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PACE IS

HE CONFESSES TO THEFT OF $250,000

FIGHT FOR WAGE

BOOST STARTED

Miners of Nation Obey Order

to Strike

nr J. i- oni i i iv w

Vallnl l*re*» Stall Cwirr*|Mtmlen(.

IMIHN \rOIJS I ml.. Nov. I

—Oeprlvi-il at the guidance *»« l

lomli i hip of their olfhUU by

fnlrr.il court order, Mtumlnou*

coal miner* of the nation offi

cial!? Itwlr war for

higher wag** ami Jwrtrr hour*

at HO I a. ni. Mtf.

Th« *trlke called tbe entire mem

her* hI p of th* I'nlted Mine Worker*

of Amertca —151.«S7—to lay down

their tool*.

Only enough men for protection

Of mine property were ordered to

remain at work.

Union official* were at work In

their headquarter* here practically

all night. No statement* wire

made, aa the m Inert' head* evt

dently believed that any anncuncc-

BMnt recimlir x the progres* of th

■trlke might be Interpreted vio

lation of the restraining order.

Mine-*' attorney* were preparing

for appcaniTi. e before VVderal Judge

Anderson a week from today, when a

heart in.- on Issuance of a temporary

Injunction will be held.

Union h«uU believed that the

strike would "carry on" With Instruc

tions now Issued. and further onVrs

would not be necessary from g> neral

hsadqnarter*. Practically *H union

•llkln trv control!**! by locals thm

the *ynt*m In •ffrct.

Dapnrtni' i.t of Justice agents today

ww closely wa'cMng for violation

«f the restraining order.

It to believed oy the miners that

th« flght will be short. and they ex

pect victory lt becomes neces

sary for men to receive outside aid.

Tlx t11.000.00® at-lke fund to tied up

by the restraining order.

President Wilton

Enjoys Good Night

WASHtNOTON. Nov. I—lTest

dwnt Wltoon had a good night and

hla condition today was satisfactory.

It waa atated at the White Bot»r.

TIM president showed no 111 effects

from hla exertion In connection with

the coal atrlke.

(MM ALABAMANS OCT

BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Nov. L

Mere than 30.000 miners In the Ala

twins coal fields are on atrlka today,

minii leaders estlma"-

WAS WILD NIGHT FOR POLICE

Halloween Crowd Sets Fire to Barn; Students Rush Street Car

There Is always a morning after

tor everything.

Friday night was Halloween and

belonged to the kids, and U>s police

Saturday morning belongs to a dis

gruntled citizenry.

Tfce police surged thru the nlghf

Without making any arrests, but. be

lieve them, theirs was it trail of over

turned garbage cans, uprooted sljrn

boards and twisted gates The cope

IMlowed the kids, who left a trail

0t soaped windows.

The rough stuff started promptly

Hip m . when the youngest began

working the apartment house district

Ml Opttol HilL The police telephones

ware busy.

HOPPER-KELLY COMPANY OPEN

BEAUTIFUL NEW PHONOGRAPH

STORE ON THIRD AVENUE

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What ia considered to bo one of the finest and most complete phonograph store* on the pacific Count has

Jnst been opened by the Hopper-Kelly Co,, at 1421 Third avenue, Just one block north of their old location.

Several montha have been spent in planning and doing the actual work of remodeling the entire building to

■uit the requirement* of the company, and the plana were only O. K.'d after a trip of the entire country had

been made inspecting various phonograph store*.

One of the top view* ahow the spacious phonoirt-aph rooma located on the second floor, while below

fa pictured one of the Period Itooms, designed and furnl«hed for the display of the many very fine model* cat

lied In the variou* make* of phonographs.

On the first floor the entire space has been de voted to the record business, thirty private record rooms

being available for the selection of new music. The international department, where the native music of

European countries Is carried, is located on the rn'iraaln" floor.

During the five years of the establishment, the Hopper Kelly Co. haa gruwu steadily, and this possession

of their new and handsome premises la their capshlof of achievement. »

HINES NAMES

STRIKE AIDES

Committees Will Handle Coal

Distribution Over Nation

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 (l-nlted

Committee* to take rhartt'

of coal distribution In ths eight t*-

gtonal railroad 'U*trlet* have l>m

appointed by rail Director Hlnes, II

was announced at th* railroad itl

minlst ration today,

The committee will have bead, mar

tert at lloston. New York, l*hlladel

rtili*. Atlanta. Ilttsburg, Cleveland.

