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Show CLERK ROBBED Armed Men Holdup Town Clerk and Take 3000 Election Ballots. MAY BE NO ELECTION Vigorous Fight on Liquor Question Is on in Pana Township, Illinois. Decatur, 111 April 7. Town Clerk Walter Lester dashed into police headquarters at Pana at 4 o'clock this morning and reported that he had been held up by twenty-five armed arm-ed men and robbed of 3000 election ballots. As a result Pana township may not, be able to vote on the liquor question today. Printers had been working all night to get out the liquor question ballots. As soon as they wero printed print-ed they wero entrusted to Lester and he started to his office with him. He said he was unable to identify any of the men. The attack came after a vigorous attempt made to keep the "wet" and "dry" question off the balloL A mandamus man-damus was issued last week to compel com-pel Lester to have ballots printed on the question. An effort is being made to hae more printed so that the election can tako place today. Montana City Elections. Helena, Mont., April 7. In the Helena City elections yesterday the Republicans elected a mayor, city treasurer and two aldermen. In Missoula the Socialists elected two commissioners and the city was placed under Socialist rule. The Socialists So-cialists were successful In Butte also, electing three councilmen. This gives them nine In the council against seven sev-en of other parties. The mayor also Is a Socialist. Local issues wero voted on In other oth-er cities. At Lewistown the women voted to remove hacks from the main street. Quincj 111., April 7. Quincy's first local option election Is polling a record rec-ord vole. It Is estimated that 14,000 votes will be polled, almost half of which will be those of women. The anti-saloon campaign has been hard fought "but almost wholly free from personalities and bitterness. Quincy has two breweries and 140 saloons. Aurora,Jll., -April 7. John -Haeger, shortly before noon today, -shot and wounded his wife, Helen, 2S, after an argument over the election. Haeger Hae-ger alleges Mrs. Haeger refused to accompany him to the polls. Montreal, April 7. Returns today from yesterday's city election assured the selection as mayor of Mederlc Martin, member of parliament, over George Washington Stephens. Martin's Mar-tin's lead was about 5000. SL Johns, Ore., April 7 Dr. A. W. Vincent, Socialist, was elected mayor over Charles Bredesou, Republican-Democrat, Republican-Democrat, in yesterday's municipal election here. Elections In Albuquerque. Albuquerque, N. M., April 7. City, town and village elections are being held in every town in New Mexico today. to-day. There is little interest In the elections outside of Albuquerque, where D. H. Boatright, Republican, is running against D. K. B. Sellers, Democrat, Dem-ocrat, on a vice control issue; and in Santa Fe where W. G. Sargent, Republican, Re-publican, Is opposed by a campaign tickets of Democrats and Progressives headed by R. L. Baca. Sargent Is. state auditor of New Mexico and Baca is speaker of the house of representatives! |