St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 1, 1920

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' ted x i 4 * vs } ; : 4 * - | = i 4 her Hote! * 2 . Ve e, althor they offered to pay ' close friend and follower ALI RECORDS BROKEN SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH MARCH AVERAGE, 404,679 : ie, -_—e VOL. NO. TT ee => — ~ MEXIGAN, HERE TO. OBTAIN. ARMS FOR OBREGON, RELEASED Government Officers Find No Reason for Holdir Manuel M. Prieto, Former Mayor of Juarez. 2 16. ——_———S—— ADMITS HE OPPOSES CARRANZA REGIME Declares $32,000 He Had to Spend Is His Own Money and That He Plans to Open Arms Store. ‘Manuel M. Prieto, former Mayor of Juarez, Mexico. and former anti-— Carranza member of the Mexican Congress, and Raymond R. Morfin, of FE) Paso, Tex.. who were a vesterday on suspicion that” were about buy and into Mexico, were released ernoon when local Department of Justice questioning them, gon for holding them. Img a statement to Chief of Detee tives Hannegan today Prieto said he was a friend and follower of Alvaro Obregon, who is leading the Mexican revolt against the Carranza Government, and that he and Morfin came here to buy arms and aminu- nition for the Obregon forces. Prieto and Morfin were arrestee] Jate yesterday afternoon in front of the Belcher Hotel, Peurth street and lucas avenue, W here thev had bee staying since April 23.. Their arrest followed information that thev had visited St Louis harcware stores ana tried to buy large quantities of arms and ammunition. Used Assumed Names. At the Hotel Prieto a “M. Pette'son, Angeles,” and Morfip registered av “*M. Murphy, El Sone ) In his statement to the police Prie- mi ey ship arnrs this ailt- officials the aft e: there was no rea- to - Os said. (;en registered 1.os ee said he. cume to the United States about two weeks ago, and withdrew $32,000 of his own money which he had on deposit with the United States Ational Bank at Douglas, Ariz. He nm went to kl Varo where he was Morfin, and they came to himeself as 1 of Obre- gon, he skid his onmimunition buying expedition was not ordered by © yoron and thai he acted entire), While @escribine eer} his own fitiative and was to spend) his own money for “the Republican cause,” Pian of Shipping \rms. * When asked how he intended to get the arms into Mexico he sald he, aa Mortin had planned to have the arms shipped to El Pasy, where they would open a hardware and sporting - goods store and place the ammuni- tion on ‘general anle., ver fuess cer oemewon would get them eventually, he said with a Sinile On arriving in St. Louts, Prieto he deposited $1200 at the Bel- for safekeeping, kept ‘$778 in his pocket for expenses and ited the remainder of his $32.- te in a local bank. 3 He and Morfin, he said. then be- to make the round of wholesale Ware houses and sporting goods | E mares to purchase arms and ammu- Dn. They used their assumed | jes and they svon found that St. dealers would not sell to them ut knowing more about them, Fees ae alt * » most places, he said, they : they could not make purchases they could establish credit and give business references. i festerday, he said, they decided 7 back to El Paso and open a and thus establish credit. said he withdrew the money left on deposit at the hotel ame at the bank and they were pre- par to depart when arrested. of Then arrested Morfin was carr)- m Orm » 4 . Prieto had the remainder $32.000 in his pockets. with his photograph emt 6 was found pn him. “Ow en released by the police Prieto Morfin said they would | to Fl Paso tonight. Bp » and foe » rw GOFF LEFT $7, 000,00" a U Anegoiatea’ Press rea LKSBURG, W. Va. ie will of the late Nathan Goff, United States Senator from | » filed for probate today ¥ $7,000,000. © members of the famiy Plurality 64.551. Press. GFIELD, I... May 1,-—Gov. |. Lowden received a plural- 51 votes over Major-Gen- “ Wood in the Illinots j preferential primary, » According to compilations ! by the Secretary of 4.2 ed wr) ia rs - 7 ve ee ee » ys ‘Ae : , ‘ 7’ ° «te rein eae eh ot pa + 1,000 in bills folded in a news- | His | start. Mays 1.-- | Uis- | "of an estate estimated at ap- | eee ee eee Se 2 oe eee oe ‘BOY SLEEPS F OUR HOURS ON FENDER OF SPEEDING CAR ——— Makes Four Trips Between East St. Louis and Belleville Un- disturbed by Roar of Wheels. 