Edwardw Appleton News Today

In the closest election since the civil war, voters choose between the two front-runners in the presidential run-off, Regional stability and economic progress weighed heavily in the second round of the presidential elections as voters trooped to the polling stations on 14 November. The early signs were that turnout would be lower than the record 79% of the 2.4 million registered voters in the first round on 10 October.

Out of a record-breaking 1,355,140 votes tallied since the close of polls on October 10, Weah has accumulated 593,558 votes, constituting 43.80% of the vote

On April 16, 1912, the Los Angeles Times chronicled the sinking of the Titanic. This coverage is republished here in full, with changes only to capitalization and punctuation for ease of readability.