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Will Tell the Public All Aboat Piano Secrets Upheaval Looked for in the Music Trade—Piano Retail Men Greatly Agi tated. Piano Sales in City Set Rec ord. Rumor Says More Factories Will Join the National Piano Mfrs. Company at 823 Third Ave., near Marion. Plans Well Under Way to Eliminate the Middle men. Prominent East ern Piano Men Now in Seattle. D. W. Thomas Engaged in Important Conference This Week. Astounding Revelations About the Actual Cost of Pianos Is Looked for. Many So-Called Leading Names of Pianos Threat ened With Merciless Dis closures. Reviewing the September trade atatlatlca for this city, one frature of unusual interest Is the unprec edented number of pianos sold here during this month It Is asserted that In tbla respect Seattle has surpassed e>«T> other city »<"«t of Kansas City. The National Piano Manufacturers at *23 3rd A»e . near Marion, have been vigorously dem onstrating that their new plan of selling high-grade plaaoa direct from the factories to the homes at small prices and on small monthly payments. Is the proper way to handle the piano part of 'he music trade. It is a plan based entirely on small profits and greater num bers of sales, which, however. Is Impossible for adoption by the •mall dealer, a-lllug only two or three pianos occasionally by the slow process of canvassing with [he aid of Mmlr Teacher.' Thi Nrtlcjal P's is Manufacturers Company, at 82.; Ji * Ave., composed of a group of Us meat powerful llano Manufactur ers In America, covering the entire territory of the alates with a dl rect retail plan to the homes, are in a position to sell the highest grade piano* at so trifling a margin of profit, that It looks now as though we are rapidly app/oachlng a time when all the go-bHweetr* In Piano Selling will be entirely ellni inatcd The small profit policy of the National Plico Manufacturers, aa exemplified In their Seattle Salesroom . at $23 3rd Ave., near Marion. Is aflectlng the Piano trade everywhere In such a man-: ner that eventually the piano trsle will r*rolve Itself Into one orgsatxa lion of manufacturer*, retailing di rect to the home. We are told that when the plain farts are made pub lic there la but ONE Piano any way, and that the multitude of nsmea stamped on the fall boards uf pianos represent nothing more th*r a locality—all manufacturer* alike, regardless of names, use the same piano actions, the same piano strings, the same piano sound board*, the same wood, iron and steel for the ca«e*. and. In reality, there ia no particular distinguish inn feature other than the clever, sentimental advertising suggestion* concoctcd with the aid of a lot of commlsalon-pald saleam-n. music teacher* and artists. According to ramors on the street today, we are on the eve of some very Interest ing disc lot ures, as to the small coat of making any piano and the quea tlonable practices by which fabu lously high prices have been main tained by a secret system of one price protection In the trade. A Star r«presentativ« called at 'be National Piano Manufacturers. *23 3rd Ave., today to learn from t>. W Thomas som'-thlng regarding the new developments. He was In formed. however, by his Secretary that Mr. Thomas was at 'hat time in conferencj with one oX|he most influential piano manufac\rers In America and that we expected to make. In a short time, some very startling disclosures regarding the piano trade and that at least two Other Manufacturers would become part, of our National Organization The Secretary also Intimated that ! Mr. Thomas had almost completed all plans to give to the public full and complete Information relating to the actual cost of making of ev ery name of Piano that has been handled by local retail stores In Seattle In the past, as well as those names of piano* which are being exploited by them at the present time as costly Instruments. In the event of such disclosures, it Is safe to say that, the day of the high priced piano Is gone forever. The