Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-09-21
MANY ARRESTS MADE
LIBERALS AND THEIR oPPoN-
ENTs BOTH ACCUSED OF PER-
soNATIoN AT POLLS
HEAVY VOTE EXPECTED
LARGE CROWDS GATHERED
EARLY TO CAST VOTES ON
RECIPROCITY

Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 21.-War
rants were sworn out for the arrest
of four of the most active workers
in the conservative organization and
two, Dusty Holden and Charles Ger
| ri, license inspectors under the Rob
lin government, are under arrest to
day. Holden is charged in the war
rant with personation at recent re-
gistration.
The liberals later caused the arrest
of twelve at a North Winnipeg poll
ing place charged with personating,
All were put in jail awaiting bail.
The conservatives have issued a
warrant for John Laidlaw, secretary
of the liberal ASSOCIATION charging
aiding and abbetting personation.
He cannot be located. The con-
servatives searched the house of A..
d. Rosenfeld last night and caused
the arrest of Rosenfeld while he was
working on list of 500 names. Re
oeipts for money were also received
with the books. Alfred Glube pro
prietor of a hotel was also arrested
for 'inciting to personation."
Voters Out Early.
Montreal, Sept. 21.-Dispatches
from all over the dominion indicate
one of the largest votes ever cast
at general election in Canada
Workers for both parties were early
in the field and long before the hour
of the opening of the polls long lines
of voters stood in line, eager to cast
their ballots for or against recipro-
city. This was particularly true in
Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa,
Winnipeg, Halifax and the larger ci-
ties.
Interest in the rural districts was
not less keen than that in the cen
ters of population, and it is upon the
heavy farmer vote that the govern
ment is chiefly depending for sue
cess. From all points came reports
that the election was proceeding
queitly and orderly.
On of the closing incidents of
the campaign was the mobbing of
Henri Bourassa, leader of the Que
bee nationalists, at st. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, where he was billed to speak
last night. A crowd of about 1000
persons waylaid him on his arrival
and pelted him with stale eggs and
stones, running his clothes, but doing
no other damage. The incident is
supposed to be in retaliation for the
hooting of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in
Montreal, by a crowd of Bourassa
sympathizers the night before. st.
Hyacinthe is the district now repre-
sented by Bourassa in the provincial
parliament and it was supposed to be
solid for the nationalists.
In all the ten provinces polling
booths were opened at o'clock and
will close at o'clock this afternoon
Unless the decision is very close,
enough constituencies probably will
have been heard from before 10 o..
clock tonight to indicate accurately
the general result.
Quick News Service.
A Montreal French newspaper has
devised novel scheme for letting
the people of this city know the re.
suit Of the election. 1t has arranged
with the public lighting companies
to shut off all lights in the city at 9
o'clock for an interval of ten seconds
If Laurier wins and for two intervals
OF ten seconds each if Borden is the
victor.
Inasmuch as more tnan 80 per
cent of the houses of Montreal are
lighted with electricity, the citizens
will be able to know which way the
country goes without leaving their
homes. A unique feature of today's
polling was the voting of 800 China
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