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HOME EDITION
TODAY'S PRICES
Mexican bank notes state bob 927V5c; pesos oil
77c; new 45c; Mexican gold 51c; nacionales 24c:
bar silver H. ft H. quotations $1.01 H; copper 15'4c
1Sc; gran-. Uglier; livestock steady; stocks bigber.
1 Paso and West Texas generally fair; Sew Mex-
ico and Arizona fair with sot attk cbaage in tem-
perature. 16 PAGES TODAY
LATEST NEWS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY EVENING. MAY 2. 19 19.
DELIVERED AUTWHERE. 11c MONTE
SINGLE COPT FIVX CBNT3
EARTHQUAKE KILLS 70: INJURES
AW
INVESTIGATORS HID GLUE THAT
W RESULT IN DISCOVERY OF
BOMB CONSPIRACY PERPETRATORS
Learn Identity of Manufacturer of Peculiarly Designed
Paper That Covered Boxes Containing Infernal Ma-
chines; Explosives Seized at "Medical Institute"
Examined; TJ. S. Envoys at Paris Are Cautioned.
X.TEW YORK May 2. Federal and
police investigators of the nation.
wide bomb conspiracy to assassinate
prominent men expressed opinion to-
day that they had found a doe that
might lead to the discovery of the
conspirators when they learned the
identity of the manufacturer of the
peculiarly designed parer with which
ne boxes containing: the bombs were
'overed.
The manufacturer said that only. .
a few hundred sheets of the paper
had left his stock and that he
could famish the police vrlth a
list of his patrons into whose
possession the paper went.
The paper is of fancy plate-green.
basket weared design. Investigators
:nt:mad that the criminals have had
oox maker prepare 25 of 30 boxes
did that the box maker made use of
he sample paper because the order
as a small one.
A raid on a "medical Institute
last night quantities of explo-
itive being found led to reports
that Kometfalnc: tangible had been
learned regarding the May day
conspiracy but reticence concern-
ing the report was observed by
the Investiaratars.
A large quantity of explosives con-
'.seated last mgnt by me ponce ana
'-derai agents at a house in West 45th
r-tr.ee t was being examined at police
headquarters today In connection with
the investigation of the May day con
spiracy to kill prominent men by
ending bombs to them through the
Trails.
The house !n which the explosives
u-ere found was described by police as
a "medical institute" for treatment of
Holds Invalid
One Section Of
WarTax Bill
Child Labor Feature Car-
tying -PflMMTOi luaj;
Held Unconstitutional.
Greensboro N. C Kay X TTae child
labor section of the war revenue bill
carrying a jrroMbitiv tax on prod-
ucts of child labor entering; interstate
commerce was declared unconstitu-
tional today by federal lodge James B.
Boyd.
Lst year he declared void the
ordinal child labor act which the
U nted States supreme court annulled
jy a margin of one vote.
Minneapolis Seeks Big
Fight; $135000 Offer
Sent To Tex Richard
jaianoapouo -iiim-. may jiiivo
av 'Map'SH T Rfc&rd aTo'ffer !
cay telegraphed Tex Rickard an offer
of S15..AO0 for permission to promote
the WiUard-Dempsey fight proposed
for July .
Collins announced he has received
1 00000 backing in Minneapolis and
ti at the fiehters would be broueht
lere for a ten round contest if
Rickard accepts his offer.
STEEL PRICE SCHEDULE TO
BE DISCUSSED THURSDAY
aahina-tOL- D. C- May t. Repre-
sentatives of the railroad administra-
t on will confer with representatives
of the steel producers in New York
. ext Thursday to discuss the steel
nedules approved by the industrial
?nard. it was learned today at the ln-
us trial board.
SECRETARY DANIELS IS THE
GUEST OF SIR ERIC GEDDES
London. Eng. May 2. Joeephus
T'aniels. American secretary of the
: avj . was the guest of Sir Eric Ged-
es. minister without portfolio and
'jrmer first lord of the admiralty at
- luncheon today. Many prominent
Er.clihmen were present. Secretary
raniels also paid visits to St. Paul
and Westminster Abbey.
JOFPRE TO VISIT U S-
Washington. D. C May 2. Private
n vices received here today say mar-
shal Joffre has not changed his plana
'or visiting the United States before
- end of this year. He has not
f xed a date.
