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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
MERCHANT MARINE BILL COMPLETED Will Reach Senate Tuesday and Prompt Considera-
 tion Expected
By Associated rress

Washington. May 1.--America-first mer- chant marine legislation, virtually as drafted by subcommittee, was ordered favorably reported today by the Senate commerce committeee. The measure. which is substitute for the bill passed by the House, is expected to reach the Senate Tuesday. and prompt considera- ton is contemplated.
 The Senate bill provides that coast wise shipping shall be entirely Americap- owned, that 75 per cent of the stock of American corporations engaged in foreign trade shall be owned in this country, and that only on approval by the shipping board can American vessels be sold 10 foreign interests
 The full commerce committee amended the subcommittee draft in two particu- lars. One of these amendments would limit the expenditure of the shipping board for new construction or for aiding private concerns in new construction to $50,OC0, ,0,G accruing from the sale and lease of ships.
 The subcommittee draft gave the board unlimited power as to the amount to be used for new construction purposes The other amendment would permit the sale to foreign interests of ships in com mission more than ten years and less than 6.Ooo deadweight tons without approval of the board. Approval by the board of all sales to foreigners would have been required under the subcommittee draft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
URGES REPEAL OF l TWO AMENDMENTS
Cooper Opposes Further Surrender of State Sov-
 ereignty to Government
By Associated Pros.

Washington, May Repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the constitution an6 "an others en- acted since which encroach upon the rights of states" was advocated to- night by Gov. Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina. speaking before the annual dinner of the Palmetto State Society.
 T do not approve of any further surrender of state sovereignty to the federal government declared the gov crnor q am convinced after few more years of experiments and disas- tNrs we will go back to the govern ment established by the constitu- ton"
 The governor voiced his opposition tn cash bonus for soldiers declar- Ing 1t would be an insult to service men to attempt to "compensate" them for their services to .he country. He said the South Carolina branch of the American Legion hal taken a similar stand Their services cannot be valued in dollars and cents" he added lie favored liberal provision, however. for the wounded and the needy.
 extending special privileges to. either capital or labor. Governor Cooper declared. 'is to forfeit the con fidence of capital or labor in the in tegrity of the government They know that in doing so those in authority nave some ulterior purpose They know also that this attitude is liable to be reversed and therefore, they be- iieve in getting while the getting Is tfood.'"
 United States Senator E. D. Smith presided at the dinner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Nominees Announced
 for the Hall of Fame
By Assoo'1ted Press

New York. May 1.-The names of Mark Twain. Grover Cleveland and Edward Everett Hale were included in the first list of nominees for the fau of fame at New York University to receive the approval of the uni- versity senate.
 Other nominees announced today were Philip Francis Thomas, Bordern Parker Bowne. Car Schurz, Joel Chandler Harris. Francis Marion Crawford. Charles A. Dana. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Daniel Great Mitchell Henry Charles Lee. Edmund Clarence Stedman. Bronson Howard. Charles Eliot Norton. Richardson Watson Gill der. Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles Pollen McKin. John Quincy Adams Ward and Winslow Homer.
 Ten more nominees will be an nounced next week. Final election will be made by 100 electors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Decision Expected to
 Lessen Number Strikes
Bv Associated Pres,

Washington, May 1.-Decisions of the national board of jurisdictional awards of the building trades, made public to- day, define the classes of work to be performed by the respective trades and are expected by labor leaders here to put an md to strikes and walk-outs growing out of jurisditcioNal disputes.
 Some 20 trades are covered by the decisions of the board, including plumbers. bricklayers masons, carpen- ters, paperhangers, plasterers, electri- cal workers, metal workers, bridge and structural iron workers and asbestos workers. Agreements concurred in by representatives of the trades provide that the awards shall govern the as- signment of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
LOUISIANA WOMEN
 TESTIFY AGAINST
 COUNTY SURVEYOR

