The Health and May Day-Pageant at Olinger Field Was a Credit to the Children and Teachers of Salem Schools
ENROLL TODAY!
WEATJJEJ2
, Enter your yard or garden
ia the City Beantifnl con
test. Remember: eve it
you lose, job win!
CJondy today; Probable
showers; Moderate tempera
tare. Max. temperature Wed
nesday 09; Mia. 43; RiTer
J; No rain; Fart dondy.
Wo Fes or Sways Us: No Fear ShcU Awe" T nrVttt
SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO 31
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, May 2, 1929
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High School 'Jym Jamboree'
is Climax of Colorful
Day In This City'
Effective Costumes Are Qne
Feature of Successful
May Pageant Here
Salem's own Health and May
Day pageant, "The Way to the
Land of Health," went oyer more
than tig, with approximately 6,
000 parents, townspeople and oth
er school children watching glee
fully and applauding freely as
group after gronp of "health but
toners" appeared on Olinger ath
letic field to do homage to Queen
Edith Moorhouse, queen of the
May, and to honor national health
day. I
This Is the first year the Salem
schools hare held a health day pa
geant independent of the rest of
the county, the two groups having
joined the. two previous years for
the spectacular honor roil parade,
In which marched all students in
the county who qualified in
health, scholarship and school at
titude for the honor roll button.
Cooperating for the vent were the
schools and the child health dem
onstration. Herald Announces
Opening Of Pageant
The success of the pageant, or
at least its presentation, began
-wTlh the announcement of Herald
Alan McAllister "Hear Ye. hear
ye, Our Queen approacheth," and
ended with Queen Edith and her
retinue vacating the throne after
the spirits of Health and May day
had frolicked with gay abandon
through seven other episodes de
picting the way to the land of
health. The weather, too, smiled
with the youngsters, adding its
approval to the pageant to health
and May. '
The arrival of the queen and
her attendances at the carefully
set and decorated throne consti
tuted the first episode to the land
of health and brought hearty
cheers for its loveliness. The
queen's party included: Flavla
Downs and Gwendolyn Hertzog,
attendants; Jerry Newton and Ro
bert Sweeney, pages; Stuart Bush,
Alva Rafferty and Aage Rohmer,
court jesters, rose bud girls from
Lincoln school; and two wander
ing children who watched the way
to health land from the foot of
the queen's tnrone.
Five Boys Give
Fresh Air Drill
A drill by five boys, representing
ing air, and featuring the unrol
ling of the huge banner "Fresh
aid, fresh air, every single day;
as we rest, as we work, as we
play," started the second episode
and paved the way for the ap
pearance of King Sun and his
merry crowd of sun beams. All
members of this episode were
from Highland school, and all
-wore costumes appropriately de
picting their contribution to
health.
A-walking bar of Ivory soap,
human toothbrush, band . brush,
bath towels and combs succeeded
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:'IS
SUCCESSFUL EVENT
Wednesday, May 1. was a ban
ner day for health and health pur
suits in the Salem schools, even
down to the climax-capping "Jym
Jamboree" sponsored by the Girls'
Letter clnb of the Salem high
ichool and held last night in the
school gymnasium. Between 600
' and 700 persons attended the jam
boree, the first annual public e
bibltfon of work of the high school
physical education department for
girls and the Letter club, girls'
athletic order.
The toy soldier tap dance and
the twin ponies clog dance were
the most heartily applauded num.
bers on the program, although er.
ery group was well received. Ec
pesially effective costuming was
used throughout the presentation.
Farts of the program, other than
those mentioned. Included tumbl
ing, pantomime and clog dance,
featuring Raggedy Ann and Rag
gedy Andy: Italian Tarantella
dance. Newsboy clog dance. Irish
Jig, and mix-up demonstrating the
regular gymnasium work.
Girls Band Opens
And Closes Program
The Salem high school S5-plece
girls' band, appearing is catchy
black and red uniforms, opened
and closed the program with group
selections, Prof. O. P. Thayer, dl
recting.
Officers of the Girls' Letter club
and others contributing to the suc
cess of the jamboree were: Delia
Carter, president; Claudine Gilles
pie, Tice-president: Gertrude Win
slow, secretary ; VelmiMay. treas
urer; Beryl Hulsey, sergeant-at-arms
and general chairman; Mrs.
