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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
2
A major reorganization splits the major leagues into eight national and three American clubs forming a new governance structure. The overhaul establishes a new league arrangement with externally aligned franchises and revised competition setup.
A new circuit forms as three teams loyal to Johnson refuse to join a fresh league, amid confusion over American League alignment. Reports detail indictments in a political case, a civilian training guard arrest, and a murder investigation in Mississippi, with officials tightening control over lines of authority.
Chicago officials report 74 wholesale bootlegger migrations as smugglers drift to other cities. Wealthy men prepare for trips to Cuba as authorities chase figures like John Hi Heitler known as Mike De Pike implicated in a $100,000 liquor deal.
A Vermont Supreme Court ruling pardoned former Governor Horace P Graham after a five to eight year sentence for embezzlement of state funds while state editor. The action follows an earlier government inquiry into the Moderne case and related arrests of county officers.
Colorado miners court sends notice return 10 work. Judge Anderson to investigate attorney general negotiations with operators to be continued by union.
Union leaders report an end to the strike as miners return to work pending settlement of the disputed points. Officials say the withdrawal follows talks at Lafayette and that a final accord remains possible, though some operators resist concessions and wage talks continue. The situation prompted broader labor and political reaction across the region.
Vander uip York banker announces development of twenty modern tenement houses in Spar village after buying the entire area. He says the project aims to solve housing and attract “desirable citizens” with additional buildings planned for the site.
Great Britain France and Italy agree a covenant to coordinate on Middle East policies and security, signaling a unified stance among major powers. The pact aims to manage regional tensions and safeguard interests through coordinated diplomacy and potential economic support.
A Triparte agreement outlines France and Britain spheres of influence including Siberia Kurdistan and Syria borders, with reference to Turkey peace timing and international support. The text notes gaps in coverage for certain regions and questions about enforceability and interpretation amid shifting alliances. A separate item reports a New York warden killed at Holingty Jail, with details on the assailant and aftermath.
A Superior Court injunction blocks local United Shoe Workers of America and allied union from pursuing a closed shop at Thorn 46 factory. The decree bars any action toward a mandatory labor-only shop, clarifying the dispute's legal posture and restraining union activity.
New York confirmation of reports that Turkish Nationalists massacred virtually all Hadjin inhabitants on October 1. The Armenia America Society received a cable stating the city was totally slaughtered and burned, with women and elderly fleeing to the mountains fatally harmed and only a few saved themselves.
Kansas City story of Angeline Maris and Morris Harris a 65 year old bride and her 59 year old husband honeymooning three months. They tied their pact on cooking and housekeeping and Harris was arrested for disturbing her peace after a quarrel over his cussing while cooking. Judge Kennedy and Mrs Harris recount the odd domestic dispute.
Eilis Snow, a sixteen year old scout living at Paddock Wood, drowned after rescuing his mother Mrs Snow during a boating incident on the Medway river. Four men on the bank witnessed the tragedy but did not intervene. A separate San Francisco note tells of two women who kept a secret for twenty years regarding a physician husband. In Chicago a toddler was killed by a marble grave marker while a cat in Clebourne, Texas dragged a rattlesnake into a house.
Prices sag and rise across live stock and grain as Western steer prices top at 7.40 while feeders and fat cattle show gains. poultry and butter quotes steady to firm. Freight rate protests by major packers and shippers challenge new demurrage rates filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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