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Show HEAVY VOTE BEING CAST Portland, Maine, Sept. 9. With sovertal state issues to be decided, the voters of Maine went to the polls today to elect a governor, four congressmen, con-gressmen, and a state legislature The legislature selected today will choose a United States senator next winter. Governor Frederick W. Plalsted heads tho Democratic ticket and W11-" liam T. Haines Is the Republican candidate for governor. Many of tho districts In this city reported an Increased vote compared with tho same time last year. In Saco there was a decided advance over 1910, but In Biddleford the vote waB only 60 per cent of that of two years ago at the same hour. At Lewlstou and Auburn the vote was very heavy in some of tho wards running as high as 30 per cent over the vote in 1910, at the same hour. |