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RIEF RIGHT REE ZY BITS OF NEWS OMAHA. THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. THE Omaha Bee ATTENTIONS TO WIFE OF ANOTHER COST $5,000. Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 1. Ray mond M. Terry, the lyoung New York, stock broker, who was charged by Morris Levenson with having been too assiduous in his at tentions to Mrs. Levenson, must pay the husband $5,000, according tj the verdict of the jury in the Berk shire court in Levcuson's $75,000 ali enation . suit. The jury considered for six hours the evidence presented by Levenson as to Terry's alleged relations with and Rifts to 'Mrs. Le venson and ( the defendant's testi mony Jthat he had known the plain tiff's Wife not as a married woman, but as "Miss Ted ThomasV a girl student. VOL. XLIX-NO-20.r TrtSPSrS'&Jf-ni AOMAHAy SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1919. , Dally vft 8qa..'M.M: uttlA Nb. Kntj txlra. J ( By Mail t yu. Dalli. W.M; Suadaj. UM; FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHERs Fair . Sunday, becoming unsettled Monday; warmer Sunday. ?uatu7 i Hourly temperature! ft In... ...... M t P. w,t a. an......... 17 t p. m... M T a. an......... M I at. m tt B. n 9i 4 p. m ,. M a. m 13 Ip. m.... M 10 . m., SA 6 P. m &ft 11 at. m 40 7 p. m 4 12 Booa.. 41 . , USHERS QUIT JOBS v WHEN TIPS TABOO. New York, Nov. 1. Twenty-six of the uniformed ushers at the New Capital theater have gone on strike. AH had agreed not to receive tips 1 from patrons of the theater but whcnthe audience was made a-ware of the agreement by seeing it Hashed on the screen, the ushers sent a committee with woe in its heart and blood in its eye to confer , with Managing Director Edward F. Boles. They received a tip there, regarding which there had been no agreement to the effect that if they didn't like the way the theater was being run there was nothing to chain them to their jobrs. So 26 of them qujt. The Capital theater is still running, . DRIVERS WOULD GET $245.50 IF STRIKE WON. . New York, Nov. 1. "This is bol shevism," was the answer of Adolf Gobel. head of Adolf Gobel, Inc., of Brooklyn, when a strike was de clared by the butchers, provision salesmen and drivers. -The strike and walkout were based upon the meat dealers' refusal to accede to a demand for a wage scale which would give wagon drivers not less than $102, a week and as high as $245.50 a week. Gobel explained that the wage scale demanded would result in his having to pay five drivers $112.50 a week. 12 $130. 15 $158.50, 10 $182.50 and one $245.50 a week. The Gobel drivers refused to join the drivers' union at a meeting held October 27, according to Gobel, but have been forced to join the strike., 1 .- "This means bolshevism," said Gobel. ' .; .:' AIRPLANE PROVES REAL ENEMY OF CRIMINALS. San Francisco, Nov. L The suc cess of the airplane as an aid td po lice work is assured, city officials declared here when San Francisco's aerial patrolman. Ivan Gates, made his first trip, i Gates flew to Ala meda, where he picked up James M. 1'elley, wanted in this city on a charge of carrying concealed weap ons He brought Kelley back and the latter was placed in the city jail here. City officials witnessed the landing. v ' -. , . ' '". ' FLYER PLAYING' ; ; "HOOKEY? FROM HOSPITAL." " Chicago, Nov. 1. The gamest and uiihickiest Tlyet'lit the transcontt- ....!.,. "nlavinc hnnkev" from Hhe hospital. His legs were injured in f ranee wunc uyiug - wn -American. flving squadron. ' The limbs are', still encased in steel rig- g v,r. i I "I've got to get .back," he said on la-riing in Chicago. ."You know I'm sun-iosed to he 'sick in quarters. " l ieutenant Gish is determined to rea-h NeV York bv the air route. "Sure I'll make it," he said. 'I l-;Ven't been killed yet; not once. I've got to get back to New York "because thev are expecting me at the hospital." HELD IN GERMANY - THROUGHOUT THE WAR. New York, Nov. 1. fmmured in Germany throughout the war, Capt. Anthony Roselein, 82, a civil wjr veteran, and his five children rtached their homeland only Friday, when they debarked here from the transport Pocahontas. All were in terned in Bonn and the veteran' three sons would have beeii forced to enter the Prussian army but for the intervention of the Spanish embassy.'