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CHARGE us. SEEKS
MEXICAN OIL GRANT
Paper Says Ship Board Members
Are Behind Request for
Aoueduct Concession.

MEXICO CITY. October "a (by the
Associated Press).-Charges that the
United States Shipping Board is in
directly interested in an application
now before the department Of petro-
leum for an oil aqueduct concession
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
and that it's purpose is to secure a
ready oil supply for the American
racine fleet, are published today by
the newspaper Excelsior.
In an article describe as a voice Of
alarm, calling on the Mexican gov
eminent to beware" the newspaper
asserts that the company making the
application, while ostensibly Mexican
IN It's makeup, has representatives
OF, the Shipping Board as. members
United States naval strategy. de-
clares the article, demands that the
pacinc fleet secure quick transporta-
ton of oil from the Gulf of Mexico
nelds, and the proposed isthmus aque-
quot oners route many miles shorter
than the Panama canal route
Attention of the petroleum depart
ment is called to a Mexican law viii CHI
prohibits concessions of such a ma.
lure to any save Mexicans
Roberto v. Pesqueira, Mexican con.
idential agent at Washington. is
mentioned as being interested in the
concession.
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NATIONS OFFICIAL /
.LANGUAGE|ND DOUBT
French or English Selection
Will Be Made by Council i.
of League at Brussels.

BRUSSELS. October "a (by the As
ISOLATED Press).-A, particular point
considered by the council Of the
league of nations at yesterdays ses-
sion was whether French or English
should be the official language of the
permanent international court. but no
decision was reached.
The council decided to refer back
to the supreme council of the allied
powers the question of Armenia, it ,
being unable to accept a mandate for
the country. The council decided.
however. to accept the guardianship /.
Of the minorities in the territories
transferred under the Austrian and
Bulgarian treaties.
The appointment of a commission
to settle the dispute between Sweden
and Finland over the Aland Islands
was approved One member of the
commission probably Will be Ameri-
can.
Ignace Paderewski, former Polish
premier, representing Poland. and
Augustine Waldemar for Lithuania,s
arrived today and will be heard by
the league council regarding the Polish-
Of nations military mission that went
TO Wilma after its occupation by Gen.
lellgouski's troops also has reached
Brussels and was being heard by the j,
council In special session this afternoon.
This council meeting was private. 81
The council will take up the man
date question tomorrow if it finishes
with the hearing to be given NJ.
PadereWski and NJ. Waldemar
1t is expected the council will soon
discuss the report of Tomasso Tit
toni. former Italian foreign minister,
In which warning is given against
the dangers of negotiable distribu,.
ton of raw materials and which pro-
poses league of nations commission,
to create a concrete plan to prevent
monopolieS of such materials either
by governments or industrial organi-
cations and arrange for satisfactory
apportionment among all countries.
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LAKES-TO:OCEAN PROJECT
Arguments for Development of st.
Lawrence River Waterway

DETROIT, October 25.-The inter-
national joint waterways commission
concluded its Michigan hearings in
Detroit and Grant Rapids today and
lett for Minneapolis the next point ON
the commissions itinerary.
Arguments in favor of opening the
great lakes to ocean-going vessels by
government of the St Lawrence river,
were presented at today's hearing here.
by H. H: Rice, an official of General
Motors Corporation
William H. Adams chairman of the,
inland waterways commission of the
Detroit Board of Commerce. presented
a new phase of the argument for a
waterway when he offered data in
tended to show that present lake ton
mage could be used to transport di-
rectly from lake ports to Montreal
and there transferred to ocean YES
sells He asserted that a material Diff
ference in freight charges in favor of
the waterway would result
a part of the commission met in,
Grand Rapids today and heard the
arguments of western Michigan ship.
pers and business men.
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WELFARE WORK MERGING.

NEW YORK. October 25.-The Ma
tional Council Of the Young Mems He
brew Association and the national
executive committee of the Jewish
Welfare Board. in separate meetings
here. adopted resolutions favoring
amalgamation in the promotion of a
community center movement through
out the country.
DR.. Cyrus Adler of Philadelphia, ma
tional chairman of the Jewish We'll
fare Board, said definite plans for the
work will be formulated in q joint
meeting Of the organizations to be
held soon
Cutler of Providence, r. T., former
national chairman. were held by the
welfare board committee
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POLAND FIGHTS LEAGUE
PROVISION FOR DANZlG
Opposition Is Based on Creation of,
City's Merchant Fleet and Loss
: of Railway Control.
By WILLIAM e. NASH.

