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ALKM OREGON. FKIOAV. MOKMXG. MAY lUltf '
STREETS RUN
WITH BLOOD
ON MAY DAY
Mobs Stage Demonstrations
in Principal Parts of Paris;
"Loo lire Poilu," Is Pre
quent Cry.
ATTITUDE OF POLICE .
RESENTED BY CROWD
Speakers Give Vent to Ora
; tory from Tops of Poles
Along Boulevards
PARIS. Majr 1 At g.30 o'clock
tonight calm had been re-established
everywhere In the city after the dis
orders of the day. ,
,', According to police summary made
at 5 o'clock five persons had been
dangerously wounded, 15 more or
less Injured and 80 arrested as a re
sult of the demonstrations.
PARIS, May l.( By The Asso
ciated Press) Serious disorders oc
curred today In Paris on the occasion
of the celebration of "May Day".
French blood flowed In the streets
and weapons that so lately had been
used against the foe were turned
against countrymen.
Particular efforts were made by
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Every returning soldier and sailor
should have a job.- We unite with
the U. S. Employment Service of
the Department of Labor and the
Churches of the country in the Nation-wide
movement to observe May
4th as "Employment Sunday,", and
ask employers to list, their openings
with the U. S. Employment Service
and. Its Bureaus for Returning Sol
diers and Sailors.
Just unpacked a large shipment of
WORKMEN'S CLOTH E S
Overalls, Jumpers, etc., full cut, easy fitting, of
dependable quality.
. OVERALLS
The famous ; Crown Specials
you know what they are, su
perior garments In every way.
All sixes up to SO . waist, in
heavy , blue denims, regular
sites in grays, stlfel stripes and
Express stripes, all at lower
prices.
COMBINATION
SUITS
Men's Khaki and Blue, all
sizes . . 92.05 and $3.75
Stlfel Stripes ..$3.35
Lee's Union-Alls the best,
easiest fitting garment or its
kind, regular $4.60 grade,
with slight imperfec
tions ..... .$3.95
i
Boys' Khaki combination Suits .
priced according to
size $1.75, $2.00, $2.35
UNION
We now 'have all sizes in Boys'
Crown Overalls in blue at low
er prices. .
"Liberty Belle" Play Suits
for children were designed by a mother who fully appreciated
the vexations of making elothes for growing children which
would combine suitable materials with good sense and re
fined taste. These garments are made of Invincible Suitings,
are unique, sensible and dainty.
Boys' One-Piece Suit
Made with high, rounded neck,
set-in kimona sleeves, belt and
patch . pocket of contrasting
material. Buttons in the back.
Trimmed with peart buttons.
Convenient drop seat
Ages 2, 4, 6 .. ......$1.75
We have in stock the same material in plain blae or pink,
also white and blue or white and pink stripes, for those who
wish to do their own sewing. It's a superior cloth at low
price. .
Chinese Murderer Give
Liberally to Loan Drive
PORTLAND, Or., May lV-Three
Chinese, convicted of murder during
Portland's tong wars and serving
terms in the county jail, responded
Instantly today to a plea for sub
scriptions for victory bonds during a
tour of the county jail by a solicitor
Xee Guck subscribed $300, Wong
"Ven Teung came to the fore with
$100 and She Fong followed suit
with $50. Other inmates of the jail
who subscribed to the loan are:"X
G. Patterson $150 and Lloyd Hal
lam, $50.
HANSON WOULD
END RED FLAG
Seattle Mayor Favors Closing
I. W-Halls and Im
prisoning Leaders
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 1.
Mayor Ole Hanson, of Seattle, op
ponent of the I. W. W. and bolshe
vism, tonight addressed a.n appeal to
mayors of all cities In the United
States, urging the closing of all I.
W. W.. halls. Imprisonment of the
leaders and suppression of the red
flag. The appeal was contained In a
statement given out tonight.
. CHICAGO. May 1. The national
convention of the I. W. W. was to
be held here on May 5. Several days
ago there was a semi-official .an
nouncement that the convention
might be postponed, in order that
federal prisoners whose reliease was
expected about this time might be
present at the national assemblage.