- , '- "4 Captain Roselein's wife diedvajt Bonn shortly after the war broke out. He and his children marie cvery.effort to secure permission to return to America without avail un til the war was over. Captain Roselein emigrated to America three years before the civil war started. He was then 23. En listing as a private, he advanced rap-, idly, owing to his military training in Germany. He declared that most of the people he met, in Germany t during the latter part of his. stay , nClILKVt V1 ' no". w - ........ ... I oiaies lueir luiurc jiujiic. NEAR AMERICAN CLUB OPENED IN LONDON. London, Nov. 1. London now has its nearest approach to the . American country club. ' It's the London Flying club, which has been opened at Hendon, near the Hendon aerodrome, used during the war as one of the de fenses of London squadron stations. While primarily intended for the flying man and the preservation of the British national prowess in the air officers of the royal air force at half the normal annual subscription of $50 and aerial owners , of the coveted Victoria Cross need pay no subscription at all the club is not entirely concerned with, flight, y There are several hard tennis courts, a golf course and an ice rink. Already there is an Hawaiian band direct frcm New York to play for dancing in a great ballroom which will hold comfortably 1,000 dancers. The clubhouse and its equipment sire a monument to the reconstruc tive powers, cf Claud Graham- White, aviator we'l known in Amer ica, who. when hs contracts to fur nish army airplanes expired, kept his artisans at work on the recon struction and rebuilding of his plant into a. series of clubhouses. The furniture is a unique feature, being constructed mainly from airplane parts. t , Lord Lonsdale, famous British sporting ' peer, is president of the new club, which has been received with enthusiasm by London so . ciety. uvu MVCTCBV OF F0RMER "ncoln nllOlLlil Ul i MILLIONAIRE IS ... - i l LOST BONDS CLEARED UP Telegraph Operator in Stude baker Corporation Confesses to Theft of $250,000 Worth of Securities He Found. $220,000 WORTH ARE BURNED IN FURNACE Chief Usher in Church, Told of Remaining $30,000 Worth,-Enters fnto Con- v spiracy to Sell Them, Fails. Chicago, Nov. 1. Twenty-five vlO.OOO liberty bonds disappeared from the South Bend, Ind., plant of .he Studebaker Corporation on Jan uary 4. The mystery which had puzzled police officials, private de tectives and postoffice inspectors for months, was solved yesterday with the arrest of three men in the Indiana city and the recovery of three of the bonds. The remainder of the bonds amounting to $220,000 were burned, according to the al leged confession of one of the men. The men arrested were L. M. Kenneth, telegraph operator in the corporation's offices; ' George W, Good, manager of the jewelry de partment of a South Bend store and John Cook, superintendent of a foundry at Kalamazoo, Mich. Kenneth, according to- J. S. Schumacher, operator for a private detective agency, confessed to tak ing the1 bonds. Good and Kenneth were held, although no charges were brought against them. Found Bonds On Floor. According to Kenneth's storyvas given out by Schumacher he found the bonds, which had been sent by registered mail from a petroit bank on the floor of the corporation's of fice when he returned to get some thing he had forgot after checking out o Jhfi.'.tim. clock. . : 'ISpicked it up," Kenneth told Schumacher, "intending to put it on the1 desk. If was. torn and I saw that it contained Liberty bonds. 1 pulled one out It was for $10,000. I-put it back quickly and slipped the package into a pocket of my overcoat. Then I went put. "I said nothing to anyone about that package. I counted the bonds when I was alone. Twenty-five of them, each for $10,000. A fortune in mv overcoat pocket. Kenneth then related how he could neither eat nor sleep land of the realization of, the fact that he could not dispose of them, because the numbers had been sent to the banks throughout the country. Made Sale Impossible. "LJn my duties as a telegrapher, had sent the numbers to numerous banks," he said. "I. who had stolen them helped to make their disposal impossible. "Monday eveninjr. I went down stairs to the furnacei I slipped ouf one bond. I looked at it i a long time, and then I put it on the coals. I put another on the coals and an other and another. TWenty-two bonds, I burned. The 23d I ex tended toward the fire, then drew it back! 1 would give itand the two others