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Johmon awr&s Hoover' JO'S CHAIICES
Rebel Forces Clamor At .
Gates Of Mexican Capital
Unconfirmerl Reports Say Revolutionary Troops HaVe Al
ready Entered Mexico Gty; Several Sweeping Victories
Claimed By Anti-Carranza Agents On the Border.
Forces Spent Much
HAVE FAIR TRIAL
Republican Senator Says Campaign of Former Food Adminis
trator In Southern California "Worst Saturnalia of Political
Extravagance Thatas Ever Exposed.' " ' ;
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SOCIALISTS PLAH
VAFsTED ALIENS TO
I0II1EC0IIVICT'!
ASTHEIR NOrillNEEJ
VIPRO VE EACH DAY
POST DECLAR
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Eugene Debs, Now Serving
Prison Sentence, Scheduled
As Candidate
CONVENTIONS EXPECTS TO
. NAME HIM FOR PRESIDENT
Alter Singing Favorite Airs, Ha
tional Convsntion Unveils
Picture of Leader, Who Is
Now Behind 1 Prison Wsfls
Tor Violating The Espionage
' Laws
New York, May f. Eugene V. Debs,
bow ecrving tea years in the Atlaata
" penitentiary for violation af the war
time espionage laws, will be formally
launched here tomorrow into the 1920
National political campaign candi
date for the fifth time for the Boeiaiun
preaideatial Bomination.
v Leader of the party at the eonren
''tion were apoasora for thia statement,
adding that Morris Hillquit probably
would announce Debs aa "oar one can
didate," in his eecond convention apeeeh
. of a "keynote" nature, to be delivered
at Socialist moss meeting a Madison
- Sauare Garden.
' Tomorrow! meeting is retarded a
the "most important ever held" by the
Socialist party of America, according
to executive committee men.' The ut
-'- terancee there, they said tonight, "will
" ia large measure by the lines for the
.coming campaign.
:j' Hillquit, Seymour Stedmaa, of Chi
cago; Victor Bergcr," unseated United
States representatlvev from Wisceasia,
and Oscar Ameringera, of Oklahoma
City are scheduled to pronounce party
Views of lead in gpolitieal topic. , These
are expected to include amnesty for
political prisoners." the; government s
. titude toward strikers, free apeeeh, free
press and free assemblage, --taxation.
socialization of basie industries. Attor
ney General Palmer's -'campaign of re
pression," deportations, 'war -profits aad
-. profiteering, the league or Kattons, in
v, dependence of Ireland and aelf deter
' aiination for' small nations. ,
i . Today 'the convention ebsered Hill
' quit's arraignment of the administra
tion . at Washington aa a betrayer of
J- radical " principles- President --Wileoa
was aaid to have campaigned for prior
to $ha (101ft .election; at 'whisk time.
' Hillquit declared, "Botanist "votes elected
btm. , - ' . , ' ' - -t p ;
Jn the "first keynote" address of the
session Hillquit, as chairman of the
convention for tho day, predicted that
the Boemlist party ticket would roll .np
' more than 2,000,000 votes in November
and probably triple its membership be
fore thai year ends.. . . .
,. t'nvell Portrait of Debs
The convention, opened with the sing
ing of the "Internationale," "the Mar
seillaise,! and the "Hymn of Free Bos
nia." i Tho nnveiling of life size por
trait of Debs,. framed in black, brought
n ovation, and the chairman was in
structed by unanimous vote to telegraph
him the convention's "love and pride"
for him. ' ' k .
Prime iJinlater Theodore, of Queens
land, Australia, addressed tha eonven
tion , briefly. "l William Z." Fester,
lender of the steel strike, also took the
platform on the convention's invitn
tion. Both were cheered, and Foster
received an ovation when be appealed
for a solidarity of labor forces through
out the country. ,.,., ,
"When we have the next big strike,"
lie said, M want to seo the steel. workers,
the mine workers, the railroad men,
avenr trade ia it." ' ;
Boutins oeenpicd' moat of the con-
Tent ion time today. Adoption of rules
rad selection of committees consumed
the entire nfternoon. Th convention
went on -record in favor of tha six hoar
work day for labor when it voted to
confine its sessions hereafter from 10 a.
m. to 4 p. m.. Night sessions will be
called next " Tuesday, weanesasy ana
Thursday it was announced. .
' Bnrleaoa Asks Far Money.
