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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
FIVE DEAD, EIGHT HURT
IN sweep OF TORNADO
Windstorm Which Strikes Okla
homa Leaves Wide Path Of Dc
struction in Its Wake.
TRAIN Is REPORTED LOST
"fresiarc Down and Rescue Parties
Have Difficulty In Bringing RELIEF
from Outside to Stricken Dis
tricts-Storm Played Havoc.
TRAIN is REPORTED LOST
IBy Associated prass l

MuSkOGEE, OKLA. May 2.-At
least five persons were killed and a
dozen or moro seriously injured in
tornado which swept a wide path
through the countryside north OF
Chelsea, Okla. late today.
Passengers arriving here tonight
on trains also reported tornado al,
Lusta. several miles east of Chelsea
and about twelve miles northwest nj,
Choteau. one near Vfnita, and another
near Pryor. All wires in that sec
t'on are down. The town of Chelsea
itseli WAS not damaged by the storm.
All the persons killed or Injured
near Chelsea except one. Lewis Mad
den. who was struck while riding
horsc, were In farmhouscs which were
demolished by the tornado. according
TO reports received here tonight. The
known dead In that vicinity in add,-
tion to Madden. are Mrs. John Grirrs
Mrs. Henry Purcell and infant and a
man named Rothaway.
Rescucrs tonight had been unable
to traverse more than several milo,
OF the stricken area about Chelsea.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas
southhound passenger train. which
lett Ninita for Wagner a few minutes
before the tornado swept across the
railroad tracks several miles south OF
that town, was posted here as lost"
but limped into Muskogee shortly
after midnight with crippled engine.
Passengers could give no details OF
the storm damage
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
WILSON OPPOSITION
rs SHOWED UNDER
Nv TEXAS PRIMARIES
Enemies viii
Confro! Only ScuntNumber
of C0nUenfion Votes.
[By Associated Press. I

DALLAS. TEN. May 2.-The cle-
ment Of the Democratic party OF
Texas which sought to repudiatc
President Wilson and his admins
tration was Overwhelmingly defeated
In Saturdays precinct conventions,
according to incomplete unofficial re-
turns received here today. which in
dicated that the forces supporting
the national administration will con-
troll at least 1900 of the 1,400 votes
In the State Democratic Convention.
May 25.
The antiadministration forces,
headed by former United States
Senator Joseph w. Bailey, on the
face of available returns. have only
forty-nine votes. with 151 yet to be
accounted for.
No mention has been made in any
OF the returns of a preference for
any candidate for the president tial
nomination.
Complete precinct returns will be
made available whom the county con-
ventions meet Tuesday to select the
1,40o State convention delegates.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
j. E. B. S7UARTNAMED
FOR HALL OF FAME
Hdiorous Chiefiains and Oiher
Wusfrious Soufherners
N0mina ed.
Special TO The Times -Dispatch.l
NEW YORK y NInx

NEW YORK. y. " May i
Nomination by the Hall of Fame
committee Of sfnames of Jefferson
Davis and GeA rl J. L. B. Stuart.
Joel Chandler Harris, OF "Uncle
Remus" fame; William Sidney Por-
ter. William Pepperrell and 22o
others for places among Americas
greatest, is announced.
or the 225 nominations but twen-
~ are to be elected when the 102
electors of the Hall OF Fame meet
next fall to vote on the matter.
Matthew Fontaine Maury is also
among the nominees and members OF
the Matthew Fontaine Maury Asso-
ciation here are canvassing the cleo
tors, some of whom have pledged
their support to the name of Com
modore Maury. Among Commodore
Maury's supporters are Edwin A.
Alderman, president Of the Univer-
sity OF Virginia; Walter Clark, mem
ber of the Supreme Court of North
Carolina; Charles William Dabnoy.
president Of the University of Gin
cinnati. and r. II. Dabney, of the
University of Virginia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
MYSTERY.M DEA TIL
OF WEALTHY MAN IN
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
George III. Wearer Found Un-
conscious in His Wrecked
Car.
IBy Universal seryIce.l

