Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
The Story the Week Has Told

record of IL eruptions before the Chris
tan era, the first about ATT BIC. In
1859 AID. an eruption destroyed
Catania and killed $4,000 of its inhabit-
ants and in 1869 an eruption killed TO-
900 persons.
On November Italy celebrated the
tenth anniversary of her armistice and
of her victory in the battle of Vittorio
Veneto. The Italian casualties in the
war numbered, roughly, 100000 dead;
! 100000 wounded, including 10000
permanently crippled.
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Rumania.-It will be recalled how
Vintila Bratianu. requested by the Ru-
manian regency to resign the premier
ship refused to do so. On November 3,
however, Ion better judgment making"
he resigned. The regents desired a
coalition government and offered the
premiership to Julius Manu-, head of
the National Peasant party, on condi-
ton that they should have the naming
of the ministers of war; foreign affairs
and the interior. Manu- would not &C
cept the mandate with strings. After
thoroughly canvaSsing the situation, the
regents bowed to the inevitable and in
vited MANU- to form a simon-pure Ma
tional Peasant government he held out
for. ut is" Manu- tells the world. "a
triumph of constitutionalism over des-
potism." 1t looks like that.
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limited States of Acknowledgement
Hoover, the Republican candidate, was
elected President, winning 444 electoral
votes to 81 for Alfred E. Smith, the
Democratic candidate, even carrying
New York State by 10000. Only the
following States were carried by
Mr.. Smith: Alabama Arkansas. Geor-
gia, Louisiana, Massachusetts,. MiSslsSip-
ri Rhode Island and South Carolina.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, de-
feated Albert Ottinger, Republican, for
the governorship of New York by
narrow margin. The Republican ma
iority in the House was very greatly
increased and the merely nominal Re-
publican majority in the Senate was
increased to a working majority, so that
Mr.. Hoover will start with assured sup
port from both Houses.
OF especial note were Mr.. Hoover's
victories in Florida. North Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, and Mr..
Smiths in Massachusetts. Mr.. Hoover
won by rather narrow margins in the
following named States: Montana, Ne
vada and Utah. His largest State plu-
ralities were as follows Ground numberS) :
California, 437,000; Illinois, 100000;
Michigan, 488, 900; Ohio, SOL 900; Penn
sylvania, $4,000. Mr. Smith should
derive some satisfaction from the re-
Election that his share of the popular
vote did not differ from Mr.. Hoover's
{ by any such interval as separates their
, respective shares of the votes In the
electoral college 1t is estimated that
Mr.. Hoover's share of the popular vote
was about q, 100000; that of MI. Smith
about 14,500,000.
With results of two senatorial con-
, tests still to be heard from and left out
of our consideration, the Senate's
makeup as changed by the elections
will be Sd Republicans 3S Democrats
and one Farmer-Laborite (Mr. Ship
stead of Minnesota. who seems to have
Republican leanings). The new Re-
publican majority in the Senate would
just suffice even should the progress
! sivc" or 'insurgent" Republican Sena-
tors prove hopelessly intransigeant and