Obregon forces surround Carranza as revolution tightens
Dispatches from El Paso and Vera Cruz report Gen. Alvaro Obregon’s troops surrounding President Carranza near Rinconada and Esperanza station Puebla. Obregon urges safe exit for Carranza and promises life protection if he leaves, while other reports note casualties and continued revolutionary advances toward Mexico City.
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el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Mexico
Rinconeda
Esperanza Station
Puebla
Alvaro Obregon
Robert V. Pesquiera
Revolutonists
Rinconada
Vera Cruz
Col. Orozco
Jose Murguia
A. Obregon
Leon Vera Cruz
United Press
Hacienda Tamariz
John Body
Mexico City
United States
U. S
Oklahoma
Obregon
Senate to vote Saturday on peace resolution
Washington May 13 The senate agreed to vote at 4 o clock next Saturday on the Republican peace resolution after revising the measure to drop a demand for a separate peace treaty with Germany Adoption is expected to be vetoed by President Wilson and the House resolution may be sent to conference or immediately accepted as urged by Knox proponents The debate featured Kellogg and Lenroot criticizing the president and predicting campaign advantages for Republicans Senators Pomerene is the sole speaker scheduled for tomorrow with Underwood to close for Democrats
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Germany
Wilson
House
Senate
Austria
Kellogg
Minnesota
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Pomerone
Ohio
Underwood
Russia cannot last six months says Reds adviser
Washington May 13 Col Edward W Ryan Red Cross commissioner for North Russia and the Baltic states reports from a secret visit with the EsthEnian peace delegation. He says Russia cannot hold out six months without outside aid and foresees a revolution and pogroms amid widespread hardship and chaotic transport conditions.
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Washington
Edward W. Ryan
Red Cross
North Russia
Baltic States
Col. Ryan
Russia
State Department
Petrograd
Moscow Foreign Office
Olds
President Wilson vetoes bill over censorship of government output
President Wilson brands the congressional push for control of government publications as an encroachment on executive functions. He vetoes the annual appropriation bill portion requiring joint committee printing approval. Senators Smoot and Good defend committee authority, while Babson’s clash with the committee is cited as a trigger for the veto.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Congressional Joint Committee On Printing
Senate
House
Smoot
Utah
Joint Committee
Representative Good
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Roger W. Babson
Committee On Public Information
Babson
President Wilson Improves in Health, Says Physician
Washington reports President Wilson is in the best physical condition since his Western trip and improving rapidly, according to Admiral Grayson the president's physician.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Births in U.S. 1918 Exceed Deaths by 34.4 Percent
Census Bureau reports 1,363,649 births and 1,014,620 deaths in the 1918 registration area. Ten of every hundred infants died before age one, male infant mortality higher by 23 percent. 15,342 twins and 147 triplets recorded. birth order ranged from first-born to twentieth or more.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Dust precipitator near completion at Clinchfield cement plant
Completion of the dust precipitator installation at Clinchfield Portland Cement is near, with work ongoing for over a year. The system will reduce city dust and recover potash and lime for sale to farmers, using Western Precipitation Co. equipment under Jack Rose, at an estimated cost of 125000 to 200000.
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Clinchfield Portland Cement Corporation
Clinchfield
Clinchfield Company
Western Precipitation Company
San Francisco
Jack Rose
May Day Pageant At Kingsport Draws 800 Children
The 1920 Kingsport May Day pageant will be staged on Broad Street Circle next Tuesday at seven o clock. The show titled The May Dew Charm features 800 children, with 500 in a dedicated chorus. Mildred Mahan will be Queen of the May and Ruth Bennett portrays Spring.
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Kingsport
Broad Street
Mildred Mahan
F. E. Mahan
Ruth Bennett
W. M. Bennett
Joyce Eckhart
Alice Feeney
Navy secrecy lifts as Daniels reads Sims cable
Secretary Daniels testified before the senate committee on shipboard tensions during the war. He read a July 4 1917 cable from President Wilson to Admiral Sims showing Wilson urged independent thought and bold actions to counter the submarine threat.
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Senate
Sims
London
Wilson
Great Britain
Admiralty
Wislon
Admiral Sims
Daniels
Ambassador Page
Navy Department
Navy Secretary
Pilot Sets Airplane Altitude Record At 17 100 Feet
Capt. Lowell H. Smith, commanding officer at Puryear Field El Centro, flew an airplane with a pilot and three passengers to 17 100 feet, reportedly a world altitude record. The flight lasted two hours and forty minutes. He lifted off at 11 03 and reported 16 000 feet at 12 15 stating he would stay up until he broke the record or could not.