Laverne Lapham and Mn. Grace
Wblgamott, advisors: jamboree
committee assisting Miss Hulsey,
Delia Carter, "Vivian Marrs, Vera
Wheeler and Melra DeBorfl; Wan
da McHargne. Lucille Kavanangh
and Beulah Cramer, wardrobe mis
tresses; Gertrude Winslow, and
Rickman, pianists. '
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These remarkable photoa- show
Capt. Roscoe Turner's plane with
motor rut off, floating to earth on
a parachute. The top picture shows
parachute opening after a drop of
200 feet. Lower, dropping grace
fully to the ground. Captain Tur
ner Is pictured at the upper left.
WEATHER III API
April was an unusually rainy
month with 19 of the 30 days see
ing considerable precipitation re
ported James MacManiman, offi
cial observor at the Lee Eyerly
Air Transport Co. offices here.
The precipitation for the month
was 3.99 inches. While this mark
is considerably above that of 2.68
inches " which is the average for
April, it does not reach the high
mark of April. 1928 when 5.21
inches of rain fell in 30 days. With
the exception of J896 the 1928
mark was the highest on record.
The maximum temperature for
the month was 74 degrees and the
minimum 28 degrees.
Tong War Again
On In Portland
Report Indicates
PORTLAND, Ore., ' May 2.
(Thursday) (AP) An unidenti
fied Chinese or Japanese was shot
to death in a street figftt tonight,
but the assailants, who fled, were
not captured. Police early this
morning were endeavoring to
identify the dead man. Three
shots were fired.
The shooting occurred between
Davis and Everett streets on
Fourth street, the Chinese quarter
of Portland. Police said early
this morning they were not cer
tain whether It waa a Tong war
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MOST
Junior Baseball League
Organization to be Made
Upon Olinger Field Today
Teams to contest for the honor
f representing Salem in the
American Legion Junior baseball
competition, a nation . wide pro
gram, will be organized at a meet
ing this afternoon at 4: SO o'clock
at Olinger field. The program is
being sponsored here by Capital
Post No. I. -
All local ball players nnder 17
years of age are asked to report
for this meeting, which will be
under the direction of Louis An
derson, athletie coach at the Sa
lem high school. Anderson will
supervise the Legion Junior base
ball In Salem. "Spec" Keene,
coach at Willamette university, is
district manager.
Temporarily, at least, the boys
desiring to play in the series of
PROHIBITION IS
A6AIN SUBJECT
Of HOTJEBATE
Smoke Screen Arouses Con
gressmen When Used By
City's Bootleggers
Representative LaGuardia,
Wet N. Y. Republican,
Makes Attack
WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP)
The smoke screen having again
appeared in the capital as the
medium by which suspected boot
leggers escaped pursuing police,
more than usual interest was at.
tached today to a long prohibition
discussion in the house in which
the smoke screen and President
Hoover's recent law enforcement
speech figured.
Police were guarding various
entrances into the district and
Private Henry Rlnke was recover
ing from near-blindness occasioned
ny smoae loosea irom a rum car,
which eluded him after a chase of
many blocks. The Intensity of the
situation in the current war be
tween police and rum-runners had
been Increased by two pistol bat
tles, one in nearby Maryland and
another in Virginia. One negro
was wounded.
Representative Miller, republi
can, Washington, proposed In a
bill that the stamp of "justifiable
homicide" be put on cases where
an officer kills a person in at
tempting to halt an automobile
from which a smoke screen was
being projected.
Representative LaGuardia, re-
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rauifsTSWeoDD
IS HfEITS CLAIM
Cherry Prices Not Yet Fixed
Announcements In This
City Indicate
Claude McKinney, well known
fruit buyer of Salem, has been en
gaged to contract for and pur
chase fruit in the Salem district,
for the Ray-Maling and Ray
Brown canneries at Hillsboro and
Woodburn.
Mr. McKinney says there are no
fixed prices for cherries here yet,
but he expects to pay the market
prices for this fruit, and other
fruits.
He reports a better feeling than
for some time among the grow
ers; a more hopeful attitude; ev
en Including the prune men.
Some shadows are cast over the
prospects for a bumper cherry
and prune crops by growers who
are reporting that they are alarm
ed over the fact that the blos
soms are not holding on that,
they are dropping quicker after
full bloom than usual, according
to Robert Paulus, canneryman and
fruit broker.
This may not mean anything se
rious. It will not be known for
a couple of weeks yet The fact
is that in the Liberty and Rose
dale hill districts the prune trees
are not in full bloom yet. Blos
som day out that way would have
been better had it been set for
next Sunday. In some lower al
titude districts, however, prune
blooming time Is over, and it is
about past in the Dallas district.
