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The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
MINERS SSTkNDPAT
VIII Present Original Demands
at Washington Friday.
Stand Ready To Negotiate New
Scale Without Reservations.

Springfield, ILL.,, Nov. 12-Original
demands of a so per cent increase in
wages, a six hour day and a five day
week will be presented to operators by
mine workers in the joint scale confer
ence called for Friday in Washington
at the instance of Secretary of Labor
Wilson, according to Frank Earring
ton, chairman of the miners scale
committee who came here today en-
route to the national capital.
Asked whether the miners would
obey strike resembling order of Act
ing President Lewis, Harrington said:
I'm my judgment the miners will
not return to work" He added, how
ever, that he spoke only for the Illi-
nois district of which he is president
Harrington said the impression that
the ''slate had been wiped clean" so
far as demands We're concerned had
no basis in fact, altho the miners stood
ready to negotiate a new scale with
out reservations. Miners representa-
tives will insist, he declared, that any
new agreement be effective at once
and not on March 81, 1920, as opera
| tors formerly contended.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
Governor Declares Martial Law
in Coal Districts.
Orders Ignite Mines Be Rec
opened at Once.
TO DRAFT" NECESSARY MEN
Insurgent Miners Say They VIII
Obey Governor.
Federal Authorities Are InyeS.
tigating Situation.

Bismarck, Nov 12.-Governor Fra
zier early today declared martial law
in the coal mining districts of the
state and announced he would take
over the Ignite coal mines of the state
today. In a proclamation the gov
ernor ordered Adjutant General Frazer
to assume charge of the mining indus
try of the state, to see to it that the
mines were reopened at once and that
the people of the state are supplied
with coal as soon as possible All per-
sons interfering with production in the
mines will be arrested and kept under
guard until the operators and miners
reach an agreement in their dispute.
VIII Obey Governor.
Adjutant General Frazer was in
structed to call all male persons of
the state between the ages of Is and
As that he deemed necessary to con-
troll the situation and carry out the
provisions OF the proclamation. Word
reached the capital late last night that
the miners would not return TO their
posts in compliance with the order of
their national officers calling off the
! strike, but that they would return to
work under the orders of Governor
Frazi
The governor declared that not until
the operators and miners came to an
willingness and ability to operate the
mines in such manner as to protect
! the interests of the people, would his
order be revoked.
Adjutant General Frazer is en- route
| to Bismarck and is expected to arrive
here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. 1t is
not expected any state act to enforce
| Governor Frazier's coal mine procIa-
nation will be taken until Frazier ar
i riyes.
U. S. to Look Into 1t.
= Minneapolis. Nov. IA dispatch
received here today from w. ID. Wash.
burn. Minneapolis, one of the leading
/ Ignite coal operators in North Da-
kota, who is in that state today. states
| that he understands Attorney General
! Palmer is preparing to take action in
connection with the North Dakota coal
mine situation.
| Fargo, Nov. I'm. A. Hildredth,
( U. S. district attorney for North Da-
kota, said today the coal strike situa-
tion in North Dakota was being con
sidered by federal authorities. He
would not indicate what steps were
contemplated.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
To WORK FOR HEIR
Hutchinson Prisoner Will Be
Allowed To Earn S. a Day.
Plea of Wife and HOvering
StOrk Moves State Officials.

Wade NJ. Mcdonald, sent to the
hutchinson state reformatory to serve
prison sentence for forgery is to be
permitted to earn a little estate for the
reception of an expected heir in the
Mcdonald home in Des Moines, Iowa.
Governor Allen today approved a plan
by E. L. Barrier of the state board of
administration for the release of Nc
Donald while he works on a new
hard surface road in Reno county.
Several days ago a pathetic letter
her husband was needed at home.
Since her husband went to prison the
woman has been compelled to earn
her own living. The stork is expected
late this month and some one must
meet the new responsibilities and keep
the home together. She was certain
her husband would make good if given
a parole.
State officials, tho, were not dis
posed to release Mcdonald under a
permit to leave the state. His record
was not good and when he was con-
victed in Allen county strong case
was made against him. But the ap-
peal of expectant motherhood made
the state board and the governor give
serious thought to the case.
Today it was announced that Nc
Donald would be permitted to earn ex-
to the wife by J. n. Herr. superintend-
ent of the reformatory. The prison
inmate will be given an opportunity
to work on the building of new hard
surface road in Reno county. He will
earn SIS a day and will spend his nights
at the prison. The money will go tC
the new heir and its mother.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
War Veterans Say War Depart
ment Aided Anti-Americanism.
Give Leniency With &c. O.'s" as
Cause for Anarchy.
GIVE ALIENS STIFF BLOW
Adopt Resolutions Making I'm
migration Laws Stringent.
Washington 1. w. w. Outrages
Stir Up Convention.

minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 1.-THE
war department was censured by the
American Legion here today as con-
tributing to the spread of anti-Ameri-
canism thru leniency with conscien-
tious objectors.
Resolutions drawing a parallel be-
tween punishment of violators of mill
taryS discipline and the &C. O.'s" were
adoped unanimously. Withdrawal of
the honorable discharges granted the
objectors and deportations of aliens
among them was urged.
Aliens got rough treatment in reso-
lutions adopted. The legion recon-
mended two years of probation for i'm
migrants, provisions for teaching them
English, no softness for military pris-
oners who refused to serve in the
army, and the filing of records of i'm
migrants with every naturalization
court.
r.he "parIor Socialist and Boil
tfce department urged to act against
| them instead of being mere passive
evidence collecting agency"
Restrictions for foreign language
papers were demanded.
The legion took immediate notice
today of the attack on legionnaires at
Centralia. Wash. yesterday.
Attorney General Thompson OF
Washington reported the occurrence.
reading kilograms reporting three le-
/
| fire from headquarters of the 1. w. w.
| in Centralia.
Cheers greeted the announcement
that one of the attackers had been
hanged and sixteen more captured
These were more than drowned in
cheers following announcement that
Ilegionnaires had assisted in preserv-
! ing order after the attack.
Resolutions demanding COMPRESSION
al action was adopted at once.
Speakers on the resolution, includ-
ling Vice Chairman Sullivan, of Wash
ington, called for a "Vigilante punch
/ in legal procedure against radicals.
The "anti-American propaganda
committee" was expected to follow ur
| the action with vigorous denunciation
| of the Reds and lukewarm Ameri-
cans.
| Fshe fegion temporarily sidestepped
rel ssut1ons offering the full strength
| iofgposts and the legion in crises de-
manding preservation of law and or
der.
| The Washington delegation pro-
| posed the resolution.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
VOTING ON STRIKE
Union Machinists, Numbering
$4,000, BaIIOting.
Railroad Situation Behind Move
for General WaIkout.

Washington, Nov. 12.-Three hun
dred and seventy-five thousand union
machinists thruout the United States
were voting today on a general strike
in connection with the railroad labor
situation.
1.-The vote is returnable late this
month" said William H Johnston,
president of the International Machin-
lists union. Ballots were sent out a
month ago.
Against Anti-Strike Law.
The question directly before the
men is whether they shall strike if
congress passes anti-strike and COM
pulsory arbitration legislation now be-
fore it in connection with settling the
railroad problem.
IF 1 know the machinists, they will
hit the street the minute this legisla-
tion passes-if it does"
One hundred and twenty-five thou
sand of the union machinists are en-
ployed in railroad shops. AS provided
in the strike ballot Instructions, they
would be the first to 60 out. Later
union machinists in all industries
would be called out to support them in
a sympathetic strike if necessary,
Brotherhoods Still Confer.
The machinists' vote is being taken
at time when members of two OF
the four great railroad brotherhoods
are comforting with Rail Director
Hines and pressing their demands for
immediate wage increases to make
their earnings conform to the in
creased cost of living. These two
brotherhoods are the trainmen and
conductors
An answer falling far short of the
demands of these unions was given tc
the committees yesterday, it was
learned. President w. G. Lee of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmer
and President L. E. Sheppard of the
Order Of Railway Conductors were tC
, confer with Hines again today.
A referendum on Illness answer
will be taken by both the trainmer
and conductors. it is expected.
Trainmen and conductors thruout
the country are threatening strike un-
less their demands are met.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
Patterns and Suits Worth
$1,000 Taken by Robbers.
Police Successfully "COVered
Up" Thefts Until Today.
BURGLARS TOOK THEIR Time
Smoked Cigarets as They
Worked on Doors of Shops.
Meanwhile Police Were Round
ing Up Petty Larceny Suspects

