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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1913
Page
7
In a St Peters church service Bishop Nussbaum corrected vows for eight sisters from perpetual to annual, renewed for five years. Local notes report no rail bridges burned as rumors claimed, trains ran on schedule despite chatter.
Train service between Laredo and Monterey is established with regularity and aims to run on schedule soon. The Monterey to Nuevo Laredo train arrived on time for the first time since traffic resumed. Passengers from across Mexico, including Mexico City, are routing through Laredo, and mail and freight service are fully restored with full cargoes on southern trains.
Professor Robert J Potts of Texas A M College has completed data collection and drafted specifications for a proposed good roadway from city limits to the county line. He submitted the report to Webb County commissioners, who met in special session. Action on the plan is expected this afternoon.
President Wilson declared armed intervention in Mexico is neither possible nor probable and said he would outline his Mexican policy before night. He is expected to refuse recognition of Huerta and extend arms import rights to the constitutionalists. Secretary Bryan announced ambassador Henry L. Wilson’s resignation effective October 14, and Bryan cancelled Bryan’s chautauqua engagements due to other urgent affairs. In Dallas two officers were dispatched to Montague to take charge of a man held on insanity tech charges who may have information on Florence Brown's murder.
The Catholic party convened in Mexico City to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Foreign Minister Pedro Lascurain, who served under Madero, is expected to head the ticket.
The rebellion in southern China is practically over with independence declared provinces nullified. Canton artillerymen killed officers and looted the treasury before marching to government offices. Some fighting remains along the West River as government forces claim victory.
Local reports warn laborers against being lured to better paying jobs by misleading claims. Cotton plantations attract Mexican laborers with promises of higher wages, while army worm and boll weevil damage reemerges along lines to San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Yields vary, with some farmers expecting up to a bale per acre, others much less. Also notes a Christian Church music program and the start of the seventh annual convention of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance in Atlanta with delegates from 421 locals.
Baltimore welcomes two thousand delegates and vast numbers of visitors for the Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles annual gathering. The event features business sessions, a street parade, a Mardi Gras pageant, a Chesapeake Bay excursion, and other entertainments across the week.
An advertisable notice inviting readers to subscribe to THE TIMES, highlighting opportunities and affordability at 50 cents per month.
Farmers state contentment with bales per 55 acres or per 6 to 10 acres, while conditions vary between here and San Antonio. Central Texas yields are lower than a month ago, indicating a reduced Texas cotton crop and weaker promises than before.
Washington D C Aug 4 Aboard all craft in the Avenue Cutter service from Bering Sea to the Maine Coast officers and crews today formally celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the establishment of the service The ships are full dressed in uniform mustered on the main deck and executive officers read a brief history of the revenue cutter service.
Advertisement urges relief for a stiff neck or lame back from a cool draft by using Ballard's Snow Liniment. It claims it’s the best pain remedy available with prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle, sold by druggists.
Jefferson City Mo Aug 4 The State pardon board examined a lengthy petition seeking clemency for Herman Kretschmar of St Louis jailed eighteen years for killing his business partner Clarence N Jones The case has drawn notice from Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley a boyhood friend of the convict.
Jamestown N Y Aug 4 The Council of Women for Home Missions opened a conference representing nine boards and societies at Chautauqua today and will continue for a week Discussants will cover administration and development of church work and related boards.
The Alarcon band, a new local group, played last evening from 6 to 8:30 at Martin Plaza. The program featured fine selections and a promenade along the plaza. Plans linger to recruit citizen support for three open air concerts weekly, contingent on sufficient subscriptions.
Victoria B Aug 4 Victoria hosts its first carnival drawing a large crowd. A program spanning the week features a naval and military tournament historic parades and pageants athletic events yachting rowing motor boat and swimming contests among the highlights.
Associated Press reports Texas state senate privileges and elections committee reviewing the Oliver Contes contest in the first district after returns show a 24 vote lead. A motion to swear in Contes was halted by a point of order claiming an election certificate had been received.
The Balkan states agreed on a three days extension of the armistice to reconcile differences in the claims of various states. The move follows discussions at Bucharest with the Associated Press reporting from Roumania on August 4.
Glasgow report details a deadly Cadder Colliery blaze in which twenty four miners died. Only one man escaped, with the tragedy attributed to the burning pit and the Associated Press dispatch notes the disaster on August 4.
Under King George's patronage a global conference on infant welfare and mortality prevention opened at Caxto Hall in London. Medical leaders have arrived to join the International Medical Congress, which begins its sessions next Thursday.
In Boston on August 4 the national convention of the Knights of Columbus began with a meeting of the supreme directors. Delegates will visit Lexington and Concord, and the regular sessions start tomorrow. A special high mass will be held at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross before the opening.
A Snow Hill North Carolina man recounts severe dysentery starting mid July with weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds and two months of illness. After using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, two bottles provided permanent relief. For sale by all dealers.
Interstate Commerce Commission ordered rate reductions that will cost express companies about 26 million dollars annually, roughly 16 percent of gross revenue, to take effect October 15. Notable reforms in practices were also ordered. The agencies contend parcel post already halved their income from small package carriage.
Postmaster General Burleson announced a higher maximum weight for parcel post from 11 to 20 pounds and stated that sharp rate reductions will follow. The order becomes effective on August 1st.
Associated Press reports from Austin on August 4 that Governor Colquitt withdrew the nominations of Prison Commissioners Brahan and Little from the Senate for confirmation. It was not clear if he would re-submit them later.
Senator Myers of Montana declared the tariff reform bill benefits are uneven for the West and accused lawmakers of graft, saying the region does not fear the bill but demands its fair share of advantages.
London reports the British peerage lines up three nonagenarian members. The Earl of Wemyss marks his ninety fifth birthday, with Lord Strathcona aged ninety three serving as High Commissioner for Canada, and the Duke of Grafton born in 1822, who became duke in 1882.
Dodge City Kas four to ten thousand acres of short grain land in Hamilton County south of the Arkansas River were opened to public settlement today. The land, formerly in Government forest reserve, is largely suitable for grazing and wheat farming.
San Francisco August 4 The Caminetti Diggs white slave case drawing wide attention for allegations that political influence sought to delay DOJ proceedings will go to trial tomorrow in U S district court before Judge William C Van Fleet.
Bucklen Amica Salve is sold for 25 cents at Reed Drug Store. Chamberlain of Clinton Maine praises its rapid pain removal on cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. He says it robs other remedies of their terror and is an equal healing remedy.
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