The evening world., 1916-11-07


claims Il spells Z majority q 0.ooe
for Wilson.
A few figures from the Bronx.
picked Unfortunately from various
districts, will show how rapidly the
early voto was cast and Will give an
idea Of general conditions through
out the city.
At 10 o'clock the Twsnty-ninth
Election District OF the Thirty-second
Assembly District had cast $50 votss
out Of at2 registered. tho Eighteenth
Of the Thirty-fourth had cast ieb out
OF Sso registered. the Fourth OF tho
Thirty-thlrd had cast 1st out OF aso
registered and the combined Sixth and
seventh OF tho Thirty-ffth had cast
100 out OF 47s registered
ONLY six ADVANCE iNpicT.
MENTs FOR FRAUD.
District Attorney Swami and his
stan were on duty at the Criminal
Courts Building and two assistants
were at each police court, but they
had little TO do. Only six advance
J indictments were found and these
applied 10 one address on the West
Side which six men alleged 10 be
their residence on Oct. IL. when
they registered. The Indictments
were found because the landlord says
he does not know them.
Less than 100 warrants were issued
for illegal registration. The first few
cases brought into the police courts
established that without exception
these warrants were based on mis-
takes on the part of the polling clerks
in registering addresses.
A. an instance OF how clerks
make mistakes, Gov. Whitman
was down in two Of the books at
| his polling place, No. $50 Sixth
| Avenue - living at No. 2 West
Fifty. Street, whereas the 81.
Regis, hls legal residence, 10 at
No. 2 East Fifty fifth Street.
The familiar figures OF John u.
Rockefeller and his son were not In
evidence to-day at the Sixth Avenus
polling place. whore they usually cast
their ballots. They didn't register.
In the upper west side residential
districts the voters were at the
booths early. In the Nineteenth
Election District OF tho Nineteenth
Assembly District 120 OF the 400 reg
istercd voters had cast their ballots
at . A. NJ.
For the first time in many years no
famboyant advance rewards for the
arrest OF persons caught cheating had
appeared In the papers. and for the
first time In many years the polls were
FREQ from youthful hedgings from the
colleges, who formerly crowded the
polling places and regarded every voter
with cold suspicion.
To-day there were only the qualified
party watchers at the polling places
and everything moved smoothly.
Candidate Hughes voted early and
cast ballot No. 10. This Is President
Wilson's lucky number. or he has
often claimed 1t as such.
The weather throughout the coun-
try In generally clear and pleasant.
POLICE RESERVES IN READINESS
TO SUPPRESS DISORDERS.
Deputy Commissioner Durham ar
rived at Police Headquarters at 430
A. NJ. TO take charge OF police arrange
ments for the election. Half an hour
later 100 policemen from outlying dis
tricts arrived at Headquarters to &C
on reserve duty.
Several automobiles are In readi-
ness to rush these wherever they may
be needed. Al A. NJ. half OF the en-
tire detective force OF the city assem-
bled In their respective headquarters
and were assigned to regular patrols
At 8 A. NJ. the other half. having
breakfasted and voted. reported to re-
lieve the first half so they could eat
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