Clothing Leads Movement Lower Across Major Cities
Across the nation, widespread and uncoordinated price slashing lowers clothing costs. Men’s wear drops in jumps, with 25 percent average reductions and sharp cuts in textiles, while grain and food prices ease in some markets. Major retailers report stock reductions and aggressive advertising as price Washing spreads nationwide from Washington to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to Indianapolis.
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International
JCMPS
Soltek
Hur
Anco
Panera
Army and Navy Pay Increases Signed by Wilson
President Wilson signed the pay bill granting raises for Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard and Geological Survey personnel. The retroactive act to January 1 1920 totals about 60 million dollars annually and increases range from twenty to thirty five percent for officers and enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Geological Survey
Wilson
Clearing Rail Jam Hope For Lower Prices
A May 19 report notes immediate moves to free freight bottlenecks by shifting stored commodities from major shipping centers to ease price pressure and credit strain. Bankers propose higher freight rates and railroad credit up to speed Seaport expansion, with leaders urging quicker action from the Shipping Board and Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Torredon
D. Cy
Dankers
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Bankers’ Conference
Interatate Comherce Commission
William Green
United Mine Workers’ Union
Jol Moore
Chile Miners
Cated Ad ‘Officira
Green
Weather summary for East Texas and surrounding regions
A fragmented weather note reports Texas and neighboring areas forecast with general trends. East Texas and San Antonio expect tonight through Thursday to be fair with variable winds. highs range from mid thirties to near sixty. Kansas and Oklahoma show unsettled to fair conditions with possible showers or cooler spells later.
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Ban Antonio
Texas
San Antonis
Kansas
Secret Turkish Nationalists form Soviet dictatorship
Report from Strausburg near Berlin describes a secret meeting where Turkish nationalists allegedly created a Soviet style dictatorship. Telaat Pasha named dictator, with Ylor and other leaders listed as directors overseeing military, finance, and foreign affairs under a proclaimed “communition.” The executive council includes Dr. Bahaedding, Chakiz Bey, Dorim Bey and Djemal Bey. Cont. on page four.
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Telaat Pasha
Ylor
Vommltiog of
Gulay
Mustaphy Kemal Pashtu
Haver Pasha
Europe
Moscow
Thone
Telant Pasha Ag
Finaner
Djavid Bey
Djem Ber
Aziz Ber
Bedri Vey
Ari
Djemil Bey
Bahaedding
Chakiz Bey
Dorim Bey
Djemal Bey
Edbem Bey
Board rejects hearing for outlaw strikers plea
The United States Railroad Labor Board refused to hear the petition of outlaw railroad employees seeking higher wages. Chairman Barton said the board will not be interfered with by illegal associations and ordered the strikers to return to work while awaiting a decision on their demands. More than 2,000,000 railroad workers seek a wage increase tied to a $1,000,000,000 claim, with the Switchmen's Union of North America among those pressing the case. The ruling drew anger from outlaw readers who criticized the decision.
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Don Chamberlain
Icagg
United States Railroad Labor Board
Ilegal Association
It. M. Barton
Demaona
Switchmen's Union of North America
Barton
Beggaries Bee
Policy Toward Ireland to be Changed
London dispatch reports the Downing Street plan to shift Irish policy. Offenders will not be jailed on suspicion. those already jailed may be released without new evidence. Normal legal process to resume, murders and violence to be suppressed, many military posts planned, speedy punishment for past crimes promised, including hanging murderers.
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Webb Miller
United Press
London
Downing Street
MacReady
Teady
Irish Nationalista
Edward Carson
Eader
United States
House of Commons
America
Russian Military Leader Takes Control Amid Polish Retreat
May 19 report from Warsaw states Polish troops on the Ukrainian front pulled back to new positions. Gen. Alexis Brusiloff has effectively assumed supreme military authority in Russia, with Lenin and Trotsky reported as sidelined in war decisions.
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Ondon
Polish War Office
Warsaw
Kiev
Ukrainia
Alexis Hrossiloff
Ceater
Russia
Brassiloffa
Soviet War Council
Nikolai Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Hig
Noted literary critic Hertzberg dies in Chicago
Hans Rudolph Reinhart Hertzberg a San Antonian and noted litterateur died suddenly of heart trouble in his Chicago home. Born in San Antonio July 1 18 72 he studied at San Antonio High School Texas A and M College and the University of Texas. His career ranged from lawyer to editor in New Orleans and Chicago where he held key editorial roles and wrote for major newspapers and magazines.
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Hans Rudolph Reinhart Hertzberg
San Antonian
Men Oper Map
Chicago
Eveninic News
Hertzberg
San Antonio
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Texas
St. Etienne College
Wraner
Law School
Hertebere
New Orleans
Isier
the Harlequin
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Ani
Cigie
New York Journal
Hertzhers’s Weekly
Tuter-Ocean
Fire at Camp Travis causes major ordnance and warehouse damage
Official report cites $100,000 in Government ordnance and $312,000 to warehouse No 41 after a fire at Camp Travis two weeks ago. No incendiary evidence found. spontaneous combustion or a lightning strike suspected. Also notes the death of astronomer John Nelson Stockwell in Cleveland.
