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Agent*! The best articles for you to sell are offered in the “Agents Wanted” column of The Herald Want Ads. Read ’em. VOLUME XXXI, No. 308 NATION READY TO NAME CHIEF * \ . ********* ********* ********* ********* Davis Awaits Verdict After 12,000-Mile Drive Nominee Has Delivered 230 Addressesln His Campaign NEW YORK—The long trail blazed by John W. Davis since he began his campaign for the presiden cy reached its end Monday. Only a motor trip from his home in Locust Valley to a New York studio where his last political address will be broadcast by radio Mon day night remained to bring his campaign mileage to its grand total. All engagements were cancelled to permit him to work unmolested at his heme on his address. Th plans arranged for the broad casting Monday night call for his arrival at WEAF studio at 9o’clock, the beginning of his address at 9:15 eastern standard time and its con clusion at 9:45. His campaign started with the speech of accep tance at Clarksburg, W. Va., Au gust 9, and continued almost with out a halt. Travel by railroad cov ered 17 states and aggregated more than 12,000 miles. In all, he de livered 230 speeches, not including the rear platform talks. The territory canvassed stretch ed from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains on the west and from Rhode Island to Tennessee and Kentucky in the south. WOUNDED TWICE DURING FIGHT. Altitudes ranged from sea level to 8,500 feet. He was “wounded” twice during the fight. On his visit to Wheel ing, W. Va., a giant from the moun tains grasped his hand in such a manner as to wrench a tendon, ‘j/f-.tvr rt Bunceton, Mo., the ten don was wrenched again and his arm had to be bandaged, causing him fur sometime to use his left hand while the right convalesced. In St. I.ouip gases from burning powder by photographers resulted in a plight impairment of his vocal chords. Mr. Davis, however, will eiherge from the campaign in better phys ical condition than he enjoyed be fore it began. Dr. J. J. Richardson, of Washington, D. C., who attended him throughout his travels, said he found Mr. p.avis an improved man physically when he examined him the other day. His muscles have hardened, his endurance powers have been greatly increased. Dr. Richardson said, admitting, howev er, that the candidate now weigh ed several pounds less than he did in August. From the standpoint of training received in ways of political cam paigning, Mr. Davis also is said by those who have been with him to have improved. His mannr of speaking has be come more forceful. The hesitancy and delicacy which marked him as a speaker at the beginning of the campaign have given way to qual ities approaching that of the vet eran political orator's style. He has acquired “punch” and forcfefulness when speaking which apparently is well liked by his audience and which he lacked almost entirely at the outset. His style, however, is still that of the lawyer and his ar gument is the kind which appeals rather to reason on the part of the listener than to emotion. BERLIN LIFTS BAN Of French and Belgian Dramas BERLlN.—French and Belgian dramas which were barred from the German stage during the Ruhr oc cupation are no longer under the ban, according to a decision Joint ly approved by the German Actors' Association and the Federation of German playwrights. Emile Zola’s "Therese Raquin” will be produced at the Renaissance theatre. Berlin, as the first French drama to bo offered since the close of 1922. Richmond County Second . In Number oi Divorces •WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pepart ncnt of Commerce announces that, according to return* received, there were In Georgia, for the calendar year 1923, 37,959 marriage* performed and 1 S2B divorce* granted. For the cal endar year 1922 35,823 marriage* and 3,833 divorce* were reported. The increase in marriages reported for 1923 over the number reported sos 192* I* 2,136, or 6 per cent. The dt vorces reported for 1323 show a de crease of f. or three-tenths of one per cent less than the number report *dTher*tatsitlc* of marriage* for 1923 w »ro furnished by the onUnary, and tl oae of divorces for the lame year. 1 v the clerk of the superior court, of each county. The figure* are pre liminary and subject to correction There were 1.04* marriages in Rich mond county In 1923, and 1,152 mar -1 in.' Richmond county In THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. SOUTH READY TO OUST ITS BALLOT 111 810 ELECTION To Vote on Many Consti tutional Amendments EXPECT DAVIS-BRYAN TO SWEEP THE SECTION Georgia Must Muster Ma jority to Direct Its Vote ATLANTA. Ga.