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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
8
University of Pennsylvania defeated Swarthmore 6 to 5 in a close Philadelphia game reported May 10. In London, forty more hunger strikers were released from Wormwood Scrubs prison on the same date.
Chicago May 10 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts Republican Senate leader and author of the Lodge reservations to the League covenant will sound the keynote of the coming presidential campaign at the national Republican convention in Chicago on June 8.
Official reports from Mexico City state General Pablo Gonzales captured the capital and rebels hold Tampico, Vera Cruz, Monterey and Puebla. Carranza’s fate is unclear as Obregon urges humane treatment if captured. U.S. ships and marines are prepared for possible duty in Mexican waters to aid Americans.
Harry Giovanelli of Kentucky and Fred Wilson of Missouri listed among attendees. Edward P. Thayer of Indiana was named temporary sergeant at arms with Guy Howard and McGinnis Hatfield as assistants. Major General James A. Ryan of Chicago was named chief doorkeeper with former service men as assistants. The committee also chose George L. Hart of Virginia as official reporter and Dr. John Dill Robertson of Chicago as chief medical officer. Ushers will be former service men under Captain Knowlton Ames.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine claiming a few cents buys the product and after use no hair falls, no dandruff. It promises new life vigor brightness more color and thickness in every strand.
Captain B. A. Long leads six destroyers aboard the Putnam arriving at Tampico in readiness for duty in Mexican waters. The division accompanies the battleship Oklahoma departing New York and heading toward Mexican ports.
El Paso May 10 reports Generals Candido Aguilar, son in law of President Carranza, executed in Mexico. Details scarce as dispatches confirm the action and identify no further participants or consequences.
An unconfirmed report received today by Roberto V. Pesqueira says Carranza and Francisco Murguia have been executed. Aguilar, per the same report, was killed by his own troops. Murguia, former commander of federal troops in Mexico City, was fleeing the capital when Obregon’s forces were involved.
A historical report asserts a wholesale execution of political prisoners, including one general, as part of a broader purge. The fragment notes mass killings and high-level targets but provides limited context and dates.
English High and Boston Latin School diamond teams meet at Rowan Park Dorchester in a Boston city championship battle this afternoon.
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