The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • 1

cw I i 1 I cre? I FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF. ASSOCIATED PRESS IKEATEST NEWSPAPE3 th world at toub pooh BErone breakfast. CITY Gt, FLORIDA i VOLUME VIII. 'p. 1 flcridaJ7cdacs NoVcdbcr 3, 1920.

wim i A ND -CONGRESS REPUBLIC AN YORK. SENA TE ALITWpRACE: GIVES HARD mG MITE-VIC TIMS TROUBLE? Al CLAIMS WW. NEW YORK, Nor. (5n the face of returns showing the growing landslide for HardinV, Governor Cox'a own newspaper, the Dayton News; and Chairman White of the Democratic National Committee, soon after 11 p. m.

Perry, the negro who shot and killed the two white boys at Ocoee yesterday evening was forcibly removed from the hands of Chief Vestel and Sheriff Gordon this morning at 3:30 o'clock and taken to parte unknown. Perry was expected to die at any moment, so the sur' geon at hand stated. About 100 were la the party. i 4 The coroner's jury sitting on the death of Borgard and McDaniels was composed of Chester Kennison, foreman, W. D.

Way, C. G. Wood, 4 E. C. Blair, D.

N. Floyd, and L. T. Jacobs. The verdict was death from unknown partleiw The jury will conduct a further investigation this.

4 morning. Borgard was shot in the temple. McDaniels was shot in the abdomen. 'Both boys were ex-service men and had on portions of their uniforms. At 4 a.

m. a telephone message staled that things were fairly quiet 4 and that daylight would produce further developments. 4 At 3 o'clock a.m. negro quarters at Ocoee were burning. Two 4 houses in flames.

Eight negroes trapped in one house. Three killed, 4 two shot outright, other caught fleeing. Several Fire" is 4 spreading. 4 4 4 4 4 conceded the election of Senator Harding. Without waiting for returns from the West, which four years ago elected Wilson, in the face of pluralities for-Hughes throughout the East, the Democratic candidate) and his cheif manager conceded that in the "solemn referendum," which President Wilson said would decide the League of Nations question, American voters had preferred Harding who favored "staying out" to Cox favored "going in Governor Cox, who was farKIS newspaper office when the concession of Senator Harding's election was published, said he would issue no statement tonight Senator Harding, at his home in Marion, said he vas "more given to prayer to God to make me capable of playing my part" than to ex-ulUtion.

At 12:30 o'clock this morning, 'with actual returns far from complete, Harding -was certain of 275 votes in the electoral college from the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illonols, Iowa. Kansas, Maine Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New New Jersey, New -York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wiscon Kin, and Wyoming HARDING PRAYS FOR STRENGTH -v MARION, Nov. 2. Convinced by early returns of his election to the Presidency, Warren Harding issued a statement tonight saying-lhat instead of being exultant over the yesult he "more given to' prayer to God, to make me capable of playing my part." 44-444444444444 4- TIIE WOUNDED 4- 4. John Turner, wounded in back, not seriously 4 4 Sam Salisbury, wounded in left 4 4" July Perry, negro, right arm shot away, expected to die.

4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 irllE DEAD 4 Leo Borgard, 25 years old, son of W. G. Borgard, of Winter a4 41 den. During war was stationed Gettysburg Jn; tank corps. Elmer McDaniels, of Qcoee, 25 years old, driver for school bus 4r 4 Three unidentified negroes.

4 4" ELECTORAL VOTE WARREN G. MARDINOL CALVIN COOLIDGE, At 11 :15 m. (Eastern time), with the West and Middle West still scarcely heard from, the Harding' landslide in the East was continuing with gathering momentum, At the rats the Harding column was growing at that hour' the Republican plurality in the bo .5 COX TAKES PASSIVE QUIET BUT HEAVY STATES state of New York would be the uir-4 -12 ELECTION IHXOUNTY INTEREST IN THE At least two white men dead, two white men wounded but not seriously, an unknown number of negroes killeed or wounded, and several under arrest, were stirring, bloody events which threw Orange county into the throes of excitement last night when it was learned that a race fight had been staged at Ocoee, a town of 300, located twelve miles west of Orlando, the bloodshed being the result of the election, and the outgrowth of a negro carrying a shotgun to the polls after he had been. refused to vote because of non-payment of poll tax. The khcrwn dead are Leo Borgard, of Winter Garden, a former "service jnan of the werld war.

'aged twenty-five years, and a son of W. Borgard, of Winter Garden; Elmer McDaniels, of Ocoee, Alabama 12 Arizona 3 Arkansas T.i;...' 9 precedented figure of more than a million. New York city was going for Harding by at least half a million. "'-The governorship fight-continued close 1 with Republican managers CAPITAL YESTERDAY ELECTION RETURNS .13 3 California Colorado I Connecticut i-'. Dal aware Florida Heavy Negro Vcte; Precincts age Sam Salisbury, a former captain in the army, a native cf Brooklyn, and a former chief of police in Orlando, was wounded in the Goes to His Newspaper Office 6 14 Georgia to Watch Returns Makes No Ccmmen cn Early Elec left John Hanner, an Orlando contractor, was wounded in the arm but not seriously.

