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Show uu 3- v ELECTION IS TO BE ' HELD IN ECUADOR -Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 2G Carlos Frelle Zaldnmbldo'who 16 temporarily in oharge of the executive department in Ecuador, has fixed the date of the election of a successor to President 1 President Emlllo Estrada, who died on December 22, for January 23 The polling will end on Jan ',). The majority of the liberals in the republic re-public give their .suport to ex-President General Leonidas Plaza for the presidential office. Calm prevnlls throughout the republic except In the province of Esmoraldas, where the radicals have proclaimed General Flavio Alfaro. former minister of war and former military commander' of. Guayaquil, as supreme cliief of tho republic. General Alfaro left Panama for Tumaco. nn island on the west coast of Ecuador, with the Intention of going to Esmeraldas. 00 " |