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VOL CDC NO. 121.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1919.
PRICE: FIVE CCiTS.
-
SIXTEEN B01S IN N.Y.
JAIL
MEN
OF
as- - "
y Each Infernal Machine Cod'
. teined Dynamite Enounh
To Blow Recipient
To Pieces
CLEW LEADS TO BELIEF
THAT FOREIGNERS ARE
THE GUILTY PERSONS
Insufficient Postage, Packages
Being Sealed, Caused Them
- To Be Detected; Description
of The Murderous Engines;
' Two Sent To Judge, Landis
and Alabama Congressman
Suspected and Failed To Do
Damage; Senator Hard
wick's Clew
(Br lb AuMUtad Frew.)
New Tork, April 30. Sixteen bomb?.
fa m reel pott packages, addressed to
sixteea prominent men, each containing
aniSeieat dynamite te blow too recipient
to piece, were discovered among (lie
K mail at tbe general postoflke bere to-
A preliminary investigation con
vinced tbe post office authorities that
they bad unearthed a eountry-wlde plot
- of terrorist to assassinate highly placed
persons a a demonstration on May 1,
"tr"" A" 'weeplng"fnquiry ' 1y floHBBcTIIP
enactors, agent of th Department of
Justice and police eipert wa begun
it once into the aetivitic of anarchists
uid "reds' In this city.
. At the same time a warning was issued
y the district attorney'a oflice to all
lublie officials, especially judge, to
vatch for package whieh might be de
livered to them and a guard was thrown
. iround the eriiuinnl court building.
Th Intended Victim.
' Th address oa the iiteen pack
age seised here ' ere all typewritten.
- Th tyl and a couple of minor error
' . led official to heller that th nddresv
. tag wa don by foreigner. Th ad-
Urease wore: .'., . , ,
. WUliam M..Wood, Boston, Mass.
Mr. Fredk. C. How, Comm. of tm
iTtioa. New York. N. Y. '-
Hon. Mitchell A. Palmer, l 8. At
torney General. Washington, D. C.
- Mr. Anthony Camminettl, Bureau of
Immigration Washington, V. C
Bon. Wm. B. Wilsen, Scey. of Labor,
Waihincton. O. C.
Senator T. Larry Eyrra, Chester, Pa.
Mr. Wm. H. Lamar, Solicitor General,
..' Washington. D. C.
Mr. W. H. Finch, Depart- of Justice,
N. Y.
Hon. A. S. Burleson, Postmaster Gea
K cral, Washington, D. C.
Hoa. i. F. Hyla, Mayor, N. Y. City,
X. Y.
Bifh E. Enright, Police Commissioner,
- X. Y. City, N. Y.
Job I Rnokefellcr, Toeautico Hills,
Tarrytown, K. Y.
Mr. Wm. I. 8chaffcr, Attorney Gen-
' eral, Harriaburg, Pa.
Got. Wm. C. Sproul, Chester, Pa.
i Hon. Oliver Wendell Holme. United
.: ' State Justice, Washington, D. C.
"tr. J. P. Morgan, New York City,
X. Y.
" - What Strang Trnmlslon.
A slip on th part of tbe lender of
th infernal machine, coupled with th
sharp wit of poitoffic clerk, wer all
that prevented th bomb from being
- delivered. Th ixten package wer
. mailed 8atnrday night in bos some-
where in th neighborhood of 30th
treet and Broadway. They had the
. correct pottage for th parcel post but
wer scaled with rd wafer and there
for could be accepted only a first
rlasa matter. Accordingly they were
teat to th general postoffice to be re-
(erred back to the tender. Each parcel
tad th name of Gimbel Brother
rintd en it, and th department (tore
ai notified but failed to aniwer.
Early thi morning Charle Kaplan,
x pottofflee clerk, while on hi way
some from work rd in a morning p
icr of th bomb tent to Senator Hard
kk of Georgia. The description of
:h package containing th bomb (truck
urn and he humed back to the post'
jflie and examined the detained par
el. H then notified th luperiatea
- lent of hi uspieions and th package
iter teat to Chief Postoffic Inspector
W. E, Cochran.
Export Called In.