1S old, upon fender rank «sritschie, years siumbered calmly the i front platform of an inter- urban cz for more than four hours undisturbed by the adjacent wheels of ing gong. while the car trips between Last St. Louis and Bellev:lle, including one across Eads Rridwe and return. lie was giscovered there until the car was turned in at the barn at 27:30 a. m Hie had decided to run away from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fritschie of Sixteenth street and St. Clair avenue, E St. Louis. After wandering about during the early part of the night, he said he crawled upon the. fender of the ear if passed through East St Louis at 10:15 o'clock. The rush of the air and the siaging of the motors put him to sleep. The car sped along at the rate of 40 miles an hour, to Belle- ville, back to St. Louis, again to Belleville, and back to the barns in Fast. St. Louis. As the motorman was turning In the car, the rays of a headlight fell under the car, revealing Frank. He was so thickly coated with grease and dust that he was at first thought to be a negro. Examination proved that he had suffered no il! effects from the exposure. SEVEN MEN TRYING TO ROB under t! ir last night the roar the clang- made four of not nst as WINE CELLAR FRIGHTENED AWAY ofa century there would be no wood Neighbor Arrives With Shotgun After Thieves in Autos Over- | power Caretaker. seven men in two automobile trucks and two touring drove up to the home of George S. Elder, president of the Elder Manufactur- ing Co., on the Clayton road near the Ballas road, St. Louis County. at 6 a.m. today, took the caretaker and his wife prisoner, three locks in reaching the wine cellar and were preparing to carry the liquor when they were frightened away. Adam Apler, 38 years old. the caretaker, was feeding the stock in a barn some distance from the home when the men drove up The fam, ily was not at home. Three of the men took charge of Apler and othec of them surrounded Mrs. Apler she came from the house and SCcTeAmed, Sheriff Bopp reported that the (men had obtained atcess to a large stock of liquor when they were ‘alarmed at the approach of Apler's father, who lives the road from the Elder home, carrvinge a shotgun. The men thereupon fled and drove their automobiles in the direction of St Tams, without any loot. MAY DAY POSTERS IN ST. LOUIS only sort of “revolutionary” which agents of the Depart- Justice have been able to discover here in connection with May day, jis the circulation of a number of posters in South St. Louis. printed the Central Executive Committee the Communist party, at Chicago, calling upon workers to ;strike today to show their strength. and urging them join the Com- rmiunist party. The posters italist structure collapse, and cars broke out as AcCrOSS The lactivits iment of by of to the Is declare that in Europe facing has collapsed over large areas. Workers in thjs coun- try have not felt the miseries and suffering that have been visited upon the workers of Europe, it says, but adds that “there are black clouds on ithe horizon."” Workers are urged to j}strike today for the release of litical prisoners, and show i strength. Cup. po- their to AMERICANS KILL CANNIBALS cash. were NEWPORT, R. I., May An at- ‘tack by ferocious cannibals of large clad on the party of Dr. A. Hamilton Rice, which is ex- ploring the Amazon region, is de- scribed in a letter received here to- day from Choster Ober,’ geographer iwith the expedition. ' Dr. Rice and Ober nibals, and the rest fled. ‘fs with the party. ‘stature scantily killed two can- Mre. Rice — ~ ‘of advertising in order | toe, The Evening ey W ith Louis the Paper in St. tah, wes ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Associated Press News Service FINAL: EDITION Onis: ae ——s = ied — > — —— > ST. ——— LOUIS, SA TURDAY EVENING, MAY |, 1920—14 PAGES, PRICE THREE CENTS © q ee ee ~ RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF PAPER URGED BY MUNSEY New York Publisher Esti- mates at Present Con- sumption Wood Pulp Will Not Last Over 25 Years. SAYS ‘GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE ACTION Declares Any Attempt