Mr. Paulus says he has heard of
no fixed cherry prices. There is
a considerable contracting for the
canning types, however, and the
contracts usually mention the go
ing market prices.
Seven Killed In
Latest Tornado
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 1.
(AP) The Brinkley correspon
dent of the Arkansas Gasette re
ported tonight that seven persons
were known dead and probably
more than 20 injured in the tor
nado at Wheatley. The dead were
a Mrs. Edwards and her two
children, three unidentified white
persons and an unidentified ne
gro.
games to determine the Salem
champion, will be divided more or
less arbitrarily Into teams. Ander
son explained Wednesday, and
the team which will represent this
city will be selected by May 20.
There are IS American Legion
posts In the districts over which
Keene has supervision, and each
is expected to sponsor a local ser
ies of games to pick a team which
will represent that post In the dis
trict competition. The district
championship win be decided In
June.
Capital Post No. 9 wiU furnish
balls tor the games to be played
here, and will also provide trans
portation In case the Salem cham
pion team is required to make
any trips for district games.
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Mrs. irginia Karon, new state li
brarian, who is busy with the work
of carrying on the many activities
of the state library service.
Tin Cans on
Highways Get
Court's Goat
ComDlaintR about fh nraotlA
of throwing tin cans on highways
near baiem was maae .Wednesday
to the county court which was in
formed that the uleht of tin cans
along the highway was highly of
fensive and that the practice of
DUttinr them on th maris waa
contrary to law. To this the court
agreed, one member going so far
as to state that he would, rather
see a dead horse left along side
the road than to view tin cans left
there by careless citizens.
The court said it was not with
in its nrovince to natrol the maris
and see that no cans were thrown
thereon but the members did Bay
that ther would like to make an
example of the first person found
tnrowmg cans on the highway.
It was pointed out that a large
incinerator ia maintain! hv th a
city on 25th street where citizens
mar take tneir re ruse and have it
disposed of withont cost.
Wednesday
in
Washington
By the Associated Press
President Hoover dismissed
from office U. S. District Attor
ney William A. Degroot of New
York.
May Day was described bv
Secretary Davia as a "day of
rejoicing for American labor."
The senate defeated Senator
Heflin's resolution to condemn
an attack upon him at Brock
ton, Mass., by a vote of 70 to 14.
Representative Tilson, repub
lican leader, told the house that
the tariff bill would be intro
duced Friday or Saturday.
SALEM HEIGHTS TO
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Salem Heights will have a new,
modern school house, taxpayers of
that district voted more than two
to one at a meeting held last night
at the schoolhouse for that pur
pose. Final vote was It to 24, the
entire election running smoothly
and with no friction whatever.
The citizens of the district south
of town also voted, unanimously,
to build the new structure on the
site of the present building and
authorized the board to dispose of
the old school house. The old
building Is a two-story, four-room
frame structure and has been In
use for about 20 years. While ten
tative plans have been drawn for
the new schoolhouse, It has not
been definitely decided whether it
win be a four or five room build
ing, however it will be of concrete.
It Is planned to have the new
schoolhouse In use by next fall.
Dr. D. D. Craig is chairman of the
school board, directors being
Frank Erickson and Charles Rat
cliff. Howard Zinser ls clerk.
Rumors About
Barcelona iRfot
Said All Wrong
LONDON; May 1. (AP) A
telephone message from Barcelona
to . the . Associated Press tonight
said that nothing abnormal oc
curred In that city today. Rumors
ot disturbances in eonnecUon with
a revolutionary plot were declared
to be unfounded. '
Reports from the Franco-Spanish
frontier stated that two bombs
had been exploded on a bridge
connecting Barcelona with Bada-
Jona. These reports, however, in
dicated that the explosions were
an isolated Instance and that "The
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HAVE
NEW
city as a whole was peaceful.
INQUEST ROILS
HIGHER UPS IN
GANG SCANDAL
Chicago Police Official Put
on Grill by Coroner's
Investigating Jury
William C. Freeman Denies
Furnishing Machine Guns
For Big Murders
CHICAGO. May 1. (AP)
The coroner's Investigation of
Chicago's St. Valentine day gang
massacre, which has shown prom
ise of rattling the skeleton in
more than one official closet,
brought a denial today from a
suburban chief of police that he
had aided gangsters In procuring
macnine guns.
William C. Freeman, chief of
police at Evanston, wealthy and
fashionable suburb, appeared be
fore the coroner's jury to contra
dict reports that he had assisted
in providing machine guns to
gangsters.