Ma" Burdick 60
'Lassie " With A.
Record Is Back From "Over There"
XTEW YORK Mar 2. "Ma" Burdick.
IN 66 Salvation Army lassie mother
to thousands of doughboys with the
American expeditionary forces re-
turned today on the Nleuwe Amster-
ia.m from Brest.
Works Under Shell Fire.
At the front she worked under shell
Nurses Smoe "Fags";
Set Fire To Hospital
Wheel W Va. May 2. Smok-
ing of ciparetp bv nurses was re-
sponsible for tTf msterious fires
which d d 'e derable damage to
the Norl1" 1"r re hospital. In the
opinion ' f r chief Rose The
announi " vauced a sensation
Liberty Bon
drug addicts. The proprietor of the
place Chae. R. Baldwin was arrested
charged with violation of the drug
act a quantity of drugs also being
xouno. ine explosives consist eo 01 v
eight ounce bottles of various explos-
ive chemicals according to the police.
Baldwin denied knowledge that the
bottles were in his quarters.
Plan Roundup of "Red.
Federal and police officials were
expected to make a rounduo of "Reds'
here today in connection with the
Investigation into the nation wide
May day conspiracy to kill prominent
men wits Domes addressed to tnem
through the mails. Twenty five of
these machines were known to have
been dispatched one exploding.
It Is assumed that the warnings
sent broadcast make it Improbable
that any bombs may still be In trans
it will accomplish the execution des
tined for them.
Warning Sent To Paris.
It was reported today that messages
had been sent to members of the peace
delegation in Paris warning them
against opening packages although
there is nothing to indicate that any
deadly contrivances have been sent
abroad.
Among the last persons to whom it
was discovered bombs had been ad-
dressed were senator Wm. H. King
of Utah and Frank K Nebecker. a
Salt Lake City attorney who prose-
cuted the I. W. W. at Chicago last
year.
The postmaster at Annrlens.
GaU reported to the chief postal
inspector today that he had held
up a registered package mailed
from Xew Tork with a GImbel
brothers tag and addressed to a
prominent citizen of Americas.
The Inspector's office at Atlanta
was ordered to Investigate.
Picture Of Dead
Body Offered In
Trial Of Newman
Hoctor's Widow Asked To
Photo Is Introduced.
Phoenix. Ariz. May 2- When
county attorney Laney introduced
-photographs of Frank Hoctor's body.
showing alleged bullet wounds at
the trial of J. D. Newman today on the
charge of having murdered Hoctor
he asked the dead man's widow to
leave the courtroom. Mrs. Hoctor
who has been a constant attendant at
the trial attired in deep mourning
left the court during the Identifica-
tion of the pictures.
Defence Counsel Objects.
Counsel for the defence objected
strongly to the introduction of the
DhotoeraDhs as likely to urejndice
the 12 jurors and Inflame their
minds hut judge Stanford overruled
-h nrotest
A.!J -22H
body in the hack near the left
shoulder another near the right hip
and a third at the left knee.
Other Pictures Rejected.
A number of photographs of the al
leged scene of the killing also were
admitted in evidence until the prose-
cution sought to impress upon the
court by county attorney Lasey tho
distance between Newman's automo-
bile and Hoctor's truck where the
truck turned out from the road where
it stopped and where Hoctor's body
lay." Judge Stanford sustained the
defence's objection to this picture
with the remark that the county at
torney might be wrong in his calcu-
lations. Protest To Mr. Wilson
Against Mistreatment Of
Jews In Poland-Galicia
New York. May 2. A cablegram
protesting against "horrible atrocities
against Jews in Poland and Gallela."
and urging action by the peace con-
ference to r re vent further pogroms.
has been sent to president Wilson by a
committee of Jews representing 500-
HV9 of their coreligionists in America
"According to reports." declared
the message "outrages against Jews
in Poland are part of a noliry to sup
press the Jewish claims for equality
political and national rights through
massacres and terror."
