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PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY
1919.
F PRICE FIVE CENTS.
QUIT PARLEYING WITH
' FIENDS, SAYS HANSON
CEMETERT, XOT CONFERENCE,
HEIiD PRESENT SEED.
VETERANS ATTACK .
EDS IfJ MEW YORK
U.S. EXPENSES MOUNT
DESPITE END OF WAR
RED PARADE ENDS
IN BLOODY CLASH
PHONOGRAPH FACTORY
WILL SWWELL PAYROLL
VERSAILLES PEAGE
CONGRESS OPENS
BILLS IX APRIL,' TOTAL HUGE
SUM OF $1,420,000,000.'
PORTLAND BCSIXESS MEX TAKE
OVER OLD JEFFERV PLAXT.
MAY DAY III PARIS
SEES BLOODY RIOT
Great Clowds Charged
Troops and Police.
By
80 POLICEMEN WOUNDED
French Blood Runs in Streets
and Guns Used on Foe Are
, Turned on Countrymen.
CAVALRY WIELDS SWORDS
All Labor Ceases and Peace
Delegates' Hotel Is Lighted
Only by Candles.
PARIS, May 1, 6:30 P. M. Some
30 persona were, injured early this
evening between the Place de la Re
publique and the Place de la Bastile
when, the police with drawn sabers
charged" a crowd which had torn down
the newspaper kiosks. The troops in
this district, the 15th Chasseurs, re
mained passive during the melee. The
injured were members of both the
opposing parties.
. There were numerous clashes in the
Boulevard de Magenta, where barriers
were erected and the troops were fired
upon.
PARIS, May 1, 3:37 P. M. (By the
Associated Press.) At this hour dem
, onstrations are being held in packed
masses along the grand boulevards
between the Madelaine and the Opera.
Victims Litter Streets.
Some shots have been heard, appar
ently coming from the crowd. A num
ber of persons can be seen lying in the
streets. It is not known whether they
were shot or ridden down by the
troops. Ambulances are arriving in
this vicinity.
PARIS, May 1. (By the Associated
Press.) Serious dfsorders .occurred
today in Paris on the occasion of the
celebration of "May day," French
blood flowed in the streets and wea
pons that so lately had been used
against the foe were turned against
countrymen.
Soldiers With Crowd.
Particular efforts were made by the
mobs to invade the Place de la Con'
corde and reach the chamber of depu
ties and the ministry where demon
strations had been planned. It was in
htese attempts that the casualties oc
curred. "Long live the poili," the
crowd shouted at the Madeleine and
in the Place de la Concorde as they
surged toward the soldiers, and with
pale, drawn faces te infantry with
drew and allowed the mob to reach the
Place de la Concorde against a wall of
pitiless policemen and determined cav
alry. Then shots rang out. One police
man fell, slightly wounded. The cav
alry charged and along the Rue Roy
ale the mob wavered back toward the
Madeleine church. Here and there a
man or woman staggered, fell and re
mained motionless, horses trampling
eight or ten outstretched forms lit
Honore tering the street from the Rue Saint
Honore to the Madeleine church.
Policeman Is Sympathetic
One policeman said to the Associ
ated Press correcpondent as shots
were heard" 100 yards distant, "they
are firing at us and I have a gun
(producing a loaded weapon from his
coat pocket), but I cannot fire upon
my brothers."
" Others were less scrupulous, however,
and the behavior of some of the po
licemen seemed like ar. invitation to
rioting. - One big policeman knocked
down, a mutilated war veteran in the
Eight of the correspondent, who re
proved him mildly. The policeman, en
raged, hissed: "You shut up. You will
never again see America's shore unless
you mind your own business."
Finding- that the attempts to reach
the chamber of deputies and war min
istry were.futile, speakers begged the
crowd to turn to the Places de la Ee
publique and de la Bastile. The crowd
obeyed, singing the Marseillaise."
Hose Vsed on Crowd..
At the riace de la Republique, the
most populous quarter in Paris, all ac
cesses to the squares were . strongly
guardcl. cavalry charging repeatedly
and the firemen using their hpse in
spraying the crowds, 'already wet from
the rain, untl Ingenious youngsters
youngsters turned off the water of the
nearest hydrant and leaving the use
less hose in the hands of the bewil
uered firemen. .