No official announcement to this ef
fect was made public "however, and
acording to Information tonight the
convention will be held on the orig
inal date.
NO BINDING
3USRENDIKS
REINFOftCEO
STRAIN POINTS
EIGHT
comimvn
POCKETS
riyete
BUTTONS
fVU SWNCWG
'TSWIPOCKITS
TRIPLE
S WE 0 SEAMS
One Piece Creeper
Made with Dutch , neck, elbow
sleeves with turned back cuffs
and belt of contrasting material.
Convenient drop seat. Body,
buttons in -the back, panties on
the sides. Pearl button trim.
Ages 1, 2, 3, 4 $1.75
BULLETS IN
MOB CAUSE
ONE DEATH
Thirty Persons Seriously In
jured in Cleveland Wnen
Police Club and Trample
on Rioters. V
SOCIALISTS QUARTERS
ENTIRELY WRECKED
Disturbances Over Entire Na
tion Cause May Day
to Be Eventful
I CLEVELAND. Mav 1. An
uni-
dentified man was killed bv a dtw.
tlve's bullet, seven policemen were
shot or Hbadly beaten, about 100
Persons wounded, many seriously. In
general rioting which brought-a dra
matic finale this afternoon to a so
cialist May Day demonstration here.
About thirty persons, seriously in
jured, are in hospitals tonight while
scores of others, including women,
were trampled by rioters and clubbed
by police.
! Socialist headquarters were total
ly wrecked by angry, civilians bent
on putting aa end to the demonstra
tion. f -
! Socialists and sympathizers were
ridden down by mounted policemen
and by soldiers in army tanks and
trucks.
! The one fatality occurred when a
mob said to have been composed of
socialists or sympathizers rushed De
tective Woodring and other officers
Woodring declared he drew his re
volver to save bis own life aad fired
wounding the leader of the mob.
passing through the man's neck, kill
ing him Instantly. First reports said
the man was an onlooker.
, Sixty of the rioters were arroti
A score were found to have weapons
oa them, police say.
A mob of several hundred of the
rioters threatened police headquar
ters when C. Ruthenburg, socialist
leader and former socialist candidate
for mayor was arrested and for more
than an hour the entire downtown
section of the city was a seething
maw oi socialists, police, civilians
ana soiaiers, the later riding down
the rioters in army trucks aaA tnv
The trouble in the public square
started wnen Lieutenant H. H Ber
gen. who served with the 80th di
vision overseas, ttembanded that ..
efal soldiers among the socialists on
the platform, remove their uniforms
or tho red flags they wore on their
oreasts.
'" The soldiers refused and C E.
Ruthernberg scheduled as the prin
cipal (socialist Speaker, interceded
for the socialists
Lieutenant Bereen. fnllnwod
Lieutenant John Hardy, of Detroit.
iiwuntea me platform and tore the
insignia rrom the khaki uni
forms. The act was the signal for
a grana rusn by socialist sympathiz
ers. .Mounted police, who had rushed
away to other riot calls, dashed back
to the public square and rode down
the fighting mob. using their clubs
right and left. Several shots were
fired by socialist sympathizers. The
mounted police and several soldiers
manning an army tank and tn m
trucks, charged pell mell, dispersing
the mob.
Fresh rioting broke out tonight
during May Day celebrations adding
eight more to today's list of wound
ed: Police Lieutenant Meekr was
shot in the shoulder and a patrolman
severely cut when they charged a
crowd alleged radicals. Other offi
cers then dispersed the mob. Six
persons were injured, one seriously,
whea police, soldiers and civilians
charged another crowd.
PORTLAND, Or.. May 1. An ad
vertised "International Labor Day"
demonstration held today in a city
plaza, was attended by several hun
dred people and some fifty police of
ficers,' but failed to develop any ua
toward incident. Mayo- George L.
Baker went to the meting and list
ened to some of the speeches made,
but said that while It was apparen
that radicals were holding it. none
of them violated the Ittter of the
law by voice or act.