Burglaries at the Johnson Tailoring
company, 607 Kansas avenue. and at
the Louis Hoffman Tailor shop, $40
Kansas avenue, Monday night, netted
suits. An attempt to burglarize the
Beerbohm Tailor shop, COL Kansas
avenue, the same night, failed.
The usual custom in notify the To-
peka police department was followed
by the victims. The police depart
men, wearied by two days and nights
of rounding up two dozen, or more, ne
groes. for the avowed purpose of put
ting a quietus on numerous burglaries
and petty thefts in the city. absent
mindedly" neglected to inform the
public, thru the press of the big bur-
glaries by "some of the boys they
didn't lock up
The burglaries were committed be-
tween S:15 and IL o'clock in the eve
ming, according to reports received.
Both tailoring establishments are on
the second floors of buildings direct
ly across the street from each other
Robbers Took Time.
Entrance was effected at both places
by unlocking a door. The burglars
evidently took their time in doing the
job as cigaret stubs and matches by
the half dozen were found on floors OF
both places next morning. Cigaret
stubs and matches also were found in
front of the door to the Beerbohm
shop which the burglars failed to open.
Telephone wires were cut outside
the door of the Beerbohm establish
ment and also outside the door of the
Johnson Tailoring company. APPROX
mately thirty-one patterns were stolen
from the Johnson shop. The total
loss was estimated at $500. Suits and
patterns were missing from the Hoff-
man shop, mounting to approximately
$500.
NrS r. u picbv wife Of tho r,ro-
prietor of a candy shop at 607 Kansas
avenue, reported that she saw a man
in the hall upstairs about 1885
O'Clock. She also saw lights in the
Johnson shop at the time. It is be-
lieved the man seen by Mrs. Rigbs
was a lookout. Boards on which the
patterns were rolled were found in the
rear of 6O7 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
MINERS ARMINC
Shipment Seized by Officers in
West Virginia.
Governor Ordered COnfiscatiOn
of Guns and Shells.

Charleston. w. Va. Nov. 12.-Dep-
uty sheriffs, acting on an executive
warrant issued by Governor Cornweli,
today seized a quantity of arms and
ammunition in the express office at
Dawes, a mining village in the Cabin
Creek district, today. The arms were
consigned to a miner living in Dawes.
and were received at the express Of
flee yesterday. Nine rifles and one
thousand rounds of ammunition made
up the shipment, it was announced at
Governor CornwelTs office
The rifles. which were taken to the
governors office. proved upon ex-
animation by Col. w. F. Harrel, COM
manding federal troops here. to be
regulation army pattern and the steel
jacketed bullets in the ammunition
cases were the type used in regular
army rifles and machine guns.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
ARRAIGH 20 "REDS" TODAY
Irish Agitator and Former y. Y. As-
semblyman Charged With Anarchy.

New York, Nov. 12.-Twenty al
legged Reds" caught in recent raids
here. including James Larkin, Irish
agitator, and Benjamin Gitlow. former
New York assemblyman, were to be
arraigned today on charges of crimi-
nal anarchy. The men are specifically
charged with being members of the
Communist party which advocates
overthrow of the United States gov
ernment.
Meanwhile 81 alien radical agitators
had been assembled at Ellis Island
from New York and New Jersey
awaiting deportation
Agents of the Lusk legislative COM
mittee. responsible for the arrest Of
more than 1000 alleged REDS here.
twenty-five of whom are held. de-
clared they have definite proof in the
form of signed instruction. that Le-
nine is debating Bolshevist opera
tions in this country.
Federal operatives continued their
search for radicals for whom they
hold warrants but believe these lead
ers either have sought cover for q
while or are attempting to escape
from the country by way of Canada
or Mexico
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
Took Seat Calmly.

That was the explosion which came
from the alleged keeper of the Maple
Hill murder farm. Then King calmly
took seat beside his counsel and
glared at the array of regular and
special state attorneys. His remarks
to Martin had been heard and clearly
understood by persons near the coun-
sells table and by special guards.
Attorneys in the murder case will
begin selection of a King jury next
Monday. In addition to the regular
panel of 4S talesmen, Judge Heizer has
directed the calling of a special venire
of "a men. 1t is probable both panels
may be exhausted in choosing IL men
who have heard nothing, know moth
ing and have no opinion as to the guilt
or innocence of the defendant. In
that event more men will be called
Two days will probably be required in
the selection of a jury and the case is
expected to occupy the attention OF
the court during the entire week.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
CHANGES ON SANTA FE
Revision of Schedules Thru Topeka
Announced by j. NJ. Connel.