Here a blind soldier, wearng the war
t'oncludcd on Fase 6, Column 4.)
Seattle Mayor Denounces "Skim-Milk
Policy of Government" in Dealing
"With Anarchism and I. W. W.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May J. Mayor
Ole Hanson of Seattle, opponent of the
I. W. W. and bolshevism, tonight ad
dressed an appeal to mayors of all
cities in the United States, urging the
closing of all I. W. W. halls. Impris
onment of the leaders and the sup
pression of the red flag. The appeal
was contained in a statement given out
tonight.
TOPEKA. Kan., May 1. In a victory
loan address here ' today before the
Topeka chamber of commerce. Mayor
Ol Hanson of Seattle denounced the
policy pursued by the government to
ward anarchism and the I. W. W. as
skim. milk. weak, vacillating and
changeable" one and pronounced a
warning of a "widespread, national ef
fort to overthrow the government and
society by violence." He declared the
government was "on the wrong tack
in starting conferences instead of
cemeteries in dealing with the I. W. W.
and in singing of brotherly love and
turning loose these enemies of society.'
As to the revealed bomb plot in which
he was one of the Intended victims, the
mayor said:
"I trust "Washington will buck up
and clean up and either hang or in
carcerate for life all the anarchists in
the country. If the government doesn't
clean them up, I will. I'll give up my
mayorship and start through the coun
try. We will hold meetings and have
hanging places."
He declared he believed the I. W. "W.
were at the bottom of the late bomb
plot.
"The conspiracy to overthrow the
government is widespread. It per
meates every state in the union," be
continued. "These men must be ruled
by a rod of iron; kindness means weak
ness to them."
Concerning the pending L W. W. con
vention. Mayor Hanson said:
"Any mayor that will permit an
L W. W. meeting in his city should be
recalled and banished from America.
He is not an American."
GERMANY TO PAY HEAVILY
Reparation for Loss of Life by Sub
marines to Be Demanded.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, May 1. (Special Cable.) .
The British government Intends to de
mand reparation from Germany for
loss of life due to submarine, outrages
on merchantmen, it is stated. Germany
will forfeit 70 per cent of her iron ore.
33 per cent of her coal and 20 per cent
of her potash, according to the latest
estimates, while between 7,000,000 and
8,000,000 of her population will also
have been lost to her, in one way or
another.
It is now considered practically cer
tain that the treaty will not be handed
to the German delegates until Monday,
after having been submitted to a secret
plenary session of the conference.
AERO FUTURE PREDICTED
Luxurious Air Cruisers and Fast
Flying Transports Possible.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 1. The
airship will be as common as the auto
mobile in ten years, Alan R. Hawley
president-of the Aero club of America,
said in opening the second pan-Ameri
can aeronautic congress here today.
Mr. Hawley presided at the opening
session, which was ' attended by 500
delegates.
"We axe all confident," he declared.
that the next pan- American conven
tion at Atlantic City will see the dele
gates arriving in luxurious air cruisers
and fast-flying transports from Europe
and from South America."
BURLESON STRIKE TARGET
Walkout May Be Avoided if Post
master-General Resigns.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 1. "If
Postmaster-General Burleson resign
as head of the telegrapn and telepnon
lines there is a remote chance that
the threatened strike of the electrical
workers might not be called," said
Charles P. Ford, secretary of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers.
The electrical workers are balloting
on the question of calling a nation
wide strike July 1, because the post
master-general refused to recognize
the electrical workers,
U-BOAT STARTS ON CRUISE
Surrendered German Submarine
Will Come to Pacific Coast,
WASHINGTON, May 1. The surren
uerea uenrnn submarine UB-88, es
corted by the coast guard cutter Tus
carora, will leave New York May 5 for
its cruise along the gulf of Mexico,
up the Mississippi river, and later to
the Pacific, the navy department an
nounced today.
The UB-88 is expected to arrive at
Key West May 17.
PRISONERS WILL GO HOME
Germany Will Send Skilled Labor
ers to France in Exchange.
