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7 . * *?-, v ., ,w. ., ..... ^ ,,, booking Your Meals "he First Essential Is a }ood Cook; Try T.-D. Ad. Kitlflttonii STtmesi-fHsiiatdj Read Local News In The T.-D., Richmond's Supreme Daily. H YEAR. VOI.CMI5 89 NCMItRR SOS RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1919.' ?FOURTEEN PAGES. ?Z?"Kn ?FAIR PRICE, THREE CENTS ASHING TON BELIE VES END OF COAL S TRIKE IS NEAR SIX ARE SENTENCED TO DEA TH IN RA CE RIO T TRIALS VIRGINIANS WILL ELECT 140 LEGISLATORS TODAY IRY DELIBERATES IUT 8 MINUTES IN HELENA RIOT TRIAL adence Shows Negroes Organized and Armed for Uprising. IDERED TO BRING GUNS TO MEETINGS OF UNION 'itnesses Tell of Being Captured and Compelled to Join Movement. tNGLEADERS ORDERED MARCH !>nrlcted Men Were Ringleaders, id Ordered March to Hoop Spur, Where Trouble Occurrcd. -Trial of' tBy Associated Preas.1 .HELENA. AUK.. Nov. 3.?^ [aes growing out of the recent race sturbances noar Elaine. in the south In part of this county, which resulted! the bringing of indictments against 12 persons, mostly negroes, proceeded ipidly today in Phillips County Clr lit Court, juries returning verdicts of jiilty of first-degree murder in two Ires, thereby causing six negroes to : sentenced to death by electrocu- i 'on. Evidence hrought out by the prose nion in the two cases hearil today Kowed the existence of a post of tho f'rog r?Mive Farmers' and Household 'nion of America," the organization ider whtch it is alleged the negroes (ere banded for the uprising at llalne, near where the disturbances iok place the first week in October, ?suiting in the death of five whito [i-rsons and a larger number of negroes fnd tho wounding of others. Ordered to firing Arrow. Several witnesses for the State re- . Ltcd how they joined the Elaine post L'ithin ten davs before the disturbances ? iegan anil were told to bring arms to iteting* because the union "expected [rouble If the whites tried to break up That the union had a large following 1 i the Elaine neighborhood was brought j ut In the testimony of George Green, , negro appearing for the State ?in the ase of Frank Hicks, charged with the willing of Clinton I.ee. Green said he .ttended the meeting of the union In , v church the night of September 30. j ind saw there "over a hundred hea l. ( .vho. he testified, all carried guns. Fire on Automobile. It was when an automobile In which t small sherifTs posse was going to ar- I rest a white man in the Elaine norhood was stopped for repairs before ?v negro church, according to a men* l-sued by the "committee of, Inc firing on the partj, Ki.iing white man and wounding another. The first case called today was that ( Vvink Hicks. Several witnesses for ?> e State testified they saw Hicks fire the shots the morning of October 1. Ih^t resulted in the death of Clinton l ee of this city, a former soldier, who las a member of one of the posses sent to the section following receipt of of the attack on the Sheriffs posse the nrcvious nl|?ht. No \\\tnenmr+ for Typfennf/tl , nA T?he defense announced I it had no Iho court adiournms^ ^ ^ Juds,. r. " Illrfflli oldest ?< ">? 1o?' sr-fe.-"--" ? f ?? I K-VvUS''.? j in^eC VeVonTca^e called named a. | l*0' ICn o"1 Sp auT *H a U ?a n d "Sa n. | It'll negroes charged jointly wth ^rrr^e^uS'n^aTtemJted to prove the j five negroes were leaders of the l.laine ??Kfltiad" I.esider* Order March. i Witnesses for the State repeatedly J -Shoot any deserters. Witnesses also ? to the presence or Hall ana ?fe Ionian In the squad that morning. Force Srpront to Arm. jiivc A.rcher. a negro who said l he .id not belong to the ?nio"- "nture the members attempted to capture nonmembers t'he morning o, . turbance. arm them and compel them to join their ranks. He said he had ibdcn "captured and armed, but gscapecl* f During the testimony the Paine?? Robert I.. Hill, negro, alleged organ izer of the union, frequently wrs men tioned. According to the te^timon^ of Green in Frank Ilicks trial. Hill told the members of the union at a meet ing the Thursday before the disturb- j ance that they "might have trouble and to stand their ground." j ? Verdict In Seven Mlnnte*. ) Arguments tor ? verdict of second ' degree murder were presented to the Jury by Greenfield Quarles, of Helena, appointed by the court as counsel to defend the five negroes, charged joint ly with the murder of I,ee. John E. Miller, prosecuting attorney, closed for the State, and seven minutes after the case was given to the jury a ver dict of guilty of first-degree murder was returned against Moore, Ed Hicks, Knox, Hall and Coleman. Only moderate Interest