Salvation Army
E. F. Pie Baking
fire her silvered head protected by a
steel helmet. She cut off the rain and
mud soaked tails of the doughboys
long coats and fashioned the rem-
nants into fatigue caps. She fried
flapjacks over a stove made out of
scrap metaL She finally worked her
self into a condition of extreme physi
cal weakness and was found lying 111
In the loft of a shell torn stable. She
was taken to a military hospital In
Paris. When she recuperated she re-
turned to the front.
Other of Family Serve.
Every member of her family old
enough to serve responded to the first
call
Her husband hustled fuel for nis
wife's flapjack fires and betwt-en
times he mended watches for the boS.
"Mr Burdick held the pie baking
record of the camps having baked
324 pies in 12 hours.
ds Brcpgkt Us Victory: Now 'Let Victory Bonds Bring Us Libert;
Troops Ready To Storm Budapest;
Rumanians Headed By Ferdinand
Are Soon To Enter Hungarian City
s
MOBILIZING
Seek to Halt Invasion of
German-Austria By the
Jugo-Slav Forces.
Genera Switzerland May 2. The
Carinthian government has ordered
the mobilisation of 19 military classes
in order to arrest the invasion of Ger-
man Austria by the Jnso-Slavs. ac-
cording to a dispatch received at
Bierne. Jngo-Slavs are reported to be
attacking on a St mile front for the
purpose of seizing Klagenfurt and
vniach.
Vienna Is said to be preparing to
aid the Carinthian troops and they are
also seeking to settle the conflict.
'Carlnthia is a titular duchy of Aus-
tria situated east of the Tyrol and
north of Carnlola.
SENATE WILL RATIFY PEACE
TERMS ASHURST BELIEVES
Jjoa Angeles. Calif. May 1. "The
league of nations covenant drafted as
at present may sot be proof against
all wars but it win prevent some
wars" said United States senator
Henry F. Ashurst or Arizona demo-
crat here today.
"I believe the peace terms as out-
lined In the conference in Paris" he
continued "will be ratified by the
'Continued on parre 4. column 3.)
200 Arraigned For Cleveland Riots;
Premier Blamed For Paris Trouble;
May Day Disorders In Many Lands
Break Up AlllSeveral
Jut Une New York
Demonstration.
CLEVELAND O- May I Two hun-
dred prisoners were arraigned in
police court this morning as a result
of yesterday's May day disorders.
C B. Ruthenlterc; former can-
didate for mayor on the Socialist
ticket was among those detained.
Rioting precipitated by a socialist
parade yesterday resulting In the
death of a man and injury to more
than sixty others two perhaps fatally
was followed by street fighting in
many parts of Cleveland last night.
Sixteen policemen were injured.
Urgrs General Strikes
New York. May 2. The climax of
the May day celebration in New York
came last night with a mass meeting I
at Madison Square garden which i
adopted resolutions advocating four
general strikes three of fire days
duration and a fourth of indefinite :
length unless Thomas J. Mooney and
Warren K. Billings are released from i
prison or granted new trials before
July 4.
The meeting was the only one
of a dozen planned which was not
broken up by soldiers and sailers
who demanded that the American
flag be displayed and "The Star
Spangled Banner sung. It was
not the fault of the service men
that they did not "clean up the
garden last night. They tried hard
enough but were overwhelmed by j
the police j
An army of 1218 police under com- I
mand of chief inspector Daly guarded
all approaches to the garden and held
at bay more than 100 men in uniform !
recexmy reiurnvo irvm rrauce.
Jiiot call In cnieago.
Chicago nu May 2. A riot call
was sounded in Chicago Thursday
when radicals attempted to hold a
parade which had been forbidden.
Several persons were arrested but
there were no casualties.
It became known today that
federal troops with two machine
gun companies were mobilised
outvlde the city yesterday In read-
iness to suppress any disorder re-
uniting from the Socialist May
day demonstration. In the event
the police proved unable to cope
with It.
Government authorities incensed
over the Socialist demonstration
today were considertas; steps .to
deport every foreign bStsT person who
participated.
U.S. Mobs Kill 3326
In 30 Year Period;
Texas Third In List
New Tork May I. In the last 30
years tttt persons have been killed
by mobs according to a report by
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
For the M years period from 1S89.
through IMS the north has had 21 S
victims the south 2824. the west
15 and Alaska and other local-
ities 16.