Eiplotiv expert wer called in by
r" Inspector Cochran and on of tb par
eel wa opnd. It contained mall
phial fastened te tb top of a polished
hawwood cylinder tn uca a manner
that th cylinder could not be opened
without breaking th bottle. The
breaking of th bottl would release I
chemical which in turn would ignite
thro fulminat f mercury cap rest
ing oa (tick of dynamite. Th whole
bomb showed evidence of (killed work
maathip. -
Clmbei Bros. Repadlat Label.
Later in th day a representative of
, Gisabel Brother called on Inspector
Cochran and after Hamming the par
i -elrdeelsred th wrappings bad never
origiaated in th department (tor.
B pointed out that th aid coverings
' wa of highly glazed, expensive typo of
' paper, such a would not be used by
"any department (tore for mere wrap-
, piaf purpose. The Inner box contain
ing th wooden cylinder wa alio made
of very flu grad of green cardboard
unlike any in ordinary .. Ecb of
th parcel measured eight inchr in
leagth, two In depth and two in width.
On th back of each parcel vets in
Red: Noveitie a Sample." Inspector
(Coatlaeed on Page Two.).
ADDRESSED TO
PROMINENCE
EARMARKS SHOW
ORIGIN OF BOMBS
Every Agency of Government j
at Work To Track The i
Anarchistic "Reds" !
New York, April 39. Every agency
of the national and municipal govern
ment wn nt work tonight trying to
track the "Reds" responsible for the
terrorist bomb plot; which bat startled
the .country.
From ill tbe information available
lonirht It waa apparent th makera of
the bomb hoped to exterminate every
ono who haa been prominently involved
in the proseUdtipn of deportation ol
uieuibere of the I. W; Wc-'-.-
" Mad Abowt Investigation Law.
Not only wer oflicers of the immi
gration bureau marked (or destruction
out also author of the bill which would
have (topped immigration for year.
This measure .would have made it diffi
cult for Russian radicals to gain; access
to thi country.
Agent of the Departmtnt of Justice
said they believed the mailing of the
bomb waa timed to cause a reign of
terror ou May Day, observed through
oftr ffie worfdnbr6nlyyT)Ca'c:ef 01
labor organization but the mo.t pro-
nounced radical. It waa recalled that
radicals in this country had threatened
a demonstration on May 1 in behalf of
Tlimn:ia J MnnnAV nnrlpr uinlnm.. n f
life imprisonment in Californi for
murder in conucctiou with a bomb out-
rngc.
Grievanc Again! Intended Victim.
Tlio deductions of tbe government
... - -
igenta were based en the list ot those
wh have received the bombs and the
names on the wrapper of the infernal
niac-lncs seised in th postottice.
Mayor Ola Hanson of Seattle, who
brought to a sudden end the ''general
strike" Instituted by tbe L W. W. la
hi eity, wa .tb flrt to receive one
of the. deadly pi1nmi&.tt,'. iL'-.
tormer Senator Thoniai W. Hard wick
of Atlanta, Oa., author of 1b Senate
bill to (top immigration, wa th tee-
ond. His wife was injured when tbe
bomb ciploded.
A bomb wa received tonight by Rep
resentative John L. Burnett of Gad
!cn, Ala., former chairman of the House
t'ommitttee on Immigration.
Another of those marked for destruc
tion was Judge Kenncaaw Mountain
Landi of Chicago, be for whom Wil
liam 0. Haywood and his follower
were tried and found guilty.
uomD also were
aent to Charle
attorney of San
M. Fiekert. district
Francisco, and his assistant, Edward
Cunha, who wer prominent in
i
tho
(Continued en Pag Five)
Total Subscriptions Victory
Loan Officially Reported
$1,130.697,000
(Br the AsMtfetod Pros.)
Washington. April 30. -The Victory
Liberty Loaa campaign waa one-half
over tonight with only one-quarter of
the total officially reported subscribed.
Keports to tb Treasury up to tonight
showed subscriptions of $1,130,697,000.
Subscription by district and Per
centages of quota are a follows:
Districts. Sabeerlptlon. Per Cent.