By WILLIAM E. NASH.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New
Copyright. 1920.
WARSAW. Poland. October 25.-Thk
Danzig question has been opened u;
again. 1t is announced here from q
semi-oficfal source that the Polish
delegates in Paris have been instruct
ed to reject the league Of nations plan
for the regulation of the relations be-
tween that city and the republic o,
Poland on the ground that it violate:
the treaty of Versailles. sc
This is regarded as safe ground OF.
which the Poles may oppose the
league plan. Among the new courl.G
tries Of central Europe, the treaty OF
Versailles is regarded as the basic
law which established their independ-
ence. ~
The Poles dislike the league of ma 10
tons plan because il creates a speciaT
merchant fleet under the Danzig flag
and removes the control of the rail-
ways there from Polish hands These
provisions are regarded as symbolic Of
the influence exercised by Sir Regi-s
maid Tower and other, anti.Polisho
British statesmen.
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put Given q continuance of. average
conditions. there will probably be
even little better than average pro-
duction Of anthracite over the remain
der OF this calendar year. This would
indicate total tonnage at least
equal to that of last year. which
should mean that under average con-
ditions OF distribution among the in
dividual users of hard coal there will
be enough to meet requirements"
Margin OF PROFIT Fixed.
MONTGOMERY. Ala, October 25.-
Retail coal dealers in Jefferson, Mo-
bile and Montgomery counties will be
permitted gross margin of profit not
to exceed $3.50 per ton for unloading
and distributing coal. including net
profit. according to an order made
public by Fuel Administrator Harwell
c. Davis. -.
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OUTLOOK FOR ANTHRACITE
COAL Is MUCH BRIGHTER
Bureau Reports Mild Weather
Great Help in Keeping Up
Steady OUTPUT.

PHILADELPHIA. October 25.-Cur-
rent production of anthracite coal is
we'll up to normal and distribution
from the mines is proceeding without
interruptions which prevailed last
spring and recently. according to a
statement issued by the anthracite
bureau Of. information.
Existing mild weather has been a
great aid in producing and shipping
anthracite" the statement said. land
its continuance>will be a considerable
factor in keeping. UP the steady out
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OLYMPIA LEAVES VENICE.

VENICE, October 24.-The United
States cruiser Olympia. with Rear Ad--
miral Andrews. left today for Spalatto
to witness the transfer to Italy of a
number of Austrian warships. -
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St Thomas Hospital. in London. was
founded in 1928.
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Wooden Scrub Pail~both, =
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Three Killed.:
Many Injured, ,
I'm Paris Riots
Continued from page one)

force of extra policemen, arrived on
the scene. The crowds drew back, and
then came forward again. The police
then rushed upon number Of mani
festants, striking right and left with
sabers. Several persons were wounded
some arrests were made, and two shots
were fired.
Crowds Jeer Police
The police early began to use flying
squads of from 20 to 100 men all along
the boulcvards to break up the con-
gestion. The crowds in most instances
were good natured, but apparently an
noyed the police by blocking traffic at
one point after another. AS soon as a
squad Of police entered crowd it dis
pcrsed, only to reassemble so yards
distant, hootng and jeering the police
men as soon as their backs were turned.
There were q number of fist fights
along the boulevards, but the police did
not interfere, in most instances letting
the people settle their own arguments.
Thirty persons were arrested in the
10th Ward and twenty in the Sd Ward,
which border the Place de la Repuh-
lique, near which is located the Labor
Exchange, where a strike meeting was
going on. The police closed all the
streets leading into the Place de la
Republique.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Paterson Celebrates
In Patriotic Fashion

Paterson, N. j., once hailed as
the home of anarchy, celebrated
May Day yesterday in a most un-
anarchistic fashion. By order of
Mayor Frank J. Van MORT, the
day was devoted to patriotic ex-
ercises and most of the business
of the town was suspended for
this purpose.
Twenty sand persons
marched in civic and military
parade, among them 1000 former
service men in uniform. All silk
mills and newspaper Offices were
closed for the day. More than
the usual number Of police were
on the streets, but there was no
radical demonstration whatever.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
s, 600, 900 Britons
Celebrate May Day
Parade and Listen to
Speeches; Inaugurate
Campaign for OveraIls