Texas stands third In the list
says the report with 3.35 victims.
Fifty colored women and 11 white
women were lynched in four states.
Nebraska was the only state out-
side the south which lynched
women The north and west to-
gether have lynched 2t persons
during the last five years period.
Big Guns Of German Gov
ernment r orces Boom At
Gates Of Munich.
yiENNA. Austria. May 2. Kkg
Ferdinand of Rumania accom
panied by French generals is about to
enter Budapest the capital of Hun'
gary. at the Dead or his troops a
Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Freie
Presse says.
MUNICH'S FALL NEAR.
Berne. Switzerland. May 2. The
artillery fire of the German govern-
ment troops k audible in Munich and
is constantly creeping nearer accord-
ing to advices from that city. Gov-
ernment troops hold all the important
points about Munich and are masters
of the railroad communication hi that
region.
The Red Guards ire reported to
be demobilized and plundering the
banks. The communists are threat
ening to massacre the bourgeoisie ac
cording to reports. The misery of the
people is said to have reached an un-
bearable ponk.
REPORTS CITY SEIZED.
Paris. France. May 2. Bavarian
government troops captured Munich
from the communists on Thursday
morning according to advices reaching
here today.
Hurt
During Pans May 1
Disturbances.
PARIS. France. May X. Two hun-
dred persons besides fifty po-
licemen were hurt during yesterday's
May day disorders according to an
announcement at midnight. Apr-arent-ly
only one person was killed.
The police maintained that they had
no ball cartridges in their revolvers
and that no ammunition was Issued
to the troops the few shots fired con-
sequently having come from the
demonstrators.
The disturbances are generally de-
plored by public opinion.
The conservative organs lay tbe
blame npon the labor people while
the newspapers opposed to pre-
mier Clemenceau are inclined to
agree with the Socialists that
there would have been no trouble
If a demonstration bad been per-
mitted In Paris.
The Petit Parlsien says that
throughout the country the laboring
classes displayed their feelings in dig-
nity and order and that a few inci
dents of disorders should not be per
mitted to wipe out the satisfactory
impression thus given.
American ambulances did efficient
work In Dicklna ud the wounded dur
ing the May day demonstrations the
American Red Cross attendants being
cheered by the crowds.
At the Invalldes bridge an
American lieutenant colonel and
two junior officers were stopped
by d racoons rthen they attempted
to cross the river. Tbe Americans
were charged upon by some cav-
alrymen and In the melee some
shot were fired.
During a clash in Place de La Bas
tile a policeman shouted to the mob:
"If you want to fight go to Ver-
sailles and fbxht the Germans."
The mob took up the cry of "On to
I Versailles and averted more serious
nssuns.
Several Yank. Injured.
Several American soldiers were hurt
in the Place de la Concorde being the
victims of their curiosity.
Socialists and the leaders of labor
unions are indignant over yesterday's
Incidents. The General Labor federa-
tion has Issued a protest and a com-
mittee will meet tonlgbt to consider
what steps will be taken as a result
of the disorders. The managing com-
mittee of the Socialist party and the
Socialist group of tbe chamber of
deputies also will meet-
Deputy Marcel Cachin. writing in
Humanlte claims the day was a "mag-
nificent demonstration of the power
and discipline of the laboring daasr3
and was marred only by the brutality
of the ferocious police."
M. Cachin places responsibility for
th. disorders upon premier Clemen-
ceau. Hanson Would Hang Or
Jail All U.S. Radicals
Topeka Kans. May 2. Addressing
a Victory loan meeting here yester-
day mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle
Wash . denounced the government's
policy toward anarchism and the I. W.
W sls a "skim milk. weak vacillating
and changeable'' one and pronounced
a warning of a widespread national
effort to overthrow the government
and society by violence.
"I trust Washington will buck up
and clean up and either hang or in-
carcerate for life all the anarchists in
this country. If the government does
not clean them up. 1 will." mayor
Hanson paid adding "I'll cive up my
mayorship and start throueh the
roun'rv We will hr.ld meetings and
have hanirlng places "
II PHLE1 FOR
12 MEN TRUE
Does Year Old Baby Ee-
semble Mann Act De-
fendant? Up to Jury.
Sacramento. Cal May 2. When P.