SCORE ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO. May 1. A score of ar
rests were made in the Mav n
-demonstrations of radicals in Chi
cago today. An all day rain and po
lice activity had the effect of
,ing any revolutionary fires that mav
nave been struggling for expression.
The day's developments were as fol
lows: Mounted policemea charged and
dispersed a crowd or socialists who
attempted to march to a hall. They
were allowed to hold a meeting.
Two policemen were attacked' by
members of a crowd outside a hall
where radicals were holding a meet
ing and a near riot resulted. Six
teen men and one woman were ar
rested. Red flags appeared on two clevat-
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Foitune Staggers
Ancient Newsboy;
He Gets Guardian
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1. Peter
Barth, 54, sold newspapers in the fi
nancial district for almost 40 years
but in all that time he never received
a market tip that resulted in any-
tuiug until ne was advised six weeks
ago to "get In" on a certain mining
stock.
Barth purchased-A4rOtr0 shares at
one eent a share. The next morning
nun.! an sewuLR--ior 3 cents a
snare. Barth mllans-i &nd uroo
o i4 at.'
en to a hospital. ,
Today a superior court udge de
clared Barth incompetent and a
guardian was appointed for hlm
Doctorxwere quoted as saying there
was no nope ror his recoverey.
COUNTY COURT
SHOWS POLICY
Letter Addressed to Mr. Kay
fnor to Meeting to
Be Held Today
That each .section of the county
must share equally the money to be
expenaed ror Marion county market
roads is the import of a leter which
me county court has addressed to
T. B. Kay, chair-man of the official
roads committee. Figures just pre
pares snow, according to the com
munication. mat schedules A and B
recently submitted give certain dis
tricts four times the amount that
otners would have. It is pointed
out that unless districts stay within
their quotas the amount 'needed for
the roads would be six percent of
the county's valuation.
The statement from the court Is
to be submitted this morning at a
meeting of the Marion County Mar
ket Roads committee. It is as fol
lows:
IV . . .. . -
uur leuer or April 30th re
questing, this court to state Its do-
sltion more fully in regard to the ap
parent Inequities of t-e plan pro
posed by your commjittee is at hand.
"Schedules A and B sent yon with
our rormer letter, while not intend
ed to be arbitrary, or absolutely ac
curate, indicate very clearly the
idea and positioa of this court.-to
the effect that as near aa possible,
ike burdens and benefits ought to be
distributed proportionately.
"The road program as outlined by
your committee and which you havA
requested us to adopt will require
an expenditure by Marion, county.
Oregon, of about two and a half mil
lion dollars. This is about six pr
cent of the county's assessed valu
ation. Two per cent of this yon pro
pose to be raised by boad issue and
the other four per cent is to be
raised by direct taxation. If every
taxpayer would share the benefit
of tne program equally, it would not
w so oaa, out there are many tax
payers wno win not onlv fail to nar.
ticipate in the benefits in any ap-
preriaDie aegree, hut are also prac
ucauy deprived from hoping for
anything In the way of direct bene
fits for a period of seven years in
xne ruture.
"For these reasons. It occurs to ns
that your program should 'aot only
De more ' equitable, but should be
capable of execution In a oeriod ron
siderably shorter than even years.
and at a total expense of consider
ably less than two and a half mil
lion dollars.
"In addition to the Pacific IBh
way, which is being paved by the
state, this county has approximately
one hundred miles vf main traveled
roads, that it Is practically Impos
sible to malntaia In any other man
ner than by hard surfacing. For
these one hundred miles of road,
hard surfacing Is the only thin to
ue considered. These hundred miles
estimated ax fifteen thousand dol
lars a mile, to include the road bed.
would cost approximately a million
ano a half of dollars. The other
nrty miles yon have recommended
for paving are in maay instances lo
cated In country that is step and
hilly and would reauire the exnend-
Itnre of an exorbitant amount for
reducing the same to a five per cent
grade, if the same were hard sur
faced. In other instance, your com
mittee has recommended roads that
nave comparatively little travel. If
tnese other fifty mile were thor
oughly graded np sa that thev are
well drained and if the grades there
on, are reduced to a rensoaable per
centage and if they are surfaced and
graveled, they could be placed In an
excellent condition for many years
to comte at an estimated expenditure
of approximately four thousand dol
lars a mile, including the trading.
