Evening star., 1924-11-02
RADIO, PHONE AND TELEGRAPH
WILL SPREAD RETURNS HERE
Clubs, Theaters Hotels and Political Organizations
arrange to Receive Information-Many 49,
Parties Are Planned.

! National political organizations
| having headquarters here. local cam
, paiSn committees, clubs, theaters and
hotels are making special arrange
! ments for the reception Tuesday
| night Of election returns by telegraph,
telephone and radio.
The Democratic and Republican ma
tional committees have made most
| elaborate preparations both head
| quarters having been linked up with
leading news gathering organiza-
| tions by means of special wires and
| radio facilities. Local political clubs
| also are planning to meet and watch
| the rise and fall of the election
| barometer as it heralds clouds for
some and sunshine for others.
| Most of the leading clubs will keep
their members informed of the
| progress of the presidential poll by
| announcements from time to time or
| by radio loud speakers installed in
lobbies and lounge rooms. A number
of the larger theaters will announce
special phases of the voting to their
| patrons or fash appropriate bulletins
! at convenient intervals.
Many Staging Parties.
! Hotels and cafes are staging "elec-
ton night parties for the benefit OF
HdDIluSS VI tuc Oduce AiooT, diiu oihi-
| lar means of keeping the merry
makers informed of the trend of the
election will be employed.
! At the headquarters of the Repub-
| 1ican national committee in the
Munsey building, special wires have
| been connected directly with the Re-
publican national headquarters in
/ Chicago. and with the headquarters
| in New York. Besides this, there will
- 80 ha f.,l F.
| ern Union election reports, and re-
ports from other agencies and centers
| of news. A radio receiving set also
| has been installed.
! James B. Reynolds, director of the
| headquarters said that his office will
! be in direct telephone connection with
the White House during the evening
At the headquarters of the Demo-
| cratic national committee on, the
! second floor Of the Investment Build
: ing, Fifteenth and K streets, Demo-
| Gratis and their friends will be pres
| ent until the election is settled. The
| force which has been on the job for
| the past months will be among those
| present. Associated Press dispatches
will be the chief source of informa-
ton, special arrangements for this
service having been made already.
Local Committee Plans.
At the headquarters of the local
Republicans, 1924 New York avenue,
there will be a large gathering of
leaders and workers and their friends
| to hear the returns. Samuel J. Pres
colt, chairman of the Republican
State committee of the District, per-
sonally in charge of the local cam
paign, has seen to 1T that every op-
portunity is taken advantage. of to
receive the news of the election just
as soon as it is flashed. Besides, a
large radio outfit there will be a
leased telegraph wire, over which
will come reports direct from the ma
tional committee in Chicago, and the
| full We:tern Union report. -
An elaborate program will be
staged at the home OF Mrs. JEANNE
| Blackburn Moran. 2315 Massachusetts,
avenue, which. for several months
has been the headquarters Of the
Mcdonald Washington Blackburn
Democratic Club. Mrs. Moran. pres
ident of the club, has provided. a
musical entertainment interspersing
| the reports.
The DaNis-Bryan Progressive DEM
ocratic Club, the largest Democratic
| club in the city. will meet at s O'Clock
at the Shoreham Hotel. Radio re-
| ception for it's members will be pro.
| vided. Mrs. Walter E. Hutton, presi-
dent Of the club, will preside. ~
The John w. Davis for President
Club, the second Davis club to be
organised in the country, will meet
at the Ebbitt Hotel at s o'clock, and
| will be presided over by Carter B.
Keene, president Election returns
! Will BIZ given out by Western Union
and the radio.
At Central High School auditorium
election returns will be Hiven from
| the stage by radio in connection with
a musical program under auspices
Of the community center department.