Is displayed jn the trials here, the courtroom being only partly filled by spectators today. The first case to ho called tomorrow Is that of Alf Banks, Jr., charged with the murder of .Tames Tappan. Ttnlfthevtntn Mnkr ftnlnn. HBT-iSTNOFOTtS, Nov. 3.?It is re ported that the Bolshevists captured Oatchina Sunday, and also that .they have taken Luga and aro attacking! p??kov.' i < Shut Your Mouth and Work Hard, Says Schwab fBy Universa.) Service.! N?V- :l*?">ott U the "ork JiarU."P >OUr mou,h ",,ut ?nd H?''hi' **"* the t"?e commentary to "" 'I*.? ln,,U"lrlal situation hy r!v.'i t Steel Company. >Tlio nr CoiTat *U rOU,e to the I'selflv ,7i0ald,,'t, disco*. the Industrial ?n\.r 1,1 ,,n, one," he ?ald, but?prohibition?that* different. ?? ?n a ?lunch advocate of a 'dry I*m nn?Jry ?t the man nrrmU.lX! the rich man hna heen I r ^ "tock up and the poor left n-lth |,|n (onjrue lianKlnc an 11 \t t,ll"k a ln,T nhl,:h could have applied universally to ahnt off Jlu*or iiilgrht hove been framed." HANSEN DESCRIBES PLOT TO DESTflOV GOVERNMENT Declares It Is Being Operated by Reds, Bolshevists and Anarchists. PLAS TO EXCITE CLASS HATRED Would Seize Power by Cumulative Influence of Successive Strikes, I ntil They Carry Their Enterprise Through by General Strike. rny Universal Service.] ? T?KK. .Vov. 3.?A general but >er> definite plan to seize the reins of government in the United States, sub Siitutin-s therefor Soviet rule, was de scr.bcd. with a wealth of detail, in Carnegie Hall tonight in an addr^s by Ole Hansen, former Mayor of Seattle w J -? d!d not mince word* , s.; ... ^ strike threatened to paralyze Rattles public utilities while he was -layor did not mince words tonight in describing dates, names and place, of tht h 'TI h'! hadKP?sitIve evidence or tilt plot to overthrow the trovem can! h.naMd thV 11 *a? hatched by a combination of Reds. Bolshevists and fng1 Wh? would "tick at noth Tlan I? (iolng Korvrard. accordinJia?n. iS ,'ll7:idy. *oinS forward Hen ??, , schedule, said Mr. Han J, ; Jl :s * syndicalist proposition from start to finish. This despicable i s ,8a j? People plan to excite class I hatred against employers by nrona Strike" untln"?hhey Wl" CaU Btrike after ' TrTi fi, U he government is brought | 'r.to the K?tuation. The next step is to call a general strike. Then they win tlx. the overthrow of t.ie government 7n iMS^anlfV'*? fo.IIon"*d France ? ini1 Lenine and Trotzkv ernment0' OVerthrew th* Russian Sov' ^ eaknewa la Dangeroiia. sit'lj^l^.dan ? erous element In the situat.on is the weakness on the gov ernment's part. We have got to sfand absolutely pat to meet this coal strike way rnusl "ot be compromised In any i I he Bolshevists are cowards, and Th/v iSr?n? Per*on;tl danger from thern. I .ley are ra.scd in cowardice, and are trained to save their worthless skins thln^.^.!. ' u? tl0 evcr>' damnable the?r^ own lives!" "0t l? Jeopardize Hans,e" Paused a"d held up a w"ood' formed like a shoe. He explained that it was a bottle and that t ^ ,S i w,'lth acid and hide i' tn Me vast wheat fields of the West. The acid eats away the cork in twentv-four ho?rs and sets the grain afire. This little wooden shoe 1? called a 5ald Mr' "ail3(,n, "and when It Hi J irM?W th acid and starts a Are In the ?raln, we get the word 'sabotage.'" MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE COMES THROUGH MAIL TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL Contains Bottle of Liquid Lab eled "Boracic Acid" and Is Gingerly Handled fBy Associated Press. 1 Nov. 3.?A curious Package. Inscribed in German n? Ftl S d*,,veped through Cie mails at Attorney-c.eneral Palmer's oflice to day. It aroused suspicion and was turned over to the Bureau of Investi gation, where is was discovered that tho package contained a bottle of liquid, labeled "boracic acid" on one side, and hearing a German inscription on the other. Handled gingerly, the bottle was put in a safe place until the colorless con tents could be analyzed. The package was sent by parcel post from New York. Officials are inclined to think it was inlended as a joke. TENNESSEE METHODISTS WANT LAW MORE DRASTIC Would Prohibit Sunday Baseball, and ''aeration of Plctnre Mouses, I heater* nnd Newspapers. v a OTTi"?iIJy?