NEW YORK. May 2.-Vice-Presi-
dent George II. Weaver. of the
bennington Typewriter Company. was
killed early today in an automobile
accident and the police have no clue
10 the party responsible for his death.
After playing golf yesterday at the
Siwony Golf Club in Westchester
County he went to the Hotel Gra-
matan. in Bronxville. and had dinner
with friends He started alone in
his for New York at o'clock
this evening. Half an hour later
Police Lieutenant James Gavin, of
Tuckahoe. was notified that an auto
mohilist was dead in his car on the
White Plains Road, -Bronxville.
Lieutenant Gavin found the car
jammed against an iron telegraph
pole and Mr.. Weaver hanging on the
rail.
The car was badly wrecked and
Mr.. Weaver. unconscious. was trans
ferred TO an automobile truck in
race for life to Lawrence Hospital
Bronxvilie. but he died on tho way.
Lieutenant Gavin Is confident that
Mr.. Weavcr's car was hit by another
car which .jnminGd II into the tclc-
graph pole. and that the guilty party
sped away
Mr.. Weaver was 40 years old. un-
married and had apartments at the
Chatham Hotel here. His father, in
Rome. n. Y. has been notified OF the
tragedy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
TWO KILLED, TWO INJURED
IN AlRPLANE ACCIDENT
Curtis Four-PnnsenKer Plane Stalls mt
Height OF 300 Feet and Craxhes
TO Ground.
tBy Associated Press.l


SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. May =
Two persons were killed, a third prob
ably fatally injured and another tenn
Iorarily lost his reason from the shock
when four passenger il type Cur
tiss airplane fell 900 feet to the
ground shortly after noon today two
miles north OF Vallejo.
The dead:
silvern. Josephine. -year-oid. of
Soda Springs.
stoffer. Charles, 5c. vallejo.
Injured:
silvera Joseph. IS. Soda Springs.
fractured legs and internal injuries
may die.
Stoffer Charles. Jr. 25. Vallejo, avi.
ator. bruises and temporary loss OF
reason.
The plane. driven by Charles Stof-
fer, Jr.. formerly an army flyer.
reached height o. about. 400 feet
when the motor stalled and the plane
crashed to the ground. Tho young
pilot was dazed ~ the shock and
temporarily lost his reason.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
~ SIR EDWARD mACkAy EDGAR
lBy Universal Service.

BY Universal Service.
LONDON, May 2.-America did a
great deal for the war. The war did
even more for America. II changed
her from debtor to a creditor ma
tion. 1t poured prosperity upon her
and through large merchant ma
rine enabled her TO play part in
foreign commerce such as she had
hardly dreamed OF playing before. 1t
made her a power in international
finance.
Americans seem to have no doubt
that these warborn benefits are not
only going to last, but will increase
am more skeptical do not be-
lieve America a few years hence
will be anything like SO promine n
in International trade or finance. Her
activities in these directions may
easily. fizzle out, just as her desire
to be leader In world politics fiz-
zled out. In one case as In the other.
experience may show that she Is bet
ter off by staying at home.
BrftiKh Ships Life of Nation.
Nations only excel in enterprises
for which nature or necessity has
fitted them. small island like Eng
land can only maintain its relatively
large population by bringing raw ma
terials from the ends of the earth.
working them into finished goods and
selling them wherever buyers can be
found all over the world.
England lives By her foreign trade.
and TO the development of that for
eign trade two things are necessary
first. mercantile marine to carry
the goods she manufactures. and to
bring back the foodstutfs. and raw
materials. and, aecondly, a constant
outflow. OF capital to stimulate the
markets Abroad, css X. IS 80 ( 4. - ~
EnElnnd's Remarkable Recovery.
One Of the most wonderful things
the world has ever seen, is EnGIand's
recovery from the enonoinic drain OF
the war. Since the armisiice she has
been re-entering and recapturing one
by one the markets In which war
fTOnIfnued ON SecOnd parel
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
DEMOCRACY FATE
|. |NCHURCH'S HANDS
Remarkable Warnings by Brit
ish Ambassador and Vice
President Marshall.
MATERIALISM A MILESTONE
World Faces Determined Min
ority, Stopping at Nothing
to Gain Loot.
MATERIALIsM A MILESTONE
tBy Universal Service. ]