—With the shouting and tumult fast dying on Southern campaign fields as actual balloting is about to follow the captains and the kings are departing from the stump to precincts here and there to vote. Few Southern states have been without excite ment and pro-and-con on the question of constitutional amendments have overshadow ed interest in the national tic ket in all states except Ten nessee, regarded as such con tested ground that representa tives of prominence from both parties, including John W. Da vis, the democratic nominee, have spoken there. Tennessee is electing a gov ernor and United States Sena tor has contests in several con gressional districts and will vote on a constitutional amend ment, providing for a constitu tional convention. GEORGIA MUST GIVE MAJORITY Georgia faces the problem of mustering a majority in order to direct its electoral votes for one of three candidates for president, a plurality not being sufficient. This will be done. Chairman G. E. Mad dox of the state democratic com mittee says in a statement in which he tells of his confidence that the Davis-Bryan ticket will receive far more votes than the combined total of the Coolidge-Dawes and LaFol lette-Wheeler combinations. The Empire state will also decide wheth er the general assembly shall con tinue to meet annually, a constitu tional amendment providing that visits of legislators to the state capital shall be restricted to once in two years. South Carolina is also interested in the question of biennial sessions of the general assembly with a change in terms of state offices but has no state or congressional con tests. Louisiana is without other con tests than a constitutional amend ment proposing to increase pen sions of confederate veterans. North Carolina is keenly oc cupied with races for governor. United States senate and congress as well as the projmsal to issue state bonds for building port ter minals and start a state-owned steamship line. G. O. P. CANDIDATES IN FLORIDA Florida has a republican candi date waging a vigorous campaign for governor and several congres sional races. The peninsula state is also voting on a plan to make in heritance and Income taxes impos sible from a state standpoint in the future. A three cornered race for the sen ate and congressional contests must suffice for Virginia and Arkansas has candidacies before the voters for both house and senate. Alabama is voting on a constitu tional amendment to exempt former service men from the payment of poll taxes in addition to races for the senate and house. Mississippi has two congressional contests and will decide if a state income tax is to be made possible by amending the constitution. CROWS CHASE EAGLE NEVERB, France.—The strange sight of a huge eagle being pursued by a flock of crows estimated at some 3,000 caused the townsfolk to crane their necks here. The eagle eventually sought refuge at the Chateau de Cussy, where keepers shot it, whereupon the flock of crows disbanded and disappeared. The eagle was found to measure more than eight feet across the wings. 1323 were 246 and In 1922 there were I£4. Marriages In Bibb county In 1923 were 1,347, and In 1922 were 1,046. Divorces in Bibb county In 1923 were 77 and In 1922 there were 99. In Muscogee county there were 1.- 200 marriages in 1923 and 1,201 In 1922. Divorces In Muscogee county in 1923 were 75 as against 77 for 1922. In Chatham county there were 1.- 472 marriages In 1923 as compared with 1,403 In 1922. In 1923 there were 126 divorces in Chatham county as compured with 79 in 1922. • Fulton county shows a record of 4.343 marriages In 1923 and 4,157 In 1922. Divorces Issued In Fulton county for 1923 were 519 as compared with 53C In 1322. Walker county led all rural coun ties In marriages, bavins 1,073 In 1323 and 1,200 In 1922. ’ THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. To Be Tried MW i m ' IH Because he sympathized publicly with the views of the Rev. Fosdick, New York liberal clergyman, Rev. George E. Hunt tabove), pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church, Madison, Wis., must stand trial for heresy. Charges have been brought against him by three Presbyterian pastors. Hans Hackel Dead; Suicide Indicated ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Hans Hackel, one of the most prominent German language editors of the country and president of the corporation pub lishing the Westliche Post, was found dead in the kitchen