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Camp Travis
Board of
Avenue A
Austin Road
Hertzberg Death Notice Ends Long Literary Career
The notice recalls the 1910 till the aerematon of the paper in 181d and notes Ms Hertzberg has contributed to literary and journal publications of national scope. Surviving relatives include his brother Dr. E. F. Hertzberg of 131 Croscot Street, his mother, and a daughter who are not in Europe. Messages about Mr Hertzberg's death were vague and no funeral announcement was given.
Bannon and Noble Ke Lewiy Selected for Mexican Waters Command
P M Bannon has been appointed to command United States blurrnes in Mexican waters. He served in the Byao in American War, the Philippics tusurrection and the Boxer rebellion. He led the Devil Dogs at Quantlon, Wa for World War I. Capt Noble k Yewin commands the B 3 3 Oklahoma, sent to Mexican waters for emergencies.
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P.M. Basmon
United States
Quantlon
Noble K. Yewin
Oklahomy
Mexican
Car Hits Pedestrian as Street Car Strikes Auto
Myrtle Patman of 300 Princeton Avenue was knocked 15 feet when an automobile driven by Father Nichol collided with a street car on Fredericksburg Road. She was knocked unconscious briefly, treated at home after an ambulance transported her, and witnesses called the incident miraculous as the car’s front window shattered and heavy injuries were reported.
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Fredericksburg
Myrtle Patman
Princeton Avenue
Father Nichol
Migs Patman
Farber Nichol
Brodericksburg
Nichol
Senate passes bill amid veto threat report
Washington May 12 The Senate approved the executive and judicial appropriation bill though a executive printing provision would trigger a veto. The House had passed the measure without that clause and the bill goes to the President for approval.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
House
Treewriters and Edison Phope grab advo at Beyer shop
Beyer at 210-12 W. Commerce advertises Treewriters and Edison Phope devices with new records and grabs. Local shoppers see a mix of sought items and promotional pricing, signaling a busy commerce scene in the downtown district.
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AF. Beyer
Commerce
Edison Phope
With passport from Obregon heads for port
Wireless message from Tampico to Houston provides few details about a traveler carrying a passport issued in Obregon as he heads toward a port. The brief dispatch notes limited information and leaves the destination and purpose unclear.
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Tampico
Houston
Carranza General Is Here By United S'rees
Deposed President Carranza captured in morning hours and ordered to leave Mexico, moving east of San Marcos with a small group after heavy defeats. Obregon allegedly provided passports, with reports of planned grand review in Mexico City and a potential port departure as forces mass across central territories.
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United S'rees
Oredered
Sanchez
Carranza
San Marcos
Oa Perenne
Villa reorganizes command amid Mexican unrest
An informant in San Antonio says Pancho Villa has restructured his forces, placing 4 000 troops under Villa at Las Delicias with 1 000 more equipped and mounted, and a total loyalist strength of about 46 000 in the southern and western districts. The report notes neutrality toward the Obregonists and Huerta, with Villa maintaining a wide reach from Ojinaga to Zacatecas. Generals Gonzales Contreras and Felix Diez are cited as allied leaders operating in Durango and Sinaloa.
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Carranza
Joan Burragen
Cief
Wrunelyco Murgila
Mexico
Koullias
Carraway
Revolutiog Uta
Cbmron
Bnly
Obregon
Laos
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Tacubaya
Genraluy
Trevino
Sunehes
Thebpread
Ara
Ozusa Tm
Oztina
Nuevo Laredo
Monterey
Alfredo Ricaut
Carrante
Coahulla
Tamaulipas
Nuevo Leon
Saltido
Arancisco Villa
Perpetuel Rabel
Bns
San Antonio
Vilna
Lag Delician
Chihuahue
Roxalio Vernandes
Imines
Chibuahua
Obregonists
Villa
Oboe, Son
Huerta
revoluHop
Grn
Colles
Las Delicias
Chihuahua
Torreon
Ferpundes
Stuainer
Ojinaga
Jalisco
Zacatecas
Tote
Inyders
Pablo Gozzales
Lets Contreras
Durance
Pelix V. Diex
Sinaloa
Germany to pay indemnity based on ability, not demands
Berlin reports show German leaders resisting fixed indemnity figures. Allies push a large lump sum while experts assess Germany’s resources and industrial capacity. Cabinet signals deferment of decisions on delegation and talks until clear Soviet intentions emerge. Public opinion remains unsettled amid conflicting press interviews.
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Germany
Fran Mason
Saas Service
Saft
Berlin
London
Paris
Lloyd George
Millerand
Gemayny
Spa
Gald
Botot
Sigman
Poli
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