tby tniverSal service.
WASHINGTON. May Sir Auck-
land Geddes. British ambassador to
the United States. today warned a
large audience assembled in the in
terests OF the Interchurch World
Movement that democracy could only
survive and peace 'be finally re-es-
tablished by a universal revival of
the true religion upon which the
civilization of the Christian world
had been built.
Elce-rresident Thomas II. Marshall.
addressing the same meeting, after
describing himself as the chief lis
tencr since the Sphinx In far-off
mists of antiquity set herself down
In the Libyan Desert" urged the
church to clean house." and to re-
snme the functions which II had
turned over to the state
Pence Depends on Church.
People may cry. Peace. peace but
there will be no peace until the
church renews it's functions, renews
It's faith and proves its faith by It's
works" said the Eice-Presidcnt.
1T is idle to leglsIate for purity IL
the clergymcn above his book Is to
iecr at his neighbours wife. 1t is vain
to enact laws Furnishing murder IL
the elders are to continue working
little children to death. 1t is useless
10 forbid larceny if the dcacons make
large church contributions out OF
excess profits. wrung Jointly from
labor and the ultimate consumer"
Mr.. Marshall declared that the state
had failed in its enforce ement of tho
moral Law, which duty had been aban-
doned by the church. and that IL was
necessary that the church take back
its disciplining of the moral and re-
ligious life OF it's members
Unless the church again resumes
its moral work." he said. I've might
as well spend our money upon a
Roman holiday"
Democracy Faces Overthrow.
Sir Auckland Geddes declared that
democratic governments everywhere
were confronted with the threat of
overthrow by determined minority.
He said:
There is question Of great inn
portnnce inymany countries of Europe
at the present time that believe you.
too. may have to face" said the Brit
ish ambassador. 1T Is purely politi-
cal In form. 1t is absolutely religious
In It's answer. II la this: Is true
democracy to survive or is power in
so-called democratic countries to pass
Continued on Second Page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF
GASOLINE IS PREDICTED
Situation Not Yet Acute With In
crease of Millions of Gallons in
Reserve Stocks in February.
CRUDE OIL ALSO ST
Number OF Automobiles and Trucks
Now in Use Estimated 25 Per
Cent Greater Than Last Year.
Gasoline Increased II Per Cent.
IBy AssocIated press.1-

WASHINGTON. May 2.--WnrninE
Of the probability OF an actual
shortage or gasoline before the end
Of next summer, as a result of the
disproportion in gasoline production
and the number OF automobiles in
use, was given in statement issued
today by the Bureau of Mines.
While an increase OF gasoline in
stock at the end OF February OF more
than 1oo.oo0.00o gallons, or 90 per
cent. as compared with year ago.
shows that the situation is not yet
acute. it Ia probable the statement
said. that before the Summer season
is over it Will become tight if in
deed il does not become short"
With the number of automobiles
ord trucks now in use estimated to
be 25 per cent greater than last
year. gasoline production. II was
said, increased only IL per cent In
February. while 1t Is anticipa ted
that increased installation Of pro-
cesses. giving a higher yield OF gaso-
line viii cause n stcady advance In
production this year, II is doubtful.
II was added. that this will be suf-
fcient to meet the increased demand.
Heavy drafts were nlso made in
March on the reserve stocks OF crude
petroleum, according to report to-
day by the United States Geologic
Survey. The total increase In output
OF United States In March, as COM
pared with March 1919. was 100000
barrels. but the increased consump-
tion made necessary tho importn-
ton OF 6.500.oo0 barrels from Mex
leo. An additional million barrels
was drawn. from'~the reserves to
meet the demand
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03

