Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 342. rTeeUy, E.tabUshed i860; D?fljr, Janis, ?1?. ANDERSON, S. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. $5.00 PER ANNUM PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA REPUBLICANS HM THROUGH DEMOCRATS LOSE TWENTY SEVEN IN NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GAIN 2 IN SENATE Charle* S. Whitman Overwhelm ingly Defeats Glynn for Gov ernor in New York. (Dy Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3.--Returns up to midnight with many congressional districts unheard from showed Re publican gains of twenty-seven mem bers in the national house of repre sentatives. At that hour seven Democratic seats in New York State hod been overturned; Ave in Illinois with pros pects that this would be increased still further; four in New Jersey; three in Pennsylvania with probabili ties of more in accordance with th? general result tn that State; one In Indiana; one in Maryland; two In Massachusetts; Ave, the entire State delegation, in Connecticut, and one in Ohio, former representative Nich olas Longworth, of the first district, h ving defeated Representative Stan ley E. Bowdie, who retired him two years ago. Indications were that the Demo crats might tncerase their majority In the senate from ten to twelve, thc reported victory of Roger C. Sullivan, of Illinois, over Lawrence Y. She.. man, making a difference of two votes. Results In California, Kansas, Colo rado. Indiana, Oregon and South Da kota were still in doubt and nothing had > en heard from the contest In Washington between Wesley. L. jones, Republican, and W. W. Black, Demo crat Late return* I rut I rat OH tho ;-s"lcc tton of ..Senator william P. DlHlngr ham. Republican, of Vermont, over Charles A. Pouty, Pro?rresslve-Demo crat. D?mocratie leaders were claiming \ ictory for Senators Chamberlain In Oregon and Sh ir loy in Indiana. Re publican leaders expected to claim Kansas for Charles Curtis and South Dakota for Representative Charles H. Burke. Little had been heard from the fight in California or the senatorial fight In Colorado, where Senator Charles S. Thomas was. meeting with deter mined opposition. Among Democratic members ot the house retired 'wero Pitzhenry, O'I luir, Borchers and Balz of Illinois; Kor ol y, of Indiana; Phelan and Thacher, of Massachusetts; Townsend and .walsh, of New Jersey: O'Brien. Ten eyck, Clancy. OllUns. of New York; Bowlde. of Ohio; Donahue. Logue, ot Pennsylvania. M. Clyde Kelly, Pro gressive, of Pennsylvania, also was defeated. Democrats gained ono member In Kansas, W. A. Ayres be ing elected to the place made vacant by the candidacy of Victor Murdock for the senate. Late Connecticut returns confirmed the complete overturning Of the Stats delegation in the house, five Demo crats to be succeeded by five Repub lican.--. * New York, Nev. 3.-Sweeping Re publican gains throughout the coun try, which reached a climax In this State hy the overwhelming victory of Charlee S. Whitman for governor, and James W. Wadsworth to succeed Eli hu Root In the United States Sen ate werie Indicated tonight in .nrly returns of the lections. Heavy falling off of the- Progres sive rote in many States, the return to Congress of former Speaker Jos eph O. Cannon, decisive Republican gains in New York and Illinois in the Hones membership, and the overwhel ming defeat ot Representative A Mitchell tPalmer hy Senator Boles Pen* rose lu Pennsylvania were features of the early returns. Democratic leaders, however, were pleased hy a triumph in Massachu setts, wheret former Representative Samuel W. McCall Was defeated for the governorship try Governor Walsh. Early returns indicated that Ute Democrats would retain control of Congress With approximately no change in the Senate majority, bat by a decided reduced majority tn the House. At a late hour results in Illi nois, Indiana and California and Colo rado ae to the Senatorship were ia doubt. In Illinois, Roger C. Sullivan, who had the indorsement of most ad ministration leaders. Secretary of SUt? Bryan excepted, was leading in Chicago and Cook county by a large olnrallty over Senator L. Y. Sherman, Republican, and Raymou Robins, pro gressive, hat Senator Sherman waa running ahead ta the country districts and was claiming the election. Senator Shively, Democrat, found in the Indiana early returns a strong opponent hi Hugh Miller, the Repnbll caa candidate, with former Senator Beveridge, the Progrossive candidate, polling a smaller vote than had_been (Continued ~on~ Page R.l KE GAINS Jt THE COUNTRY AVORS CLOSING CHICAGO YARDS Thinks Slaughter of Stock Would Be Cheap Compared With Risk of Spreading'Disease. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-The gravity of the epidemic of hoof and mouth dis ease affecting cattle in the Middle West became apparent*today when Dr; 8. E. Bennett, of the bureau of animal industry declared the slaughter of sus pected animals Would be cheap at a cost of $10,000,000 compared with the incalculable foss which a general spread of the malady would incur. Representatives of the federal gov ernment yesterday were in favor of closing the Chicago stock yards, the largest in the world, and an order to that effect was rcsciended only after prolonged argument. The possibility ii such action is not yet past. Gover nor Dunne, in conference with State and federal government representa tives and meat packers' today voted a rescind proposal to close the yards. Among the packers today it was said that thc immediate situation should make for lower prices, aa lt was thought cattle growers rather than risk disease among their herds, would rush their live stock to mark et wbero it must be killed immediate-' ly. One case of th? malady appeared today and was isolated. OTTAWA, Nov. 3.-Because . of the spread of the foot and mouth dis ease, Canada has extended the em bargo against American cattle to Il linois . and Pennsylvania. Previously lt applied only to cattle from Michi gan and Indiana.. Hat Set Limitation On Stay of Crosier (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Replying to an inquiry from the Japanese em bassy the state department announced to day that it had set a limit?t on the stay of *he German cruiser Geier at Honolulu, where she put In more than two weeks ago for repairs. Unless the Geier leaves by a specified time, which was not made public, she will bo in terned for the war. It was said thc Japanese inquiry was. not In the nature of a protest, al though Japan is known to be anxious that the case be settled because of the threatened danger to Japanese shipping in the Pacific. A large Japanese cruiser has been lust outside Honolulu harbor since shortly after the Geier's arrival and another Japanese battleship arrived there ve*terd*y? ' ' Makes Discovery of World-Wide Importance - . (By Associated Press.) PARKS. Nov. 3.-(12:50 p. m.)-A microbe which caused gangrene in bullet and shrapnel wounds has been discovered by Doctors James Scarlett and Georges Dcsjardine ot the Amer ican ambulance service. After much experimentation on horses and guinea pigs, a serum ls now being prepared by Dr. Henri Welsberg of the Pas tour institute. ? The discovery is expected in medi cal circles to have world-wide im rortance. The serum ia being inject ed into patients on the battle field in the early stages of Infection, ob viating amputations and preventing great loss of life. British Merchants Beins Detained by the Turks (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Nov. 8.-?8:4B p. m.)-A telegram dated Nwetntyr 2 waa., re ceived today by the cid cia! press bu reau from the British consul at Mo hanunerah, Persia, stating that the consul at Basra, Asiatic Turkey, and a number of ? British merchants were being detained by the Turks. There are about 25 British subjects ashore at Basra in addition to'those who may have taken refuge aboard the river steamers. Serer Relations With Turkey. LONDON. Nov. 3.-(8:40 p> m.) "A Constantinople dispatch states that Servia today severed diplomatic relations with Turkey and the Ber* Man ambassador asked for bia pasa porta,"* says the Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. Pledge Adherence to Bast?a. PARIS, Nov. (5:35 p. m.)-A Havan dispatch said that 10,000 Mo hammedans assembled In the great Mosque of Baku on the Caspian sea pledge'adherence' to Russia. A nam? her cf the Clergy and other notables were present. TO YPRES REGION GERMAN ARMY ABANDONS ATTEMPT TO HACK ITS WAY ALONG COAST COUNTRY FLOODED Russia Welcomes War and Will Not Give Turks a Chance*to Back Down. (By Associated Press.) LONDON. Nov. 3.