Washington, D..C, May S-Congress
was asked today by .Postmaster Qen
eral . Burleson to appropriate $8,000,
000 to cover a deficit in railroad trans
portation of- mal during tha last four
monhts of this fiscal year.. He explain,
ed that tha deficit resulted from in
creased rates fixed by ' the interstate
commerce ' commission -mat- December.-
,f,tf.;.'lIJtCTED DKACONS ;''" '
At a eonfdenca of tha members of
tha First Bdptist church held Friday
night Df, Charles E. Brewer, president
of Meredith College, 'and Mr. eGorge
Marsh were elected deaeoas. T
DRDEB AHSBICAN .MAXIKKS :
,--- FOB DITTY AT. KKT . WEST.
" 'Washingtoa, May SiA fares of
soproxlmately ,14e snarlaos was to
Isy ordered to procooet 4he trana
sort Henderson' from Lengae Island
to Key Wast, FIsh to bo heU for
passible service la Mexico. . . . .
Secretary DaaleU, . la. aoaoanetag
tkat tha marines hsd beea ordered to
Koy West, explained that It waa o
procaatloaary moaaoro for proteetloa
of AmcrleoBO, aad that they woaM
aot he cent. Into. Mexican territory
anleea the-' actual ' necessity areao.
Colonel P. M. Baaaea wll command
tho force; ' - " -,.
Tho Henderson left Chaiieatoa. S.
C for Leogwo Island today aad will
arrlre there tomorrow l night. - Tho
marines will be taken 'aboard at
onco aad tho transport wll depart
for Key Went to Join the six de
stroyers despstched there for service
In eoirvm waters.
V WashingtonV May 8. Senator Johnson,
at Calif crnia, today mad publie a tele
fram from Meyer Liasaer, of Los
Angeles, on of his. easspaiga managers,
to Herbert Hoover, charging that Mr.
Hoover's campaign ia opposition to Sen
ator Johaeoa ia the California Bepub-
liean Presidential - primary, sraa "the
worst aatumalia of political extra ra
ranee that was, ever exposed or eon-
daeted in Bonthera CalifoTam."
Declaring that ho bad beea challenged
by Joaa F, Laeef, president of tho
Hoover Club, to snake good oa chargea
that the Hoover campaign was backed
by "aa immeaao slash fund." Mr. Liso-
aer said:
fl immediately aeeepted his challenge,
demonstrating with facta and Sgnree
that tho -day after election at yoar
headquarters was like pay day at aa
immeaao industrial plant, jammed all
day by a horde of hired workers, clam
oring for their pay. I showed that
within one hour over sis hundred sack
had beea paid ia amounts ranging from
four dollars to forty two dollar aad
fry cents, that toward evening there
vera still ono hundred twenty-three
persona in lino waiting for pay. and they
were stiii being pai on, too aen morn
ing; that thia item iavolved ia itself
an xneadHnro of at least twenty thou
sand; dollars, while the Johnson organi
sation had hired no paid workers at
all -for election day."
."I ehalleaared your orgaaizatioa to
stato exactly how maay hired workers
they hsd aad the amount or taeir par
rel!. I stated that about aaother twenty
thousand dollars had bora consumed by
you in sending literature by mail with
two-cent stamps to every oaa of ' the
three haadred thousand rotors la Los
Californi Senator Simply
Emits Srnok Screen On t
League; He declares
Ker York, .May. 1 Herbert . Jtoever
toniaht Isoaed tho lollswinf statement
ia response t .fe"0' M"-! .'t'
meat today answering hia cjuery is re
gard to the Senator's . stand' on 'the
League of Nalloet obvenant. ' T ' ?
benater ,Johnaoa, has wet' aaawcrod
my .aaestiona. Instead ho has emitted I
a sawn screen ox personal snoss susa
quotations which -ho attributed to me.
As a matter . of. fact, . jUteao. . questions
have corns from aomeoao else. I nave
aerer mado or approved any of them.
Perhaps . tho . Senator will . correct ; this
misimpresaioa. Tho Seaator apparontly
does not wish to say 'Yes', or 'Mo' as
to whether tho 'English' league,' as he
calls it is the covenant with the Lodge
reservations. , Doe the Senstor wish
to leave, aa. Imputation on .too patriot
ism of tho majority of tho Bepublicaa
Seaato or myself t '
tor of trivial personalities. It ia aav is-
suo poa whiea there hangs the -moral
and - economic well being of tho whole
world,-from whack tho Cnited States,
even if wo would, cannot bo separated.