-,A8S?f.,?t<'d Press.] NASTIMLLB, TION'N.. Nov. 3.?Under resolutions adopted at the concluding of the m '"e, Tennessee Conference ??..?? Methodist Rpiscopal Church South, today, a committee was ap i a#s t,lc ^overnor and tho next Legislature to enact laws specifi Kniiy ^}'r7,hi,,itinR professional base ball njaj ing, and the operation of moving picture shows and theaters on Sunday, the publication, advertising In and circulation of Sunday newspapers and the carrying on of any vocation for profit on Sunday, except in cases of necessity and charity. ADMIT FINNISHlNDEPENDENCE Prime Minister I.InnoMoff Seeks \a nlMtnnce In Cnmpnlgn Against Petrogrnd. fHv Assoclnted Press .1 H JCTiS INOFOUS, Nov. 3.?The inde pendencrTof Finland is formally ad mitted and recognized hv Prime Minis ter Manosoff, of the Northivcst Rus sian provisional government, in an efrort to secure the assistance of Fin PetrogradPB th? oampa,tfn against \ri?i-HI>80'r . "^L1? ,hfi Finnish Minister of T-oreign Affairs a note olfi y .demanding military assistance in order to capture Petrograd and Sn?F&anT?SnIZ0 lh? i,,dope" Polls Will Open Hen? at 6:39 and Close Tonight at 5:08 o'Clock. FIVE GUBERNATORIAL RACES Maryland, Kentucky, Massachu setts, Mississippi and New Jer sey to Name Chief Executives. Virginia citizens will go to the polls today between sunrise, at 6:39 o'clock, Ami sunset, at 5:08 o'clock, and cast j their ballots for 140 members oflhe General Assembly and the full number of elective county ofilccrs. They will I also vote for two member? of the State I Corporation Commission. Judge Wil- j liam F. Rhea and Berkley D. Adams, > both unopposed. All banks and State 1 offices will be closed for th? day. | Officers to be chosen in the 100 coun ties of the State include the sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney, clerk, com missioner of revenue, treasurer, jus tices of the peace and members of the Boards of Supervisors. Many Are Ilenomlnntcd. Members cf the llouse of Delegates will be elected for a term of two years and Senators for four years. More than 50 per cent of the present mem bers of the Senate are standing for re election. About 40 per cent of the delegates are in the -race. Republican strength is centered chiefly in counties in the western and south western portions of the State. There both the parties have nomi nated full tickets for the county ot flcti and for the Legislature, and the choice will be made at the polls today. Hot Fljrht In flock In gli am. In the Rockingham senatorial dis trict an especially hot fight is being waged between George X. Conrad, Democrat, and John Raul, Republican. In the Danville - Henry - Pittsylvania senatorial district the Republicans have waged an intensive campaign featured by political meetings and stump speeches. There will be no Republican opposi tion in Richmond. James E. Cannon and Morgan Mills are running for the Senate, and T. Gray Haddon. George E. Wilcox. Edward R. Fuller. James H. Price and Albert Boschen for the llouse of Delegates. Gubernatorial elections will be held In only live States today ? Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts. Mississippi and New Jersey. Prohibition Fight In Ohio. Prohibition occupies the center of the stage in Ohio. In that State vot ers on two referendums and two amend ments?the former relating to legisla tive ratification of the Federal prohi bition amendment and the prohibition enforcement act passed by the last Legislature and the latter to a defi nition of 2.75 as unintoxicating liquor and repeal of that constitutional State wide prohibition. Kentucky also votes on State-wide prohibition, and in common with Mary land, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Virginia, elects members to both branches of the State Legislature. The chief duty before New York is election of assemblymen and Supreme Court Justices. Vote on Conntltutlona. Constitutional questions confront Illinois, Nebraska and Texas. Illinois and Nebraska elecet delegates to con stitutional conventions, while Texas passes on a call for a similar conven tion and six constitutional amend ments. There are no elections In the far West. Voters of Newport News today will decide whether or not the city Is to he. governed under the city manager plan, and elect a State Senator and member of the House of Delegates. ALFREDGrVANDERBILrS SONS ARE MADE RICHER Hemarrlnge of Their Mather Cause* 9721,317 to Revert to I.usitnnla Victim^* Children. (Py Associated rross.l NEW YORK. Nov. 3.?The two young sons by his second marriage of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who lost his sinking of the Lusitania. were made the richer today by $721,317 each throug the filing in t?