Huntsville, May 1.--(Special) )-Misses Edna Hutchinson of Covington, La. and Margaret Carroll of Hammond. La, who come here to testify Tn the pre- Iim,narv hearing of Thomas M. Hooper, county surveyor and former lieutenant in the engineering corps of the army, charged with white slavery, have re- turned to their homes prepared to be present at the next term of the federal court of the southeastern district of Louisiana when the Hooper case is set for hearing. The young women both claim to have gone through wedding ceremonies with Hooper and that believ- ing themselves his wife accompanied him frfo other states on honeymoon trips. They told United States Commissioner Watts that third case may develop against Hooper in the Louisiana court when Louisiana woman expects to go to court and see if Hooper is the army officer who married her and deserted her a short time later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
INDIANA CAMPAIGN
 VIRTUALLY CLOSED
Four Candidates for Presi- dent and Seven for 0Gv-
 ernOr Is Record

By Associated Press

Indianapolis, May With four candi- dates for the republican nomination for president, and seven candidateS-three republicans and four democrats--for governor plying up and down and across the state, the primary campaign of 1920 in Indiana practically was brought to a. close tonight.
 A few speeches. however, will be made next Monday and up almost until time for the polls to open Tuesday morning. May 1, at 6 o'clock. Because of the drives made by four of the republicans Gov Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Senator Warren c. Harding of Ohioss and Senator Hiram Johnson of Califorria-for the prefer entlal vote, a goodly portion of the at tention of the political world is focused on India.
 No democratic candidates filed in the presidential preference race ana if any vote Is boiled the names will have to be written in on the ballots. The name of only one aspirant for the vice presi- dential nomination, that of w. M. Web ster of New York City( republican. ap- pears on the official ballot.
 To add to the interest within the state, there has been a spirited race for the republican and democratic nominations for governor, with seven candidates three republican and four democratic listed on the official ballot. The repub- licans are Warren T. McCray, James w. Fesler and Edgar C. Toner; the democrats are Carlton B. McCulloch Mason G. Niblack. John Isenberger and J. K. Risk.
 Former United States Senator Thomas Taggart and United States Senator James E. Watson are unopposed on the tickets for the democratic and repub- lcan nominations, respectively Tor United States senator.
 Congressional candidates will be nomi- mated in each of the thirteen districts by both parties and in addition. county tickets will be selected and delegates to the state conventions to be held few weeks later will be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Gist Of the News
GENERAL

Penrose remains silent on plans for republicans. . Underwod alone files his total ex- pense account.
 Peace resolution will take up time of Congress after Wednesday,. Babe Ruth drives home run over bIeachcr roof
 Joe Cofffndaffer and Dixie Walker engaEe In scoreIess battle. Brooklyn and Boston play twenty six inning to 1 to 1 tie.
 Good roads to take the teeth out Of strikers.
 Trade fairs existed as far back as 21OO D. c.
 Week featured by drastic Iiquida- tiOn; corn price drops.
 STATE
 Western Union and Louisville and Nashville cited by public service com mission.
 Mussrove grows personal in speech mt Mobile.
 University of Alabama professor has invention to locate oil pools. First of O'Neal-White debates k held at Anniston.
 Three vessels launched in Mobile yes- terday.
 LOCAL
  ham this week.
 Teachers confer on two-mill tax election.
 City orders business block fixed or down In ten days.
 Rushton will not come to Birming- ham Wednesday.
 How to economixe space in the city home garden.
 Organization of state merchants is planned.
 Hundreds prepare to cast ballots by mail. Aggies fall before onslaught oi Howard.
 south's best college athletes to mee, in Atlanta. Mrs. Conner gave nucleus for homo for young women. Chief Justice Anderson reviews hls. tory of state supreme court.
 Beddow attacks workmen's cOmpen sation btll at stnte bRr meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
MONTREAL S[EUTHS HELD IN NEW YORK Detained as Witnesses In Connection With Big
 Bond Thefts
sy Assoela.sd rr.ss

New York. May 1.-Private dstec- lives from Montreal have been de- lained here secretly for week under sIO,00O bail as material witnesses in connection with large thefts of se- curities in the financial district, As s,stant District Attorney Dooling an nounced today.
 The detectives. wLo gave their names as James keane and James uaines. are held on an affidavit all ;eging them to be material witnesses in the eases of Joseph Gluck and Edward H. Big Bill' Furey, now in the Tombs under indictment on charge of stealing bonds believed to agsre- gate half a million dollars.
 Gluck has confessed. according to Mir. Dooling. that he disposed of stoien securities through the long missing Jules w. "Nicky'' Arrstein and N.ck Cohen. also wanted in connection with the bond robberies.
 Xr Dooling denied a report tha! three Montreal business men and one detective were under arrest here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
'MUNSEy PREDICTS
 TEN-CENT DAILY Urges Drastic Cut In Use of Paper and Govern
 ment Regulation
By Associated Pres.