PARIS, " May 1. (French Wireless
Service.) German prisoners retained in
France under the armistice conditions
will be returned to Germany by the
terms of the peace treaty, according to
the Temps today.
In exchange, Germany will pledge
l-.erself to send to France skilled la
borers for reconstruction work.
Police Block Efforts to
"Clean Up" Bolsheviki.
STREET FIGHTING IS INTENSE
Service Men Charge Time ar-
Again AgainSt BlUeCOatSS-
RADICALS CALL FOR STRIKE
Resolutions Are Adopted Demanding
Mooney's and Billing's Release
From Prison or X'ew Trials.
NEW YORK, May l.The climax of
the May day celebration in New York
came tonight with a mass meeting at
Madison Square Garden, which adopted
resolutions -advocating four general
strikes, three of five days' duration
and a fourth of indefinite length, un
less Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K.
Billings are released from prison or
granted new trials before July 4.
The meeting tonight was the only
one of a dozen planned for today which
was not broken up by soldiers and sail
ors, who demanded that he American
flag be . displayed and ' "The Star
Spangled Banner" . sung. It was not
the fault of the service men that they
did not "clean up" the garden tonight.
They tried hard enough, but were
overwhelmed by the police.
Veterans Held at Bay.
An army of 1318 police, under com
mand of Chief Inspector Daly, guarded
all approaches to the garden and held
at bay more than 1000 men in uniform
recently returned from France.
Led by a Scotch-Canadian soldier and
bugler who repeatedly sounded the
assembly, the soldiers and sailors
charged the police lines again and
again, but only to be beaten back. Back
of the officers on foot with night sticks
held -ready were : outposts of mounted
men. They were reinforced by a strong
provost guard.
An American soldier, wounded in
France and sick leave from a hospital
n this city, was knocked down and
trampled on by a contingent of
mounted police who charged the crowd
as he was walking off. He was un
conscious when carried away - in an
ambulance.
Socialist Paper Raided.
While the police and service men
were battling in the rain outside, the
Mooney meeting was proceeding.
The soldiers and sailors began their
anti-May day" activities early in the
afternoon and organized, a parade with
more than 500 men in line. In their
march they spied what they termed
bolshevlst". posters pasted on the front
of the building occupied by the New
York Call, a socialist labor newspaper.
Responding to orders of their lead
ers, the service men charged the build
ing. They destroyed a large quantity
of socialist literature, stopping long
enougn to eject irom doors and win
aows a aozen employes or the paper
who were forced to run the gauntlet
i Concluded on Page 3. Column 3. )
One-Third of Immense Amount, of
Cash Is to Allies, Who Demand
Increased Credits.
r-SHINGTON. May 1. Nearly six
ter the signing of the armis-
erlca's war exDenses not only
tlnuing without abatement, but
fly are increasing over those. of
,ast few months. This was shown
jly by a treasury report for April.
Z.rZ
.,at,ons direct war UHj and one-third
went to tne allies to enable tnem to,
pay obligations incurred in this coun
try for .war materials and foodstuffs.
The gradual mounting of war ex
penses was cited by treasury officials
as a very substantial reason why the
victory loan must be generously sub
scribed. The Increase in the last two
months is attributed to the gradual set
tling of manufacturers' accounts and
by the higher demand of the allies for
credits.
Outlays in April raised the United
States' actual expenditures since the
nation entered the war a little more
than two years ago to about $30, 500,
000.000. About 19.000.000.000 of this
has gone to the allies and will be re
paid eventually. Through sale of ma
terials on land and salvaging of con
siderable government property some of
ficials hope to get as much as $3,000.
000,000. In April the government
checks amounted to about $982,000,000
for ordinary expenses, including about
$100,000,000 as interest on liberty bonds
and certificates of indebtedness. More
than $40,000,000 went to the allies.
Nearly $11,000,000 went into farm loans.
"War savings stamps sales are falling
lower and lower. In April they amount
ed to about $9,500,000: in January
$70,396,000.
WAGE RISE IS REFUSED
Spokane Teamsters and Chauffeurs
Threaten to Strike.