Chicago a nil St. lunula, Kuel Admin

istrator Garfield will have a r»pr»-

■entatlve on »ach commit!**

IVraunnel of the committer* wa*

not named, but It waa aald they

would be operating official* and Gar

field's representative*.

Appointment of the committees

followed orders turning over to tllnea

the function of the old fuel admlnl*

tratlon In distributing coal during

the strike.

The committee will make distribu

tion under a priority list Issued by

lllnes several day* ago.

N"o disorders necessitating use of

troops had been reported at the wxr

department this morning Secretary

llakrr left for Pottadam. l*a-. where.

It was stated, he was to plant a me

morial Ire* and lay a cornerstone

III* trip had nothing to do with *trtk«

distribution of troops. It waa de

clared.

DEAVER TO GO TO

TRIAL ON NOV. 17

Serjeant Major James R. deaver

will go to trial November 17 for the

alleged murder of Henry Clay Holt,

an Alkl grocer, who. Peavrr aaya,

wrecked hla home. The killing oc

curred the ntorht of September 17.

near the home of Mr*, imnr In

Weat Seattle.

Presiding Superior Judge A- W

Fmtcr aet the date for trial of the'

IVavrr cose and others Saturday.

E. J, 8w liter. accused of the mur

der of I*. J Snow. In the Jefferson

car hams here, four months ago.

will be tried Monday.

Superior Judge Clay Allen will be

tried Siovember 10 for alleged un

lawful poisn salon of Uquw. In con

nection with the name caes and on

the cam* charge. Oeorge Oeu. court

bailiff, will be tried Nov«TOber 10.

and on the folk'wing day l>eputy

Sheriffs Stewart Campbell and Hoy

Murdock

"They are wrecking our building.™

came one startled calL

Motorcycle officers arrived only to

find the hom«ewTTckers had departed

for another district.

Btrvet car conductor*, too. had

their woes. Many a trolley waa

pulled from a municipal car

Several enthusiastic collegians,

participants In the "night shirt pew

rude," rushed a Cowen Park car and

refused to pay their fares. The con

ductor refused to start the car. A

number of policemen arrived awl per

suaded the students they were In er

ror.

Kids Uvtng near I9th ave. and E.

Madison set fire to a barn in that

Coal Miners Grouped Round a Bulletin Hoard at Entrance to Mine

PAINTER TRIES

TO DIE; FAILS

George L Rice «J. a Seattle sign

painter, went (o hla room In a lod*

Ing house at ItSSH W«trrn ave..

Wednesday night. He waa alrk and

depressed. according to fellow room

era. Ha did not appear again.

At S o'clock ITlday afternoon. 3.

If. Cummlng*. proprietor of the

lodging eatablishment, alarmed al

the odor of escaping ga*. broke

down the door of ftice'a room. He

found the aged painter unconscious

on th» hed. Tlio ma waa turn—l

on. Indicating that the man. 111 and

despondent. had attempted suicide.

lUcn waa taken to the cltjr hos j

pltal. where his condition waa aal<t'

to be precarious.

A Jarkpol to a vessel *nmetlm<*

*>«e-l for the cooking "t "greens."

neighborhood. The flam's were «

tlngulahed by the fire drpartewnt

The fire department answered Ove

other alarms, which, according to

fire department officials, were all

false.

A misguided Halloweener threw a

stone thru the front window of the

reeid'-nce of Principal L. M Hlggtns

of Broadway high school while he

waa reading in the front room.

The poll'-e righted a legion of up

turned garbage cans and otherwise

made themselves useful. They sigh

ed nighs of satisfaction when the last

kid was routed and sent to hla home

and bed.

And now Sewttle can clsan up and

rest In peace for another year.

TTTE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, NOVEWRKR 1, 1919.

AT THE MINE GATE

SAYS COAL STRIKE

WILL LAST 10 DAYS

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I Coutinurd From Page One

erta. "There may be one or two

radlesus, but they wont have a

channe to start anything.

Young lllood* tar II

"Tw<whlrda of the miner* In the

''artionadn mine are contract miners.

They get paid for the coal they dig

None of them makes lees than 1t.40

a day. Some make $1 and some of

them more."

