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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tub The Weather Maximum yesterday 00 Minimum todiiy 40 Predictions Fair. Fiftieth Year. Daily Fifteenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AY 1, 1020. NO. 35 3TJNE OS PARIS MAY DAY ROTS Paris Mob of 7000 Fired on by Re publican Guards and Many Wound ed 2 Socialist Members Chamber of Deputies Injured in Clash With Police Disorders in England, But R. R. Demonstration Fizzle. PARIS, May 1. (By the Asso ciated Press) Two persons were killed and about fifty others wounded. most of them slightly, in a series of small riots this afternoon in the east ern part of the city. PARIS, May 1. By the Asso ciated Press) Two socialist mem bers of the chamber of deputies SI. Arnillunt-Couturier and Alexandre II. Bluno were injured in a clash with the police this afternoon near the Place do la Republiquc. PARIS. May 1. (By the Asso ciated Press) A clash between re publican guards, police and 7000 May day manifestants occurred at three o'clock this afternoon on the boule vards of the St. Martin quarter. Two shots were fired during the melee and several persons are reported wound ed. The disturbance was the first ac tive disorder of the day. It was brought on by the presence of stu dents from tho .schools who acted us drivers on tho auto busses, replac ing the striking drivers. LONDON, May 1 Eight million workers are estimated to have par ticipated in Great Britain's observ ance of Mav day by taking tho day off, parading and speech making, but there were no interruptions to the nation's essential public services, probably partially due to the fact tlflnt Saturday! is normally a half holiday. It. It. Strike a Fiasco. The move to impedo railway traf fic through the "work to the rules" policy proclaimed by tho London suit. Liverpool ruilwaymcn s locals proved ti fiasco. An overall wearing campaign was started similar to that in tho United States. In London several thousands pa raded through tho West End to Ilvdc Park headed by a contingent of foi mer service men. They swarmed about twclvo platforms from which 72 speakers appealed for better work ing conditions, enthusiastically hailed the successes of Iho Russian soviet government and declared their ab horrence nt the "atrocities com mitted bv the capitalist governments." LONDON, April 30. Sinn Fein sympathizers and opponents engaged in "a street fight before Wormwood Sembbs prison tonight, and mounted police had to charge on the crowd before it would disperse. Stones and clods of earth were hurled and seve ral persons were severely injured. Disorderly scenes occur almost nightly in the neighborhood. Announcement was made tonight that threo more hunger strikers hud been relcnsed. ' One feature of tonight's demon stration was tho appearance of "tin" helmets worn bv a large part of the Irishmen engaged in keeping order. SPOKANE, May 1. A strike of thirty-eight cooks and waiters at one local restaurant and twelve coopers at a cooperage establishment of this city apparently comprised the extent of industrial 'walkouts hero todav. I EA1 AUTHORITIES CAN'T LOCATE EVIDENCE LOS ANGELES. Cut.. Mav 1. The failure of a searching party to find the body of Nina Lee Deloney, niuv. according to the district nttornev, delay further proceedings against Wnlter Andrew Watson, alleged biga mist ond murderer. Watson, in a statement made Thursday night, was alleged to have told of a score of marriages and of the subsequent murders of four of the women lie had wed. Mrs. Deloney was one of the murdered ones, he said, and gave explicit directions for ' finding her grave, on a sandv hillside in the eastern edge of San Diego county, pear the Imperial county line, BELIEVE WATSON SOLD SEVERAL OF HIS WIVES SALEM. Ore.. Mav 1. Au- tliorities at Los Angeles are now working on tho theory that James P. Watson, alias -Iluirt, has sold several of his wives into slavery beyond the Mexican line. Word to this effect is contained in a letter received this niorn- in 1, f'hmf nf 11.. .1 T Welsh from Sheriff Clino of Los Angeles wherei nthe sheriff re- nnpsla fnrthpr nvnilnhln infnr- n.Jlttnn liorA thnt wmiM innA in show tho Mexican connection with the strange disappearance of several of Watson's wives. U. S. AUTO SALES IN FRANCE ML BE WIPED OUT PARIS, Mav 1. Dealers in Ameri can automobiles believe their business in France will be completely wiped out bv tho governmental decree is sued Wednesday forbidding inipor tntion for an indefinite time of all chassis