windows at H23 3rd Ave,, Dear Marlon, are today displaying signs which bear these words: "LESS THAN HALF PRICES ON AM, HIGH-QUALITY PIANOS, WATCH THESE SALESROOMS DURING OCTOBER. SOMETHING DOING." Words which are ominous to the middlemen and treating much ngi tatlon among Ihe army of can vassers and music teachers that are constantly circulating in the City of Seattle. AMATKI It* TAKK NOTIOB » Why not havo your finishing <lon« right? It coats no rnore If left with A. N. PftOUT 1332 rirmt Ave. Wall Paper Retailed at Wholesale Prices Federal Paint & Wall Paper Company 1406 FOURTH AVE. VEGETABLE SILK UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY l#owkn Mkr silk, fiiaii Onr-foHrlk 400 A nude lllk., tralllr, The Finish of a Snail Race Is Longer Than Adolf Can Wait . ♦ HODGE RALLY IS A HUMMER Great Crowd Turns Out to Hear People's Candidate for Gov 'ernor and Other Progressive* at Coliseum Meeting. for over an hour and a half. Bob Hodge, progressive candidate for governor, spoke to an audience of nearly 3000 at th* Coliseum theater Saturday night, and every minute of that time the warmth of feeling, the ardor and pitch of enthusiasm of th* big audience grew and grew, till It war. climaaed by a deafening roar ot applause and cheer* as Hodge concluded. Scores of people then rushed to the platform to shako hands with Hodge aud to gt*e him i>er»onal as aurance of support. The meeting nas a revelation to hundreds of IxHtple. Some had come to the meeting, misled by the special In i terest organ*, merely out of cur toslty to see Hodge They Went away convince*! that here at last wa; a real man running for gov : t. i uor. Outside the Collseaiu. after the nuetlni.. groups of nn and women ■ topped to discus* the big rally. \\ hen J. A. Johnson appeared at one of the exit* with a box full of Hodge buttons, he was almost mote bed. no eager were all to pin them on their lapels. There were men In the crowd, and women too. who had opposed Hodge before, opposed him without knowing what »ort of n man he waa. what hla ability waa. what his views we»re We were mistaken about yo i. they frankly told Hodge after the meeting "We are going down the lino for you now," Hodge talk* d about the court* about humanity In govetrnment. nl-o'it the progressive party plat form. d rect legislation, the recall of Judge*, and other Issue* of the day Again and again in hla speech he waa Interrupted by outbursta of applause*. Hodge was greeted by a tremen doua ovation when he wa* Intro duced by former Buprem< t'ourt Judge William H White, the chair man of the meeting. The applause and cheers lasted for several mln utea, and then someone in tha crowd « )gX"*te<l three* cheers and a tiger, which were eagerly given WHITE SCORES J0» BUYER. In opening the meeting. Judge White rcored the 113,000 nomina tion of Gov. Hay. He said: "The progressive party has a mat as a candidate for governor, a real man. and not a putty man. *o that after he has served four year* as governor he will not have to buy hla nomination for another term If he desire* It " Eira Meeker then announced the result of the straw vote which he hail been taking all week on Union st„ ne>ar Second av. It showed that out of anpmxlmately 1,000 vote*. Roosevelt had nearly *s many vote* as all the other candidate* combined Wilson waa second. Only about 20 vote* separated Taft. who was third, from Deb*, socialist candl date OTHER CANDIDATES SPEAK. Senator J. W. Ilryan. candidate for congressman at large. Senator lian candidal"' for congress against "Trimmer" Humphrey, and Senator J. A. Falceiner. candidate for congressman-*! large, each made brief talks, dwelling ou the ptin ciples of the progressive party plat form which place the right* of hu manity above the right* of the mere dollar. Ret ween »p»-eche*. a quartet sang catchy campaign songs. Hodge spoke straight from the shoulder, fearlessly and without dodging. "I am the uncouth, the illiterate candidate, aa the opposition press would have you believe," he