SPOKANE. Wash., May 1. The text
of a reply to the proposed wage scale
of the local teamsters' and chauffeurs'
anion, refusing to grant wage increases
asked and declaring for the principle of
the open shop, was made public here
today by Don Babcock, secretary of the
Transfer Men's association. He said
the request of the union for a confer
ence with the employers regarding the
new scale would be submitted to the
association.
Between 700 and 800 men are involved
in. the controversy, according to union
officials, who say the union will strike
unless the new scale is accepted.
476 ADDED TO CASUALTIES
Aumbrr of Prisoners Reduced to
4786 and Missing to 4293.
WASHINGTON. May 1. Rechecking
of army records has resulted in the
addition of 476 names to the list of
major casualties, bringing the total
to 75,820 killed in action, died of
wounds and disease and died from
other causes.
The numner or prisoners was re
duced to 47S6 and the missing in ac
tion to 4293.
The corrected total of wounded is
201,847.
POOR OLD CHINA.
Boston Police and Radi
cals Stage Street Battle.
FOUR ARE SHOT; ONE STABBED
Reserves Are Called and 112
Persons Are Arrested.
PATROL WAGON FIRED ON
Angry Civilians in Cleveland Attack
Socialist Crowds and Gory Con
flicts Take Place.
BOSTON. May 1. Three hundred po
licemen, aided by soldiers, sailors and
civilians, fought with a crowd of sev
eral hundred radicals who attempted to
parade after a May day meeting here
today and three policemen and a civil
ian were shot, another officer was
stabbed and a number of radicals were
badly beaten. Two men who were ar
rested are in a hospital. Others were
treated by physicians before being
placed in cells. Early tonight 112 ar
rests had been made.
Following a meeting in the' Dudley-
street opera house the radicals filed
into the street carrying red flags, wear
ing red buttons and flaunting radical
literature. A number of women wore
red dresses. Leaders could not pro
duce a parade permit and a policeman
ordered them to disperse.
Patrol "Wagon Fired On.
Other officers remonstrated with the
crowd, but it continued to surge up the
street. Police reserves were called and
as a patrol wagon approached shots
were fired at it. A patrolman was hit.
Radicals defied the police, who ar
rived in large numbers. More shots
ewer fired, stones were hurled and the
police waded Into the rioters swinging
their clubs. The radicals fought back.
The police were outnumbered and
soldiers, sailors and civilians went to
their assistance. For several minutes
a serious street battle was waged.
The police succeeded In breaking up
the crowd and began taking out pris
oners. These were loaded Into. patrol
wagons and taken to stationhouses.
The policemen held their guns on the
radicals who threatened to rescue the
prisoners.
CLEVELAND, My 1. An unidenti
fied man was killed by a detective's
bullet, 11 policemen were shot or badly
beaten and about 100 persons wounded.
many seriously, in general rioting,
which brought a dramatic finale this
afternoon to a socialist May-day dem
onstratlon here. About 30 persons, se
riously Injured, are in hospitals to
night, while scores of others, including
women, were trampled by rioters and
clubbed by police.
Socialist headquarters was totally
wrecked by angry civilians, bent on
putting an end to the demonstration.
Socialists and sympathizers were rid
den down by mounted policemen and
-Concluded on rsge q. Column 3.)
$75,000 Concern, Employing 130
Workmen, Formed to Care for
Western Market.
The Pacific Phonograph company,
newly incorporated by a group of Port
land business men for the manufacture
of the Stradivara phonograph, has ac
quired the building at East Thirty
Third and Broadway, known as the
O. K. Jeffery airplane plant, and is al
ready operating with a force of 40
workmen.
The new corporation is successor to
the Sahlstrom corporation formed by
L. D. Gllham and operating a plant in
South Portland for about a year for
the manufacture of the musical in
struments. The company now formed
is capitalized at $75,000 and holds the
rights for exclusive manufacture of
the Stradivara for 20 years in the states
of Oregon, California, Washington, Ne
vada. Arizona, Utah, Idaho and parts
of Montana and Colorado. The pres
ent market demand is for about 100
machines a day, whereas the factory
capacity was only 40. necessitating
larger capital and enlarged facilities.