of his home Sunday night by his wife, as she returned from a theater. Ac cording to the police report, his head was resting on an open Jet of the gas range. A note stating "I cannot stand the strain any longer” was found on the kitchen table, police reported. With this remark his friends believed he referred to the criticism he was said to have in curred for his opposition to the Steubmen Society, a national organ ization of German-Americans, dur ing the present political camupaign. Mr. Hackel was an ardent supporter of President Coolidge and only re cently has he called on the presi dent to report the political situa tion in Missouri. ALABAMA ELECTORS Prepare For Largest Vote In State’s History BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Elctors of Alabama were Monday prepared to record the largest vote ever polled in a -general election in this state. Due to an intensive “be a good cit izen’’ campaign, carried on by the league of women voters, it was pre dicted that hundreds of persons who heretofore have been indiffer ent except when local affairs brought them out, would go to the polls and express a choice for presi dent. The league's campaign has been on-partisan, the women urg ing all persons of voting age to "turn out and vote for one of the parties.” | BRUNSWICK VOTERS i • i To Pass on Bond Issue Nov. 12th BRUNSWICK, Ga.—November 12 has been set as the election date for the second attempt to secure voters’ permission for the issuance of $50,- 000 in bonds to complete payment of the St. Simons highway. The last attempt to float the bonds failed because of lack of Interest. It was stated at that time that the reg istration list was Inaccurate and had much to do with the failure o secure the necessary majority. The bond Is- i sue at that time failed by a margin of 45 votes. Since the last election the registra tion list has been purged. Over 100 names have been stricken from the registration books. MAIL CAR BURNS Letters From Western Ter ritory Destroyed LANCASTER, Pa.—Mail from western points consigned to Phlla-, delphla for transfer to New Jersey destinations were destroyed early Monday by fire of undetermined origin which broke out In tho first car of Pennsylvania train No. IS, on route from Pittsburg. Author ities believe the damage will run Into thousands of dollars. No reg istered mall was aboard. A telegraph operator at Dlflers vtlle saw the smoko Issuing from the mail ear as It passed there and notified the city, where It was met by fire fighting equipment. Tho car was shunted to a siding and bags of blazing mail removed to the station platform where it is being guarded pending investigation by heavily armed police and postal employes. BRITISH PRESS Carry Forecasts on Ameri can Election LONDON.— Long dispatches from New York and Washington are fur nishing British newspaper readers with the latest probabilities In the American presidential election. All dwell upon the uncertainties of the outlook but moat emphasize the Indications in favor of Mr. Coolldge. The Westminster Gazette does not expect that any change in America's International relations will follow un less the Improbable happens and La- Follette Is elected. , The paper adds: “If Mr. Davis is elected he would take a plebiscite on the league of na tions but the result would almost In evitably be repudiation of the league.” The Dally Express predicts the election of Mr. Coolldge. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3, 1924 INTRODUCTION OE NAVY FILES WILL BE UP TO COURTS Papers Wanted In Oil Lease Hearing WILL BE PRESENTED WITH FORMAL PROTEST Navy Officer to Represent Wilbur In Case WASHINGTON, D. C.—lt will be left to the courts to decide whether secret files of the navy department are to be produced In the suit to determine the legality of the Pan-American Petroleum Company’s title to land in the government oil reserves. The papers subpoenaed by the Los Angeles federal court before which the action is in progress are cn route Monday in charge of Rear Admiral Latimer, the na val judge advocate general. He will present them to the court with a formal objection of both his office anjJ that of the state de partment which hold that their publication will be inimical to the public interest. .Under a stipulation of counsel. Secretary Wilbur was authorized to delegate a navy officer to rep resent him. The secretary said Monday that the records would be produced publicly only If the court so ordered. BURNED TO DEATH Two Children Die In Fire Near Lakeland LAKELAND. Fla.