Agreement Among Pub- lishers Would Not Bring Desired Results. the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 1. ment restrictions on consumption of Govern- newsprint paper were urged before a Senate investigating committee to- | of New news- A. publisher of five daily day I’rank Munsey York, papers and three magazines. that if the continued for 25 by Munsey said ratio of consumption at the rate it had in the last quarter vears pulp. forests in the world. “I know that sounds like a broad statement, but it ts true,” he seid. The when daily ing for five (cutting would enues serted. and even ten cents, the size of newspapers materially reduce rev- publishers, Munsey’_§as- and would protect the forests. substitute for wood are gone,” he ex- not e ti “There is after our plained. Would Regulate Size. vernment regulation of should be accomplished gradual) Munsey said, adding thata great step forward would be to limit the size of the “jumbo” Sunday editions the regular dailv issue size. “The, Sunday papers are big- gest sinners,” he argued. The daily issues also could be drastically cut. Twelve to 18 pages ought maximuni in the largest Mauinsey said he was cutting news- mo forests & (50 size the cities.’”’ print consumption on his periodicals | in face of news- are of 30.000 tons this year. but the acute shortage of paper, papers throughout the country preparing increase thé their publications. One remedy suggested was for the Government to obtain trol of all forests bv constitu- tional amendment and aportion the present timber growth for making ul new forests could grown. to size by Munsey he Scores Sunday Papers. “You haven't much confidence In remedving the situation by agree.- between the publishers?" Reed. ments ohairman it can't response. “It wouldg be a wasts try it. BKven with all the co-operation the con- newsprint is steadily asked “T know the of time to efforts at sumption of creasing.” be done.” was in- The great metropolitan Sunday is- sues were scored by the witness. “You have to buy five papers on Sunday to get the he declared. “In England they that much better. You Uon’'t have to buy a magazine. a book, two or three days’ stale news-and scores of pages lo get the Lord Northcliffe was infinitely six news,” hand! or over there, told me their system better than ours.”’ Senator Underwood's resolution authorizing a commission confer with the Canadian Government re carding embargoes on wood pulp shipments to the United States, was crdered favorably reported today by the House Foreign Affairs Commit- Under a committee emendment commission would report ent Wilson instead of Congres: iam Rando! iph Hearst of New tinued on Page 2, Column 6. news to the Pre Rig the Sunday Post-Dispatch by the greatly increased cost phia, Cleveland and Detroit. On and after today. May 1. Increases in Price of Post-Dispatch The, price of the Daily Post-Dispatch will be 3 cents and of 10 cents on and after Saturday, Mav 1. These increased prices were nfade necessary pelling increased newspaper prices 1n all the large cities of the United States. including New York, Chicago. Three cents for the Daily Post-Dispatch Ten cents for the Sunday Post-Dispatch. today, of print paper, which is com. Philndel- “The Daily Post-Dispatch delivered by carrier in St. Louss 70 cents a month. Post-Dispatch, will be included for an additional charge of 10 Elsewhere when served by news dealers, the Daily Post-Dispatch will cost’75 ecnts a month and the Sun- day Post- ae 10 cents meat: | and suburbs will be cents a copy. ass a ey ‘suit Sis The Sunday uz ie . Rk coed ; shelves i? about at, ‘was ‘threw witness said that even now the | nation must look forward to the time | newspapers will ps. sell- to be the. pape , and Shideh: a Rv the templating any to | ithe Dishes Shaken by Earth Tremor-Here at 9:15 A. M. ——— ee ee Seismograph Registers Three Shocks, Showing Disturbance Center About 200 Miles Away, Probably Southwest. Ietzel avenue and from University City, Clayton, Richmond Heights, st Webster Groves and Ferguson in the ‘| county. It was reported the shock was felt in the Railway Exchange Blidg., Sixth and Olive streets. A dispatch from Springfield, Mo., Stated no shock was felt there or in that