn will pass 1t over thu
wires to the curious multitude.
Expects Big Rush.
! Manager Albert S. Tanner, of tn
; Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
: Company, has made special efforts t
, expedite the election service. He vii
+ detail his best operators to handle tn
: calls, and The Times-D Dispatch believe
5 that in using the telephone instead o
! a stereopticon display 1t can serve tn
! larger number of people with less in
convenience to the public.
Mr.. Tanner says there is one tele
phone to every nine persons in Rich
5 mond. His records show that on cleo
/ ton night the service is hard pressed
J. and he is prepared tonight to handl
, all calls in a manner which will brinl
. great credit on the company he repre-
sents.
4 The key to the rocket service
printed on the bottom of the first page
. Cut 1t out and preserve 1t for refer
ence., The yellow signal is substitute
1 Tor blue, as 1t was impossible to secur
: blue rockets. f. F. Wawner, manage
!. Of the Petersburg (Va.) Branch of tn
: National Fireworks Distributing an
4 Manufacturing Company, will have per
Sonal charge of the display,