FRENCH. GOVERNMENT TO-,
FIGHT RAILROAD STRIKE
Determination to Maintain Order
Voiced by Premier
Aiillcrand.
FIVE SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED
WalkOut for Naturalization OF All
Lines Has Resulted Thus Far in
Hindcring TraHic Only on II
Limited Number of Roads.
FIVE SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED
IBy Nssor.u,ed rrcys.r

PARIS, May 2.--Thc strike OF the
railroad men for naturalization OF
the railways, which Is to be joined
tomorrow by the miners and dockmen
has resulted thus far in hindering
traffic only on four of the five big
systems. Temporarily. however. the
state line. which runs to Havrc. is
tied un
Services on all lines were curtailed
today. The Parisian forces were oper-
atinS about so per cent, except the
Care st. Lazarc state system, which
Cancelled all trains from the capital.
The governments determination to
fight the strike for naturalization
has been voiced by Minister OF Pub
lie Works l.. r. Trocuuer and Pre-
mier Miilerand. NJ. Millerand said
the government wns prepared to do
It's duty In the maintenance OF order
and to, protect the men who remain at
work.
In carrying out Its policy to break
the strike the government again has
issued n decree to reqnisltlon motor
trucks and other transportation
equipment In certain regions.
The response OF the miners to the
strike order is awaited with interest
especially as they have been granted
their recent demands. The secretary
Of the Miners Union In the Loire
Department has asked the men not TO
obey the strike order.
technical students and volunteers
who were organized by the govern
ment during the strike last February
already are replacing many of th,
railroad men who have ceased work
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
OLD GUARD UN|TES
TO FIGHT SENATOR
Supporters of Wood, Lowden
and Harding May Settle
on Knox
BITTER BATTLES THIS WEEK
Result of Contests in California,
Indiana and Maryland May
Lead to Third Ticket.
BATTLES THIS WEEK
ESPECIAL 10 rhe rlmes.plrpa,oh. ]

Especial To The Timer Dspatrh.I
WASH1NGTOS May with the
Republican and Democratic National
Conventions near at hand. the fight
for the presid cntial nomination In
both parties is developing In Intensity.
In the @. o. r.. ranks tho reaction
aries or conservatives. who have been
backing the Candidacy OF General
Leonard Wood. panic-stricken by the
inroads made by Senator Hiram John
son, arc ni work forming a combina
Nion 10 wrcst tho prize from tho for
NOR California Bull Moose leader. and
'here is TALK OF "A concentration on
Senator Phiiandcr c. Knox. Charles
Evans Hughes or Governor Lowden.
OF Illinois.
Senator Hard!ns's poor showing in
ohio I'm the race with General Wood
has eliminated him from the race.
Senator Johnson. defying the Mary
land g. o. Il. machine. which had
hoped to deliver the delegates from
that State masked as "uninstructcd"
into the Wood camp. is waglng n Bit
Ter fsht for the states sixteen dele
gates. and he - one OF the big four
In the Indiana primaries Tuesday.
Wood. T.owden and Harding are his
opponents there. a
But the most spectacular fight OF
the week VIII be the primary battle
In his own State. California. where
nc is running against another native
son." Herbert Hoover, to control the
Repsbiican presidential delegates.
n the machine repeats the tactics
pursued in New Jersey and wins by
the old accepted methods there is a
feeling here that Johnson will lister,
10 the invitation OF those WHO wish
him TO be thlhd party candidate.
On the Democratic eide the leaders
favor an open. fair and free conven-
tion, although there is no denying the
fact that Governor Cox. OF Ohio. un-
embarrassed by factional entanglc-
ments. is now looming up as a AtronE
probability.
H. when tho San Francisco convcn-
ton meets. Senator Johnson decides
Ia holt the q. O. T.. again. candida tes
for the Democratic nomination Will
ho az numerous as mosquitoes In Gov
crnor Edwards State OF New Jersey.
for. then the Democratic nominee will
feel certain Of election.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
JOHNSON IS PICKED TO
LEAD A THIRD TICKET
Washington Believes Rcactionnries
mt Chicago VIII Force Him Out
Of Party Again.
RADICALS IN LINE FOR HIM
Supporters. believing That He Will
Draw Heavily From Both Parties
and the Labor Vote, Are Insisting
That He Shall Bolt Once More.
ny ). F,EDEnICk EssAnY.