'The Seaator aaks tha American, peo
ple to make hint Preaideat. - Ha states
that- ha 'has consistently opposed the
poet as preseated with the reservations
attached,' that ho 'would welcome aay
real attempt- to prosaoto peace, aad
that . ho. has aerer opposed .a league to
prevent '.war aad red nee armameat'
Will tho Sanntor change his expressioa
from 'I have never opposed a league'
to will support a league for this
purpose,' and "i'l ho otato what tho
construction Xt that league is to be,
and wero it will differ from tho league
with the reeervatioBs aa agreed b7
tho majority of tho senate? . ..
. "Tho Presideaey is an office of eoa-
structivs rleadership. . . Tha . affaira ' of
tho nation eaaaot bo eoadueted by de-
struettve criticism without alternative
proposals. Tho voters bare a right to
(Cea tinned on Pago Two.)
SUFFRAGE FIGHT WILL
OPEN IN LOUISIANA NOW
Leaders of Both, Sides Among
, Women In. Baton Song
. Tot Legislators ' I
..Batoa.Bougc, La May sV Woman
suffrage headquarters were established
hero today, leaders having moved from
New Orleans to direct tho final akirm-iaheo-
preeediag tho aetloa la tho Legis
lature which will decide whether' or aot
Louisiana will bo tho thirty sixth stato
to ratify tho federal ' womaa suffrags
amendment.' . - .. ...
Mrs. Lydia W. Holmes, otato ratifica
tion . committee chairman,- arrived from
New Orleaas Jbtta today with ealy a suit
case. "Bhe declared she ' was confident
tho General Assembly would ratify the
amendment Monday. . Jl won't need a
trunk, . aao'said. it
. Mrs. James 8. Pinckard oi Montgom
ery, Ala,' president of tho South era
Womoa's League for tho rejeetloa of the
Susan 8V Anthony - ameadmsat, aad
Miss ChsrloUo Bowe.-ef Now York, field
secretary of ' the National - Assoeiatioa
eposed to suffrage, slso were arrivals.
They represent a league which has state
divisions in Mdrybad, Virginia, Tenn
essee, .Florida,' Mississippi, -Ceorgiswasd
tho Carohnas.'
'Plans anneuncVd by suffrage leaders
aro to hsvs the - amendment brought
before the- legislature almost immedi
ately after formal orgaaizatioa. Those
i epposcd to rsi'Scstion have agreed t!:irt
ear! ac::-a y -J b th's-.V.t, t
HOOVERAIISVERS:
aOIIIIIICKE
Angeles county; that you hsd several
hundred men and women employed in
headquarters for sometime in various
capacities with a pay-roll running np
into tens of thousands, and I chal
lenged your management to tell how
maay were so employed and how much
waa involved.
J "I ahowed that they paid about twen-
ry-fiva. hundred dollars xor advertising
ir. one newspaper ia Los Angeles alono
ia which the Johnson organisation ex
pended ono haadred - aad" sixty-eight
dollars - - - .
"I challenged them to tell how many
aatamobiles they hired at twenty-five
dollars per dsy en election day, -nd
Anally, generally I accepted their chal
lenge to submit .the records of the
Johnson campaign la Lot angeles coun
ty along with theirs to pttblie audit,
aad asserted that if they hsd The eour
ago of their bluff, . tho record J wonld
show oa your behalf la LosAngeles
county 4he worst saturnalia.of political
extravagaaeo that waa Over exposed cr
conducted ia Southern California, In
tho same atatemeat I gave in full thi
receipts and oxpenditnrea of tho John
son omniaatioa an to tho day of the
election. I asserted and challenged your
rpla to deny that their expenditures
Loo Angeles county amounted to
manw times our own.
."It may interest you to know that
neither yoar Mr. Lueey nor any one
else eoaaeeted with your Loa Asgeles
emaixatioa has peeped about ca
saiga expeases since my challenge was
published. I , trust this -statement ia
sufficiently convincing, so thst you will
not- again be led into tho error or
sorting that you. had either aa amateur
organization or aa inexpensive ono ia
this State. v
STAIOTPAIGII
Conference i of! Supporters. In
North Carolina Called For .
Greeastoro, May - 8.-Scnator JHirs m
Johaaoa, of California, who ba already
eatorliA tho : North ' Carolina primaries
M i caadidaU or president on the
Eepubliean tkkst, will hare his. Stats
headquarters' ia -Oresasboro, and ' will
btgia immediately, ga aggressive earn-
paign ia tho State for th Bepublicaa
aomipatioa. ......