Washington, May Hive and even ten-cent daily newspapers were predicted today by Frank A. Munsey, New York publisher. Appearing before the Senate committee Investigating the newsprint shortage, he urged drastic reduction in the use of newsprint, and governmental regulation, both of the paper and the wood pulp sources.
 William Randolph Hearst, another New York publisher. in letter to the com mittee, advocated 20 or 25 per cent cut in the size of newspaper, but said he believed the time for governmental regu- lation had passed.
 MT. Hearst urged that publishers dou- ble both advertising and circulation rates, saying such action would auto matically cut down the size and num- Der of copies without reducing revenue
 The government would not reduce newsprint consumption by regulating the number of pages of papers admit tee to the mails, Mr Munsey told the committee. because scarcely none of the large city dailies rely for their reve- nue on mail circulation.
 Both publishers agreed that the great Sunday editions of the city papers were great factors in the situation MT. Mun- sey advocated regulations limiting the Sunday edition to the size of the week. day issue, mot more than twenty-four pages" Mir. Hearst wrote that he had cut the size of his papers 20 and P per cent without adversely affecting his revenue or causing complaint from subscribers.
 Cooperation between publishers to economize in the use of print paper would result in "a total curtailment of 20 or 25 per cent and would solve the problem" MT. Hearst wrote. MT. Mun- sey took an opposite view He told the committee that cooperation could not be made effective, because some pub fishers would not enter into an aSyee- ment. Commenting on the spot market situa- tion. MT. Munsey said when spot paper went to 12 cents a pound he ceased buying and relied on contract newsprint for which he now pays cents.
 Asked by Sentaor Gronna. republican, North Dakota. if it was not true that the small publishers had no contracts and were forced to rely on brokers buy ing on the spot market. Mir. Munsey said he believed such was the case. but added that many city publishers were in a similar situation.
 Chairman Reed announced that num- Der of paper brokers would appear be- fore the committee Monday
 He read telegram from T. R. Will liams, Pittsburgh. president of Hie American Newspaper Publishers As:o- citation. saying he could not appear be- fore the committee in his official ca pacity because the association had de- cided to take no part in the congress sional investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Population Figures
By Assocl.tsd Pms,

Washington. May 1.-Union City, Tenn. 4,412. increase 23. or 0.5 per cert Cedartown. Ga. 4.053. increase 5o2, or 14.1 per cent.
 Bainbridge. Ga. 4.7s2. increase 575, or 13.6 per cent.
 Terre Haute. Ind. 65.914. increase 7,757, or 13.3 per cent.
 Joplin, Mo. 2s.S55. decrease 2.21S. or 6.9 per cent.
 Pittsburg. 5ss,1sa. increase 54,2ss, or 10.s per cent. Wilson. N. C.. 1o.esa. increase s,sss. or 5S.6 per cent.
 Maxton, N. C.. 1897. increase 7s, or 5.S per cent.
 Lumber Bridge. N. C.. POP. increase 37, or PA per cent.
 Parkton. N. c. ss2. increase lss, or 744 per cent.
 St. Pauls, N. G, HIT. increase FPS, or 173.7 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
AND
 STRIKE PLANS FOR
 MAY DAY THWARTED
Cry of Radicals for Demon. stratiOn In Behalf of SO- viet Russia Is Also
 Without Avail
By Associated Press

