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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
1
Gen Calles vows to eliminate banditry in Mexico and offers 100,000 pesos dead or alive for Villa and followers. Negotiations with Villa failed as he rejects retirement plans and seeks supreme command in Chihuahua. Huerta returns to review a 30,000-strong parade led by Obregon.
Waukegan police clashed with sailors and marines after a mob attacked the Sherman House, a black hotel in the city, as two Marines were wounded at the Great Lakes Naval station. Authorities planned drastic disciplinary action. The assault involved armed sailors and marines backed by overseas veterans.
In Washington on June 3 the Senate voted 44 to 24 to concur in a House resolution for Congress to adjourn sine die on June 5 at 4 p.m. Senators Kenyon and Jones urged delaying adjournment until pending legislation is completed.
Senator Underwood said President Wilson will not object to adjournment on Saturday and will not call Congress into extraordinary session unless there is grave public necessity after talks with Secretary Tumulty and Wilson prior.
Sheriff J W May led a raid with Chief McGuthran and Deputy Hamilton in the eastern county. They found 240 gallons of beer, the worm, and other paraphernalia, but no still or operators. The operators reportedly fled to safer territory.
Census figures from Noblesville Indiana list 4 758 residents with a decrease while Triiad Michigan records 5 642 decline. North Carolina shows 2 941 increase and 8 809 residents in another listed area rise by 1 593.
Morgan County health officer Dr. Burton Austin will travel to Montgomery to join county health officials for a state conference. The summer campaign will cover rural districts and towns in Alabama while local inspections of groceries and health measures continue in Albany and Decatur.
Montgomery June 3 Attorney General Smith rules no payments will be made until year’s end for damages to livestock caused by depredations by vicious dogs.
Gen Wood personally attended a New York City November meeting of Wall Street financiers to back his campaign with half a million dollars as a starter. Ambrose Monell hosted the gathering at 16 East 62nd Street with other financiers named, including Robert J. Cassatt. Horace Stebbins, eastern World campaign treasurer, was located after days of searching by senate aides and marshals.
The Decatur American Legion post hosts a well attended banquet at the hotel with T C Almon as toastmaster and C P McDaniel noting plans for the 1921 American Legion convention. Members praise the event as a model of fellowship and announce an insurance plan to aid disabled and buried veterans. Hauks orchestra provides free music drawing cheers.
The Democratic state executive committee sub committee meets in the afternoon at Morcry to canvass ballots from the May 11 primary. Session starts at 2 PM with a two hour expected count. No contests filed. official tally needed to decide between John H. Wallace and Abe Kimbrough for Commissioner.
A statement explains rising newsprint costs driven by high consumption, pulp embargoes, and speculation. The Daily notes price climbs from 2 to over 10 cents per pound since WWI, with current costs around 17 to 20 cents including freight. Readers face higher per-issue costs and ads funding most operations as papers consolidate and suspend.
The Florence Daily News will raise advertising rates on July 1 1920 according to editor Prentiss Blackwell. He cites production cost increases since January 1 and higher newsprint prices as justification for a net ad rate rise near one hundred percent since January 1.
The government intends operating the nitrate plants with a June 21 letting of contracts worth just over one million dollars. The project aims to convert sections of the plant into a munitions factory and will require 750 workers immediately.
Chicago June 8 A 24 hour shift in political winds leads many to think the Republican convention may end by Friday rather than Sunday. Gen Wood forecasts a short convention as senatorial investigations reduce work. Betting favors Hiram Johnson and speculation grows that Gen Wood could bolt Hoover remains on the record to abide by party decision. Hoover says he will not be in Chicago during the convention.
In the sixth Tennessee district the contest ended today as Harry Luck from Nashville and J. H. Austin of Antioch withdrew their claims, settling the dispute.
The article questions if Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a noted draft dodger, visited the Twin Cities recently and asserts only he can confirm the claim. A car with a Ghio license plate carrying two men passed through the cities en route south, triggering Alabama officials to alert law enforcers elsewhere.
Birmingham report states Tom Lambert arrested in connection with the death of a girl in a jealous rage. The suspect was formerly engaged to the victim. Remains moved to Aldrich, Alabama for burial. Local details follow from Martha Gijleland who was shot Wednesday.
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