WASHINGTON. May At Is the
ing leaders I'm both parties that before
the 1920 presidential campaign is over
the history of 1912 will repeat itself;
that a third ticket Will enter the field
and that Senator Hiram Johnson. OF
California, will! he at it's head.
Senator johnson has decia red not
once or twice. but many times. that
he will not bolt the Chicago convcn.
ton. and his friends insist ferventiy
that he is absolutely sincere when he
makes such statements. hut7they up-
dersthnd as do entirely Impartial OBJ
servers that condition may easily
arise which VIII change the mind OF
the Senator.
The Senator may have had no pre-
conceived notion OF boiling the Re-
publican convention eight years ago
or OF going before the country with
Colonel Roosevelt on third ticket
but after the Old Guard had renomi-
mated Mr.. Taft. he entered into the
middle le-of-the-road campaign with
great enthusiasm and has never Of
fered an apology for his action. Nor
has he ever publicly dcplOred the
fact that Hughes lost California in
1916 which he himself carried the
State by nearly 400. 900 majority.
HcvenEe of RenctionarIes.
Leaders who take the view tina;
Senator johnson will leave the Re
publican party n second time are con-
vinced that he will not be nominated
by the Chicago convention in June,
that no situation Is foreseeable in
which the Republicans will accept him
as their candidate. He is so wholly
out of tune with the reactionary
forces that will control at Chicago
that when the time comes to nom
!nate. they believe he will find himself
badly beaten.
The forces which Will bring about
the Senator's defeat are OF the "Old
Guard which Senator Johnson has
attacked with all the vehcmence lie
commands. They arc the so-called
conservatives" who dominate the G.
Q. II. organizations IN both the
House and Senate. and who groomed
such men as Harding and Lowden In
liaison with the interests now back
ing General Leonard Wood
The combination OF these forces,
CONTINUED on Second PaCe1
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
PRESIDENTIAL FICTION
IN EARNEST JOHNSON
AS THE STORMY PE7REL
Knox Peace Resolution Evidence Of
Moral Leprosy Of Republican Party .

American rights md attempts to
tnkc advantage of the proyisIons
OF the treat. OF VrrsniIles with
out becoming party to that
treaty. Then II asks negotiations
for scparStc peace with Austrin.
a ycnr rgo nny one daring TO
suEEest abandon mcnt OF our MI
lies nnd negotiations OF scparnte
treaty of pence would have found
themselves isointed and dfscred-
tied. Republican leader. have
lost their normal sense In their
mnd lust for power.
There II but one cIenr path
the pnth of honor to pence and
permanent sccuritJ. II lies straight
before uH; VIC must ratify the
treaty OF peace which our compnn-
Ions In nrmH have already ratified.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
STRICT GUARD KEPT FOR
DELAYED MAY DAY PLOTS
Secret Scrvice Operatives Watch
Homes OF Palmer and Gary.
Alno Public HuildlnrH

