16 Jul 1920
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
1
In Columbus today suffrage leaders plan to present arguments urging Tennessee to ratify the Anthony Amendment. They aim to secure federal voting rights for women and accelerate constitutional change.
Governor Cox democratic presidential nominee spends day at the state house before traveling to Washington to confer with President Wilson. He will meet eight leaders of the national Woman's party and urge Tennessee to ratify the federal suffrage amendment.
Henry Berry and Joseph Lee Armitage cattlemen from Cimarron drowned in Fitzpatrick irrigation reservoir while rescuing a companion. Arthur Berry and another man found a duck nest. Armitage attempted a swim to shore and disappeared after Berry and the horse were pulled under.
Captain Blair Street, commander of a flight to Nome Alaska, lost his way in a dense fog bank after takeoff from Mine Run. He diverted to Elmhurst eight miles east of Ranton, Pennsylvania, and landed safely this afternoon.
Denver area reports unsettled conditions on Friday with possible showers and a warmer northwest section. Saturday expected to see a fall in temperatures. Arizona also forecast unsettled weather Friday and Saturday.
Conditions for the twenty four years ended at 6 p m yesterday show a high temperature around 46 degrees and a low near 63 with humidity about 48 percent. No precipitation is listed and maximum wind velocity reached 64 with wind direction noted.
Warsaw reports women soldiers join an eight mile front defending Vita under Madame Goerez. She commands about 1,000 women with own transport and kitchens, aided by YWCA. More detachments form as Poland prepares a dedicated army of women.
Morrison Shafroth, son of ex senator John Shafroth, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Colorado attorney general. Christopher Sutton, 18, was found dead at Riverside cemetery where he worked as a caretaker. heart failure is suspected and he leaves a wife and five children.
Ward K. Paddock, stepson of L. B. Humphrey the Denver Times telegraph editor, was killed in Montrose when a team he was driving ran away and threw him from the wagon.
Miss Helen Taft daughter of former president Willem Howard Taft wed Frederick Manning at Murray Bay. Manning is noted as a Yale University detractor in history and Taft is president of Burn Mawr College.
Mrs. Piiza Neel aged 100 died in Guernsey Wyoming yesterday. She was described as the oldest woman in the state.
Roy Trapp and his wife were found at their Puller California ranch after an apparent attack with an ase or pick. Trapp shown to have died from wounds while his wife lay unconscious. Authorities said Trapp had recently dealt with potato thief activity.
Fifty men raided the general post office in Dublin this morning and carried off all tatters directed to Dublin Castle the Lord Mayor and the Irish administration officials including the chief secretary and under secretary.
The senate subcommittee investigating presidential campaign expenditures will resume hearings in St. Poul Missouri on August 10. Announcement came from Mires Mary Sannie Scott secretary of the women's committee to reduce the high cost of living in Missouri.
Seward Alaska July 15 Josephus Daniels secretary of the navy John Barton Payne secretary of the interior and Admiral Hugh Rodman commander of the Pacific fleet arrived by destroyers Sinclair Meyer and MacAuley. They inspected and praised the proposed coal bunker site at Resurrection Bay for naval use.
Har old Bell Wright, renowned writer, was granted a divorce from Frances L. Wright in Tucson on July 15, on grounds of desertion.
Tucson Arizona voters will vote tomorrow on a 350000 bond issue to erect and equip new school buildings. The measure is the first step in the school trustees plan to improve the district’s schools.
Harry Schuman of Denver and Mel Coogan of Brooklyn fought twelve rounds to a draw in a canceling lightweight bout held tonight in Denver.
General Guillermo Meisner, revolutionary leader in Casaca, arrives in Menlico City to arrange transfer of his forces to the new government. He will retain command under orders from the war office, the Herakisik.
Indianapolis challenger Chuck Wiggins defeated Gunboat Smith of New York in a ten round no decision bout in Grand Rapids Michigan critics deemed Wiggins the clear winner though no official decision was rendered Smith weighed 159 pounds and Wiggins 172 before the bout.
A sub committee of railroad officials and coal operators predicted today a reduction in bituminous coal prices. They met to finalize a plan to relieve the coal shortage in New York City New England and the northwest.
Special Correspondence reports Fritz Holmquist arriving from the east with views that the Democratic platform modernizes the party with a wet plank favoring Governor Cox. He warns of a national wet and dry fight, notes Cox’s ties to liquor interests, and discusses regional voting tactics and women’s ballot behavior.