I Mike, the mine mechanic, la a

ttachelor. He wasn't in favor of the

strike, he said.

"But there are some of theae young

j bloods who are for It." he added.

They don't know the aerlousness

'if a strike, of course. It isn't as

! i old here as It la back Kast. and we

•-an get out most anywhere In this

country and cut down a tree if we

run out of coal, but H's a shame to

think how some of the folks back

in the cold states are going to suf

fer.

It® rer reel War Record

"Then, there'* Hit* way of

looking at It. The miner* today

are the poorest paid wocki-ra.

They didn't strike during the

war. In every other line tha

worker* got more pay, until now

the miner* are at the rnd of the

•trine. They're entitled to more,

but when they get It, the worker

at the other rnd of the *tiin( will

holler for more wain—and *o It

will go, earh craft pu*hlng the

other rraft up until nobody

know* what'* going to happen. I

think there's going to be a show

down prvtty soon Something's

going to bust wide open.

"Being lua how the men voted to

strike, I'm with them to the last,

and being aa how I'm not a married

man 111 do my share. If It corneal

to that, to help carry along the men

that have got kids and a family to

support. I guns that's how the

union figures, too, that ua unmarried

men will help out the married men

If they run out of money. And theyn

run out. too, brmuae they haven't

been saving anything. If you're Just

a day worker you can't save any

thing on $F..i > a day. If you've got a

family. You're lucky If you can

break even with the grocery man."

Won't Try to Break It

The Carbonaelo Coal company Is go-

Ing to keep all Ita miners on the

ground. If possible, during the strike,

according to William Pearre.

""There Isn't going le be any

attempt on our |»*rt to break this

•Irlkr by throning green hand*

Into the minr." lie said. "We

want our men to stay In the

ramp. It may rost a Illlle some

thing, but It will pay In the long

run. We have no grievance

against our men snd I hey have

no grietanre against us. We're

square wllli them and they're

square wllli us—good feeling all

around."

Mine I* Clear

The company has arranged dirrlng

the strike to rontinue development In

certain areas of the mine where cool

will be "blocked out" but not actu

ally mined, and to build some new

bunkers. This will keep some of the

men employed. Others will be kept

at work on repairs and other* guard

ing tho property of the company.

During the last few hours of work

Friday seven cars, or about 350 tons,

of freshly mined coal were shipped to

Seattle from Carbonado, and 700 tons

more w»re brought to the surface

Infantrymen Are

Sent Into Ohio

DES MOINES. Ia. t Nov. I.—(By

United Press).—The third battalion

of tho Second Infantry has been or

dered to report at Camp Sherman.

Ohio, not later than Wednesday,

military officials at Camp Dodge,

where the unit Is now stationed, an

nounced today. Camp authorities

profess to be In Ignorance of the

reason for tho troop movement. The

battalion's strength Is estimated at

200 men.

80,000 ILLINOIS MEN

REPORTED IN WALKOUT

BPBINQFIKLD, 111., Nov. 1.

Union lenders early today claimed

the full union strength, HO.OOO Illi

nois miners, was on strike. Oper

ators and state officials said tho

number cannot lie ascertained before

Momlay, since Sat unlay Is a semi

holiday and Sunday a full ouo.

ready to ahlp. The fill no Saturday la

rlenr of movable coal.

"Wt allowed U>« Northern Pacific

100 ton*, which will remain at the

mlma until needed." aald I'earce

-The rewt will stay In our bunker*

In KMIUe to be apportioned out to

hoepllala flrat. then to |*«ople who

need It moat to keep them warm. No

body l> p>ltut to get any of It to

hoard away, that's my policy.

"I'v* iroi mnouh'h *n rout® froni

oth*T mlitii to mukn a total of about

J.ooo ton». or n«arlr *nou«t» to nin

lha hUmr end of our builnw a

month <lurin* normal Um«i. Hf that

tim*. I betlava. th« atrlka wtU hav*

lon| Rlnm pmhM. h

BANDIT ESCAPES

I'.aire detective* have failed to find

a single trace of the lone masked

bandit who diwppcared In the *tre-t

crowd* after falling In hi* attempt to

rob tha Washington 1/itn A Trust

Co, 111 Hewart *U Friday aftar

noon. Flourishing a (Tin. and plain

ly nerroua. tha bandit walked up to

Prsatdant Harry Krut* of tha t«.nk.