-That the German I army has abandoned its attempt to hack its way along the Belgian coas to Calais ls agreed by all the official reports tonight. A combination of inundated country, the romnant of tht Belgian army under King Albert, and tho activity of the British warships, seemingly all contributed toward ending the COBIIV struggle. A Berlin official report attributer the failure of thc Germans entirely to the flooded state of the country where the water in places ls over a man's head; but lt declares that Em peror William's army withdrew in good order and without losses. After nearly three weeks of desper ate fighting the brunt of the attack has shifted to the Ypres region where the English army ol Fi old Marshal Slr John- French, reinforced by In dians and territorials, apparently must meet another onslaught. To the scene of this contemplated battle, ac cording to reports, Emperor William has gone to encourage his men. - A state of war exists between Tur key on the one side and Russia Great Britain and Sc-via on the oth er, yet the Ottoman government ap pears os a house divided against it self, one soction seemingly desiring war while tho conservatives aro try ing to smooth over the situation aris ing fros, tho ?tv?vno- ou Kassian porta and ships by Turkish war ves sels directed by German officers. R?s ela apparently has welcomed the war and will not give the Turks a chance to draw back while the British cruis er Mlnerira has smashed the Turkish base of operations against Egypt ot the head of the Gulf of Akabah. The Turkish ambassador in London has as yet made no arrangements to leave and the embassy still maintains a conciliatory attitude. The closing of the North sea to all shipping except that which places It self under the protection of the Brit ish fleet ls re/>gnled as the first stroke of Admiral Baron Fisher, the new first sea lord of the admirait: and. as one of the most Import tnt events ot the war. All cargoes des tined for. 'Jerraan or Austrian con sumption must run the gauntlet of British inspection in the English Channel, the strait of Gibraltar or the Suez canal. The making of the North sea a mil itary area already has brought ad verse comments from Germany. The Cologne Gazette claims that Great Britain virtually has proclaimed a blockade of the North sea which its fleet will bo unable to enforce. The newspapers of Holland also raise ob jections to the restrictions placed on navigation hi the sea. ORDER SPECIAL TRAIN DETAINED Turkish Minister of War Demands Protection For Turkish Sub jects.In IgyptV (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The Turk ish minister of war ordered detained a Special train bearing British and French subjects from Turkey which Ambassador Mergenthau had arrang ed on Sunday to leave Constantino ple.' The minister of war declared that until Turkish subjects In Egypt as well as England and France were given assurances of protection and permitted to leave the country, * all 15:/ti ch and French subjects would be'held In Turkey. Ambassador Mor gent hau cabled thc American government that before the Sr I tish ambassador left he had gi von Qr, Mergenthau assurances that al) Turkish subjects in the British em pire would be permitted, to leave. Mr. Morgenthzu's latest dispatch dated S p. m., Sunday, said he had been Informed by a member of Ute Ottoman cabinet ot the finking of two Turkish vessels by the British fleet off the port nf Smyrna and of the crossing af Russian troops on tad frontier of Erxerun. The cablegram from the American ambassador revealed that the British. French and Russian ambassadors fin ally got away from Constantinople on a speclai train at IS o'clock mid night Sunday. TEN THOUSAND MEN AND 102 CANNON PREPARING TO MOVE DID NOT RESIGN. General Carranza Says There Was a Telegraphic Error in Message. (Ry Associated Press.) EL FASO. Nov. 3.-Without answer ing Curranza's refusal to relinquish the provisional presidency of Mexico, the'Aguas Calientes conference bas ordered an extensive movement of Villa troops toward thc south. Ten thousand men of the commande of Generals Notera and Pobles and 102 cannon commanded by General Angeles have arrived at the conven tion city and are preparing to proceed south, according to official advices re ceived in Juarez. Fighting between Carranza and Villa forces already has begun south of the convention City, persons arriv ing here tonight from the south re ported? Did Not* Resign. DOUGLAS. Aria.. Nov. 3.-General Carranga never tient his resignation to the Aguas Calientes convention' and the message to that effect- received there was a telegraphic error, ac= cording to a message from Carran sa to Benjamin Hill, bis commander in Sonora. Carranza asserted he still was the head of thc Constitutionalist army and notified Hill that he would expect him to execute his orders. What ho did say to the convention. Carranza declared was that he was "willing to become an exile (rpm M?xico provid ing the same treatment were accorded to Villa and Zapata." A message to Hill1 from fats <le!egate' at the convention. Julio Madero to day, said lt was now almost certain tho retirement of Governor Maytorena of Sonora, General Obregon and Gen eral Pablo Gonzales would be de manded, heaving all the military forces, under command of tho new provisional president. Tim. elimination of Zapata, Maduro said, would bc discussed soon at a meeting to be attended by all dele gates from the southern i/jrtion of Mexico. MEXICO CITY. Nov. 3.