Evening star., 1922-11-08
VOTELESS CAPITAL
WATCHES ELECTION
Star Gives Triple Service, by
Screen Bulletins, Phone
and Extra Edition.

Keen interest was shown last night
by the followers of The Stars cleo
tion news service. on the street be-
stefeopticon slides were thrown, I'm
the use of the adequate telephone
service maintained for those inter-
ested who kept to their homes and
clubs. and in the extra edition giving
the results at IL o'clock. From the
time the news began to come in.
/ about o'clock. until the final good
night" was flashed at midnight. great
enthusiasm was displayed.
The Star was prompt In putting
,, forth the early returns and, despite
their slow arrival from the important
states. Ohio. New Jersey. Indiana and
, Maryland. the interest OF the election
fans never waned FOR an instant.
While the returns slowly came in.
tainment for its followers in showing
photographs OF the several candi-
dates. the famed cartoons Of The
stars cartoonist. Bergman, and
motion pictures. The photographs
and cartoons met with cheers and ap-
plause as much as the state reports,
and the crowd sent forth into the
night air many laugh over the
comedy antics depicted in the motion
pictures.
Some Republicans There.
From close observation it seemed
that the crowd was Of decidedly
democratic disposition, their cheers
for democratic success greatly out
doing the cries OF the republican sup
porters. However, the followers of
the G. o. p. were there also. for when
the announcement was flashed that
Representative Fess of Ohio had
taken the lead over Senator Pom
vigorous demonstration was to be
heard.
The crowd was good natured.
Washington. voteless, the majority of
it's residents without franchise, is
loyal, and always takes first place for
to war. selling liberty bonds. civic
pride. or just in handling itself as
patriotic American community. 1t is
estimated that fully $4,000 voteless
citizens watched The Stars screen
last night. Denied the right to vote.
by those who had the privilege.
Phone Service In Demand.
The efficient telephone service at
The Star Office last night proved a
great boon to those. at a distance
from the screens. who wanted to
know how the election was going
The majority had their own partic-
ulsr states in mind, but many just
inquired. What is the general
trend?" These latter queries were
met with a summary of the various
important states, showing the trend
up to that time.
Virtually no state was overlooked
by the phoners, from New England
to the solid south. from the middle
Atlantic states to the middle western
states, the far western states and
from Massachusetts to California and
Texas Besides the two party fol-
lowers. the wet and dry interests
were noticed.
Many Not Surprised.
New York state seemed to rank
first in the interests of the callers,
but Massachusetts. New Jersey, Ohio
Indiana and Maryland were close
seconds. Some inquiries showed. great
surprise, some incredulity and others
took the course of events as a matter
of course.
The Stars extra furnished the
latest news to its readers up to the
time Of going to press and. although
q few results were changed. it gave
the readers the trend of events at
that hour. The New York Landslide"
was accurately depicted. as well as
the democratic strength in Indiana
and West Virginia.