LONDON, May Eight mil. 'on
workers are estimated to have partici-
patcd in Great Britain's observance of
May Day by taking the day off. parad :
ing and spcechmaking, but there were
no Interruptions to the nations essen
tial public services, probably partially
due to the fact that Saturday is nor
mally half-holldas:. {.
The celebration at Glasgow was on
an unprecedented scale. A demonstra-
ton was held at Glasgow Green. at
adopted resolution calling for the
establishment of cooperative COM
monwealth. The resolution embodies
fraternal greetings to Soviet Russia
s.nd proclaimed the right of the Irish
| people TO choose their own form of
! government.
The move to impede railway traffic,
| through the work to the rules" policy
proclaimed by the London and Liver
pool railway mems locals, proved a
! fiasco. not a single instance of q hold
up. due 80 this 2ttempt to enforce the
workers demand for increased wages,
unauthorized by the executives of the
unions, being reported.
The feature which gave more prom
Use Of distinguishing the day was the
! inauguration of an overalls wearing
campaign similar to that in the United
States by the Middle Class Union, cal,
culated to cut down the price of cloth
ing. The unions officials appeared at
their Offices this morning garbed in
denim and issued appeals to the mem
bership of the union to emulate their
| example
Miners, factory hands, shipbulders,
lockers, builders. painters, engineers
agricultural workers and municipal EN-
ployees made holiday and joined in To-
cally organized demonstrations or went
to see the seasons opening cricket
matches. but no disorders were report
ed up to 3 o'clock this afternoon
In London several thousands paradcd
through the West End to Hyde Park,
headed by a contingent Of former serv-
ice men. They swarmed about twelve
platforms, from which seventy-two
! speakers made polyglot appeals for the
| betterment of working conditions. en-
| thus iastically hailed the successes OF
! the Russian Soviet government and de-
clarcd their abhorrcnce at "thc atroc-
ties committed by the capitalist govern
| mcnts."
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02

strike proclamation Of the central ex-
ecutlve committee Of the Communist
Party OF America.
No other city was heard from.
Ofcials of the Department Of Jus
.lcc, however, arc none the less salts
ned that the warnings were justified
and that the wholesale assassinations
and other outrages, as warned of by Mr..
Palmer, had been actually planned
Thursday nights warning stated the
department had received information
that the Reds had marked moro than a
score of officials of the Federal and
state governments in various parts of
the country for murderous attacks.
Palmer Credited for Prevention
Mr.. Palmer himself was not acccss-
bic to newspaper men to-day, but as
sistants in the department expressed
the oninion that but for his action in
war; Ing the country of what was
planned by the radicals outrages would
have taken place. Credit for their
Illustration was also laid to the Attor-
noy General for having warned the
various state and municipal authorities
in threatened communities to be on
their guard, and for having directed
agents Of the department to take cx-
traordinary precautions against the
scheduled outrages.
On the other hand, these officials
called attention to the days serious oc-
currcnces in France, England and other
European countries where May Day
strikes and rioting took place, and
stated that official reports received by
the department from Europe fully con-
firmed the newspaper accounts of these
happenings. Just what has happened in
Europe to-day, officers of tho depart
mont declared, had beon planned by the
Reds for the United States in accord
ance with the general strike call of the
Communist international convention in
Ans stcrdam in February.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Veteran of 80
Leads 100000
Boys i'm Parade
March Down Fifth Avenue
Opens the Campaign of
the Youngsters to Interest
the Public in Themselves
MayOrReviews Procession
Special Services Will Be
Held in Churches To-day;
Schools Plan HonOrs