St. Loui ..... .101,437,000 62.0
Cbieago 22853,000
35.0
33.9
32.7
27.4
25.5
24.4
18.2
Minneapolis ... 63,395,000
Boston 122359,000
Kama City. . . . 53,639,000
Richmond 53,725,000
Cleveland 111,089,000
San Francisco . 54379,000
Atlanta 26,132,000
lew York 243,700,000
Philadelphia ... 66,977,000
Dull 14380,000
18.0
17.8
15 J
If the Victory Loan 1 to be floated
successfully ' subscriptions of $375,000,
000 must be gathered dailv until the
campaign's end, May 10. At the close
of tb ninth day n the Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign tb time corresponding
to the present in the Victory drive the
nation had subscribed $1,591,556,000, or
$,01,000,000' more 'than ha beea anb-
scribed o far to tbe Victory Loan. The
percentage of the $6,000,000,000 total of
th Fourth loan (ubeerlbed at th time
corresponding to the present wa 2tW2
7&XE?k"t'n'tt
Victory Ship Raw Slowly.
Because of lagging nberlption the
U. a 8. Crane, the "Victory Ship" which
is making the 8aa Diego-Paaama leg of
th "Victory trmraey from San Fran
cisco to New Tork, aa bee running
slowly dowa th Pacific coast. Bear Ad
miral Cewie, Navy Loaa Officer, today
directed tb Victory hip to speed up
her engines, however.
"The eonntry ia beginning to 'match
th navy,' " said a radio message from
Admiral Cowie to the Crane, "and al
though yow are aot yet called apoa to
make full speed ahead, I expect that
thi order will be flnsbed to you writhln
the next few daye."
Only the 8t. Loui district hi gath
ered in more than half ef it subscrip
tion Quota, 'i .
ONE-HALF OVER
ONE QUARTER SOLD
SAYS SEHATE WILL
RATIFY JJ
E
Bryan Thinks It Will Not Be
An Issue In National Cam
paign in 1920
EVEN HARD CIDER IS TOO
) WET IN WASHINGTON NOW
; New Tax Applied To Public
Automobiles and Jitneys Ex
plained; Tax Goes With The
Vehicle; Movements of Tar
Heels and other N. 0. News
From Washington
News and Observer Sanaa,
(OS District National Bank Bid. -Br
. R. WINTERS.
(By Special UaMd Wire.)
Washington, April 30. Hon, William
Jennings Bryan, who ia pronounced
advocate of universal peace, la a news
paper interview today; forecast th
ratification of th league pf nation plan
by thi Senate, and declare "I haven't
seen any argument yet mad against
the league plan that deserve an answer.
"While.the amendment have materi
ally improved the covenant, I favored
accepting it if necessary in tbe form in
which it wi originally printed. I
thought it better to risk th danger
that might come in th old league rather
than endure th certain evil of tbe old i
system. Tbe proposed league U long
tep toward permanent peace, and I
am very glad the nation represented at
Versailles have unanimously approved
It in its final form. I have no doubt
it will be ratified by the Senate by a
"I haven't seen any argument yet
made against the league plan that de-
erve-'wM- Tkee wv-hgi
! mgA which merited consideration,
aou SCTVrai Vl iua cuanyi-a ua.o aucau
been made. But objection to the gen
eral plan indicate an attitude which
argument cannot combat. One objector,
not a ator, too the position mat man
I nimal, that animala will fight and
! that therefor enduring peace is ira-
I KssiDle. ini is tne we 01 meisine.
' wn0 repudiated Dotn innst ana ooa.
' ..11 . e . .
'Soma even go so far as to regard
war as desirable. Ion cannot expect
inch a person to aeeept the league, be
en use th league propose to furnish a '
substitute for war oa the theory that '
war is neither desirabl nor necessary.
Wait until th lain is presented ia the j
8enat and tee how far lenator wiflj
fk the ffnrpeiitibttity S voting igttfMtf
tb league, I, doubt if there will be
half a dotcn."
Asked whether the league would be
on Imu next year, Mr. Bryan said:
"Only in th states of tb men who
vote against it, and then it will be a
personal issue, because the ratification
of the treaty will have settled it a a
national issue."
Bard Cider Vender Fined.