The negroes in Ocoee have been dispersed and sent to the woods where, they are in no danger for the present. One nesrro wounded Mcs. I and uvcnvneirned as Voting Line Pours Ballots Pennsylvania returns at this nour showed Harding leading Cox three to one, and Senator Penrose elected. Massachusetts, promised-the greats Idaho Illinois Indiana IS 6 7 .3 6 14 4 29 15 13 10 13 10 6 .8 18 29 .15 was captured and brought to the Orlando hospital where an effort will be Into Boxes. tion Returns.

est plurality to Harding ever given a to-save his life in older togain inskleTacts. The two white men who presidential candidate in that state. j-13 10 were slain were discovered only after a search, both lying dead in the back Election day passed very quietly in 2 Other', than Boston went, for a Republican for Orlando. With the opening of the castinar his vote earlv in the dav Gov. yard of the; wounded rnegro'a one brought to Orlando.

The wounded black, Joe Parrish, has not given any information. the second time In its history, and had 13 10 Towa Kansas 1 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland polls in the jnorninejit 8i00 clock a ernor Cox, the Demkratic presidential given Harding a irreater lead over Cox than it gave McK holey over Bryan long line of people moved steadily or candidate, apparently took a passive 6 8 In -the morning the who in 1890. nterest the election, but tonight ward into the voting booths. The throng kept, augmenting until the 18 Capt Ayers, Capt Boyer and Capt" Giles arei. orgapizingVa company of soldiers recruited from the service, ranks and the home guards.

he went to his newspaper office to Returns from half of Vermont gave started the riot "appeared at polls and was refused vote because of 15 streets bulled with the followers of the watch' -Harding a three, to lead Over -Cox non-payment of poll tax. He was 12 Minnesota Democratic and Republican party, The governor was smiling when he Hughes beat Wilson two to one there 12 sent. awav. hut in the afternoon rp- wijh. theiupporters xifcthe DemocraticJ 118 reached the office at-7i30-with-Mrs; in 1916.

Missouri Montana liULLJbiiliN i-KOM WEST, turneit'tTWerpona i with a shotgun kcrbutnmadero candidatgOPPftXeilyerwhalniingly- 1 JJ I In "the "noma ''district, of Charles P. Murphy Jejfeo "8" and persisted in an attempt to cast a ballot He was disarmed and told, to election. At that time newsboys carrying news in the first editions. in vne majoruy, as was eviuenceu oy the absence' of any gatherings in hot ORANGE Ai 4 :45.thismorning -telephone communication from Winter Garden said, the blaze was growing involume beat Cox two to one. move on which he did, Then after rA big crowd had gathered to await -Maine' reported -Harding leading Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico rwwv.

3 4 14 .3 the- polls had closed and with dark- 14 debate, usually to be found when two opposing-political factions gather at the polls to settle Jthessue3pfjBgTat the record oTlhe Tote, and it treete Cox by the largest plurality ever given were be M.evCTnor witkU New York 45 45 'Jtoifl presidentialandwate, Ohid, one-fifth complete, showed' la growing vote-to- Harding. taneously, bulletin from'hia efficl was at xne nea or a showed that the Wernor had erritA of enraged negroes. A pof With the number of qualified voters 12 North Carolina 12 ing The Winter Garden ope- 4 rator stated that the blaze was so large it appeared te- be churches cr -school houses in Ocoee, as both were 12 oflhe 265 precincts in Montgomery4wa8 formeJ a5 an ort in Orange county numberine.r-t North Dakota 5 Ohio 24 Harding carried two wards in the city of Atlanta, anad two parishes countv indudincr nvtnn hv thr to disperse tne negroes. beyen or it is estimated that the total vote 24 close together. He slid all was quiet eight negroes were traced to a house polled, will reach 10 Oklahoma at Oakland and Winter Garden.

the Louisiana sugar belt, both Dem cratic atates. which was surrounded The negroes' The iine was -in'-evidence as hundred votes. Daring the day, most of -which -was" speniriat his homg "Wear here, the governor seemingly-paid no 10 :,38 5 :38 Oregon Pennsylvania "ZZZZZ lruthe past, with a steady stream of In 'i New-Vork Wadsworth "led his NOJICK EX-SERVICE MEN" Ex-service men lire reauested to be thgro men and women txercising the attention 'to the earljr scattering re 5 Hhode Island turns. first information was rights given them by the 15th amend' 1 9 South Carolina .9 at poleadttartprs ia uai--. ment.

