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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
2
Friday readers see women with rights and clubs not rushing blindly to vote. They study party principles, mark ballots, and resist following husbands. Senator Hart campaigns for Tennessee ratification while party lines blur amid Democratic and Republican leaders.
The Socialist president criticizes wartime legislation and Debs imprisonment while claiming government overhauls are needed. He argues the remedy is to transfer government assets and wealth to the people, condemning private railroad ownership despite wartime failures.
Winnipeg hosts the Dominion Tennis Championship as top players from the East and West arrive for the event. The tournament promises a large field and notable competitions, with events concluding next week and elaborate visitor arrangements in place.
President de la Huerta issued orders in Mexico City suspending public gambling across Tamaulipas and Coahuila with immediate effect. Jefe de armas in Nuevo Laredo confiscated roulette monte and crap tables, enforcing the ban citywide. Telegraphic instructions directed rapid compliance and warned gambling houses to close, affecting Nuevo Laredo Matamoros Tampico Victoria Piedras Negras and other towns. The move follows a nationwide crackdown and is reported as fully implemented.
The notice details new freight charges effective August 26 with increases across commodities including indane, Curt, sugar, lard, and other items shipped to San Antonio. It cites a table of old and new rates, estimates percentage increases, and notes regional impact with Western division adjustments. Mrs Isora R. Andrews invites interested parties to see her at Pender Hall until Saturday.
Webb county’s highway project along Highway No 12 from Chacon Creek to Zapata county line proceeds under County Highway Engineer J G Rollins. W T Montgomery of San Antonio and Kroeger Basye of San Antonio lead grading and bridge work with 32 teams total. About three quarters of the road graded ready for graveline. Construction to Laredo and toward San Antonio continues as crews lay pipes and culverts toward the Zapata county line.
Seymour Stedman of Chicago issues a formal statement from Socialist Party headquarters outlining the party position on wartime policy and postwar aims. He defends self determination, warns against a League of Nations dominated by international capital, and pledges to transform capitalism into a cooperative society.
Iste Janis, debuting in A Regular Girl at the Strand, faces grueling make-up rules at Selznick Studios. After twenty years on the stage she balks at the yellow paste and green pencil liner, finding the camera’s demands harsher than any prior ritual.
Moser Auto Co operatives, formed by Joe and Agron Moser, will handle General Motors line in Laredo including Reo and Chevrolet cars and trucks. The business opened today in the former Laredo Auto Sales Co quarters opposite the Hamilton Hotel.
The piece argues that wartime taxes exhaust mental and bodily energy and warns of signs of overstrain. It urges concentrated effort and self care to prevent breakdown under high rates of speed and stress.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a drug promotion touting Sensapersa to rebuild nerves and improve daily resilience within ten days. It advertises two sizes priced about one dollar and lists a Druggist and a Drug Co as sources.
Classified brief notes a 28 percent return item labeled Money Makers at 6898 with scant context. No further details on product or terms provided.
The San Antonio Express reports Geo. Ricardo Gonzales failed in a bid to seize Nuevo Laredo and later sought U S immigration officials. Officials questioned why he married three times upon reaching San Antonio, citing a marriage in Bam Antonio and a travel papers mix up. A caution order seeks necessary travel documents as authorities probe ties to Mexico and the alleged large diamond ring.
The text notes Gen Pablo Gonzales visiting from Mexico and Laredo, with his brother mentioned and a tremor attributed. It reports authorities detaining him on suspicion of rebel movement, while stating his visit is routine and may include a trip to New York. References to Galbraith in the tenth Cavalry and U S Army movements near Fort Sam Houston suggest overland patrols and encampments as troops rest before proceeding.
The speaker denounces wartime laws and capitalist control stressing the need for social ownership and workers’ control of production. He links the postwar era to rising class conflict and calls for immediate nationalization of railroads mines mills and land to avert capitalist despotism.
Onsite a number of distinguished Mexican officials are passing through Laredo these days. Tonight's train from the southward will bring a party en route to foreign posts and one headed to San Francisco, with station in the United States. A marriage license issued since last report: Antonio Coronado and Miss Delfina Coronado. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Center at their home Wednesday evening. Rialto Theater offered Love Without Question with Olive Tell. today and tomorrow Stewart Holmes in The Sins of the Children. A California oil field postcard from Los Angeles dated August 3 invites Start up the Yosemite Valley tomorrow. Imports through the port of Skeno yesterday: one carload of cotton seed cake, two carloads of ore, one carload of baskets and four carloads of Ixtle.
Lic Jesus Uruetu the new envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Mexico to Argentina accompanies his wife and four children from Mexico City. Xavier Sorondo second secretary of the Mexican embassy in Argentina arrives with his mother and sister. Julio Jimenez second secretary of the Mexican legation in Uruguay comes with his wife. Leonardo Urueta third secretary of the Mexican delegation in Uruguay arrives with his wife. Roberto Pesquiera financial agent of the Mexican government in the United States travels with them. They depart Laredo tonight and proceed north to their posts abroad. Pesquiera heads to San Francisco.
The 60 horsepower motor for the Laredo Cotton Gin Co plant arrived this morning from Dallas after a long delay. A crew began installing the motor and ginning operations were announced to start tomorrow at dawn. Initially about eighteen hours of daily operation were planned, with a later shift to run day and night to process incoming cotton.
A letter to R L Bobbitt of Hicks Hicks Dickson Bobbitt announced Hon Marshall Hicks, senior member of the firm, was suddenly ill Wednesday night and operated on yesterday afternoon at the P S Hospital in San Antonio. The operation addressed a trouble from adhesion after an old appendicitis operation and was successful. Friends hope for a speedy recovery.
Army surplus sale lists 20000 Army shoes 1000 wool shirts 300 cotton mattresses and many other items 1000 pairs ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture located at 1701 Hidalgo St sale details shown in brief classified style.
A historical note argues for fundamental economic reforms to meet social problems. It urges peaceful readjustment, a call from a figure named Avanta to Washington, and invites workers to respond with a sincere pledge. It blends political rhetoric with liberation imagery and a signature.
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