The stringency of the enforcement of
the prohibition law ia th District of
: Columbia is suggested in an illnstra
; tion noted today whereby Jacob Babtn,
a grocer, wa fined 1300 and sentenced
1 tn thirtv davs in iail for aellinar dd1
eider containing more than 6 per cent
iLim it i . . , ;
Hlfohol. Tar Heel appl cider manu-i
, tacturer. would term th. beverage a.
; hard" c der, and so did the police
court justice. The Washington grocer
i purchawd three barrels of cider three
I months ago at 60 cent, a gallon and
w retailing it for 80 eenta a gallon
: when the oflicers halted his prottUbl.
transactions.
Public Vehicle Tie,
Automobile owner and tbe operator
of "jitney" line in North Carolina are
subjected to a levy under the new
revenue laws. Here are some fact that
might prove handy to automobile
owners:
The special automobile tax, which be
came effective January 1 last, provides
for payment of 110 on ear having a
seating capacity of more than two nnd
not more than seven, and a tax of fcM
having a seating capacity of more than
even.
- If a roadster i advertised by th
manufacturer as having a seating
capacity of three, then $10 ia due.
The tax cannot be transferred from
one ear to another. Another tax must
be paid on a new car.
Movements ef Tar Heel.
Jonathan Daniels, son of the Secre
tary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels, is
spending his spring vacation from the
University of North Carolina at th
Daniel borne in Washington.
T. B. Ward, assistant clerk to th
Senate Finance committee, received
letter today stating that Frank Hamp
ton, secretary to Senator Simmons, wa
ill it hi horn in Rocky Mount 11 is
confined to hi room with torn fever.
M. R. Beaman, secretary to th Ral
eigh Chamber of Commerce, and Wal
ter Watson of Raleigh, are visitor to
th National Capital.
Reports to tbe railroad administra
, tion today show 243,000 employeea in
th Southern State bad subscribed to
j $1,519,000 of the Victory Loan during
' tbe first aix day of tb campaign,
' 11
WEATHER AGAIN HALTS
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
!
St. Johns, N. F., April 30. After aa
aouneing intentioL to (tart their trans-1
Atlantic flight this afternoon, th two!
rival aviator abandoned their plan for i
a flight today oa tb receipt of aa-;
favorable weather reports.
RUMANIANS CONTINUE
ADVANCE OX BUDAPEST
Basle, Switzerlaad, April 30. (Hvs.)
Hungarian Communist troop hav ;
withdrawn east at Karcwg, eighty-flvt .
mile east-southeast ef Budapest, be
fore superior Rumanian forces, a Hub- ;
garian official (tatement from Budapest
ars.Th Rumanians continue their
sdvane dowa th river valley leading
te Budapest, east ef that city. ' j
EAGU
ITALY'S CHIEF
IMPERIALIST
J k . . '
SIONEY JOAWM?
Sonnino, foreign minister, ha been
consistently and nlway for greater
Italy, without regard to th claim of
other people. An Italian ministry
resigned because of differences in the
country over bis annexationist plans at
th opening of the peace congress. But
Sonnino stayed. Orlando, prime minis
ter, at one time differed with Sonnino
but be now is backing th position
taken by the foreign minister.
ElYlORi
State Daughters of Confeder-
acy Will Help Veterans of
The world war
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
WORTHY AT UNIVERSITY
Reports of Officers and -Committees
feature Business
Sessions of Convention at
Wilson; To Co-operate With
Confederate Veterans in
Arranging For State Reunion
(Spsdal to the Hew 4 Observer.) '
.WUeon, pol JO,-. State division
nt III TTaitoA T)aii1itr at' th Pnn.
federacy today completed here tbe raia
l.:g of money for endowing a memorial
scholarship at th Cnlverity of North
Carolina, which ia to be available for
Tar Heel soldiers who fought for a "re
united country" with t' e nam patriotic
devotion that their father did for th
''Lost Cause" a half century ago. Thi
fund of S1.S50 will be a part of tbe
50,000 which tbe Southern division of
daughter of the Confederacy is rail
ing aa a memorial to th Southern boy
who died la tbe world war.
