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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1921
Page
2
Friday's Daily argues that the excess profits tax has been paid by consumers via higher prices and proposes a sales tax to stabilize values and reveal true costs. It notes wartime wages raised living costs and defends veterans preference in civil service, arguing former service members deserve government jobs based on merit and service.
The Civil Service Reform League renews calls to require preference in all appointments for former service members and widows of those killed or who died in service. They argue the current act creates unfairness and inefficiency and plan to present evidence to Congress.
After a five minute deliberation the jury found Agus tin Cano guilty of robbery by firearms. He was sentenced today to five years in the state penitentiary. The prior trial in May 1920 yielded fifteen years, but was reversed due to multiple charges included in one trial. Cano proceeds to prison for five years.
Dick F. Edwards was arrested in Sanderton Texas on April 8 on a warrant for stealing a Nash automobile from Citizens Auto Co. He was brought to Laredo by Deputy Sheriff Fred H. Ligarde and is jailed awaiting trial. The stolen car was traced from Sanderson to Laredo, driven by Citizens Auto Co. employee Harry B. Wmory.
A brief notice urging readers to watch THE TIMES daily for opportunities with a monthly subscription rate of 60 cents.
Three members of the United States Railroad Labor Board see their one year terms expire today under the Transportation Act. Henry T. Huot W. N. Park and J J Forrester have served since appointments on April 15 1920 and may be reappointed or replaced by the President with Senate confirmation.
The pastoral operetta Little Bo-Peep in three acts with music by M. A. Ward and words by Isabella Grant Meredith will be performed tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock by Fourth Ward School pupils. The Rialto Theater is donated free by manager H. A. Daniels, with proceeds funding playground improvements. Tickets sell for 15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults.
A mass meeting at the Laredo Chamber of Commerce denounced Everett Love for shipping onions beyond the agreed limit. growers resolved to refrain from Webb County shipments for three days, urging all districts to honor the market agreement and avoid losses.
The Laredo High and Corpus Christi High School teams meet at Caliche Park for the first game this afternoon at four. A second game between the rivals is scheduled for tomorrow at the same venue.
The third anniversary sale at La Victoria dry goods began this morning with a crowded scene of bargain seekers through the late morning hours.
Directors say the Zapata field well could yield at least twenty barrels daily and likely 150 on full test, signaling a major boost to Laredo and spurring further drilling. Rumors of a 300 barrel well are denied until official production is verified, with interest mounting over potential millions in regional oil development.
Clifford R. Riddle was found guilty of assault with intent to rob Anselmo Jimenez and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. This follows a prior mistrial in the same case, making a total of ten years across indictments to date.
Application has been filed with the supreme council for a charter to form Laredo Council of the Knights of Columbus. At a San Agustin Library meeting, thirty members signed the application and prospective candidates discussed organizing here. If granted, the council is expected to grow quickly with careful selection of members.
To satisfy freight and demurrage charges the following described property will be sold to the highest bidder at 4:00 P M May 18 1921 at the freight office of the J G N Railway Co in Laredo Texas 510 bales of alfalfa day in ATSF car 62619 consigned to Heid Bros Inc Laredo Texas covered by Espuela NM to Laredo way bill F-402 of December 27 1920 Laredo expense bill 231 of January 10 1921 E B Wright Agent 4 13-20
Notice to taxpayers that April 30 is the last day to pay city taxes for 1920 to avoid penalties. Instructions to visit City Hall office to pay taxes with hours listed as morning and afternoon sessions.
Local notices show Tom W Mussett offering limited Ford auto repair at 604 Vidaurri Ave near J S Denike Inc. Other items report Villegas Bathing Pavilion reopening, goat roping event in Cotulla April 21 22 1921, embezzlement and liquor-law sentences, and service ads for Home Ice Company Hotel Traveler's Hotel Corsetiere Spirella agency plumbing flowers electric lights and a St Louis Chamber of Commerce delegation arrival.
A daily chronology lists events from 1771 to 1912 including Prince Schwarzenberg’s birth and death dates, the opening of Hartford first American asylum for the deaf, births and deaths of Joseph E. Brown Abraham Lincoln, Sisseton reservation opening, Eva Booth Salvation Army Canada appointment, Andrew Carnegie hero fund founding, and the White Star Line Titanic sinking casualty figure.
Claude C. Moon of 416 Broadway Little Rock Ark livestock salesman for Copeland Sales Stables credits Tanlac with restoring his health after six years of bloating indigestion and weight loss. He reports gaining 25 pounds and a rebuilt appetite energy and strength since starting Tanlac five months ago sold in Laredo by City Drug Store and other druggists.
Captain Kaiser hosted a card night with Major Hemenway Captain Hooper and Captain Dodge. Company M edged Headquarters 21 to 20 in nine innings as Grage Chester and Scott pitched for M. A Sunday game against Company I and Company K draws big gates while new lineups boost the team. An officers dance at the Officer's Club and a Hawaiian orchestra feature accompany weekly band concerts. A sacred regimental band concert opens Sunday at 9 with Elgar Saint Saens Stulte and Saint Saens selections.
Merida Yucatan April 16 protesters rallied against a state-wide moratorium enacted by the Yucatan congress. The order runs until March 1922 to ease dire business conditions from low henequen prices. Over 800 000 bales are stored in the state with market prices around 4 1/2 cents per pound, costs cited at 6 to 7 cents.
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