Passenger traffic increase recently
will result in return of The Mission
arv," Chica 60 California train, can
celled following government control
and a revision of Santa Fe passenger
schedules effective November 80, 1t
was announced toby from the office
of J. vi. Connen, general passenger
agent.
The Missionary, or No. 21, west
b und, will arrive in Topeka at 1880
D. m. and leave at 1920, running prac-
tically on the present time of No. l,
which will be scheduled to arrive at
1885 a. m. and leave at 1925 under
the November 80 revision. Both
trains will stop in Copeka for dinner.
Eastbound, The Missionary will be
routed over the Ottawa cutoff"
other schedule changes effective
November 80, according to Connelrs S
No. 1O9, Emporia express-arrive
GAS D. m. and leave at Z o'clock, five
minutes later than the present sched-
No. s-arrive 11:5O p. m. and leave
" No. i7-arrive 1909 p. m. and leave
at 12:17.
No. 12-arrive at 5:45 a. m. and
leave at $3.50 a m.
No. 1S-arrive 4:40 a. m. and leave
a+ A-5O a m.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
BY BLAST
G. Nj. Lock Lay in Burning
Building 15 Minutes.
TOpekans Declare Rescue Was
Prevented by Policeman.

Unconscious from the explosion of a
vulcanizer, G. M. Lock, 615 Polk
street, was burned to death Tuesday
evening about O'Clock in fire that
followed at his shop, 21S West Sixth
avenue s.-s.--s-s-l 3 .s-s- -,>t-.--s,---.
His body was located by Joseph
Waidelich, assistant fire chief. and
brought out about i 5 minutes after
the arrival of fire companies. The
body showed signs of life. Lock was
rushed to st. Francis hospital, but
death came a few minutes later.
Many persons on Sixth street rushed
to the building following the explo-
sion. Earl Miller, employed at the
Challis tire shop across the street, as
serted Lock was probably still in the
burning structure. This was also the
opinion of William Moore, an employe
at Locks shop, who arrived about the
same time.
Miller, Roy Payne, Edward Rehkopf
and William Crum. who organized a
rescue party, declared they were pre-
vented from entering the building by
Officer Gus Gallup. They insisted that
the policeman either go in after Lock
or permit them to do SO. they said.
Some minutes later when Waidelich
came out he was told that Lock was
probably inside. He located Lock.
who was too badly burned to survive.
Officer Gallup denied conversation
with the rescue party. He said he told
firemen that Lock was thought to be
inside the building.
The fire was confined to the first
floor. The loss was estimated at
$4,000.
Lock is survived by his widow and
three children. He was the father OF
M o. Lock. police judge under the
House administration. The family
came to Topeka about two years ago
from Emporia. Kan. Funeral arrange
ments have not been announced.
Mrs. Lock has been i'll for several
weeks She was rushed to the hos
pital last night. arriving soon after
her husband. But her husband never
regained consciousness and there
could be no recognition. Today Mrs
Lock is in a very serious condition.
The three children were not in the
city.
Doubt Explosion Cause.
Altho doubling that the fire Tues
day evening at the Lock tire shop. 2lS
West Sixth street, was due to exrlo-
sion of the vulcanizer, Joseph Wade
Itch, assistant fire chief. said today
that he had been unable to discover
the real cause.
From appearances" said Wade
Itch, '-it looks as if an explosion had
occurred on the west side of the build
ing near the center. Locks body was
about ten feet away toward the east
side of the building I am inclined
to believe that a gas explosion took
place, either from gas or from gaso-
line"
Regarding the controversy arising
(ContiBuad on Page TwoD
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
FIGHT LADY ASTOR
English Labor and Liberal Can
didates Join Against Her.
ViscOuntess Continues Whirl-
wind Parliament Campaign.

Plymouth. Eng. Nov. 12.-Labor
and Liberal candidates have Joined
forces in an attack upon Lady Nancy
Astor's campaign to become the first
woman member of the house of COM
mons.
The opposition candidates in
speeches yesterday attacked every
thing from Lord Astor's war record
to Lady Nancy's American birth. in
timated that the Astor peerage was
bought with American money and
concluded by declaring the political
question really was a class matter and
that the viscountess could not be de-
pended upon to work for the working
people.
Lady Nancy continued her whirl-
wind campaign yesterday and last
night and had answers for all opposi-
ton arguments Crowds were waiting
for her at every meeting.
That Lord Astor did not get into
active fighting was not his fault, Lady
Nancy declared. He offered himself
five times and was rejected because of
poor health, she said.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
ROSE CROIX DEGREES
Masonic Ceremonies Open Early To
day-Program To Close Friday.