began, and brought down the house In a storm of applause. "And the reason they say I know nothing, la because I would not listen to some of the |iolltlclans of that crowd anil because) I spoiled the office of sheriff of King county, so far as grafting was concerned. "I promise, a* governor, to *|m>II the office of governor In Just the same way. I propone to conduct that office on strictly business linen and not to build up any politi cnl machines. JUDGES ARE TRIMMERB. "They have been falsely circulat ing the statement that I have de nouncod all tho superior court Judges In King county an crook*. I will not take back anything that I nald. Hut the truth I* that I paid that Rome of our King county Judges are the worst trimmer* and Jobber* that I huvc ever known. And t will not go back on that Btatcu.cnt. "My experience a.* sheriff btr< i.hown ine that Judge*, ahovo nil. should be subject to the recnll. Any Judge fearing the recall show* that he has not co.if.dence In his Hbllity to fill Impartially the duties of bin office. I have watched ti>«- work ing! of court* mid the ndaii'ilatra- Hon of law. The law I* full of loophole*. STRANGLE ON MEN, SWAL'.OW ELEPHANTS. "The Utile one* get caught. ilie big one* ewape A technicality la a point of law which enables jimUp-* to strangle on men and swallow el r|ihauU. The lliue haa collie when we want a mor«* humane •nunnet Ol ilmliiii nut Justice thvi Im.> In re tofori i>rc*ttlled . Hewaose ! have ii!e<i to deal humanely with itiir mmv, lam uelng slanders! i tbl» <>• n.iutiiu I iilacnl tbr<T matron* to lake care "l w omen ;>r< hm-it*. the first tint'- that waa ever done on the «ual And oue of llH> Co in ty commissioner*. a member of the old rim, fought me on that &r count He said those women were dope fiend* and unworthy, and thai a man attendant could take can of them all right." "What's hlr name'' shouted Htmr one In (he crowd llutitr did not he*Jtate a uiloute He replle-1 P.iniet Abraham* "I could have left |hr ntllro of sheriff With |100.000 ir I would do the bidding uf the gang I was of fered $5,004 In one lump on one oc casion | have made thai State ment b»li>r« and I r*p« a( It It I* (he truth. I spotted ihe offlm of sheriff for the grafter* and the I>OK la now tore on roc. of roinr/ REVIEWS PAST LIFE. One by one. Hodge took up Ihe statements by the standpat pre*, calculated to Injure him He re viewed his rarex-r and laid his past open like a book. "I am not aahaw*! of bavins been a coal miner. I earned an h«>n eat living by dinning coal oul of tht (Miwela of the earth. I waa a coal niln»t," Hndt« con tinned "I worked and I aaaoclated with thfl working |w-»U'le I played with them We u*e«l to have toot n»cra, and wreatllng roatche* and boxing matchea I wa* «tmn| and athletic I participated in wreet llok match#* and boxing lam not a* I. anted to do SO. Oft«tn the»« ex klbltlona were given to help out needy worker* I waa glad to help out In thla way." H"dgf flaliiM hl» »ii»wh tu pointing oul the humane principle* upon which tho progreaalve party la bailed, and he nimlf a plea for Ihe *op|>ort of the ticket headed by Ran«««ill and Johiumn PROTEST RENTON INJUNCTION A big proteat meeting waa held *t the Dreamland rink laat night Id aid or Ibe atriklng miner* at Ken ton. The apeaki-rt were Kate Had dler, lyena Morrow l.ewla and Mulet M Well*. The atriker* at Kenton are de manding the right to organize a union. The mine* are owned by Ibe Seattle Electric t*o and are the only one* on the entire coaat. where nnlona nre not allowed Two week* ago Jacob Kurth, prealdeot. «wore "on Information and h"llrf' that the ittrikera intended to dynn mite and commit murder. Upon thla allowing, Julge t'uahtnan, ovet the proteata of the mlnera who claimed that there waa no rioting on their part whatever, laaned an Injunction ngalnal them. r«fu«lng them even the right to call the strike breaker* "acabf." The protest meeting wn* well at tended and Judge Cuahman's In junction was roundly denounced. NEW ARMY BALLOON liONIJON. Hept. .10. —It