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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
4
May 7 report says Mexican rebels will cut the National Railway of Mexico linking Mexico City to the border at Lampazos, 60 miles south. Telegraph wires halted news from a military train carrying 400 reinforcements for Nuevo Laredo garrison as Customs guards mutinied, fled to Colombia, and prepared for an attack on Nuevo Laredo.
El Paso dispatch reports Carranza’s government tottering in Mexico City as 15,000 Sonora revolutionaries begin a southern push toward the capital. Beltran claims loyalty questions surround General Madrideguez. a rival manifesto accuses Dieguez of aiding revolutionists. Garrison unrest at Camargo and Piedras Negras prompts disarmament orders and arrests as Negras’ fall is feared. Cabrera, Mexico City treasury secretary, is also reported.
General Jose Gonzalo Escobar reports fifteen hundred troops have left the garrison with five hundred entrained this afternoon. He warns the movement will gain full stride in days. Reports say Matamoros across from Brownsville faces menace as revolutionists promise to capture the town at noon today.
General I. Wi as Calles to take command of revolutionary forces from Agua Prieta for a June 17 move into Torreon. General Francisco R. Manzo will command the Agua Prieta garrison as a concentration and supply depot. About 500 more troops expected to arrive, with allied forces already en route, as Calles plans friendly ties with Americans in Douglas.
Washington reports that Mexican rebels claim gains at border ports Piedras Negras Laredo and Matamoros while Vera Cruz garrison revolts and evacuates. Carranza may have left the capital though official confirmation is lacking. Relent reports cite Cabrera cabinet officials on the move and arrests tied to consular agent Jenkins.
At Syringa a Farm Bureau announcement declared the sewing club year finished. About 74 friends attended the school program led by Mrs Lulu Jay with performances by Irene Jay Norma Sculley Margaret Ningler Francis Sculley and others. Gifts were presented to members and an engraved olive fork to the leader.
Rev Conrad L Owen, pastor of the Baptist Church in Washington, will be in Twin Falls today and is expected to occupy the pulpit Sunday after visiting Washington for the past few weeks.
Birdie Gish was granted a divorce from Sidney L. Gish by Judge W A Babcock in district court yesterday. Plaintiff alleged desertion.
Al Nelson of Boise defeated Frankie Regan of Butte and Idaho Falls in a 12 round boxing bout. Regan quit in the sixth after Nelson led most rounds, with a chaotic card of frequent clinching and rope repairs. The undercard featured Norris over Slaughter, Rose over Woodhead, and Kopenhbarger over Wallack in closer bouts.
Twin Falls dealer R B King promotes the Twin Falls Chronicle Automobile Show in a May edition of the Capital News. A clipping received here notes his booster work, while King serves as Idaho Power Company head based in Boise.
The Twin Falls High School baccalaureate for the graduating class of 1920 will be held Sunday night at the First Methodist Church. About 84 students are to graduate. Rev. Alexander G. Bennett will preach the sermon, with Superintendent Hal G. Blue delivering announcements. The program includes processional, selections by orchestra and choir, hymns, scripture reading, solos, duets, and a sermon on Investment and Revenue.
Washington May 7 Courtland Smith of New York president of the American Press association presented a picture of the country press to a senate investigating committee. He charged print paper interests conspired to regulate production to push prices up and warned there was little hope for small town papers unless quick relief was provided.
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