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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
.LOU|S|ANA VOTE
. ON AMENDMENTS
RETURNS INcoMPLETE-No
FAILED TO MEET WITH
POPULAR FAVOR.
PARISHES SLOW TO REPORT
Amendment Number Two Carried
With the Largest Majority-Demo-
Gratis of Third District File
Protest.

New OrleanS.-While the returns
from the election are not complete.
enough have been received to indicate
that all the amendments with the ex-
ceptiOn of Amendment No 5 carried.
The vote so far as received resulted
as follows:
Amendment No. For 36,577,
Against 1912.
Amendment No. For, 42,lO3,
Against 9,O99
Amendment No. 3-For 2S,763,
Against 12,S97.
Amendment No. 4-FOr 2S,575.
against l2.145.
Amendment No. 5-For 1928,
Against 30213.
Amendment No. 6-FOr 2S,Ol2,
Against l2,140.
Amendment No. For 2S,75S,
Against 1882.
Amendment No. S-For 2S,GO2.
Against 12,S14.
Amendment No. 9-FOr 32,32i,
Against 17,7S2.
Amendment No. 10-For 29,495,
Against 1909.
Amendment No. 11-For 29,215,
Against 15,040.
Amendment No. 12-For Bliss.
Against 11,OS3.
Amendment No. 13-For 2S,176,
Against 12,116.
Amendment No 14-For 2S,172,
Against 13,444
Amendment No. 15-For 27243,
Against 13,4S4.
Amendment No. 16-For 29,410,
Against 12,430.
Amendment No. 17-For 2S,S43,
Against 1890.
Amendment No. 1S-For 29,316,
Against 11.S42.
Several parishes are not included in
these figures because no returns have
been received.
! The total vote is far lighter in the
country than in New Orleans. and in
some OF the parishes a majority OF
the voters failed to mark the ballots
IOT SDlllt ICdSOli vi olllCl. POI iciiN .
voted with the city on only four
amendments, No. /, abolishing the fee
system for salaries; No. 2, increased
pensions for Confederate veterans, and
No. 12, the New Orleans bridge.
The largest vote cast was or
Amendment No. 2. The returns from
the parishes. scattering and full, indi
cate that about two-thirds of then
went against this system and one
third for it. 1t is possible that all the
congressional districts, except the
First and Second (the city districtsI
have returned adverse majorities, al
though some of them will be small.
Democrats of the Third Louisiana
district have filed a protest with the
secretary OF state against promulga
tion of the election for Congress il
the Third district, where Wade o
Martin, Democrat, opposed Represen
tative Whit P. Martin. Progressive
The protest alleges irregularities il
LaFourche parish, that in several pre-
cincts there were not the. required
number of commissioners at tn
booths and that eight precincts faile'
to. send official returns to the Boar
of Election Supervisors.
Secretary of State Bailey said he i
without authority to decide the contro
versy and that the contest probabl
will go before Congress. On the fac
of unofficial returns Martin had a ms
, jority OF 81 votes in the district.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18