Tbe completion of thi fund waa
only one of many matter receiving at
tention at today' lesaion of the 2nd
annual . runvruuua u& mv iiviniua
w .1 - '
i . : l. i
,omoow eveinJ. roilowing ,
40m, eTening the divillioll ,ti
, butiBet, M,Miori t0(1 and made en.
did hMdway, M ot the officeri d ,,
of ,hj eoBmiMwt' wi,h two eiccptiona
b,?iBg mti9 thfir report, today, offl.
will ,lceted ,t tDe KM,ioa t0.
i morrow afternoon.
' n,.. b-ui Fot.rM.
Tonight the visiting delegates wer
guests at aa elaborate reception held at
ihi Commonwealth Club. Maay social
event, including aamerou dinner
parties, are being given by the Wilson
women and the convention is declared
to be a great success.
Tbe session today waa opened with
the singing of General Lee' favorite
hymn, "How Firm a Foundation," and
the Invocation wa pronounced by Dr.
J. M. Mercer. Former preiident of tb
division were introduced to the conven
tion aa follow: Mr. H. A. London,
Mrs. I. W. Fiisoa, Mr. F. M. William,
I Mrs. Marshall Williams, Mr. Eugene
j Little nnd Mrs. E. Moffett.
Many latereatlag Report. .
I After th report of th credential
j committee, Mrs. Jaekaie Daaiel Thrash,
j the retiring president, submitted ar
annual report, winch presented very
completely the work of the division
during the past year.
Another interesting report wa that
of Mrs. J. A. Fore, of Charlotte, retir
ing historian of the division, who for
th eeond time ha won th Raine
hirto'"! banner awarded by the gea-j
division.
Special attention wa givea to tbe re -
port of th committee oa education
and on war relief, both of these being
very ciuw 10 we snrw m wm iauga -
ter.
Mis Mary DeVan mad aa appeal ia
behalf of book for tb aoldier aad
sailor and th Daughter pledged to
help ia thi work. Mr. Reid, of
(CoaUaaed on Pag Twe.)
f one yar ago today!
Louden report rcaaasptloa f tr
aseadoai artillery Sre all along the
batt'a front la Flaader. A powar
fal Haa attack la karld agaiaat the
America who eecapy a short ace
tor wewt ef Viller-BrtoaBMS. The
attack waa rvpatoed, the German
leaving maay dead la frwat of the
American Ua. American ae re
ported t b "rather aarer.'
la a eallWea aotweea th City ef
Atkea of the Savawaah Una, and a
French eralaer, coat of (no Dela
ware Capei the alahl wa anah
aad ( nema drawaed, Incladlag
suKirtri, aara at th crew,
and ai a of the V. S. Maria
Cars. .
THKT PAID WITH THEIR LIVES
RAISE IA
AL
FUND FOR SOLDIERS
PLAt.S TO LAUNCH
LEAGUE OF tIATIONS
Defined at Luncheon Given By
Col. House, Cecil and Drum
mond Attending
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF
LEAGUE WILL BE ENGLISH
first Meeting, With Wilson
Acting As President, Slated
To Be Held in Washington
Next October; Ool. House
and Staff To Remain in Eu
rope After Council Closes
(Br the AwMlaUd pnw.)
' Pari, April 30. Plan for launching
(ha League of Nation were fairly and
definitely defined at a luncheon which
Col. E. M. House gav today to Bir
Jame Erie Drummond, the Secretary
General of the League, Lord Robert Ce
cil and other.
The plana are divided into three main
stage. First, preparatory details, which
will be worked out at headquarter to
be established at London during th
coming cummer; cecond, the Inaugural
meeting of tbe league at Washington
neat October under th presidency of
President Wilson; third, the permanent
establishment of the league at Geneva
next fall or winter.
The preparatory detail will, begin
soon after the ligning of th treaty and
will be in tbe hands of the committee
of nine designated by Preiident Wil
son' resolution before the last plenary
session of th conference. Colonel
Houae, Lord Bobert Cecil, and the Greek
Premier Eliuthcrio Veniielos, will be
among the members.
Leon Bourgeois will probably not be
to rreoeh1 membera b doe not
English and most of tb proceedings
will b in that language.
Col. House, with a considerable staff,
will remain in Europe after the confer,
ence close, and headquarter will be
removed to London, which is more con
venient for preliminary work. Presi
dent Wilson will fix th data of th first
meeting nnd ask th nation to nam
their three delegate te attend the in
augural gathering at Washington.