was learn ed today that a new dirigible hal loon I* being constructed for the army on the Tyne. near Newcastle. Kxtraordlnary secrecy ha* been maintained owing to the application of a new principle In the engines nnd a novel departure In the steer ing control, which will enable the airship to answer the helm more readily in rough weather. The new cruft, which is (10 feet longer than the first army dirigible, will carry four quick firing gun*, a bomb dropping apparatus and ac commodation* for 10 men. Amendment Delayed BACRAMBNTO. Sept. :i0 At tor ney-Oenerol Webb ruled today that the supplementary petition on !>«• half of the Initiative measure abol ishing capital punishment wa* fil ed too late to make .the placing of that measure on the ballot two years hence compulsory. Unless the law 1* changed meanwhile, the petition* must lie nlgned before August, 1914, by nearly twice the number of voter* required to sign for the election this year, If the question 1* to be placed before the yeoylu In 1014. THE STAR—MONftAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1912. Oh, the Little Hen Had a Wooden Leg YOMK. f'n . Bept SO A! T llrtll liart, • Itallaatown biulnni* man. haa a while Orpington rhlrken that uMNbM around with a wooden leg The [teople of the town rail It "Vet cian and "The Old ttoldier " When lh« rhirketi wait hatched It bait a deformed llrllthart aup plied the deficiency with a bit of wood. nicely whittled and mad* to fit The chlckrn Ibrltrd until now Kr I* a Iwa jtltiil thr.n- t>o inder and struts around as proudly as a vrl eran with a rork l«-ic SEVEN MEN SENTENCED Kildle I-oft us. 11<11IM1<W<I to from ow to 16 years at Monroe for th» •'iiitfualatui-nt of ff6o' from hi* former employe Ttyr a Co., wss Saturday given his freedom by Judjc J. T Ronald, at the loirrtts ■ton *>f Kenneth Mackintosh, ftew lj appoint-< 1 superior court Judge Judge ttoneld lmt«»«d the' f«P lowing at-alonccs Maturday: W'll- Uira Stable, grand larceny, owe to IS )ttni. R»»# fta»to. asaault In tin- or con d dmrw one and one-haJf to 10 years. William Allen assault, t i'Mid der ■ .-e, IS& and coat* John Wllllama. aaaault, second degree, una to 10 years at Monro*; Martinet l<nv*ll, grand larceny. three to is y cara. Girl Schools for Caring of Babiet WASHINGTON. Sep* 30 Hr»ak er» at the Coagrrsa on Hygiene and Demography declared today for compulsory education of young women over lit year* old In the handling of babies. that It *hould be made a misdemeanor to let fount mothers abandon Ibelr babies to orphan asylum*. BEND Offers more inducements to the man of moderate means than any other town in the Northwest. Natural resources, two railroads and two thous and wide-awake people are building a big city there. Come to us and get the facts. It will pay you to do it now. "a .fix* - 3 BEND PARK CO. 453, 454, 455, 456 Empire Building MAY RELEASE PETER MILLER f-triH M;LL'-K t'nlesa f*rosecutlu( Attorney Murphy decides within the t.eit few days to retry I'eter \llller, the lawyer burglar, he will regain Ills liberty, after legal baitllt>< for more than three years Millers comic l!on for burglary waa reveraed by the supreme rourt Saturday Miller waa arrested on July IS, He waa be'leved by the p© lire to have been connected w ti> the murder of llutih M< Mahon. n buitetiiw, who waa mid rot> D-d of valuable diamond atudti ttid rlnra. Miller vn »>cr for murder, but waa ronWrtatf In two trUla, one at Heattle. and the other at Tuoitia. of bitrutury Miller conducted hi* own and made hia own plea at the Heat tie trial, utid the i'at«t*r<e of Joaeph tJlaa«»tt at the Tao.tna trial. He also i rested a a#tit'.tlon at th* trial by making an alleged ev l <n.' of ' thlrri mr'liodi of the Hostile police, l»y which t*iey secured i onfesstonti from Miller and Willis Taylor, a boy of 17. w'io was (harmed with bclug Millet's if corapllr#. Theao <onfesslons were tha pHn rlpal If •-ins of evidence i(,<ln'il Mill »r. Ha wntwidMl that the third d'*gri-e m«th<>dk preluded their In irivlurtlon as erldrnir. a.id tbc su ,treme rourt sustained tils legal opinion. Mlll< r la a man of rare ahrewd nru, rnd la a -ludeut When h« •as llrat lodged In the county tall. In- li i.ito have framed t.u- dc f< una of follow prisoners 10 mat ou'i» <*■< aped piuilsbincit YOUNG MAN IS MISSING Norman Met*. 