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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
1
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report Carranza with about 4,000 men at San Marcos twenty seven miles north of Pueblo while government forces in Vera Cruz reportedly desert and join the revolutionaries. Generals Hill and Trevino are said to be closing in on the president.
Harry Francis, former Sweetwater County treasurer in Wyoming, is a fugitive on embezzlement charges. Stanley Pitchford posted 5000 bail as an accessory after an audit found a county funds shortage. Ed. BE Johnson named county clerk and Arthur Walter new treasurer after vacancies filled. Gambling is blamed for the shortage.
The article reports a plan to revive the regional Motor Club with a committee to develop a finite revival strategy. George B. Nelson outlines past achievements such as road marking and campsites, proposing Wyoming Ming Station grounds near West Yellowstone Avenue as a potential site. County officials Seth Griffith and others discuss tourist projections for the state, Yellowstone traffic, and Casper’s expected tourist influx alongside needed amenities and information for travelers.
United Press notes English attitudes on prohibition and potential shift in policy. Ed Keen predicts England may go dry within 8 to 15 years while workingmen show varied support. The main international issue is the upcoming Spa Conference with German concerns to be discussed.
Washington May 11 A foreign affairs committee report outlines a resolution urging the president to dispatch an American warship and marines to Batum on the Black Sea to protect American lives and property.
New York May 11 report that the Illinois delegation to the Socialist Party convention opened an aggressive fight for radical principals of international socialism in the 1920 platform. The clash centers on the push for dictatorship within the labor movement and the party's stance on soviet ideals.
Waton, under interrogation with Sheriff Robert Couts, confessed to killing nine wives, including M.A. Watt by tossing her into Lake Coeur d'Alene. He recalled another victim buried there and indicated more killings may exist among his twenty marriages.
Senator McCumber warned that injecting the League of Nations into the campaign would be a colossal blunder and faulted President Wilson for turning the issue into politics. Senator Lodge said the Knox peace resolution stays before the senate with a vote hoped for later this week.
In opening the fight against the Republican plan to end the state of war by joint resolution, Senator McCumber of North Dakota declared the senate that it would involve recent negotiates in the war. He advocated restoring commercial relations with Germany but realized pressing the measure would be useless.
President Wilson signed the bill amending the deportation law to allow the deportation of Germans and other aliens who were exempt during the war as enemy aliens. The measure clarifies wartime exemptions and broadens removal authority as postwar policy.
Cody Wyoming May 11 P D Pederson remained conscious while trapped under a toppled tractor for fourteen hours crushed and bleeding with a shattered arm and a pierced chest. He fought off coyotes, endured freezing snow and wind, and endured kerosene exposure as he awaited rescue and hospital care with critical injuries.
New York May 11 Republican leaders see the committee move naming Senator Lodge temporary chairman of the Chicago convention as clever. Beveridge of Indiana is expected to be the permanent chair. Lowden’s Illinois state convention victory shifts delegates toward Johnson with Wood 11%, Johnson 107, Lowden 95, Harding
A Rio Grande passenger train wrecked eight miles east of Plancos on a waterlogged track. The locomotive remained upright while the cars toppled over. At least a dozen people were injured in the May 11 incident near Durango, as crews worked to recover and treat the wounded.
Two buildings in Ridgeway were badly damaged and one wrecked by three incendiary bombs today. No clues found by police. One bomb lay at the Field Brothers hardware store entrance. another appeared atop the Bob Lowe building used as a pool hall.
Senator Jones of Washington introduces a bill to repeal all war laws. The measure would take effect upon enactment.
A Mexican man named le Abina was arraigned yesterday at the Phil Joleon wheap ranch on a theft charge in Caspar county. He remains in the county jail pending further proceedings.
Paris May 11 The French cabinet decided to open proceedings against the General Federation of Labor to dissolve the organization for backing railwaymen strikes and calling further walkouts after a council of ministers approval. Minister of Justice L Hopi can was instructed to initiate proceedings.
Honolulu dispatch reports United States ambassador to Japan Roland Morris plans resignation to enter the presidential race. The Tokio correspondent notes the move aims to participate in the upcoming U.S. elections.
William Dean Howells novelist died at his New York home at age 84 after returning from Savannah where influenza weakened his health. He passed away after a winter spent in the south.
The revolutionary government of Mexico will request immediate recognition by the United States government, according to a dispatch from Washington dated May 11. Reporter Jed Presa notes the move aims to establish formal international legitimacy.
A May 11 report from Washington says Mexico enters a reconstruction period after the latest successful revolution. The state department would recognize a de facto government if Carranza is overthrown. General Obregon is not expected to be provisional president, with Huerta likely to hold that post in Sonora. Pablo Gonzales’s next move remains pivotal, with expectations Obregon will win him over.
Secretary Daniels released President Wilson's unpublished 1917 war directives given aboard the flagship Pennsylvania. The order urged officers to discard prudence and indulge audacious methods to win, signaling a bold navy strategy to the Senate naval investigating committee.
In El Paso on May 11 Roberto Pesquieria a rebel financial agent claims Carranza was toppled due to dictatorial policies corruption and opposition to Obregon. He says the revolution ended dictatorial imposition and will unite all elements for peace while respecting foreign interests.
Reports from El Paso and Nogales conflict over President Carranza status. Some say captured by revolutionary troops at Apizaco, others claim he is in hiding or with an army of 4,000. Governor Huerta plans to go to Mexico City to assume national control and call a congress.
Secretary Daniels told the naval investigations committee the North Sea barrage was delayed six months due to opposition by Admiral Sims. He said the plan originated in the US Navy and was largely American made though critics claimed it was British. Daniels accused Sims of trying to credit Britain and asserted most mines were American built and shipped 3 407 miles overseas.
London May 11 Leon Trotsky has gone to the Polish front and is personally directing the Reds stand against the combined Polish Ukrainian offensive reports from Moscow.
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