—Joyce, aged four, and Eunice, aged 11. both girls, lost their lives early Monday morning at Haskell, six miles from here and Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Trask, and two other children, Adeio and Frankie, were severely burned in a fire which completely destroyed their home. The injured were brought to a Lakland hospital. The bodies of the two children wore found three hours after the blaze In the front portion of the two story home. The origin of th© fire is un known. The four injured received their burns in an attempt at res cue. LaFOLLETTE RESTS On Eve of Election—Ex- Presses Confidence MApiSON, Wis.—Senator Robert M. LaFollette, resting Monday at his home on Maple Bluff farm, after a month of strenuous cam paigning, expressed gratification over late reports from supporters of his presidential candidacy throughout the country. Combined with an expression of confidence in the outcome of the election was an appeal to the electorate to “increase the progressive group in congress.” “The election of progressives to the house and senate is of vital con cern to the people,” he said in a statement. A crowd of several thousand greeted him at the railroad station Sunday. An impromptu parade cen tered about his automobile and thousands of enthusiastic towns people shrieked their welcome from the sidelines along the routs to the LaFollette homestead, 3 miles from the city. PNEUMONIC PLAGUE Has Claimed 21 Victims In Los Angeles DOS ANGELES, Cal.—State and federal health authorities Monday were moving to the aid of Los An gelos In its fight to block the spread of pneumonic plague which at last reports had claimed 21 victims In the city’s Mexican quarter. Ten cases under treatment at the gen eral hospital were said to be crit ical., Df. W. B. Kellogg, state health department expert, surveyed the situation yesterday and announced that though there was no doubt about the nature of the malady or its seriousness, the prospects for bringing it under control were good. Of the seven who died yesterday, two were men who had died in per formance of duty. One, Father M. Krualla, a priest at the historic old Plaza church, went Into the infect ed quarter administering extreme unction to the dying. The other, Emmett McLuuthlin, was an ambu lance driver. Squads of policemen guard the Mexican quarter day and night. Food and other necessities sent through the cordon under strict su pervision. The mortality rate of tho disease which is allied to the bubonic plague approaches 100 per cent. Ground squirrels probably brought the disease to Los Angeles and communicated It to rats which probably in turn transmitted It to the first human victim through tho Intermediary agency of the flea, T»r. Kellogg said In discussing the Jtls tory of the plague in the United States. Cornelius Cole Dies at the Age of 102 LOS ANGELES —Cornelius Col*, former United State* Senator, 102 year* and two month* of age, died at hi* raildene* her* Monday, 84 and 14 tB mam It > j&r • >.. w.>Xy,''Se>... H Seventy years difference In their ages didn’t worry A. Cecil Campbell, 84, of Burlington, 0., and Mattie Catherine Walling, 14, of Lung Hun, I<y., once they decided to get mar ried. But the wedding hasn’t taken place yet—and probably never will. They were arrested In a Justice's of fice in Jefferson, Iml., whore they had gone to have the ceremony per formed. MRS. HARDING ILL Her Condition Described As Critical MARION, Ohio. —Mrs. Warren Q. Harding, widow of the lat# President Harding was reported Monday to be in a critical condi tion at the home here of Dr. Carl W. Sawyer.. She ia suffering with kidney trouble. L Mrs. Harding has been ill for sev eral weeks ami has failed consider ably since the recent death of Briga dier-General Charles E. Sawyer who was personal physician to Mr. Hard ing when he occupied the White House. It became known Monday that Sun day Dr. James C. Wood, of Cleve land, was called to Marion for con sultation. Mrs. Harding is making her home at White Oaks farm, the home of the late General Sawyer. Dr. Carl W. Sawyer Monday Issued this bulletin: “Mrs. Harding's condition remained practicnlly the same as last week. She has developed a number of symp toms that were present in her serious attack in 1!)22 in the White House. Other complications have arisen which were not present at that time, and her condition now is rather seri ous. Friends of Mrs. Harding say she has suffered with kidney trouble for years, but they attribute her present illness to the shock caused by General Sawyer’s recent death following so closely the death of her husband a little more than a year ago. SUPERINTENDENT OF LUMBER GO. KILLED AT GILMANIA, S. C. SAVANNA If, Ga.