-When it became generally known today that thc Washington government had fatt ed to comply with the request of the Mexican foreign off.v3 that the United States fix a definite date for the evac uation of Vera Cruz, Mexican Scottish Rite Masons printed thousands of pro clamations calling upon the citizens to arm themselves and drive the in vading foreigners from the shores of Mexico. Capital City ' News_ Special to The Intelligencer . COLUMBIA. . S. C.. Nov. 3.-Papers of domestication for South Carolina have teen fited with the secretary of State ?by the William Burns Interna tional Detective Agency of New York. William J. Burna ia president of the agency. hTe main offices of the company are to be located in Columbia. The sinking fund commission today borrowed $110.000 from the Palmetto National Bank of Columbia to pay the appropriations made by the General Assembly at Ita ttpecal seslron. The money waa borrowed until February 1 at 6 pei' cent interest. The notes were, signed by the fol lowing members of the sinking fund commission: George W. Dick, of Sum-' ! ter, chairman of ways and means com mittee; S. T. Carter, of Columbia, state treasurer; A. W. Jones, of Col umbia, comptroller general ; and Neils Christensen ot Beaufort, chair man of the finance committee. ! The oinking fund commission or ganised, by electing Hr. Dick aa chair man. John L. Mclaurin, state warehouse commissioner, has filed a bond of $30, 090 with the secretary of state. He will be commissioned as warehouse commissioner ah soon as the bond ls approved by the attorney general. The bond will later be filed with the state treasurer. \ Under the te rms ot the warehouse 'act the.expense of the bond ls to be ; borne by the state government. I John L. Mc La uren, state warehouse commissioner, addressed a letter, to J. N. Kirven, president of the youth I Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society asking for permission to use the buildings at the State fair grounds for cotton storage. A copy of tho let ter .waa sent to Governor-elect Man ning. FOUR COMPANIES OF FIFTH U. S. CAVALRY AT FORT SHERIDAN READY TO GO TO MAINTAIN ORDER! Labor Union Leaders Say Miners Will Welcome Troops to Ft. Smith, Ark. (Hy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON NOV. 3.-secretary Garrison today ordered four compan ies of the Fifth United States caval ry from Fort Sheridan, Illinois, to Fort Smith. Ark., for use in maintain* j lng order tn the Hartford Valley coal strike district. These troops will bs commanded by Major Nathaniel F. Mc Clure, who has had experience with cavalry troops in the Colorado min ing fields. Secretary Garroson ex plained the order as follows: "We have reached tho conclusion that it is impracticable to enforce the law and the orders of the United court in Arkansas by any other means. Tho court, bad appointed a receiver i for the coal mines ; the mines had been blown up and the men who had been arrested charged with the crime had been roleased from the custody of thc United Stales marshal forcibly by the friends. The United States court had been unable to enforce its pro cesses. ? 'I "Tne troops will not undertake to servo any processes; they will con fine themselves to making it possible for the civil of fleers to perform their functions. They will prevent any ob struction in the course of justice. The State has nothing to do with the case." Major McClure was selected by Sec retary Garrison to comand the troops because of tho manner in which he discharged his very delicate duties in connection with the protracted minc strike in Colorado. It was expected, the troops would leave Chicago tonight, and be at Fort Smith before tomorrow night About 250 men will be in the command. CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-Four troops of the Fifth United States cavalry at Fort Sheridan were ready today to leave early tomorrow for Fort Smith, Ark., to maintain order in the Hart fort Valley coal strike district Major Nathaniel F. McClure, who has been with troops in the Colorado mine dis tricts, will be in command. The ma chine gun attachment will be a part of the equipment About 260men compromise the four t room;. FORT SMITH. Ark., Nov. 3.