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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1921
Page
5
From Tuesday's Daily a note marks one year since January 4 when Polish forces surrounded Dvinsk in a fresh push against the Bolsheviks. The brief item underscores a significant eastern front move in the ongoing conflict.
Guatemala City reports Francisco Cardenas, once Mexican general, confessed to commanding the guard in Madero’s 1913 murder and later shot himself in Central Plaza on November 27. He had been imprisoned in Guatemala for years, then released, then recaptured and killed himself amid an attempted escape.
Classified listing in Times Want Ads highlights an eight dollar income opportunity titled Money Makers. No specific date or contact details are provided in the readable text.
An official telegram from Mexico City announced immediate enactment of revised passport regulations. Visas for one to ten day passes drop to two dollars, border permits within ten miles of the boundary become free, while regulation visas and passports retain their prices. Residents crossing the Rio Grande gain greatly from free border permits, with Washington issued passports still costing ten dollars.
Norma Talmadge says temperament is absurd and harmful, praising steady work as a cure. Her photoplay Yes or No plays at the Strand today and tomorrow, amid comments on actors and temperament, and the importance of staying busy in the profession.
Wanda Hawley headlines the melodrama Her First Elopement at the Royal after Mary Miles Minter’s Sweet Lavender was unavailable. Manager Valdez substituted Hawley, a rising cinema favorite, in a program also featuring The Devil's Passkey at Rialto with sensational lines about Parisian society.
The Junior Auxiliary meets at the Rectory at 4 PM and the Sunbeam Band gathers at the church at 4 PM. Miriam Chapter 86 OB S meets at Masonic Hall at 8 PM Wednesday. Parish Guild assembles at the Rectory at 3:30 PM. Numerous residents return from holidays and plan reentries to colleges and universities in San Antonio Searcy Corpus Christi Belton Austin and Laredo. travelers include Lieut. Snyder at Fort Sill and Dr. H J Hamilton’s friends.
Three members of the 17th Infantry Regiment named W Regal W Garvey and G Jackson are in the county jail charged with assaults on officers on information filed by the district attorney. Four other soldiers H Legett T C Kelly W Grimward and L G Kerr are jailed on liquor law violations for possessing booze.
A busy period includes visits by Mr and Mrs Ernest Vidales and Miss Josephine Guajardo to San Antonio, a Baptist week of prayer at 3 pm daily, and a Presbyterian church supper on Thursday at 7 30 pm to honor new officers. A humorous Nilarious baseball game between the Sis Hopkinses and Rotarians drew praise for planning, crowd spirit, and Vick's vapor rule for afterwards.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans, relayed by The Times, calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am show a max temperature of 78 degrees and a min of 45 degrees. Winds are from the northeast with clear conditions continuing.
A collage of curious notes: scrap ships scrapped since the Armistice, San Martin as first wireless ship in 1897, blind children dreamless, hotels bought for offices, Eiffel Tower time signals, free handkerchiefs for London children, Icelanders count Christmas Days, a circus lioness attack, Irish MPs pledge to the Irish Government, shark leather for boots, Hungarian profiteers paraded, bay tree lightning defense, and ominous bay tree prophecies.
Washington January 4 Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia supreme court sustained the government's objections to packers plans for divorcement of stock yards holdings under the agreed decree. The court ruled a plan must provide early and complete divorceme nt of all obnoxious holdings and that the decree may be enforced by receivership and sale if no suitable plan is offered.
Angora reported that the national assembly of the Turkish Nationalist government has issued a call for all Mussulmans aged 20 to 80 to join the colors. The order signals broad mobilization amid ongoing conflicts in the region.
The trial of J. M. Ellis a former Stephens county deputy sheriff and ex ranger began today in Breckenridge. Ellis part of a raiding party. A. B. Lockhart was shot to death during the raid on November 16.
Washington reporters note four eclipses in 1921 two solar two lunar none of the solar events visible in North America. The April 8 annular sun eclipse misses the U S and Canada while the April 22 total lunar eclipse will be visible across North America and much of the Americas. An October 1 total solar eclipse is not seen locally but may draw expeditions to South America. The final October 16 partial lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe Africa and Asia with only the end seen in North America.
State of Ohio records show Frank J. Cheney asserting his firm F J Cheney Co will pay $100 for each uncurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason witnessed the oath dated December 6, 1886. The ad promises testimonials and directs readers to ascribe the remedy to systemic blood action.
Washington Jan 4 the resolution reviving the war finance corporation became law today with readoption by the house over President Wilsons veto. The vote 250 to 66 with three voting present. Senate finance committee moved to oppose overriding Wilsons veto on suspending Section 10 of the Clayton act prohibiting railroads from purchasing from interlocking directors firms. New legislation will be considered as a substitute.
Finance committee opened discussion on the Forney emergency tariff bill at a meeting called by Senator Penrose, the committee chair. Observers say the bill’s prospects in the Senate remain unchanged despite Pennsylvania's senator rejoining the chamber.
The Treasury Department announced a $192,422,075 drop in the public debt for December 1920. Total gross debt stood at $20,082,224,168 on December 1, down from $24,175,156,244 on November 30.
In Meredian Mississippi on January 4 a mob of about 200 men abducted Robert Lewis and lynched him after he was charged with killing T. W. Greer, a railroad watchman, removing the case from police custody.
A fire in Austin on January 4 caused damage to the university commons building, a wooden campus cafeteria, estimated at over $5,000. The blaze started over a heated pan of grease and the structure housed student dining facilities.
The cardinal's condition has improved enough for him to return home. He had a restful night after nearly a month away and is described as doing very well.
The civil case of Martiniano Garza versus Francisco J. Martinez for damages was called for trial in district court yesterday before a jury. Testimony was ongoing at noon today and the case may take several days to settle.
Fort Worth Texas January 4 Representative Wallace Malone of Tarrant county will offer in Austin January 11 legislation to modify the suspended sentence law and provide a World War I bonus for Texans who served. The measures are included in the package Malone announced today.
The Associated Press reports that Tokio ranks seventh globally with a population of 2,147,190. Osaka follows as the second city with 1,248,056, though Osaka's suburbs are not included in the Tokyo total.
A note drawn in 1880 for 160000 yen found in an iron pot in 1917 was upheld as valid by the Yokohama District Court. Mitsui Bank was ordered to pay the holder, Mr. Yasutaro Murakami, the face value plus accrued interest.
Craweow Poland Jan 4 four soldiers were shot for stealing nine sacks of American flour from army supplies. A fifth soldier received prison time after being court martialed for a minor role. The executions followed a Diet law passed last year making theft from the army a capital offense.
Catholic bishops of Germany issue a pastoral letter urging unity in a campaign against vice. They target immorality in theaters, cinemas, and restaurants with dancing and lax dress. Women are urged to help curb "shameful" dress and guard daughters from loose thinking and careless living amid postwar decay.
Lansing Jan 4 The Michigan state legislature to convene tomorrow will be an all Republican body in both the senate and house for the first time in years with no Democratic representation after the November clean sweep.
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