04 May 1920
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Newspaper
Texas El Paso Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
1
Juarez seizes control as liberalists declare a new Chihuahua border regime. Col Salinas rebels are captured, and Camargo and Presidio reports confirm shifting authority. Consul Beltram opens offices to support the new administration with aims to stabilize trade and q uickly resume services.
Texas may swing the Democratic nomination toward McAdoo as strong endorsements from Texas leaders and the Wilson administration suggest. Postmaster General Burleson backs McAdoo while the Texas result is viewed as influential for Southern delegates and future roll calls. Republicans warn Hiram Johnson may seek a compromise role or push a platform against the league of nations at Chicago.
California voters head to the polls amid a split among delegates with Democrats unpledged and prohibitionists backing Henry Clay Needham of Los Angeles. The ballot lists 27 Democratic names of which 26 will be chosen as delegates. voting is open to any party ballot at the polls.
Fannie Hurst reveals she secretly wed J. S. Danielson five years ago under a prenuptial agreement. They have lived apart since the wedding to avoid interfering with careers and schedule meals and events informally by inclination.
The body of Nine Lee Delaney was found five miles north of Coyote Wells by a search party led by Walter Andrew Watson, who claimed responsibility as her alleged slayer. Watson, returning from El Centro, issued a statement through his attorney arguing his acts stem from an uncontrolable condition.
El Paso Herald reports that Thomas Motor company sold Bray company a Model 6 two ton International Harvester truck with full pneumatic equipment. The note praises The Herald as an advertising medium and credits W. C. Hubbell of International Harvester with endorsing printer's ink for business in El Paso.
Conflicting reports from the San Remo conference show Britain and France softening their Versailles dispute for now while seeking to resolve the eastern question and Adriatic issues. Millerand and Lloyd George clashed early as Nitti supported inviting Germany. secret talks followed as debate moved to the eastern question.
Three thousand of seven thousand carpenters who struck last Saturday returned to work today. union officials say 119 contractors granted a $60 weekly wage scale, equal to $1.25 an hour for a six day week, with overtime potentially raising weekly earnings to $80.
Miss Esther Unruh, a public school teacher in Kansas City Kansas, sneezed during class and suffered a dislocated rib. She required a physician and incurred hospital expenses following the sudden injury.
Prominent bankers estimate the U S dollar is selling in foreign countries at a premium from 40 percent to 5000 percent due to currency depreciation. A table shows depreciation in six European currencies with England France Italy Germany Austria Russia listed at percent changes.
About 25 000 workers across Chicago including switchmen molders carpenters waiters and cooks are on strike. Leaders from the Illinois Manufacturers Association urged settlement as raw material shortages loom. Grunau reports 19 000 idle and 125 of 1200 iron molders on wage demands with a $2 daily rise to $6.40 for eight hours.
New York May 4. An attempt to kill Capt Harold Content former assistant US attorney who prosecuted Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman was made Saturday night. Four shots were fired as he neared home. Two men escaped. Content, a WWI veteran, is lame from wounds and had received a threatening letter Friday.
A wireless dispatch from Moscow reports a storm in the Black Sea sank fourteen refugee ships. Several thousand volunteers from the Stotchy region surrendered to the Bolsheviks. Leaders Gen Morozoff and Gen Uhreoff were said to grant life and liberty to survivors, except the revolutionists.
President Wilson signs the Fuller pension bill in Washington increasing Civil War veterans pensions and payments to widows and dependents.
In Washington on May 4, the Knox peace resolution challenges President Wilson and his party. Knox rewrote the measure to avoid binding the executive branch, merely asking the president to open peace talks with Germany, while preserving U.S. rights under any future treaty. Democrats weigh delaying tactics or letting the resolution pass to frame the conventions’ messaging.
ISKOGEE Okla May 4 The cyclone that destroyed Peggs Okla Sunday night raised the death toll to 70 as reports of additional deaths arrived from Muskogee Physicians and rescue workers fear many of the severely injured will not survive.
Boston May 4 The present board of directors of the First Church of Christ Scientist would be treated as the de facto board until the Supreme Court bench decides if John V. Dittemore’s dismissal as a director was legal Judge Pierce announced in court today.
Allen Bledsoe 14 of 1024 Wyoming Street says he secured 15 new one month subscriptions in one week to win a two week trip to the Mountain Park YMCA camp. He notes evenings 4:30 to 6:00 are best for collecting subscriptions and that men seem more interested than women.
Joe Mealy, head of El Paso Herald street sales, scooped the world by reporting Juarez revolt news Monday afternoon. He went to Juarez seeking sugar when he heard celebrations after the town announced it had gone over, and he telephoned The Herald to alert press. The home edition rushed page one to reflect the breaking story.
The body of H. J. Robbins, wealthy retired banker, was found in a privileged Los Angeles district. He had been beaten, a rope was around his neck, and valuables remained undisturbed. A servant heard a cry and saw two men struggling, but no motive or suspect identified.
Princess Kokomo, first Igorrotes child born away from the Philippines, arrives in Kokomo Indiana as her circus parents led the troupe. Chief Panmayamg and wife preside over campfire rites while townsfolk share dog meat fet as superstition speaks of a spell on the child.
The House committee focused on the Morse company contract with the Shipping Board in executive session at DOJ request. Members denied links to Charles W. Morse's New York indictment for shipping law violations.
A United Fruit Co. steamer Calamares reported by wireless that white smoke was rising from a tall peak on Old Providence Island in the Caribbean Sea. The sighting came in a May 4 communication marked as indications of an eruption.
Des Moines May 4 resolutions urged Congress not to recognize Ireland as a separate republic, labeling any such action unwarranted interference in Great Britain's domestic affairs by the Methodist Episcopal general conference.
Panama City Pan May 4 Ernesto Tisdel Lefgre president of Panama hosted a dinner for Gen. Pershing attended by twenty three men. Pershing will hunt alligators tomorrow in the local area following the event.
Amusement ads list venue lineups with acts including Heart Strings featuring William Farnum at Alhambra on Vaudeville and notable stars Pauline Frederick Edith Roberts Louise Glaum and Robert Warwick in various showcases across venues Rialto Unique Wigwam and more listed for page 1 reading.
Juarez revolutionary general J Gonzalo Escobar announced a neutral zone along the Chihuahua Texas border to curb fighting. He pledged friendly ties with the United States, vowed a bloodless revolution, and said trains would resume to Chihuahua City while foreigners would receive guarantees. He ruled out cooperation with Villa, stating Sonora and Chihuahua would run independently except for military coordination. An election for Chihuahua governor would follow stabilisation.
The El Paso Herald reports its proven circulation is nearly double that of any other El Paso paper, underscoring its dominant position in the local news market.
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