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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1915
Page
7
Monday’s Daily quotes a Monterey observer alleging American Red Cross food aid reduces local labor. He says maids and yardmen avoid work, claiming free meals undermine need to earn. Others corroborate, noting women leave domestic duties for relief sites run by Consul General Hanna.
Federico Idar a Laredo conductor on the Monterey Tampico division Cenobio Garcia a Laredo merchant and Jesus Silva a road brakeman were captured by Villistas days ago while being taken to Coahuila. They escaped and wandered eight days in mountain passes subsisting on scarce food before making a dash for Monterey and returning home. A circulating rumor of their execution proved false after a letter from Federico Idar to his family detailed the escape and safe return.
A Dolore s afternoon and night festivity drew hundreds from Laredo and nearby areas. The event featured baseball, band concerts, Jamaica activities, and a grand ball, concluding with a successful benefit for the Miners Brass Band and a substantial fund boost.
The Miriam Chapter No 86 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a called meeting on Tuesday evening June 22 1915 at o oclock. Initiation will occur followed by a social session. All members and visiting members are urged to attend. Mrs W W MacGregor, Secretary
Laredo to send a regular amateur baseball team to Corpus Christi for July 4 and 5 games against the Sand Crabs. Arrangements follow Corpus Christians’ wishes via the Daily Caller. The Laredo squad aims to reclaim bragging rights and dominate the annual Fourth of July series in Corpustown.
President Wilson will press a button from the White House to flash signals that open the Lexington pageant. The June 21 event celebrates a century of peace with Great Britain and stages nature, Indians, settlers, Paul Revere, the Lexington battle, and a tableau of freedom. Governors of the thirteen original states attend on Governor’s Night.
Local notes recount resistless social calendar with Mrs M Ryan entertaining the Misses Martin and Miss Mackin hosting the Girls Social Club. Box party at Strand Theatre honors Miss Ray Daggett, followed by supper at Mrs Woodard’s. Grace Davis honored with Santa Rosa farm dinner dance. several locals traveling or visiting relatives.
Evansville Indiana June 21 The ten round lightweight bout between Hal Stewart and Milburn Saylor goes ahead tonight at Majestic Theatre after a postponement from June 17.
In St Louis on June 21 testimony began in the antitrust inquiry against the American Baking Company of St Louis. Special Commissioner Lamin presided as the probe alleges the company was formed by seven concerns to eliminate competition and control about 74 percent of bread output in its territory.
Saginaw Mich June 21 Arguments will be heard this week on the motion for a new trial for Charles Kimbrough the negro convicted in March of the murder of Rose Laundry an eight year old girl whose bones were found in the furnace of the factory where Kimbrough worked as janitor The disappearance of the little girl was a mystery last January.
Captain John J. Knapp U S N resumes duties as Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island. He is noted as an ordnance expert and on the Naval Examining Board. He previously invented a device to expel gas from heavy guns to prevent turret explosions.
Aboard the U S S Colorado off Guaymas on June 21 fighting near American settlements in the Yaqui valley shows Villistas attempting to subdue the Yaquis to shield Americans. Carrancistas advance from Sinaloa against Villistas as Silliman confirms cabinet resignations. Carranza denies a split with Obregon.
In Washington on June 21 the Supreme Court reversed a New Jersey federal district court ruling that dismissed government Sherman Act and commodities clause actions against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Co. The decision sustains antitrust and related charges in a high-profile case.
Associated Press report from Windsor Ontario notes a bomb partly wrecked the Peabody Company factory, which had just produced 116000 British army uniforms. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Twenty seven sticks of dynamite with a burned-out fuse were found under the armory where 200 soldiers slept. In Paris, June 21, officials reported successes north of Arras and in the Vosges. Lorraine saw the capture of a German position nearly a mile long amid unusually violent fighting.
London reports that yesterday the Turks launched an offensive on the Gallipoli peninsula and inflicted heavy losses on Anglo French forces. Turkish artillery forced a position change as bad weather continued to hinder operations on the Italian Austrian frontier.
