Wood Wins Maryland Primary In Sweep For National Nomination
Returns show Major Leonard Wood with 14 663 votes to 7113 for Hiram W Johnson in Maryland. Wood wins all counties except Alleghany and Washington and secures 117 of 129 delegates to the state convention, which will send 16 to Chicago. Delegates pledged to Wood if he remains a viable nominee.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Leonard Wood
Hiram W. Johnson
General Wood
Chicago
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Oklahoma and Kansas
May 3 reports from Muscogee Oklahoma and Eureka Kansas describe a deadly Oklahoma tornado that struck Peggs and Cherokee county killing fifty one and injuring about one hundred while a Kansas tornado in Eureka left six injured with two feared dead. Relief workers continued searching muddy wreckage as communication remained down.
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Muscogee
Okla
Peggs
Oklahoma
Cherokee County
Wichita
Kan
Eureka
Wheat Supply of Nation Drastically Reduced in Year
Exports of wheat and flour from July 1, 1819, to April 23, 1920, totaled 160,813,000 bushels, down 82,580,000 from the prior year. The United States Grain Corporation reports shipments included to expeditionary forces and relief administration. Total wheat stocks on April 23 stood at 141,842,000 bushels, down 17,410,000 from the prior week but up 20,951,000 from last year.
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New York
United States Grain Corporation
American Expeditionary Forces
American Relief Administration
Canadians Get It Right Where Yankees Got It
Montreal May 3 The price of stove coal rose to 16 dollars a ton an increase of 1 dollar Dealers say the move is needed due to higher freight rates and rising miner wages
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Yankees
Montreal
Londoners Interrupted Opens With Grated Ovation
An enthusiastic Garrick Theater audience greeted the postponed play One Night in Rome on May 3 with a standing ovation for star Laurette Taylor. Ambassador and Mrs. Davis attended in a box draped with Anglo American colors as the curtain calls began.
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London
Garrick Theater
Rome
Laurette Taylor
Mrs. Davis
Boy Placed Gun in Bed Causes Accidental Wound
Earnest Nath, 12, was struck in the leg by a discharged pistol found by Teddy Poland and the boys in bed with the gun. The bullet traveled along the leg under the skin, resulting in a minor flesh wound. Dr. Beard treats the injured boy as his family prepares for funeral plans in the community.
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Earnest Nath
Teddy Poland
Young Nath
Kem
G. ‘Y.beard
DelegatesChosen At Wyoming State Meetings For May Conventions
Democratic and Republican county committees meet today to select six delegates each to Wyoming state conventions on May 10 in Lander and Sheridan. Delegates will choose Wyoming’s national convention delegates and help set party platforms. The conventions will also name candidates for presidential electors.
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Lander and
Sheridan
Wyoming
Bullets Through Head Leave Men Alive After Arizona Shooting
Teodoro Granillos and his son Eusacao were shot in Pin Town near Bisbee, with bullets passing through their skulls. The older man was hit between the eyes and out the back of his head, the son through the head and out the neck. Both survived and are not bedridden.
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Bisbhh
Ariz
Teodoro Granillos
Eusacao Granillos
Pin Town
Cordillo Brothers In Murder Case Linked To State Officials
Pete Cordillo awaits trial for Frank Jennings murder while his brother John was convicted of manslaughter. Report notes both men served in the Wyoming prohibition department and worked briefly in Union Pacific shops at Cheyenne before allegedly fleeing to Denver on related charges.
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Younger
Prohibition Department
Frank Jennings
Cheyenne
Pete Cordillo
John Cordillo
Wyoming Prohibition Department
Union Pacific
Denver
Bozo Boozing Night Lands Six in City Court
Police report a Saturday night to Sunday incident where eight men drunkenly imbibed various liquids including liver medicine, lemon extract, hair tonic, perfume and home brew. Six were charged and fined totaling 187 dollars, with defendants claiming they believed they drank only non alcoholic products.
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Hizzoner
Brother of John Cordillo jailed after Denver row
Tony Cordillo and nine others were taken into custody after a late night party in Denver ended in a street fight. Police recovered wine and liquor. Tony was fined five dollars and handed to Denver's chief of police for further inquiry into the source of the alcohol.