Oeaeral Leonard Wood is also enter,
ed 'ia .the -North, Carolina, primaries,
aad it is expected that a keen contest
will bo waged between the two in this
Stato. Iredell Mears, of Wilmiagton,
has been active ia Johnson forces of
North 'Carolina. Sylvester J. MeAtee,
of California, has taxea charge of the
Johasoa campaign hero temporarily, and
will be ia charge of the State cam
paign for the aext four weeks.-.-
A number of noted speakers of the
party, will be brought to the State to
speak ia behalf of Johnson's candidacy.
It to expected that ' Senator- Johnson
himself will eome to the mats in a
week or so. and will deliver addresses
in Greensboro', Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
Wilmington, Charlotte aad other towns,
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho,
will also eome hero to throw Bis la
flueaeo on tho sids of tho Johnson
forces. . Senator ; W. . E. Kenyon, of
Iowa, who has been recently- figuring
as a staunch supporter of Johason, will
bo another speaker sent to North Caro
lina. " - .
V la addition to -these, Boyall Johnson,
of South Dakota, aad Congressmen
Sehall, of Minnesota, will appear on tho
firing lino ia this Stats for Senator
Johnson. , All signs' point to a bitter
fight,- ia which Johnson will attempt
to- wrest tho vote from Wood and win
strong support from - the State.
JHembors of Johnson's -provisional
committee sent out letters tonight in
viting supporters to meqoing hero Thurs
day, at 8 o'clock, to perfect tho or
ganization. Then a campaign maaager
will .bo selected or confirmed. : Martin
F. Douglass, of Greensboro, now seems
likely, choice. Sylvester MeAtee will
participate actively la tho 8tate cam
paign. A provisional eoamittee of tea
aow has charge, with headquarters at
tho " O'Hfary Hotel. Iredell Mearea.
John W. Kurfees, C. B. Poiadexter and
Martia Donglass . ar s among its
BMmbers. :.,..
ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS.
Blaekabarg, Va Mar . At a meet
ing of the South Atlantis Athletie As
sociation hero today, H. 0. Byrd, of
MaryiaBd Bute College, was elected
president and Georgetown Untversltv
Sold was selected for the field meet aext
year, f- . . .
Other officers elected are aa folaws
Forest Fletcher,' Waahingtoa aad Lee,
first rice president; Dr. W. A, Lambert,
University i of Virgin is, second - vice
president, aad H. H. Lord, of John.
nopxins, secretary and treasurers
" Bogistarod MsU DUappoars.
Washington, May 8. Postoffiee de.
partmeat officials today estimated tho
valuer of registered mail whieh diaan.
Peered recently ia Now York at 123,000.
Tho mail, it was said, disappeared whlls
being transferred from tho Grsnd Cen
tral station to a Western shore ferry.
Reports to tho Department did not in.
dieato tho aatare of tho loot malL
. Fighting la IUly Reported.
Borne, May 8 According to tha .
papers fighting occurred today ia the
Piedmont district between' Socialist
workers snd Cetholles. Carabineers who
intervened fired Vipon the combatants.
rg 6ns snd wou-J'-2 i?Tea.
iiinoPEii
Democratic Politicians Have
Governor CoxSchedu!ed As
His Running Mate:
JOHNSON CHARGES CUT
SOME ICE IN CAPITAL
While Republican Leaders Bow
Over Presidential Nomina
tion, Democratio Campaign
Moves Smoothly On; No
Great Straggle Indicated For
San Francisco Convention
Tho News aad Observer Bureau,
03 DUtrkt National Baak Bldg.,
ByB.B.POWXLU
(By Special Leased Wire.)'
Washington, D. .May 8. Aside
from Hiram Johnson's assault oa Hoov
er today, Washington's political inter
est at the close of another week spent
itself in appraising the-effect st San
Francisco of tho smooth but sweeping
campaign being toads by the Democrats
for William Gibbs McAdoo and Gover
nor Cox. . "'"'-
Mr. Hoover featured la the day's
lighting with a telegram to Senator
Capper about prieo of sugar ia whieh
hs flayed the administration for some
alleged omissions bat Mr. Hoover's tele
gram to tho Kansas Seaator wouldn't
hold a torch for the things the Johnson
managers say tho Hoover "organiza
tion" did ia tho California primaries.
Tho general consensus of opinioa
among tho Dsmoerats is that tho 8aa
Franeiseo convention will spend avday
or two eliminating .favorite son candi
dates and get down to buaiaess. Whsa
business is reached, they expect to see
little abort of a ratiflcatioa mooting.