back." - I After keeping the remaining three bond? tor almost 10 mouths, Ken neth told Good, who was chief usher in a church,' of the bonds. Good then took Cook into his con fidence, according to Schumacher, and a scheme was hatched between the two for disposing of the bonds. The two made out three notes for $10,000 each and signed by F. A. Johnson. , Cook then took the notes to his attorney, Albert E. Mills, and said he held as collateral' three liberty bonds, and that he wanted to col lect on them. Mills) obtained the bonds and took them toothe bank, where he found they were some of those stolen in, January, The ar rests followed. GRANTED DIVORCE Aged Nebrafekan Charges That Child-Wife Treated i Him Cruelly. - T A 1 XT-.- C i ios ingcies, v-ai., mov. i.- v-3!'-'' cial Telegram.) David E. Thomp son, former publisher of the Lin coln, Neb,, Star, former American minister to Mexico and Brazil, rail road owner and millionaire, now re siding here, was granted a divorce from his young wife, Florence Cock Thompson, on grounds of cruelty. Mr. Thompson left Lincoln 12 years ago. . He visited the Nebraska capital two years ago. He was founder of the Lincoln Sfar. He had been married three times. His first wife secured a divorce from him and his second wife died in Mexico; His third and last marriage was a real romance. He met his wife while they were traveling through Alabama. They were married in Washington, D. C. The third Mrs. Thompson wis only 19 years old, while herhusband was past 70 years, when the mar riage took place. . ' GROCER KNOCKS DOWN AND TIES BANDIT IN STORE MA Shatters Milk Bottle on Head of Negro, After Snatching .. His Revolver. , Boy Run Down by ; Racing Automobile And Seriously Hurt i - Howard Criss. 11 years old, living at 4115 North Twenty-fourth street, was run down at 7:30 last night at the corner of Twenty-fourfh and Sprague streets, and seriously injured.- . , , L. Baright, who gave his address as 2423 Spalding street, and F. L. Hixenbaugh, of 628 South Nine teenth street, were racing south on Twenty-fourth street, it was report ed, when the machine driven by Baright struck the boy, dragging him 20 feet before it Could be brought to a stop. z Criss was taken to the Swedish Mission hospital in Baright's ma chine. Examination showed he had received a fractured skull and in ternal injuries. " At the police station Baright was hooked for investigation, but was later released on $1,000 bonds. Hixenbaugh. driver of the other machine," was charged with reckless driving, and was released on $50 bonds, . A Haskin, proprietor of a grocery store at 2806 North Twenty-s.ixth teet, snatched a revolver which was pointed at his .forthead from the hands of a negro and floored the man with a blow bver the head last night at 9. ' , Haskin was closing " his '. store when the negro entered and shoved a revolver- in his face.' -.. . ' ."Stick 'em up, an'give me that money," the negro growled, "or I'll blow your head off." Instead of' complying, Haskin snatched the revolver, threw it across the room and, seizing a milk bottle, shattered it on the negro's head. , ,. - ' At the sound, of the-body-falling-Haskin's wife and 12-year-old son rushed from ; living ., rooms hf " the rear of the store and prevented the negro from rising while Haskin bound him with a clothes line. Charles R.'Davies of 2723 North Twenty-sixth street entered - the scuffle and assisted in tying the man. The negro was in a dazed condi tion when he wastaken to Central police station. His scalp was severe ly lacerated and blood streamed dcwifhis face. , He gave his name as Albert Bevins, Cuming hotel. He was at tended by Police Surgeon Edstrom and held in jail on a charge of rob bery. " i i r Commander-in-Chief Of G. A. R. Expires After Short Illness V New York,- Nov. 1. Col. James D. Bell, commander-in-chief of ' the Grand Army of the Republic, died today at his home in Brooklyn. He was 74 years old. Colonel Bell's death was due to hardening of the arteries. He had been ill for less than a week. His widow, three daughters and son were at his bedside when he died. He served nearly three years and nine months in the civil war. Columbus, O., Nov. 1. With the death of Col. James D. Bell, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., Col. Dan M. Hall of Columbus automat ically becomes commander-in-chief of the veterans' organization. Col onel Hall was elected vice