Division of warships sent to Gulf for East Coast duty
The U S Navy ordered six destroyers from New York to sail to Key West for possible Mexican port duty. Captain Byron Long will command the Black Hawk tender and accompany the flotilla. Reports say Mexican revolts threaten ports as Carranza operations shift to air attacks near Cuernavaca and Cuautla.
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Gulf
U.S
Ahe West
Friay
State Department
Mexico
Carranza
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Cuautla
Pablo Gonzalez
Torreon
Dieguez
Jalisco
Nayarit
Irapuato
Chihuahua
New York
Black Hawk
Hudson River
Key West
Johnson Sweeps California and Indiana in Primary
Indiana results show Wood leading with 64 888 votes to Johnson 59 225 and a Wood lead of 5663 after 2520 of 3387 precincts. California returns place Johnson ahead of Hoover with 293 835 to 158 583 and Merritt concedes Johnson victory in the party race.
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Associated Press
Ndianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Wood
Johnson
Lowdon
Ole
Lowden
Harding
Chicago
California
San Francisco
Calif
Hoover
Los Angeles
Stanford University
Senator Johnson
Santa Clara
Ralph P. Merritt
J. Carnahan
Hoover Republican Club
Administration Democrats Certain To Control State Convention May 25
Official returns from Texas Democratic county conventions show administration-backed delegates likely to control the state convention on May 25 with 147 counties voting for endorsement and 1 056 votes. Bailey supporters claim gains in several counties though many counties remain undecided or uninstructed. The vote tally favors the Wilson administration in some counties while others back Bailey or hold split delegations.
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Bailey
Allas
Tex
Texas
Menard
Burnett
Fort Bend
Newton
Titus
Ae Gillespie
Lavaca
Victoria
Comanche County
Fort Bend County
Dewitt County
Wilson
Cooke County
Thomason
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Hobby
Fayette
McAdoo
Matagorda
Montague
Cone Johnson
Burleson
Lee
Travis
Hunt County
Lowney
Hill County
Maj
T. E. Nickels
Luther Nickels
Democrats Plan Dallas Meeting May 15 Amid Anti Administration Campaign
The Texas Democratic advisory committee that opposed the national administration scheduled a Dallas meeting for May 15. It notes poor turnout at precinct meetings, claims most Democrats backed Wilson, and urges electors to discuss the gubernatorial race. Former Senator Joseph Bailey remains in the governor’s race.
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Dallas
Texas
Democratic Party
Wilson
United States
Joseph Bailey
Bigamist Back in Prison Body of Victim Sent Home
Walter Andrew Watson, alleged confessed bigamist and murderer, was returned to his prison ward in the county hospital after aiding officers in locating Nina Lee Delaney's body at an El Centro inquest. Delaney's body likely will be shipped to her former home in Kentucky.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Walter Andrew Watson
el Centro
Nina Lee Deloney
Nina Lee Delaney
Kentucky
Armour Manager Seized as a Meat Profiteer
Boston May 5 Armour & Co and its New England manager John E Wilson were charged with meat profiteering. A U S commissioner Hayes issued the warrant based on evidence from the district attorney that lamb bought under ten cents a pound with about four cents freight sold for 25 14 cents per pound.
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Boston Mass
Armour & Co
New England
John E. Wilson
United States
Hayes
U.S
District Attorney’s Office
Bishop E A Cooke Resigns Over Ill Health
Des Moines reports Bishop E A Cooke of Helena Montana has resigned from the Methodist Episcopal general conference citing ill health. He is 65 and began preaching 47 years ago.
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M. E. Bishop
Des Moines
Iowa
E. A. Cooke
Helena
Mont
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
A. Mathias Buys Hotel Sheldon Site for 500000
In El Paso the largest cash real estate deal here closes with A Mathias purchasing the Hotel Sheldon site for 500000, most of it cash. Numa G Buchoz arranged the sale. five lots at Florence and Texas streets and a San Jacinto street parcel were also transferred. No change in Sheldon management or policy is expected.
