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Show MAN VICTORY SECORDED BY ' mmm Farmer-Labor Party Wins Six Places in Washington Legislature SAN FRANCISCO. Ci'. Nov. 9. j Itte returns from far western states ( carlv today showed the results of thej ote for several Important oTficea still in dOUbt Perhaps chief In in 1 1 t was the close contest for senator froinl the stato of Washington between Sen-J i ator Miles Polndexter, Republican, andi C C I'll! Democrat, DJU maintained, a lead all day W.dncsd.iv. and this! morning, with 2.111 jireclncts out of 2.1 -10 reported, he was aluad of tho. ihcuml . nt senator by ".1J votes. Re-J 1 ubtlcan headquarters refused to con- 1 I'oindexters defeat, though ad- rhlttlns that the outlook was not fav- orable. p.RMER-LiABOK 1,'IXS. Candidates Of the Farnn-r-Labor J partu mad.- Willis in Washington, in PI en ounly, where Tacoma is lo-catcd, lo-catcd, (hey won six places in the legis-lature legis-lature One Farmer-Labbrlte state! nator-.iolds over. Five woman were elected to lhe California state assembly, Three womch were sent to thc asst nihly twoj years igc, an. I two of them were rc-,'l,-i t.-d 'l ues, lay M is - Rel-a Hum of Spokane appare"nt:y was the first woman wom-an to be elected to the state senate In Wash ngtOflC Latest returns showed in r leading. I ! i RESTING ( OVTRAST. While thc stat.. prohibition act in i California evidently lost by a substantial substan-tial majority, the vote on It displayed an inter. sting contrast between the two largest cities in tho slate. lncom- plete returns from LOS Angeles coun-1 ty today gave a majority of 31,430 In, favor of the law, while practically complete returns from San Francisco county Indicated Its defeat there by I something like 50.000. The voters of San Francisco, also adopted hy am 'overwhelming vote a request that their: board of supervisors memorialize con-greas con-greas to permit light wines and beers. VICIORY I OK KI.W Iast returns showed the adoption of the measure In Oregon requiring children chil-dren in primary grades to attend the I public schools This bill was sponsor. spon-sor. .1 by the Ku Klux Klau and as- sailed bitterly by its opponents, who said It would destroy private schools. |