\e deputy State Comptroller's otlice of a supplemental report by John J. Lyons, appraiser of tho estate. The report deals with the disposition of part of a trust fund left to Mrs. Margaret E. Vanderbilt, their mother, which reverted to the residuary es tate through ^ler remariagc in June, 1918. to Raymond T. Bake, director of the mint. Under the will of their father, the two boys, Alfred, nine, and George, four, divide $10,000,000 on the death of their mother, in addition to the tru*t fund. The total estate wag valued at $21,381,400. SIGNS-BILLS"AND PARDONS Will ne Some Time, Hovrever, Tlrfore President I'nn Hesnme Auto mobile Hides. fRv Associated Press.! WASHINGTON. Nov. 3.?'During to day President Wilson transacted some minor executive business, signing bills and pardon warrants. Dr. Grayson said his patient was pro gressing nicely and regaining his strength as rapidly as could he expect ed. It will be somo time, however. Dr. Grayson said, before the President will be able to take a motor ride. TEN GIRLS HELD FOR TRIAL ,\re G'hnrged In Dublin Police Conrt With Selling Irlnh Re public Flags. f Hv Universal Service 1 DUBLIN, Nov. 3.?Ten girls were re manded for trial in the Dublin police court today on a charge of selling Irish republic flags dally. Twenty-two men. placed before the alternative of putting up ball or going lo Jail for "Illegally drilling volun teers." chose Jail. I,one Sleeper Xtnr Henth, NEW YORK, Nov. 3.?Mrs. Dora Mint*, who has been sleeping contin uously since October 5. Is not expect ed to live. Physicians attending her reported today that she Is growing weakei1 and that little hope Is held for her recovery from tho "sleeping sickness." ^ . ) II 10 RESERVATIONS Democrats Will Defeat Treaty I ? Before Yielding to Senator Lodge's Program. EACH SIDE BLOCKS OTHER Continuous Deadlock Perform ance Follows Efforts to Fix Date for Final Vote. fBv Associated WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.?Kurt her In- ! dications that the peace treaty tight may l?ad to a continuing deadlock de veloped today while the Senate leaders were trying in vain to fix a definite date for a roll call on ratification. Administration Senators, suggesting' that the final vote be taken this week, indicated a purpose to defeat ratifica tion by combining with the treaty's irreconcilable opponents should th <? reservation* adopted by the Foreign I Relations Committee bo written into I tho ratification resolution. Whether the administration forces i tlion could present an alternate resolu tion under Senate rules was brought into question by the Republican lead ers, who predicted that even if such a I resolution got consideration, it, too would be voted down. llour'n Debate tiet* NoTrhere. An hour of debate on the subject got nowhere, and the Senate went back to its consideration of treaty amend ments. it may reach a vote tomorrow on the amendment of Senator La Foi lette. Republican. Wisconsin, to striko put the labor provisions and then, un less some new plan is devised to has- i ten action, other amendments and a loner list of proposed reservations will , ? Ja . n. UP under the tedious rule of i unlimited debate. The administration proposal for a vote this week was presented hy Sena- ! tor Hitehcoek, of Nebraska, the Demo cratic leader, after he had blocked I one by Republican Leader Lodge call- i JpC i?1* a final vote on November 12 A vo,te" on tbat date, declared Mr. 1 Hitchcock, would mean that the only opportunity for a showdown on rati fication must come on a resolution drawn up by tho treaty's enemies and containing reservations unacceptable to tho administration Senators. ltlock? Administration I'rogram. i Mr. Lodge, in turn, blocked the ad- ' ministration program, which would have provided for a vote Thursday on :S?.i:0,n?,ltlfe resolution with Its reser tlbns, and 'f\\ould have Jeft Friday nnu Saturday for consideration of any compromise resolution agreed on by ?De'no<=rat6 and the "mild reserva tion Republicans! To open the way for such a move a-fter a ratification vote had been taken . d weai? "petting Senate rules en- i tlrelj, Mr. Lodge declared, adding thit .? frcil^y's friends voted against ! ratification with the committee reser- ' vat ions they would place the treaty "in ? grave danger." ! ,J^?,Ueh 'Senator Hitchcock did not | .definitely announce his intention to I help vote down the committee resolu- i .areued that such a course, j followed by presentation of a compro mise measure, would be logical and PittmanUPofrxTner ,thls stai,d Senator I f Nevada, another Demo cratic member of the committee, said I Vf^never >VOUIf* vote for the treaty if the committee reservations went in t Couter With VUe-l'reKlrteiit. ',arll*n>eniarians said ther* 1 m.'I Precedent to throw light on ! flu.Hst,on whether defeat of the i committee resolution would be a final ' rejection of the treaty or would leave tilon y ?Pftn for offering other rati- i float ion proposals. Late in the dav ' f^rnr?rrs. and Hitchcock con- I , !he subject. ,ce-president Marshall on | MEXICANS ON STRIKE ASK FOR HELP FROM -j AMERICAN WORKERS Call on Samuel Gompers to Use Good Of j ices in Orizaba Situation. t ? r> t-1-.A*5*' Associated Press 1 -%*uv- a-?Striking j II* ; workn,pn will ask "material ! , , from the American Federation of L-abor, according to word received ,iere today from Aguascalientes in the Alex- | lean state of the same name, where decision to that effect was reached bv tne strikers' central committee. It also was announced at Agus- ' calientes that messages had been sent i to .Mexican labor syndicates urging a ' general strike throughout the southern republic "on occasion of happenings" | w htc,j might develop in the industrial zone of Orizaba, State of Vera Cruz | where strikes have been in progress some time. In its message to Samuel Oomners president of tho American Federation or L.abor, tho Mexican control commit tee asks that the good oflipes nf the J an-American Federation of Labor be C* j .i the general strike in Orizaba, ana the situation is precarious for tho workmen. FOUR CASES OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN NEW ORLEANS Two of Thoiif Aftneked Succumb to Dinette?State Ofllclnla Are Warned. I xrrrvtr CJ1v.J'ress. 1 r\ i} OuLKA.sS, Nov. 3.--Dr. Oscar; Dowling, president of the State Hoard ' or Health, announced today there had ! tT" ??u,r cnses of bubonic plague in ! [New Orleans during the past week. , I wo deaths resulted and two patients now are under treatment at tjje isola tion hospital. flM),VJDo#W??K.,?.day *dvised State of ficials of Mississippi, Alabama, Texas. ?^5iVt\SUS'm .?Vida and Georgia and city ..ie>alth oflicials of Memphis, Mobile Mire veport and Raton Rouge of the situation. The patients all were en gaged in work at or near fruit wharves. SENATOR MARTIN BETTER I'hyalcinn Say* DUtinc/nisticd l'ntlent Had a <'omfortnhlc Day, v CHARLOTTBSyjLI.E. VA? Nov. 3? A slight change for the better was evi dent today In the condition of Senator Martin, according to his phvsiclnn Tie Senator had a comfortable day and ate moderately, the doctor announced, adding that Mr. .Martin wns maintain ing liis Improvement tonight. Samuel Gompers Declares Prohibition Responsible for Bolshevist Movement (By Universal S'rvtee.] .MOW VOItK, Nov. :t.?The apostles of llol.she? lam In till* I'liunlrf nrr hrir.hiK prohibit Ion n* a mlghty nrnpon to force into tlielr ranks the fiirrlK>>-l><)rii people* of the I nltfil Mutes, ulio havr been ni'i'iidtoniril t?> thr imp of liror and IlKbt nlnr." 'I'llIn nn.i the declaration here to day by Sniiilicl (?otiiperN, president of the Amrrlran Kederutlon of l.altnr, XTlirti Ills attention Him called to a report oT the Association Opposril to .National Prohibition, purporting to show that the M rttlrrn Stntes, which liavr been dry for n lone time, were lipconiinic hotbeds of radicalism. "\.>t I linvr always contended," hf *nlil, "the foUtlnc of prohibition on this country was a blunders a blunder clinrRfd n'itli dancer and loaded with disastrous probabilities. The present Im a must unfortiiiitite moment to further upset it country hy an lutasion of pci'sonnI liberty, lly adopting prohibition \> e have chanced the tvrevkhiK of the social anil economic fabric of the nation. ??We bate Invnded (lie habits o( the uurkiiiRiuan. and this Is what happened: The mail nlio until now has been satislled to labor as lie lias been luhorinK, to ko iioine nt nln'nt to converse and rend, has become discontented mrl restless. Instead V?f sitting down over his pitcher of beer, lie kocs into the streets to inert other men restless nud unsettled as himself. They rub together tlirir mutual grievances, nud there are sparks .and sometimes tire. I be lieve Bolshevism In Russia began In prohibition.'' West Virginia Strikers Charge Ex ccntivo With Lack of Frank ness With Them. GOOD ORDER SKI] MS GENERAL Mine Workers* District President Declares Men Will Continue to Obey IjJiw, and Overt Acts Must Come From Others. rny Associated Press. 