This would In most instance fur-
'atah a grade on which paving might
oe laid in the future. These fifty
miles at that rate would cost ap
proximately twa hundred thousand
dollars, making a total expenditure
of approximately one million, seven
hundred thousand dollars, which 13
twice the amount of the proposed
bond issue. Of this amount, two per
cent of the valuation of all the prop
erty would be raised by the prooosed
bond issue and two per"cent by di
rect taxation. Instead of four per
cent, as in the program as outlined
by your comrryittee.
"We understand that in Linn
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I.W.W. HELD
RESPONSIBLE
FOR OUTRAGE
U. S. District Attorney Cline
Says Bomb Addressed to
Him Mast Have Come from
Wobblies.
THREE MORE INFERNAL
MACHINES INTERCEPTED
Officers Think They Have
Moped All That Were
Sent in Mails,
-tuuAjtj. May 1. AHho'uEh the
national headquarters bvvral rad
Icai organisations arein Chicago
uiieu ataiea District Attorney
Cline said tonighthe belieVed that
wmu directed against manv
Lof the nation's high officials and
prominent civilians was originated
in New -iork where all of the h; Is
sues in us rar were found mailed
Irank K. Nebeker. Salt Lake city
attorney, who was chief of the e:ov
eminent prosecution against' nearly
iuu 1. v. . leaders convicted here
last fall blamed the I. V. W. today
wnen told a bomb had been sent him
"If I was selected to receive one
or the bombs then the I. W. V. or
ganization is behind-it." he said.
ALL UKLIKYKI) STOPPED
WASHINGTON. May 1. Belief
was expressed by post office officials
tonight, that most, of not all o,f the
bombs mailed from New York as
part of an anarchist's May Day plot
fagainst the lives of the public men
bad been found.
Checking of reports showed Infer
nal machines addressed to Senator
Leee S. Ovrman, of North Carolina.
Senator William H. King, of Utah.
and Frank K. Nebeker, an attorney.
at salt Lake City. Utah; got through
during the past 24 hours.
The alertness of a postal clerk at
Salisbury, N. C, Senator Overman's
home. town, prevented the delivery
or the machine to the senator. The
motive was thought to be the fact
that as chairman of the senate corn-
activities and disloyal Propaganda
Senator Overman had won the enmi
ty of radical elements.
Precautions were taken In Wash-
ngton today to protect cabinet mem
bers and court officials from bomb
attacks. There were similar ore-
cautions in other cities and mean
while the entire postal service was
working and watching to pick up
stray infernal machines, lying about
like so many floating mines, but ap
parently dangerous only to those per
sons with curiosity enough to break
the seals.
Officials here were greatly re
lieved upon learning late today that
there was no foundation for reports
of the seizure of 14 bombs In post
offices along the Pacific coast.
TWO 'AUGHT AT SAIT LKR
SALT LAKE CITY, May 1. Two
packages bearing the labels of "Glni
bel Brothers. 32nd street and Broad
way. New York City" said to contain
infernal machines, were intercepted
by postoffice officials here today be
fore they could be placed in the
hands of those to whom they were
addressed: United States Senator
William II. King and Frank K. Nebe
ker. who as an assistant United
States attomev general, prosecuted
100 I. W. W. in Chicago last year.
The package addressed to Mr. Neb
eker had been delivered to his of
fice late this afternoon by a clerk.
A. few minutes later G. S. Chambers,
superintendent of mails in the local
postoffice. found a similar package
addressed to Senator King.