-Labor union leaders in the Hartford Valley coal strike said today tuai Ihe miners would welcome the appearance of United State;; troops to preserve or der. Deputy Marshal Black, who went to Hartford today to make an effort to serve seven more warrants charging conspiracy, had ant ben heard from tonight Black was warned by a crowd of masked men who took pris oners from him Saturday night to stay out of the district. NEUTRAL SHIPS NOT FORBIDDDEN British Government Will Give. Re port Why Rad Star linar kt Detained. (By Assocated Press.) AMSTERDAM, Via London, Nov. 3. -The Berlin Vossische Zeltung says it learns from James W. Gerard, American ambassador to Germany, that not only will the exportation of German chemicals to America soor be generally agreed to bot also the im portation of American cotton to Eu rope in ships- flying the American tag. ' The American government has re ceived assurances from the British government, says the paper, that American ships carrying cotton will not he prevented from running Into German . ports. The German mMrn ment baa promised Ambassador Ger ard that American cotton ships bound for Russian ports will not be molest ed. Orders Suppression of Newspaper Articles (By Associated Press.) OTTAWA. Ont, Nov. 3.-The Cana dian government has ' ordered sap pressed ail newspapers publishing ar ticles calculated to promote ?edition among alien residente. Weekly news papers printed in'the German langu age tn Wlnnepeg, Regina, Calgary and Edmonton have openly condemned the Allies and upheld the acta ot Ger many and Austria in the war. The Northwest Mounted Police have been ordered to pnt aa abd te the publcntlo? of such sentiments. DIRECT APPEAL TO BANKERS booton and New England B?nkers Wul Be Asked io Subscribe to the Loan Plan. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-Direct ap peal for subscriptions to the proposed $135.000.000 cotton loan will be mado Ito Boston and New England bankers I by W. P. G. Harding, member of, the federal reserve board, tn active charge of this fund. Mr. Harding and Gover nor Hamlin, of tho board, were In Boston today endeavoring to Interest .New England bankers. . I Those bankers are said to look upon ithc plan as peculiarly designed to i help only the South and to feel that lit is their duty primarily to care for tho cotton manufacturers of their sec tion whose interests may not be along the line of maintaining the price j of raw cotton. Mr. Harding, however, wur said to be confident that his mission would meet with success. Reports from other sections of the ! country to dato show that the plan is ?being approved by bankers and busi ness men. Members of the federal re serve board here look upon the pro I posed aid to cotton producers as a matter which concerns the whole country and hope that action will be taken in New England. Received Returns at White House 'By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-.President Wilson received the election returns at the White House tonight over a special wire. Though ho displayed keen lntcrp*t< in m?ny -?estcst:, "r matte no comment. Most of the eveuittg the president spent with, his family, reading bulle tins aloud as they were sent in. Once be went over to the executive offices and stood for awhile beside the tele graph operator. News of the election ?of Whitman. Republican, a? governor of New York, waa received by the president without a show of surprise. Attorney ? General Gregory, Post master General Burleson, Secretary Tumulty and other officials were in the executive offices until late in the night reading the returns. Order Caucasian Army to Attack the Turks (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Nov. 3.--(6:38 a. m.)-A dispatch from Tiflls, capital of thc Russian government of the same name in Trans-Caucasia, to Pouter's Telegram company, snys: "It ls announced that the emperor has ordered the Caucasian army tc cross the frontier and attack the Turks." Vessels Carrying Copper Permitted to Proceed (By Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, No/ 3.- An offi ciai dispatch from Ambassador Page st London today indicates that the Italian vessels San Giovanni and Re gina de Italia, laden with American copper and detained by British auth orities at Gibraltar, have been permit ted to proceed to their Italian destin ations. While the dispatch did not state specifically that this action had been taken, lt was construed by some Officials here. Neutral Ships Can Enter German Ports (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.