weighing less than 2f00 kilo grams (5500 pounds). Under the ruling of tho government only the heaviest of trucks can be admitted to France from foreign countries. Nearly nil the American automo bile firms have branches horo and managers say nothing remains ap parently but to close up shop. M. Isaacs, minister of commerce says the government acted not espec ially for tho purpose of protecting French eoiuincrco and industry, but. with a view to improving tho financial situation.. GO ON RENT STRIKE C.'rCACiO. May 1. Thousands of families in Chicago went on a "rent strike" today and refused to vacato their apartments in accordance with May day moving orders, II. S. Stand ish, president of the Chicago Tenant's Protective league asserted. Mr. Stnndi'sh predicted that 10,000 j. i.. i.i -ii'.. ,'f i .t i i icuiiuis woum (icl.v ciioris OL 1UUU- lords. to evict them. Sonic of the disputes would be set tled bv arbitration, Mr. Standish said, but others would be carried into court for jury trials. LEVER ACT HELD TO BE BUFFALO, N. Y.. May 1 In n decision handed down in United States court today by Judge John R Hazel in alleged profiteering cases. the Lever food control act provision against "uniust and unreasonable charges'' is held to he constitutional. DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN MONTANA PASSES AWAY HELENA, Mont., May 1. Jacob M. Kennedy, SO, democratic party leader in Montana for many years. died suddenly at his apartments hero this morning following an illness of a few days. L; L. A. After Watson finished his state ment. District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine with a party pf investi gators, went to the spot he had indi cated, but a scorch of several hours foiled to disclose the location of the womnn's body. In order to bring a successful charge of murder against the man, Mr. Woolwine said, it is necessary to find the bodv, to com plete the needed proof. Mrs. Deloney was the only one of the women al leged to have been killed in Los Ange les county, hence the murder pro ceedings arc at n standstill until this poiut is cleared, U.S. MAY DAY RIOTS FAIL 01 0 Aside From Sporadic Walk Outs and Orderly Demonstrations Mav First Is Quiet in United States Authori ties Keep Close Watch of Radical Leaders Assistant Attorney Gen eral Declares I. W. W.'s Were Scared Out. CHICAGO, Mav 1 Despite prcdic- -rtions of widc-sprend violence in con nection with tho celebration of in ternational labor dav bv socialists and others, no trouble hud developed in tho central states or Fur West up to early afternoon. WASHINGTON, May 1 Fore warned by the department of justice those responsible for the maintenance of order in every city and industrial center wero prepared todav to act at the first sign of any disorder insti gated bv radical elements. While re ports continued to arrive that com munist agitators wero still do'--in their power to arouse the workers to a "May day show of power," early today no instance o violence had come from any source. Assistant Attorney General Gar van expressed tho opinion that the precautions taken had materially dampened the ardor of the radical lenders. Mr. Gnrvnn declared nn "amazing" amount of money had been spent by the communist labor purty in the dis tribution of propngunda and in prep arations for demonstrations. The money hud been traced, he asserted, to Amsterdam, where it had been sent from Russia. ...... EVERETT. Wash., May 1 Long shoremen and moulders unions are out here on a May day striko and a labor meeting in city park is an nounced for" this afternoon. An "American day" parade also is sched uled for this afternoon to be par ticipated in by patriotic organizations. Governor Hurt will address the pu- ders. SPOKANE. May 1. A letter sign ed with a skull and cross-bones and 'the committee," was received today bv City Detective T. F. Mitchell, who has testified in many parts of the state in eases against alleged Indus trial Workers of the World. It is headed "May dav warning, and reads: "I give you fair warning. Don't mukc nnv more wob trips. You aro wiso and better lay off, for we got your number." Detective Mitchell said he expected to go to Pasco and Walla Walla next week to testify in I. W. W. cases. PHI LADELP1 IIA, May 1. More than 000 carpenters and joiners at tho New York shipyards, Camden and 150 carpenters at the Pusev and Jones yard, Gloucester, N. J., struck today for more wages. About 300 car penters are reported out at Cramps shipyard. Structural iron workers are re ported to have