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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1920
Page
21
A passenger on the La Savoie of the French line is identified as Le Compress de Turenne visiting friends in the country. The note places a French countess among travelers and hints at social ties during the voyage.
Our Daily Birthday Party notes commemorative birthdays of noted figures on August 11. Kijuro Shidehara the Japanese ambassador to the United States born in Oseku fu 48 years ago today Hale Holden head of several railroads born in Kansas City 51 years ago today Farl Brewer former governor of Mississippi born in Carrollton County Miss 50 years ago today Joseph Weber famous actor and theater manager born in New York City 58 years ago today.
Hon Arthur Meighen opens his political campaign with a Belleville speech. Aaron S Watkins to be notified of Prohibition nomination at Germantown home. Franklin D Roosevelt begins Chicago tour toward the Pacific coast. Knights De l Ep ee convenes in Milwaukee. Anti-Saloon League committee to meet in Birmingham to publish Harding Cox records. Pocahontas bearing Maj Gen Gorgas body arrives in New York. interment at Arlington.
Trustee I F M Rameau will auction two promissory notes totaling 50 000 dollars and a one half share in the El Centenario mine in Mexico. The sale, by order of Judge Scott, is set for August 14 1920 in Webb County Texas in Laredo. Proceeds go to the Forseck bankruptcy estate.
A telegram to District Attorney John A Walls from R L Bobbitt in San Antonio reports Hon Marshall Hicks, stricken and operated on several days ago, is fast recovering and will soon be up and about. Gratifying news to Hicks's many friends in Laredo.
Washington D C Aug 11 The Fifteenth International Congress Against Alcoholism will convene in this city next month bringing together liquor trade figures from many countries. It will be the first non European venue in thirty years and aims to study alcoholism without advocacy, offering statistics to aid eradication of alcoholic stimulants.
An irritable fault finding disposition is often caused by indigestion. A man with good digestion and regular bowels is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels.
Billings prepares for the Montana Elks association annual convention starting tomorrow. Delegations from across the state attend a three day meeting with planned entertainment for delegates and accompanying ladies amid flag decorated streets.
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt society editor chronicles midweek events The Heights Civic Club meets at Loma Vista at 8 pm for playground movement interest Horace and Mrs Watson host a 530 pm Richter farm splash in honor of friends Thursday Circle A W A U Baptist Church meets with Mrs A H Miller at 430 pm Circle D WMU meets with Mrs H L Guinn at 5 pm
Morning returnees from San Antonio mark a quiet period with Sunbeam Band meetings suspended until September. Circle B W M A will pause August gatherings and resume in September. Christian Endeavor held a lawn social at Henry Ward's home with thirty five youths enjoying lawn games and an ice cream cake refreshment course. Mrs P P Leyendecker Jr hosted a splash party at Bella Vista honoring Alice Maltzberger of Cotulla with swimming dancing and a picnic. Guests included Alice Maltzberger Merceil Lake Lamar Leyendecker Olivia Schultz Frances Sleeper Marguerite Sleeper Phyllis Bunn Frank Cullinan Pepe Dan Lowry Edward Mullally Aaron Moser H W Moore. Chaperons were Mrs Maltzberger Captain and Mrs Schaffer Mr and Mrs John M Martin Mr and Mrs Peter Leyendecker Jr.
An associate in Boston says Charles Ponzi admitted he is the Montreal financier known as Charles Ponsi. Reports claim he ran a scheme in Montreal thirteen years ago promising large returns. Ponzi denied Montreal links earlier and later refused to speak to reporters.
A hotel man in Dupuyer Montana shares a four year old experience with Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes marvelous results and says he has since recommended it to friends.
Rome reports Italy plans to offset a beet sugar shortage by deploying beehives along railway lines. The National Institute for Agrarian Assistance建议 assigns one hive per railway worker house. If successful, the program will expand to all lines nationwide.
A poetic fragment by Joseph Rodman Drake describes a riverbank scene with wrapping ivy live oaks and a silver blue bird as local social notices list visitors to Waco and surrounding towns. Names include Frances Sleeper Marguerite Sleeper Frank Cullinan Goldmann Morton Rosalie Biggio Minerva O Sell Daugherty Batson Beyette Nell Hutton Carrigan and Mrs. Fish various travel plans and hosts are noted with a mix of travel and guest arrangements.
The Times carries daily weather from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Thursday are expected to be partly cloudy.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m record a max temperature of 100 degrees and a min of 76 degrees. Wind generally from the southeast with clear skies.
A New York trust company has leased a Galata building in Constantinople and will open a general banking business next fall to serve American shipping lines and commercial interests active in Black Sea and Mediterranean trade.
Seoul reports a cholera outbreak in Korea with six hundred deaths and five thousand one hundred twenty five cases. The figures reflect the severity of the epidemic and ongoing public health concerns.
