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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1922
Page
5
A penned editorial criticizes affluent young men for driving intoxicated with women passengers, causing serious injuries and near deaths. It calls for heavy penalties and enforcement regardless of social status, arguing such reckless behavior endangers all road users and should deter future incidents.
The letter denounces critics of Secretary Hughes for toasting King George at a Bermuda dinner, arguing courtesy across hosts remains proper diplomacy. It defends Hughes as a gentleman and urges Americans to avoid boorish judgment while noting the era's lingering formal toasts and civil behavior expectations.
A general meeting of the Latin American Club stockholders will be held at the Club rooms in Laredo on Friday March 17 1922 at 8 00 P M. The agenda includes authorizing the Board of Directors to execute a deed of trust on club real property to secure existing indebtedness and a discussion of the club's economic situation. Proxy attendance urged.
A fragmentary column offers sharp one liners about Laredo social life. It jokes that a gentle word beats a punch, muses on Solomon and the first beau of Laredo women, and notes spring fashions and maid hiring woes. A Hidalgo street drug store sighting shows a balding man buying hair products.
District Judge Mullally orders a thorough grand jury probe to prevent a Ku Klux Klan march on the 19th. He declares the organization unlawful, vows jail and bonds for those who threaten peace, and instructs officials to identify members and associations.
The district attorney reports twenty eight indictments issued by the grand jury to date with eight more from this morning. Named defendants face charges including liquor law violations swindling burglary auto conversion and other liquor law offenses. Some indictments are against parties not yet arrested as civil matters await trial later in the term.
The Laredo police and Webb County deputy warn the unlawful K. K. K. to desist from a planned march in Laredo on March 19. They say noncompliance will lead to custody and legal action, urging public order and obedience to law.
At a well attended Laredo Lodge No 1018 B P O Elks gathering District Deputy B G Sharver of San Antonio attended on his annual visit. Officers elected for the coming year include Stanley S Scothorn exalted ruler Alphonse Wormser leading knight George W Dennett loyal knight Carlos Richter lecturing knight Randall Wye tiler Leopoldo Bruni treasurer Alden Muller secretary J P Thomas trustee three years J F Thomas delegate to grand lodge E H Sauvignet alternate to delegate.
The Rotary Club held its regular weekly meeting at the Hamilton Café with Pres Garfield C. Hiatt in charge and an attendance figure of percent of membership. Guests included D. G Sharver district deputy of the BPO Elks San Antonio Leonard Haynes Los Angeles Jim E Chase Dallas and Dan Shaughnessey San Antonio. Announcements covered the Los Angeles Rotary international convention in June and arrangements to mobilize Laredo Rotarians for attendance. Stanley Scothorn was elected to a top Laredo lodge post and introduced as exalted ruler. District Deputy Sharver spoke. Visitors were introduced and W. L. Guyler outlined Chauτauqua events beginning today. An elaborate song test was planned by the entertainment committee.
Large oil operators from the United States, England, France and Mexico are targeting promising fields in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon Mexico. Leases have been taken on 100000 and 130000 acre tracts and drilling is planned near Guerrero and Laredo across the Rio Grande. Major firms including Trans-Continental Corona Dutch Shell Atlantic West Indies and Mexican Gulf Oil begin campaigns, with ports along the Texas border set to benefit.
A Texas ranger report says Captain Will T. Wright seized 800 quarts of Mexican liquor and arrested ten men near the Miranda oil field in Zapata county. The detainees were moved to Carrizo for preliminary hearings and bond setting, with no further updates available.
Mrs Frank M Rumbold wife of Colonel F M Rumbold Field Artillery Reserve Corps died in Washington on March 7 after a brief illness. She was well known in Laredo where her husband served as artillery officer in 1916 during Missouri National Guard stationing. The telegram informing Colonel Rumbold arrived while he traveled from New Orleans.
The Associated Press reports a renewed typhus surge in Soviet Russia starting last November, severely affecting the Volga famine area and major centers like Moscow and Petrograd. Moscow records rising cases with high mortality, overcrowded hospitals, and a government plan to add beds while rail traffic from famine regions fuels the spread. Refugees, prisons, and concentration camps feed the outbreak as baths and cleansing measures are organized at railway terminals and in the city.
The Times announces Archer Parr as a candidate for re election to the State Senate from the 23rd Senatorial district subject to Democratic primaries to be held in July.
The Times newspaper notes ABHER R SMITH has announced candidacy for the State Senate from the 98th district subject to Democratic party rules. The move marks a party committee filing step ahead of the election cycle.
In the Laredo district a second large gas well, Laurel No 1, flowed about 40 million cubic feet per day from Schott field near Schott No 4, spraying gas with oil. Earlier Monday, Carolina Texas bore a dry gas well about 12 million cu ft daily, nine miles north of Torrecillas. Wells lie 12 miles apart with differing outputs. both may be drilled deeper.
London reports that Sir Arthur Balfour accepted a knighthood for services at the Washington conference, surprising intimates who note he has repeatedly declined a peerage. The piece recalls other refusals, including novelist John Galsworthy who was offered a knighthood but declined.
Fragment mentions locations across the United States and references to rooms 8 and 9 at 1519 Washington Street with phone 496, plus terms like aciary and Laredo Texas. No coherent event or outcome is discernible.
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