The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-06
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i'm s-Dispatch Telautograph
Flashes Election Bulletins to
Packed Square.
NEWS FLASHED AT 8 O'CLOCK
Blue Rockets From Roof of Sky.
scraper Send First Tidings
of Wilson Victory.

1 Twelve thousand people came to Cap
4 itol Square last night to watch the
. long finger of the telautograph writs
+, Wilson's mighty victory across bril-
/. liant sheet OF canvas They begar
| coming with the first shadows at
o'clock--a full hour before the earliest
returns began trickling in. They grew
in numbers steadily as the early hours
brought the good news from the North
and Middle West. They grew to
mighty army by the time stray reports
from the belated Pacific Coast States
began repeating the story of Demo
cratic success.
TT looks like everybody's doing it
voting for wilson, the telautograph
operator flashed on the canvas at $3.50
o clock The crowd answered with a
roar of cheers.
.Tafts own county gives Wilson q
majority of lI,000,' came the message
a few minutes later The cheer that
followed was deafening. There were
few TO sympathize with the President
it was a Wilson crowd through and
through.
News Flashed ut 3 O'Clock.
At o'clock two blue skyrockets
rose in quick succession from the top
of the American National Bank Build
ing. announcing to the crowd in Capt.
toll Square and to the city at large that
the ton had elected new President
and that Virginia had had another visit
from the storl5. /: was only one part
of The Times Dispatch election news
service. Several minutes before tie
:,ma news had been flashed on tia
screen.
Those who could not come to the
Square used the wires Between =
o'clock and midnight Ave operators SAT
at an especial switchboard in the eol'
torial rooms and answered Calls a.
fast as they could plug in. Four extra
trunks installed by the telephone com
pany facilitated the service and re-
duced waits to a minimum ny s:ot
o'clock the news that Wilson will Of
the next President had been spread
we'll over the city.
Crowd Cheers Rockets.
Beginning at s o'clock and promptly OF
the hour after that until 10 o'clock. the
blue rockets rose from Tenth and Main
carving the news of Democratic VIC
tory to the watching city. The hrs'
two rockets caused a near riot In tns
Capitol Square where the news cauSh'
the crowd unprepared. Many had come
in the belief that the result OF the eiec'
ton would not be known before late
in the night.
In the Square the crowd stretched
from Bank street to the Washington
Monument Women and girls watcnee
| the bulletins with the same interest a
| the men. The service was instanta
| ne,us. The Associated Press. the New
York SIM service and three additional
| leased wires poured the figures II
| warm from the front and within tne
minute the telautograph wrote II II
bold relief on the white canvas.
At HIS o'clock, with returns from
the farthest flung Pacific Coast States
fairly complete, and nothing On tht
horizon even family threatening re-
versal of figures, the telautosFapl
flashed this message:
wilson's election is assured Go Il
bed and don't worry. Goodnight
With a parting cheer the crowd
poured out OF the park exits. contentee
| to await the full details of the big
victory in the morning papers.