commander-in-chief at the annual en campment here last summer. "Captain" Hardy Dead. Portland, Ore., Nov. 1. William H. Hardy, widely known as "Cap tain" Hardy and the last survivor of Commofore Perry's expedition to Japan in 1852, died here of pneumo nia. He had been ill one week. The Bee's Free Shoe f Fund Why not sit down and send a few dollars to. The Bee shoe fund today? If you knew how little girls and little boys are suffering these cold days for shoes, you would do that very thing right now. On The Bee's list are children who cannot go outside their wretched homes, these cold days because they, have no shoes to put on their feet. The call is " persistent. None ot the shoes purchased from this fund go to undeserving families. Every case is thoroughly! investigated by the authorities without any 'cost to the fund. Every cent you, give will go to buy shoes for deserving kid dies. . Enclose your money or check in an envelope and address tt to The Bee. Do it now for these children are really SUFFERING. lrTiiHTis nrknowleftrM S5fl OO Thrift HAnMfii , t . OO t nnm. Spokes -. 00 Total .....,... ...... ,W0. 00 UNCLES PAID IN TO PLAY CRAPS Government Defrauded Out of Millions in Building of Camp Sherman Testimony at In quiry Tends o Prove. "ROLL THE BONES" BOYS RECEIVED PLUMBERS' PAY Chairman of ! Investigating Committee to Introduce Bill Making it Treason to .De fraud U. S. in War Time. Columbus, O., Nov. 1. Astounded by the mass of evidence tending to show that the government had been defrauded of thousands, if not sev eral million of dollars, in the con struction of Camp Sherman, Con gressman Lewis C. McKenzie, Illi nois, chairman of the- sub-congressional committee which is in vestigating the camp construction, declared tonight that he will intro duce a bill in congress making it treason to defraud the government in time of war. ' - ' Chairman McKenzie said before entering upon the inquiry that the government had been defrauded (in the construction of cantonments, but that he never expected to reach such gigantic proportions as an indi cation by testimony ' given before is certain, the committee will furnish the committee here. Congressman McCullough said ht the department of justice evidence on which to base criminal prosecu tions. . " x Concludes Hearings. The committee concluded its hearings here this evening and wil. go to Camp Sherman Monday, where about 30 additional wit nesses will be examined. It will gc to Camp Grant, Illinois, November 10. where a similar investigation will Je conducted, , ' ,. That 50 Chicago professional crap shooters obtained . positions as plumbers at . Camp .Sherman ' and were paid regular plumbers' wages of $8.25 per day, though they spent all their time "rolling the bones.'' was testified to today by Ben M. Clark. . timekeeper for contractors building the Camp Sherman canton ment. The crap shooters made as much as $100 per day at their pro fession, Clark said. He said to his knowledge they never worked at plumbing a day. y Played Cards, Didn't Work. Clark also testified that hundreds of men spent most of their 'time shooting craps and playing ppker and that he himself had sat in pbkwr games for three hours at a time when he was supposed to be work ing. Though furnaces for heating soldiers' barracks were on hand early in the fall. George Cooper, general foreman of the furnace gaiis;, said he could not obtain orders' to install the furnaces until late in No vember. He declared they were badly needed before they were in stalled. Cooper said he received or drs direct from the offices of the A. Bentley & Sons company, the gen eral contractdrs. , , Auto Thieves Steal Taxicab as Driver t Searches for "Fare Two ' automobile thieves sum moned, a - limousine taxicab last night from the Service Taxi com pany to the El Beudor apartments on a bogus call and stole the taxi cab. The car was found about midnight on the bank of Carter lake near the. foot of the Locust street viaduct. At 8:10 a call from the El Beudor apartments asking a limousine was received at the Service Taxi com pany.' s . i - The taxi driver was unable to reach the El Beudor oiv account of the' present condition of Dode street and was forced to park his car half a block away on Eighteenth street near Douglas. He1 walked to the El Beudor and, wheeling around as he reached the door, saw two men drive off in his car. Cavalry Sent to Hidalgo . to Watch Mexican Trops McAllen, Tetfas, Nov. 1. Five trqops of United 1 States cavalry, three from Fort Sam Fordyce and two from McAllen, were ordered 'o Hidalgo, Tex., following receipt of reports at military headquarters here1 that Villistas were planning an attack on the Carrancista ,garris.n of Reynosa, Mexico, across the river from Hidalgo. ' ' Germany Must Make Good , All Violations ot Armistice Paris. Nov. 1. Demand will' be made of Germany that all violations of the armistice shall be made good. This has been decided upon by the supreme council, which has . com pleted the protocol to the German treaty. .", , MSI 0 ; A Difficult Plight STATE TEACHERS TO HOLD GREAT MEET IN OMAHA Men; of ' Internationa Fame " Comjnfj-ftf Sections to" Convene 5,000 Attend, v Oriiaha' is- prepared' to welcome more than 5,000 teachers who will attend the fifty-third annual session of the Nebraska State Teachers' association, which convenes for three days, starting Wednesday, November 5, and lasts for three days. . . ' v . Preparations for .the visitors have been completed antl the convention is expected to be the largest in the history of the association. Prof. F. M. Gregg of University Place, who is president of the association, pre dicts an attendance of mo-re than 5,000 teachers. The program is a most compre hensive one. Secretary J. W. Crab tree of the National Education as sociation in a recent letter to Presi dent Gregs, said the program which will be offered the Nebraska teach er is. equal in every way to any program ever arranged for the Na tional Association of Educators. International Importance. Twenty educators of international importance will address the teach ers at the general sessions and sec tional meetings. The general ses sions will be held at the Municipal Auditorium Wednesday and Thurs day evenings and Friday morning. The Auditorium has been beauti fully decorated, under the supervi sion of Miss Marion Reed, supervi sor of art in the Omaha public schools. A large sounding board has also been constructed and will insure good acoustic provisions. A musical program of rare value has also been planned,' which will bring several of the world's great est artists to the city. Aside from the regular program of dinners, entertainments and lec tures, however, teachers will have a chance to delve into the mystery' of politics. For a new constitution is to be submitted for approval or disapproval. Welcoming Committee. . Teache, will be met; at the sta tions by members of ; the normal training classes of South High school. The embryo teachers are eager to meet the guests "and prom ise to be on hand on all occasions during the week. A registration booth will be 'es tablished at the Rome Hotel, Six- (Contlnued on Pnge Two, Column One.) New Swiss Minister to United States Named Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 1. The new minister to the United States, succeeding Haos Sulzer, who asked some time ago to be relieved of his post, will- be Marc Peter, i promidtent lawyer of this city, ac cording to reports current here. ; ,. . t , Grant Bulgaria Delay. . Paris. Nov. l.-Bu!garia has been graqted the delay asked for before making, her decision on the" peace treaty. The supreme council today gave its consent tothc request for additional time made by the Bul garian delegation ' . TALMADGE SCHOOL TEACHER KILLS SELF IN LINCOLN Note Gives No Reason for Ac ( tion of College View, ' ' r ' Girl. Lincoln, Nov. 1. (Special Tele gram.) A young woman giving her name as Vivian Adams, who corn pitted suicide at the Hotel Lincoln in this city Friday, has been identi fied as Miss Hazel Nelson, daughter of N. S. Nelson,, a merchant of Col lege View. Mr. Nelson had not heard from his daughter for several days and was in Lincoln searching for her, believing she was staying with friends. He did not have any idea that the suicide could be his daugh ter. . . Miss Nelson' had been teaching school at Talmadge. She was 22 years old and no one can give any idea as to the motive for her act. ' A note found in the room ad dressed "To" those who find me" reads: ...' ; ''I am not whom I registered to be. Do not try to locate-my friends, as I have none. Please ask the at torney to dispose of me as easily as t possible. You will find enough money in my pocketbook to pay for the rent of this room for two days, and thank you for the trouble. (Signed ) ; '-NOBODY." Fremont Woman Dead, Another Injured, in dalifornia Wreck Los, Angeles,, Cal., Nov. 1-MVs. Oir.a Stanford J of Fremont, Neb., who came here five months ago to spend the winter was instajitly killed in an automobile accident at Washington street, and. Vermont avenue, at 3 o'clock Saturday. Her sister-iit-law, Pearl Stanford, also of Fremont, who' arrived here Thursday last, was seriously in jured. R. L: Check, superintendent of the Llewellin iron works Tor rance, Cal., a suburb, whose guest Mrs. and. Miss Stanford were, was also killed.' j. J. Kaspar, cashier of the Torrance steel plant, who was with the party, was injured. , Friday night, . in company with Check and Kaspar, the women went to Venice, 14 miles from this city, to take part in a Hallowe'en cele bration. They were returning at 3 a. m. When just within the city limits their automobile was struck head jon by anbther machine driven hy J. C. Hatlett, a hotel clerk. Police Raid Two Alleged Anarchist Print Shops New York. Nov. 1. Two print ing establishments f on the lower East Side, where alleged anarchistic circulars were being printed, were raided by police. Maurice S.f Nes sim. 22 years old, and benjamin To back, 24 were arrested on charges of criminal anarchy. ; The police seized 25,000 circulars. The circulars addrescd to the "workers of New York" and entitled "boycott , the elections" set forth that "the United States is on the verge of a revolutionary crisis." The workers, through their mass strikes are challenging the state. The com munist party task is to unify these strikes, to develop them into pol itical strikes, aiming at 'the very power of the captalistk state itself. PROBE OF RIOTS MAY BE DELAYED FOR CITY HELP State. Investigator Urges No Public Hearings Be Held During Grand Jury Session. -Any state Lincoln, Nov. 1. (Special.) further investigation by the government into responsibility for the mob violence at Omaha at the time the court house was damaged should be delayed until after the grana jury has concluded its in vestigation, according: to a report made to the governor by Ralph P.. Wilson, special investigator. The report of Mr. Wilson fol lows: - . "Pursuant to your request I have taken up the matter of an investi gation of the conduct of the'law en- c . frr r i ' , iorcemeni omcers or umana ana Douglas countyvduring the recent riot. After a preliminary investiga tion as to the best procedure to fol low in such an investigation, I beg to submit herein the following re port and recommendations for your approval: Has No Power. "From the best information 5 can obtain, any thorough public inves tigation requirinar the attention of the officials and officers whose con duct is in question . mignt tena to interfere with the wprk of the pres ent grand jury. I, therefore, rec ommend that any public hearing in thematter be delayed until the con clusion of the present grand jury. "In anv investiiration which ' 1 might conduct, as your representa tive, I would, of course, be without powe"r to subpoena witnesses or ad minister oaths, and be compelled to rely entirely upon the unsworn tes timony of such witnesses as might voluntarily appear. I therefore rec ommend that such a proceeding oe conducted only in the event that the city commission of Omaha, which has the power to subpoena witness es and take "testimony under oath, does not, upon the conclusion of the grand jury, conduct such an invest igation and permit your representa tives to take part therein. 7 Expects Action Soon, "The city commission of Omaha has postponed the determination ot the question of conducting such an investigation until the adjournment of the present grand jury, and pos sibly until the return of Mayor Smith to his duties, both of which may occur within the next 30 days "Unless ' otherwise . directed by vou. I shall continue to make such personal investigation as I can with out public hearings until the com pletion of the grand jury. , -. , BoTsheviki Make Claim to Capture of Luga London, Nov. 1. The capture of Luga on the railway about 100 miles south of Petrograd, is claimed. by the bolshevik! in a wireless message received here. The message says street fighting is continuing in the town. ; Mrs. Evans Itecoveriiig. Washington. Nov. 1. (Special Telegram.) Representative Evans went to Pittsburgh to meet Mrs. Evaus. who is recovering from .ill ness there, "and is to bring her back with