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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
3
Albany reports that five Socialist members of the New York State Assembly were expelled by a large majority. The session also notes court actions, stock speculation involving Southern Pacific, and various other inquiries including Armenian children abroad and Louisiana import charges.
A Cunard liner Sexanta arrived with $10,000 in gold from Great Britain, boosting weekly inflows to about $20,000,000. Two additional shipments, totaling $40,000,000, are expected soon.
Ottawa reports Canada will form an air force immediately. Personnel drawn from former Royal Air Force officers and airmen resident in Canada. The force likely to include about 5000 personnel with training centers in one or two locations to start. Upper limits set at 20 junior officers and 8 senior officers.
Negotiations between railroad and union representatives were broken off after railroad delegates refused to continue considering demands estimated at one billion dollars. The public was given a voice in proceedings, and the case will be referred to the Railroad Labor Board under transportation act provisions.
Western Union News Service reports two American deaths and a wounding in attacks near the Amatitin camp of the International Petroleum Company in Mexico. The first strike killed Jarredson and wounded Alexander Ober. Mexican officials and diplomats seek legal action. A second assault on a Mexico City to Cuernavaca rail line endangered Mid Ragan W. Murr, with others escaping unharmed. Separately in Chicago, a break up of a loyal Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen march leads to demand for wage increases and a call to return to work.
Report from Dusseldorf notes control by workers ends in theory across the Ink district after a peace term ratified at Basen. The general strike is called off and work resumes as leaders report acceptance of terms. Arms deposits in barracks suggest compliance with the agreement. Meanwhile in Missouri the Supreme Court rules unions may not picket businesses. In New York two men arrested for platinum robbery in the downtown jewelry district are linked to a Perth Amboy theft probe.
More than a fifth of men’s shoes shipped from the United States to Viedivertok two years ago were unloaded from the steamer Eastern Dawn for further shipment to New York markets. Russian agents found they could not pay for the goods, and the shoes were returned to the United States after export value had fallen, being reshipped at a profit.
The New World reports Japan ready to cede certain concessions in Mongolia and Manchuria under pressure from the United States England and France. Negotiations with China to restore rights and restate treaties may follow, amid hints of Soviet movement and calls to end extraterritorial rights and Boxer Indemnity.
Four Mexican smugglers were killed in a rifle duel with American customs officers forty miles southeast of Laredo. Seven alleged smugglers escaped, likely crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico. None of the Americans were injured.
In Salt Lake City Utah twenty one of seventy six alien enemy prisoners at Fort Douglas internment barracks refused parole papers. Officials led by Dave Gershon of the local Justice Department said the detainees are likely to be deported after their refusals.
An engineer was killed and several crew members seriously injured when the Harrisburg express No. S44 of the Northern Central railway struck a landslide and wrecked just north of Glen Rock Pennsylvania.
Reports from Agram describe serious clashes between troops and peasants in Croatia after German Hungarian peasants refused to respond to the colors. Troops were attacked by farmers with axes and scythes, with hundreds killed or wounded and widespread disorder leading to mass arrests of mutineers.
Douglas MacMurtrie of the Red Crest Institute of New York testified before the House committee, noting the federal board of vocational education follows labor guidance in placing former service men in training. Labor representatives oppose certain classifications and claim some men earned organized labor’s displeasure by being chosen for specific programs.
Duisburg in Rhenish Prussia saw heavy fighting as government troops drove out radicals from the city streets. Gunfire and shelling battered the business district while police searched for remaining Reds. Four citizens killed and several injured amid the clash. Reds numbered about 200 to 300 and were driven out within two and a half hours.
Seven year old Melray Morris admitted theft from Mrs. Sarah Simpson and led detectives on false trails while claiming a large loot. He said diamond ring, a pearl, a $20 money order and coins were buried in Golden Gate park but a purse was later found empty. He sold the ring and coins to Marie Martinette for $10 and spent the rest on rides, then was placed in juvenile detention pending further inquiry.
U S marines in charge of the model jail in Port au Prince Haiti report five additional inmates sneaked in with a returning road gang lured by meals and a comfortable cell. Each outside prisoner group is now counted before admission to the prison yard.
Miriam Winslow, 24, of Presque Isle Maine, was killed when a trap door fell across the back of her neck as she exited her house cellar. The door pinned her and she died almost instantly though the neck was not broken.
Police seek trio of bay bandits who held up William Thompson, twelve, in a dark doorway. The boy asked for money and was met with a reply and a shot aimed at him as he passed. William escaped unharmed but shaken by the attempted robbery.
Japanese forces seize Vladivostok consolidating gains in the Far East while rebel leaders in Siberia are captured. Troops march through the city as authorities raise the flag over Vladivostok, signaling control of the port.
Western Newspaper Union dispatch from Vladivostok reports Japanese troops occupying the city after eight hours of heavy fighting. Russians were disarmed, officials arrested or deported, and the Japanese raised their flag on government buildings. The assault began in the Korean quarter, with prisoners paraded through streets as hundreds fled toward the hills behind the city. A proclamation later warned inhabitants against unfriendly acts as tensions rose.
Directors of the New York Chicago and St. Louis railway held a recent meeting as market rates and bulk price quotes appeared in late market notices. Colorado settlements and Kanene City price points were noted along with freight and cost data.
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