ASHEVILLE OVER TOP
IN TWO HOURS FOR LOAN
Three Children Drowned When
Cloudbursts Mountain Home
t, Swept Away
(Special to th Hews and Obwmr.)
' Aaheville, April SO.-Ashevillo wen,
ver th top in two-hour caavas for
tb Victory Liberty Lota last night with
a total of 133,000 abov the city quota
of 1677,000. Buncombe county xtill
lack $100,000 of being over the top
and an active campaign for the county
drive will be begun Monday.
A cloudburst Tuesday afternoon near
Mar Hill washed away th home of
Robert Pondera, hia otir family, bnrj
and nil of hia live atoek. Three of the
Ponder children, ranging from two to
twelve year of age, were killed. Pon
der' and another child were found nn
eonaclou a mile from the home and are
not expected to recover. The rain wns
not henvy ia any other section A the
country.
E EXPORT
TRADE IN TOBACCO
Rocky Mt. Man Applies For
Passports To Europe in In
terest of Market
(By 8. R. WINTERS.)
Washington, April 30. J. O. W.
Gravely, tobacconiat and a business
maa of Roeky Mount, wa in Wash
ington today making formal applies
tipa for a passport to European coun
tries where he hopes to increase th
export trad from North Carolina and
likewise establish new trade relations
with foreign markets. Mr. Gravely
ia president of th China-American To
bacco 4 Trading Company, which nego
tiate an export business of $10,000,
000 annually ia th sale of tobacco and
several hundred thousand dollar year
ly in .the. exportation of other mer
chandise. 7The Rocky Mount citizen
- it.. .
J .jiVa to urgent busi-
! nM matter, and tbe pport will
: jiFr he granted,
Th War Department ha temporarily
j rejected the request of Mr. Mrgret
i jjushee Mhlpp ot Kaleigo. lor a pos-
pirt to visit th devistoted regions of
Franc aa a member of th American
Relief Commission, bb ha two son
la th service and although they are
loeated ia the United State, th War
Department has aot thus far seen proper
to make an exception to the general
ruling of the commanding officer, of
the American expeditionary forces de
nying passports to fathers, mothers and
sister having relative ia the army.
A cablegram to Secretary of War
Newtoa D. Baker asking for aa ex
eeption ia ease (imilar to Mrs. Shlpp
baa proved .futile. Secretary Baker
doe aot deem the urgency of th ap
plication' a warranting a ruling from
him before hi return to America. How
ever, he prom bus to consult with th
officer of the Wr Department whan
a returns with tbe view of possibly
j making om exception to the Iron
clad ordef. Meanwhile, th Raleigh wo-
; maa ia denied tbe opportunity of visit-
!ng Fiftet .
j Daniel Dtae With King George.
London, April 30. Josephns Daniels,
Secretary of the United State Navy,
; lunched with tbe King at Wiadior to-
INCREAS
ITALIANS APPARENTLY
WOULD LIKE TO BE ASKED
TO RESUME
V. 8. LUAJNS ITALY SSI,H,tM
MORE, MAKING TOTAL LOAM
Or OVER BILLION AND HALF
(Br the AMMtotod Prat.)
Washington, April St. Italy waa
given a new loaa of !t,M, to
day by the Traunry te cover a ansa
br ef obligation Incurred by th
Itallaa government oa contract for
war material and food atuff from
America arodaeer. Th credit (
tendon brought Italy' total borrow
lag from th felted State to 11,
I71M,M.
Vote of Confidence of Italian
Parliament Does Not Af-
feet Paris
(Br the Anoclatol Pros.)
Official detail concerning th 1st
at phaaea of the deliberation ef
the Council ot Three ot the Pec-
Conference In Pri nr tomewhat
ebocare. It I known, however, that
JbfiDf.jftia;"fi)'t
aklao-Chaa ha bee settled. Th
term of the grmat, according
te anoBeial advices, lavelve the aar
reader by Germany of Kla-Cba
t Japan, bat la da conn Japan
will r-trnfr thla stroaghold on
the Bhaataag Peaiasal to China.
