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Show SEVEN STATES HOLD jLECTIONS Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia, Choose Governors, Gov-ernors, Maryland, Senator. MANY NEW OFFICERS New York Elects Nine Supreme Su-preme Justices, Two Judges and State Senators. Seven Mates hold elections today Three M assaehusetts. New .Terse and Virginia-choose governors Man-land Man-land elects a United States senator and state controller Pennsylvania two superior court judges . Kentucky two circuit judges and legislature; N'pw York nine supreme court justices; justi-ces; chief judge of the court of appeals ap-peals associate judge, assembh and two state senators New Jersey also selects a new legislature. Congressmen are to be elected in four districts, the third Massaehusi-i ts thirteenth and twentieth New York, and third Maryland. Many cities choose new officers, notably no-tably New York Philadelphia and Tin clnnatl. NEW YORK STATE ELECTION New York. Nov. 4 Elections arc being held throughout New York today to-day for selection of members of the assembly, chiet justice and associate judge of the court of appeals, and nine s-upreme court judges Two senators, one to succeed Stephen J. Stllwell of the Twenty-first district who is now in Sine S'ng prison, and another to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt of the Twenty-sixth, who resigned to become assistant secretary secre-tary of the navy, was to be chosen. Successors were also to be elected to succeed C ongressmen Timothy D. Sullivan, deceased, and Francis Burton Bur-ton Harrison resigned. Disturbances at Polls. Although few arrests were reported during the forenoon, there were disturbances dis-turbances at polling places in various vari-ous parts of the city owing to the challenging of many voters. In the Second assembly district where there, is a hot contest between Alfred F Smith, present Democratic speaker of the assembly, and the fusion candidate. candi-date. Morris Cohen, adherents of both were bombarded with decayed eggs and vegetables when they appeared ap-peared at tho polling places. Clement Cle-ment Driscoll. president of the voters' vot-ers' league, interceding for a challenged chal-lenged voter, was set on by gangsters but the police reserves rescued him. In Sulzcr's district the vote up to , mid-afternoon was larger in propor-I propor-I Hon than in any other district In I tho riiv lnr.. thin fill ripr fent nf I the registered vote was cast before noon. Sillier supporter? said all Indications In-dications pointed to his election by a substantial plurality About twenty-five arresbs for alleged al-leged Irregularities In voting had been made up to noon. Among those arrested were four Columbia students. Gary. Ind . Nov 4 There were fears of rioting Incident to the slet -tion here today. Extra policemen and deputies were on duty and state troops of neighboring towns were in readiness to respond instantly to a call for help. The fight here Is over the mayoralty, mayor-alty, the Republican candidates being Thomas Knotts, the incumbent, and R. O. Johnson, the fu?ion candidate |