He was questioned and partici
pated in the examination of oth
er witnesses In the offices of Cor
oner Herman N. Bundesen. He
wanted it made clear he had noth
ing to do with the trafficking of
weapons such as those used to kill
the seven men in the North Clark
street garage.
Dealer In Firearms
Comes To Rescue
Frank V. Thompson, admitted
buyer and seller of guns who said
he could not recall the names of
his customers, gave the police
chief a clean bill of health.
"Did I ever recommend you di
rectly or Indirectly to Peter Von
Frantzius as a purchaser of guns"
asked Chief Freeman.
Von Frantzius is a sporting
goods dealer who also sells ma
chine guns on the near north side
not far from the scene of the
massacre.
"Never," replied Thompson,
"the statements in the papers that
you did made me as sore as they
did you. Billy."
But Von Frantzius remembered
otherwise. Brought before Dr.
Bundesen, Thompson, Freeman
and representatives of the state's
attorney's office, he insisted
Thompson had represented him
self as recommended by Chief of
Police Freeman.
"Ridiculous," was Thompson's
angry repudiation.
Chief Freeman said he had
known Thompson when the latter
was a conductor for the Illinois
Central railroad.
The only two men Indicted in
connection with the massacre.
John Scalise and "Machine Gun"
Jack McGurn, were admitted to
bail today. The court Bet their
bond at $50,000. The defense at
torneys declared they wanted to
go to trial, the men having been
in jail two months, but the state
was not ready.
LONDON, Ont., May 1. (AP)
One man is dead, another is in a
hospital with a bullet wound in
his leg and Dilmar McClennan,
Detroit policeman, la being held
as a material witness as a result
of a holdup by three bandits on
the provincial highway near here
early today. A third bandit es
caped. The dead man was identified as
Robert Schacht, 20. The wound
ed man is Leo Desroche, 19.
McClennan was driving near
the city, when he said a car ov
ertook him and forced his coupe
to the side of the road.
When he started to get out, one
of the three men in the car ahead
jumped out and flourished a re
volver in his face, ordering bim
to-"hand it all over."
McClennan said he put his hand
In his pocket as if to get his
money, but brought out instead
his revolver and shot Schacht in
the stomach, killing him. Then
he blazed away at the bandit car,
hitting the driver just above the
knee. The third bandit drove
away.
Commercial And
Sporting Forces
Clash Over Fish
THE DALLES, Ore., May 1.
(AP) A flareup of the war be
tween commercial fishing Interests
and Wasco county sportsmen
marked the opening of th com
mercial fishing season on the Co
lumbia river here today.-
Two alleged employes of W. C.
Downs, oirner ot property near Ce
lUo Falls, are charged In a Justice
court warrant with attacking and
administering a Seating to W. H.
Gillespie and C. H. Kean, two The
DaUes boys.
The youths were fishing on gov
ernment property below the Celflo
canal when they were assaulted by
Frank Issel and H. Issel. The Dal
les rod and gun! club has aligned
itself with the two boys and have
promised financial aid to fight the
ease if necessary.
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HURT III BANDIT MID
Five of Carnival
Games Forced to
Cease Operations
Police Order Booths Closed; Officials of Asso-
ciated Charities and City Declare They
Were Misinformed by Showmen
IN response to orders from Chief Frank Minto of the Salem
police, five "games" at the carnival on Church street
were closed down Wednesday. Minto notified the carnival
management that these attractions were forbidden by city
ordinance. That night they were lighted up as usual, but the
operators were sitting out in front and making no effort to
attract customers.
These "games" were for the most part booths in which
gaudy dolls, blankets or other merchandise were offered as
prizes, their winning depending wholly or m part upon
Oscar and
Fl
orence
Now Happy
Florence from Florida is a baby
alligator, the mascot for Queen
Georgia Fairbanks, ruler of Wil
lamette university's annual May
festival. Florence is living In a
wash tub full of water on the Wil
lamette campus. She will be at
home to biology classes from
three to four.
The weather so far has been
greatly to Florence's liking and
she is glad that she came from
the land of grapefruit and alligat
ors to be mascot for Queen
Georgia during the festival.
. Miss Fairbanks Is a senior and
has lived in Oregon four years but
her home is in Jacksonville, Flor
ida, and that is why the baby al
ligator is here.