Berlin reports the Kaiser attended the fight for Grodek near Lemberg as Russians remain west of the city. Austro-German forces captured Kawaraska, about 32 miles from Lemberg.
Atlanta June 21 Governor Slaton commuted Leo M Frank’s death to life imprisonment after secretly moving him to Milledgeville State Prison Farm. He defended the decision in a statement citing doubt in guilt and inconsistencies in the case. Crowds gathered as police limited near beer sales and one arrest occurred. Frank was scheduled to hang tomorrow.
Elijah Bishop of Baltimore, a Civil War veteran known for a hermit life in a fringe Baltimore house, married yesterday to Emma P. Hacker, 48, also of Baltimore, in a ceremony led by Rev. George W. Kates of the National Spiritual Association. The couple plans to spend part of his fortune for enjoyment.
Owosso Mich June 21 a hearing is set for Charles Miller real estate dealer on charges by his wife that he administered bichloride of mercury tablets to her with intent to kill. She says he substituted poison for medicine and kept mercury tablets in his coat pocket. The physician who treated her says the tablets were Mercury and not prescribed by him. Police suspect marital trouble and possible outside arrangements as motive. The result of the inquiry will be announced at the hearing.
In Zanesville Ohio on June 21 1920 five hundred boys and a large group of girls gathered as a prelude to the State Sunday School Convention. For the first time both sexes will run a joint session and will have a larger role in proceedings. Sessions continue through Thursday.
The eighth annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges opened in Los Angeles with 90 exchanges represented among about 9,000 attendees. The gathering runs until Thursday night featuring discussions on taxation legislation appraisals municipal ordinances and city planning led by prominent real estate leaders from across the country.
Vancouver June 21 British officials scour Canada for skilled shipbuilders machinists coppersmiths and armament workers to hire as unemployed in Canada. Bonuses transport and maintenance offered. Representatives G M Barnes MP and W Windham of the British Board of Trade handle the recruitment.
In Eugene Oregon on June 21 a new open air municipal playhouse offers free entertainment to the public. The commencement play of the University of Oregon opened the theatre at no charge. The outdoor venue uses natural scenery with grass and pine needles for seating and hedges and lattices for the stage.
Frank O Leary, accused in the killing of Father Black, was formally found not guilty after the state moved to dismiss due to insufficient evidence. The defense argued the verdict would shield his reputation and the trial was continued without further evidence. Public testimony failed to link O Leary to the crime. he said he left the firehouse upon hearing gunfire and reached the hotel unaware of events.
The supreme court today annulled the grandfather clause in federal and Annapolis Maryland city law as unconstitutional. It voided actions forfeiting unsold Oregon and California railroad land valued over 30 million dollars. The court will review a customs ruling granting a five percent import discount to favored nation treaty ships. It will review convictions of Drew Carmenetti and Maury Diggs on white slavery charges.
Under Harvard Professor Baker direction a pageant will be presented tonight and on Tuesday and Thursday nights depicting the centennial celebration of Allegheny College.
Miss Dorothy Fay of Seattle and Carl F Gould of New York will marry tomorrow at Trinity Church Seattle. Fay a Bryn Mawr and Vassar graduate. Gould is an architect based in Seattle.
The annual American Medical Association convention begins in San Francisco at the Exposition with leading doctors from all 48 state bodies attending for a week of medical discussions clinics and demonstrations on a wider scale than ever before.
An anecdote from Robert Edeson recalls a boy named Harry who prayed nightly for a baby. After altering his plea to include any baby, he learns the Densmores next door have a new addition. His mother asks why he stopped praying, and he quips that if a baby arrives, the Densmores will gobble it up.
With meat costs climbing in England, households turn to beans whose wartime scarcity faded. The shift marks a return to a once little-used staple, reflecting broader price pressures on protein and altered eating habits across communities.
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