day-Program To Close Friday.
Conferring of degrees of the Chap
ter of Rose Croix on the Temple
Foundation class marked today's ac-
tivities of thirty-second degree Scot
tish Rite Masons assembled here for
their fifty-third semi-annual reunion.
The Unity Chapter knights of Rose
Croix No. 1,waS opened this morning
al 8:45 o'clock. The fifteenth degree,
knight of the East, was first con-
gree, Knight of Jerusalem. The con-
ferring of these orders took up the
morning.
This afternoon, seventeenth degree,
Knight of the East and West, and the
eighteenth degree, Prince Rose Croix,
We're conferred.
The reunion was declared to be most
successful. A class. of nearly 700 can
didates are taking the degrees of the
four lodges, from the Lodge of Per-
fection to that of the Topeka Consis-
tory. To make their visit as conven-
lent as possible, three meals a day are
being served in the temple dining hall
and automobiles are taking the candi-
dates and visitors to and from hotels
and rooming houses.
The session tonight, beginning at
1880 o'clock, will be featured with the
opening of the Godfrey de st. Omar
Council of the Kadosh- The twentieth
degree will be conferred tomorrow
morning. After lunch the twenty
first degree will be conferred and the
twenty-second to twenty-eighth de-
grees, inclusive, communicated. These
will be followed by the twenty-ninth
degree and in the evening the thirtieth
degree, knight Kadosh, will be con-
ferred.
The reunion will end Friday night
with reception and banquet in the
temple for the members who have
attained the thirty-second degree.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
Alleged Murder Farm Keeper
SASSY" When Arraigned.
Trial To Begin Monday in
Usage District Court.
GO TO H, HE TELLS MARTIN
State Expects To Spend Tive
Days Getting Jury.
Defendant Charged With MUIR
der Three Wabaunsee Men.

Rufe King, charged with triple
murder, doesn't care for the associa-
ton, friendship-even a speaking ac-
quaintance-with the men who are
prosecuting him. Arraigned in the
Usage county district court in Lyndon
Tuesday, King flatly told County At
torney Martin of Wabaunsee county
to go to the bad place when Martin
spoke to the defendant Kings trial
begins next Monday.
Taken from the Shawnee county jail
to the Lyndon court house, the defen-
dant faced County Attorney Martin as
he walked into the court room. Mar
tin nodded to King. But King immedi-
ately made clear that he sought neith-
er fellowship nor favor of the prose
cutor.
You go straight to HI. you
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
RAID RED OFFICES
Oakland, CAL, Mob Burns Flags
and Literature.
Former Service Men and LIE.
g:Oners Took Part.

Oakland, Calf, Nov ia crowd
of citizens entered the headquarters of
the Communications party in Loring
hall last night and wrecked the inter
ior of the place. Large quantities of
radical literature. red flags and fur
niture were burned in the street by
the mob.
The mob was said to have consisted
of 400 former service men and MEM
bers of the American Legion. The Of
fices of The World, a Socialist organ,
situated in the same building, also
were wrecked. The Communications
party is said to be a newly formed
radical organization here.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12
LITTLE FLU In STATE
Diphthcria Reports, However, Hold
Attention State Officials.

Reduction of flu cases to one-tenth
of one per cent of the record of year
ago is shown in the weekly report for
Kansas today by the state board of
health. Just ten influenza cases are
reported in the entire state-as against
practically 10000 cases for the same
week a year ago.
Diphtheria continued to hold the at
tention of health officers. The report
for last week showed a reduction in
the number of cases as listed the pre-
vious week. But still the reports are
matters of concern. Last weeks rec
ord showed 104 cases. OF these eight
were reported from Topeka
Other disease reports were: Ty-
phoid, 20; scarlet fever. II; whooping
cough. 20; chickenpox, 80: pneu-
monia g.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-12

sweeping into "Iopeka at 10 o CLOCK
Tuesday evening, a thirty-five mile
northwest gale, sweeping over hun
dreds of miles of snow, brought the
first severe weather of winter.
Between 4 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, when the temperature registered
5S degrees, and o'clock this morning
when it had reached 13 degrees, a
drop of thirty-three degrees occurred.
Cold weather will prevail today and
tonight but temperatures will rise
slowly tomorrow afternoon, S. D..
Flora, state meteorologist, said. No
rain or snow was predicted. No pre-
cipitation occurred in Kansas in the
last "a hours.
Eight years ago today was the only
other cold wave that occurred so early
in the season. The temperature
dropped to z above zero at o'clock
that morning.
a temperature of degrees below
zero was reported this morning from
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