—F. C. Banner, Hup<*rlntendent of tho Savannah Klver Lumber Company mills at (Jllmanin, S. C„ was *»hot and killed In hi* of fice early Monday morning. W. R. Thurston, a former station agant at that place, Is being held In tms Jail at Rldgland. According to Information reaching the Savannah head offices of the Sa vannah River Lumber Company, Thurston became angered when he lost his position following complaints made against him by this company. Ho was station agent for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. Benher leaves a widow and two small children. He had been In tho employ of the lumber company for many years. FINAL APPEAL Is Issued By LaFollette Headquarters WASHINGTON.—A final appeal to tho voters by William If. John ston, chairman of the conference for progressive political action, was issued Monday by La Foils tte- Wheeler campaign headquarters. “A vote for the candidate of ei ther old party,” he said, “means the perpntutation of monopoly, the pauperization of the American peo ple and the final catastrophe of war. “A vote for the progressive can didates means the end of monopoly, a higher standard of living and Is a guarantee of world peace.” The campaign, ho asserted, has been fought for tho first time In many years “on real issues, vitally concerning the well-being of every American citizen.” The “funda mental issue, ” he declared, "Is whether people shall control their own political and economic life or whether these shall he controlled by tho power of th combind monopoly interest.” (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) Final Appeals of Davis and Coolidge Will Be Radiocast This Evening Summary of the News GENERAL. Nation gets ready to elect president Tuesday. Davis and Coolidge to radiocast final spesches tonight. Southern states to vote on numerous amendments. Courts to decide on introducing navy files. Mrs. Warren G. Harding seriously ill. Pneumonic plague claims 21 victims in Lot Angeles. General Wu reported fleeing from China. Former Senator Cornelius Cole dies at age of 102. John Ashley and three other Florida outlaws killed. Labor Government expected to resign Tuesday. Peace and order restored at Niles, Ohio. LaFollette headquartera makes final appeal. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA Hart County posse seeks negro slsyer. Fair weather promised for Georgia election. Jenkins County fair opens Tuesday morning. Aiken to elect mayor and six aldermen Tuesday. J. F. Arthur, former Aiken commissioner, diet. Superintendent of lumber mill killed at Gilmania, 8. C. SPORTS Augusta base ball club drafts two Okmulgee players. Firpo to battle Weinert November 12. Three Southern conference teams have clean record. Richards and Casey win way to doubles finals. Pennsylvania shows way on the eastern grid. Illinois continues to plough through wsstsrn grid. „ LOCAL. Voters go to the polls again Tuesday. Fall Festival will open next Monday. One hurt in auto wreck near the city. Augusta boy has unique school record. Scotch band expected to draw big crowd. Official count shows victory for bonds. Augusta women are urged to vote. Alleged store bandits plead not guilty. PROBE AGCIBENT AT CHICAGO IN WHICH TEN PERSONS DIED • CHICAGO—Five investigations Monday sought to establish respon sibility for the killing of ten per sons and Injuring of 30 others early Sunday when a string of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Fnul freight cars smashed into a street car. Oscar Wolff, coroner, said his in vestigation had disclosed that the crossing gates were not down when the street car approached and he accused the towerman, John Braho of having been drinking moonshine whiskey. Brahe was or dered held. Brahe contended, ns did the street ear conduetor, that he had not seen the approaching freight ears, the engine being at the other end of tile string, a quarter of a mile away. About sixty passenger were on the street, ear, mostly young people re turning from Halowe'en celebra tions. Among the dead was Dr. M. N. Rchienkin, of Palestine, a world leader in the Zion movement. The Chief Rabbi of Palestine, Abraham Cook, now In New York probably will accompany the body home. The others killed and injured wero Chicagoans. LABOR GOVERNMENT LONDON.