New York. Nov. 11.-On the face of
The returns, unofficial and still lncom-
plete, Woodrow Wilson has been re-
elected president of the United States
with a majority of at least eleven In
the electoral college. But the Repub-
Iicans place a cloud on his title that is
likely to remain for \ week or ten
days, and in the meantime the RepuD-
licans are declining to pay their cleo
ton bets.
The situation is extraordinary and
has resulted in days of nerve-racking
strain for the people of the country.
If the election officials of few remote
precincts in few states know how the
nation has been waiting GREATNESS to
hear from them, they must be swelled
I'D enormously with a sense or their
importance. For on those few pre-
cincts has depended the nations choice
Of its chief executive.
That Mr. Wilson's victory over Mr.
Hughes will not be conceded without
recount in the close states, such as Cal
lfornia. New Hampshire, New Mexico
and North Dakota, was determined at
conferences of the Republican leaders
here Chairman Wilcox asserted re-
rount would be demanded wherever
The margin OF Democratic victory was
90 small that comparatively few votes
would turn the scales. He and his as
sociates say they take the position
that there should be no cloud upon MIR.
Wilson'S title to the presidency. The
Democrats. for their part, declared
that there must be q recount In New
Hampshire. even though the returns
gave the state to Mr.. Wilson.
That the returns are still incomplete
is due TO the presence on the border or
the National Guard of number OF
STATES. The soldiers are permitted to
vote bv mail, their ballots being for
worded TO the auditors of their home
counties and in Minnesota especially
the vote of the Guardsmen is likely to
cut n figure in determining whether the
state goes into the Wilson or the
Hughes column.
Minnesota was as bad as California
In the matter of shifts, and as its dele
cation is nearly as large, it, too. was
watched with the intensest interest.
Through days and nights of counting
the race was see-saw, with but
thousand or so of votes separating the
1 candidates. Neither side would ad-
nit defeat and even now both are
awaiting the soldier vote and the OFF,
cial count.
New Hampshire Surprise.
Perhaps the most surprising of all
The states was New Hampshire. II
alone of all New England failed to give
the Republican candidate substantial
plurality, and for days no one knew
In which column it would land. The
astonishing closeness of the vote was
shown by the rival claims, three days
af.er the election. of 100 plurality for
Hughes and 81 for Wilson. In the cir
cumstances Ii is no wonder that the
managers of both parties should de-
mand recount.A.-zs-~--
New Mexico, with three electoral
votes, attracted national attention by
placing itself early In the list of doubt
tul states, and as It soon appeared that
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Blew Safes in Arkansas.

vicksburg. Miss.-Postoffice Inspec-
tor ]. NJ. Murray secured what pur-
ports to be a signed confession from
three men in jail charged with the
murder of Police Captain Stiles, in
which they admit having burglarized
the postoffice at Parkin, Ark, on the
night of October IL. The alleged con-
fession says that they blew two safes
and secured about 500 of postal funds
and several registered packages con-
tanning money.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
PRESIDENT WILSON ELECTED
ON FACE Of THE RETURNS
Republicans Demand Recount Of Votes in Several
Close and Pivotal States.
RECORD BREAKING INTEREST IN The NEWS
Entire Nation Kept Suspense While Election Judges of Few
States Counted to the Last Ballot Before Result Was
KnoWn-So|dier Vote Factor.

almost every electoral vote would be
vital, the returns from down on the
border were grabbed hot off the wires.
After yeering back and forth for days,
New Mexico was definitely placed in
the Wilson column, though there, too.
the presidents margin was so scant
that basis was afforded for the call
for a recount. A few mistakes dis
covered i'm the figures of the precinct
officials might well swing the state
over to Hughes.
Wilcox Demands Recount.
On Friday National Chairman Will
cox of the Republican party handed
out the following statement:
THE result still depends upon the
vote in a few close states. 1t must be
borne in mind that the returns thus
far announced are, in most states, un-
official, and may be changed by the
official count required by the laws of
those states.
'Twice during these unofficial COM
putations yesterday in California mis-
! takes in additions were announced
from that state, substantially changing
figures previously given.
1T is common experience that the
result of the official count almost al
ways varies from the returns first an
nounced.
where the vote is as close as that
reported in several states, it may well
be that material changes will result
from the official count.
1--WE owe it to the country to take
| all necessary steps to see that an eX-
act and honest count of the vote is
made. When the current seemed to be
running against Mr.. Wilson on Wednes.
day the Democratic managers an.
nounced their intention to demand q
recount In every close state.
"All we desire is to make sure that
the vote is counted as cast"
| Both sides conceded that no matter
what action might be taken in regard
| TO a recount there was little likelihood
| of q contest being carried to the house
| of representatives as ii was after the
HAYES -Tilden campaign In 1876. Legis
lation enacted in 1887, it was said
made the state sovereign in pronounc
ing Judgment in q recount of the pres
idential vote.
How Congress Stands.
With returns missing from only one
congressional district in the United
States. the Republicans and Demo
Gratis each had elected 215 representa-
tives.
The vote i'm New Mexico, which is
still in doubt, probably will determine
which party is TO have a plurality OF
one over the other. The present mem
Der from New Mexico is a Republi
can.
The balance of power in the next
house will he held by four men, one
n Progressive ProtectiOnist from
Louisiana. one an independent from
Massachusetts. one Progressive from
Minnesota and the other SOcialis
from New York.
I TheS.action of these members ap
parent,v will determine the choice ot
a speaker es well as the fate of legis
latior which. is supported or opposed
| on purely part nnes'
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
St. Charles Feast Celebrated.

