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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
6
Cleveland beat Boston 9 to 7 in the opening game of the series. Heaviest hitting contest of the local season with Caldwell Morton and OY NedM on the mound for Cleveland. Boston lineup included Schang, Russell, and Bush with Pitchers OY NedM and Schang.
Lew Tendler of Philadelphia scored a technical knockout over Georges Pappin the French lightweight champion in the sixth round of a scheduled two round bout in Jersey City on Wednesday night. The Whig Want Ad has helped many readers find employment tenants and business partners.
Rain and wet conditions disrupted major league play including Boston versus St. Louis and New York versus Cincinnati. American League games saw Cleveland and Boston edge Chicago 8 to 7 with other matches postponed or affected by showers. Minor leagues reported Columbus 2 St. Paul, Toledo with Minneapolis 2, and Indianapolis 4 Milwaukee in rain shortened or delayed frames.
Quincey youths aged 12 to 11 can try athletic skills against peers in a wide track meet hosted by the Young Men's Christian Association on June 35 at South Park Athletic Field. Open to all city boys, events include standard track races with boys grouped by age and size. Schedules and blanks issued by the YMC A with S No Gabel as physical director in charge.
New Jersey Governor Edwards told reporters at the Hotel Manhattan that he is unsure about a presidential nomination in San Francisco but would not accept the vice presidency. He would trade the governorship for none. He discussed the Volstead Act and proposed bonuses for soldiers, warning against a general bonus without proper presentation.
A persuasive health notice argues that old remedies fail and urges readers to treat catarrh at its source by using S S S blood purifier. It claims disease germs are purged from the blood, promising lasting relief and offering medical department guidance. Address Chief Medical Adviser, 15 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
EL PASO May 13 High officials accompanying President Venustiano Carranza were captured or killed in a fight between federal escort and revolutionary troops under General Reyes Marquez near Apizaco Tlaxcala and Apam Hidalgo. Telegrams report Obergon in Mexico City claiming control and health while 50,000 greeted him. Rebels assert virtual control of the republic with Sonora congress in session to select a successor to De La Puerta who will go to Mexico City to lead the new government.
May 15 San Francisco financiers and trade experts met at the seventh annual foreign trade convention. Key speakers warned of possible business reverses and higher wages bringing stagnation, but urged increased foreign trade as the path to prosperity. James Farrell of United States Steel led with emphasis on boosting imports and exports to lift the economy.
Chicago police linked the Colosimo murder to a south side gangland vendetta amid the Enright labor plot, as $35,600 fund for defense of Enright defendants was in Colosimo's custody. Two suspected brothers of his former wife were among 13 held after an all night south side raid, while Colosimo's ex-wife's whereabouts and jewelry worth $20,000 found on the body shaped the investigation.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a wave of ads about placing workers in tech and services with low costs, plus a note about locating counters and finding tenants for city residences. It references want ads and housing services but lacks clear entities or events.
New York May 13 The Socialist party national convention rejected a declaration that churches are privileged in this country and regulate souls The move drew opposition from Victor L Berger who called it bad politics Clergymen and rabbis worldwide were cited as aiding the movement by two expelled New York assemblymen August Claessen and Charles Solomon
United States Commissioner Hays Kay ruled that a person who buys liquor for a Prohibition agent, without profiting from the sale, does not violate the law. The decision arose in the Morris Barenboim case, a taxi driver arrested in Lawrence two weeks ago.
A historical note recounts that after four Prohibition agents induced him to obtain liquor for them, he was discharged. The terse account implies a coerced act leading to release.
Pictures Today Star Theater presents Violet Hemming in By verywoman Belasco Theater stars Violet Hemming in very woman Quincy Theater shows Neal Tiart in Hell Bent Haskell Ann Little in Gireht ning Three and James Aubrey in Pootlights and Fakers Colonial Theater offers Carter Case and They Went to Sea in a Rickshaw Giem Theater Sunshine comedy His Manical Sneeze Fox News Savoy Theater Dorothy Tralton in The Ten of Diamonds Princess Theater Einid Bennett in The Haunted Bedroom Orpheuny Theater ls Tarry Morey in The Flaming Clue and three arts of vaudeville Bijou Theater Beatrice Michelena in Just Squaw and musical comedy The Planmiber.
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