Washington, May 1.-Plans of radical leaders for nationwide May Day dem- onstrations. involving strikes and de- struction of more than score of fed eral and state officials, fell flat, re- ports to the department of justice to- night indicated.
 Extra precautions taken by federal and state authorities to block the radi- cal May Day show of power were de- scribed at the department as decidedly successful. Publicity given by the de- partment to the radicals plans In ad- vance also was held to have a large part In thwartlug disturbances.
 Reports to the department mentioned number of strikes instituted during the day, but in nearly every case the reporting agent emphasized that the walk-outs were local in nature and due to the regular May Day expiration of wage contracts.
 The appeal of show of power," the cry of the radicals for a demonstration to the government in behalf of soviet Rus sa also was without avail, the reports indicated. Speeches and demands that the United States resume relations with Russia were made at meetings in sev- eral cities Assistant Attorney General Garvan declared, but the net result was negligible.
 Despite the fact that there were no reports of attempted assassinations Of the public officials marked by the radi- calls, 1t was said tonight that the gov rrment intends to maintain it's guards over the persons threatened for some time MT. Garvan pointed out that, foiled by agents. the designated as- sassinators might postpone their work until later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
NO MAY DAY DISORDER

New York May May day came and passed without disorder, bombs, of bloedshed in New York or the rest ot the east
 Not since the war. however, has thiS city been under such heavy guard. With the warning from Attorney General Palmer that anarchstic demonstrations might be expected here. the police forcs of ii,00o was held ready for any eners- ercy federal agents kept extremists leaders under surveillance, ammunition was issued to troops at Governors ls- land. and preparations were made tq call out the states military forces t needed Public buildings. railroad props critics, churches and the homes of puh+ lie officials and leading citizens wers under constant guard.
 While thousands of boys were niarch- ing down Fish avenue in q loyalty parade" thirty May day meetings wers Icing held throughout the city, all covered" by federal agents.
 One open-air gathering Of socialists was dispersed in Rutgers square whera a clash with the police occurred lasl year At the labor temple on the easf side the New York defense council ot the Industrial Workers of the World was allowed to hold a meeting. Runors that demonstration had been planned to mark the departure of MolS lie Steiner, 20, who left today for Jeff ferson City. Mo. to begin a l5-year sem tence for violation of the espionage act. failed to materlalize. She left the citN under heavy federal guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Flags for Mothers Day

by VssuuIdtVU FFS9s Washington, May 1.--Because of hlEh prices of flowers, founders of Mother $ Day-Sunday, May 9-have asked all who observe it to dispense with the customary white carnation and display American flags instead on May and 9. Miss Anna Jarvis, Philadelphia, president of tho Mothers Day International Association, declared in the announcement that on Mothers Day last year white carnations were sold in Washington at prices as high as $1 each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
A. F. of L. to Put Out Speakers
 By Associated Press

Washington, May -Four minute speakers are to be organized in every city
 by the American Federation of Labor in
 it's national nonpartisan political cam
 paign for the defeat of it's enemies and
 the election of it's friends. The federa- ton decided today that the same message would go from labor to the entire country simultaneously, and that a new message would be delivered each week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Would Publish Non Enforcers
By Asssesafee Pre-

Nashville. Tenn. May 1.--Periodical pub Iication of lists of counties and commit mites where the local officials are not enforcing the federal prohibition laws was advocated tonight by means of check ing the nonenforcement alleged to exist over the state in statement made pub lie by Louis E. Elkins, federal prohihir ton director for Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
CANADIAN MINERS STRIKE

Toronto. GEt., May l.--NaN day st'- t.vities in Canada were featured by q strike of 15,000 coal miners in the Nova scotia district the men quitting wor'a as protest against the refusal of the autho-ities to release the Winnipeg stril4 leaders on bail. pending the hearing oe their appeal to the higher courts
 In Winnipeg great labor demonstra- ton was held as a protest against the imprisonment of the strike leaders
 Frocessons were held and there was considerable speech making in the pubs lie squares. but throughout the day thd crowds were orderly In all parts of the city.
 Little interest was manifested by work- CTS in what had been planned to be q monster demonstration in Toronto. AZ $ result the celebration was confined to meeting tn the public park. where
 (Continued on Page Six.l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
ILLINOIS RETURNS

Springfield, lll., May 1.-Governor Frank o. Lowden received a plurality of 64,551 votes over Maj Gen. Leonard Wood at the Illinois presidential pref erential primary April 13. according to compilation of the returns made today by the secretary of states office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
Overal!s In Couth America

Buenos Aires. May l.-Taking their cue from reports from the United States the students of the National College Of Bartolomemitre in Buenos Aires have decided to adopt the use of overalls- This action is taken because of the high cost of clothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
NO DISORDER REPORTED

