CHICAGO-NEW YORK RECORD. B. F. Denham and Al Walden drove from CE!ego to New York in 21 hours Eat June 6-7, 1926, the what wileage by the route taken being 1,047. SPEEDWAY RACING IN 1918. On account of the great war speedway motor Tang 1 1818 was limited and on the whole not of a rational character. Following were the principal events: Calontows, Pa., May 16-Barney Oldfield defeated Lale Chevrolet in five lap race (siightly more than five miles) in 3:18.51. The Liberty sweepstakes, five heats of twenty-four Was won by Ralph Mulford in Sues pelead Bay, N. Y.. June 1-Harkness handicap. 100 miles; won by Ralph de Palma with a Packard, in 9:58:21. Louis Cevrolet in a FronteLac won the 10-mile faturity race in 5:57. Chicago, June 2-Derty landicap, 100 miles. won by Louis Chevrolet (Frontenac), in 55:99.6. Cincinnati, July 4-Liberty handicap, 100 miles, won by Ralph de Palma (Packard), in 38:11.4. Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., Aug. 17-International sweepstakes won by Ralph de Palma. Time in 2-mile race, 1:0.6; in 19-mile race. 5:21.8; in 30-mile race, 16:31.2; in 50 mile race. 27:23.2. Uniontown, Pa., July 18-112 mile Derby won by Louis Chevrolet (Frontenac), in 1:11:22.4. Uniontown, Pa., Sept. 2-100 lap race won by Ralph Mulford (Frontenac), in 1:10:11.1. AMERICAN SPEEDWAY RECORDS, Time. Rader... 8.16. Driver. I kilometer, 58.20. 40 miles.. .4:34:05.78. Bragg. Orr.. Rader... .. Blitzen-Benz.... Indianapolis...... May 29, 1911 .Christie... Packard...... Maxwell...... Tacoma.. ... July 5, 1915 New York. New York.. ....Oct. 28, 1916 ...Aug. 17, 1918 ..Sept. 22, 1917 ....Oct. 9, 1915 Oct. 9, 1915 ....Sept. 30, 1916 .....Oct. 9, 1915 Oct. 9, 1915 June 26, 1915 .Peugeot.. .......Chicago................................ June 26, 1915 500 miles......... ..5:07:26.00............ Resta.............Peugeot....................... Chicago........... June 26, 1915 STRAIGHTAWAY FREE-FOR-ALL RECORDS, REGARDLESS OF CLASS. 40.53............ Oldfield.......... Benz............. .Daytona...........Mar. 16, 1910 ONE MILE CIRCULAR DIRT TRACK RECORDS. .1:12:45.20. .1:55:18.00. .2:34:12.00. ..3:14:55.00. 300 miles........ 81.65 miles..... .3:53:33.50 Duesenberg........ Hamline, Minn....Oct. Wishart.........Mercer... .....Columbus, O.......Aug. 25, 1912 ..... Mulford.........Mason Special..... Columbus, O.......July CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 4, 1913 Capital punishment prevails in all of the states | 1872 and restored in 1878. It was also abolished of the union except Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. In Michigan the only crime punishable by death is treason. The death penalty was abolished in the state of Washington in 1913. It was abolished in lowa in in Colorado in 1897, but was restored in 1901. Hanging is the ordinary mode of execution, but in Arkansas, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Vir ginia electrocution is the legal method. In Nevada hanging or shooting is optional with the condemned. NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMITTEES (1916-1920). Chairman-Will H. Hays, Indiana. REPUBLICAN. Headquarters-923 Woodward building, Washing Louisiana-Clarence S. Hebert.. .New Orleans Augusta ton, D. C. Maryland-Galen L. Tait.. ......Baltimore Michigan-John D. Mangum... Mississippi-(Vacancy) Massachusetts-George A. Bacon........Springfield ...Marquette ....St. Paul ....Union .Livingston Secretary-James B. Reynolds, Wilkins building, Treasurer-Fred W. Upham, Illinois. Assistant Treasurer-Beverley R. Robinson, New Sergeant-at-Arms-E. P. Thayer, Indiana. California-William H. Crocker...San Francisco .Lincoln ..Reno .Dover .....Trenton Albuquerque Missouri-W. L. Cole...... .......Boone .Fargo Springfield .Pawhuska .Birmingham Hillsboro Uniontown Arkansas-H. L. Remmel.. Little Rock Rhode Island-Joseph P. Burlingame..Providence ..Mitchell .Knoxville .Paris Salt Lake City District of Columbia-E. F. Colladay..Washington Louisiana-(Vacancy) Maine-Alfred J. Sweet (acting) Tampa Atlanta Vermont-J. Rolf Searles............St. Johnsbury .Big Stone Gap .......Seattle DEMOCRATIC. .Dubuque Campaign headquarters-New York and Chicago, ..Omaha California-Isidore