Desert Grave Yields Body in Bluebeard Case Near Coyote Wells
The body of Nina Lee Delaney was found five miles north of Coyote Wells by a search party led by Bluebeard James H. Huirt. Huirt, under heavy guard, revealed the body at a desert site where it had been burned. An inquest was ordered in El Centro as hundreds of onlookers watched the grisly discovery.
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Dixieland
Cal
Meg 5
Nina Lee Delaney
Bluebeard
James H. Huirt
Islayer
Coyote Wells
Huirt
el Centro
Army Training System Endorsed by Gompers and Legion
President Samuel Gompers of the AFL endorses the educational vocational and Americanization program in the military and predicts wider peacetime usefulness. The executive committee of the American Legion also backs the new army system.
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Washington, TD
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Baker
Executive Committee
The
First arrests in Evansville whiskey conspiracy case
Evansville Ind May 5 first arrests were made on federal grand jury indictments in the Evansville whiskey conspiracy case with 84 indictments returned. Benjamin F. Roberts and George Peters were released on $1,000 bond. Vincennes Ind May 5 Harry Rodgers arrested by Deputy Marshal C E Wicker on an Indianapolis grand jury indictment. His bond set at $1,000.
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Evansville
Ind
Benjamin F. Roberts
Hovel
George Peters
Vincennes
Harry Rodgers
C. E. Wicker
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Cox Wins Control of 26 Ohio Delegates
Governor James M. Cox of Ohio will control twenty six delegates to the Democratic convention in San Francisco after a vote by the Ohio state convention just before adjournment early today.
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Louisville
James M. Cox
Ohio
San Francisco
Indiana Primary Returns Show Wood Leading Johnson
In Indianapolis and across Indiana Major General Wood leads Senator Hiram Johnson in preferential ballots with Wood holding a solid edge in many counties. Early tallies from 2,230 of 3,387 precincts place Wood around 59,600 to Johnson 53,800 with Lowden and Harding also in the mix and county results hinting at regional shifts. Voting appeared light but weather favored turnout and farmers stayed in the fields.
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Indianapolis
Wood
Johnson
Tnd
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Indiana
Frank Lowden
Oliners
Warren Harding
Ohio
Lowden
Harry Hogan
Zell
Swain
Marion County
Indiana Counies
Haineis
Harding
Indiana-Ohio
Indianapolis News
Gibson County Primary Signals GOP Machine Strength
Early returns show General Leonard Wood leading in Gibson County for president with Johnson second and Lowden weak. Republicans favor Baltzell for circuit judge amid Progressive split. Benson’s defeat prompts party turmoil. Prosecuting attorney renomination likely Goodman, with Robinson backing the machine. County officers and governor slate still unclear in incomplete tallies.
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Sanford Trippet
Harvey Harmon
R. C. Baltzell
Luther Benson
Jim Goodrich
Baltzell
Bnt
Benson
Gibson County
John J. Q. Goodman
James J. Robinson
Henry Jones
Cyrus X. Eskew
Judge
Edwin Phillips
Fred Antell
Patoka
James W. Fesler
Warren T. McGray
Edward C. Tower
United States
Watson
James E
Oscar R. Luhring
Robert GC .Baltzeli
John A. Goodman
Ames
J. Robinson
Claude A. Smith
Meare Bethek
Dink J. Flowers
Alfred M. Johnson
Martin I. Arthur
Cyrus N Eskew
George W. Beloat
Wood leads in Knox County vote totals in 1920 primary
In Vincennes Indiana on May 5 Major General Leonard Wood tops Knox County results with 1035 votes to Lowden 5007 and Johnson 397 Harding 173. Niblack leads Democratic gubernatorial race in precincts with 1261, McCullough 205. McCray wins Knox County preference for governor with 36 to Fesler 757 and Toner 204.
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McCullough
McCulloch
Inseberger
Niblach
Risk
Lake County
Johnson
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Wood
Muncie
Delaware
Indiana
McCray
Fesler
Toner
Niblack
Isenbarger
Lowdon
Harding
Vincennes
Ind
Spectal
Leonard Wood
Knox County
Lowden
Ysenbarger
County returns show Democrat ticket leads in many offices
The count from thirty six precincts lists Democrat candidates ahead for governor Mason J. Niblack James K. Risk 97 and 1085 for Isenbarger with McCulloch 573. US Senator Taggart 1009. Other races show Harmon 458 Trippet 699 Eby 81 Marshall 1012 Cantrell 994 Atitell 2 Phillips 743 Boren 1011 Strickland 1000 Dunlap 1009 Ohning 980 Morrison 1039 and Lowden listed for President.
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Mason J. Niblack
James K. Risk
John Isenbarger
Carleton B. McCulloch
United States
Thomas Taggart
Calvin W. Hunsinger
William E. Wilson
Harvey Harmon
Sanford Trippet
Allen Dale Eby
Sylvester G. Marshall
Yoren A. Cantrell
Fred
Atitell
Edwin Phillips
Fred, Boren
Coranée Karl Strickland
Harry C. Morrison
Mathew Dunlap
Ferdinand L. Ohning
Chicagoans Begin Rent Strike Over High Prices
Chicago tenants refuse to vacate apartments amid a housing shortage and high rents. Evictions were delayed by a municipal court bailiff while moving vans run at peak. several eviction orders had been issued last month. A moving company faced a verdict for overcharging rates, with more lawsuits pending.