Grand Coteau.-The Feast of St.
Charles, the patronal feast Of st.
Charles College, was celebrated there
in a most elaborate manner. Many
visiting priests from neighboring
towns we're the guests of the Jesuits
while the students enjoyed a holiday.
The Borromean, published at ST.
Charles College yearly, will now be
issued twice a year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
To Investigate Food CHARGES.

Chicago.-Moye than 1000 cars OF
cabbage and potatoes are being held
in railroad yards in Chicago in order
to deplete the market and keep the
prices high, according to information
laid before the United States district
attorney. The commission men prefer
to pay demurrage rather than unload
the cars, 1t is charged. Federal off,
GERS will investigate.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Fined For Rebatino,

chicago.-Fines totaling more than
sl7l.00O wer assessed by Federal
Judge Lands against Swift q Co.,
packers, and a number of railroads
convicted of violating the interstate
commerce act. In most the cases the
charges were rebating or shipping less
than carload shipments at carload
rates.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Is Awarded Newspaper Cup.

New Orleans.-The Times-Picayune
Loving Cup for 1915 was unanimously
awarded to William B. Thompson by
the committee of three composed of
E. F. Kohnke, for the Board of Trade;
CHARLES B. Thorn, for the Cotton Ex-
change, and Neal NJ. Leach, fer the AS
sociation of Commerce, in recognition
Of his long and earnest work for a
publicly owned and operated cotton
warehouse in New Orleans.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Japanese Lose Submarine.

Kobe, Japan. - The superdread-
nought Isse was successfully launched
here. While in the Inland sea, re-
turning from the ceremony, gaso-
line explosion destroyed submarine
No. 4. Six officers of the underwater
boat were seriously and eight seamen
slightly injured. Two of the crew are
missing.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Experts To Attend peIlasra Session.

Memphis, Tenn.-A session on pei
agra will be a feature of the Tri-
State Medical Association meeting a,
Memphis. November 21-23. The fed
eral government has delegated Sur
geon Joseph Goldberger to attend the
meeting. By experiments he produc-
ed pellagra among convicts in the
Mississippi penitentiary. Others who
VIII speak on this subject are DR.
isadore Dyer OF Tulane University, Or.
q N. Perdue Of Kansas City, and DR..
2 H. Martin OF Hot Springs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
To Try Georgia Publisher.

Macon, Ga--The trial of Thomas E..
Watson. author and publisher of
Thomson. Ca. on charges of sending
obscene matter through the mails, has
been set for November q in federal
district court at Augusta, Ga.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18

sResuIt in Minnesota, with IL votes,
will not be known until soldiers vote
is counted. 1t is possible that recount
in close states may change the tota. te
some extent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-18
Six States Go Dry.

llCdll, apparently IdNlhS btth Ni'N''N
in Montana.
Six States Go Dry.
PrOhibitionistS are jubilant over the
results Of the election where prohibi-
ton was an issue. From Washington
the legislative committee of the Anti
Saloon league issued statement, say
ing:
prohibition has taken another
great leap forward. Michigan has
voted for statewide prohibition by
10000 majority, Nebraska by $4,000,
Montana by 10000 and South Dakota
by $1,000. Idaho has adopted II pro-
hbition constitutional amendment by
majority of 3 To /. Utah has prob
ably elected legislature pledged to
enact statewide prohibition. Wash
ington. Iowa, Colorado, Arizona and
Arkansas have defeated attempts of
the liquor people TO secure the adop-
ton of proposals which would nullify
their prohibitory laws.
Thus - states out of iS-One-half
of the states of the UniOnThaye now
declared for statewide prohibition,
and over 60 per cent of the population
and 81 per cent of the area of the
country is now under prOhibitOry law.
Women Vote as Do Men.
From the general result it is clear
that as the men voted in the suffrage
states. 50 did the women.
In Illinois men and women seemed
about equally divided as To prefer
ence. The state went for Hughes by
a big plurality.
In Kansas. Colorado, Montana
Washington. Oregon and California
where women also vote, Wilson was
successful, but his pluralities were not
sufficiently large to indicate that the
woman voters supported him as unit
Farm Vote the Factor.
There are several great outstanding
facts concerning the result of the elec
ton. one of which is that labor, in al
the big industrial states except Ohio
declined to give its undivided support
to President Wilson despite his claim
to it on the score of having persuaded
congress to pass the AdamsOn "eight
hour" bill. New York, Pennsylvania
Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, In
diana, all gave the Republican candi
date pluralities, and OhiO's vote in ia
vOr of Wilson is not certainly TO be at
tributed to the labor vote.
Another interesting development wa
the independence of the West, which Il
asserting that it elected presiden
without the aid of New York and Penn
sylvania and other big western ant
central states. When 1t was found
early in the evening of election day
that the empire state had gone TO
Hughes, the newspapers of the metrop
oils, even those that had suppOrte'
Wilson, conceded the victory to tn
Republicans, WITHOUT waiting to hea
from the middle West. When the re
turns came in from these regions,
was found that the farmer and stoc
raiser had decided the election.
Yet another fact that calls for com
ment is that Governor Johnson of Cal
ifornia. running On the Republican an
Progressive tickets, has been elected {
the United States senate by sOmethin
like 100000 plurality, and yet the stat
went Democratic on the presidency.
The sun., 1916-01-23

