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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1920
Page
11
London marks fifty years since Charles Dickens died at Gad's Hill on June 9 1870 as readers worldwide recall his influence. The Dickens Fellowship organized tributes with pilgrimages to his burial site Gad's Hill his birthplace in Portsmouth and his home God’s Wilk.
Mrs. Violet S Oberfeldt edits social news detailing the Wednesday Auction Bridge Club gathering hosted by Mrs J W Brewster at 9 30 am and a Thursday porch party for the same club with prizes won by Mrs Alphonse Wormser and Mrs A Vidaurri. Attendees include numerous local ladies and guests while other items cover society travel, engagements, community singing, and Flag Day plans at Fort McIntosh.
Shirley Mason headlines the Fox drama Love's Harvest at the Royal Theatre tomorrow. The story follows a fifteen year old girl whose dying father marries her off to a stranger, with Paris and New York settings and co stars Raymond McKee and Edwin Booth Tilton.
Today’s anniversaries recount notable births and events from history. Eugene Hale born in Turner Maine in 1836, Louis Batthyany interred in Pesth in 1870, Bertha von Suttner Nobel laureate born or died dates, Sultan of Zanzibar London tour 1875, Russian legation at the Vatican 1896, Roosevelt peace appeal to Japan and Russia in 1905.
A Richmond obituary notes the death of a Virginia born writer Bope 14 1854. It records multiple Chinese provinces withdrawing declarations of independence and pledging loyalty to the Peking government.
Aged misprint voice claims Aminh demands whiskey to quell stomach pain and warns of punishment if refused. The piece asserts a common myth that liquor cures colic and stomach issues, advocating instead medical help and safer remedies.
Webb County surveyor K J Foster returned from Zapata County where he located three drilling sites on a 2 500 acre Garcia Oil Co. lease area of 10 000 acres. Garcia Oil plans 25 wells with three starting immediately and twenty two soon after. Other field players include Miranda Oil Co headed by ex governor W Renfrow and O W Killam, Bor Tex near Laredo, Cactus Oil near Webb, and surrounding firms in Starr County showing signs of oil.
The Webb County Texas County Commissioners Court will meet as a board of equalization at the courthouse in Laredo on Monday June 14 1920 and will continue until the business before the board is disposed of Ex officio Clerk J A Rodriguez.
An Associated Press report from Austin says charges claim Governor Hobby used martial law declaration in Galveston to aid open shop advocates. Senate investigation requested. An audit shows 187 million dollars in over a million warrants paid over 21 years with discrepancies due to accounting system.
Eleven persons were killed and 21 injured when an express train crashed into the rear of a passenger train halted by engine trouble in Schenectady. Most victims were asleep in Pullmans at the rear. Engineer Martin Doyle died at his post.
Fifty years after his death the great novelist Charles Dickens is remembered. Rt Rev Joseph P Lynch Catholic bishop of Dallas celebrates the twentieth anniversary of ordination. The Republican national convention in Chicago moves to its main work. Britain’s national museum of World War relics opens today at Crystal Palace for four years awaiting a permanent home.
A doctor, about to sign a birth certificate, questions the date as the mother insists the ninth is correct, while the doctor recalls the 27th. The exchange reveals a minor dispute over the newborn’s official birth date.
A photographer tells a client that wage increases and costly materials force a 100 percent price hike. He urges the subject to look a bit more pleasant for the portrait.
Tonight generally fair. Thursday partly cloudy. Forecast provided to The Times by the Telephone Co. Each day the report comes from the Weather Bureau in New Orleans.
The observations for Fort McIntosh cover the 24 hours ending at 7 a m. A high temperature of 90 degrees and a low of 67 degrees are recorded. Winds come from the southeast with clear sky conditions.
Katherine MacDonald, hailed as the world’s most beautiful screen actress, begins a two day engagement at the Royal Theater in the First National feature The Turning Point. Crowded houses witnessed yesterday and last night with more full houses expected today and this evening for the great feature with the famed actress.
Working overnight the credentials committee finished the permanent roll for the Republican convention. They sustained most national committee rulings on contests, seated two Lowden delegates, and added two Lowden men from Missouri. The Texas delegation headed by MacGregor was seated, while Lodge became permanent chairman as the second keynote was avoided. Ideal weather marked the session.
Chicago experts delay final GOP platform as 13 member sub committee works to resolve unresolved points before presenting the plank to the national convention. Most issues are near completion with treaty content settled though details on Mexico and industrial relations remain undecided.
The Republican convention adopted the credentials committee report and made the temporary organization permanent with Senator Lodge as chairman. It approved expanding the executive committee from 10 to 18 members and adding a new assistant secretary, with new seats designated for women. The body heard speeches while awaiting the executive committee report and adjourned until 11 o clock tomorrow morning.
At the Montreal AFL convention, Free Ireland sympathizers opposed the league of nations ratification plan urged by the AFL executive council. The convention adjourned to resume sessions tomorrow.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the Uck eradication law defective in its cattle dipping provisions and deemed the overall statute virtually inoperative, announced in Austin on June 9.
One year ago today on June 9 Premier Clemenceau notified Hungary that attacks on Czech and Slovak populations must cease. Leading New York financiers were summoned as witnesses in the peace treaty leak investigation.
Galveston remains quiet under martial law as 260 provost guard soldiers under Colonel Bloor patrol the city by automobile. No arrests were made last night. The force now totals 950 men and 71 officers deployed in the area.
An actor triumphantly notes the honor of a cigar ban after him. The manager replies that the cigar’s draw is weaker than the actor’s name, implying limited impact.
The column praises Roger Hornsby for stellar defense and hitting with a strong Red Sox rise from Mike McNally and notes the Tigers would clinch if facing the Browns remaining. It covers Brav es fade, Ruth near 1919 home run pace, Schacht’s pitching for Washington, Olson’s tenth season, George Kelly’s mixed batting, and White Sox and Indians’ balance in the pennant race.
Colonel Jorge Borquez commander of the Nuevo Laredo garrison has been summoned to Mexico City on official business and departed Monday. In his absence a staff officer assumes command and Borquez expects to return to Laredo within the next week or ten days.
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