1 CHARLESTON, W. VA.t Nov. 3.?The third clay of the miners' strike passed quietly in the coal fields of West Vir ginia. While the nonunion mines were reported by the operators to he in creasing their production, no attempt was being made to open the union mines closed by the strike. Reports t.o military headquarters hero showed that the strikers wore conduct ing themselves in a lawful manner and po attempt was being made to bald .meetings. Meantime, additional Fed eral troops were being moved Into the State and placed at strategic points. Say Ciovfrnor Not Healing Openly. C. P. Keency. president of District No. 17, United Mine Workers, late to day made public a letter which he had j sent to Governor Cornwell. In this letter he said tint the miners had "be liefs and suspicions" that the Gover nor was "not dealing openly and above board with thein as the'representative of the people should deal." Mr. Keeney charged that there was "a move now being planned and ex 1 ecuted by certain operators through T. 1 L. Lewis to create rtlssension among the striking miners of tnis district by bringing to their attention in Insidious and cleverly worded statements an an nouncement creatine the impressions that the officers of District No. 17 are, not playing fairly with their mem-! hers." Declaring that he knew the purpose of "these moves." Mr. Keeney said: "If these insidious' utterances con tinue to appear and if those con temptible plans are put into oeration. i the ex-ents which will probably result! will not be my fault. Will Obey the I,n*v. "I wish to reiterate, sir," concluded Mr. Keeney's letter, "that the miners of this district will obey the law?even if the State will not uphold these same laws in Logan and Hancock Counties; that we shall conduct ourselves peace ably?and if there is any unfortunate occurrences, it will be the result of overt acts committed by others than the miners of this district." Governor Cornwell said he had re ceived the letter and would make re ply. T. L. Tycwls, secrotary of the New River Coal Association, said tonight j that the operators in the association were ready to co-operate In any plan that the government might adopt to operate the mines. Mr. Lewis declared the sentiment among the union miners; of the New River district "is growing in favor of returning to work." FORCED TO STAY AT~H0ME GIRL OF 16 DRINKS POISON! >11** IIn?.el Miller. 1705 North Thirty Second Streel. Fxpected to lie cover From Drug. Because her parents, she says, re- ! fused tp allow her to leave the house at nights. Miss Hazel Miller, sixteen- j year-old daughter of 10. C. Miller, of ! 170fi North Thirty-second Street. Is j alleged to have drank a quantity of carbolic acid last nig?ht about S o'clock. | She was treated by I >r. Mitchell, of the; ambulance, and taken to the Virginia {Hospital, where it was state*! last night that she would recover. Miss Miller drank the poison. It is said, while her parents were visiting j a nearby home, leaving 'her with other ! smaller, children in the house. Her i father returned shortly and found the bottle of poison which she had taken and discovered that 'her lips were burnt with the acid. CUBAN SAILINGS TO BEGIN First Ilrgnlnr Steamship Will I.enve Hampton Koads on .No vember 15. NORFOLK. VA., Nov. 'J.?The first \ rftgulitr steamship direct to Cuba from Hampton Roads will begin operation about November 1"? under the opera tion and management of the fnglesby I'atterson Co., for the United States Shipping Hoard. Only general cargo will he handled by the new lines, and tho Lake Huron, a Shipping Hoard vessel of rt.00 tons, will make the first voyage. Her cargo will consist of potatoes, cottonseed oil, machinery and ^canned goods. On the return trip, the Lake Huron will bring a cargo of sugar to some Northern port. SHIPPING STRIKE BROKEN Many I.ongshoreinni Return to Work and Norninl Conditions Soon Inspected. niv Associated Press. 1 NKW YORK, Nov. 3.?A pcrcepllhlo easing In the tie-up of shipping occa sioned bv the longshoremen's strike was noted today. At the Chelsea piers, the docking place of many of the largo transatlantic ^nors- there was a gri-.itly increased number of men at work. Shipping Hoard officials said: "It appears that the backbone of the i strike is broken." one of the officials stated, "and we have reason to believe that by Wednesday of this week work on practically every dock in New York harbor will bo about normal." AMERICA'S COIIL STRIKE IS DREADED B? FRANCE Sole Hope for Relief From Firele^s Misery Rests in This Country. RUT ONE WEEK'S FUEL SUPPLY Electric and Gas Plants anil All Paris Factories Must Close if Coal Is Not Received During Next Three Dnys. (ny Universal Service.1 PARIS. Nov. 3.?With a two-day blizzard sweeping across Franco, causing terrible misery due to lack of fuel, official figures published today show that France's sole hope for relief lies in coal shipments from America. Coincident with the report from New York that the coal strike in the United States is tying up coal expor tation from America, the French Fuel Ministry -announces that there is not enough.coal in sight to. supply Franco for one week. Mrnn n C'ntn.stroplie for France. Public opinion in Paris is at fever