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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1916
Page
14
Friday’s Daily analyzes Mexican unrest and Carranza’s grip, questioning control near the border after raids on San Sena yel and San Ignacio, and arguing for maintaining U S troops. It then attacks poll taxes as an outdated burden, urging abolition and reforms for fair voting access.
A group of American citizens seized Leo D D Walker managing editor of El Progreso, dragged him from the Carrancista paper’s office, and carried him over the boundary into Mexican territory near the Rio Grande. He was not harmed beyond being forced across the line and warned never to return to American soil. The act comes amid strained US Mexican relations and follows Walker’s recent peace bond for inflammatory anti American writings.
The article argues against the poll tax as revenue, noting its small yield and punitive effect on franchise exercise. It cites lower turnout in off years and recalls the 1910 vote level while signaling growing sentiment to replace poll tax with other taxation methods.
Bryan, long overshadowed, finally gains limelight by applauding a speech and receiving a hearty reaction. San Antonio seeks credit for border excitement while rumors swirl of San Ignacio near its lands. The Columbus attack leader is captured by American forces in Mexico, and a bet predicts no extradition request will be made.
The writer jokes that Germans are known for clever metalwork but suggests an axe could have opened Verdun quicker. They quip about selling the French a new jock afterward, reflecting wartime sarcasm and humor about engineering feats in the conflict.
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After a battle at San Ignacio in which three American soldiers were killed and six wounded, Major Gray rushes troops toward Zapata as bandits near the area. The embalmed bodies of the three slain servicemen are prepared for shipment. Private James Minadin will be buried at Fort McIntosh cemetery, while the others go to New York City and Kansas City. Wounded men are treated at the post hospital. rumors of bandits near coal mines are found baseless. Zapata area remains guarded by Troop K and Ninth Infantry.
Following the kidnapping and deportation of Leo D Walker managing editor of El Progreso, Mexican Consul Melquiades Garcia and his family moved to Nuevo Laredo. Emeterio Flores owner of El Progreso also fled across the river after the paper was closed by the American party. United States Consul Garrett and his wife moved from Nuevo Laredo to the American side days earlier. Locals expect no further trouble though the move signals heightened tensions between the communities.
Webb County Farmers Association and Farmers Institute call a six o clock gathering at the Laredo Chamber of Commerce to select delegates for the Texas State Farmers Institute in July at Austin. The meeting is issued by President Aug C Richter.
The edition of Progreso did not publish while a Mexican paper branded as calumnious on American soil issued its farewell. A telephone call from Nuevo Laredo alleged mistreatment by Americans, but the account was rejected as false. The action marks a second Mexican paper suppressed since the US Mexico dispute began, warning against pro Carranza rhetoric.
The final Democratic convention session opened with chairman Stone delayed, resolutions read by Walsh and Harding, and the Mexican plank drawing the loudest applause. The platform endorses Wilson, highlights federal reserve, FTC, tariff adjustments, parcel post, and seaman acts, and calls for neutral world order with a world court, open seas, Pan American harmony, and Mexican policy under the Monroe doctrine. It also supports continued troops in Mexico until order is restored, women’s suffrage nationwide, labor protections, and a federal bureau of safety.
Three of the bandits in the attacking party on the border patrol at San Ignacio were captured by de facto soldiers, according to the announcement of General Ricaut, the Matamoros commander, today.
Pueblo Colorado June 16 W B Slaughter of Dallas Texas was acquitted in federal court today of larceny charges connected with the failure of the Mercantile National Bank on the court s instructions.
The North Dakota Elks opened their annual convention in Dickinson on June 16 drawing hundreds of members from across the state. The two day event features daily business sessions and numerous entertainment events organized by the local lodge for visiting delegates.
Several hundred officials and members from New England bankers associations gather in Swampscott Mass for a two day informal conference on business and finance issues. Main sessions begin tomorrow with A F Peret, former Peruvian ambassador, to speak on Trade Relations With South America and Edward F Trefez of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to discuss The American Bankers Responsibility Toward National Content.
The Southern Student Conference gathers in Blue Ridge, N C, under Y M C A auspices with Dr John Mott presiding. Delegates include missionary students and workers from many states. Departments will address college professors pastors high school principals. Prominent speakers include Dr H F Williams, Dr H H Horne, Dr E H M Poteat, Dr E O Brown, Jackson Davis, and B G Alexander.
Architect Page of Austin, winner selected to draft the plans for the new Laredo schoolhouses, arrived this morning and will present his revised designs at 5 pm in a school board meeting for adoption consideration.
Delegates roared aye to nominate Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Riley Marshall as the Democratic standard bearers in St Louis. No ballots were cast as the convention adjourned early due to an unfinished rules report, to reconvene at 11 o'clock.
St. Louis June 16 Governor Ferguson of Texas served on a four member committee that filed a minority report opposing federal endorsement of woman suffrage. The group argued suffrage is a matter of state sovereignty and would violate democracy’s time honored principle.
An advertiser promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for summer colds. The ad claims it clears nasal congestion, reduces coughing, and speeds recovery. It urges readers to follow directions and keep leftover medicine as cold insurance.
French machine gun and infantry fire halted powerful German offensives near the Thiamont farm. An official statement notes the attacks broke up last night. The Petrograd office reported capture of 14,000 more troops in the Volhynia campaign and said their successes continue.
Sweden marked King Gustav V’s fifty eighth birthday as a general holiday. The king, nearly recovered from illness, drove through Stockholm to view festive decorations while greetings poured in from European rulers and societies worldwide.
Philadelphia June 16 The fourth annual Navy Day program opens tomorrow at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with public tours of war craft and the launching of the Henderson transport the first of its kind built at the yard this era.
Los Angeles called the city of lights and color as electricians decorators and florists prepared lavish displays for the Knights Templars conclave. The advance guard arrived today and hotels report record attendance expected for the gathering weekend with many delegates and visitors anticipated.
The district court grand jury, reconvened by Judge Mullally, returned three indictments. L. Wiens Re MIL L, L. Mahan, and A. Mahan are named in burglary charges related to a Young garage break‑in and auto theft. C. L. Mahan and A. Mahan face theft over $50 charges, tied to the same case, and Rumualdo Contreras is indicted for burglary on a separate offense in the city. The Mahans were captured after a chase ending in Cotulla.
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