—Tho expectation in well informed quartern 1h that the labor government will resign Tuesday and that the king In accordance with cus tom will call upon Stanley Baldwin ns leader of the victorious conservative party to form a new ministry. Mr. Baldwin will probably announce his chief appointments before the end of the week and attended the lord mayor’s banquet Saturday as Prem ier, with his leading colleagues. Political writers agree that Lord Ourzon will not head the foreign of fice again. The Dally Express say* strong Influences are working to se cure the Inclusion In the ministry of either Bady Astor or the Duchess of Atholl, following the precedent set by the Isborltes In naming Miss Margaret Bondfleld as parliamentary secretar of labor. Fair Weather Promised For Georgia Election; Big Vote Is Expected ATLANTA. Oa.—lf the weather msn’s prediction that fair weather will prevail throughout the state Tuseday prove* correct Georgia is expected to record a larger vote than It did In the 1920 general election whon 151,347 ballot* were recorded ac cording to political leader*. Owing to the fact there are no spirited <*mpalgnM for state office* and that Georgia has been going dem ocratic for so many year* in the pres idential elections the voters have fail ed to show as much interest In cast ing their ballot* a* they have shown in primaries. I'arty lenders, however, have ex pressed the opinion that If no rain full* In the state Tuesday a larger vote than usual will be cast because of the eight proposed constitutional amendment* to be decided upon and the curiosity relating to the possible strength LaFollette may show In the normally republican and democratic counties. Major John ft. Cohen, democratic national committeeman has issued an appeal, to Georgians to roll up a large majority for John W, Davis, He ha* been seconded by B-natnr George, Senator Harris, Governor Walker, tho state chairman and other party lead er*. 18 CENTS A WEEK, WEATHER A^rTue*,dayT nl,yi Fa ’ r ton ' ah * OVER 100 SPEECHES BY DAWES, BUT NO “HELL AND MARIA 1” EVANSTON, ills.—c bar 1a a G Dawes mails something over a hun dred speeches in his campaign as re publican nominee for vice-president without a single “Hell an’ Marla”— the phrase with which he broke Into print and Into national prominence in 1919 when he returned from France after the World War. A backward look Monday over Mr. Dawee’ campaign utterances showed he bad left a collection of such terms as "peewit politicians,” "political demagogues” and “cowardly, trimming time-serving politicians” from Wyom ing to Maine. But the "Hell an’ Ma rla” for which some of his audiences obviously waited never came forth. Mr. Dawes Monday, admitting be was "Just a bit tired,” rested and rend and smoked his pipe at bis home here while waiting to see whether he would go to Washington next March. JENKINS COUNTY FAIR To Throw Oates Open on Tuesday MILLEN, Ga.—Th« Jenkins county fair Is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning. An Interesting program has been issued, and farm exhibits will b« a part of the fair features. Tues day, election returns will be given «t the fair grounds. On Wednesday, "Ford” day will be observed—when the newest and the oldest flivver will be on dress parade The fair will continue through Saturday. COTTON STANDARDS Agreement Is Accepted By Ghent Exchange WARRlNGTON.—Acceptance of the supplemental universal cotton standards agreement negotiated at London in Augusta by the Ghent Cotton Exchange has been reported to the department of agriculture by Edward A. Foley, Its commission er, at London. The agreement, which provides for an annual con ference at Washington for preara tlon of key sets of the universal standards as an added safeguard to assure uniformity for arbitration purposes, already had been accept ed by the exchanges at Manchester, Hremen, Havro, Milan, Rotterdam and Barcelona. Official* of the republican and the LaFollette progre**lve parties also have urged their follower* to go to the polls. The vote In 1920 wa» Cox, demo crat. 107,162, and Harding, regubllcan 43.720. The socialist ticket received 465 vote*. Regardless of the size of the vote, election munager* In every county are being urged to count the ballot* Immediately upon the closing of the polls, so that citizen* of the state may know the results the following morning Managers of the country precincts are being requested to com municate their result* to tho county seat* on the afternoon and night of the election. Governor Clifford Walker, democrat candidate for re-election, la the only a*atc house official with opposition. H. ilendlnger Haylor, Independent, is his opponent. Neither of the two hH» made any campaign speeches. The republican* have