-Hand out your money—quiet.."

ordered the taandit.

"W# haven't any money her*. Oet

out." Krut* say* he replied.

The bandit turned around, slipped

off his mask, and lost himself In the

crowd*

40.000 MEN AT WORK

IN INDEPENDENT MINES

tTNIONTOWN, Pa-. Nov. I—lnde

pendent enal operators In thla eer

Hon expert grnatly Increased mine

outputs during the coal strike.

Forty thousand miner*, employed

by the 11. C. Frtck and other inde

pendent rnlneai. remained at work to

day. For the first time In a year

these mlnea will work a six-day

week, beginning Monday.

STATE TROOPS ON JOB

IN OKLAHOMA DISTRICT

OKUIIOMA CITY Oklfc, Nov 1

—Movement of state troops toward

the coal fields for strike duty began

today, lty Sunday every coal field

In the Oklahoma mining district will

lie occupied by Guardsmen. More

than 1,000 National Guardsmen as

sembled thruout the state last night,

following the general order of mobil

isation Issued by Gov. Kobertson late

yesterday.

INDIANA MINERS STRIKE

TKIUtK HAUTE, Ind., Nov. I.—

I'rartlrally all coal miners In Dis

trict No 11, which rovers the In

diana field, were on strike today, ar.

cording to reporta reaching union

headquarters here today. Mine

whistles blew for the men to go

to work, but few responded.

50,000 QUIT IN OHIO

COIAJMBUB, Ohio, Nov. I,—The

number of miners on strike In the

Ohio district, which covers a small

portion of West Virginia, was plac

ed at between 45,000 and 60,000 by

G. W. Savage, secretary of the

United Mine Workers of America,

district No. «, early today.

SOUTHERN MINES CLOSE

KNOXVIU.K. Tenn., Nov. I.—All

coal mines in District No. 19, com

prising the Eastern Tennessee and

Southern Kentucky fields, were

dosed today, according to union lead*

era here. Approximately 17,500 men

responded to the strike call, It was

estimated at union headquarters.

STOP IOWA PRODUCTION

DEB MOINES. lowa, Nov. I.—Pro

duction of coal In lowa practically

ceased at midnight Inst nlglit, reports

received nt miners' headquarters here

early today Indicated. lowa miners

responded 100 per cent to the strike

call, unionists claimed.

100,000 QUIT WORK IN

PITTSBURG MINE REGION

PITTSBURG, Nov. 1— (By

United Press.) —More than 100.000

union miners In tho Pittsburg and

Clearfield districts were on strike

today, early reports to union lead

ers Indicated.

BUTTE. Mont., Nov. I.—Erery

mine In the 13 coal camps of Mon

tana Is closed today, 4,000 miners

having walked out at midnight.

MAY RESCUE 20

ENTOMBED MEN

Two Arc Found Dead in

Ohio Mine Shaft

AMBTKKDAM, Ohio. Nov. I.—

With th* recovery of two bodies

from the burning Y'lUghlogheny A

Ohio ('"til company mine here, re*

cue forre* worked desperately todny

to clear the mine of gas and debrla

In the hope of saving the live* of

20 men. believed Imprisoned further

underground.

They have been thers 70 hour*.

"t'ncle Jimmy" Gray, <7, foreman,

wiiii found In a sitting postura, pick

grasped In one hand. He was *trlck

en while Uirowlng up a barrier of

enrth and cop I against the gaara

Tha barrier waa partly completed.

A few feet away waa tha body

of a foreign born miner. Oray leave*

a widow and children.

In the five of aaphyrlatlng vapor*,

fire and danger of cave Ins, the rea

cuar* worked unrnasingly all night

and finally punched their way thru

the tons Of rock and coal which

blocked their way thru tha shaft.

Heavy clouds of gas and th* dying

fire still bar their way to th* Inner

rvcea*a* of th* mine.

BREAK IN DRUG STORE

Boys bruk* Uin lock from the front

door of tha Valentine

Pointer av*. nnrt Atlantic *t_. early

Saturday morning Brut stole a large

quantity of shaving »uppl|<-*. cheap

Jewelry and smoking msterlala. C.

E, Valentin*, the proprietor, made

the report Motorryrle Officer O, J.

