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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1923
Page
7
Close friends of President Harding, noting no direct statement, say he has no plan to meet Brooklyn’s demand for an extra session. They emphasize no intention to call Congress back, reflecting his cautious stance.
The British note on reparations was received at the foreign office in Paris with secrecy promised by officials. In Washington the State Department said the text would not be made public and the subject could not be discussed.
By Associated Press report from San Diego dated July 21, the jury acquitted Dr. Louis Jacobs, who was charged with the January murder of Miss Fritzi Mann.
In Seneca Falls the National Woman's Party adopted without dissent a resolution urging Congress to pass a constitutional amendment in December granting women full equality. Miss Alice Paul presented the resolution. In Dallas Eddie Stokes, serving a five year term for highway robbery, escaped in the county jail injuring a prisoner and resisting jailers. Frank Callahan, a federal prisoner, was struck with a coat bar and badly hurt.
Three nurses Miss Annan Schmidt Miss Theresa Borman of Austin and Miss Ida Damarrow were injured when their automobile overturned near Lockhart. All are in serious condition. Miss Damarrow is not expected to recover.
The Baptist World Alliance begins its third congress in Stockholm with leaders from Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa gathering. Delegates total several thousand as the body plans a new declaration of Baptist principles and a stance on key world issues.
The U S president and party, en route from Cordova to Sitka, show no intention to call Congress into extraordinary session. While no direct statement is made, supporters say he has no plans to heed Senator Brookhart's demand for an extra session as the group travels through Alaska.
Mexico City July 24 The plan to accord full military honors to the funeral of Francisco Villa, the former rebel chieftain killed yesterday, was halted as Villa's name was not on official military rolls or government records, an official War Department announcement said.
The article reports on a miners dispute linked to the Herrin calamity with President Frank Farrington of the Illinois mine workers filing a brief to the United States Coal Commission in response to the National Coal Association. It marks the Miners' president first formal statement on Herrin.
A parliamentary mission led by Manuel Juledon or Opergio Ositena will depart for Washington within a fortnight to brief President Harding on the Philippine political dispute that led to the resignation of key government officials. Quezon leads the administration’s elite group under Governor General Wood, with plans to seek a clear policy and governor general guidelines if endorsed.
Sherman Texas July 2 Promoter announces United States Senator Joseph W Bailey has canceled all summer speaking appearances due to illness. He was to address the Gray County settlers reunion in August but reports dizziness over the past few days.
In Lausanne on July 21 Joseph Grew and Ismat Pasha meet repeatedly with American and Turkish experts but show no progress on disputed treaty points. Turks maintain a rigid stance, mirroring their attitude toward the allies during lengthy negotiations.
Joehnson of Childress was arrested by Fort Worth and Denver Railway special officers on a complaint charging arson. Lary Woody was reported arrested in Detroit. Both accused of setting fire to box cars causing destruction of one car.
An anonymous letter arrived for Judge N A Sinclair in Lumberton North Carolina advising him to use influence to exonerate three men charged with flogging two white women. The letter was received on July 21 while the trial was in session.
Wausau Wis July 21 family of Mary Lawando expected to appear in court when the girl is arraigned for a club attack on her stepmother Mrs Walter Lawando and to ask for leniency county officials say. The girl had not posted 1500 bail and hid eight days in a swamp after the attack.
Special advices report Captain Erhardt, head of the 1920 Kapp Putsch, has reached Hungary after escaping Leipzig prison on July 18. He is said to have crossed the frontier hidden in a car.
Mrs. Myrtle Wortham woke to a man trying to choke her in bed last night. a struggle scared the intruder away. Police believe robbery was the motive in the Dallas break in.
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