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John Cordillo
Frank Jennings
Cheyenne
Tony Cordillo
Denver
Tony
Walter Zinsser
Joseph Brown
Charles Cannon
Tom
Charles McGrail
Genevieve Duffey
Aileen
McGrail
Aileen McGrail
Baldwin
North
Hamilton Armstrong
Bluebeard Eager to Lead Search for Body in Desert
Los Angeles May 3. Walter Andrew Watson alias James RK Huirf, accused bigamist and murderer, reportedly offered to lead a desert search between Imperial and San Diego counties for Nina Lee Delaney's body. Officers said he confessed to killing five women.
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Los Angeles
Walter Andrew Watson
James RK. Huirf
Imperial
San Diego
Nina Lee Delaney
Panama Snarls At Nation That Created Panama
United States officers and soldiers were ordered to stay out of Panama City by Major General G W Kennedy. The curb followed Panamanian demonstrations last night protesting U S acquisition of part of Taboga Island for canal defense.
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Panama
United States Army
Panama City
G. W. Kennedy
Panama Canal Zone
Former Cheyenne Man Acquitted of Murder at Deaver
William W. Glawson is acquitted by a west side jury of murdering Joseph Zuckerman. Ina Glawson’s murder charges are certain to be dismissed, and charges of assault to kill against Clawson may follow over the shooting of Jacob Zuckerman. Clawson came to Denver from Cheyenne.
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Denver
William W. Glawson
Joseph Zuckerman
West Side Court
Ina Glawson
Clawson
Jacob Zuckerman
Cheyenne
Mexican Revolution Expands Through Sierra Madre Route
General Calles plans to mobilize 6,000 troops in Sonora and march via Pulpito pass into Chihuahua then to Torreon and Mexico City. Abel Rodriguez named provisional Chihuahua governor as Calles and Adolfo De La Huerta arrive to supervise rebel actions after the Juarez garrison revolt.
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EL Paso
Abel S. Rodriguez
Chihuahua
Juarez
General Calles
Adolfo de la Huerta
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Cotton Mills Strike Shuts 37 Factories in New Bedford
In New Bedford Connecticut 37 cotton mills closed as 15,000 operatives obeyed a strike order. Union firemen were told to quit tomorrow amid a dispute with loom fixers over loom assignments. Mills largely stayed open as manufacturers said workers sought to remain at work.
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New Bedford
Conn
Manufacturers’ Association
Textile Council
Nations Redistribute German Fleet After War
In London on May 3, the House of Commons announced the allocation of six former German warships and 4124 submarines. The United States receives the Ostfriesland and Frankfurt, France the Thuringen and Emden with 38 subs, Japan the Oldenburg Nassau and Augsburg, and Italy seven submarines. Ships scuttled at Scapa Flow are assigned to Great Britain.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
United States
Ostfriesland
Frankfurt
France
Thueeringen
Emden
Japan
Oldenburg
Nassau
Augsburg
Italy
Scapa Flow
Ojinaga Quiet as Cavalry Posts Brace for Revolt
PRESIDED Tex May 3. Ojinaga opposite this place garrisoned by 200 men of the 3rd cavalry remains quiet. Reports that the soldiers planned to join the revolt have persisted for several days but no fighting is anticipated.
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Ojinaga
Tex
8Rd
Obregonistas Foil Juarez Council As Urgently Negotiated
General Urbalejo, enemy of Obregon and head of federal troops at Casas Grandes, arrived in Juarez at 9 PM and met with General Escobar. Local Obregonistas feared Urbalejo might attack Juarez with his Indian troops due to animosity toward Obregon.
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Juarez
Mexico
Obregon
Casas Grandas
Escobar
Arbalejo
General Donzelman Sick in Denver Hospital
General Hugo Donzelman, a veteran Cheyenne attorney, is reported seriously ill in a Denver hospital. His condition was described as grave by hospital officials and newsmen await further updates.
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Gen
Donzelman
Denver
Hugo Donzelman
Fearless acting warden Cap Brine dies after illness
Warden deputy Cap W. H. Brine of the Wyoming state penitentiary at Rawlins dies in Denver after a prolonged illness. He had served as acting warden for over a year and was known for fearlessness and dedication. Brine, a Texas native aged 56, previously killed a Mexican convict during a prison escape eight years earlier. His funeral will be held in Rawlins near the prison.
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Wyoming Penitentiary
Mary
W. H
Cap.) Brine
Wyoming State Penitentiary
Rawlins
Denver
Brne
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Brine
State Penitentiary
Ile
Felix Alston
Alston
Texas
Ife
Wyoming
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