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Show ARIZONA'S MESSENGER IN HEW YORK Missing Man Wires He Is on the Wy to Washington. Wash-ington. WASHINGTON, Jen. SS.-r-W. T. Webb, the missing Arixona messenger, sppointed to bring the electoral returns re-turns of Arixona to Washington, today telegraphed to Heoator Ashurst from New Turk, saying he was on his wsy to Washington. Under the law. yesterday was the last' day in which the returns could be Sled. The statute is. however, elastis, and Mr. Ashurst has arranged for the reception of the vote when Mr. Webb presents it. Arixona cast her first electoral vole for Wilson and Marshall. If it had been lost it would have made oo difference dif-ference in the result, but the mishap has caused anxiety to Arizona's Democratic Dem-ocratic senators. Mr. Wehh hss made no explanation of his tardiness. RECUSED WASHINOTOV TRIP BY VOTtNO FOR HIMSELF 1'IIOKVIX. Arir... Jan. 2H Wilfred T. Webb, Arixona a lost presidential elm-tor, who failed to reach tho vice president's office last evening in time to deposit hia state's firwt electoral votes, left here .Isnuarv M. Me arranged to atop over in I hicago for four days, ho anxious was Mr. Webb to be the custodian of the babv atate 'a first presidential . vote that aa elector he voted for himself, thereby depriving a prominent woman suffrage leader of the honor. EVIDENTLY STOFTBD TOO LONO IN WASHINGTON CHK'AtlO, Jan. 2H. Wilfred T-Webb, T-Webb, official messenger bearing the Arizona electoral vote for president, who mas rcimrted from Washington last night ss missing, wss said todav to have been a guest in a flown! own hotel in this citv, where he spent .several days attending to private oustneM. According to a dispatch from the national na-tional capita all the other states delivered de-livered their votes yeeterday, and for a time no me uneasiness was felt coo-ceming coo-ceming the Arixona messenger. The senate adtourned without pssiiing oa Mr. Webli ' bill for mileage, which amounts to approiimately iito. If the rule with reference to mileage bills strictlv Is adhered to, Mr. Webb's visit in Chicago probably will con him that amouDt.lt is said, as the law required the votes to be delivered in Washing ton before this date in order to permit the messengers to receive compensation. |