S. Johnson assistant United States at
torney requested that the one year
old baby of Mrs. Myrna Northcutt be
brought Into the United States dis-
trict court here for the Jury to deter-
mine whether it resembled W. E. Gow-
11ns on trial on a charge of transport-
ing Mrs. Northcutt from Reno Nov.. to
Stoat. CaL. for immoral purposes in
violation of the Mann act. federal
judge Will lam Van Fleet forbade any
one to disturb the child beeause its
mother stated it was asleep. Johnson
said he would renew his request to
have the baby brought into court as
an exhibit at the session today.
Denle Resemblance.
The request was made after John-
son had asked Mrs. Northcutt if It
was not a fact that the baby resem
bled Gowllng."
"It does not." the witness repuea.
The prosecution attempted to show
by witnesses that Lieut. Carleton
Northcutt. husband of Mrs. Northcutt.
was not the babys father. Mrs. North-
cutt testified that he was. Mrs. North-
cutt testified on cross examination
that she loved Gowling who Is her
cousin and In answer to a question
she denied she ever had immoral rela-
tions with him.
Argentine ratnotic sso -
elation Declares War
On Anarchists.
TJUBNOS AIRBS. Argentina May 3.
Vigilance committees organized by
the Patriotic league of this city pre
vented menacing anarchistic tertden
des during Thursday's Socialist
demonstrations- President Irrigoyen
told Sr. Manuel Canes president of
the league that the Socialist and an-
archistic organizations had appealed
to him for protection against the
league which warned that It would
forcibly suppress any Maximalist dts-
orders. The president asked what the
league intended to do.
Wlth or without authority." Dr.
Carles answered "the Patriotic
league Intend to end anarchistic
efforts to break down tbe civili-
zation of Argentina. It Intend to
prevent all demonstration by aa-
archls'js." With the organizations of these
vigilance committees there seems to
be a serious effort to eliminate an-
archistic agitations which have been
serious for more than a year. Right
hundred have been arrested during
the last few days and the police have
listed 1600 more who may be taken
Into custodv at any time.
Dr. Cales stated that beginning
Monday the league would start break-
ing up all known meeting places for
anarchists.
Workers' Holiday In Berlin.
Berlin. Germany. May 2. (Wireless
to London.) Tbe first of May brought
with it lor tbe zirat tune tne almost
complete observance of the workers
holiday in Berlin. Nearly all means
of communication were shut down and
factories shops and restaurants were
dosed. Up to early afternoon no in
cidents had occurred.
fTts.b npnn at Madrid.
Madrid. Spain. May 2 The police
and people engaged in a May day
demonstration clashed Thursday af
ternoon. 29 police and several per
sons being wounded.
BONDS FOR RELEASE OF
BILL HAYWOOD REJECTED
rrhirana. 111. Mav 2. Bonds for the
release of William B. Haywood. I. W.
W. leader now In prison at Leaven
worth. Kans- were refused In tbe
United States circuit court of appeals
today. The proferred sureties were re
garded as insufficient
Tke bondsmen who offered the se
curities were Bruce Lloyd weathy So-
cialist and George M. Mcintosh.
ARGENTINE LEADER LIKES
WILSON'S ADRIATIC STASU
Buenos Aires. Argentine. May Z.
Dr. Manuel Carles orealdent of the
Argentine Patriotic league expressed
today his approval of president Wil-
son's declaration relative to Italian
claims on the eastern coast of the Ad-
riatic. DISCHARGES 800 WHO
DIDN'T WORK 5IAV DAT
Reading. Pa.. May 2. Because they
failed to appear for work on May day.
after warning had been issued that
every man was expected to be on
duty too employes of the Carpenter
Steel company were discharged today.
0000 STRIKE IN DENVER.
Denver Colo.. May 2. Nearly (00
workmen of the federated railroad
shop crafts of Denver Thursday de-
clared a one-day strike as a protest
against "wailure of the government to
keep Its faithful promises that ample
employment would be furnished " and
as a demonstration in behalf of Im-
prisoned radicals including K icene
V. nehs
ONLY ONE THIRD
OF MOM
SUBSCRIBED
The Indicated Tdd Friday
Morning Is Placed At
Billion and Half.