A sergeant named Jinkichi Onishi believed dead after the Liaoyang battle writes from Petrograd that he survived as a prisoner for seventeen years. He had been reported killed by his supposed widow who remarried and had two children. He claims long captivity ended after a fall led to hospitalization in Russia.
Busette the former chimpanzee actress in Bronx zoo gardens becomes the first infant of its species born in the United States and the second ever born in captivity. Susette previously appeared on stage performing feats like eating with a knife and fork and drinking from bottles.
Jose G Guerra former Bolivian president and several ministers were deported yesterday by the new regime to Arica Chile with American diplomats escorting. The group left La Paz aboard a vessel likely bound for further transit. Officials cited no explanation but indicated safety concerns prompted the departure.
Yellowstone officials report swift discipline for visitors who write or injure geyser bowls and terraces. A new departure registry records each entrant and vehicle number at departure, enabling swift action by park authorities for vandalism with potential U S commissioner involvement and heavy penalties.
Colorado Attorney General Victor E. Keyes ruled a proposed 4 percent beer and 16 percent wine measure conflicts with federal law and the Eighteenth Amendment. Secretary James E. Noland said the petition cannot be filed or placed on the ballot, urging supporters to seek mandamus to force a ballot decision.
Medical associations nationwide plan a campaign to treat and educate deaf or dumb children. A joint committee from each organization will draft plans and seek aid from state medical societies health boards and Congress to quickly implement the program. It aims to list affected children establish day schools and standardize instruction by modern methods.
Chicago July 15. The platform includes nine planks from free speech amnesty and judge recall to public ownership of utilities. It calls for withdrawal from Versailles participation, support for a league of free peoples, rights for labor, public markets, and VAT on war wealth. It seeks lower living costs via currency stabilization and meat industry control, plus war service justice and an eight hour day with forty four hour workweek.
Washington reports the Shipping Board opened bids for fuel oil supplies of one three and five years totaling about 122 553 000 barrels with delivery to American and foreign ports. Prices ranged from 119 to 445 a barrel and most bids conditioned on transportation by the board with bidders insisting duties and taxes be paid by the board.
Senator Harding, GOP nominee, expresses strong confidence Republicans will hold power. He praises the party platform as broad and progressive and notes La Follette’s third party bid is unlikely to gain traction. He outlines appeals to farmers laborers and small businesses and affirms support for suffrage friends while preparing for the July notification ceremonies.
A life jacket bearing the ship's name was recovered from the Delaware River by two railroad detectives. The faded hair strand and the token recall the Lusitania sinking five years ago, the vessel torpedoed by Germany remains legible on the worn fabric amid wartime memories.
Marion R. Pittman was today acquitted of the murder of Andrew Nicholson in Fresno California. A jury deliberated less than an hour. The defense contended emotional insanity based on discovering Nicholson in the Pittman home when the husband was absent. Pittman gave a full statement of the shooting. Mrs. Pittman did not testify.
Five railroad workers in Los Angeles were fined $1,000 each after being convicted of violating the Lever Act by taking part in the switchmen's strike last April. Judge F. Biedseer presided in the United States district court.
German ministers at Spa expected to reply today to Allied demands without qualifications. The move follows recent negotiations aimed at stabilizing postwar European security.
German ministers signaled acceptance of the Allied note and planned to respond affirmatively tomorrow. The cabinet will formalize the decision, while Premier Millerand and Dr. Simons noted progress. The pact requires 2,000,600 tons of coal monthly with Ruhr occupation if six million tons are not delivered by October 15, 1920, plus a treaty price and a five marks per ton premium for screening.
Spa July 15 The note outlines plans to supply 2 600 000 tons of coal monthly to the Allies from August for six months. Payments to Germany based on German market price and cash differences, with special provisions on Silesia coal, a Ruhr district commission, and Allied credits for feedstuffs and raw materials.
In Yopeka Kansas July 15 women suffrage and club leaders support Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter who refused to state her age when registering. The attorney general ruling requires a precise age beyond over 21, which suffragists call a male overreach to block women’s voting.
Wireless telephone communication between Chicago and Catalina Island California was established today. William Wrigley Jr spoke with J K Patrick J M Renton and John N Stewart his representatives there. Twenty seven hundred miles of land lines from Chicago to Ly Beach California and thirty miles wireless were used.
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