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el Paso
A. Mathias
Sheldon
Numa G. Buchoz
N. G. Buchoz Co
Mathias
R. B. Orndorff
Sheldon Company
James G. McNary
Julius Krak
Koz
Wl Paso
Bandit Chief Arresteed in Turkey for YMCA Slayings
A bandit chief named Abrahim was arrested at Aleppo Syria and charged with the murder of American YMCA workers James Perry and Frank Johnson near Aintab on February 4.
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Constantinople
Associated Press
Abrahim
Aleppo
Syria
James Perry
Frank Johnson
Aintab
Pershing Boards Northern Pacific After Alligator Capture
Gen John J Pershing ends a daylong hunt in Panama City after two alligators were lassoed and captured alive. He then boards the transport Northern Pacific to sail for New York via Porto Rico.
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Gen.pershing
Panama City
Pan
John J. Pershing
Northern Pacific
New York
Porto Rico
Chicago barbers keep haircut and shave price steady
Chicago barbers voted to maintain current prices for haircuts and shaves in Chicago. Some trade members favored raising prices to 75 cents but the present standard remains in effect.
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Chicago, Ill
Chicago
Doster Murder Trial Underway in Deming New Mexico
Mrs. Maud Doster of Columbus New Mexico goes to trial in district court on a first degree murder charge for the March killing of Captain Wade Doster. The case, with jury selection consuming the day, centers on alleged love triangle motives and the defendant’s self inflicted injuries after the shooting.
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Lulu Beckly
el Paso
Doster
Columbus
Capt. Doster
Veniremen
Black spotted trout to stock Tonto tributaries
Phoenix May 5 Black spotted trout will be placed in streams tributary to the Tonto according to state game warden Joe V. Prochaska who says the bureau of fisheries recommended black spotted trout for distribution from August to October after his application for higher grade fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Tonto
Joe V. Prochaska
Washington
Prochaska
Bureau of Fisheries
Has New Tooth at 96 Eight Seek to Wed Her
London readers report Mrs. Raven of Shepherd's Bush is 96 with a new tooth. She has received eight marriage proposals since age 60 and was married three times before turning 96.
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Ondon
Eng
El Paso Herald Leads Circulation Among City Papers
The El Paso Herald boasts circulation nearly twice that of any other El Paso newspaper, underscoring its dominant position in local media markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso Herald
el Paseo
Great Bolsheviks seize Baku oil center in Caspian drive
An official Moscow statement reports Bolsheviks captured Baku on April 28 and seized massive oil stocks including 30 000 poods benzine 25 000 000 poods kerosene 2 000 000 poods gasoline 1 250 000 poods lubricating oil 115 000 000 poods mazout and 80 poods crude oil. Looting in Kiev as Russians prepare to abandon city. Polish authorities plan to occupy Kiev. Japanese envoy Hayashi named ambassador to Great Britain. Hungarian peace treaty plebiscite request denied.
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Ondon
Eng
Baku
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Red
Kiev
Warsaw
Associated Press
American Red Cross
England
Honolulu
T. H
Baron Gensuke Hayashi
Kwantung
Manchuria
Great Britain
Viscount Chinda
Tokio
Nippu Jiji
Chinda
United States
Hayashi
Rome
Paris
France
Conference of Ambassadors
Versailles
Hungary
Print Paper Price Rise Predicted by Company
A telegram from Chester W. Lyman vice president of International Paper predicts further print paper price increases on July 1 as part of a Senate committee inquiry into the paper shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
International Paper Company
Chester W. Lyman
Senate
Paris Belles Fill Gaps Left by Striking Workers
Paris fashionables volunteer as chauffeurs ticket takers and station staff in Paris as the general railroad strike drags on. Labor leaders keep hopeful, noting progress in freight and passenger movement while miners and dock workers strike remains unchanged. In Chicago telegraph messengers demand eight hour day and higher wages. Utica printers end walkout restoring normal newspaper publication.
