County Ticket Solid For A New Term
After private and impromptu meetings county politics settle on a ticket headed by Orndorff with most incumbents seeking reelection. Will H. Pelphrey bucks the ticket running solo as county attorney while Justice Clark Wright weighs another run. Tax assessor John T. Cain is expected on the ticket with mayor Charles Davis and Quaid linked to Cain.
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Justice of the Peace
Clark Wright
Justice Wright
Pelphrey
Orndorff
Will H. Pelphrey
Davis
John T. Cain
Cain
Charles Davis
J. E. Quaid
Wilson to Run for Third Term Centered on League Treaty
Washington insiders believe President Wilson will seek a third term anchored by the peace treaty issue. Bryan may oppose him, while women voters loom as a decisive factor amid liquor questions and the uncertain stance of both parties.
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Wilson
Bryan
Edwards
New Jersey
Smith
New York
Men Who Wages Ruthless War Back Revolt In Germany
Frank H. Simonds argues in a March 17 1920 piece that allied inaction and German militarism threaten postwar outcomes. He warns that unless junkers are decisively beaten and Rhine policy is shown united, the 1918 victory risks being void and faith to fallen soldiers broken. The column compares Germany’s current rulers to Napoleonic failures and urges strong Allied unity to curb Prussian influence.
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Ebert
Louis XVIII
Europe
Junkers
Germany
Belgium
Rhine
Russia
German Communists Plan Union With Soviet Russia
Independent Socialists and Communists in Germany push for a soviet republic and alliance with Soviet Russia amid violent agitation. A Berlin dispatch reports 33 workers form a council in Essen and calls for joint action by socialist parties in the Rhine and Westphalia under proletarian rule.
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Russia
ONDON
Eng
Germany
Berlin
Fecehanea Talasvanh _ Anames
Copenhagen
Denmark
Essen
Revolutionary Workers’ Council
Lower Rhine
Westphalia
Hamburg
Oldenburg
Wilhelmshaven
Paris
France
Dortmund
Leipsic
Mannheim
Frankfort
Brunswick
Ebert Forces Control Hamburg and Altona
Ebert loyalists seize Hamburg and Altona with Gen. von Wangenheim joining the Ebert faction. Berlin reports resignations of Chancellor Kapp’s government and rising radical unrest as Noske expresses confidence in restoring order within days.
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Noske
London
Eng
Merker
Paul Wilhelmeheine
Stuttgart
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ebert
Gustav Noske
Germany
Exchange Telegraph
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Altona
Social Demokrate
von Wangenheim
Hoover Declines to Endorse in New Hampshire Primary
A belated telegram from Herbert Hoover states he cannot approve using his name in the New Hampshire presidential primaries since he is not a candidate. Robert C. Murchie, Democratic national committeeman, received the message in Concord on March 17.
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Concord
N. H
Herbert Hoover
Robert C. Murchie
Wood delegates gain control of Ramsey county convention
Delegates pledged to Leonard Wood secured control of the Ramsey county Republican convention in St Paul Minnesota and defeated the Johnson and Lowden delegations.
Labor organizes campaign to elect its friends nationwide
Local committees will conduct organized labor's campaign for the defeat of its enemies and the election of its friends starting March 22. The AFL headquarters announced the plan and on the same day President Gompers will address the New Jersey legislature opposing anti strike and compulsory arbitration legislation.
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Washington, D. C
aMrch
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
New Jersey
Headliners In Today's Theaters
In Alhambra The Woman Game with Elaine Hammerstein headlines. Bijou features 65 scenery bill. Ella in the Greatest Question. Grecian presents Shark Monroe with William S. Hart. Rialto shows The Illustrious Prince starring Sessue Hayakawa. Unique screens Mickey with Mabel Normand. Wigwam offers Every Woman.
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Socnery Bill
Ella
Shark Monroe
Wm. S. Hart
Rialto
Prince
Sessue Hayakawa
Mickey
Mabel Normand
Allied Troops Occupy Turk Capital
Allied forces have occupied Constantinople as warships from Britain and other powers take positions along the Bosphorus. The city showed calm with shops reopening after the unexpected arrival. All allied nations participated in the operation.
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Turk
Constantinople
Turkey
Golden Horn
Bosphorus
Stamboul
Reservations To The Versailles Treaty Split Congress
DAVID LAWRENCE argues that after months of debate the Versailles treaty faces approval or rejection with no compromise. He notes a shift by Republican irreconcilables led by Lodge adding reservations to article 10, risking nullifying the league, while Democrats largely back Wilson. The piece analyzes party fault lines and the potential political maneuvering ahead of elections.
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Ashington
D. C
Treaty of Versailles
Wilson
Republican
Senator Lodge
League
United States
America
Senate
Congress
League of Nations
McLemore
Executive
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Belgium
Republican Party
Man Kills Wife And Himself In Ft Worth Hotel
In Fort Worth Texas on Tuesday night W W Askew 28 of Marietta Oklahoma shot and killed his wife 24 then killed himself in the Trinity hotel John A Marshall of Ranger heard five shots and confronted the killer in the corridor Askew calmly said I just shot my wife Then he shot himself The couple had exchanged letters and telegrams seeking comfort during a period of trouble tied to financial losses in the oil business.
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Fort Worth
Texas
W. W. Askew
Marietta
Okla
Trinity Hotel
John A. Marshall
Ranger
Askew
Longshoremen Attack Negro Strikebreakers in New York
Striking coastwise longshoremen attacked 25 negro strikebreakers, knocking down two before dispersing the rest. Two policemen witnessed the incident. no arrests were made. Embargo on coastwise freight extended to New England Steamship Co ships. merchants may face storage charges if goods remain on wharves. Teamsters’ sympathy aided in delaying removal of freight.
