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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
2
A resident's message is presented in both houses and referred to committee for action. The record notes the request for a congressional mandate and committee referral, indicating formal legislative processing.
The Senate debates President Wilson's push to arbitrate the Turkish Armenian boundary dispute. Amid noisy partisan contention, officials discuss the United States role and possible mandates under the League of Nations. The discourse touches Ararat actions, Armenian relief, and the impact on U.S. foreign policy.
A confusing, damaged report describes pole forces looting a Silesian town amid the Teschen border dispute. The text mentions Polish workers, Silesian shops, and Polish and Czech forces, with crowds fired upon during unrest in the region.
Bolshevist forces strike back as Villa moves to counter. Reports from Moscow say Ukrainian and Polish troops in Kiev area faced stiff fighting amid new Soviet offensives. Prisoners taken as battles expand, with air and naval actions noted along the front. Local coverage also notes wage-raise talks and a motor race crash injuring a driver.
A May news dispatch reports General Villa leading forces near Sonora, with 1200 cavalry and 4,000 infantry massed around Chihuahua and Sinaloa towns. It notes fierce resistance against the federal government, claims of strikes at Merida and Meral, and mentions U.S. interest in the insurgency. Also cited is a fatal plane crash near Kelly Field and an elevator robbery at Clinton Street, Chicago.
Francisco Villa in Camp VI demands guarantees on how the government will be operated before returning to private life. He tells the Associated Press that por tal safety and other assurances are insufficient without clear terms. Villa says his force will not disband until guarantees are secured and separation is ensured.
Denver reports the murdered or missing man on a Union Pacific train near Rawlins Wyoming has been identified. Oscar Jesseman of Baston, Mass, or Fred Gordon alias died from narcotic poisoning and was sought in Boston for embezzling two thousand dollars from Ol Colony Trust Company where he worked.
The headline reports the assassination of Mexican President Venustiano Carranza at Tlaxcalantongo, naming Ro Dolfo Herrero as the alleged shooter. The item presents a dramatic political crime with minimal corroboration details.
A special dispatch from Mexico City reports the assassination of a high official during a violent attack by insurgents. The document lists key figures such as General Hodote Heron and Carranza loyalists, notes heavy fighting, and mentions casualties including the president. The communication also references widespread fear, military responses, and subsequent international concern. The report includes names of military leaders and towns affected, underscoring the shock to government and foreign diplomats.
Philadelphia report states Evins C Bergdall found guilty on multiple counts tied to aiding a raiding party that captured her son Grover Bergdall who is serving five years for desertion from the army. The jury delivered verdicts amid references to wartime materiel and Bolshevist communications from Man cow.
The Senate investigations committee, acting under Bornly resolutions, forms a sub committee to probe preconvention campus expenses and pledges of presidential candidates. Senator Kenyon is named chairman as telegraphic requests go to campaign staff and slates to arrange attendance at the first session.
Miss Mary Fairchild, Long Island public school principal, and Henry Hoppe, freed from Sing Sing in 1917, wed after a romance shaped by welfare work. She pressed for his parole with Judge Rosulsky and Governor Whitman. he later ran a New York confectionery business, proving her choice wise.
Dickerson charged with robbing a Girard bank escaped from a Los Angeles city jail using a crude key, climbed a ventilator shaft, and fled. His wife, a former vaudeville performer, said he had escaped 180 times and never stayed jailed more than two months. The cellmate slept during the escape and guards said they heard nothing.
Kansas City mothers organization formed to curb wild ways among youths. Parents and young people to set curfew hours. The drive targets blase manners and erotic stories reported among the young. Street and evening attire for young women to be censored.
Ottawa reports Canada’s population around 9 million for 1920, up from 7 million in 1811, with total revenue estimated at 225 million dollars and per capita revenue 36.11 while per capita expenditures reach 75.01. In other items three bandits in Council Bluffs killed three men, four wounded, after Austrians failed to understand the phrase stick ’em up. In Hinton, West Virginia a tombstone is used as a counter by bootleggers selling liquor at a graveyard site.
A garbled late market listing shows cattle prices for steers hogs and lambs with mixed bids and bulk tendencies. Also noted are dairy creamery prices and a cluttered poultry section with broilers turkeys and eggs, ending with a note that a large department store plans 30 percent reductions across all stock.
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