Marching like like veterans, 10000
boys paraded down Fifth Avenue yes
terday, shutting their feet in step with
tunes blown by youthful bandsmen
directed by knickerbockered drum
majors. 1t was the beginning of Boys
Week, a campaign to interest every
one in boys and to interest boys in
themselves.
The procession was led by a boy
ramcd George w. Wingatc, who was
given this place of honor without fist
fight because he was the oldest, having
passed his eighty-ninth birthday sew
eral months ago. Besides, he has had
considerable experience in march bin.-
having been a brigadiev general in the
civil War. In consideration Of this he
was allowed to wear silk hat without
bcirg hooted.
There were fat boys and thin boys
boys, in sweaters and knickerbockcr RS
and boys in knee pants. Some of them
mad black hair, and some brown. and
there was sprinkling Of red heads, and
these looked hopeful as they passed
the reviewing stand at Twenty-third
Street. as though they read a promise
OF glItterlng future in the uncovered
locks of Mayor Hylan.
Skate to Save Shoes
There were moro overalIs displaye,l
in single one of the eight divisions
of yesterdays procession, than in the
entire overall parade that hivered not
long ago. There was one platoon tn 1t
relied down the avenue with a certain
amount Of grace and in absolute com
tCrt that advertised with large sign
We skate to save shoe leather"
But the true purpose Of the "Loyalty
Parade" was told in signs which read :
"Boyhood-the Keystone in the arch of
Americas destiny" and Its a long
way to manhood Give US lift" In
the reviewing stand in addition to
Mayor Hylan were Lieutenant General
Bullard, commanding the Department
of the East, Archbishop Patrick J
Hayes and Superintendent of Schools
Ettingcr.
Rotary Club Has Float
The Rotary Club. which initiated the
idea of Boys Week, was represented
IN the parade by float bearing q
large gear wheel, the emblem of the
organization.
The boys marched by regiments
representing schools both public and
private, and the reason for the excel
lent marching' was revealed by the
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Day Quiet in West
And Middle States
Minor Strikes Are Called
and Mass Meetings Held
Without Disturbances

CHICAGO, May May Day passed
Far West, virtually no disorder being
reported, although Federal, state and
city forces had made elaborate prep
arations to deal with threatened dis
number Of cities and mass meetings
were held in Chicago and elsewhere,
but all we're conducted peacefully.
Radical literature was distributed in
made.
The Federal Building in Chicago was
heavily guarded to-day, and police and
Federal agents watched a half dozen
gatherings for signs of disorder. {.
The police continued their found up
Of criminal suspects, but Chief of Po-
lice Garrity said the arrests had no
connection with expected May Day dis
orders More than one thousand were
in custody to-day.
A red flag discovered flying from an
eghty-foot pole in a school yard was
removed by former army lieutenant
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
persons to discard red roses they were
wearing.
A storckeepcr who had built outside
his shop a representation of a prison
wall, with a photograph of Eugene V.
DebS behind the bars, was ordered to
dismantlc the display, and a crowd that
had gathered was dispersed by the po-
lice.
Clothing workers on the West Side
participated in what they termed "a
twcnty-four hour strike in protest
against the imprisonment Of political
offenders" but clothing manufacturers
said the holiday was recognized in all
! union contracts.
Ten Thousand persons marched in a
patriotic parade at Omaha day. Po-
lice and Federal agents guarded Che
route closely as the result of threat
received by Police Chief Eberstein that
there would be "a killing" but no vio-
lcnce was shown One hundred and
fifty girls in white, each representing
an Omaha man who died in tho war,
headed the procession.
May pole dances on Park lawns and
paradcs drew more attention in the
Pacific Coast region to-day than ac-
tiVities which might be cassed as
radical"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Celebrations in Berlin
Are Without Disorders
Usual Parades and Meetings
Of Labor Mark May Day;
Workers Wear Red Fnrors

BERLIN, May IA sunny May Day
brought all Berlin outdoors into the
parks and open spaces at some of whici
there were meetings niar to the
usual May Day labor cele atoms. The
display of banners with Socialistc mot
toes was quite marked and red favors
were worn by the workers. The Mar
seillaise" was SUNG, but The speeches
struck no new note.
Orderly professions Of men and
women, with bands, parsded in the
Hiergarten quarter AMI a feature was
to be noted in the professions of school
children bearing green branches and
notices, such as "We, Too, Strike on
May ~ and owe Want Secular
Schools"
The strcetcars and the elevated and
underground railroads suspended oper-
ations and most of the stores were
closed, but the shop windows displayed
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Palmer;s Riot Predictions
Fail; Nobody Murdered Yet
Life of No Prominent Parsonage Is Menaced; Attor-
ney Generals Aids Assert His Warming Operated
to Prevent Preparation of Anticipated Outrages
From The T,1buno's Washington Bureau

