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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1922
Page
11
Prominent city official L. Villegas asks the public to curb gunfire on Christmas and New Year nights after last year's disruptive incidents. Special policemen will be assigned to maintain order, and anyone using firearms or damaging property will face full legal penalties.
December 13 1577 Francis Drake sailed from Plymouth on a voyage around the world. 1784 Dr Samuel Johnson died in London born Sept 18 1709. 1809 William A Beach born at Saratoga Springs NY June 28 1884. 1862 Fredericksburg battle ends in Federal defeat. 1886 Charles M Croswell born Newburg NY Oct 31 1825 and later Michigan governor. 1894 Ute Indians return to Colorado. 1898 Ladies of foreign legations in Pekin welcomed by Dowager Empress. 191 coal mine disaster at Stone City Kansas kills twenty miners.
Joseph Conrad, now sixty five, has shifted from novels to drama. His first play just opened in London and drew attention for its strong reception. Born a Pole, naturalized British, he began sea life before turning to writing in 1895.
United States of America v. One Aeroplane. In the Southern District of Texas at Laredo, a Curtiss aeroplane is seized under a libel and condemnation action. Interested parties must appear December 20, 1922, at 10:00 a.m. to claim or dispute the forfeiture and proceeds.
London telegraph reports from India show 3360 deaths due to wild animals in 1921, a sharp rise from 683 the prior year. The statistics list India as worst affected with major fatalities among rural populations.
In Oceana the society editor Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt announces contact via telephone number 70 for society news and event tips.
The Woman's Missionary Society will hold a Christmas bazaar in the Methodist Church parlors starting at 3 PM with a program at 7:30 PM. The Missionary Society of the Christian Church meets at Mrs. G C Hiatt's home at 2 PM. W M A Circles hold regular afternoon meetings.
The long mixed notice describes an application for an order of sale of estate land in Webb County Texas. It names Salvador Villazon as administrator for M H Rodriguez deceased and lists several land tracts with tracts and acreages. The hearing is set for the next term starting January 1923 at the Webb County Court House in Laredo.
Younger Household department officials urge converting the Akasaka detached palace where the Prince of Wales stayed into a permanent Prince Regent dwelling. They propose a Buckingham-like remodel with half for the Regent and half for guests, plus a new Japanese building for Princess Nagako. Other officials favor Kasumigaseki Palace for simplicity and economy, leaving Meiji era intentions aside.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is praised for soothing relief and prompt cures. It is favored by mothers of young children for colds croup and whooping cough and is noted as free from opium and harmful drugs.
The text credits Eliot Yale as the founder of Yale College and notes he was said to be among the first in England to conduct a sale by auction. The fragment also mentions the development of the right side muscles of the eye wetter, a garbled phrase likely from OCR error.
Hotel guests listed include Mrs Tf Lomax of Mexico and many others from San Antonio Houston Fort Worth San Diego San Francisco Mexico City and more. Names such as J Mason Fred F E Cole and wife J B Burns Gen PP Burnett MaK Bailey Juan Olivares and family and S Lozano appear among the arrivals with multiple U S cities represented.
The Associated Press reports Hawaii may see pineapples rivaling sugar as the island’s top crop. Pineapple income this year is about 22.6 million dollars versus 81.5 million from sugar. Plantations expand acreage to 36,000 with yields rising 50 to 19 percent aided by new paper mulching methods reducing cultivation needs.
The house appropriations committee reports a naval bill urging President Harding to seek wider limits on construction of smaller warships and aircraft. It calls for negotiations with Britain France Italy and Japan to cap vessels 19 000 tons and under. The bill also favors reorganizing the services into a national defense department and lists an enlisted force of 65 000 for the coming year with a $293.8 million budget.
Armour Lee Phillips, husband of the convicted hammer murderer Clara Phillips, who escaped from jail on December 5, plans to return in a few days to his former home in Houston, Texas. He was detained after the escape but convinced authorities of his ignorance of the affair.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that holding a Texas National Guard commission does not disqualify judicial officers. Archie Dailey is remanded to Hill County officers on habeas corpus. Virgil Midler of Anderson County had a five year sentence for criminal assault affirmed.
President Alfredo Zayas opens the new congress with a claim of vast iron and copper resources in Cuba. He notes Amatahambre copper mines yielded 84,352 tons of 22 percent copper in the first half of the fiscal year and says prospecting for oil and minerals continues in Pinar del Rio.
The Manville Brothers presented The Man From Texas to a fair crowd last night despite bad weather. Tonight they plan Maggie and Jiggs adapted from Bringing Up Father, promising a record attendance as readers enjoy the cartoons.
Lausanne December 13 Turkey refused to designate any part as a national home for Armenians. Jamer Pasha warned such a move could dismember Turkey. Israelo remained opposed to minority regulation by an international commission. The minorities issue was sent to a sub commission after lengthy debate. Lord Curzon warned that world sympathy would sour if the conference failed over minority treatment.
Georges Clemenceau wartime French premier sails for home on the steamship Paris and says he will return only as a ghost. He closed his tour with a short speech before the American committee for devastated France and appeared in good health and spirits. He delivered 16 addresses urging the United States to resume participation in European affairs.
Paris reports the French cabinet approves Premier Poincare's reparations approach after his London conference briefing. It backs his planned declarations to the chamber on Friday and anticipates a request for freedom in negotiations and in seizure of pledges under the Versailles treaty if no settlement is reached before January 15.
The supreme court held that a county commissioners court may determine if a city needs another justice court and may establish the court and appoint a judge pending election. The ruling reverses C. T. Williams of Breckenridge in a case seeking fees tied to Place 2, Precinct 1 establishment.
One year ago today delegates from the United States Great Britain Japan and France signed a treaty concerning visual possessions in the Pacific region marking a formal agreement among the nations involved.
Tokio reports enormous domestic production plus about three million tons of fertilizers imported yearly valued at around 17 million yen. Bean cake leads imports with over a million tons brought into Japan each year.
A report notes a new project and related purchases totaling about the same amount as prior expenditures. Details on parties involved are unclear due to partially readable text.
Fort Worth Texas reports that S. W. Metcher and family of Brandon Hill County along with Pletcher and family suffered poisoning after eating poisoned potatoes. They are expected to recover as investigators seek those responsible. No arrests have been made and bloodhounds were brought to aid the search.
The Texas cotton condition report notes a disastrous year with floods droughts and record heat. Heavy spring rains boosted production temporarily but drought and heat limited insect pressure and overall yield. The report cites FLON Gravy as federal cotton statistician commenting on the season's impact.
Five men charged with murder faced trial in Marion as Otis Clark allegedly vowed to kill all non union workers at the Lester mine. Prosecutors say Clark and Oscar Howard shot Superintendent McDowell in the Herrin mine killings case.
The forecast from the Weather Bureau predicts unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with possible rain and a rising temperature. Fort Montosa observations show a max of 76 and a min of 45 degrees with a southeast wind and cloudy skies.
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