Belle Storey at the Hippodrome does
not know whether or not to believe
in the efficacy of the rabbits foot 10
cause good luck. Like all or nearly
all actresses. she uses rouge paw
in her makeup. the paw being the
foot OF n rabbit
\ few years ago. before her success
IN chin chin" she atte nded a foot
ball game In Harrisburg. Pa. where
Jim Thorpe. the Indian athlete, was
introduced to her Thorpe had just
returned from Europe, bearing the
The sun., 1916-01-23
THE REEL PLAYS.

The Biltmore Theatre, which
used to be Oscar Hammerstein's
Lexington Avenue Opera House,
will be opened this afternoon as
a moving picture theatre at which
the best available films will be
shown. There will be music. and
incidental to the main attraction
there will always be news and
comic reels. The first part of the
present week will be occupied by
Fannie Ward in 1.-THE Cheat"
which has been very highly
praised. and the second part by
Geraldine Farrar in "Tempta-
ton"
Thede Bara will be the heroine
Of "The Serpent" in which WILL
lam Fox has so much confidence
that it will be continued for a
week at the Academy of Music, in
place of the usual three days. r.
A. Walsh wrote and produced the
picture play. James Marcus,
Carl Harbaugh, George Walsh
and others will appear with Miss
Bara, who will astonish her ad-
mirers by appearing "as an inno-
cent girl" but only, be it said,
for q little while.
Dustin Farnum will be seen at
the Strand Theatre during the
present week in "The Call of the
Cumberlands." by C. N. Buck.
This is q feud play, with the scene
in Kentucky. There will he new
war pictures and news films.
The fifth month of the Triangle
season at the Knickerbocker
Theatre. and the second week of
the policy introduced by Samuel
L. Rothapfel, begins to-day with
Q Aim version of Mary Roberts
Rinehart story, Acquitted" with
Wilfred Lucas as the chief
player. The comedy companion
of this dramatic niece is "Perils
in the Park" with a typical Key
stone cast. Beginning Thursday
these features will he succeeded
by Orrin Johnson in a screen ad-
aptation of "The Three Mus
ksteers." which Thomas H. Ince
has named "D'Artagnan," and
another Sennett farce, "a Movie
Star" For his musical pro-
gramme Mr.. Rothapfel has en-
gagged Alfred de MANLY, Alys
Baldwin and Thornton D. Ur-
quhart. New and authentic news
pictorials will be shown and the
nrst OF q series of "Seeing
America First" views presented.
The sun., 1916-01-23
THE LADIES ARE TALKING.

