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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
6
Mexico moves toward stabilization as Obregon's supporters claim victory and Carranza’s regime fades. The piece outlines rebel advances, potential elections in July, and U S caution while discussing Republican convention leadership and treaty debates. It notes Debs’ nomination in New York, the Democratic push for prohibition issues, and international shifts in Poland, Ukraine, and Europe amid postwar turbulence.
Paris reports say the Hungarian government will accept the treaty terms, despite strong nationalist opposition. Demonstrations removed posters bearing anti treaty messages as authorities bolster military readiness, with Count Juliny Andrasey presenting parliament a view that the treaty crucifies the nation and endangers the state.
The text warns that the greatest danger to Central Europe is intellectual incompetence despite bowing to superior force. It notes schools and teachers misrepresent territorial losses from the treaty as temporary, with signs of a cabinet crisis. A government fall could delay signing the treaty further.
New York tenants have formed cooperative ownership movements, buying properties for private occupancy and stock in holding companies. The drive aims to cut rents through collective ownership, with plans for a $40 million 25 story building and 1.5 million square feet of space, marking a landmark real estate move.
President Wilson publicly released instructions given aboard the battleship Pennsylvania urging bold, audacious tactics against German subs. He urged abandoning prudence, inviting officers to propose new methods to win the war, signaling a shift from cautious strategy to aggressive action amid Allied and American efforts. Additional dispatches report labor arrests in Pittsburgh, Dublin barracks burnings, German war criminals list, and Democratic committee leadership changes.
Stanley shoo a medical student at the University of Michigan was arraigned in justice court on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Miss Ethel McGuire a nurse at University Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. Nebraska dean resigns from University of Nebraska dean vy P Stout head of the engineering department resigns intending to enter the commercial field.
Washington reports the department of justice telegrams reiterating sugar profit margins of one cent to wholesalers and two cents to retailers. Chicago warrants target Theodore W Bante and H W Boehm of Bante Bros Candy on conspiracy charges under the Lever Act. They allegedly moved 1,000,000 pounds of sugar for profits of 10 to 18 cents per pound totaling $204,143.63, buying from Colonial Sugar Co of New Orleans in March and April at about 12.8 cents and selling at about 29.4 cents per pound.
Henry Layer, a farmer, admits to killing Jacob Wolf, his wife, five children and a chore boy at the Wolf farm three miles west of Turtle Lake North Dakota on April 22. State's Attorney J. E B. Williams said the confession cites a long standing quarrel over injuries to Layer's cattle from Wolf's dog as the motive.
Kyiv press reports confirm Odessa, a key Black Sea outlet, was occupied by General Petlura's Ukrainian forces. Polish and Ukrainian troops reported a strong thrust north of Klew driving Bolshevik forces back along the Beresnia river.
Reports from the US Bureau of Markets indicate a 5 percent reduction in potato acreage and a 29 percent drop in bean growing areas for the season. Also notes on royal funeral attendance in Stockholm and Wilson veto override defeat in Washington, plus talk of an effort to raise the Lusitania in London.
Adolfo De La Herta, supreme commander of the Mexican revolutionary movement, calls on the Mexican congress to convene and name a provisional president. Reports from El Paso, dated May 17, indicate the request was issued to the body.
Royal Walton, a former mail clerk, was killed in a Chicago apartment after a daylight rail line robbery near Kankakee. Police said Walton mowed down Officer William Roberts and wounded John Kendrick before barricading himself and being shot dead by Chief James Mooney and officers. The incident followed a five-clerk hold-up on the New Orleans Limited as $90,000 in registered pouches was taken. Walton’s mother in St Joseph, Mo, sought news of her son MRS WALTON.
New York May 17 England plans to export all wool men s clothing to the United States. J C Channon of a London firm says they can produce goods, ship them, pay duties, and sell to retailers for 32 dollars each. Current US salts cost 60 to 80 dollars. the garments could retail at 88 40 with a 20 percent profit.
The Wadsworth Kelley bill to raise pay for enlisted and officers up to colonel in the army and marine corps and captain in the navy was adopted by the House without debate. It provides a 20 percent raise for enlisted personnel, larger boosts for noncommissioned officers, and a $200 to $600 bonus for higher grades, retroactive to January 1, 1920.
The Socialist party of America adopted public administration of the nation’s wealth for equal benefit, signaling a victory for conservative forces over red flag drones for dictatorship. Debs, jailed for espionage act violation, remains a central figure as Eugene V Debs’ nomination draws support from Edward Henry of Indiana.
Chicago celebrated the opening of the Michigan Boulevard Unk bridge with a holiday declared by the mayor. The two level structure handles about 2000 vehicles daily and is expected to save about 2 million dollars yearly. The project cost 10 million and could total 25 million in present prices, ending a 25 year fight for the city’s greatest improvement.
Philadelphia readers credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from serious female ailments improving sleep appetite and energy after doctors failed. A separate note reports jewel theft rumors as Mrs Meanly accused. A medical ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for liver tone. The piece also mentions a decline in Russian platinum production and a quip on notoriety-seeking men.
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