NUMBERBUYING
SHOWS DECREASE
Names Of Men Killed In
Action Answers Loan's
Objectors At 'Frisco.
WASHINGTON. D. C May S. With
Indicated subscriptions of $150-
0OO.0OS one-third of the Victory losji
quota the country still lagged today
behind the record made in third and
fourth loans.
Report showedthe number of
individual subscriptions was fall-
inK off In several district. and
treasury officials declared extra
ordinary efforts would have to be
made to equal the record of ZtV-
000000 .ubserlbera in the fourth
loan
Cincinnati has S200M over its al-
lotment. The Cleveland district was
reported to have subscribed more than
$25S0oeft0. Honor flags have been
awarded to it communities In the dis-
trict. Unique Appeal in West.
Hundreds of subscriptions were said
to have been obtained in San Fran-
cisco by the appeal carried on a card
bearing the names of local men killed
in action. The list was headed:
The answer to all of your obJec-4
lions.
Amonjr the different croup in
Chicago the Circh-Siovnk. ore
leadinj; In the amount of sale.
Six hundred and twenty-four
honor flag have been awarded in
the Oh Ira ro district.
Subscriptions and percentages ot
quotas raised by districts as an-
nounced last night when the officially
tabulated total wasi 5 1.2 .
were as follows:
District Subscriptions
Pet.
St. Louis IieS.TSI.OM
U.1S
I Minneapolis ea.13S.aM
et-M
j Chicago.. . &ktZi!l
iaxxt
Kansas City ..
CUM.
sa.t34.aae
1S.7I
37.1S
Cleveland . . ..
Atlanta
New Tork
San Francisco
Philadelphia . .
Dallas -.
... lX177.a
... ( S0O
... sts.iss.ses
... si.iM.soe
... iM.oe
ILU
11.42
2S.28
lt.M
17.51
Conventions For Popular
Ratifications Of League
Covenant Will Be Held
New Tork May : Conventions for
popular ratification of the league of
nations covenant will be held In IS
eastern and central western states
during the last two weeks of May and
the first week of June it was an
nounced today by the League to En
force Peace.
Wm. H. Taft. sresldent of the or
ganisation and president Lawrence A.
Lowell of Harvard are among the
speakers who will appear at the con
ventions it was stated.
Conventions will be held In Maine.
New Hampshire. Vermont Rhode
Island. Connecticut. New Tork. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania West Virginia.
unio Indiana Illinois. Kansas lowa
and Michigan.
GERMANS SATISFIED WITH
FIRST MEET AT VERSAILLES
Versailles. France May 3. (By As-
sociated Press.) Tbe German dele-
gates to the peace congress today ex-
pressed themselves as well satisfied
that the first meeting: Thursday with
representatives of the allied and as-
sociated powers took the form of a
mutual exchange of credentials rather
than a onesided demand for presenta-
tion of the German papers for pur-
poses of identification. They take this
as an indication that the negotiations
are to be conducted on a basis of
equality.
C03I3IITTEE EXAMINES
GERMANS CREDENTIALS
Paris France. May 2. The creden-
tials committee of the peace confer-
ence held a meeting today to examine
the German credentials received at
Versailles yesterday.
There is no disposition. It Is said on
the part of the allies of the United
States to raise any questions regard-
ing the competency of the Berlin gov-
ernment to apeak for the remainder of
Germany. They are proceeding on
the theory that the Berlin ministry Is
the real German government.
FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND
rRKMIER ORLANDO CONFER
Rome. Italy. May 2. CamiUe Bar-
re re. the French ambassador to Italy:
A a conference Tuesday with pre
mier Orlando concerning the develop-1
xnent or events in fans since tne de
parture or the Italian delegation.
Are Women s Corsets
Underwear? Somebody
Please Tell Tax Man
New York May 2. "Are corsets
underwear?" This problem was
put up today to commissioner of
internal revenue Roper by Lew
Hahn. executive secretary of the
National Retail Dry goods associa-
tion. The new luxury tax Is the cause j
oi u uizncuiiy. An unomcuu rul-
ing has declared that corsets are
underwear. Mr. Hahn says and a
luxury and taxable. Some mer-
chants are collecting the tax and
others are not and Mr. Hahn ap-
peals to commissioner Roper to put
corsets in their proper place officially
DAMAGE
FROM SHOCKS FELT
IN SAN SALVADOR
ERRIBLE TOLL OF LIFE TAKEN
I
Belated Reports Reveal Gravity of Disaster Which
Struck San Salvador and Nearby Points on April 28;
Shocks Were Confined to Immediate Vicinity of
San Salvador; Previous Death List Multiplied.