Mr. McAdoo and Mr. Cox are, so far
as administration Democrats aro eon.
earned, chosen for tho two big places
oa tha ticket aad tko convention will
have little to do but endorse. ': ,'
Expect No Croat Deadlock. '
Not that there isa't going to be any
thing to make the San- Francisco con
vention lively. Womsm ..suffrage
before a convention of oiouwaM J'mj
crate ia North Cajol-no presented r
onelr sTW'oto1" Vfcjbody erfieeisf
to seo when Governor Edwards, of New
Jersey1, arises to step ou William Jea
nings Bryan's corns. . And Hoks Smith,
Charles T, Murphv and the Timmany
organization, J. W. Bailey of Texas
and tho much bewhUkered J. Hamiltoa
Lewis, of.Cbicsgo, will all be oa hand
to make the proceedings immensely llvo-
Tho fact that there Is to be ao groat
deadlock at San Franeiseo over tho so
lection of a candidate ia boms out by
tho failure of any avowed candidate
for tho Bomination to make a showing.
Already, 042 delegates have beea select
od to the .convention and only t5S are
instructed.
Of those thst aro instructed, only 74
trs pledged to any one candidate and
all the dope for the last week eliminates
Governor Cot, of Ohio, as a serious eoa-
tender for the presidential nomination.
Hia owa State, however, and Kentucky
instructed their respective delegations
of forty eight and twenty sis for him,
The next best showing - in the in
structed eolumnJ.is for Herbert Hoover
tnd when ht allowed - himself - to be
branded he surrendered aay claim to
the thirty votes of Michigaa which
were riven him as the result of the
Demoeratie primary early ia April,
. .Several Favorite Bona.
like North Carolina, several states
have favorite son candidates "saunter
ing"' but Attorney General Palmer and
Governor Edwards ara the only two
doing any real running. The former
has boon in the race quits a little while
aad has beea able, because of the fight
oa the "reds" snd the cam paign to beat
down the high eost of . living to keep
oa tho front page most of the time.
Govenor Edwards abandoned hia ori
ginal plan to wait for the lightning to
eome out of the light wine and beer
eloud at San Franeiseo aad strike him
aad instead has opened headquarters ia
Nsw York with W. W. Vieh, who had
much to do with the first Wilsoa cam
paign, la charge. ., ,
Of tboss less seriously considered
are Secretary of Agriculture .Meredith,
for whom Iowa has instructed. South
Dakota, ht the primaries ia March, ex
pressed a preference xor xormer am
bassador James W. Gerard, of New
York, but ha is not contending over
anything. He ia busy making amends
with himself for hsving spoken ,00
highly of Herbert Hoover at tho Jack
son Day dinner of Democrats.
Worth Carolina rer eummoao
North Carolina's instruction for
Simmons is subiect. of tours, to ratifi-
c.tinm hr tha primary on .June S but
ainee no other Democrat has beea ooJ
tend ll IS cerium w... w-
turn a vote for Simmons large enough
t0 fWe him the entire set of delegstes.
: (Coatiaaed oa Page Two.) (
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El Paso, Texss, May 8. Revolutionary
fortes under General Alvaro Obregon,
candidate for the presidency of Mexico,
were at the gates of Mexico City tonight,
according to reports received here.
An unconfirmed report received at
revolutionary- headquarters today aaid
troops, under General Benjamin Hill,
had already entered the Capital.
Several sweeping victories were
claimed by sati'Carranas agents on tho
border. Tho state of Duraago was re
ported to have oeeeded and to have
joined tho revolution - Geaeral Ceeareo
Castro, who hsd boon opera tins; ia that
region, has sent a part of his forces
to Piedras Negrss, opposito Eagls Paas,
Texas, upon learning that tho Carraaaa
garrison there had tied.
President Carranza is reported to have
ordered the abandonment of the north
ern states of Mexico, aad the eoaeen
tratioa la . Mexico City of "the few
loyal forces thsro." .
Torreou aad Coahuila, with Zaeateeas
and Aguas Calientes, capitals of the
states bearing tho asms names, and
Saltillo, capital of Coahuila, were alao
claimed today by tho revolutionists. . .-
Bsil nnd wiro communication bo-
tween those places nnd Chihuahua City
had been restored by tho lasurgenta, it
was reported. From Torrooa to Aguas
Seventy-fifth Annual Session o
Southern . Convention
Meets Wednesday
1 Waahiagtoa, May 8, All records for
tho attendance at tho Southern Baptist
Convention promise to bo broksn at the
seventy-fifth annual session which opens
here Wednesdays Tho local entertain
ment committee .already has made dell
nite assignment t quarters for-more
thsa seven thousand and roquetta for
snnuDKHuuiiii aro sun pouring in.