pitch, awaiting with fear nncl trem bling every scrap of news from Amer ica about the coal strike there, realiz ing that If it lasts any time at all it will, mean a catastrophe for Frame. If; fiO.OOO tons of coal are not re ceived within three days, It is an nounced, the electric and gas plants as well as all factories in and around Paris, will have to shut down, throw ing hundreds of thousands out of em ployment. Transport in that case will be cut to the barest necessities and all express trains will lie canceled. No one seems to know whether any considerable coal shipments from America are now en route to France. Wood Ileyoml Ilenelt of Poor. Wood sells for 25 cents a log here, a price beyond the reach of the poor. Added to this comes the increasing lack of fuel. There is a serious milk shortage, too. From the devastated regions come cries of distress. Babies there are threatened with starvation, as the Germans refuse to fuHtl! their pledge to surrender the stolen cows. Anticipating (he suspension of train service here, thousands are (locking to Nice, Monte Carlo and other resorts. The Mediterranean seaside hotels -are crowded to overflowing, many refugees sleeping on park benches. GEORGIANS TAKeYwIFT AND TERRIBLE REVENGE FOR ATTACK ON WIDOW Assailant Riddled Willi Bui lots and Body Burned by Lli ra# cd Mob. I By Associated Press.! MACON, GA.. Nov. 3.?A heavily armed mob of some 400 persons early this morning burned alive Paul Booker, a negro, who had attacked a white woman, about two miles from the out skirts of tiiis city. The negro's body was riddled with bullets, but !>e rolled over several times after the gasoline poured over him had been ignited. The woman, a llfty-year-old widow, was returning home from church last night when attacked. She had accom panied neighbors to their .lorite and then struck out through the fields to ward her own house. When near her home the negro grabbed her, she states, c.ioking her. and struck her a blow on the forehead. The woman had presence of mind enough io wipe her hand across the gash on her head and then upon the negro's s.iirt, marking him with her own blood for identification. The negro was captured shortly after midnight by the Haley brothers in a boxcar. By this time the whole com munity was in arms and the sheriff aiul his deputies had arrived on the scene. For an ',iour and a half the sheriff worked upon the alibi given by the nepro, but found that what Jones had said was false. Judge II. A. Matthews, in charging the grand Jury at the opening of Bibb Superior Court this morning, instruct ed that a thorough investigation be made of t'.ie lynching of Paul Booker, negro, near Crumps Park early today. MEXICAN THIRD PARTY WOULD NAME BONILLAS ('arrnnr.n Snld to Favor Amlifl.iKnilor n.i ('andI<1 Ie for President of Soul hern Republic. IBv Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. !. ? Advices from Mexico Cit.v today to' I of a pro posal under consideration there to send a commission at once to Washington to ask Ambassador Bon-', in t-> accept the nomination of the th'rd party, for :he preMd'.'r.cy to succeed \enust!ani C-ir r iir/.a. T!w ai'vlees Imllcatsi that (he Car ran i administration -vouM upport Ambassador Bonillas against General Alvaro Obregon and General Pablo Gon zales. the two military men whose can didacies :.iuvo already been announced olllcially. ltut One <"nnl Cnrun l.enve* Norfolk. I My Associated Press. 1 NORFOLK, VA . Nov. :f -Only one vessel cleared from hero today with a cargo of coal, following the embargo placed on all coal cargoes, hoth for eign and coastwise, that being the American steamer ?et<ntos carrying well over 12,000 tons to Cristobal {or government use In tho canal zone. I FOR SETTLEMENT Breaks in Union Ranks Come in West Virginia and Colorado. STRIKE LEADERS DECLARE DESERTIONS UNIMPORTANT Non-Union Mines in Two Fields Are Operating at Full Capacity. DISORDERS ARE NEGLIGIBLE Whilo Troops Move Into AfYeeted Areas, Hut On.3 Minor dis turbance Is Reported. t Bv Associated Pro-js 1 W A SHINOTO X. Nov. 3.?Official Washington was firm in the belief that j the on<l of the coal strike was ? There was nothing definite or tangi ble in the way of actual developments to justify this hopeful view ? of tho situation, but everywhere the feeling: prevailed that influences wore being brought to bear to have the strikers, numbering more than 400,000, return to work. Confidential reports to the Depart ment of Justice from its agents in tho coal fields were, said to show many defections from the ranks of the strik | ers. Some of the reports s.ild that large numbers of idle miners had de j