CAN SALVADOR. Salvador. May 2. Seventy persons were killed and
more titan 500 persons were iojwed as a rtsuk of tfee earthquake of
Apifl 28.
The damage was extensive m trtk city asd nearby town to which tht
earth shocks were confined.
(News of the recent earthquake m San Salvador have been slow ir
reaching die United States. An earlier report placed the mstaber of dead a!
only 40. although it was said that the quake probahiy rivaled the Salvado?
disaster of 1917. Apparently the toll was heavier than first announced
On Wednesday earth shocks were recorded by seismographs at a number o)
points in this country.)
Southern California Prosperous
And Short Of Labor Is In Favor
Of Wilson's Program For League
By DAVID LAWRENCE
LOS ANGKLET& Calif-. May 2. South- derstood to feel that the taint of --
era California one is rsiently l?.r.lali??? "Ai.'f lshnesa '
told differs from northern California
In everything from topography to
politics. But In the quality of its en-
thusiasm lor and interest in the league
of nations this section of the state
reveals no distinguishing marks of
dissent with the program outlined In
Paris for the bettermeBt of the world.
Rather might It be said that
opinion Is evea more aoHdly for
the lergue here than elsewhere.
aaf ""an Infroenlial Republican
newspaper aa the Ios Anseles
Times owned by the late Gen.
U arrf on Gray Otis has been on-
werrlnc la Its support of the cot.
e na.nl. eren when It was not
amended.
The Hearst newspapers catering
somewhat to that oortlon of the Irish.
American population which mistaken
ly assunws the leans will ohlintis th
United States to render active aid to! would expect. Judging from the iriten-
Great Britain In the event of an Irish Islty of opposition in other parts of thi
rebellion are conducting a negative
campaign against the leaame bv Am.
phaslxing an America first doctrine
mat appeals to those who either are
unaware of the terrible plight of Eu-
rope or who have not yet learned that
a war over strictly European affairs
can nrxng an invasion or American
rights and disturb the peace of the
whole world.
Many peple kaTe not yet taken
to heart the lessons of the late
war and nssnme that the United
States can return to c policy of
Isolation and neutrality In world
affairs and wait azuia for a direct
transgression of her rights before
recognizing; a common menace.
But the larare bod-r at th nMnk
here are not of that opinion. They
have not analysed the league of na-
tion covenant as lawyers would but
they have analysed what war in and
anybody who Imagines that the peo
ple nave required any tremendous en-
thusiasm for military exnloita as a r
suit even of the spectacular achieve-1
mentS Of our armv in Fnnr la mnh
munaaen.
Soldier's Plea for the League
Only a fortnla-ht aa-o thara wi
gathering of the local branch of the
Sons of the Revolution. Some people
were ODDoaed to the learae. ifanv in
fluential men in California affairs
wore oresenc a major or infantrr
Just returned from the Argonne bat
tlefield of France made a plea for
tne league or nations that won the
day. He pictured the war he had baen
through and the sacrifices and hard.
snips wmcn were inevitable in war.
He begged that future generations be
not asked to endure what our men and
the men of other nations had Just en-
dured. There was no argument after
that.
Hiram Jthmen Opposes League.
Hiram Johnson senator from Call-
fornla has been Inclined to oppose
the league because it might benefit
Europe more than It does America.
Mr. Johnson's criticisms have great
weight in California for he is by far
the most powerful political person-
ality In this state and his objections
are recognised as sincere. He is un-
1 1 'A
European Situation Summarized I
(By the Associated Press.)
IF the work of carrying out the last
phase of the peace negotiations pro-
gresses according to the program out-
lined in Paris dispatches the treaty
probably will be signed early In the
week beginning May 25.
