Mexican Federals and Villa Forces Clash in Chihuahua
El Paso reports tension after Chihuahua City fell as Consul General Garcia wires from El Paso to Carranza and Villa leaders, signaling a critical situation in Torreon Jimenez and Chihuahua City.
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
1
El Paso reports tension after Chihuahua City fell as Consul General Garcia wires from El Paso to Carranza and Villa leaders, signaling a critical situation in Torreon Jimenez and Chihuahua City.
At Bannock hotel meeting, representatives from clubs and civic groups outline a plan to establish a citywide playground system in Pocatello. Miss Esther Smith will supervise, with activities including tennis and calisthenics, plus a library program and youth laboratories at local schools. A $100 monthly maintenance request awaits action from the mayor and council.
Sheriff Mabey received word from Grand Junction that a Buick owned by A. B. Bean, stolen May 1, was found in a Colorado City. Three suspects, Bob McCoy Frank Walters and Mary King, are jailed in Mesa County on grand larceny charges tied to the Buick and a Grand Junction Cadillac theft. They allegedly confessed to stealing the Cadillac and said they bought the Buick in Nevada.
Unofficial reports from Agua Prieta say Yaqui Indians joined the Villa column that left Tonichi and raided villages east and south of Guaymas. Families flee toward the border for safety after yesterday’s depredations.
Pyeng Yang June 2 AP. Rev. E. M. Mowry American Presbyterian missionary from Mansfield Ohio jailed six months penal servitude for sheltering five Korean students linked to independence demonstrations at Sojitsu college and middle school. He aided them March 5 to April 4 despite police pursuit. He appealed to higher courts with Japanese counsel.
The petition by Albert Snyder of San Francisco to declare his mother Mrs Clara Baldwin Stocker incompetent to handle her $10000 estate inherited from her father FE. J. Baldwin, a California turfman, was denied by the Superior Court in Los Angeles.
Governor D W Davis travels from Pocatello to Washington to press the Mondell bill for a 500 million dollar federal reclamation program. He heads a committee of Idaho figures including S E Brady and W F Dillon to meet with Idaho and other congressmen at the New Willard hotel. Ex congressman R M McCracken and R E Holland are slated to attend the Washington meeting.
Capital Life Insurance of Colorado President Thomas F. Daly signs a deal to enlarge operations in the region. Hibbard Bros. Inc. expands life insurance and farm loan territories to Idaho Oregon and Montana with W K Hibbard to run Oregon C C Higgins Montana and J A Hibbard Idaho. Daly and W E Hibbard visit Montana to boost efforts as Idaho projects attract Daly’s interest including a $60 000 Pocatello investment.
In Washington on June 2 the Supreme Court sustained contempt judgments against Newberry's campaign managers in the Ford-Newberry senatorial election contest arising from Michigan. The ruling keeps penalties in force for actions related to the New York contempt proceedings.
A Nicaragua dispatch says Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua recognize the belligerency of the anti linoco revolutionists in Costa Rica and note they have received appreciable reinforcements increasing support for the insurgents.
Washington June 2 Senator Johnson of California said the Paris conference dared not amend the league covenant to allow a declaration of future war to be decided by popular vote rather than by established rulers, calling the League a colossal war trust.
Paris dateline reports Coblenz chosen as capital of the newly proclaimed Rhine republic after declarations by several Rhine cities yesterday.
Ernest D. Larmer, long time Pocatello resident, has returned to the city after two years in the military. He spent one year overseas with the all-northwest fighting division formed at Camp Lewis and served in the Meuse Argonne campaign. He worked previously for local drug firms and entered the medical corps the 316th Sanitary Train attached to the 361st field hospital. He met Lieut Col Gallagher, a Pocatello dental surgeon, during his service who is now with the army of occupation in Germany.
President Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers union says no nationwide strike date exists and the Atlanta walkout remains a local issue. Postmaster General Burleson promises reinstatement for Atlanta telephone operators if dismissed for union ties and vows discipline for Southern Belt Telephone officials.
The Supreme Court upheld dismissals of habeas corpus petitions by Pael Rumely former publisher of the New York Mail to block extradition to Washington on trading with the enemy Act indictments. The report notes his return home without lingering burdens and hints at his future plans in journalism.
Paris June 2 diplomats outlined terms to Austria while Italy's Adriatic claims remained unresolved. The council of four met briefly before heading to St Germain with Premier Orlando and Colonel House in attendance. The Adriatic issue featured in the discussions.
The official Austrian peace terms outline borders aligned with Bohemia Moravia and Austrian provinces, minor rectifications to frontiers, and provisions on minority protections. Austria accepts the league of nations covenant, demobilizes naval and air forces, allows trials for violators, and mirrors German treaty provisions on economic relations and freedom of transit.
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