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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
13
Gov James M Cox accepted the Democratic nomination warning against a separate peace with Germany and pledging League of Nations participation with safeguards. Early promises of fair weather for the events were spoiled by clouds and a light rain arriving by 10 o'clock.
Yaqui Indians mostly formed the first four thousand troops sent to quell the Cantu insurrection in Lower California. Exelsior cites a war department official. Ships are chartered to transport them and some vessels will carry cannon to protect disembarkation on the Gulf of California's western side. Puerto Isabel in Sonora will be the concentration point for the operation.
Soviet forces hammer at Polish lines northeast and east of Warsaw with strong Polish resistance and no new advances except near Brest Litovsk. Warsaw reports detail Poland seeking guarantees for direct home communication for delegates and peacetime terms. The Polish foreign office sent notes to allies and the United States outlining the political situation.
The Marshall and East Texas Railway applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to discontinue operations in Upshur and Harrison counties Texas. It plans to remove tracks and sell the properties associated with the line.
Pittsburg Kansas August 7 The first clear break from Alexander Howat’s control appeared as the Frontenac mine workers returned to duty With loading coal set to resume Monday the shift ends the coal strike impact in that district and signals growing separation from the movement in the state mines
Councillor Kelly, head of the Irish Self Determination League and a fervent Sinn Feiner, says an Archbishop Mannix arrival in Liverpool would be met with an ovation unequaled for any Irishman in the city.
The flamingo, called the Bird of Beauty and Mystery, will be protected nationwide by an Order in Council from the Bahama Islands government. The measure follows an expedition that filmed the birds in their marsh habitat. From 1901 to now the island population dropped from about 20,000 to 7,000 due to sponge fishermen who killed them for food.
German and Austrian paper suits will soon appear in the United States as a lower cost clothing option. The department of commerce has sent cable orders for samples, to be displayed in district and co operative offices in major cities if inquiries reflect demand.
Denver aug 7 striking tramway trainmen vote to end the strike if allowed to return en masse and eject strikebreakers. they task counsel with talks with company officials while central manager hilds says the company will decide its hires and keep imported workers. meanwhile denver endures military rule with 250 soldiers and 500 en route after two days of violence leaving three dead in last night’s riot. west frankfort meanwhile reports sporadic rioting and the death of louis carrari aged 40.
Oil pipelines in Louisiana have been designated common carriers under a new law, bringing them under the state railroad commission oversight. The change ends a long dispute between Standard Oil of Louisiana and North Louisiana independents who argued over carrier status. The law defines common carriers as entities transporting crude petroleum for hire with no discrimination among oil owners or shippers.
In Copenhagen on August 7 King Christian received Schleswigian hostages freed by Prussia. The spokesman decried German calls to quash Danish identity, while the King urged reconciliation and turning from old injustices. He emphasized not returning evil for evil and working toward unity.
Fragmentary OCR lists liabilities total two million dollars and names bank staff including W Brennan, cashier A L Vidaurri, assistant cashier and J R Fasnacht, assistant cashier.
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