The treaty will be presented to the
Germans Monday afternoon. Reports
from the peace conference indicate
that it is to be a "victors' peace." and
there will be no informal conversa-
tions except the merest formalities
when the treat v is handed over Fif-
teen days will be given the enem to
consider the treat v. tvth a fpvv riii.
tlonal days for the exchange of views
between the allied end the German
delegates.
Pence by May 27 1
Thus at the latest if present plans
are foTiwed. May 17 should se peac
reigning once more Detween Germany
and the allied and associated govern-
menti
A secret plenary session of the con-1
ference Will be hf Id Saturrtav Trh-l
jon Monday a n.er.ng will be held for
EXTENSIVE
SllOfiT
01
nun America snouia not mingle : j
not
such com nan v.
But. on the other hand he has com -mended
Mr. Wilson's denunciation e
secret diplomacy in the Italian cc
troversy. The to are not in cor.. st-
ent. Mr. Johnson would probablv ne
object to a league of nations If Att.-1?
lean standards of justice and ideals
unselfishness were to ?e the leading
principles of international intercourse
hereafter. Maybe they wfU sad maybe
they will not.
Many people in California bel.e' A
senator Jonnson will eventually be
for the league covenant but they an
believe he is sincerely anxious to exs'
his vote for a movement that tra-
brinff peace to the world rather thar
for the return of the United States :c
a policy of aloofness which in 131 "
was proved incapable of preserv.ng
peace.
President Is Popular.
President Wilson is much more pop
! nU-r i Mnthsm r-s.i--siw
conntrv. Tne Democratic nartv
hardly popular and hopes for a Re-
publican victory in 1920 run high. Bu'.
confidence in Mr. Wilson's integrity
and a sympathy for him are most fre-
quently mentioned by people as rea-
sons why they would just as soon voe
for him again if he were a candidate.
Of course in the clubs and among
business men opponents of the presi-
dent are numerous but his champion
are by no means as scarce as they are
in the clubs and business organisa-
tions of states further east.
Mr. ITlNon las a resiliency ia
polities that baffles explanation
and the Republican managers who
think they have California tucked
away In their vest pockets and are
co on ting on naming senator Hard-
ing or somebody else af the choice
or senator Penrose are apt to be
as much surprised In 180 as they
were in 1916 by the antle of Cali-
fornia. Men of caliber and vision of sentio-
Kenyon. of Iowa are more Iiltel-.
to gain support here and of course
tne redoubtable H.ram Johnson whe
would sweep the whole Pacific coast
Gen. Leonard Wood's name Is fre
quently projected 'J? pre e-ressives es-
pecially the Rooseveltian elements bu
one editor of an influential Republ:
can newspaper in this jart of the sta.
which probably woul d support h ic
too if he were nominated. Insisted te
me that the American people would
never elect a man "who only had a
sore spot to offer as a platform. He
bad reference of course to the oft
repeated charge that the Democrats
administration kept Gen. Wood fro?)
going to Sarope.
Muck Is heard of Gen. Wood's
martyrdom as a seldler. While It
Is commonly known that Gen.
Pershing himself eliminated Gen.
Wood from the list of generals
wanted en the other side there Is
n feeHng on the part of Gen.
Wood's supporters that the corn-
man dertnchlef of the American ex
pedltlenary forces should have
been overruled by president Wil-
son and be compelled to avail him-
(Continued on page 3 column L
the organisation of the league of na-
tions. Italy still is not ranrMnr
at the conference but her ambassador
is invited to attend such conferences
as the regular delegation from that
country would attend. He has been
asked formally to be present Mondav
te represent his nation at the forms":
launching of the league of nations.
Belgium Gets Prior Claim.
The council of three met yesterday
ard gave Belgium a prior claim oa
J50.1 Wv.eOO of the reparation money o
be received from Germany.
Germany's delegation exchanged
credentials with allied representatives
i C3ierday Count von Brockdorf f-
Rantsaa the German foreign secre-
tary appeared almost overcome with
the sense of his country's defeat when
confronted by the allied delegation.
The city of Mun ch held by sovi-
forces has not been tak-n by German
povernmer
indicating
: tr-'os. In sp te of rumors
that i hid fallen. It Is
hT-nrnpH
Tnment sols-seme
that a
will not be
diers. hiw
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