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New York
New England Steamship Company
Bryan Fets In Treaty Fight
Washington March 17 W J Bryan arrived from Florida en route to New York to deliver an address and became part of last minute Democratic talks on a peace treaty compromise. He urged ratification while Democratic senators moved to limit Irish questions and set out a general international policy reservation.
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Washington, D. C
W. J. Bryan
Florida
New York
Bryan
Senate
St. Patrick's Day
Great Britain
Ireland
United States
Europe
Congress urged to fund Irish ministers and consuls
El Paso Friends of Irish Freedom adopt resolution urging immediate House passage of a bill to provide salaries for ministers and consuls to the Republic of Ireland. The measure aims to support diplomatic representation and aid the Irish Republic.
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Congress
Republic of Ireland
el Paso
The
Friends of Irish Freedom
Hawaii population rises 30.3 percent to 249992
The census bureau announced in Washington on March 17 that Hawaii now has a population of 249,992. This marks an increase of 58,083 people, or 30.3 percent, over the 1910 count.
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Washington, D. C
Hawaii
Census Bureau
El Paso Herald Led Circulation Among Papers
The El Paso Herald claims dominance with circulation nearly twice that of any competing El Paso newspaper, highlighting its lead status in the local market.
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el Paso Herald
el Paso
Wanda Hawley Lookalike Contest Opens In El Paso
El Paso Herald invites contestants to submit photos matching Wanda Hawley for a box party at Rialto theater April 5. Winner receives a gold wrist watch. entry deadline is April 1. Wanda Hawley’s screen career and image highlighted to entice entrants.
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el Paso Herald
James C. Quinn
Rialto Theater
Wanda Hawley
The
Herald
W. T. Hixson
Mills Street
Mesa Avenue
el Paso
Miss Hawley
Paramount Artcraft Pictures
Douglas Fairbanks
Cecil B. de Mille
Spartacans Clash With Troops In Hamburg Killing Ten
An encounter in the Barmbeck quarter of Hamburg last evening between Spartacans and troops left ten dead. The clash occurred during street unrest and involved armed factions. Police reported the victims and ongoing investigations into the violence.
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Hamburg
Germany
Barmbeck Quarter
Sims Says Inadequate Staff Delayed U S Forages Abroad
Rear Admiral Sims testifies before the senate investigating committee that staff shortages abroad hindered U S naval efforts in World War I. He cites delayed assistance, late approvals, and reliance on distant cables leading to miscommunication and enemy interception.
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Sims
U.S
Washington
D. C
Senate
United States
Navy Department
Admiral Sims
London
Department
Queenstown
Navy
Daniels
N. C. Twining
Dioloyalty Act is Held Invalid in Texas Court
Austin March 17. The Texas disloyalty act was declared unconstitutional by the Court of Criminal Appeals in the Meckel case from Crockett County. Meckel had been jailed for alleged disloyal language in May 1918 and freed as the court set aside a prior judgment. The court ruled that the disloyalty ban falls under federal law, not state regulatory power.
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Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Ben F. Meckel
Crockett County
Meckel
United States
Boys Jealous Of Lad Kill Him In Pueblo Feud
Ted Kuykendall an 11 year old boy died from injuries after a group of five school boys kicked him following a feud said to have begun over his poverty and clothing. Police plan arrests as neighbors found him behind a billboard.
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Pueblo
Colo
Ted
H. A. Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Defence Fails Says Judge In Kidnapping Case
Tombstone Arizona March 17 The judge ruled the defense arguments on necessity and self defense do not warrant a ruling in favor in the Harry F Wootton kidnapping trial connected to the Bisbee deportations. The defense plans a supplementary avowal including Fred W Brown as a conspirator. A group of five boys up to 15 attacked Kuykendall on his way home from school. Kuykendall was assaulted and left unconscious.
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Tombstone
Ariz
Samuel L. Pattee
Harry F. Wootton
Bisbee
Fred W. Brown
Pattee
Council For the Defence
Brown
Law and Order
Kuykendall
Gunfire in Berlin as troops clash in city streets
London reports machine gun fire heard in Berlin between 11 and midnight. A detachment of soldiers marched through Brunnenstrasse with a Heil dir im Steinerkranz band, triggering a skirmish with workers. Several killed and wounded, with 69 workers killed at Spandau, as fighting continued.
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Berlin
London
Eng
Exchange Telegraph Company
Npiecel
Uring
Brunnen- Strasse
Spandau
Peru Urges U S Intervention to Avert South American Unrest
Washington reports that Peru through ambassador Peret has asked the United States to use friendly offices to prevent a breach of the peace in South America linked to Bolivian attacks on the Peruvian legation in La Paz. In Lima officials say Bolivian forces have been mobilized as Ismael Montes appears to control La Paz, with censorship limiting details and Lake Titicaca steamship service suspended amid fears of Bolivian seizure.
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Washington
D. C
Peret
South America
la Paz
Lima
Peru
Bolivia
Ismael Montes
Lake Titicaca
Former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Hangs Self in Home
John H. Gillett aged 63, former Indiana Supreme Court justice, hanged himself in the garret of his Hammond home on Tuesday using a clothes line. His wife died a year earlier and friends say he had been despondent since.
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Hammond, Inn
March
Ieee
John H. Gillett
Supreme Court of Indiana
Herald Dispatches Reporter to West Texas Oil Fields
The Herald will send L. E. Claypool to Toyah and Pecos to investigate conditions there. He will report factually without exaggeration or bias for publication. The move follows prior reports from Tucumcari to clarify recent excitement.
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Herald
West Texas Oil Fields
Toyah
Pecos
The
L. E. Claypool
Chamber of Commerce
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