NEW YORK, May 2.-Notwithstand-
Ing the fact that tho Reds" con-
cerned in the much -heralded May Day
plot appear to have oversight yester-
day and that not SO much as the ex-
plosion of a firecracker was heard, all
churches and public buildings were
'vigilantly watched today and tonight
by policemen and secret service
operatives. Guard was also main
tained over the homes OF certain
prominent men against whom Red"
threats we're said to have been made.
Including tho homes OF Attorney
General a. Mitchell Palmer and Judge
Gilbert Fl. Gary.
st. Patrick's Cathedral and st.
Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church
were closely guarded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
MANY STATES CONDUCT
PRIMARIES THIS WEEK
Fifty-Four Republican Delegates md
Sfxfy-Eight Democrats to he
Named.
ny hzsociatei Press. I


NEW YORK, May 2.-Fifty- four
delegates to the Republican National
Convention and xty-eight delegates
to the Democratic National Conven-
ton viii be selected In primaries
and State conventions to be held
this week. In addition. Indiana.
which sends thirty delegates to each
national convention, will hold n pref
crentiai presidential primary. pre-
1paratory to the Republican and
Democratic State conventions, May
IL and May Is. respectively.'at which
the delegates are elected.
Utah Republicans hold n State CON
|vcntion at Price tomorrow. at which
eight delegates are to be chosen. four
district delegates and four at large
Senator Hiram Johnson, Governor
lLowden and General Wood each have
a campaign in tho State.
sixteen delegates to each national
convention will be elected at tho
presidential preference primary in
maryland tomorrow. Senator john
|son and General Wood are the prin.
cipal Republican presidential con-
[testants. electors also having the OPP
portunity to vote for uninstructcd
delegates. The name Of no candi-
dates for the Democratic presiden-
|tial nomination appears on the bal
bot.
Kentucky to Elect Twenty-slx.
Kentucky elects twenty-six dele
gates to- tho Democratic National
Convention at State convention in
louisville Tuesday. The principal
|contest will be between delegates
wishing to go to the national con-
vention uninstructed7 and those
pledged to Governor Cox, of Ohio.
California holds a Statewide pri-
mary Tuesday to choose stwenty-six
delegates each TO the Republican.
democratic and Prohibition National
Conventions. Chief interest there
>enters In the fight between group
pr Republican candidates for dele
gates pledged to Senator Johnson
md another group pledged to Her
pert Hoover.
Childers in California.
On the Democratic, ticket in, Cali
ornia. Henry II. ,Chllders, OF Los,
tnseles. who favors a liberal inter-
bretation of the national prohibition
amendment. Is running as a. lone
andidate against a group Of twenty
TX unpiedgea. candidates., There Is
DO contest in the Prohibition party.
EHe twenty-six candidates being
Continued on Second Page.) 3 :,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
LABOR CONFIRMS REPORT
OF ANTl-cARRANZA MOVE.
Mexican Unions Expect Support Of
American Federation In
Campaign.
tBy Asaociated Prex,.l

aqua PRIETA. SONORA. May g.
Confirmation Of widespread reports.
OF an anti-Carranza labor movement
throughout Mexico and the declara-
ton that the American Federation OF
Labor Is expected to give its support
to the movement were made by Juan
Rico. president OF the LInotypers'
Union Of Mexico and secretary OF the:
executive board OF the Mexican Labor
party, here tonight.
According to Senior Rico. the
American Federation OF Labor will
'ouch for the fact that the moys-
mont ls not "a solsheyist ,uprIsing....
u Continued on secopd Pagesl 3
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-03
PROHIBITION FORCES SHOW
UNUSUAL CASUALTY LIST
Agents Of Revenue DESTROYED Eour
Hundred and Forty Seven Stills
In March.
IBy Universal Service J

WASHINGTON. May 2.-Here is to-
days casualty list for the ,"prohibi-
tio1 front" Reports received by the
Federal prohibition commission
showed that during March 447 Illicit
stills were. destroyed by State pro-
hioition officers, Federal revenue Off :
GERS and civil guardians OF the law
In Alabama. Georgia and Tennessee.
Ten beer brewing plants were seized
In Alabama. A large copper still, rs-
Gently stolen from the city health de-
partment laboratory at Chattanooga,
IS still among tho missing"