But Oregon Is Queen Georgia's
adopted state and so Oscar of
Oregon has arrived on the cam
pus. Oscar Is -a true webfoot, a
white duck with a deep throaty
quack. He has a very inquiring
disposition and has already shown
inclination to Investigate every
part of the campus, but has a de
cided preference tor the mill
stream.
Oscar Is a great swimmer and
says he can swim faster, dire deep
er, and make a better all around
showing in water sports than
Florence. Furthermore, he can
hold his own in the mascot busi
ness against any Florida alligator.
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PORTLAND, May 1 (AP)
In a special dispatch from Wash
ington, D. C, the Oregonian will
say tomorrow that connection of
western and eastern Oregon by
rail through the central part of
the state was opposed at the cap
ital today by briefs submitted to
the Interstate commerce commis
sion.by the Southern Pacific and
Unidn. Pacific companies.
Exceptions are taken to the re
port of Frank McManamy.
The proposed road would con
nect the Natron Cut-off of the
Southern Pacific at a point near
Crescent Lake with the present
extension of the O. W. R. & N.
to Crane, In Harney county, a dis
tance of 185 miles.
Objections to Commissioner
McManamy's report which became
record March 11. follows three
principal channels:
1. The Interstate commerce act
does not contemplate enpowerment
of the commission with authority
to require construction of a pro
ject of such magnitude in new ter
ritory. 2. If congress had intended the
act to cover this case It would be
In violation of the amendment to
the constitution which prohibits
taking of property without due
process of law.
3. Testimony In the case does
not establish the fact that public
convenience and necessity requires
the proposed construction.
Mass Meeting
Staged In N. Y.
In Heavy Rain
NEW YORK, May 1 (AP)
New York's celebration of May
Day centered la a parade and la
ter a mass meeting that packed
Madison Square Garden. The en
tire celebration, carried on In a
drizzling rain, -was quiet and or
derly. Diamond Found in
Can of Salmon is
Report of Woman
ASHTABTJL4, O., May 1.
(AP) Whe Mrs. Frank
English opened a eaa of sal-'
saoa aatd damped the con
testa la to s plate, she heard
something rattle like a peb
ble and, searching it ont, she -foud
it waa a diamond. A
jeweler appraised the stone
today at f 175.
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chance, the chief claimed.
Officers of the Associated
Charities, which is nominally
sponsoring the carnival, de
clared Wednesday that they had
understood before it opened that
these games would not be includ
ed and that the only attractions
would be rides of various kinds
and refreshments stand.
Members of the city council
also said they had not understood
rhat these games were to be in
eluded when they granted the car
nival a permit, license free, and
the use of the street on the con
sideration that a share of the pro
ceeds go to charity. They de
clared that they would be opposed
to granting similar permits in the
future.
Two shows in addition to the
rides and the refreshments stand
were still operating Wednesday
night; one a tent labeled "Jungle
land" in which a dog with abnor
mal feet, one of them advertised
as resembling a human hand, was
the principal attraction.
The other was an "athletic
arena" before which two wrestlers
announced to the world that any
man who could last ten minutes
on the mat against them, would
draw an attractive prize. In the
first bout held, the "house"
wrestler, Brentano, failed to
throw the "challenger," Lambert,
in the required time. The tent
was liberally patronized by children.
M WONDERS
OF
CHEMISTRY STATED
Cost of Calcium Salt Is Cut
From $150 to 50 Cents
Per Pound, Word
COLUMBUS, O., May 1 (AP)
Discovery by the United States
department of agriculture of a
means to make one ot the calcium
salts, reducing the cost of manu
facture from around $150 a pound
to 60 cents was disclosed at the
American Chemical society con
vention today.
Calcium salts are among the e-1
sential remedies in medicine and !
are used as ingredients of many j
industries, in some forms they
are commonplace and cheap. But
one of them, taken from gluconic
acid, has never been available be
cause of the great expense of mak
ing this acid. The department
now has found how to produce the
acid cheaply, and that there are
surprising differences in some of
the effects of its hitherto inacces
sible salt, as compared with those
in common use. The discoveries
were made by Horace T. Merrick
and Orville E. May, of the color
and farm waste section of the
bureau of chemistry and soils.
The newly developed salt, Mr.
Herrick said, 1 sthe only one
which cannot cause abscess when
Injects dinto the veins.
Wtih a bid of 1 32.82 A. S.
Slewert won the award for con
struction of the new P. E. P.
warehouse on North Liberty
street, W. M. Hamilton, manager
of the company, announced Wed
nesday. Two other local bidders
came in a close second, Barham
Bros, submitting a bid of $33,500
while Erixom and Engstrom bid
$17,174. The plumbing contract
went to J.. Bernardl with a price
ot $5015 while T. M. Barr came
second with a price ot $5400.