23, son of Alfred Mett, of Buffalo, New York, who came to the Washington hotel ten da>s ago, left mysteriously on Thuraday, and nothing haa been heard of him since The manage ment of the hotel thinks thst the youttg man may have committed suicide A anarch of hla room re vealed two lettera. one to hla father and one to a young lady Although the contents of the lettera were not rM nated, It Is understood that they Indicate thst he waa In r. frame of mind thst may have mado htm end hla life. EVEN BELGIANS HAVE TROUBLES tl> OaltM rnaa L«asa<t Wirt] HRCKBKI.S. Re pi. 30—Small aa llelglum la iu the »<aJe of nations, the Itelktan* cannot get along to R<-iher. and demand separation I.lke moat European natlona, Bel gium Is made up of what In tlmea past were people of diverse tongue* and nation*. The two principal people* are the Wallonlan* and the Flemish For some time there ha» been a stronK "aepariat movement" among the Walloiiians. The WntlnQiatifl ait* strongly rc publican, have a leaning toward France and Froach Institution* while the Flemish are ardent mon archists The Waltonlana claim that the Flemish have "ruled" over' them lonic enough The* want to rule themselves. but are willing to j acknowledge Albert aa king COLUMBUS DAY TO BE OBSERVED The local lodge of Knl jhta of r®. liimbua «re making elaborate prep aration* for the observant e of 00- i luinbua day. October 12. The lodge has arranged for each of th« pa ior'hlal nrhoola of the city to devote the aftirnoon of October 11 to the obaervnnre. and In earh school 1 thne will be an nddreaa by a mem ber of the order, telling what the i dav means The featuie of the di.y"« eelebi atlon will be a ball in i hriatenaen'H hall In th« evening Columbus day. the day on whli h America wax discovered. haa been made a Mate holiday by a law panned al the laat legislature. Octo ber 12 will mark the 4*oth anni versary of the landing of Oolumbua. Clue to Baby Murder U>S ANOBMSB. Sept. no De spite the announcement of Captain of Detectives Paul J. Hummer that he had solved the mystery of the flndlnrt of the .body of a t*> months-old Infant In one of l.os An geles' business buildings, no arrests have yet been made In the case. Milton Cartoon, former Swedish vice consul, was called Into the case today an a handwriting ex pert He examined the wrapper that had covered the fruit box In which the child's body whs found, and claims to have made discover ies which may clear up the mys tery, but could not make hla deduc tions public at this time. * If your paper Ik not dellv- * * cred fKUtarljr to your home ■* A every afternoon, ard tf It t» * * not delivered In K"od nhnpe, # * pleaae phone the circulation * * manager, Main 0400. The Star * k aubacrtbrr* are entitled to per * A feet aervlce. They are entl- * * tied to an early and a regular # * delivery llojh who crumple * * up or otherwise mutilate the * * paper Hliould be reported. * * * Charter Oak Ileaterß. Modern Furniture Company. THANKS TO WOMEN, CONSERVATION CON. GRESS WILL EMPHASIZE "HUMAN CONSERVATION" INDIANAPOLIS, Ind . Sept 30 Th» women of America will have their Inning a' (he national con nervation roucri'ii, »hl< h opens iu fourth Mtioii lu re tomorrow, <on tlnuliic for four days And because of their presence there will be more human conservation projwti dis cussed than at any previous con Kress where the Influence of men prM:ouilnal«d. Prtildriil J. B. White, president of the congtess Insisted that special preparation* he made to make the meeting one of Interest to women While moat of the men speakers will talk about the eousc-natlon of our natural resources. forests, wat'iwavs, etc, th« women folka will Iki more Interested In the ton miuildii of