Front The T,ibano's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 1.--Up to late
tonight Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer's predictions as to May Day as
sassinations, riots and general strikes
had failed to matcrialize.
Contrary to the Attorney Generals s
warning of last Thursday night as to
what would probably happen, the COM
munications section~of the department. S
bureau of Investigation up to the time
the department closed for the day had
received no report of an attempt on
the life of a Federal or state official
or prominent citizen in private life, nor
OF any bomb outrage or walk out of
workers. The reports actually re-
celved up to that hour were as follows !:
From New York: All quiet and the
situation "thoroughly in hand" Ap-
proximately thirty radical meetings
called for tonight. the majority of
them under auspices of the Socialist
party, "Rumors of Socialist parade
late Tonight"
From Philadelphia: All quiet
Strike Advocated in st. Louis
From ST. Louis: No demonstrations
planned. Communist meeting sched-
uled for tonight and Socialist meet
ing for Sunday. Quantities of Com
rnunst and Communist Labor party
literature circulated urging a general
strike.
| From San Francisco: Only demon
stration" during the day was car
penteG"' union picnic. Tonight So
cialist m.2ting planned "to be followed
by dancc%.
From Cleves.3ad 1lija vidovic, an
alien Austrian, arrested for circulating
handbills entitled "Vail to the So
vie:s!" and containing the May Day
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02

presence OF many war veterans, some
bearing wound stripes on their sleeves,
who had acted as drillmasters for those
soldiers of the future.
Special services will be held in all the
churches to-day which is officially des-
ignated as Boys Day in the churches.
During the rest Of the week the boys
will be especially honored in the
schools on Monday. in indoor athletic
competitions on Tuesday, in industry
OH Wednesday, in homes on Thursday,
i'll various sorts of entertainments on
Friday and in the parks on Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Protest Pnx'udes
Ha Canadian Cities
Demands for Release OF
Winnipeg Strike Lead
ers Voiced by Labor

TORONTO, Ontario, May 1.--Twelve
thousand coal miners in the Sydney,
Nova Scotia, district went on a May
Day strike to-day as ii protest against
Imprisonment Of the leaders of Winni-
pegs general strike last year, accord
ing to reports received here.
A general tie-up Of tho building
trades was reported from Ottawa,
where men at work on the new Parla-
mcnt buildings were among those who
laid down their tools. A streetcar strike
in London, Ontario, also was reported,
while in Toronto milk wagon drivers
quit work.
Reports were received from Hamilton
OF unrest among steel workers. From
Montreal came reports that the indus
trial situation there was quiet, but that
many persons had taken a holiday be-
cause of moving day.
Demonstrations have been arranged
for late to-day in many parts of the
DOMINION, chiefly in protest against i'm
prisonmcnt OF the Winnipeg strike
leaders. but the authorities said they
expected no serious trouble.
WINNIPEG, May 1.-Several thou
sand labor men marched in orderly lines
| through the streets Of Winnipeg to-
day as protest against the imprison-
rncnt Of leaders in last years general
strike. Spectators lined the streets.
I've demand the release of our
brothers. and "Our brothers in jail
should be in the Legislature" read in
| scriptions ON banners carried in the
parade. A large union jack headed the
columns. followed by brass band
II was estimated about 5000 were in
line. Most were men, but several hun
dred women and children marched. the
childrrn with red ribbons on their hats
and their arms. A float we'll at the head
Of the line carried children of some
Of the imprisoned leaders,
NO banners were carried to identify
the industrial units marching. Abou,
New-York tribune., 1920-05-02
Carry Red Banners in Madr;a

MADRID, May 1.-The success Of q.
May Day demonstrations in Spain ne s
the greatest ever experienced from ~
workers viewpoint. There was o., ..e
siderable excitement, but PROCESS
of thousands, bearing red bannaraI1
marched through the. streets witban,
serious incident.
The only untoward occurrence >.
ported in Madrid was caused h,
Peruvian, who, from the balcony -
hotel, fred several Intellectual sl,..
as the procession passed. The retur,
fire of the strikers was also ineffect1.t
The Peruvian, who was arrested =.
believed to be suffering from ts,. -
porary insanity.