In addition to aaarkias? tha diamond
Jubilee omaiversary of throweeation.
thia year's session has been designatsd
a victory convention la' eommemeration
or the success of the denomination
raising mors thsa SWjDOQ.OOO for tho oa
brgement of its missionary, educational
aad Benevolent work en tea foreign mis
sion fields snd - ia seventeen State.
i Final figures on tho amouat of moaey
subscribed for tho ealargemeat program.
as well as the amount of cash paid tn
will be presented to the convention. Ia
dications era thst cash contributions for
ths last year will bo double those ro-TH-rted
to any previous eonvonion. There
has also besa aa unprecedented number
of young men aad women who have ded
icated their lives to the ministry, mis
sionary work and other special forms of
Christian service, while the number of
additions to ths churches will be showa
as unusually large.
Holding . high interest amoag the
special reports to be presented will be
thst from ths commission designated
by the forsiga mine ion board to make
a survey of tho needs of the wsr
strichen csuntriea of Europe snd the
Near East with a view to determining
the opportunity nnd responsibility of
Southern Baptists in tbs economic, social
and religious reconstruction of those
sections. It is expected that a large
fund from the sum allocated to foreiga
minions from tho 75.000 XW campaign
will be applied to reconstruction work
ia Europe.
A concerted Southwide program . for
tha four jcars that remaia of the earn
naifa neriod will be formulated and
the enlargement of many phases of the
cenersl work of tho eonventioa is ex-
oeeted. Inasmuch as ths Southern Bap
tist Theologies! Seminary at Louisville
tha Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Fort Worth, aad ths Baptist
Bible Institute nt rrw urieans are
(crowded to cspscity, and yet ara naable
to meet tha demanda for trained workers.
ifr is practically assured thst the es
tablishment of nnother seminary will
be ennaldared with Richmond and At
lsnta being suggested as sites for such
aa institution.
The woman s missionary union, : an
nnxiliarr of ths convention, will begin
itt thirtyHieennd nnnuai session nuri
day aad Friday. At other times the
nnu, silt attend ths sessloa of the
reaeral eoovention, where they enjoy
equal suffrage with the men. . .
SEVEN MEN KILLED WHEN
GELATINE HOUSE EXPLODES
Kmnnrinm. P- Mar 8. Seven mea
were lnataatlv killed as a result Of aa
Tnimina which aeeurred ia ths gela
tine mix house of the Aetna Explosivee
mm. at 1 aVlnek this afternoon, me
exact cause of tho aeeiaeat 10 no "
as all the workmen In the interior aad
vieiaity of ths gelatiBS plant were vic
tims. The bodies of air of the wtiaw were
blows to pieces, identification being
possible ia the ease of Patrick Burke
aloae. . Burks was driving a car eentau-
iag supplies from tho store room aao
had iuat reached tho door of the mix
house whea the contents of hie esr ex
ploded aad the mix house west np with
it, the detonation shaking the country
for three-miles around, rr i i'
, To Cantlnae to Work for Boa
Washington, May 8v Chairman Ford
aey, of the House Wsys and Means com
mittee today, characterised ths report
that the pending soldier relief legiala
tioa . had ' beea practically killed as
"wholly unauthorised" and declared Be
publicaa members of the committee had
no intention of slackening efforts to
oroDaro a bill next Week that would be
cecptaWe W pe house. , . . ,
BAPTISTS IVIEET IH
IIAIIi'SDAPITAL
Calientes only wire communication was
available.
The ciniiS to Torreou, which has fre
quently IjJhi reported captured by tha
revolutioiAts, was based today on a
report received hero from General
Eugenie Martinez, commander of tho
Chihuahua City garrison, saying that a
train had 'arrived at Conejos, about 40
miles northwest o fTorreon, with the
information that all towns along the
railroad between Conejos nnd Torreoa,
including the latter, had fallen into the
hands of tho rebels.
