The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
By Associated Press

NCW Ol h, 4NOFGluUGE 4.- An almost record-smashing electoral vote for Senator Harding topping the 400 mark and republican majorities of more than a score in the Senate and 150 in the House were as- Sured from Virtually complete returns tonight from Tuesdays elections.
 With the democratic strongholds of Oklahoma Missouri and Tennessee definitely swept into the republican ranks by the partys crushing victory, the Harding Coolidge ticket had 396 votes, exclusive of the four from Mon tana, where the republican state ticket was victorious and the presidential ticket ahead.
 The republican landslide tonight had given the republicans fiftyeignt Senate seats as against thirty-seven for the democrats, with late returns undermin- ing the seat of Senator Beckhanl, dem ocrat, Kentucky. His republican oppo- nent, Richard J. Ernst forged ahead in a nir ard tuck fight for the only Sen ate fight left unsettled. Of the thirty four Senate contests, the republicans q captured nine from the democrats and elected all fifteen of their candidates. Among the democratic senators who to- day went down to defeat were Senators Chamberlain of Oregon, former chair fan of the military committed; Senator Smith of Arizona who lost to former TDrxx~ kt - Senator Henderson of Nevada, who was defeated by Former Governor Oddie.
 Final returns from few congress sional districts were belated tonight, some due to close races which upset few previous announcements and others from isolated sections. With these missing districts the republican roll in the House had climbed past 285 to 135 for the democrats.
 Among House members whose re- election was reported definitely to- night was Representative Volstead of Minnesota, author of the Volstead pro-, hibition enforcement ac. and chairman of the House Judiciary committee, a po- Sition he is scheduled to retain.
 In the House contests, the republi- can sweep gave Ohio an almost solid republican delegation, only one dis trict being in doubt. In this, the home state of Senator Harding and Gov ernor Cox, the republicans gained and the democrats lost eight seats. In Missouri the republicans gained block of eight.
 SUMMON ELECTION CLERKS
 New York; November 4.-All poll clerks, election inspectors and the board of canvassng inspectors in the Thir- teenth election district of the Fourth as- sembly district (Manhattan) were sub poenaed tonight by District Attorney Swann to appear at his office tomorrow in connection with the finding of 26 bal lots today at the opening of sewer at Orchard and Stanton streets.
 William Vogt and Joseph Hoffman made affidavits that they had found the ballots, which were marked for MT. Swann, the district attorney, who is a candidate for supreme court justice, and appears to have been defeated on the face of the present returns.
 The district attorney stated that the election managers of the district would be interviewed" by the grand jury
 sI am going to ask the extreme pen Alty.' he said. for any violation of the election law, as I have always done"
 Boards of election showed that S5S reg istered in the district, while the return sheets showed there were S59 defective ballots. or more than defective bal lot for every registered voter.
 Members of the district attorneys staff expressed the opinion that frauds had been committed in several districts. citing as an example returns from Harlem dis tricts, populated chiefly by negroes. In Z nearly every election district in the "black belt every vote registered was K east for the judiciary candidates, it was said, while other districts show that z from 40 to 50 per cent of the registered voters did not vote for these candidates. In one Harlem district, it was said, there were 43 more votes for the judi siary candidatks than there were regis tered voters.
 IDAHO
 Boise, Idaho. November 4--With 1855 voting precincts and an estimated 15.- 900 votes yet to be recorded in Idaho. republican majorities straight through the state and national tickets. except ing the senatorial, continued in the ra- tio of two to one over the democratic candidates. For Senator. Gooding. re- publican. continued to hold majority of approximately 10000 over Nugent, democratic incumbent
 NORTH DAKOTA
 FAfgo. N. D., November 4.-North Da- kota was conceded to the Harding col- umn by "a large majority in a state ment made tonight by Democratic State Chairman Johnson. who also conceded