Chicago May 1.--May Day passed
 quietly in the central states and the
 far west, virtually no disorder being re-
 ported, although federal. state and cry
 forces had made elaborate preparations
 to deal with threatened disturbances Strikes were called in a number of cities and mass meetings were held in Chicago and elsewhere. but all were conducted peacefully. Radical literature was dis tributed in some places and few ar rests were made.
 While the federal building in Chicago was heavily guarded today and police and federal agents watched a half dozen gatherings for signs of disorders. chief attention was paid to the black belt, where race riots were feared when ne- gro families moved into white neig<- borhoods. Reserve militiamen guar3tl rifles, ammunition and other government property at an armory in the heart or l the negro quarter and POO policemen and detectives patroled the area, but no dis l order occurred.
 A strike of cooks and walters in number of Chicago hotels and res l taurants and the general confusion p- cident to the annual spring moving day. when scores of tenants refused to vacate their apartments. largely overshadowed May Day developments.
 The police continued their roundup of
  Garrity said the arrests had no connec- ton with expected May Day disorders More than 1000 were in custody today. A red flag discovered flying from an S0-foot pole In school yard was re- moved by former army lieutenantt and the Stars and Stripes substituted. while crowd cheered. ''Hurrah for the soviet; death to the capitalists" was printed on the flag with yellow chalk. The police forced a number of persona to discard red roses they were wearing storekeeper who had built outside his shop representation of a prison wall with a photograph of Eugene V. Debs behind the bars. was ordered to dsmantle the display and a crowd that had gathered was dispersed by the po- l lice.
 1 Two thirds of Kansas miners were re- ported idle today. Handbills purportin' to bear the May Day proclamation of the central executive committee of the communist party of America were found or Aurora, H., doorsteps today. They ! lauded bolshevist rule in Russia and urged American workers to join in ! the, revolutionary struggle" At Tulsa, | Okla, aerial police guarded the city and nearby oil refineries said strikes were l reported at Cincinnati, Rock Island, Ill.,. and several points in Canada. No dis order was reported on the Pacific coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
GENERALS ADVISE
 CARRANzA RESIGN
 FROM PRESIDENCY
Refuses to Accept Recon mendation, But Consents to Withdrawal of BO-
 nillas From the Race
By Associated Prsss

Washington. May 1.-President Carranxa was advised by his generals at a confer ence held a few days ago to resign in favor of a president ad interim whom he or Congress should appoint. according to dispatches reaching Washington tonight | through official channels Carranza re- l fused to accept the recommendation, the dispatches said. but agreed to the with drawal of the presidential candidacy of Ygnacio Bonillas, ambassador to the United States and to the sending of a l commission to negotiate with the revolr- tionists.
 The conference, which was participated in by all the generals in the vicinity of the capital and by acting Minister of War Urquizo, the advices said, was called by direction of Carranza to discuss the situa- tion growing out of the secession of So- nora.
 Lengthy arguments for Carranza's res | ignation were presented by some of the officers, it is said, one of the chief argu- ments being that surrender of the pres l idency by Carranza would eliminate all danger of intervention by the United States in Mexican affairs.
 The names of the generals taking part | in the conference were not given In the dispatches.
 | Federal garrsons at Parral, Jminez and lCamargo, in southern Chihuahua, have re
 volted and joined the revolution, accord | ing to a telegram tonight from the gen eral headquarters of the rebel army tc Sonora agents here. The defecting forces, l the message said. included 5000 to 7.~C
 infantry and cavalry, 100 machine guns
 and fourteen cannon of various calipres The Sixty-seeond Infantry Battalion al | Chihuahua refused to joint the movement, the message said and was thereupon at tackled by the other units, and was cap- tured and imprisoned intact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
FEDERALs FISHING NORTH

IT
 Fl Paso, Tex, May 1.-Gen. Manuel Die- grez is en route north with a large body of federal troops, according to teic- gram received here today by Mexican Consul Ruiz Sandoval.
 Yesterday, General Dieguez was at Ira puato, Guanajatio
 He reported to his message via Laredo that the central districts of the republic were quiet and all federal troops were Tn Cohuila and Nuevo Leon loyal. He de- nies any signs of revolt in Durango.