The new warehouse will be
erected on North Liberty Street.
Plans originally drawn were some
what modified to keep the costs
within the appropriation original
ly allowed by the company.
Brilliant Federal
Attack Reported
NAVOJOA, Bonora, May 1.
(AP) It was a brilliant federal
cavalry pursuit that shattered the
rebel forces in Sonora. This 'be
came evident today as reports
showed a prisoner list ot 1,000
with groups ot varying size sur
rendering along the 50 mile
stretch ' between the Mayo and
Yaqui rivers.
HMCT LET FOB
P. E. P. WAREHOUSE
BERLIN STREET
RIOT FATAL TO
EIGHTPERSOflS
Melody ; of "Internationale"
Heard on Many Streets
in Many Nations
May Day Disorders Reported
From Various Sections;
Russians Celebrate
By The Associated Pres
Eight dead. 78 seriously in
jured. 600 arrests in Berlin.
Several dead and "many" hurt
in Kovno.
Mob dispersed from American
embassy. Mexico City. Hungary's
principal cities "armed camps."
More than 3,200 arrests ia
Paris.
Communism parading the So
viet armed forces In Moscow.
Above concisely are the out
standing events marking the cele
oration of May day. 1929. Offset
ting them, however, came reports
from Brussels of quiet parades,
more sparsely attended than any
in ten years, from rural France
depicting outdoor oratory but no
violence and from southeastern
Europe, South America and Cen
tral America recording exception
al quiet.
'"Internationale" Sang
Upon Many Streets
The melody of the "Interna
tionale" was heard in almost ev
ery sizable city of Eprope yester
day when socialists, communists.
and working men s organizations
generally observed May day.
But in Moscow the tune domin
ated all other sounds as the mil
itary forces of the Soviet union
converged on the Kremlin with
bands blaring, airplanes roaring
overhead and guns booming. For
eign military attaches were.for
the first time, given opportunity
to review the assembling ot the
armed forces of Russia. In addi
tion to the regular infantry, cav
alry and artillery, they saw con
tingents of women soldiers clad
in shiny leather uniforms and
carrying the latest in military
equipment as, with martial tread,
they entered the great square.
Minor Classes Are
Reported Elsewhere
Clashes were numerous In some
of the other countries but no ser
ious outbreaks occurred. Reports
of a revolutionary plot in Barce
lona, Spain, were denied.
Austria, and especially Vienna
which is under the control of so
cial democrats; turned the day in
to a picnic with vendors of hot
dogs and cold heer doing a large
business.
Trotzky And Stalin
Factions In Clash
There was a fight at Antwerp
between adherents of Leon Trots
ky and Joseph Stalin, communist
rivals. In other Belgian cities the
"Reds" contented themselves with
passing resolutions.
Paris police used preventive"
measures to such an extent thai
3287 persons were taken ir.to
temporary custody there. All par
ades were quickly Stopped. Most
of the French factory workers re
mained away from their places of
employment.
Rain caused the postponement
until Sunday o f the Swedish
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WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP)
The dispute between Senator
Cope land, democrat. New York,
and the board of temperance, pro
hibition and public morals ot the
Methodist Episcopal church, aver
what the sepator recently de
scribed as "improper activity by
the board was Joined today by Pat
ric J. Ward, director of the bu
reau pf publicity and Information
of the national Catholic warfare
conference. '
Mr. Ward said In a statement
that Dr. Clarence True Wilson ot
the Methodist board in replying to .
Copeland had declared that the -"Catholic
chnrch has long bad a
headquarters here from which they
have bo hesitancy In conferring
with senators and other govern--ment
officials.
"In this statement." Ward con.
tinned, "he (Dr. Wilson) wishes
to draw a parallel between the ac
tivities of the Methodist board and
those of the national Catholic wel
fare conference.
"There is no similarity between
these two organizations. The Meth
odist board of temperance and
public morals Is In party politics.
It supports or opposes candidates
for public office according to their
acceptability or. non-acceptability
to the Methodist church. Its pur
pose is political. , !
. "The Catholic church and tha
Catholic body In the United States
have no . political platform. Tha ,
national Catholic welfare confer,
ence Is not organized for any po
litcial purpose. - It does not align -itself
with any political party In
return for party favors or support
and it has never sought the defeat
of any political candidate because ;
of his stand or any particular .
piece of legislation. y
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