Likewise It I ataied, also aaofll.
dally, Uat there are Indication
that the Ceaaell ef Three ha looked
with favor apoa tbe re. Mat of th
Belgian for aa Immediate advaac
a their skar ef th Indemnity
Which Germany I to pay la repara
tion for damages aad given the
delegate satisfactory aasaraac
that th meaey will he forthcoming
for th Belgian t begia the re
. ast ruction ol, the. eaaatry aeor
raa by the German.
Therefore the aaly eatataadiag
prblam af gnat Uanortaaca War
the ceaaell apparently la that dae
to tb claim af Italy ta Flante and
th Dnlmatlia regtoa. . Altheagk ,
both the Itallaa Beast aad Cham
ber ef Depntlas hv given Premier
Orlando' government aad the Ital
laa delegate to the Peace Confer
ence atroag vote af eoafideace for
their ataad la eadeavorlag ta ob
tain for Italy a strict falflllaeat ef
her denaaad, thr I a evidence
aa yet of th preepect of an Imme
diate compromise aolag effered by
either aid ta the coatroveny.
Intimation hav beea received la
Parle that evertare for reiampt'loa
af the conference oa the dispited
jacatlon would receive every atten
tion la Rome aad would aot be aa
acceptable hat It has beea inserted
la Part that th prevailing senti
ment amoag the delegates of France,
Gnat Brltala aad th Ualted States
Is oppeoed t reeaeatlag tb Itallaa
delegate ta ratara-
It haa beea added, however, that
If th Itallaa ahoald vlac dU
poattloa t glv ap their claim to
Flame aad accept President Wll
oa' aggstln aa the coatro
veny, tbe President ia th interest
of harasony, doabtlaa could nsak
saggeetleaa which weald permit ef
.coatiaeatloa af the diocaaaloa
wlthont tacrlfic af dignity by th
Italians.
Preoldeat Wilson aad other mem
bers of th ceaaell are declared te
be aawilllng to' concede Flame te
the Itallaa. eve If ach refnaal
hould resnlt la Itsly Sadiag her
self not sbl to slga the peace
treaty.
A It hosts, reports still persist that
Maaich haa Seen completely invest-,
d by govern meat troops, th ex-'
pected attack on the Soviet fore
apparently haa aot begs a.
TWILL BE A TOUGH JOB TO
REPEAL PROHIBITION
Lawyer Wheeler Cites Decision
of Oregon Court Against
Referendum
Washinkton, April 30. Decision of
the Oregon Supreme Court that a popu
lar referendum on an amendment to
the Federal Constitution cannot be held
was declared by Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel of th Anti-Saloon
League of America In a statement to
night to settle "the referendum contro
versy raised by the brewer of the pro
hibition nmendment."
"It will soon become apparent to op
ponents of th eighteenth amendment,''
said Mr. Wheeler, "it they do aot see
it already, that national prohibition can
only be repealed by resubmisnloa of
th amendment by Congress and ratifi
cation of th repeal by the Legislature
of 3d State."
SALVATIONISTS CITED
FOR COURAGE IN WAR
New York, April 30. Ia connection
with ,th proposed citation of tbe Me
Inty r . sisters, GUdy and Irene, tor
distinguished war ervice, with other
American Balvitio Army mea and wo
men, Commander Kvnngelin Booth an
nounce a long lilt of award ta S)vt
tlonist la variou countries mad by
th respective government.
NO INDICATIONS OF
ACOfRONIISEYEI
But Prevalent Opinion Amona
peace Delegates Is Against
: Soliciting Them to
Return
SUSCEPTIBILITIES MORE
OF OBSTACLE AT PRESENT
THAN TERRITORIAL MERIT
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No Disposition of Council or
Wilson To Yield Position
Taken On Adriatio Problem; ..
Jap Question Concerning
Kiao-Chow Settled; Council
of Three Favorably legard
Appeal of Belgians For In-
mediate Advance of Indem
nity; Developments at Paris
Paris, April 80. Tber ia rift ta
th Italia cloud, which giv hope af
th clearing of th difficult! that hav
trisea ia th peace eoafeiaaea vr ta
Adriatio problem. Overturn for th
resumption of relation hav aot Mm -thus
far from either direetloa, bat thera
ar intimation from Rom tbat vr
tures from Paris would aot be anae
eeptable, and would receive every at
tention. r . , -. ....
