Escape of Gen Hill in milk wagon amid Carranza turmoil
A Mexico City report details General Benjamin Hill slipping from a lightless milk wagon, fleeing on April 13 as Obregon allies faltered. It mentions the fate of Roberto Cejudo, captured rebels, and Ignacio Bonillas’ perilous moves during Carranza’s evacuation and the presidential race.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Carranza
Benjamin Hill
Alvaro Obregon
General Hill
General Obregon
Hill
Roberto Cejudo
Obregon
Arnulfo Gonzales
Nuevo Laredo
Gaudencio de la Liave
Cejudo
Santiago Tlastelolco
Felix Diaz
Social Calendar Notes From Local Churches
Monday at 4 PM the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church meets at the church with a luncheon at 12 30 PM honoring Miss Margaret Heye. Tuesday the Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meets at the church at 4 PM.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Marjorie Fish
Margaret Heye
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
The Coliseum's 1920 Republican National Convention
Chicago Coliseum hosts the 1920 Republican National Convention with a record seating plan, thousands of tickets issued, and a vast security setup. The arena converts from a historic war prison site, featuring a 13,187 capacity, 2,000 sergeants at arms, and over 75,000 ticket requests.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Coliseum
United States
Republican Party
Collsein
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Libby War Prison
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Old War Prison
Coliseum
National Committee
Republican National Committee
Chicago Convention Committee
Fred W. Upham
Republican National
LCO Chicago
C. R. Hall
National conventions and trials mark busy day in 1919 docket
Delegates arrive for the National Republican convention in Chicago and Bainbridge Colby to speak at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Canadian Manufacturers’ Association meets in Victoria and Vancouver while the Travelers’ Protective Association draws visitors to Portland. The AFL opens in Montreal led by Samuel Gompers as NC bankers gather in Rocky Mount with Thomas R Marshall among speakers. Jack Dempsey faces draft evasion charges in San Francisco federal court. A 1917 I W W deportations kidnapping case begins in Tombstone Arizona with 159 defendants.
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Chicago
Bainbridge Colby
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Travelers’ Protective Association
Portland
Ore
American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Samuel Gompers
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Rocky Mount
Thomas R. Marshall
Jack Dempsey
San Francisco
Tombstone
Arizona
Mail Airplanes to Carry 60000 Letters Transcontinentally
Otto Praeger second assistant postmaster general and John A Jordan arrived in San Antonio to outline plans for a transcontinental air mail service by September 1 at the latest. About fifty aircraft will operate with several reserve planes. no night flights planned as the system replaces mail cars to halve continental crossing time.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
New York
San Francisco
Otto Praeger
John A. Jordan
Air Mail Service
Post Office Department
Prohibition Constitutional Ruling By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the federal prohibition amendment and the enforcement act as constitutional. Rhode Island petitions to halt federal enforcement were dismissed, as were New Jersey's injunction efforts. Levy Mayer declared after the decision that the fight is lost and avenues of the courts are exhausted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Vandeventer
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Chicago
Attack Increases in Freight Rates Hearings Restart
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumed hearings as railroads press for rate hikes expected to raise more than a billion dollars yearly. Cross examination of railroad witnesses is anticipated to last three days. Also IC C announced immediate use of 125 million dollars from the 360 million revolving fund in the Transportation Act to buy new rolling stock.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Silver Lost in Yearlong Broken Hill Strike
Sydney reports the Australian Miners Association pegs silver losses at over £5,000,000 due to a twelve month strike at the Broken Hill mines affecting mining output and markets.
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Associated Press
Sydney
Australia
Australian Miners’ Association
Broken Hills
Lincoln Monument to be unveiled in London this month
The St Laudens monument of Abraham Lincoln presented by Americans to Britons will be unveiled this month in the Canning Enclosure Westminster facing Parliament. The Anglo American Society arranging the ceremony has invited Elihu Root to present the statue during his Europe visit. The bronze Lincoln statue mirrors the Lincoln Park original showing a standing Lincoln.