A Budapest newspaper ad offering a "Nice family tombstone" for sale highlights widespread hardship. The piece notes rich families selling rugs, furniture, and jewelry to eat, while some own little beyond heirlooms. Lieutenant Bowden and Davidson of the American Relief Administration selected 4,000 relief parcels from 152,000 intellectual applicants.
Train No 1 of Texas-Mexican departs for Corpus Christi at 9 56 a m Train No 2 from Corpus Christi arrives at 3 35 p m International and Great Northern offers a through fast train to St Louis leaving 9 30 a m arriving 4 p m Night Train departs at 9 p m and arrives at 8 a m
In Dinxperloo a cross border crowd of Germans and Dutch surged through the street as clandestine trade flourished. German authorities report 200000 residents from Rhine and Ruhr regions sought goods at high prices, with one clerk tied to a tree for enforcing rules. Troops restored order and a Dutch manifesto limited private provisions and tight shop control.
The La Fayette wireless station near Bordeaux built by American forces is now operated by France as part of a planned network to reach French colonial points. The eight steel towers rise near the Woolworth Building height, weigh 550 tons each, and the station covers a surface about a mile by a quarter mile. Its range exceeds 13 000 miles, enabling transatlantic communication with New York.
Mademoiselle Legarde of Chambery Savoy receives the annual $5,000 prize for the nearest approach to the Venus de Milo type of beauty. The fund comes from eccentric Chambery millionaire M Carret and the award was not given during the war due to many local women being engaged in war work. Legarde is 24 years old.
Train No 1 runs from Laredo to Minera daily except Sunday departing 8 30 a m arriving 10 20 a m Train No 2 runs from Minera to Laredo daily except Sunday departing 11 00 a m arriving 3 16 p m
American Legion Laredo Post 59 plans a regular meeting at Soldiers Club tomorrow at 8 p.m. Delegates to the Houston state convention, August 23 through 25, will receive final instructions. The athletic committee shares data on continuing sports after baseball season ends as attendance is expected to be large.
Associated Press reports from Washington and Warsaw that Count Lubominski says Poland will request immediate aid from the United States based on assurances in the Italian note. Warsaw dispatch notes plans to concentrate Polish forces for a major counterstroke on the Warsaw front within days to drive Soviet troops from encircling the capital.
Paris reports Russians occupy a 24 mile stretch of rail line from Warsaw to Danzig and press across the Danzig corridor to sever the remaining line. The occupied segment runs from Chechanow to Mlawa, per the French foreign office.
Paris Aug 11 France decided to recognize General Baron Peter Wrangel as head of the de facto government of South Russia. The announcement says recognition implies rendering Wrangel all possible military assistance.
Nashville Aug 11 The Tennessee lower house opened the effort to delay ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment by proposing that consideration be deferred until after a statewide mass meeting on August 21 to gauge public opinion.
From Little Rock Arkansas on August 11 returns show Congressman T H Caraway leading United States Senator W F Kirby for the senatorial nomination by over 9000 votes. McRae leads eight opponents for the governorship.
Paris reports that France increased export earnings from alimentary products by nearly 600,000,000 francs in the first half of the year, despite American prohibition and Britain's higher duties on French wines. The trade balance shifted, with exports of manufactured goods growing to 4,688 millions compared with 1,700 millions in the first half of 1919, while total exports rose 5,096 millions and imports 1,908 millions.
In Chicago on August 11 federal officers conducted a round up of 212 men who failed to register or answer draft summons. United States deputy marshals and FBI agents conducted the search with several business and professional men among those listed as slackers.
Germantown Ohio August 11 Aaron Watkins and Leigh Colgin presidential and vice presidential nominees will be formally notified of their nominations tonight.
Complete unofficial returns from two-thirds of Ohio precincts show Harry S. Davis leading for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by about 19,600 votes over Frank Coler. Former Governor Frank Willis leads for U.S. senator with nearly 30,000 votes over Walter F. Brown.
Worcester Massachusetts August 11 Dean James P Porter of Clark College spends his vacation assisting in clerical duties at a local manufacturing firm. He previously worked as a shipyard laborer last summer and used those observations to inform his college lessons.
In Rome and Florence a boycott on costly dress spreads among aristocratic young men. They wear khaki or blue denim trousers with a simple shirt, skipping jewelry, cravats, silver canes, and expensive hats. Sandals replace shoes as a home-made, affordable outfit trend.
The report notes factory workers in Japan earning an average $4.67 monthly for women, more women than men registering to vote in Wichita Kansas, Finland’s universities opening to women, Maine’s upcoming legislature urged to pass a 48 hour law for women workers, Mrs Orra E Carroll of Little Rock noted as Arkansas first woman bank official, and Lady Rhondda named Hughead's leading businesswoman appointed as a justice of the peace.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages through internal action on the blood. It extols constitutional treatment and offers $100 reward if any case fails to cure, inviting readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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