F. N. Clark became interested in plans
for taking over the industry about CO
days ago. and, after Investigation, in
terested the others who have become
identified by the company.
Within 30 days the force of the
plant will be increased to 100 work
men, many of thecn expert woodwork
ers and cabinetmakers, and by July 1
the force will number 150 employes,
adding a substantial payrool to the in
dustrial plants of the city. The build
ing of the O. K. Jeffrey plant was se
cured by taking over the entire capital
stock of the Broadway Investment com
pany for $70,000.
W. P. Wiggins will be president and
E. W. Barlow, vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Pacific Phonograph
company, and the board of directors
will be composed of these two, with
George Broughton. F. L. Eddy, F. N.
Clark and two other Portland men. The
organization of the new company will
be completed within a few days.
48-HOUR WEEK SUPPORTED
Bill Drafted in England to Legalize
Industrial Plans.
LONDON. May 1. In a letter to the
national industrial council, which re
sumed its sitting In London today.
Premier Lloyd George wrote that a
bill was being drafted to give effect
to the recommendation of the coun
cil for a. 4 8-hour week.
The premier added that a commis
sion also would be set up to give effect
to the principle of a minimum rate of
wages in all Industries to be made ap
plicable by law.
MAN-KILLING LIONESS DEAD
Circus Boast Killed After It Escapes
From Cage Into Woods.
WOODBURY. N. J.. May 1. Panic
gripped Woodbury for an hour this aft
ernoon when a lioness on exhibition in
a circus side show killed her keeper
before a small crowd of spectator.
escaped from her cage and bounded
Into a small clump of woods which
adjoins tho town.
A posse of men and boys with guns.
pikes and stones killed her.
REED ESTATE IS $25,000,000
Will of Denver's Late Federal Medi
ator Filed for Probate.
DENVER, May 1. The will of Verner
Z. Reed. Denver capitalist and federal
mediator, who died last week at Coro-V
nado Beach, CaL, was filed for probate
today.
The estate is valued at $25,000,000.
INDEX OF JODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 67
decrees; minimum, r-0 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
Foreign.
Allied pressure forces bolsheviki forces to
retire. Pase 4.
German aseem bly to move from Weimar to
Berlin. Pase 2.
Taris rent by bloody May day riots. r;e 1.
Peace sessions at Versailles open. Pase 1.
Italy's anger over Adriatic questloin is abating-.
Pace 24.
French militarist uphold Foch'a aims.
Pace 2.
Division of German fleet among belligerents
asaurcd. Page 0.
Soldiers heartbroken aa comrades die, writes
Colin Dyment. Page 21.
National.
Republican senators oppose league confer
ence. Page 1.
Cabinet decides on franking- privileges, says
Mr. Palmer. Page S.
Official casualty list. Page 2V
Whole nation urged to speed loan campaign.
Page 3.
Domestic.
Quit parleying- with anarchism, says Mayor
Hanson. Page 1.
Veterans In New Tork attack radical meet
ings. Pase 1.
Soldiers in Siberia are expected home shortly.
Page 3.
All bombs believed to have been found.
Page 3.
Giant planes ready for Atlantic flight.
Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coaft league results: Portland 2.
Oakland 4: Sacramento 2. I-o. Angeles 2;
San branctsco . Salt Lake 5; Vernon-
Settle same postponed. Page 16.
Swimmers of northwest come for big meet
Friday. Page 16. -Clubmen
and Oregon to compete in track
meet and baseball game tomorrow.
Page IT.
Commercial and Marine.
Bumper crops are In prospect In western
Oregon. Page 29.
Government loses millions by rejection of
Northwest Steel offer to cut prices.
Page 19.
Large part of recent lots In corn market Is
recovered. Pago
Wide gains In numerous speculative stocks.
Page 29.
rortland and Vicinity.
Victory loan dsflctt is still tl.noo.000 w:th
onty two days to go. Page 14.
Portland May day celebration auiet. Page 12.
Evidence Introduced In trial shows Finn pa
pers urge opposition to war. Page 28.
Hun Envoys Present Cre
dentials to Allies.
PRESIDENT WILSON ABSENT
Only Five Minutes Consumed
in Opening Formalities.