Luis Cabrera, minister of finance In
the Carranza cabinet, has arrived ia
Piedras Negian. according to sdviees re'
ceived by T. Bcltna, eotrmereiM sgent
for the revolutionary government at 1
1'ato.
tieaor Beltram also announced that
the federal troops at Colombia, Kuevo
L?on, revolted yesterday.
fcight thousand regular troops aad
9,000 "defenses soeiales, or homo
guards, ara operating for tho revolution
ists in Chihuahua, according to) Luis
Monies de Oca, Mexico City business
man, who returned today from Chihua
hua City oa a special mission to Benaral
Adolf o de Ia'Huerta, provisional com
mander of the "defensas soeiales," aad
candidate for governor of the state, ;
STRIKE IN FRANCE
NEARIIIG CRISIS
General Federation of Labor
Issues Call For Additional
Walkouts
' Paris, May 8. The labor situation ia
Franco, aad especially ia Paris,, is
rapidly approachiag a crisis. Thia be
lief boeasae current in Paris after the
announcement by tho General Feder
ation of Labor that it had requested
all workers ia the Paris subways and
tramways to Join tho strike movement
beginning Monday morning.' Late this
evening tha Federation issued aaother
order calling ea workers in tho metal
and building, trade and all thews en
gaged ia merchandise transport to strike
UbBday. The federation, however,
however, promisee that sufficient work.
ere will be permitted to continue their
labor to lasers tho feeding of Pans.
Official Circles express the epiaioa
that these eat Is "are a last bluff of the
Federation, whieh la beginning to feel
that the movement Is irretrievably loot.
Communiques issued by the Federation,
oa tho other head, express confidence
In the ultimate success of tho movement
sad -threaten to esll ont all the other
braaeheo of labor should tho striks
calls issued today fail to bring the
desired result. ,
Tho government esused t'-e arrest of
five more extremist leaders today.
charging them with Inciting the mtli
tary to disobedience.
The Federation of postal smployes hss
appealed to all employes in Pans to
gather at a geaeral meeting tomorrow
for the purpose of discussing menus for
upholding the workers now striking.
Although ths appeal does not mention
striking there 'is nn intimation pre
valent that such action is behind the call
for the meeting.
The atstement of the Labor Feder
ation points out that the attitude of
the government in refusing to meet
the workers, necessitates further and
more drastic' scUoa, although it ex
(Continued on Pago Two.)
FRENCH NEGRO SOLDIERS
TERRIFY GERMAN WOMEN
Allef ed Unchecked Assaults By
Troops Brinf Storm of
. Indignation
Berlin, March 7. In reimoiue to an
interpellation by a woman deputy ia
the Wurttemburg diet Premier Bios
declared the German- government would
be asked to bring about nt the 8 pa
conference, a discussion . of the Tlack
disgrace in view of alleged unchecked
assaults by French negro troops upon
uerman women aad girls lz tho occu
pied tone.
Ke ports received hero from the Soar
region, whieh the suthonties surged aro
well authenticated, tell of an increas
ing number of murders and suicides ss a
result of ravishment of scores of young
German working girls by French negro
troops.
Tho reports state that many working
girls have mysteriously disappesred
while womea of other classes, prefer
ring self imposed death to public die
grace, have eommitteed suicide. '
A storm of - indescribable indigna
tion would sweep over the civilized
world if the crimes of the French col
ored troops were ones made kaowa de
clared the Beichsbote, ia diseaswing the
ituatioa, which, it states, -Germany
alone le unable to solve nnd, therefore,
must look for help to the white notions
of the world.
Voerwarts details instances " of mis
treatment of girls by the negro soldiers
snd pays grateful tribute to the Ameri
can authorities-, ia the occupied terri
tory, who, it says "act ia sympathetic
understanding with the : German local
bodies in the eadevors oi ;he latter to
remedy the present terridje ststo of im
morality." The Social Democratio party la con
ference today unanimously adopted a
resolution protesting against tho em
alayment in Germany of colored troops,
"to which tbounaada of def easelees
women aad giri " TWtuss.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Denies His Sympathies Are
, With Radicals
- H 't
.'.-
ACTUATED BY SINGLE :
THOUGHT IN ACTIONS
Tried faithfully and. Sincerely.
To Determine Whether Ac-;
' cnied Are Onilty; Repreien-
tativs Pou, of Horth Caro-.
.- Una, Thinks He Acted From
v8ense of Duty
1 Washington, May 8. Denying' that
hia sympathies were with radical ele-'
meats rounded up by the Department of,
Justice, Assistant Secretary of labor
Peat declared to day that ia handling '
alien deportatiqa eases ' he had acted
solely ia accordance with the evidence..