Acording to New York advices
two of the infernal machines are in
the mails enroute to Utah. One is
said to be addressed to Senator
Smoot and there is considerable
speculation for whom the other Is in
tended. Senator King has been particularly
bitter In several different speeches
against the I. W. V. and other radi
cals. Just what particular vengeance an
archistic plotters desire to wreck
upon Senator Smoot fs unknown.
During his public life, however, he
has taken a definite stand against
all elements of. lawlessness and or
ganizations that threatened the peace
and governmental structure of the
country.
Gompers' Condition Is
Said to Be Satisfactory
NEW YORK. Mav 1. Tonlehf.
bulletin from the bedside of Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, who was er-
lously injured Sunday when a sur
face car collided with a taxleab Id
which he was riding, announced bis
condition was satisfactory.
Translations of Finnish
Form Part of Evidence
PORTLAND. Or.. May 1. Trans
lations of articles that appeared in
the two Finnish publications, Toveri
and Toveritaar. published in Astoria,
whose publishers are on trial In fed
eral court on a charge of violating
the esploaage act. were submitted aa
evidence today by Assistant United
State Attorney Barnet Goldstein in
an attempt to show a studied pro
gram on the part of the defendants
to obstruct 'the drart. Numerous
files of the two paners datine a far
Lback as June 26. 1917. copies of
War. what for?" and other books
of socialistic character were pro
duced. DEBS HONORED
BY SHOP STRIKE
Thousands of Workmen Take
DayOff to Express
Radical Sentiments
DENVER-. Colo,. May lNearly
C000 workmen of he-Federate Rail
road Shopcrafts of Denver declared a
one-day strike today as a protest
against the "failureXof the govern-
ment to keep
Its faithfuL-pron
romises
that ample employmentwould be
furnished." and as demonstration in
behalf 6r Eiugeiieyv-Debs and other
radicals now -serrTnxprison sentenc
es. Only enongbrTiienwere , left in
thehop to assure that trains could
Lkeptrunnlng7
Arsrtuass meetinrof the men thla
afternoon resTut!ons were adopted
urging recognittbnof the Russian so
viet government, demanding the de
lease of Eugene V. Debs and other
radicals, declaring for a nation-wide
strike or an railroad employes In
case or return or the railroads to pri
vate management and demanding the
re-employment of all employes oMhe
Denver and Rio Grande railroad who
were recently laid orr under a re
trenchment policy. 1
FOUR STRIKES
ARE PROPOSED
IN NEW YORK
i. j
Mass Meeting in Madison
Square Garden Climax to
May Day Celebration .
ARMY OF POLICE OUT
Soldiers Mix With Crowds
Bolshevist Literature Torn
from Buildings
NEW YORK. May 1. The elimft
of the May Day celebration in New
York came tonight with a mass meet
ing at Madison Square Garden which
adopted resolutions advocating four
general strikes, three of five days
duration and a fourth of Indefinite
length, unless Thomas J. : Mooney
and Warren K. Hillings are released
from prison or granted new trials
before July 4. f
The meeting tonight was -the only
one of a dozen planned for today
which was not broken by soldiers
and sailors who demanded that the
American flag be displayed and "The
Star Spangled Banner" sung. Itwa
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 po
lice. An army of 1.318 police, under
command .of Chief Inspector Daly,
guarded all approaches to' the Gar
den and held at bay more than 1000
men in uniform recently returned
from France; - t
lled by a Scotch-Canadian soldier
and a bugler who repeatedly sounded
the assembly, the soldiers and sail
ors 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. Tbey were
reinforced by a strong provost guard.
Soldier Injared. ;
An American soldier wounded In
France, and on si:k leave from a
hospital in this city was knocked
down aad trampled on by a contin
gent of mounted police who charged
the crowd as he was walking off. He
was unconscious when car: led away
in an ambulance.
While the police and service men
were battling In the rain outside the
Jfooney meeting was proceeding.
Tne soldiers aad sailors bezan
their "anti-May Day" activities ear
ly In the afternoon and organized
a parade with more, than 500 men
in line. In their march they spied
what they termed "Bolshevist" post
ers pasted on the front of the build
ing occupied by the New York Call, a
socialist labor newspaper.