Brandee of.Connecticut, opened lire and. eight shots -wefe discharged at white men, -Capt. Salisbury being woutJf in the arm: Heithen tSLOcoee ments, and later" Orlando citizens were appraised of the trouble and help was solicited, 'f number racing to the scene of the disturance with until Veil into the afternoon no-pre- ne oiierea no comment. 5 South Dakota 5 and Moses of New Hampshire, oppo- nents of the League of Nations, both ceptible decrease was noted -in the voting lines, and late arrivals at the Texas 20 20 Utah .1 4 MILLIONS OF seemed certain of re-election. FLOOD' OF MESSAGES polls kept the clerks busy until the VOTE TrLIOUGHOUT U.

S. arms, in the meantime the riot had closing hour of 6 o'clock. 4 .4 7 8 The late closing opolls in Western states, the difference in and. a. greatly increased vote Vermont -4 Virginia 12 12 Washington 1..

7 West Virginia 8 spread throughout the 1 surrounding The first white lady voting in pre HAILS IIARDING AS territory an much firing ensuedr-N cinct No. 1 was Mrs. Annie -F. Mathes statement of negro casualties could wsre- the causes of the late, returns front the Wisconsin and the first white man to cast a 13 3 PRESIDENT-ELECT Wyoming NEW Nov. 2Millions cf Americans, many-of them, t-xr 'iSiiiS for the first time cast their ballots for national and state tickets and in the "sol referendum' on the Lea rue of At one A.

a message from the" No. p. Watson was) the first armed camp around Ocoee stated that white man to appear at the polls and Total 167 364 Necessary to elect, 266. quiet was prevailing and that the Mrs. Annie C.

Watson the first white Kardmst. Ifas Greatest Birth- town had settled down to a semi- tions issue. ady. normal extent, he killing the two All reports showed" it was tl.e uni: 1 qttiet election day Witi a 1 1 V0RKT.IEN FINISH AT JACK DEf.IPSEY VS. boys was, revealed as the morning hours approached.

Bogard and Mc-Daniel were shot by Perry Who was weather cay Party of His Life Celebrates 55th Anniversary. MARION, Ohio. Nov. 2. Warren PHILLIPS THEATRE Long ballots, a ereat.lv JESS YILLARD f.IAR.

17 firing from the windows of his home. number of voters and CfJcrctt Perry, it developed, was the negro tog hours for the poll in va'r om HujeTyphccn Recently MONTREAL, Nov. 2. Jack Demp- Gmaliel Harding tonight had the greatest birthday" party of his life, Surrounded by members of his fam who caused the disturbance at the polls- When Perry shot the two boys sey, world heavyweight champion, announced here today that had states promiied slow return. Kar-with the double election IcarJ by which ballots are counted as ca came in with the first fairly compressive returns NEW YORK, Nov.

2.With. tooting horns," and the cackle of rattlers, New York city'poured out into the streets tonight for its time honored election night celebration- for New York always celebrates, whoever the winner and whoever the loser but hardly had the streets filled when they" emptied, for It rained by aV-anore than the proverbial bucketfuL Crowds which had gathered in 5 front of bulletin boards broke and ran, swept along by a furious wind that whipped the rain-drops under the umbrellas with merciless force. The few score, however, that stood their ground on Park Row, at 8:45 -o'clock saw the tower of the New York -World building suddenly illuminated with red lights-the signal; that that newspaper," a 'staunch supporter of Governor Cox, had conceded the election of his rival. About tl. same.una,.lhftlJew-Tork,'..Sun, which 1ms chaapfonedl the Republican-.

his aim must have been true for they died instantly. Perry of his Ready fcr The management of the Phillips ily and a circle of neighbors and personal friends he received; quietly at his home hereithe tribute of the millions ife slunk from hrs house and crawled Harding and tlse agreed to a 15 round bout with Jess Willard, former world's champion, to take place next March location of the fightTie said, had not been -a 'T who had voted to present him on: his fifty-fifth anniversary with thexpres- leading there. In tsone fi 'I i Theatre announces that the, crew of workmen who have been busy for the under a bunch o'f. cane. The posse encircled him and punctured with bullets while he-wasHn the act of shooting a white man.

Perry's arm was shot away. He "was also tnunitiea in the eaft "all t' i wency-of- the United States. The smile of confidence hie has worn voters cast their talfof and -tho XKhlt 'CsfecL past six weeks installing a complete new ventilatiitg' evstomV have finished and maybe you have fcen one tf those who have already felt the breeze I 69.. CLOSE VOTE IN ORLANDO for weeks broadened as he rea4 the early returns and began to receive a flood of congratulatory messages hailing hint ss Preslder.t-eleet. He wounded about the body, and after eoint to the hospital was whifted to the jail jChief Teste! arid.

Sheriff Gordon. At the court a hun The latest returns from Orlando: created by the new fans -they were, turned -4n -as an experiment on I deferred cormcr.t, hew-ever, until the result have teen Republicans, 157; Democrats, dred mgn. a'rwo-d und rendy to preteet the. comr.n; f-- Cheney, 122; fpr the (Continued cn Page Five) mendment, C3; against, C3. (Continued on pajs 13) Rvy cir.or,.