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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1920
Page
12
A fragmented note cites Henry W. Wilmot and Georges AY Zabriskie urging the Cuban sugar crop purchase to avert a 12 cent per pound price spike in the United States. The document hints at a consideration tied to Cuban American interests and the sugar board's role.
A chaotic dispatch reports looming trouble for Mexico's regime amid urgent funding needs for regional military operations. The text references an advance on oil tax revenues due May 1, 1920, with exporters instructed to pay pesos or national currency to the company represented by the recipient, and notes a decree or action considered convenient by Cuartal Eenera.
Chematves prepare to oppose econ ton in a two banche clash as teams argue over control and scoring. Officials expect a tight game and heightened rivalry between the factions, with key players named in regional previews.
Prices for many vegetables on the Chicago market fell 5 to 35 percent in ten days, with cabbages at 3.50 per crate down from 4.50, onions down about 30 percent, oranges down 15 percent, and other produce such as new potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, and asparagus also sliding. Local agricultural bureau experts attributed the decline to higher terminal receipts.
Dublin May 25 An Associated Press report says another hunger strike began at Mountjoy prison. A visiting justice saw two men in grave condition and nine constables repelled attackers with force after raiders exploded bombs near Lough George barracks in Galway. One policeman was lightly wounded. Irish bishops agreed to confer with the government on the education bill, expected to be eased by the action.
The Associated Press reports President Wilson transmitted to Congress an offer from J P Morgan to gift his London residence for use as the American Embassy building. Morgan urged a prompt decision to avoid an unoccupied house amid London housing shortages. Secretary Colby’s letter said the site is desirable and rather small for both ambassador’s residence and embassy office.
testimony before the commission covered a drive for higher service and savings, with Willieard and Nay arguing increased freight revenue and lower investment values. shriver detailed eastern carrier statistics and warned that a large surplus would vanish under proposed reforms.
Dublin May 25 A widening rail strike halted transport of war materials landed from a steamer and loaded onto a train by soldiers after dockers refused to work Signalmen then struck, stopping all rail operations The disrupted shipments were bound for the west of Ireland and several steamers from Ireland to Tongland were delayed including a vessel with hundreds of Americans aboard as dock workers refused to load luggage.
Washington May 25 Gold production in the United States has greatly decreased and may stop unless mining companies receive swift financial aid. Seaman president of the Trojan Mining Company testified to the House Ways and Means Committee that each ounce now costs $8 to $10 more than the government price of $20.67. He urged immediate passage of a $10 per ounce excise tax and the creation of a subsidiary fund to benefit ministers with the revenues.
A brief roundup reports two electric car related fatalities in hours today with one drowning. Heber Withan Jr aged 9 fell into a Presidio lake and drowned. Roy Gustafson of San Francisco died under a street car. Harold Peterson, 9, was struck by a Southern Pacific train in Oakland as police and firemen worked to free him.
The American Unitarian conference met in Boston on May 25 and adopted resolutions urging Congress to avoid actions on the Irish question that could strain US Britain friendship. It also pressed Wilson to pardon those slow in serving sentences for religious conviction. Rev. Dr. S. A. Eliot of Cambridge was re elected president, with vice presidents including Taft, Lory, Carruth, and Alexander.
Washington May 25. The War Department announced that bodies of Red Cross and other welfare workers who died in France will be returned on the same basis as fallen soldiers. Responsibility for questionnaires and shipping permits lies with the organizations, and decisions on which bodies are returned will follow the same rules as for soldiers.
San Francisco May 25 Naval authorities ordered two destroyers to aid the water-logged schooner Oceania Vance after the steamer Humboldt reported speaking to the craft off Point Arguello about 2006 miles south. The Vance skipper’s wife Mrs Charles Sexon and two babies are aboard along with eight crew, and the Humboldt said the Vance refused a tow.
New York May 24 A group of 1 400 stockholders of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad sought the appointment of a receiver to prosecute the corporation s right of action against the board of directors formerly headed by William Rockefeller for restitution of about 150 000 000 alleged wasted in improper purchases. Federal Judge J W Mack denied the request late today.
Dublin May 25 announcement claims to publish the first sentence for taking part in an armed attack on police barracks. Michael Condon of Rathcormack County Cork received five years penal servitude for involvement in an attack on the Ahearn police barracks.
Omaha Neb May 25 Regular prices will prevail after next Saturday as vital price reductions of percent ten days ago were first to take effect.
Protesters addressed objections to using a city park for irrigation projects. The Associated Press reported community members voiced concerns about park access and ecological impact while authorities considered alternatives.
The national committee chose two members from former Senator Willard Saulsberry. The vote was 117 to 68. Delegates William Coyne and Eben Br. Raster, H.M. Josephs and William I. Allen, plus others from Newcastle Sussex Kent counties, were unopposed and not instructed. The convention approved the League of Nations Covenant with reservations intact.
Wheeling dispatch reports Senator Howard Sutherland leading Major General Leonard Wood in West Virginia's statewide presidential preference primary as 326 of 1800 precincts report. Early returns show Sutherland ahead with 208 votes to Wood's 47 in the 86 precincts tabulated.
Dallas May 28 Texas delegates to the democratic national convention at San Francisco will go uninstructed but must vote as a unit on pending platform questions. The convention platform also directs the delegates to vote as a unit on all matter presented.
A garbled review mentions a platform favoring beer and wine, criticism of Republican handling of treaties, and calls for reforms amid a national convention. It notes sixteen delegates at large were chosen, with some uninstructioned by a preconvention vote and a recommendation tied to McAdow.
Columbus report states former Delaware governor I B Willis will display Senator W G Harding's home at the Republican national convention in Chicago for the presidential nomination, per Harding headquarters announcement.
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