entered candidate* against the democratic congressional nominees In the first and ninth dis trict*. They al*o are opposing dem ocratic candidates for the utata senate In the 37th and 40th district*. Race* for the state house are to he decided in four counties—Chatham, Union, Gilmer and Town*. HOME I EDITION WASHINGTON. —, The campaign of 1924 is passing through its final hours in a swirl of activity destined to make political history. For the first time two pres idential candidates, Presi dent Coolidge and John W. Davis, are preparing to ad dress an election-eve mes sage to the same audience a radio audience that will extend the country over. Two candidate for the vice-presl* dency likewise are upsetting prece dent by continuing through pre election Monday their speaking campaign*. Governor Bryan ia completing a awing through hia home state of Nebraska and Sen ator Wheeler is winding up hia coast to coast speechc making tour in Baltimore. Senator La Folletta, having laid his caaa finally befora the people In a Saturday night ad dress at Cleveland has returned to hia home in Madison and Charles G. Dawes ia awaiting in Evanston th# verdict of tomorrow’s balloting. ALL MANAGERS CLAIM VICTORY. Managers for all three of the pres idential tickets, after making pre election claim to victory, devoted much of Monday to perfecting ma chinery to get out the vote. A fair weather forecast for most of th# country fitted with these prepara tions and appeared to presage a record vote. Besides making a decision among the three presidential candidates the Voters will choose tomorrow ths complete membership of a new house of representatives, 84 United States senators, 84 governors of statss and a host of local officials. In several side* the local cam paign has seen an almost complete obliteration of party lines. The La Follette movement seeking strength from both of the old parties and helping democrats in some locali ties and republicans in others has turned topsy-turvey the established order In more than one political community of the west. In other localities the Ku Klux Klan has operated with equal force to tear down party alignments and cloud the outcome with uncertainty. The republican claim to national victory is basd on an assumption that Coolidge and Dawes will sweep both the east and the west and cut into tne borderland of the solid south. The democrats declare Davis and Bryan will take the border states, as well as the south, anil will nose out a victory by a combination of doubtful atates in the east and west. The major strength of T,a Fol lette and Wheeler is conceded to be in the northwest, with Wisconsin as its cornerstone. Coolidge Takes Up Routine Business As Drive Closes WASHINGTON.—The final day of the campaign found President Coolidge with only routine business on his program except for comple tion of the election eve address he will deliver over radio Monday, night to the voters of the nation. This speech, expected to be de voted to an appeal to cltizena te cast their ballots, will be broadcast to particularly every section of the country by an extensive radio sys tem arranged by the republican na tional committee. NATIONAL INTEREST Is Focused on Tennossee Election. NASHVILLE, Term. National Interest* has been focused upon Tennessee during the presidential campaign, more possibly than any other southern state and It has been a fight for supremacy In the election, due to the fact that the "old volunteer” state went repub lican in the general election of 1920 for the first time since tho war be tween tho states. The eastern half of the state, re publican headquarters claim, will roll up a 60,000 majority for Cool idge and Dawes while the demo crats declare at their state head quarters that whatever majority la attained In east Tennessee will be offset by the thickly democratic sec tions of tho western division. Western headquarters claim that Tennessee will give their ticket a 30,000 majority while democratic headquarters are claiming a 40,000 to 50,000 majority for Davis. Ernost N. Raston, chairman of the stato democratic.committee, de clared that the visit of Major George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union to Tennes see had resulted in an apparent ahlft of labor In this state to the democratic party, while La Follette headquarters maintained a stand pat ftttltudo for the candidacy of Senator La Follette on behalf of the lnhor vote. In tho state raoes both democrat ic and republican headquarters claimed 20,000 or more majority for their respective candidates.