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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1919
Page
11
A fragmented item notes Time Society and Otto with reference to a phone line numbered 48. Details are sparse, but indicates a social or club context involving these names and a contact line. No clear event, date, or location is established.
A long listing of visitors and residents in the city includes Terence Shand of San Antonio visiting cousin Jesse Applewhite Jr. and Frank Benavides with Victor Sauvignet. Many locals return from travel, report health improvements, or plan visits. Social clubs meet with prayers, sewing, and a four-circle WMA session. An Alpha Club gathering introduces officers and hosts a three-course luncheon. A called Heights Civic Club meeting is set for Monday. The piece blends poetry with a dense diary of everyday civic life and social events.
The long prominent Wyoming figure Francis E Warren, a U S senator for thirty years, will receive congratulations from colleagues on his seventy fifth birthday. Warren’s career spans Wyoming politics since territorial days, including roles as mayor of Cheyenne, territorial governor, first state governor, Wyoming council member, and multiple terms as state treasurer. Born in Hinsdale Massachusetts, he served in the Civil War and built a large cattle business before becoming the first U S senator elected under the 1890 state constitution.
In Boston on June 20 the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers hosts a dinner with Representative Joseph W Fordney of Michigan as guest and principal speaker. The event centers on tariff matters and aims to gauge the Republican majority's stance in Congress on tariff revision. Invitations go to cotton industry leaders and other manufacturers.
Train No 1 departs to Corpus Christi at 9 00 am Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 pm International and Great Northern Through fast train to St Louis leaves 8 30 am arrives 2 50 pm Night Train leaves 9 00 pm arrives 8 00 am
By Associated Press Rome June 20 a historic priest strike occurred in Laredo as clergy halted masses and other religious duties seeking improved finances amid rising living costs.
The Associated Press reports that in Mayaguez a moving picture theater fire killed or injured about 150 people, including many children. The blaze left a large number of casualties among attendees.
Train No 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m reaching Minera at 10 20 a m Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m arriving Laredo at 3 15 p m
A brief health note advises making meals a slower habit and thorough chewing. If belching persists after supper, take one Cham berlain's Tablet immediately after the meal for relief.
In Columbus Ohio starting today for four weeks the Methodist church marks its centenary and the missionary push with public meetings and an international exhibit at the Ohio State Exposition grounds. The display features China Japan Korea India and other regions with native villages and costumes alongside home mission scenes. About 50 000 visitors daily are expected with a tented city on campus and space for 40 000 cars nearby.
Ten days remain until two cent postage and the Savannah completes the first steamship transatlantic crossing. Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming enjoys his 75th birthday. Cornell graduates return for the semi centennial celebration. Columns, Q hosts a peace centenary exposition and church mission anniversary. Vanderlip to speak at Swampscott bankers meeting on business unrest.
The Scheidemann ministry has fallen, strengthening belief Germany will sign the peace treaty. Premier Scheidemann opposed the treaty, while Paris reports expect a cabinet likely to accept Allied terms with Gustav Noske possibly heading the new government. In Italy the crisis threatens to disrupt the world peace conference as Orlando’s cabinet resigns after a failed secret session motion. the king has not accepted the resignation.
June 20 reports confirm the Scheidemann government has fallen per military advices from Weimar and Berlin. It is believed this paves the way for Germany to sign the peace terms as Scheidemann opposed the revised terms. The event may bring down President Ebert, with the national assembly expected to choose a successor.
An official wireless message from Paris on June 20 states the German national assembly at Weimar could not assemble a majority to sign the treaty. It warns that all reports of cabinet changes are premature due to party divisions.
Coblenz reports Gustav Noske will succeed Philip Scheidemann as head of the German ministry and Mathias Erzberger will lead the armistice peace delegation, replacing Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau. A Weimar despatch confirms changes. London dispatch notes the Weimar national assembly has accepted the peace treaty. Paris says the Council of Three met on June 20.
El Paso dated June 20 reports Villa will not retaliate against American property or lives, saying his forces live in Mexico after being driven from the border Sunday night by American troops. Mexican federal troops move to guard districts with Americans present as Washington pledges protection, keeping the border quiet.
Readers are assured a cure for catarrh in all its stages through constitutional treatment with Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The makers offer a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure, claiming the medicine works through the blood to the mucous surfaces and strengthens the constitution.
Twenty thousand cars to handle the crops for Kansas Oklahoma and northern Texas are accumulated in this territory, according to Hale Holden regional director of the United States railroad administration, and 40000 more will be available July 1.
London Jews, many from Russia and Poland, prepare for Shekel Day to raise funds for the Alousist movement. A shilling contributes one vote for a Zionist congress delegate. East London workers will canvass door to door, hoping for heavy donations toward a new Jerusalem.
Three leaders Lloyd George Clemenceau and Wilson meet this afternoon to discuss the German situation and the Unalian cabinet crisis.
Paris June 20 reports from Reuters that the Italian government in Rome has been directed to accept the settlement concept for the Dalmatian controversy as proposed by Clemenceau Lloyd George and President Wilson.
Returned to Paris after a two day stop in Brussels and the battlefields of Belgium. President Wilson and his party arrived following a brief European trip.
Senator Shimann of Illinois warned that the league of nations may end the separation of church and state and bring the civilized world under Vatican domination. He claimed the Roman Catholic Church is represented in the league assembly by 24 votes out of 45.
A Russian wireless dispatch reports the cruiser Oleg was sunk Wednesday by a British submarine. The announcement notes the action occurred at sea and provides no further details on casualties or location.
Singlish monarchs reigned on about 23 years each. French is the mother tongue for about 70 million. Chinese have used artesian wells for water over 1,000 years. One third of the U S sugar industry is said to be controlled by the Mormon Church. The Red Cross flag is the Swiss flag reversed in homage to Switzerland where the society began in 1864. The froghopper threatens sugar cane in the West Indies, leaping insects that sap cane roots.
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