struck in various parts of the city in sympathy with carpenters who are asking for a wage increase. BUTTE, Mont., Mav 1. Mav dav strikes proposed by tho I. W. W. in Butte did not develop in Montana us fur as con be learned here. No unions went out in Butte todav and John Gillie, general manager of mines of the Anaconda Copper Mining com piiny, reported thnt the men were working us usual in the company's big smelting plants at Anaconda and Great Fulls. Itcd Flag Hauled Down CHICAGO. Mav 1. Police were colled to a schoolhouse in the thickly populated West Side ghetto early this morning when it was discovered Unit a red flag had been raised above the building during the night. Lieutenant John Dixon, nn ex- soldier, clainibcd the eighty-foot pule and cut down the banner, which bore the" legend, inscribed in yellow chalk "hurrah for the soviet. Death for capitalists." Russian workers gathered curly in the dav nt Humboldt park for an open air meeting. There was no dis order. Strike In Toronto TORONTO, May 1. Twelve thous and coul miners in the Sydney, Nova Scotia district went on a Mnv day strike todav as a protest against im- (Continued on Page Six). NEW JERSEY. RECOfflT IS OFFICIAlii ORDEREI TO START ON MAY 10 NEWARK, N. J., Mav. 1. Chief Justico William S. Gtuii- mere of the supreme court todav signed an order for a recount of the vote cast in hist Tuesday's presidential preferential primary for Senator Johnson nnd Major General Wood. The recount will be for the entire stnte nnd will begin Mav 10 in Essex, Morris, Camden, Gloucester nnd Capo May coun- ties where the supporters of Senator Johnson allege that mis takes were mad in voto tahn- lations. Cattle Growers Claim Funds Are Given Contractors and Auto Manu facturers and Withheld From Basic Industry Auto Men Protest on Same Grounds. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Mnv. 1. As sertion that ithe tenth federal re serve bank has made loans to "non essential industries" until iunds are not available to cattle growers is con tained in a resolution sent the gov ernor of the federal reserve ban! yesterday following a conference here of livestock interests, it became known today. "Contractors and others engaged in public and private construction ot such high cost as to bo ruinous," savs the resolution, "are not only securing credit, but are at the same time pav ing such high prices for labor that they nre taking nwav from the farm necessary help. Many other non-essential industries, quito , noticeably tho nutoinobilo industry, nre being successfully finnncedvpossbly by prc arrangemcnt." The resolution names "wild cat oil land development" ns another "non essential" industry thnt has been able to obtain funds while the livestock men have not. NEW YORK. May 1 Drastic liquidation of securities nnd commo dities during tho week again wps primarily traceable to world-wide scarcity of capital, as attested by further credit contraction nt hoirn und abroad. The petition of the government for a re-opening of the United States Steel case, the Mexican situation and the proposed heavy tax on war prof its wero foremost among .develop ments which expressed the market's frequent moods for pessimism. Foreign state hanks took their cue from the British nnd French institu tions in advancing discounts nnd in the domestic field the strain extended to privuto bunks in various sections of tho country. Western manufacturers of automo biles nnd accessories entered a vigor ous protest against the refusal of hanks to advance funds fo'r the pro motion of their business. Trade conditions continued funda mentally sound hut the railroad strko again materially reduced production in many leading lines. Bankers continued to elaborate on the increasing need of conservative finnncing nnd numerous projects and enterprises encountered unexpected opposition or delay. WASHINGTON D.C. RAISES CRY OF THE RED FLAG WASHINGTON, May 1. The Association of Harvard Clubs, in annual convention here, pa- raded through the streets todav flying the Harvard crimson at the head of its motor train. Immediately the department of justice nnd police hcadqtuir- ters were deluged with telephone reports of a "red" Mav Wnv parade in the heart of the na- t i on ii I capital. LIVESTOCK IN OPPOSE ACTION RESERVE BANKS IS REPORTED IN REVOLT Commander Juarez Garrison Flees Across International Line Garri son Goes Over to Sonora Revolu tion Without Blow Beinq Struck Is Report Two Mexicans Buylnq Arms for Sonora Are Arrested in St. Louis. Eh PASO, Texas, May 1. That Colonel