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el Centro
Cal
Lowell H. Smith
Puryear Field
Smith
Nitrate Visible Supply Declines in Global Markets
In Valparaiso Chile on May 13 the Association of Producers of Nitrate released figures on February trade. Europe imported 237,000 tons and consumed 155,000, leaving 232,000 for March. The visible nitrate supply totals 2,102,000 tons with Chile 1,252,000, Europe 492,000, United States 277,000, and Japan 81,000. February imports reach 249,000 including 12,500 tons transshipped in the UK.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Association of Producers of Nitrate
Europe
United States
Japan
United Kingdom
Daniels Compares Sims With Baron Munchausen
Secretary Daniels told a House investigating committee that Admiral Sims exaggerated war lengths and losses claiming the navy extended the war by four months. Daniels said Sims’ remarks resemble Baron Munchausen and show reckless disregard for the facts while noting American troop movements surpassed Britain despite crossing three thousand miles of water.
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Washington
United Press
DaNiels
House
Sims
Baron Munchausen
America
Great Britain
Plans for $10000 Sunday school building approved
The First Christian church of Kingsport announced plans to construct a $10,000 Sunday school building on the rear of a Broad and Charlemont street lot purchased from A. D. Brockman for 2100 dollars. Rev. H L Pate son leads the project with H M McNeil J F McGill. Construction to start soon.
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Christian Church
Broad
First Christian Church of
Kingsport
H. L. Patéson
Broad and
Charlemont Street
Patterson
Missionary Society
Charlemont
A. D. Brockman
Kingsport Rat Tail Contest Expands Prizes
City Health Officer Yancey to offer more incentives as merchants extend the rat tail salvage drive. Winners include Ed Stewart 14 who brought 214 tails for a .22 rifle, Sam Perry 12 with 156 tails for an air rifle, and Maude Conkin who earned $10 in gold for 65 tails. The Strand Theatre will add matinee tickets for every five tails, with new prizes to be announced next week and the contest running until June 19.
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Kingsport
Yancey
Ed Stewart
Dale Street
Sam
Ring
W. H. Harmon
Strand Theatre
Dr. Yancey
Yale Opens Sunday Sports On Historic Vote
Yale's athletic grounds near New Haven were opened for Sunday use for the first time in the college's history. The change followed a progressive vote by the corporation, though organized contests remain restricted. grounds include tennis courts baseball diamonds tracks and fields and will be open Sundays for unorganized recreation through the rest of the year.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
College
Penguins Fearless Of Man In Antarctic Regions
Penguins of the Antarctic region are described as unusually fearless of humans, walking upright and living in communities. The piece notes their sociable behavior and tolerance toward people.
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Penguins
Fearless of
Man
Antarctic
Ants Form Ambulance System
Report notes ants have developed an organized network of emergency carts akin to ambulances moving in formation. The observation highlights collective behavior and basic logistical coordination among insects.
Three Hold-Up Men Rob Grocer in Pulp Village
A. J. Brooks of Parker and Brooks said three armed men emerged from behind a coal car near the former Holston Lumber building Tuesday night and stole between 700 and 800 dollars in cash from him and his brother Dave as they carried daily receipts to the Square Drug Store building. Brooks described two suspects as short and one as medium, but could not identify them or their clothing. Police are investigating.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Tacubaya
National Palace
Obregon
Leade
United States
Carranza
Brooks
Many Jobs For Veterans Open in War Department
Washington May 13 Several thousand civil positions under the war department are now open to discharged soldiers partly disabled from wounds or disease incurred in the war. Congress provides veterans preference in appointments while exam requirements and minimum scores apply. Positions include stenographer typist clerk file clerk messenger watchman mimeograph operator and skilled laborer among others.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Federal Board For Vocational Training
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Vtters
Dr Corbett Wounded In Ungava Expedition
Dr Corbett of Ottawa, attached to H F Blake’s Ungava expedition, is treated for a gunshot wound after being shot in the abdomen 350 miles north of Quebec. The party dragged him on a toboggan and stretchered him back, losing provisions, with a canoe capsizing and two members making a final push to reach Rivière-a-Dore for rescue.
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Quebec
Dr. Corbett
Ottawa
H. F. Blake
Ungava
Civilization
Corbett
Blake
Riviere-a-Dore
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