In telling THE SUN reporter OF her
first experience in seeking a place in
the footlights Josephine Victor spoke
with great deal OF amusement.
II was very young"--they all are
said Miss Victor, when | made
my first attempt to go on the stage.
] paid a visit TO the Office OF the late
Charles Frohman. and insisted on
seeing the manager himself. The en-
tire Office force showed me very plainly
that managers were not at the beck
and call of little girls. The gentleman
to whom | was talking was much
amused at my ambition to go on the
stage. and ! am sure that when he
left the room several times It was to
indulge in laughter. He advised me
to return to school and come back in
five years and then he would see what
he could do. ] was very much crest
fallen, but now | realize how excellent
that advice was.
Instead of returning to the public
schools. however. | succeeded in win
ming n scholarship to the Wheatcraft
Dramatic School, then on lower Fifth
avenue. When completed this course
found an engagement. and this TINA
without affording amusement TO offire
assistants, with a company that How
ard Kyle was organizing TO play Ma
than Hale" OH the road
After two seasons I was given the
leading role in another play of Mr..
kyle's called The Greater Love- which
was also sent on the road. When
the piece was brought to New York
city was denied the pleasure OF max
ing my debut in ii. for more expc-
rienced actress was substituted. This
was great disappointment TO me. bu.
by this time learned that disap-
pointment was one of the commonest
occurrences in theatrical life.
My New York appearance was
finally made in Miss Petticoats.' in
which ] played the part of tho advcn-
turess. My subsequent engagements for
some reason or other were not so diff
ficult to procure. ] made what I think
my first distinctive success in Chan
ming Pollock's The Secret Orchard
After this l appeared successivcly N
The Battle as Wilton Lackaye's lead
ing woman and then with Maude
Adams in Character I played then
in number Of plays that met with
The sun., 1916-01-23

laurels won at the olympic games in
Stockholm. At the suggestion OF a
friend who introduced tho Indian to
her before the game Miss Storey pre-
sentcd him with her rouge paw,
which she carried In her handbag.
Thorpc's team Immediately lost the
football game. and from that time
onward misfortune has pursued nm
in his athletic career. \ few days
or weeks af.erward the international
committee discovered that he was q
pf fessional athlete and all the hcsiJrs
he had won were stripped from him.
Then Thorpe Joined the New York
Giants and had career downward.
He failed in the International League
to which he was transferred by Man.
ager McGraw and last summer he
was set adrift by the HARRISBURG
club. He came back to New York,
for he was under contract for term
Of years. and the management Of the
Giants has to pay him a salary.
Not long sfterward Miss Storey was
playing at Buffalo theatre where
Manager Mike Donovan Of the Provl-
dence Baseball Club was introduced
TO her behind the scenes by mutual
friend. while she was before tho
footlishts Donovan entered her dress
Ing room and stole her new rouge
paw. His team won the pennant that
year. ard as o result Donovan wa
engaged to manage New York
American League team. The Yanks
have not won the pennant-yet--but
they have developed into strOrr
team that played better bali during
the season just closed than they have
done since they were a real bail club
under Stallings years ago.
What ! am wondering now" said
Miss Storey at the Hippodromc.
where she is making the greatest
success OF her career "is whether Il
is unlucky TO be given u rouge paw
or q rabbits foot IN an. stage of It's
existence and lucky 10 steal one. ~
whether there il anything in the rab-
bits foot superstition Mt all. Sc
riously. though. 7 don't believe in any
The sun., 1916-01-23

I'm talking to another. It's worse than
"A crime--it's bad taste--and the man
who does II is not only "a bore but u
cad
Woman--Dont repeat that gum
which the manager Of the shoe de-
partrlent told you regarding the ,X-
traordinary altitude Of your instep.
and the consequent advisability OF
your having your boots made to order.
That fiattering remark is the stock
in trade of the accomplished shoe man.
and there never lived . woman with
foo, SO fiat to whom it has not NJ some
time been said. The woman with the
high nstep Is the very apotheosis of
the female bore.
women--Don't be vague and don't
he anonymous in relating incidents or
personal experiences. Use names and
he specific as to places. Don't sav
you went 10 the theatre last night with
friends from out of town and after
ward to supper" Say, instead, that
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones Of Schenec-
tady took you to see every Good Ed
die and you stopped afterward ~
the Automat and had crullers and
coffee.
Men and women-Don't attempt TO
tell funny story out in company un-
less you have already qualified unmis-
takably in that sort Of drawing room
entertainment. Remember. the &C
complished story teller is not born cut
made so 10y much training and prac-
tice.