section. Kansas City also reported that shocks Was recorded there. Reports of a slight earth tremor m. came from of Persons about 9:10 a. today Various parts the citv and Louis County. who tele- offices said, kitchen phoned to newspaper were shaken on and 30 seconds. Louis University the tremor the seismograph. (;oesse, professor on the slight shock and 30 sec. that there) ent shock at dishes the tremor lasted that At St. no was recorded The Rev. John B. of science, said the instrument showed a starting at minute after and a second and more viol “third slight stage, ont Rarthquake Shock Felt in lie Til... — Nearby Towns. soem | to the Post-Dispatch -E NTRAL TA. iia. meas, oslsittenanicad shock was felt shortly after 9 o'clock today. tied dishes and shook frame build- ings. Reports were received here ‘that it was felt in many towns in southern Illinois. record one ‘) o’clock -An onds 9-16 and a shock — At one was the at S3ii. shock he said the pronounced that it automatic time recording device out of gear, but it was possible later to compute the exact time at which the shocks occured. Father Goesse said the selsmo- graph record showed the center of the shock was about 200 miles from St. Louis, probably to the southwest, though direction was not certain. Telephone messages telling of the tremor were received from the vl- cinity of 200 Manchester ayenue, 3400 Indiana avenue, 3700 Cook ave- nue, 3806 a boulevard, 5800 FAIR, SLIGHTLY WARMER TONIGHT; CLOUDY TOMORROW ; TEMPERATURES ae a. mm 48 >. Nk Slight Earth Shocks in Central and Southern Illinois: By the Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 1.- Slight earth tremors were felt in central and southern Illinois between 9 and 9:30 a. m. today. .The tremor was noticed in this city and the Lnited States Bureau eral calls regarding the extent of the disturbance The tremor also felt at Duquotn. in Perry County. a a a ) SIX CURB PRODUCE Tenth Ward Association Has Pa in Honor of Wild Hunter Establishment. Official cast fore- St. for rade Louls and vicin- ity: lair Slightly. warmer tonight, tomor- row, increasing cloudiness, Missouri Generally fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow, un- settled, probabls showers in West and central por- tions. Iilinols fair | The tonight. followed | Easton b\ increasing , Wwasons cloudiness to- | customers morrow: not was sold much change in lowing temperature. tained: Apples, ‘m., 25. cents: geraniums, 15 two for 25 lettuce, for 16 rhubarb, o bunch; cents a dozen: ions. ”? bunches for ana Six curb markets where pro- ducer #hd consumer can with- out middleman making the tra- ditiona! crowd, were formally opened this morning in various parts of the city, remain open throughout .the summer They are at. Broad- and Jefferson avenue, Broad- and Schirmer, Twentieth and Gand, Easton ana Sarah, rneet the to Season, way wav terist Deer. street and bv on Sarah avenue was attended trucks and about opened at 6:30 a. four hours later. some of the prices three pounds for cents a plant, two heads cents a market S00 YN., Fol- ob- and [t cut are ~~) Stage of the river at 7 a. 8 cents: feet, no change eo nis: re 45 ege ASHINGTON, May 1 predictions for the week ning Monday include Lpper Mississippi and souri Valleys: Showers probably again near of the otherwise fair erate Weeth begin . Vv é ; & cents: butter, ,0 «ents a pound; spinach, pound, two pounds for 15 potatoes, six pounds fo: Or} 75 life cents a er Lower ASlis- by Mondav the clos» - Mod- cents: sweet ,* » aon TO Cences There Toa about Jef- and at re 08. Wagons at the market and Broadway at lla following: radishes two tor we week, temperatures eustomers ferson avenue Nliuded The JAPANESE-RUSSO AGREEMENT IS. 