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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1923
Page
7
Governor Davidson orders all state forces to stop mob violence across towns. Rangers are sent to various parts of the state with authority to quell unrest. Two victims of a mob at Port Arthur are reported. details on the injured remain sparse.
The Associated Press reports nearly half an inch of rain fell in Dallas, cooling temperatures after a heat wave. East Texas saw good rains, while far northern and western areas reported showers. Abilene had limited showers with a low temperature in weeks. Cars in Wichita Falls received varying precipitation, and Sweetwater noted rain in areas south and west. In Austin, Acting Governor Davidson ordered steps to quell disturbances in Ranger towns and to investigate whippings and kidnappings, with Rangers dispatched to tense areas and sheriff investigations ongoing.
Actress Marie Wainwright, longtime lead supporter of Edwin Booth and Matilda Salvini, died yesterday in Scranton Pennsylvania. Word reached New York today through the Actors Guild confirming her passing.
Beaumont Tex Aug 18 A formal complaint charging murder was filed against R B Brown in connection with the Thursday shooting death of Port Arthur detective B A Harris Deputy Sheriff Carl Kennedy filed the complaint as six Port Arthur men held in connection with the case were released amid tense emotions in Port Arthur Texas.
Associated Press report from Galveston Aug 18 states locomotive explosion on a Santa Fe extra freight between Algoa and Alvin badly injured Conductor FE Cannon and Fireman Huling Parker, killed Engineer T A Abrams, and slightly injured brake man S L Tucker.
Slight earthquakes were felt in Messina Sicily causing little damage. The population, already camping in the open since the disturbance on Thursday, remained alarmed but unhurt.
Fire at the General Petroleum company property in San Pedro caused an estimated 31 million dollars in damage. Flames were guarded by soldiers, firemen, police and volunteers, with firefighters believing the blaze has subsided. Superintendent Juh Martin said the fire likely originated from an incendiary act.
Houston Aug 18 gas price cut from 19 to 18 cents announced by Associated Press. Companies said the reduction was not a price war but due to accumulated stocks.
A typhoon struck Hong Kong harbor causing many deaths and sweeping ships to the depths. The British submarine EG and steamship Ming Sang sank with only a few survivors. Harbor communications are cut and police and soldiers guard the waterfront.
Hutchinson Kansas the patrolman Ed Cunningham was shot in the head today while trying to arrest a negro suspect. The assailant escaped and a posse is pursuing him. Cunningham is reported in critical condition.
Austin Texas Aug 18 Dividends from the state guaranty bank fund totaling nearly 500000 will be paid by the state banking department over the next month, Bank Commissioner Chapman announced. The funds will go to banks that contributed this year to cover losses of insolvent banks.
An automobile load of police hurried to the Hermitage plant of the Kingen Company after reports of a gathering of negroes following the shooting death of John Harris the previous night by foreman Nathaniel Goodwyn. An attempted attack on foreman Satterwhite, mistaken for Goodwyn, followed.
After the former Bulgarian premier Stambuliski died, Sofia women began ordering new long dresses and high heel shoes, following his decree that dresses be worn long and that shoes have flat heels. Police were told to enforce the regulations, and shops cannot meet the demand.
The Census Bureau reports July cotton usage at 467 578 bales of lint and 44 775 bales of linters, compared with June totals of 542 166 lint bales and 49 935 linters and July last year’s 453 022 lint and 55 502 linters.
John Barton Payne and Charles Warren passed through Houston en route to Washington from Mexico where they conferred with representatives of President Obregon on recognition terms. Warren said the conferences’ decision is entirely agreeable with the Mexican government.
Eamon de Valera the Republican leader was arrested at an inn on Wednesday while addressing a political meeting and arrived in Dublin today with National troops. He was taken to the military barracks and will be moved to Mountjoy prison.
Immigrants in the Pittsburgh district lament that weekly incomes fall short of expenditures. A Ambridge settler boasted that European savings for a year could buy a hat suit and shoes, yet in Ambridge his week’s savings outfitted him head to foot.
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