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Show CARRAN2A ELECTED PRESIDENT. Received All But Few Scattering Votes at General Election. Mexico City. General Venustiano Carranza was on March 11, elected president nf Movn k ,i. i i. . t -.Aivw wiiai. is ue- lieved to have been the largest vote ever cast in the republic. Although the voters had the privilege priv-ilege of writing in or declaring anv name they desired, General Carranza received all but a few scattering ballots. bal-lots. The estimated vote cast runs all the way from several hundred thousand thou-sand to a million. The presidential election was provided pro-vided for in articles adopted bv the, constitutional assembly which met at Queretaro. Many old residents declare de-clare u was the first real election ever eld m this country. Reports from various parts of the republic indicated indicat-ed .hat there were no disturbances or intimidation. |