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Chicago
Dennis Egan
Municipal Court
Carranza Faces Revolt as Gonzalez Joins Uprising
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Pablo Gonzalez, once Carranza’s ally, joining the revolution with two regiments near Mexico City and severing rail links to Vera Cruz. Officials also hint Carranza may resign by May 15, with military leaders pressuring to avoid a drawnout civil conflict and foreign entanglements.
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Washington
Pablo Gonzalez
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Caranza
Johnson Leads in Home State
In San Francisco on May 3 Hiram Johnson held a 146338 lead over Herbert Hoover as California vote totals progressed. Corrected counts from 3881 of 5729 precincts show Johnson 299611 Hoover 153278, with Johnson gaining in Los Angeles County where he led by 5318 in 353 precincts.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hiram Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
Hoover
Los Angeles County
Knox Resolution Before Senate
Senator Knox opened debate in the senate on a peace resolution urging immediate peace. He warned the world seethes with revolution and the nation faces turmoil with force threatening properties and free institutions. He said Congress may seek Supreme Court ruling on declaring peace by resolution.
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Washington
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Sen. Knox
Supreme Court
Congress
John E Pinney Dies in Princeton After Illness
John E. Pinney longtime Princeton painter died at 5 45 this morning at his daughter Mrs W S Hastings 518 North Hart Street He had worked as a painter for over forty years until a ladder fall five years ago left him bedfast about a year and a half He was born January 22 1849 the last of a prominent family Surviving are two sisters Mrs Mariah Koch Golconda AL and Mrs Amy Calkins Princeton one sister Sarah is dead Wife Jennie Banks and one child Grace Hastings survive Funeral Friday at 2 30 at the Hastings home conducted by Rev St John Halstead burial in Odd Fellows cemetery
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John B. Pinney
W. S. Hastings
North Hart Street
Princeton
Mr. Pingey
Edwin Pinney
Gibson County
Samuel Warnock
North Main Street
Spruce Street
Hart Street
George
Erastus Pinney
Mariah Koch
Golconda
Amy Calkins
West State Street
Sarah
Petersburg
Jennie Banks
Grace Hastings
Pinney
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
A. H. Kelso
Hastings
St. John Halstead
Broadway Chistian Church
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Trains Strike Horses Near Francisco and Douglas Station
A Southern train fatally struck two horses owned by John Ireland near Francisco, Ind, on Tuesday afternoon. Nearby at Douglas Station a cow owned by Ethel Lanphar was also killed by the same incident.
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Francisco
Ind
Democrat
Here
John Ireland
Ethel Lanphar
Douglas Station
May Term Court Doings at Gibson Circuit Court
The Gibson Circuit Court May Term opened this week with several cases. Adams vs Tooley for disposal of personal property was tried before a jury and concluded by Wednesday afternoon. A restraining order was issued by Judge Vandeveer on George Pescd’s complaint against Silas E. Morris State Tax Board representative to prevent re assessment of lands in Washington township. Nusbaum of Indianapolis represents the State Tax Board as the hearing continues into late Wednesday afternoon.
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Adams
Tooley
Idge Vandeveer
George Pescd
Silas E. Morris
State Tax Board
Washington Township
Nusbaum
Indianapolis
Injured Albion Boy Loses Leg In Rail Accident
Hugh Mesrow eleven of Albion Illinois was injured Wednesday when a Southern railway coal car wheel passed over his left leg at Albion. The Mt Carmel switcher brought him to the Methodist hospital for surgery.
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Hugh Mesrow
Albion
Mt. Carmel
Methodist Hospital
Maryland Republicans Repudiate Hiram Johnson in Primary
Maryland voters backed Wood over Johnson by about two to one as Wood carried all delegates. The light turnout under 25 000 reflected broad anti Johnson sentiment in the Eastern states due to his 1916 stance toward Hughes and his Senate record on prohibition.
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Maryland
Wood
Johnson
Hughes
California
Senate
Baltimore
Destroyers Ordered to Key West Amid Mexico Tensions
A division of destroyers was ordered to Key West Florida to be ready for possible deployment to the east coast of Mexico. The move aims to protect Americans amid reports of Mexican rebel pressure on Carranza with May 15 as a deadline. communications with the federal government are severely restricted.
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Washington
Key West
Fla
Mexico
Daniels
New York Harbor
State Department
Carranza
French astronomer Lalande eats spiders and caterpillars drama
Eminent French astronomer Lalande reportedly enjoyed spiders and caterpillars as diet. A big dance at the southside square K. of P. hall is set for Friday night May 7 featuring Evansville Colored Orchestra with ladies, free, given by Minnis.
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Lalande
Southside Square
P. Hall
Evansville Colored Orchestra
Minnis
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