B. Dockweiler....Los Angeles .Reno Colorado-John T. Barnett... Nashua Connecticut-Homer S. Cummings. .Newark Delaware-Willard Saulsbury. Florida-J. T. G. Crawford.. Georgia-Clark Howell.... Idaho-R. H. Elder.... Illinois-Charles Boeschenstein. Indiana-E. G. Hoffman. Iowa-W. W. Marsh.. Kansas-Samuel B. Amidon.. Kentucky-William B. Haldeman. Louisiana-Robert Ewing.. Maine-Daniel J. McGillicuddy Rhode Island-William P. Sheffield.......Newport Maryland-John W. Smith.. South Carolina-Joseph W. Tolbert....Greenwood Massachusetts-John W. Coughlin South Dakota-Willis C. Cook.......Sioux Falls Michigan-W. F. Connolly. Tennessee-Jesse M. Littleton.........Chattanooga Minnesota-Frederick B. Lynch.. Texas-H. F. MacGregor..... Utah-Reed Smoot.. Oregon-Ralph E. Williams... West Virginia-Virgil L. Highland.....Clarksburg New Hampshire-R. C. Murchie. Coeur d'Alene Concerd .Buffalo .Lumberton Ellendale Youngstown ...Marlow Portland Providence .Spartanburg .Centerville ....Carthage Pennsylvania-A. Mitchell Palmer....Stroudsburg .Huntington Vermont-James E. Kennedy Cleburne ..Salt Lake City .McPherson Washington-Hugh C. Wallace. Williston .Lynchburg Tacoma .Grafton National Executive Committee. V. G. Hinshaw, chairman, Chicago, Ill.; W. G. Calderwood, vice-chairman, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Frances E. Beauchamp, secretary, Lexington, Ky H. P. Faris, treasurer, Clinton, Mo.; Robert H. Patton. Springfield, Ill.; F. C. Hendrickson, Cumberland, Md.: E. L. G. Hohenthal, South Manchester, Conn: Daniel A. Poling. Boston, Mass.; Francis E. Baldwin, Elmira, N. Y. National Committee. Arkansas-G. H. Kimball. J. M. Parker.. California-H. Clay Needham. Mrs. Annie E. K. Bidwell.. Colorado-John Hipp.. Otto Reinhardt... .Birmingham Long Beach. Cal. Phoenix .Little Rock .Dardanelle .Los Angeles ..Chico Denver .Denver Columbia, Dist. of-M. E. O'Brien... Washington ..West Barrington South Dakota-C. V. Templeton.......Woonsocket W. T. Rafferty. Tennessee-Dr. Ira Landrith. Texas-P. F. Paige.. H. L. Winchell.. Utah-Prof. W. N. Jonas.. Watertown Memphis .......Dallas ....Cisco Cowley, Wyo. .Duluth, Minn. Montpelier Pawlet ..Drewry's Bluff Troutville ......Olympia ..Tacoma .Pennsboro ..Jane Lew ..Milwaukee Rev. Henry P. Olson... Vermont-L. W. Hanson. George S. Wood.. Virginia-E. R. McIntyer. France M. Hammond.. Washington-Walter F. McDowell.. Mrs. Nettie Hallenbeck. West Virginia-Jay E. Cunningham.. J. Goodloe Jackson... Wisconsin-A. J. Benjamin. H. H. Tubbs... ..Elkhorn Wyoming-J. R. Cortner.......... .Farmland, Ind. A. B. Campbell.. .Thermopolis Executive Committee. J. A. H. Hopkins, New York, chairman; W. G. Calderwood, Minnesota; Frank A. Pattison, New Jersey Demarest Lloyd, Massachusetts: W. R. Gaylord, Wisconsin; Dorr H. Carroll, North Dakota; C. W. McClure, Georgia: S. W. Bingham, Massachusetts: O. H. P. Shelley, Montana; Prof. Robert D. Leigh, Oregon; James A. Smith, Utah; Mrs. Sarah E. Lyons, Minnesota; Mrs. F. E. Beauchamp. Kentucky: Allen W. McCurdy. New York: Gerritt T. Thorn, Wisconsin; Charles D. Sharrow, Michigan; Mrs. E. L. Calkins, Michigan: D. C. Finley, Missouri; Will Everett, Washington: Morton L. Johnson, Illinois; Otto Čullman, Illinois: Mrs. Florence Slown Hyde, Illinois; Arthur G. Wray, Nebraska; L. H. Trieschmann, Connecticut: E. M. Winston, Illinois; John H. Hill, Illinois; Wallace Thayer, New York. Platform. In the platform adopted in Chicago, March 6, 7 and 8, 1918, the party declares that its aim is the attainment of democracy in government and industry. It is in favor of equal suffrage, the initiative, referendum and recall, the short ballot, proportional representation, prohibition, an executive budget, amended election laws, cabinet responsibility, absentee voting. freedom of speech and press. prison reform, uniform divorce laws, public ownership, municipal ownership, democratic taxation, extension of the postal system, abolition of speculation, and legislation in aid of labor. SOCIALIST. National Headquarters-803 street, Chicago, Ill. West Madison National Executive Secretary-Adolph Germer, Chicago, Ill. International Secretary-Morris Hillquit, New York, N. Y. National Executive Committee. Morris Hillquit, New