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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
1
Mexico City states the fugitive president has been captured. Officials declare life and property to be protected but provide no details. Three loyal generals are also reported executed by revolutionary forces amid quiet capital coverage.
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee agreed to bring in a substitute for the soldier bonus bill proposing a sales tax cut totaling 400 million dollars. The plan includes continuing compensation payments over three years, with further details noted to continue on page 22.
Cotton manufacturers in Fall River offered textile operatives a 15 percent wage rise, to take effect June 1. The voluntary proposal emerged at a wage conference with the Textile Council and will be reviewed by six affiliated unions next Wednesday night. About 10,000 workers would be affected, a historic first for the city’s cotton industry.
Springfield report says Miss Jennie Gy Zimmerman confessed to slaying her cousin Dr Henry Zimerman after he allegedly spurned her after a promised marriage. The confession was given to Post staff correspondent George E. Richards. Details continue on page 21 sixth column.
In a letter from Tremont Trust Company, bankers defend paying higher savings interest while keeping mortgage rates stable. They criticize Real Estate Exchange for opposing broader profit sharing, arguing prudent banks can pay depositors monthly interest without boosting loan rates or bonuses.
The Post announces that Memorial Day graves of the Yankee Division in France can be decorated for 1 dollar per grave. The American Memorial Day committee in Paris will decorate each grave in a handsome and dignified manner, funded by this sum.
The article marks the 1854 birth of Ottmar Mergenthaler inventor of the Linotype setting machine. It references Austrians claiming Russian losses in Galicia at 150000 and recalls protests in Berlin a year earlier against a German peace treaty. Pope Benedict engages in arbitration over Tacna Arica Antofagasta dispute.
Weather bulletin from Washington details rain for southern New England on Tuesday and partly cloudy conditions Wednesday. Northern New England remains fair, Middle Atlantic temperatures near seasonal average with cooler trends. Winds shift from moderate northwest to gentle variable offshore from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
A brief weather note suggests a potential shower or cool spell today with temperatures not as warm as yesterday. Impending unsettled conditions may bring light rain and breezier conditions later.
The battleship Oklahoma will sail to Key West, Florida, likely leaving at 11 a.m. tomorrow under Captain N. E. Irwin. Crew given shore liberty until 8 a.m. tomorrow. Also reported, Mexican revolutionary forces reportedly captured President Carranza and his son in law Candido Aguilar and ex ambassador Ignacio Bonillas per Mexico City papers.
Aguilar and General Murgui, who led federal forces in the capital, are said to have been executed along with Generals Berranga and Urquizo. General Obregon, in charge of Mexico City, orders full protection for Carranza life and property.
Ignasio Geufffre, a deaf mute, was found guilty in Police Court of being a masher. He received a $50 fine after young women complained of his attentions as he stood on a corner and passed notes expressing his sentiments. He pled guilty through sign language.
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb rejects a suffrage appeal from the flying squadron of suffragists in Hartford. The brief response follows their request for action on votes for women, with no immediate concession or new proposal offered.
In London on May 10 the House of Commons defeated an amendment by former Prime Minister Asquith proposing a single Irish parliament, 259 to 65. A separate plan for an all Ireland Senate as a revising chamber was also rejected, 209 to 39.
The American League game saw Boston defeat Philadelphia 7 to 1 while Cleveland beat St. Louis 7 to 3. In the National League Pittsburg edged Philadelphia 3 to 1.
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