human being* Milts Julia t' l-athorp. chief of the U. H Children's Bureau, will be one of the leading feminine Kpeakera, GIRLS! GIRLS! SURfLY TRY THIS! DOUBLES BfAUTY OF YOUR IUI ALL YOU NEED 18 A f! CENT BOTTLE OF "DANDERINC—MAM GETS LUSTROUS. FLUFFY AND ABUNDANT AT ONCt Immediate* Yea" Certain' — (bat'* the toy of It. Your hair be comes light, wary, fluffy, abund ant and appeara as soft, lustrons and beautiful a* a young iclrl'* aft er a Danderlne hair cleanse Just try Oils- moisten a cloth with a little Dandertne and carefully draw It through your hair, taking one email strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or eice*slve oil and In just a few mo ments you have doubled the beau ty of your hair. A delightful surprise await*, par tl'-ularly those who have bee i care lest, whose hair has been neglected That Dollar You Wasted Would have formed the nucleus of a savings account, which would he operating capital for you later on. Thrifty folk in this state have on savings deposit more than FORTY MILLION DOLLARS. Don't wonder why your neighbor is ready to meet hi* op portunities. but begin at once to start a savings account We pay 4 per cent interest on savings. Drop in and let us get acquainted and explain any point that may he is doubt in your mind. ~ THE NATIONAL CITY BANK] Second Avenue at Columbia Street. Main ®W AT THE MOVING PICTURE HOUSES Moving pictures are educational as well as amusi«i* The best are listed below. MELBOURNE I<4*llla Dlinorttl. t'.tuinetif I * "Horn® of Glass Curtain" ««»»». po<wr. Four !»!>«»«*>»»•?*• ARNOLOI'B EDUCATED LEOPARDS— The M |j U o e,t Animal Act Now Playing American Vaudr"!* 3dandChcrg> THREE NEW ACTS—FOUR NEW PMOTOPLA^ n-v- "AT OLD FORT DEARBORN." a Two-**" B IK'#l 111 I Drama of the Weetern Country. "LOVE *JJ" V.lllV.t/1 I SCIENCE." Funny Film by the Eclair Pl»»«* ill nn<l Mndlxm A BIG COMEDY BILL. _ I—"The Badman and *«• , •when the IJI.v OH/ PinsT at I'ikk 3—"A Corner In Kisaqß." w ■ I • T| * "The lilrl Itrportrr'a »'« ***** Union I heatre Third A v.. Hrlltrn I'lkr MM,I l nl.Mi "The Hindoo** I'limr." HrW* _ . T( a "!•—ked Oat •* Wriltdu" I irv | hparro -ihr H«I U «I m* Mmtw,- |>r *~ V*ll»y I llvQllv "The War «u <hr M»»«»!«••" * J "* r lIMHI Srrtiad fluunl. p* y~. CROWN. sc. Sr—l rnu/n.. sr i—-ah in the waah." „ X_l \J TT 11 V-» 2 "Just Like h Woman- m Klr*« A*.. Ilet. Mmil.I>n nail Spring 3 "Orphan of the Plain"- _ m m ■ ■ m a m « Tin- I'rtnceaa and tlx' m*' ._j.nl- A I l-f AIIJL? 13 A XVllhou■* <I*l. rtio Morrow^,, AALI IA\IVID|\/A '» ■ "A Uttle louder . \e»tl»K l» New Moatcu. 1 Sth and Wretlukc yimrlßltu. jy Sek*f„ Music bv Condo Others will l*. Mrs. Malta* t K'Ott, head of the I) A. K Mn I'hlllp N .\loore of 8t Ixwis. anm dent of lb* General PV4erati«a d Women's Clubs. Mrs. Job* » Walker of Kansaa City, sho I) «m of the foremost women orator* » the I'nlted Htates. and other women. gf Governor Wood row ttiijos r>s b« the only presidential i 4m to attend. He will deliver u * dresa at a maxs meeting in the tu * i ootids-October 3. lJr )l«rt», * Wiley will make some etartll* Matem'-nis tomorrow uigbt the inalde of the pure fi/oi ftgfe (afford I'lnrhot will tell ska* conservation stands today. l.lberty Hyde Bailey, the authority on agriculture. Dr. W t, Evan*, former head of the Amertotf M«-dl<al usEo' latlon. Otn. l*o»u4 Wood, head of the army. E. T hit •■hlld. head of the National Mv»- ttonal association. and Prof. irrkg Kisher of Yale will deliter kt dresses. lor Is *' raggy. faded, dry, brittle thin. Besides beautify mg she Mr, ltanderine dissolves every psnfck of dandruff; cleanse*. purifle* Invigorate* the *calp. forever (Up ping Itching and falling hair M what will please you most will ki after a f*w weeks' use of DUfe rlne, when you will aciutily m new hair—fine snd d- way *t fint - ye«—but reslly new hair crowtaf all over the scalp If you ear* kr pretty, *oft hair, and lot* of I; surely net a 25 cent bottle i Knowltons Danderlne Iron mi drug store or toilet counier Ml Just try IL