'S,.noch s0 cons PURELY MILITARY, ENVOY SAYS pun "tu Asecris essen Docs Not Intend to Recognize Soviets With- out Afiied Understanding. ated Press WASHINGTON, May 1 The anese-Russo agreement which War Office announced Was soon to be signed, was de by Kijuro Shidehara, as being pure- for the collisions bhe- in bushel cents a dozen ‘hes or cents a ro cents, onions three cab 10 for dozen. pound, aspara- Lv cents for cents, hbage tb cents a pound, bunches af to $a nis a bunches or rhubarb cents a dozen or hree ig events eggs eceents a Asso: chicken 36 to cents a Jap potatoes the vyeste: 10 ce pound lettuce a bunch. to gus [0 cents a head, len Wne ‘uck the Deer "OO eustomers tied them 9:30. The were the same as prevailed at Sarah and E: market Me of the Tenth Ward provement Association made a fes- tive affair of the opening of their neighborhood market at Broad- parade of Tokio nees °h 10 eents a doz- dav seribed Japanese ly military purpose of tween the Siberia. The agreement was said to define precisely the territory in that por- tion of Siberia, including Transbal- kalia. to be occupied by the Japan- ese and that to be left under control of the Russian Government at Viadi vostok. Ambassador phatically that ore dozen Wakons Maston 30 emi prices a cents a and two market street at _$ en, ons 15 today Ambassador, and framed solely preventing Japanese and Aap at at and About before ~ ip are a avenue : Speliath Russians iston mbers [m- own wav and _=$Jeferson, a housewives and school children with their drum corps and a@ platoon of mounted police being held from Broadway ard Osage street, around route covering the neighborhood Shidehara said em- Japan was not con- political recognition | of the Moscow Bolshevik regime in andvance of a perfect. agreement on, 4 subject with her allfes in the and returning the market. Here World War. addresses were made by Arthur Stoehr, president of the Tenth Ward Improvement Association, and others. 'This market, known as the Hunter Club Market, was the first of its® sort. to be established in Louis., two vears ago. Last vear 369,840 persons pur- chased $147,936 worth of produce at the six curb markets then estab- | lished. Two vears ago 317,560 per- sons bought direct from farmers to the extent of $127,096. Prices in the | last-two vears have varied to a emali to oe NEGRO WOMEN COMING FROM JAMAICA TO BE SERVANTS to the Post-Dispatch. YORK, May 1.——fFifty the island of Specia! NEW negro women f¥oin Jamaica arrived here yesterday on the liner Princess May to become domestic servants. General Salvation Army workers. who will see that they reach their destinations In VYar- ioous cities, met them. The women said there were many other Jamaica women who would be giad to come here to be servants rf they had their passage money, which is £21 English money. Those who, came yesterday obtained positions) through recommendations of 1 uaintances already employed this country. 5 | my whisky and two slick bootleg- cs played the parts in a moonlight -one and vegetable markets. 77 By the Assoc jated Press. at one of the foreign legations here}: It rat- | dozen . St. 'iftnd were armed with 104 MAY DAY QUIET; POLICE ON GUARD IN LARGE CITIES Predicted Disturbances Fail to Materialize — Parades Are Banned in Cleveland and Ohio Valley. CHICAGO.JNTERESTED Centra- | dictions of widespread received sev-'! was | } '¢ MARKETS OPENED: .spring moving day 'was found iin Inserthed on thé@yrfleg, with. yellow | (grand and Gravois and Easton and | fis oF , 19 | green. 10, Wild | i a degree from those of regular fruit) fe! ocely pretecte® and guards, $6000 FOR 6 BARRELS OF WATER meh WASHINGTON, May 1.—A ee six empty barrels, @ sniall quantity | IN SPRING MOVING ‘Ten Thousand Refuse Either here | te Move or Pay Higher Rent — Waiters Strike in Restaurants on Loop. | Es Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.— By the Despite pre violence’ in of | Soc ial-|- connection with the celeDfation international labor phy itsts, Communists and others, no trou- ble had developed today in the Cen-'| tral States or Fat West up to early. day _afternoon. 4 Strikes were called in many cities, | but the walkouts were conducted Secretary of Organization Says | peacefully. In Chicago the usual meetings of Socialists and radicals were § over- interest bv the annual and a sirike of cooks and waiters that threatened to close every Loop hotel and rant. Thousands of families who re- fused to pay increased rents were shadowed in ‘moving and others—10,000 of them, according to the Tenants’ League— refused to move and defied land- lords to oust them. One Red Flag Shown. one red flag had been dls- the city up to noon and ;3f nailed to an §80-foot pole a school yard in a thilckly _pore- lated