-As Inter preted at the State department, the British government's notice- timi th? North Sea had become a field of mili tary operations does not mean that American and other neutral ships are forbidden to enter those waters. It is viewed simply as a warning that ships entering the North Sea do so at their peril. The offer to provide pilots and sail ing directions for each neutral ves sels aa care to pass through the Eng lish Channel ls not regarded as man date, but rather as a caution to neu tral ?hipping. 1 The British government has prom ised to supply the State department With a full report upon the conditions under which the Red liner Kroonland ls detained at Gibraltar, and the de partment will await the receipt of this report before it decides to follow ap its original protest agslnst the deten tion of the shlp? This ls Irrespective of the proceedings of the prise court, to which the British authorities have referred the case of the Kroonland, IS TRADITIONAL EICK PARTY - EiG? r U. S. SENAT0ft? AND SIX GOVERNORS WERE ELECTED ONE IS IN DOUBT Underwood, of Ahhama, and Hardwick, of Georgia New . Senators Elected. (By Associated Press.) . ATLANTA. Qa., NOT. 8.-The South retained its traditional allegiance to the Democratic party in today's elec tions in the various States. Bight United States senators, all Demo crats, and six governors were elect ed. The only Democratic gubernatorial nominee whose election was not defi nitely assured by the early returns was R. L Williams, of Oklahoma. These reports showed John Fields his Republican opponent, polling a large vote and only a few hundred votes behind Williams. Later re ports, however, showed Williams still ahead. Congressional districts in which the results wsre loft in doubt by the returns available up to midnight In cluded the eighth and tenth North Carolina, the fifth Tennessee, the eighth Oklahoma and the third Louis iana. - F. A. Llnney, Republican, opposing Representative rt. L. Doughton Itt'thc eighth North Caroltna, and J. J. Britt, Republican, running against Repre sentative James.' M. Qudger In the tenth North Carolina, Bbb wed unex pected strength. Both ot the pres ent representatives are Democrats. Representative W, C. Houston Democrat, of the fifth Tennessee, wac r.pr-o^xr? by H. C. vvana JJoak Aydelott, who made the race a? Dem ocratlc-Tndependent candidates. In the eighth Oklahoma, Represen-' tat Ivo Dick T. Morgan, Republican had strong opposition from H. B Johnston, the Democratic candidate It was believed, however, that Mor gan would retain his lead. Much interest attached to Ute elec tion t in the third Louisiana, where Henry Oueydan, Democrat, was op posed by W. P. Martin, progressive. Tho third district is a sugar sec tion and much opposition to the De mocratic party developed as a result of the removal of the tariff on sugar Early returns showed Martin leading Oueydan two to one. - Only two new senators are in the Southern list. Underwood of Alaham? and Hardwick, of Geeorgla. Both have been serving in Ute house ot representatives, Underwood for twen ty years and Hardwick for twelve. Tho list of senators and governor* follows: .. Senators: Alabama-Oscar W! Underwood Arkansas-James P. Clark. Florida-Duncan U. Fletcher. O-s-orttu-dioke Smith and Thomas W. Hardwick. North Carolina-Lee $.'Overman. Oklahoma-Thomas P. Gore. South Carolina-Ellison D. Smith. Governors : Alabama-Charles Henderson. Georgia-Nat B. Harris. Oklahoma-R. L. Williams or John Fields. South Carolina-Richard I Man ning. Tennessee -Thomas C. Rye. Texas-James E. Ferguson. Vorth Carolina. , HALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 8.-Incom plete returns at midnight show Ute election of R. L Doughton, Demo crat,' in the eighth North Carolina congressional district by about 1,600 majority. In the tenth district, J, ?jL Britt, Republican candidate, cutir?s el no tion by 800 and J. M. Gudger, Demo crat, by 500. The indications are ?that Britt is elected. The entire State and county Demo cratic tickets were elected by large majorities and the proposed constitu tional am?nHrri*nt; rftrz ??c.???? by an overwhelming majority. f'efrawg MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 8.-Early returns throughout the State snow th? elecUon .of the entire State Demo cratic ticket. Including Congressman Harnett, in tho Seventh district, where the only formidable opposition waa made against the D?mocratie nomin ees. Congressman Oscar W, Underwood, Democratic nominee, for United Stat es Senator, made a clean sweep of tho entire State, according to early returns tonight. Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. 8.-~L*fe returns showed heavy Democratic losses In southern counties, riringtng with them Ute possibility bf the elect! jn of Fields, Rspnbtlcasvte the ? tOonunned on Page ?j B^sHHks