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Icaris
France
Chicago
Ill
Telegraph Messengers Delivery Union
Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies
Roy Johnson
Johnson
Utica
Tee Daily
City Budget Talks Backed Raises for Teachers and Staff
City officials approved a 1920-21 budget plan totaling 1 691 730 41 with a 329 098 31 increase over last year to fund a 20 percent teacher salary rise and broader pay increases for most city employees. Officials also discussed a proposed 50 000 detention home for delinquent girls, with county support pledged only through advocacy at the state level.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles Davis
O. A. Critchett
Davis
B. B. McClintock
Julius Krakauer
Civil Service
Bote Ee Court
City
Washington Park
Fi . Fire Department, $175,475. Health Department
Samuel Porras Wins Herald Subscription Trip
Samuel Porras a 12 year old boy from 614 North El Paso Street completes a list of 15 new one month subscriptions to The El Paso Herald. He earns a two week Mountain Park Y M C A camp vacation in June funded by the Herald. He says the task was easy with help from his father’s friend. Readers in New Mexico Arizona and west Texas may join the out of town camp offer by writing to The Herald circulation manager H H Fris.
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Herald
el Paso Herald
Mountain Park
Samuel
H. H. Fris
New Mexico
Arizona
West Texas
el Paso
Greece to gain Thrace and Smyrna under Venizelos plan
The article outlines Greece likely to acquire Thrace Bulgaria and Turkish fractions plus Smyrna and hinterland as part of a postwar settlement. It cites a population around 6.5 million for Greece and notes Asia and Europe gains totaling about 60 000 square miles. It recalls Venizelos’s rise from Crete and Greece’s prewar isolation to modern reorganization and restored European sympathy.
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York
San Remo
Venizelos
Greece
Thrace
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Smyrna
Epirus
Albania
Koritza
Europe
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Asia
Syria
Italy
Belum
Crete
Athens
Piraeus
Cymenty
Knox Rebukes Technical War in Senate Debate
In Washington on May 5 Senator Knox argues the United States is not technically at war with Germany and Austria. He says the imperial governments no longer exist and the nation should end war powers and ratify peace. He warns prolonged conflict risks undermining free institutions and public safety amid global upheaval.
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Washington
D. C
Germany
Austria
Knox
Pennsylvania
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Theaters Showcases Busy Local Amusements
Headliners include ALHAMBRA Pantages Vaudeville with She Tiger and Allen Hale. Ellanay presents The Paliser Case with Pauline Frederick. Grecian screens Just a Wife with Kathryn Williams Roy Stewart and Beatrice Joy. Rialto offers Sex with an unspecified cast. Atlas J Jimmy Valentine and Thou Art The Man play at UNIQU and another venue respectively.
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Tiger
Allen Hale
Ellanay
Paliser
Pauline Frederick
Kathryn Williams
Roy Stewart
Beatrice Joy
Rialto
Provisional Mexico Tide: De la Huerta Advocates Prohibition Plan
Adolfo de la Huerta outlines gradual prohibition and no gambling as aims of the revolutionary movement. He also lists cabinet appointments for the provisional government and invites foreign investment with protections, banking changes, and a focus on open markets while maintaining order along the border.
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Mexico
de la Huerta
Jaco
Sonora
Associated Press
Adolfo de la Huerta
Revolutionary Party
United States
Posse
Hermosillo
Yucatan
el Heraldo de Mexico
Congress
Emilio Salinas
Chihuahua
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Carrancistas
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Casas Grandes
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Guayimas Harbor
Francisco Amanzo
Revolutionary Army
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Arranza
N. Francisco Urbalejo
Escobar
Jarez
Arturo Elias
P. Elias Calles
Revolutionary Armies
Northwest
Morel
Amen
Veracruz
Manuel M. Dieguez
Guanajuato
Joaquin Amaro
Ojinaga
Presidio
Elias
Eduardo F. Porcayo
Casa
New Jersey
Maryland
Cox
Louisville
James M Cox
Ohio
G. A. Martin
Ashington
Hiram W. Johnson
Caevasnenetis
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Warren G. Harding
Washington Post
Mina
Hays
Republican National Committee
Favor Lodge
Senator Lodge
Senator Borah
Armour
Plans Fine Hotel
London
Paris Belles
Samuel Porras
Byzantium
Frank H. Simonds
Alhambra
Blien
Robert Warwick
Zacatecas
Alberto Pani
Pani
Calles
Carrana
Serrano
Gen. Ob
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