The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-17
ODDS PUT UP ON
POLITICAL. BETS
Three to One that Wilson
Wins and Four to One
Against Taft.

rittsburg. Oct. 17.-odds Of 4 70 I
against the election of President Taft,
3h to / against the election Of COL
onel Roosevelt. 5 to ! that Wilson
wins. 1000 to that Debs loses and
5000 to that Chain, the prohibition
hasn't chance. arc offer
ed by a well-knoNn Wood street brok-
erage firm in this city.
The odds offered on the general re-
suit, however, are not nearly as in
teresting to those concerned in the out
come Of the election as those posted
on the outcome in the several states.
for the brokers announce that their
clients are willing to take chances on
80 Of the 4s states at the odds fixed
by them.
Even money is available. according
to the schedule contained in a printed
sylvania. The same odds hold that
Roosevelt will or will not carry a
majority Of the electoral votes OF the
state, while odds Of to are offered
that Taft won't carry 1t.
The same conditions apply to West
Virginia. the bettors allowing the In
vestor to take his chances between
Roosevelt and Wilson, granting odds
Of to that the president cannot
carry the Mountain state. In Ohio
the odds are 2 to that Wilson wins
3 to ] against Taft and similar odds
against Roosevelt carrying the state.
The circular announces that money is
available at 2 to I that Wilson carries
Maryland. to / against Taft and Z
to S against Roosevelt.
The New York Odds.
In New York it is offered 3 to / that
Wilson wins, 2 to ! that Taft loses
and to that Roosevelt loses. Yer.
mont is put up as 2 to i against WI
son. 2 to against Taft and even mon.
ey on Roosevelt. Maine goes on the
books at even money on Wilson, 8 to
1 against Taft and to 5 against
Roosevelt.
No bets are made on Idaho and
Minnesota. but in Missouri 2 to 1 is
Taft loses the state and to- that
Roosevelt also loses. Oklahoma shows
no choice between Roosevelt and vii.
son with odds Of 4 to ! against Taft
New Hampshire is offered at even
money on Wilson. 4 to 5 against Taft
and 3 to against Roosevelt. It IL
Z to S against Wilson in Iowa, 4 to !
against Taft and 8 to against Roose.
velt
Illinois is offered at even money on
Wilson. I to against Taft and to
on Roosevelt. It's even money on
Wilson in Kansas, to / against Taft
and to s. against Roosevelt. Back
to the New England states the odds
are to against Wilson. 6 to s
against Taft and 2 to against Roose.
welt. Indiana is offered to that
Wilson wins the state. to 1 against
Taft and 8 to against Roosevelt
Rhode Island. even money that Will
son loses. z to s against Taft and 6
to s against Roosevelt.
Bets on New Jersey.
New Jersey is 2 to that Wilson
wins. to l against Taft and to I
against Roosevelt. Even money is
offered on Taft and Wilson in Mich
igan. and odds Of 2 to / against
Roosevelt. Connecticut, even money
on Taft and Wilson and to against
Roosevelt. California, the home of
Gov. Hiram johnson. vice presidential
candidate on the Roosevelt ticket. is
listed 2 to l against Wilson, to 1
against Taft and 1 to against
Roosevelt. The biggest odds offered
against Roosevelt are offered in Ar
kansas. where they are fixed at 20 to
! against his carrying the state, 10 to
! is offered on Wilson and 10 to l
against Taft. In Alabama. Arkansas.
Florida and Mississippi. 20 to / are
offered against Taft.
Odds of 10 to against either Taft
or Roosevelt are offered in the south
ern states except those noted.