19 May 1920
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
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Reuters-dated dispatches claim President Carranza was captured by rebels and ordered to leave Mexico. Reports from Tampico and Tampico area sources say he is en route to exile with Obregon allegedly behind the action. Unverified notices also mention Mexican navy leaders in Mazatlan and Vera Cruz concerns as the revolt spreads along the Pacific coast.
Berlin May 16 The attorney general today summoned the German war guilty named in the al Hed note to appear before the court in Leipzig between June 7 and 20 according to the Tageblatt.
Deschutes fishing party led by John Vaighan and partners plans a trip to the Deschutes River with stops at Cryokid River and Crane Wrable area. The group includes Pete Bhaver Bert Wilson Albert Lingren and Willi Chisholm and expects to stay about a week. Meachameneck reports show a trout patch activity and conditions on the Umatilla and nearby creeks improving for Sunday catches.
New York May 19 An incomplete list shows direct income lost due to strikes in 1919 placing the cost to labor in wages at nearly 726 million dollars, to industry over a billion and a quarter. Francis H. Simson vice president of the Burdranty Trust company of New York spoke at the silver jubilee convention of the National Association of Manufacturers.
Atlanta May 19 Georgia will dispatch two delegations to the Democratic convention amid post primary realignments. Supporters of Senator Hale Bennett and Thomas Warlan defeated adminstration candidates, and the delegations were named to vote for any president opposed to the administration.
Washington May 1. Congress plans an adjournment date of June 4 with undecided final action. Strong push for sine die adjournment suggests Congress may not reconvene until December.
A telegram from three anthracite district secretaries in Mount Carmel Pennsylvania notes that the union convention will reconvene in Wilkes Barre on May 4 1930. It says locals will proceed to elect a delegation and the wage scale agreement will be submitted to the district convention after talks with operators in Washington.
Constantinople May 19 reports say claims of Odessa fall by Prodan bolsheviks and Kuimeora abducted by Ukrainian forces lack official support. Allied commissioners there have no verified information.
Washington May 13 The Republican House leaders today agreed to accept the peace resolution adopted by the Senate as a substitute for the house resolution and tentatively decided to call it up on Friday for final action.
The May 19 report states Salt Lake City population reaches 110,100, up 5,999 from prior figures. News items note rising sugar prices, a 100-pound baker’s batch price shift, and various local notices including Memorial Day observance plans and cattle market movement.
London May 19 General Brusiloff, Russian military leader, has assumed virtually supreme control in the army and state, according to a dispatch to United Press. His selection as head of the military council sidelined Lenin and Trotsky, relegating them to secondary positions in the army committee.
Agents report continuing price slashing as inflation eases. general merchandise lines see 15 to 20 percent cuts with further declines in textiles and garments. Reports from Chicago New York and San Francisco note lower prices on foods, fabrics, and hardware as retailers seek to rekindle buying. observers forecast further reductions in coming days.
Jurors concluded a car strike caused the death of Mire J Owenter after hearing testimony about Everett Eifert driving a new Chalmers toward Walla Walla. Witnesses described headlights and a front axle impact, with conflicting statements about a Kerclaw car at the scene. The corportorate jury included Evang, A K Vandyite, B Samdernon, and Speers.
Fifty delegates from Pendleton Mak oF The Pattee and other lodges gathered today at Kalo Woolton Hathowk to proceed with district meetings. They plan entertainment and election aims by this evening. Delegates head to Californiia sero for head camp. One of three elected may be Pendleton. Bond selling pushed as credit conditions tighten in New York.
Chicago May 19 United States railroad labor board refused the petition of outlaw railroad employer organizations for recognition and hearing on wage increases for over two million railroad employees. Chairman Parton said the board would not be interfered with, and the decision leaves strikers with the option to return to work while awaiting a ruling on demands for substantial annual wage hikes. The action followed a hearing where unions urged higher rates, claiming freight and passenger costs would rise 60 percent or more, while authorities argued against sweeping increases.
Members of the Presbyterian bene toll team from the Twi light League will practice today at WIG Poom to prepare for rest Tumis ero with the Christian church. Attendees include Motahém of the Prestetertian warm oro L. C. Scharpf, Dr. Fred Liou, Clarence Duntand, Boyden, C. Blum, Rev. J. M. Cor nelisen, Ho Benson, WH. EB. McLeap, Harmond Hateh.
Bands lead rebel forces into Juarez amid rising tensions reported with Corinne Seeinal as a central figure. The report outlines troop movements and regional responses as authorities monitor the border situation.
United Press reports Secretary of the Treasury Houston told House Ways and Means Chair Fordney that he opposes any soldier bonus legislation. He warned Treasury conditions require avoiding new obligations and urged Congress to seek other revenue sources to cover current government expenditures.
Washington on May 19 bankers told Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Clark that immediate movement of piled up freight would help reduce price levels and ease the strain on the nation’s credit system. Increased freight motion was the principal remedy proposed, a revolution presented to Clark and the Federal Reserve Board, and to the United States Shipping Board.
Associated Press reports more than 2000 miners quit across several sections of the Alumna coal mining district near Birmingham on May 19. Officials said workforce disruptions spanned multiple mines as workers walked out in protest or for unspecified reasons.
London May 18 report says Bolshevik forces landed from 13 ships near Hazell, Persia in the Caspian Sea. An Entel commander's force was compelled to retreat due to Bolshevik superiority on the same night, as British forces executed orders.
Paris on May 15 saw a marked drop in foreign exchange with the pound opening at 46 francs and the American dollar at 12 francs and centimes. The Bank of France expressed that the decrease signals a return to the old equilibrium governed by supply and demand.
A historic breakout washed out a long section of the rail line flooding tracks and nearby streets. Six passenger trains and two freights stalled as earth and rock moved, with temporary bridge in place by midmorning. Rieth and Pendleton services delayed and the Pendleton Roller Mill to switch to electric power during repairs.
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