clared they wanted to return to work, j but were afraid. Troops Arc llendy for l'*r. In this connection officials reiterated , that adequate protection would be given. There was no specific state j moiit as to how this would be provided. | but it was explained that troops would I be available at the call of any Gover nor who believed it necessary to pre serve order to protect workers. Scattered reports from the Holds, reaching -? into twenty-eight States, showed the first breaks in the ranks of organized labor In West Vlr Mnia and Colorado. Advices in Washlr ;ton headquarters of tlfc operators said that all nonunion mines were working to full capacity and turning out consid erably more coal than on Saturday. Some of the operators' reports said that . union men had gone to work In non- ' j union mines, and that there was grow t Ing sentiment that the men themselves | should have had the right to vote on the strike before It was ordered. ? Tnls information, to a large extent, j was in line with that received by the government, especially as to defections. Officials siiiil the strikers realized pub ? lie sentiment was against them, and ' some labor leaders also were taking tills view. TIiInk Crista Mny Soon lie Over. Attorney-General l'alnier, handling , the main end of the government's case, went to Pennsylvania tonight, feeling, , it was said, that the crisis might bo over before Saturday, the day on which tho temporary Injunction restraining officers of the miners* organization from activity, was made returnable. Asked what the government would do that day. an official said: "We will not cross that bridge until we get to It." The fact that no disorder was re ported anywhere by Department of Justice agents wus taken as a good sign that conditions were hopeful and that the miners realized It was a time for sober judgment and action. Sev eral miners' meetings were scheduled tor tonight, in tho coal fields, and it was thought here that these might have sin important bearing on the gen eral situation. All AKrnrlfR at AVork. \\ bile it had been the government's first reported intention to let the strike j .wear itself out, hope of settling it put i all agencies to work, and some direct steps were taken, but their nature was not disclosed. Tho sweeping powers of the Federal ' court injunction in cutting off all I strike benefits is being relied upon bv | the government to bring t.ie strike to | a speedy end. Local representatives of ; tho United Mint} Workers of America I, were notified today that checks to cover I expenses for the last half of October ; could not be sent at this time because j of the court order. Idleness of the minors with no funds available for their support, makes it doubtful if they can hold out for any extended period, according to the view of men familiar wlt?? strike conditions. It is largely because of this fact that labor lenders themselves look for early peace in the industry. Three Conciliator* Confer. Three conciliators of the Department of l.ahor, here from the coal fields, were in conference with officials of the department today, and gave first-hand information as to actual conditions. They were Ilymel Davis and James Purcell, of Kentucky, and William Hovers, of Iowa. Tlie question of possible curtailment of train service '..la.s been left to regional directors for determination, althou-'h railroad men agreed that un less the striko la brought- to a quick end it may be necessary to reduce sharply both freight and passenger ser vice. NO nilEAK OK CO VSKQ ITE\TE ltKl'OltTKb AMONfi STItlKBIlS Tliy Associated Proas. 1 CHICAGO, Nov. 3.?Today, the first real test day in tho nation-wide strike of the bituminous coal miners, passed without a break of any consequence in the general cessation of production, de spite tho inactivity of t.ie leaders of the United Mine Workers of America, because of the government's restrain in e: order. During the day there was a further movement of troops Into affected areas,' although only one minor disturbance was renorted. Although there was a report that a break among union miners had oc curred In the Northern West Virginia fields, w,iere, It was said, fifteen mines were in operation, miners and opera tors alike asserted that the production of soft coal was paralysed, it was re ported that some union miners resumed work In one Colorado mine when opera tors and union officials agreed upon a settlement, whereby operators would make such wage Increases hs were later made effective in Kastcrn fields. ,\ on union .Mines In Operation, Nonunion mines in Pennsylvania ami West Virginia were la operation today, ill