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Associated Press
London
St. Laudens
Abraham Lincoln
Canning Enclosure
Westminster
Anglo-American Society
Elihu Root
Europe
Lincoln Park
President Lincoln
Meeting of Stockholders of Texas Mexican Railway Company
The annual meeting of the stockholders of The Texas-Mexican Railway Company will be held at the company’s office in Laredo Texas on June 30 1920 at 9 00 a m for electing directors and transacting such business as may be brought before the meeting The Board of Directors will also hold a meeting immediately after adjournment of stockholders 6 31 261 Tet eave Vx hee
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
Gift ideas for a fiancée in a playful quarrel exchange
In a witty exchange, the Lover seeks a birthday present for his fiancée while the Cynic dismisses practical gifts. The Cynic suggests a stickpin or a cigarette case as items useful should the relationship end abruptly.
Galveston Placed Under Martial Law by Texas Governor
In a noon proclamation Governor Hobby ordered martial rule in Galveston. Brigadier General Wolters will command the territory with 500 troops expected tonight, possibly 1000 by tomorrow. Conditions affecting business interests and citizens property rights prompted the action according to the governor. In Austin the boll worm bill was set for a Tuesday afternoon special order after the house speaker urged prompt action on educational and pink boll worm legislation.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Galveston
Hobby
Wolters
Cope
Adjutant General’s Department
Labor Convention Opens In Montreal With 690 Delegates
The American Federation of Labor begins its 40th annual convention in Montreal with over 690 delegates. President Samuel Gompers presides as topics include unification and Bolshevikism.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Canada
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
New Military College Inaugurated in Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro on June 7 the French mission’s work is marked by the opening of a military staff college and a finishing course for officers. President Pessoa attends, with General Gamelin heading the mission.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Pessoa
Gamelin
Deadlock Seen At Republican Convention Nomination
Chicago June 7 The looming Republican national convention prompted renewed efforts by Wood Johnson and Lowden but none had strong support. Deadlock grows as favorite sons and dark horses push activity while platform debates form and the league of nations contest signals a bitter fight ahead.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wood
Johnson
Lowden
League of Nations
Brazil Prepares Welcome Plans for Belgian King Visit
Rio de Janeiro June 7 Brazil already makes plans to entertain the King of the Belgians on his projected visit later this year. The steamer Uberaona one of Brazil's merchant vessels will be sent to Antwerp to bring him to Rio. Guanabara palace where the royal guests will stay has been redecorated and refurnished.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Uberaoa
Antwerp
Rio
Guanabara Palace
Delegates Demand Irish Question Probe by Peace Conference
Irish society delegates in the United States report alleged cruelties against Irish prisoners to President Wilson and call for the Peace Conference to investigate the Irish question. The message stresses urgent action and underscores ongoing grievances.
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United States
Wilson
Peace Conference
United States Builds on German Bonds Under Versailles Plan
AP dispatch from Paris notes the U S share in the first twenty billion reparation bonds Germany must issue under the Versailles treaty totaling 500 million dollars for the Rhineland occupation. London reports the Spa conference will be postponed to July. Washington states Secretary Colby apologized to the British ambassador for a flag incident involving Irish women.
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HY Associated Press
Paris
United States
Germany
Rhineland
Spa
London
Whebington
Colby
Mexican Troops Prepare to Pursue Villa Forces
El Paso dispatch reports Juarez commander Claudio Pax announcing thirteen troop trains with 6 000 to 8 000 troops from Mexico City due at Jimenez Chihuahua tonight. President de la Huerta will stay in the field until Villa, about 60 miles west of Jimenez, is killed or recaptured.
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OY Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
Claudio Pax
Juare
Mexico City
Jimenez
Chihuahua
de la Huerta
Villa
Argentina Flaxseed Cargo Reaches Galveston on Knoxville
From the Argentina Republic the second flaxseed cargo, about 500 tons, arrived at Galveston on the steamship Knoxville. The load was said to be destined for several large oil mills in the South.
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Galveston
Texas
Argentine Republic
Knoxville
Nervy Act Saves Plane Over Brownsville In 2 Thousand Foot Gap
Lieutenant Lawrence P. Hickey, observer, crawled onto the wing after a safety wire broke on a brace wire at about two thousand feet. He held the wire with his hands while Pilot James G. Haislip steered toward McAllen, preventing a collapse of the wing and probable death for both men.
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Associated Press
McAllen
Texas
Lawrence P. Hickey
Brownsville
Hickey
James G. Haislip
Cupid Jokes on War Veterans in Comic Exchange
A playful dialogue has two cupids debating love and war with spoof questions about armor and arrows. One Cupid notes he fired 25 arrows at a soldier returning from combat, yet he remained unfazed, suggesting arrows lose their sting against veterans hardened by machine gun fire.
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