Fuller Investigated without results.

MUST BE A CANDIDATE

Jf you »ee a suspicious looking

character with 4 000 cigars. 7.000

elgwrets and 17 fountain pens. rail

the police. The»-*re looking for the

thief who stole this booty from

the AJax pharmacy, S&th and Green

wood.

515% fli. sfcws*gjNM

I THE ROMANCE OF A MALE

I FUNNIER AND BETTER THAN THE STAGE PLAY I

| LOMBfIRDI,

I by Frederick and

LTD.

R Fanny Hatton I

I BERT LYTELL I

I With JBARITA HARSER I

9 (A Musical Instrument new to the Pacific Coast) "Tales From the I

■M "tihubcrt'a Serenade," played by Eugene Dovaux. Vienna Woods"

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TRIAL OF BOY

NEARING END

Charged With Murder of

16-Year-Old Girl

MAllfUiriKl.D, Ore. Nov. ».

With the testimony completed, clo*.

Ing arKunients of the attorneys are

being made to«l*y In tha ' -IS'' of the

Ktate va. Harold Howell, the 14 year*

old boy, who I* alleged to have mur

dered lillian Leuthold, aged I*.

The youthful defendant. whose fat*

will be In th# bonds of the Jury be

fore night, has maintained a remark

able attitude of Innocence and calm

ness t» lout the trial. The prosecu

tion utterly failed to confuse him or

cause htm to make the slightest con

tradiction. A person of matured

years couldn't hava be*n more dlgnl

fled or composed nor his answer*

more direct.

Confronted at different time* with

grewsorne exhibits In tha case, In

cluding JJlllan I/euthold's bloody,

torn clothing, young Howell has

never shown a trace of unejinlness.

Circumstantial evldenc* has com

posed tile state'* case.

G. A. R. LEADER

DEAD IN EAST

Col. James D. Bell Passes

Away in Brooklyn

NEW YORK. Nov. I.—Col. James

I> Hell, commander In-chief of the

Grand Army of the Hepubllc, died

today at bis home In Brooklyn.

OnUTUTUTS. O, No*. I.—Capt

Daniel M Hall, of Columbus, senior

vice commander in-chief of the Q. A.

It-. succeeds Col James D. Hell, who

died in Brooklyn today, as command

er In-chief of the organization.

Capt. Hall announced today that

the national headquarters of the O.

A It would be removed to Columbus

ADMITS TAKING

LIBERTY BONDS

Telegrapher Carried Fortune

in Overcoat Pocket

BOTTJI r.KSU, Ind., Nor. I

Tha tort urea of lllldt

wre rtcwTllK-d h« re today by L

W. K*nnatt, Htudebaker company

telegrapher, whu oonfeaaed In taking

12f,0.0')0 worth of Liberty bonrta

from the organisation January ♦.

Kennett aald he re-entered the of.

fife after punching oat, aaw a pa/ k -

nice on the floor, pit ked It ap and

thruat It Into hla ahabby overcoat.

Kor days, while he hlmaelf sent out

meaaagea regarding the theft, giving

number* of the bonda. etc, Ui« 25

110,000 notba reated In hla ahtny

overcoat.

Kenneft aald the bond* worried

him continually until be decided to

burn them. He thruat tbern one at

a time Into a furnace fire until ba

had but thr»x» left. He kept thoaa.

Finally, nerved to attempt dla

poaal of the IJO.OOO, ha confided In

friend*. An a reault of an aHrg'd

erherne to get them thru the bank*.

George W. Oood, Jeweler, and John

Cook, foundry auperlntend»nt. K»la«

mazoo, Mich., apprehended.

London Preacher

to Speak Sunday

Hov. J. W. H. Theobaid. of Dondon,

"the Quaker minister with a senee

of humor." will speak at the Y. M.

C. A. Sunday club on "The Present

Itellglous and Economic Conditions

In England." Special music will be

sung by a quartet directed by Prof.

It. Isaac.

A "social mixer" will be held at

2:15. Charles C. Hollt, representing

the American Sunday School associa

tion. will speak at the "friendship

supper " The "fireside" will be In

Charge of O. L. Jacob!.

We are famed for the quality of

our meajs and service. Singing,

Music, Dancing. Moderate prices (o

meet your pocketbook.—Hotel Rut

ler.