(Responding to orders of their
leaders, the soldiers charged the
building. They destroyed a large
quantity of socialist literature, stop
ping long enough to eject from doors
and windows a dozen employes of the
paper who were forced to run the
gauntlet between two lines or men
la uniform who rained blows on
them as they fled.
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' .
GERMANY AT
LAST JOINS
CONFERENCE
Eventful Day for Which the
World Ha Waited Since
November 11 Arrives
Forecast Probation Period.
SECRET SESSION IS
EXPECTED. TOMORROW
Handing Oyer of Treaty
Probably Due to Take
Place on Monday
PARIS. May 1. (By The Asso
ciated Press) Information coming
from French sources tonight is that '
a secret plenary session of the peace
conference probably will be held Sat- '
urday and the meeting with the Ger
mans fofhandipg over oT the peace
treaty wULbe held Monday efternoon.
CECIIIAV UK APPOIXTEIJ
IXJNDOOiay V 1. The Retiter
correspondent at Paris says it is ex
pected that Lord Robert Cecil will
be appointed British member or the '
organlzlngcommitteef the league
of nations jadat Germany will be
admitted to theOeague after a period
or probation ptobly one year.
...
FIFTEEN ALLOWED'"'''
"TPARlS May rhe German dele
gates to the peaeeongress will fcav
15 days In whicb consider, tlie
treaty and makeahfOunter propoiti.
als they desire It waslearned todays '
They may begin offering their sg-
gectlons at any timeuhut no day oti ;
grace will be given ibXjfc. Represen-"v ;
tatives of the allies. It w.k uted. 'V '
reerre me nj?ni to repiy ictany ot
at any time but the belief is ex-O-V
pressed that no more than five days
or a week would be required , for
closing the exchange of ideas.
, '. Eventful Day Arrive.
The peace congress at Versailles
has formally heron its sessions. The
eventful day which the world had
awaited since the signing of the
armistice on. November 11 last year.
has at last arrived.
The German peace delegates have
met the representatives of ihe allied . ,
and associated powers and across
the green baise table have carried
out the first preliminary which
probably will mean a return to
actual peace in the not far distant
future.
This preliminary was handlnr to
the representatives of the allied and
associated powers by the Germans
of their credentials, certifying their
right to act for Germany in accept
ing the peace treaty which iaer is to
be given them, outlining the terms
which he peace conference In Paris
has decreed Germany shall meet in
order to secure that peace and a
return of normal conditions which
Germany has professed she desires
so ardently.
Similar credentials of the allied
and associated representative then
were handed to the Germans.
" Scarceyr five minutes were taken
up with lhe procedure. The formal- -ity
of -addresses was entirely die-
pensed- with. Then when the brief
ceremony ended the Germans Im
mediately lert the Trianon hotel for
their place of residence.
TUg Three Absent.
" Preldent Wllon did not attend the
i unci ion. neuner aia m. llemen
ceau. French, premier, nor David '
Lloyd George, the British prime
minister, who were represented re
spectively by Jules Cambon and
Lord Hardinr. Henry White repre
sented the United States and Am
were unrepresented.
Baking Pan Looks
Good to Portland
Woman This Week
PORTLAND. May 1. Portland
housewives were called upon by the
local Grocers' and Merchants Asso
clatloa today to roll up their sleeves,
don kitchen aprons and do their own
baking, rather than pay an Increased
cost of the start of life decreed by
Portland bakers. '
'.Following the announcement of
wholesale bakers tn railing the price
of bread one cent a loaf, which raise
was passed along to the consumer by
the retailers, the rrocers and mer
chants voiced their protest tn resolu
tions, declaring the raise unjustifi
able and unnecessary.
Wholesale bakers 'denied taday
that the increase was ue to action
of their state organization or of an
agreement among themselves They
pointed out that the wares cf bake:s
have Just been increased 2i per cent
and claim that fata cost 23 per rent
ntore than two months ago and flour
15 per cent higher.