foreign section. A former army Lieutenant climbea the staff and ent dewn the banner. Only played in th d 4. crowd com posed largely of for- eigners Gheered as the flag was cut down and. the stars and stripes run up in its.place. A guard of soldiers was stationed about an armory in the south “black belt” and 150 extra police sent into the district to guard against race riots when negro families moved into homes _ pur- chased in districts heretofore popu- lated by whites. Army intelligence officers had warned police that riots might be expected, but no trou- develoved. Coast Has Quiet. All was quiet on the Pacific coast according to reports gathered at San Francisco. At Tulsa, Okla.. aviators were sworn in as special po- lice to patrol the sky oil refineries and guard against attempt to wreck them In Minnesota ay quietly the Iron disorders in n: Ae side race ble four above the any line progressed ccene of day Range, the past Whio valley paragies were banned. At Toledo posters the workers “throw their last night. Department of; on many In rene the rally on their and show strength’ were circulated but policemen and Justice agents found anv concerted move advice. At Cleveland, calling to gow? tools no evidence of | to carry out the | where last May marked bv a bloody clash tween paraders and citizens, police reserves, armed with a machine gun were held in for trouble Parades were day was he- readiness banned, Detectives Perch on Skyscrapers to Prevent Outrages in New Tork. By 1 Associated Press "ESV YORK, May 1! fof May day found many cities in the Past under strong police and military guaxd, in anticipation of possible acts of violence by radicals - jn New York City, where “‘Williarn | J. Flynn, chief of the F.ureau of In- vestigation of she’ Department of: Justice. directed operations, the tier police force of 11.000 mer! on duty. Soldiers at Govern he The dawn} held in artanaeetment* «ere; ine Ni io rk f neceselty “nd | ammunition and for instant duty: 'made to mobilite State Guard in a a hund@re@ posts of the Amertvan Le- | gion sereed ty ‘ af police sta- | fione ehould an esnergehcy arise. : oun ic Dull iugs here were' ; 7 pt pe nae at §6railway terminals, s and the homes of prominent Detectives were perched on. roofs of rapersa. Depart- ee Sot J agents . swarmed) rough certain sections of the city, where ‘radical agitators are known | to have their haunts. One hundred meetings of radicals were to be held | here during the day, hich t thirsty citl.| ‘KIRKWOOD POPULATION 4422| SRE sco0, it was learned here-yee. | T: ce bootleggers filled ihe barrels water then placed lids on them red about an inch of whisky - Which they placed the regular ‘The victims sampled the whis- ) {paid $6000 and discovered the later, The population of Kirkwood, fa ‘St. Louis County; is 4422, an im- | crease since 1910 of 251, or 6 Per the 1920 fi mui Sby the Census, oie ditili ee Fe bridge over : over the Confiecticut River, the State Armory and various mu-— 4 or ins en ee Se ee oe FIGHT MILLION BRITISH WORKERS OBSERVE MAY ' DAY WITHOUT DISORDER eee Parades, Speeches for Better Beginning af Overall Clubs Mark Holiday. | TWO KILLED, 50 HURT IN PARIS CLASHES Republican Guards and Po- licernen Drive Back Harvard Clubs, Flying the Crimson in Parade, Cause Wild ‘Red’ Rumors the Associated Pre WwW ASHINGTON, May 1.. HE Association cf Harvard T crus, in convention here, paraded today flying the Hlarvard t'rimson at the head of its motor train, on the way to the Naval academy at Annapolis. Immediately the Department of Justice a#&nd police head- quarters were deluged with tele- phones reports of a “Red” May day parade in the heart of the national capital. Investigation quieted the fears. Crowds on. Boulevards — restau-. ‘manufactured in his own mind,” ' order fernment-created riots. } existed, i cen} against suspension of the increase were! —= === | Socialist Deputies Hurt. ‘SOCIALISTS RIDICULE PALMER’S MAY DAY BOMB PLOT WARNING the Associated Press, LONDON, May 1.