B0CHE CABLES DISCUSSED
Appeal Made by Hungarian Govern
ment for Cessation of Hostilities
by Roumanians.
P.niS. May 1. (By the Associated
Preaa.) Information o m I n Br from
French sources tonight ia that a secret
plenary neaalon of the peace conference
probably will be held Saturday, and the
meeting with the German for the
bunding over of he peace treaty vrUI
be held Monday afternoon.
VERSAILLES. May 1. (By the As
sociated Press.) In a session begin
ning at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon and
lasting barely five minutes, the Ger
man plenipotentiaries of the peace
congress presented their credentials.
It was the first step In the peace ne
gotiations. Pale and almost fainting from emo
tion. Count von Brockdorf f-Rantzau.
the German foreign secretary and head
of the delegation, passed through what
evidently was one of the bitterest mo
ments in his life. He was barely able
to sustain himself through the" brief
ceremony and reach the waiting auto
mobile which had brought him to the
gathering.
of the Trianon hotel previously used
Credential Are Kxamiaed.
The meeting took place in the room
for the sessions of the supreme mili
tary council. Count von Brockdorff
Rautzau on entering was accompanied
by Herr Landsberg, Professor Schueck
Ing and two secretaries,, and waiting
for him the allied representatives were
grouped around Jules Cambon. the.
former French ambassador to Berlin.
who is chairman of the commission.
Other members of the allied party In
cluded Henry White of the United
States: Lord Harding. Great Britain,
and Ambassador Matsui. Japan.
M. Cambon immediately addressed
Count Von Brockdorf f-Rantzau, stating
that he was chairman of the commis
sion entrusted by the allied powers to
receive and examine the credentials of
the German delegates as the first step
in a conference, which, it was hoped,
would lead to peace.
Ceremony la Brief.
"Here are purs." continued M. Cam
bon. extending as be spoke tho formal
credentials of the allied commission as
plenipotentiaries to the congress.
Count von Brockdorff-Uantzau sur
rendered the German credentials, with
even less of a formal address, his emo
tion being too great to enable him to
deliver an .extended' discourse.
After these brief ceremonies the Ger
mans turned and left the hall, walk
ing a few steps to the cars In waiting.
They were followed immediately by the
allied representatives.
The wholo ceremony was over and .
the allied delegates were proceeding
back toward Paris by 3:20 o'clock.
The setting for the preliminary meet
ing was dull and unimpressive. The
skies were overcast and there were oc
casional bursts of rain. This caused
abandonment of the original plan.
which contemplated having the German
delegates walk from the Hotel des
Reservoirs, across the park to the Ho
tel Trianon.
M. Cambon First to Arrive.
They would have followed the In
voluntary precedent set by Louis
Thiers, the French delegate, in .dis
cussing peace with Bismarck in 1S70.
He. like the Germans, resided at the
Hotel des Reservoirs and made his way
afoot to the little hotel occupied by
Bismarck, then the world's diplomatic
center.
Automobiles. Instead, were provided
today. M. Cambon was the first of tho
mission to arrive in his car, accompa
nied by William Martin, chief of proto
col of the foreign office; Lord Harding;,
accompanied by Secretary Henry Not
man: Ambassador Matsui. with his sec
retary, and Henry White, with Secre
tary Christian Herter. followed in
quick succession and immediately
ente red the conference room to
await the arrival of the Germans. The
latter were delayed for a short time
owing to .the fact that insufficient In
structions had been given to the
French gendarmes controling traffic
along the route to the hotel.
Photonrrapbers Are Greeted.
They halted the car to see tho chauf
fer's permit.
Count von Brockdorf-Rantzau at tho
entrance to the hotel raised his hat to
a group of photographers, correspond
ents and officers who stood outside the
building, then passed directly to the
conference room. The arrangements
for the ceremony provided for strict
privacy and the exclusion of all not Im
mediately concerned from the precincts
of the hotel.
The French foreign office will Issus
later a formal statement covering the
proceedings.
President Wilson did not attend thi
function; neither did M. Clemencaau.
Frenrh premier, nor David Lloyd
tUouiludcd, on l aid 3, Coiunm 3
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