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NO. 35
3TJNE
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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. .