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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1923
Page
7
The Texas Legislature heard a ceremony on the San Jaginth battlefield featuring prominent Texans including Governor Neff General Julian Carr and Lieutenant Governor Davidson.
Indicted oil operators and bondsmen crowded the federal building today to arrange release after the grand jury action that charged 92 individuals from 18 firms with over 100 million in capitalization. Trials are slated to begin around May 15 with projected hearings lasting more than four years.
President Harding told Senator Borah he would deliver an address in Idaho on his Western speaking tour. The exact city for the appearance has not yet been chosen.
A Martin bomber fell on the Great Miami river bank in Dayton on April 21 causing two deaths and injuries to four others. The incident raises concerns over bomber safety and the accident’s impact on local residents and ongoing wartime defense efforts.
About $50,000 of the $2,303,367 in securities taken from a St Louis mail truck on April 2 are now with reputable brokerage houses. Post office inspectors say brokers bought the securities from robbers' agents without knowing they were stolen.
Washington on April 21 reports the state department will open negotiations with Honduras to identify a suspect in Tegucigalpa believed to be Clara Phillips, the convicted hammer murderess who escaped from a California jail. The move follows a request from Governor Richardson and aims to secure detention pending extradition.
Washington reports renewed assurances on protecting foreigners rights as talks over Gboregen recognition advance. Charge Sunmmerlin in Mexico City says Washington views progress as key, with a public statement expected soon. Officials anticipate an early complete agreement despite sensitivities.
Geneva reports Got tlob Stauffer a wealthy bachelor died of starvation in his single room villa. He left check books and promissory notes scattered around. He was unmarried and heirs are unknown.
Waco Texas April 21 jurors convicted Roy Mitchel of killing Mrs Lula Barker at Concord in February last year and sentenced him to death after deliberating since yesterday afternoon.
In Lansing on April 21 the state quo warranto proceeding against the Israelite House of David was denied in circuit court. Judge Carr found the claim of fraud and deceit unconvincing and stated the state may inquire into the group’s activities despite arguments about jurisdiction.
In Washington a man and two women collapsed after 48 hours of continuous dancing. Florence Gentry, 19, fainted near midnight and was helped off, while Mr and Mrs Wallace Mendenhall, who started dancing Wednesday night, also collapsed. Doctors attributed the incidents to acute exhaustion.
Four South Carolina prohibition agents were suspended for 60 days by Prohibition Commissioner Jaynes after they opened fire into a car on the Greenville Asheville pike April 21, injuring two young women who were YMCA workers.
Flood conditions at Portage La Prairie along the Assiniboine River are reported as serious with railroad yards and nearby homes inundated. Residents used boats to reach safety as water overran banks.
Plans for a new Texas oil fields railway were pushed for ICC approval by the San Antonio Mexican railroad company a new control of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf system The proposal calls for 170 miles from Three Rivers to Miranda with a branch to Laredo and a branch to Laredo
Lord Robert Cecil, a leading figure in the League of Nations, had a half hour talks with President Harding in Washington. He declined to discuss the visit beyond saying it was most pleasant.
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