Atigustln Mora, commander of tho Juarez garrison, who hurried ly crossed the intornutional lino horo shortly after midnight, Is fleeing Juarez because of anticipated revolt in that city, was the claim today In antl-Currnnzn circles hero. EL, PASO, Tcxns, Jlay 1. Tt was announced Mora had beon called to Moxlco Qily by tho lllnoas of his wifo. Other roports, however, said Sonora Mora was In Chihuahua City. Previ ous roports that Colonel Mora and J. Gonznlo Kscobar, Juarez district com mander, were divided on the quostion of rovolt wore donicd In Juarez. These rumors said Kscobar favored rebellion while Mora was determined to remain loyal. ltcvolt Is Peaceful iilj PASO, Texas, May 1. Reports this afternoon were that the Juarez garrison and General J. Gonzalo Ks cobar had peacefully joined the revo lution. Juarez officials, iiRkcd about the reports, said: "Wo do not know." General Kscobar could not bo reach ed. ST LOUIS, May 1. Two Mexicans who wero undor arrest here on sus picion ot having attempted to. pur chase) arms for tho nntl-Carrunzn forces, woro released this afternoon on orders from tho department of juatice. Cai'i-anzn Condemned WASHINGTON, May 1. Attacks on members of Catholic orders In Moxlco (luring tho Carrnnza rebellion and the looting ot schools, hospitals, churches nnd other establishments undor their control wero descrlbod before tho Mexican Investigating commlttoo today by Monslgnor Fran cis C. Kelly, prosldont of the Catholic Extension socloty of tho United Stales. Conditions been mo so bad, he said that a general exodus of Catholic or ders from Mexico occurred. Womon frequently woro outrageously abused, tho witness declared. Carranza soldiers ns well as ban dits participated in tho looting of schools, churches and other Institu tions, Jlonslgnor Kelly declared. Ono of tho chlof causes of presont and paBt Mexican disorganization, Mr. Kolly said, "was tho donlnl to tho peoplo of rollgloiis liberty and freedom of conscience." Ilo assorted that whllo tho Mnx lcan peoplo loved tho church tho pol iticians have always hated and feared it for Its educational work and Us hold on the affections of tho pooplo. 5 KILLED, 24 T BY BKATTLE, Mny 1. John Dnhl- strom, who was fatally Injured last night when a logging train of tho North Dend Lumber company was doralled on a steep grade noar Edgo wlck, resulting In the doath of Harry Fleming, onglnoer; Joseph Flnnogun, fuller; John Lundqulst, huckor, and William llallwood. logger, died this morning. Ted Mueller's Injuries aro reported to bo serious. Twenty-four others were dangerously hurt by tho accident which was caused by col lapse of tho brako equipment. All victims were employes going home from work. Census Returns WASHINGTON. May 1. The fol lowing census returns arc announced: Alameda, t'ul., 28.806) increase 'l'j:t or 2:1.2 per cent. Connelsville, I'a., 1.1,804 iiicrensc !).)7 or 7..) per cent. Wilson, N. ('., 10,fl,')3, increase :)!).'; or 58.(1 per cent. North l'lnttc. Neb., 10,4110, increase 'itiT-t or 118.4 per cent. Clifton. N. J., 211.470, increase I I, 601 or 123 per cent, JUAREZ PD1NDEXTER TO RETIRE SAI.KM. Ore.. Mav 1. 1'nit- cd States Senator Miles l'oin- dexter of Washington, will with- draw his name from the Oregon primary ballot as a candidate for the republican presidential nomination, according to word received here todav from J.' C. llerbsiiian of Portland, Poin- dnvter's in inniiicn miinnirer in Oregon. The information wns telephoned to Sam A. Kozer. deputy secretary of state, who said it would be necessary for Senator l'oindexter to person- ally file affidavits of with- druwal. SINGLE TAX WILL BE ON OREGON PRIMARY BALLOT SALEM1, Ore.. Mav 1. Completed potitions for a constitutional amend ment to place single tax on the ballot in Oregon were filed todav with the secretary of slate and th einitiatiyc measure will go on the ballot at the general election in November if the number of names on the petitions is found to be sufficient. Tho petitions are reported to coiitan 10.302 nnmcs. The minimum necessary number, under tho law requiring at least 8 per cent of the total voto cast (or supreme judge nt the, lust previous general election is IMI40. Tho measure is initiated bv the Oregon Single Tux league of which Harry A. Kicc of Portland is presi dent und Mrs. Christina H. Mock of Portland is secretary. MILK PRICES IN SALEM REDUCED TEN PERCENT SALEM. Ore.. Mav 1 Effective todav prices of milk and cream are reduced in cost approximately ten per cent, according lo a statement issued by the