York, N. Y. James Oneal, New York, N. Y.. SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY, National Secretary-Arnold Petersen, 45 Rose street, New York, N. Y. National Executive Committee. Sidney Armer, 417 Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cal.: J. P. Johnson, 101 Greenwood street, New Haven, Conn.; John M. Francis, 266 N. East street, Du Quoin, Ill.; Ernest Viewegh, 1318 N. Haugh street. Indianapolis. Ind.: John Sweeney, 10 Ashley street. Jamaica Plain, Mass.: Samuel Johnson, 1023 Fremont street, St. Paul, Minn.; Henry J. Poelling, 2458 E. Union avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; John C. Butterworth, 110 Albion avenue, Paterson, N. J.; Patrick E. De Lee. 152 4th street. Troy. N. Y.; John D. Goerke, 306 Superior avenue. N. E., Cleveland. O.: G. G. Anton, 4310 Otter street, Philadelphia, Pa.: Donald L. Munro. 1020 Bay street, Portsmouth, Va.; Thomas Taylor, 1318%2 Pacific avenue. Tacoma, Wash. Albert Schnabel, 1397 16th street, Milwaukee, Wis.; Joseph Czaplio. 34 Lehigh avenue, Bethlehem, Pa.: M. Silling. 5914 Mervine street. Philadelphia, Pa.: F. Hanson. 89 Kenmore road, Medford, Mass.: Jordan Bacheff, 584 East 137th street. New York, N. Y. PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1800. Area (Cont'l U.S.) sq.m. 843,255 Population......... 3,026,789 3.026,789 3,026,789 2.995,536 3.026,789 3,026,789 5,308,483 23,191.876 31.443,321 38.558,371 50,155,783 75,994,575 *105.869,000 Wealth.............dols. 7,135,780.000 16,159,616.000 30.068.518.000 42,642,000,000 88,517,306,775 +187,739,000,000 Debt. ........ ..dols. 82,976,294 63,452.774 59.964.402 2.331,169.956 1.919,326,748 1,107,711.258 $1,908,635,223 Money in circul'n.dols. 26,500,000 278,761,982 435,407,252 675,212,794 973,382,228 2,055.150.938 5,721.433,020 542.261,563 833,701,034 2.458,092,758 $9.521,648,000 43,431,130 149,277,504 549,874,358 819,106,973 2,389,719,954 Deposits, b'k.n't'l.dols. Deposits, savings.dols. Dep'sits, Dost'lsay.dols. $5.418,022.275 $126,840,819 Farms, value......dols. Receipts-Net ord.dols. 10,848.749 43.592,889 39,668,686 809.397 dols. 2,560,879 Navy.......... ..dols. 3,448,716 Pensions.........dols. 64,131 3,967,343,580 7.980.493.060 8,944,857,749 12,180.501,538 20,514,001,838 140,991,449,096 487,713,792 7,874,386,325 57,655.675 134.774,768 $440,276,880 11,514,650 21.780.230 13,536,985 55,953.078 $257,166,437 1.866.886 1,100,802 Imports, mdse.....dols. 91,252,768 173,509,526 Exports, mdse.....dols. 70,971,780 144,375,726 Product'n of gold.dols. 50,000,000 46,000.000 50,000,000 667,954,746 849,941,184 835,638,658 1,394,483,082 36.000.000 2.946.059,403 5,847,159.678 79,171,006 Silver............dols. 50.900 Coal... ..tons 6,266,233 Petroleum....gallons Steel........ tons 156.800 13,044.680 21,000.000 16.434.000 29.496.054 Pig iron..........tons Copper... tons 650 Wool 7.200 68,750 12.600 1,247.335 10,188,329 **12.778,680 27.000 232,500,000 298.636,621 270.588 **860.647 Wheat........bushels 100.485,944 173,104.924 235,884.700 498.549.868 522,229,505 Corn...........bushels Cotton...........bales 153,509 2,454.442 3,849.469 4,352.317 6,605,750 10,245.602 4,778 150.237 *Estimated July 1. †In 1912. Net debt, June 30, 1917. §In 1917. 18.417 5,499,984 993 369.980 30,626 52,922 28.492 8,519.067 19,772.221 93.267 42,989 33,315,479 198,964 76,688 102,354,579 13,333 387.203 13,947 457,257 26,499 448,572 $285,573,000 $650,828,000 $3,159.494.000 $11,044.227 **266,031 $55,413 $329,726,116 $42,760 110,618 Census of 1910. **In 1916. Rep. ington, D. C. Dem. Prog. Pro. Hughes. Wilson. Election Returns. POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT (1916). Compiled by the bureau of statistics from reports on file in the department of state, Wash State. Alabama Hanly. vote. 1,034 1,925 20.524 33,170 58,021 168,310 999,551 1,789 5,179 Delaware 26.011 24,753 566 480 80.803 Georgia 11,225 125,845 20,653 2,192,707 Indiana 341,005 334,063 3,898 16,368 21.855 1,659 6,942 718,848 Iowa 280,449 221,699 Kansas 277,658 314,588 12.882 24,685 36,930 629,813 *No candidate. Figures do not include blank or void ballots or votes cast for names not appearing on any of the electoral tickets specified in the table. |