—Elight million ‘workers are estimated to have par- ‘ticipated in Great Britain's observ- ance of May Day by taking the day |off, parading and speech making, but there were no interruptions to the nation’s essential public services.. The move to impede railway traf- fic through the “‘work to the rules’ policy proclaimed by the London and Liverpool railwaymen’s locals proved a fiasco, not a single instanae of a was hold up due to this attempt to en- the foree the workers’ demands for in- an- creased wages unauthorized by the executives of the unions, being re- ported, , A feature'of the day was the be- ginning of @n #veral) campaign, de- signed to cut down the price of clothing. The union officials ap- peared at their offices in denim and issued appeals to the membership of the union to emulate their example. Miners, factory hands, shipbullders dockers, builders, painters, engineers, agricultyral By It Was ‘‘Manufactured in At- torney-General’s Own Mind.”’ By the Associated Pregs. CHICAGO, May 1.—Attorney A. Mitchell Palmer's bomb plot Gen- eral announce- ment of a May day National Socialist Committee nounced in a statement made public | by CAto Branstetter, secretary. “Attorney-General Palmer's wide- spread red plot, uncovered just be- fore May 1, is another insolent at- tempt of inefficient and ambitious) officials to create violence and dis- on the day that has for over 30 vears been set aside by the So- cialists as International wabor day,” ‘the statement said. “MP Paliner does not “offer “a in locally organized demonstrations or went fo see the season’s opening cricket matches In London, several thousands pa- raded through the west end to Hyde Park headed by ‘a contingent of for- mer service meri. They swarmed about 12 platforms from whieh 72 speakers made polyglot appeals for the betterment of the working con- ditions, enthusiastically hatled the isuccesses of the Russian Soviet Gov. feroment and declared their abhor- which were apprehended by ance of the ‘‘atrocities committed by the most costly service tn Ca a capitalistic Governments.” world.” -~~ rs The statement charged that what- | May Da Siprads | Paris Embroil disorders may tomorrow 7 y - ~w cd . With ver Bus Strike. been caused by the AS - PARIS, On A persons wee silled an fe about 60 0 eS wounded, st of them eligi tty, AA series or ll riots thi War tee the east- part of the city. TWo Socialist eeitiens of “the Cha fire of Deputies, M. Valiant. (Coutuuries elv-heralded plot, statenfent that thre such a manufactured in his own mind, been given the gyvidest publicity and result, unles® Wgorous steps. are taken to prévent disorders, in Gov- but the: plot, has is remembered that a voar two hefore May day a plot Was conven- plot that never perpetrators of “It will be ago..a day widespread iently or bomb discovered——a alleged never the secret oceur the of Mr. and their parades, ever will have and criminal ers novel “insane § p, ‘Palm advise plans discovery plot,’ ‘lime Socialists to enrry mut and ialjst for meeting “The “calls upon Save marty if suid, ern its comrades ever, where the an te trv- erate cam ¥ to refuse to be stampeded by of Mr. Palmer the vir outbreak t ing to pro in his « puign for the presidency.” archisticgoulburst lent and Alexande HM. Blane. injured ly a clash with police- the Place de ta Repub- were massed at all rat - poluts in full strength today foe pe Wit) possible diserders in con- with “the May day celebra- Police officers were every- ‘re in evidence. A\ clash hetween Republican xuards, police and 2000, May day manifetants occurred at % o'cloek this afternoon on the boufevards of the St. Martin quarter. Two shots wyere fired In the melee and #evera! persons wtf rted hurt. , The disturbance was the firet ac- tive cisorder’of the day. ' brough t en by the presence of stu- denis replacing striking drivers on auto busses, Toward 3 o'clock crowds along the jroute of the «automobiles began stoning the busees and spitting tn the faces of the “drivers of busses _whie h had been stopped by the jam. cave Months’ Siege..'n an) he crowds grew until they num- ‘Tview . g)'6n ay Rowlend | vered G8, Uringing sg mas. the British chief, 7 entirely te @ fh A email « hie san ir¥, reveals fot che | patrol wae Unable tind | nat what hia force | crowd, whith coutiaved ne ccured durisg cthei® opeloss ip eee s. Lge ‘ed or ecintilla ef evidénce to back . ‘up the: a* ‘by blocking traffic at one point aft- aes aS e a 4 a) 3% PF ab