leading dairies, A quart of milk that heretofore cost 15 cents will sell for 13'A and 14 cents per quart. More available pastnrage for cnltlo is held the cause for tho de crease. IS FOR DEATH OF RIVAL BOSTON, May 1. John It. Mur ray, a professional boxer who was knocked out in a bout with Dave Powers at Maiden Inst night, died In a hospital today. Powers was nr roHtoil on the chargo of manslaughter but the court discharged him with the statomont that tho doath was ob viously an accident. CHICAGO, May 1. Joe Jackson, tlio Chicago outfielder, is leading the butters of tho American league with an uvcrugc of .483. He made this murk in eight games, in which he has been at bnt 20 times. and cracked out 14 hits. Nicholson, Pittsburg, is topping tho hatters of the National loaguo with an average of .000, made in five games. MUNSEY PREDICTS 10 CENT PAPERS.: : URGES IMMEDIATE GOV'T. ACTION . WASHINGTON, May 1 Gove-.n ment restrictions on consumption of news print paper were urged boforc a senate investigating committee to day by Frank A. Mutiscv, of New York publisher of five daily news papers nnd three mngazincs. Mr. Munscv declared that if the ratio of consumption continued for tho next 25 von is at the rata it had in the past quarter of a century, thero would be no wood pulp forests left in the world. The witness said that even now the nation must look forward to the time when daily newspapers will bo selling for five nnd even ten cents. . FALL KIEV NEAR, POLES ADVANCING Polish Cavalrv Reach Outskirts ot Ukraine Capital Bolshevikl Re treat EastwJ.nl '-"iglrting Breaks Out In Trans-Barkalia Against Bolshevikl, Japanese Assisting Military Aqreement Siqned Be tween Tokio and the Russian WARSAW. Mav 1. (By tho As sociated Press) Polish cavalry is reported to have reached tho out skirts of Kiev, capital of the Ukraine. Tho bolshevik command has boon moved eastward to Khnrvov. LONDON, Mav 1 Mussina bolshe vik forces occupied Baku, an import ant port on the western const of the Caspian sea and tho center of a verv important petroleum field April 28, it was announced officially this morn ing. VLADIVOSTOK, April 20. Severe fighting is in progress nt Chita, Trans-Baikalia, between the forces of General Voitzekoffsky, tho sole rcm nnnt of Admiral Kolchnk's army in Trnns-Buiknlia and tho opposing1 bolshevik faction, according to Re ports from a Russian source. Thl Japanese are declared to bo support ing General Voitzekoffsky. Tho Japaneso representative hero declares that the action of tho Japan ese troops has been sanctioned bv the allies. Jupiincse rcinforcemonts are constmtl v -arriving. The latest reports concerning the nriuv of General Voitzekoffsky, were oontainod in a Harbin dispatch dated March 25. Tens of thousands of biB men, tho dispatch added, wort) anx ious to leave tho bolshevik territory. The wmscnt. nf the Chinese nnd Jnnn- nesc to tho exodus had to bo obtained however. WASHINGTON, May 1 The Japn-ncso-Russian agreement which tho Tokio war offico announced yOBtor-. day was soon to bo signed, was de scribed today by Kijuro Shidcharn, the Japanese ambassador, as boing purely military and framed solely for tho purposo of preventing collisions between the Japanese and Russians in Siheriii. The agreement was said to define precisely tho territory to bo occupied by tho Japanese troops and that to bo left entirely under tho control of tho Russian government nt Vladivos tok. . Ambassador Shidchara. said , em phatically that Jupan was not con templating any political recognition of the Moscow bolshevik regime in advance of a porfeet ngroomont on the subject with her allien in tho world war. . i NEWPORT SMART SET IS NEWPORT. H. I.. May 1. An at tack: bv lerocious canninniB 01 large stature and scantily clad on the party of Dr. A. Hamilton Iticc. which is exploring tho Amazon region, is de scribed in a letter recoiyod horo tod.iv from Chester Ober. geographer with tho expedition. Dr. Rice und Ober killed two cannibals and tho rest fled. Mrs. Rice, formerly Mrs. George D. Widcncr of rhiladelphiu, is with the party. In urging government restrictions, Mr. Munsey said thero was no pos sible remedy left to individual pub lishers. . 5 Cutting the sizo of newspapers would not materinllv reduce revenues of publishers, Mr. Munsev asserted, and would protect tho forest'. . ' Ono remedy suggested bv Mr. Mun sev was for the government to ob tuin control of nil forests bv consti tutional amendment nnd apportion the present timber growth for paper making until new forests Could bo grown. .