him to Washington, NON-UNION MEN STICK ON THE JOB In Scattered Districts Where Contracts Still Are in Force, Union Workers for. Most Part Report as Usual. SOFT COAL PRODUCTION VIRTUALLY AT AN END Number of Men Reported Out 435,820, and Leaders Claim Ranks of Strikers Will Be Augmented Daily. Chicago, " Nov. 1. Although to night found nearly all the nation's vast bituminous coal fields closed as a result of the miners' strike, cf- . fective Friday midnight, thousands of non-union miners were at work, , and in scattered districts where con tracts still were in force, union nun-.. ers reported as usual. Figures com piled tonight and based chiefly upon union leaders' claims, although in many cases conceded by the opera tors, showed that 435,820 men were on strike. In. its physical aspects tha strike apparently had largely stopped pro duction of soft coal, but with large non-union- fields of Pennsylvania and Kentucky in particular still op- crating at somewhere near normal and with a number of small fields also operating with union contract miners, the actual ettect upon pro duction could not be definetly stated. Can't Yet Gauge Strike. The first day of the strike was .. All Saints day, also Saturday, a virtual holiday in many mining regions, and the full power of the : United -Mine Workers of America, which ordered the strike, will not be . fully gauged until Monday. Coal operators claimed thousands of non-union miners .were producing ' coal in the usual quantities, although conceding that in union fields the strike- is effective. ' - Union leaders reported in most instances that the strike was vir tually 100 per cent effective through out the country. Figures on Men Out Tonight's, figures on the number of men out were as follows: Alabama. '23,000; Arkansas. 4,000; Colorado, 5,000; Illinois, 90,000; In diana, 28.000; Iowa. 14.000; Kansas, 13,000; Kentucky, 20,000; Maryland, , 4.000; Michigan, 2.400; Missouri,; 9.000; Montana, 4,000; New Mexico, 800; North Dakota. 120; Ohio, 40,- ! 000; Oklahoma. 10,500; Pennsylv ania, - 87.000; Tennessee, 10,000; Texas, 4,000; Utah, 1,000; Washing ton, 6,000; West Virginia, 42,01)0; Wyoming. 8,000., Although the quartermaster gen- eral of the army ordered the man agement of the O'Gara mine, neat Springfield, III., which supplies: Camp Grant, a permanent armj ".. cantonment at Rockford, III., to con tinue operation, the miners re mained away, from the mine. More Than 401,480 Strike. , The number of men reported on strike is considerably in excess of the 401,480 members in good stand ing, in the union a.t the end of Au gust, as reported to miners' national headquarters in Indianapolis. Union leaders explaine1 that at that time fully 15 per cent of the tinioil men were behind in their dues and tlv.t since then many had been reinstated. While union mines were tied up in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, llli nois.i Indiana and Iowa as well as other important coal-produci.ig states, about half of Kentucky's 40, 000 miners were still at work. That fact was. largely accounted for ty the fact that in the western Ken tucky field the miners and operators signed an agreement about - six weeks ago specifically providing that those mines would not be af fected by the strike. The most unusual situatiou was that in Utah, where the majority of the mines were reported still at work. That condition resulted from conflicting instructions to the min ers. John H. McLenan, Utah repre sentative of the union, called off the strike 48 hours ago.'at the same time announcing that he had received a t telegram from John L. Lewis, head of the organization, that the strike (Continued cn Pa trt. Column Four.) Investigation of French War Contracts Closed Paris. Nov. 1. (By the - Asso ciated Press.) Commissionsi insti tuted by the senate and chamber-of deputies for the purpose of looking into war contracts between the" state and private firms have con cluded their investigations and de posited their findings. One of the first duties of the new chamber when it convenes will be to take legislative ' measures necessary to obtain from firms' sums amounting: ' to 500,000,000 francs, which, . the commissions, say, would leave the firms a 'normal profit" on their war contracts. . All the iirms mentioned in the re port hace signified their intention f (defending themselves against sur rendering any of their orofits. V v -