Mast Rctura af Owa TaHtlaa.
The prevailing sentiment amoag the
daloga. tasluding . asvaral atr-iha
American delegatioa, is against oleit
ing a rctura of th Italiaa repraasata
tire and it waa at first believed that
r-eeideat Wilson sbsrsd thi viw.
Thos nearest th Presideat, kowsrer,
assrtd that if Italy 1 disposed la re
linquish Fiume aad aeeept the eempre
mia th President suggaatad, he aeald
doubtlea, la th Iatrt ot krmoay,
make tuck frieadly augition aa
weald permit tk retumptioa t rla
tioa by th Italiaa without aay eri
fie of dignity or e If -esteem.
"Perssaal SnscspUailltiea." ','
Then narsonal siuMntiKilliUa' .
felt to.b mere ot aa ebctacl at pre
nt tbaa tk territorial ateriU of tb
case, Wblla popular ssrtlment ia Italy
Utt taaisti holding Hume, the re
eat official attitud bss beta leat in
sistent and appareath tend toward ae
eptaaca at aa af th variou plaal
propod by tk Council of Three,
whrby Fium would be latemitloa
lised and asm - Dlmtiaa outposts
glvea to Italy. j f
Na Yielding a ta Flam. -It
ia tb declared purpoa ef th eon
eil, aa well a Preiident WUsoa, aot t
yield oa Fiume, evea if the peace treaty
is signed without Italy's partielptia.
But, ihould th meat official teadea
eie at Roma take the definite form of
eeeptane ef a compromise tk Presi
deat' frieads ssy tbey ar sar at
bo feeling of pride will reitraia aim
from taking atop which will fully r
itor th Italiaa delegation to it for
mer agreeable atatn ia the eoafereaee.
to receiveHgerman
credentials today
(Br the Aiseeiated Press.)
Paris, April 30 Th credeatial af
the German delegate to th peae ten- "
ferenee will be handed over to aa allied
commission, beaded by Jules Camson,
at Versailles, tomorrow moraiag at 11
o'clock.
AMBASSADOR PAGE OFFERS '
"GOOD OFFICES TO ORLANDO.
- a i
Pari, April SO. A Beaaag from a'
French source in Rom aays that Nsl
sob Page, the American ambassador ta
Italy, has offered his good office to
Premier Orlando with a view is Sadiag
a aolutioa of th Adriatic difficulty.
SOVIET GOVERNMENT AT
MUNICH OVERTHROWN.
Copenbagea, April 30 ffly th ,
eiated Press.)t-Th Soviet govrnmat
In 'tunlch ha beea overthrow, accord
ing to report 'n Berlin, aayt th ear
respondent of the Berllngsk Tidsae.
Tbe correspondent add that th gov
ci m t troop la accordance with mar
tial law a'.iot a number of th. mea with
the Red Guard w'ao had beea captured
while a mob attarktd other ef tk
captured Red and tried to kill them.
MAY DAY IN EUROPE,
'SPECIALLY AMONG REDS,
BEING PULLED OFF TODAY
London, April 30. "May Day" prom
ises to pss peacefully ia Europe, a
far a report received In London indi
cate, with the notable exceptions f
Pari and Berlin, wher th porker
plan to indulge in a one-day' atrik,
and at Budapest, the Hungarian capital,
wher th Soviet goverament haa issued
orders to mike tbe towa red with Sags
aad all manner of other red decora
tion. ...
English eities will witness ( tk eat
tom: ey parades aad maas-meetiagi aad
tlte Scandiaaviaa town will cetebrsts
i : a lik manner.
Report ot plan for a revolutionary
demonstration la Holland have filtered
through, but they may b baseless.
Hyde Park .will b th aeeaa of ta
Londoa clebratioa. Numerous proces
sions of trades uaions aad other aocie-
tie will march to th park from vri
ou rallying place ) tb eity d sub
urbs. . Speeches by labor member .of
Parliament aad ether aad ro1utloaa
tgalatt Bolshevism aad eoaaerlptioa aad
alio calling for peae, with Russia aad
a leagu of fre nations will form part
of tb program. -.