Mr. Poet, la eontlnulag his testimony
before the House rules committee ss It
hia conduct la deporation proceedings,
aaid hs was actuated always by the sin- '
glo thought of trying to find out whether
accused aliens were gu"ty. i '
Answering Chairmen Campbell's ques
tion whteber the political conviction
of aliens ho had freed had appealed to
him, Mr. Post sold: '
"l am utterly out of sympathy with '
the attitude of the physical force of the
philosophical aaarehists. For thirty
years, I have beea fightiag that. In the
deportation eases, sll I have tried to .
do was to fiad out whether the alien was
guilty or not guilty."
Wanted to Have Fair Trial
Ia deciding deportation cases, Mr.
Post said hs had followed a procedure
assuring a fair trial with counsel for
the accused aad a full opportunity to be
heard. Hepreeeatative Pou, Democrat,'
North Carolina, remarked that Mr:
Post's rules operated to make deport
at ions more difficult, but the witness
replied that aay rule to protect personal
liberty involved exercise of safe guards
tending toward, delay. At this point,
Mr. Pou, a member of the eomtnittet,
aaid that while hia views oa deportation
were different from those of Mr. Post,
he believed the latter, la making de'
eialon was actus ted by a sense of .
riuty.v '. ,;v '.-', :
Mr. Post ' was put ' through ; long
cross examination by Chairman Camp- .
boll, ia whieh the witaess said he form-,
erly was a Bepublican, but now was a
Democrat, that he regarded tho eoaati-
tution of the United States as a ssered
document, aad that he had ao scheme
of his owa for any attempted reorgani
sation of ths government.
Committee Corhled Records
. Mr. Campbell sought to have Mr. Post
say if "high brow" anarchists were aot
aa dangerous ss those advocating out
aad out violence, but the Assistant
Secretary declined to give aa "abstract
opinion, ...
Asked why Emma Goldman had ad
dressed him as "our friend,, Mr. Post
said she probably followed ths custom of
a constituent writing to a member of ,
Congress, with whose opinions the mem
ber did not sgree.
Mr. Post charged that the House im
migration committee hsd gsrbled the
record of the release of accused Com
munists s as to make it appear that hs .
had seted improperly.
The Assistant Secretary declared that
some newspspermen were influenced in'
their writings regarding deportation .
by reason of salaries received from
sources other then their newspapers.
He told the committee that he "spoke -
entirely from hearsay,' and that his
rferenee waa to "publicity men who
work under the guise of newspaper
ee."
Mr. Post named Thomas F. Logan, a
former Washington correspondent, ss
one newspsper man who, he said, had .
received pay from outside sources. Mr. '
Logan, the witness said, a few years ago .
receirved money from meat packers .
while "getting much more than his le
gitimate salary from hia newspsper.'.'
At the conclusion of his testimony ,
Chairmsn Csmpbell announced the rules
committee would meet rrextriweek to dew ,
tormina on a future course of sctiou.
v Backed Up By Courts '
Mr. Post read a court decision hold
ing -that aliea residents bod the right to ,
a fair trial and said that in dealing with . .
tho aliens "be had tried to apply tho ,
priaeiplea laid dowa ia the decision. ,
Aliens rounded up by Department of ,
Justice sgents, he testified, were exam-
ined by those agents aftsr the fashion
of "a police inquisition" and -wars not
informed of their rights to counsel snd '
fair trial. This, hs sdded, wss in "plain
contravention" of tbs court decision.
Mr. Post told the committee that eon- .
trary to newspaper reports the immigre.
tion suthoritiee hsd no connection with ..
tho detention of Andrea Salsedo, who .
committed suieide is New York lost
week. Department' of Justice . agents, "
bo said, were detaining Salaedo and had!
the Immigration bureau records shswed
that although a' warrant for bim baa ,
been issued in March hs hadever beea
in the-custody of Immigration officials. -
Weald Prohibit Sugar Exportation. '
sagar would be prohibited under a bill
introduced today by Representative , '
Hudspeth, Democrat, Texas. The bill .
would authorize the federal trade -
commission to iavoatigato the manufac
ture, distribution and sale of sugar. ' s
. i
Marshal Feck Attsnds Church
Orleans. Frace, May 8. Marshal Foch
today sat ia the church warden's pew
at ths Cathedral here during ceremonies
held ia anticipation of the canonization
of Joan of Are, which will take place
May IJ, Marshall rock participated ia
procession which was held by all or
ganized societies of Orleans sfter high-
Mass was said st ths Cathedral.