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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1921
Page
4
The El Paso border incident shows how far smugglers will go to protect contraband liquor. The killings of two prohibition agents raise calls for tougher raids, border pursuit, and justice, while noting public sympathy for reform and the danger of cross border escapes.
Alexander Howat, Kansas mine workers' union president, denounces the state industrial court law as an infringement on workers rights. He and associates called a strike that began yesterday, violating the injunctive order of the district court and defying the industrial court law.
The Times presents today’s United States Weather Bureau forecast for New Orleans. Tonight and Thursday expect partly cloudy skies with somewhat unsettled conditions and warmer temperatures.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m show a maximum temperature of 36 degrees and a minimum of 82 degrees with a generally southerly wind. The sky was cloudy throughout the period.
British ships carried nearly half of all Philippine exports in December 1920, with total exports about 8.9 million dollars. British bottoms took roughly 3.9 million dollars worth of products from the island, while United States flag ships shipped 2.24 million and Japanese vessels 1.23 million in value.
The Agriculture Department advises wheat farmers in a March bulletin that one chinch bug destroyed now can prevent hundreds infesting later. Experts report the pests winter in wild grass leaves hedge rows and fence lines and at wood edges. burning these areas can drive them out, leaving survivors to perish from exposure.
The weekly concert by the Seven teenth Infantry Band is this evening from 7 to 8 30 pm with marches overtures fox trots waltzes and a comic tattoo. Under Bandleader Warrant Officer H Weber the program includes selections from the Dollar Princess Semiramide Parisiola and Andalusia among others. The public is invited and post entertainments continue daily with games dances and events across the week. Col W B Cochran has recovered and returned to duty. Captain Karl Dodge heads a card party with Captain D L Hooper winning the high score.
Twenty years after Gen Fred Funston’s capture of Aguinaldo a major South Dakota federation conference opens in Sioux Falls. The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders meet in Montreal with Canadian dairy leaders in attendance. North Dakota voters convene at Devil’s Lake to nominate candidates for a recall election. Purim begins at sunset with secular festivities and gift exchanges.
A police reconnoiter near Wiju, Korea clashed with large armed Korean forces. The four hour battle ended with most Koreans killed. leaders escaped. Commander Constable Nakamura was killed and another officer wounded. Revolvers and bayonets of an old type were captured.
District Attorney John A. Wallis announced the heavy criminal docket will start next Monday morning. The list includes offenses from March 28 to April 12 featuring violations of liquor laws burglary theft over 50 and 60, robbery by firearms, rape, embezzlement, forgery, and related charges with numerous defendants named across several dates. Cases will be heard in order, with defendants from Starr County among those indicted.
A county wide special election will be held in Webb county on April 2 to elect school trustees for various precincts. Ju J Christen of this city is a candidate for trustee at large.
Beginning today Rialto offers King Vidor's photoplay The Jack Knife Man for two days. A First National release, the story follows old Peter who whittles spoons and toys, shelters Buddy the waif, and sheltersBooge the singing tramp as they care for the boy while evading a society for foundlings.
The Royal Theatre will show Blind Wives on Sunday and Monday. The film is praised for its strong dramatic value and fast paced action set against dazzling, gorgeous scenery. It portrays the idle rich and society wastrels with a fidelity unseen in cinema, marking a milestone in film possibilities.
Notice from Clarke & Courts agent W J Blair listing Juan M Ov 5 Cia at 604 Salinas Ave offering Factura onsular forms for 18.50 per thousand. Addressed to custom brokers, dated March 21, 1931.
The grand jury of the 49th Judicial District adjourned after eight days of session from March 14 to 11:30 am on Tuesday. It returned 49 bills of indictment the largest batch by one equal grand jury in Web County history. Most indicted were outsiders, with two thirds not Webb County residents, reflecting county officers’ success in catching culprits here.
Na tional Motor Co announces rental of the Villegas Swimming Pool for the 1921 season. Located at corner Flores Avenue and Houston Street, the listing invites a prospective renter to seize the opportunity.
A public notice from F L Mackay Scout Executive promotes enrolling boys over 12 in Laredo Council Boy Scouts. It touts skills taught including first aid health civics and camping and argues scouting keeps youths busy and productive for their future.
A short guide advises dyeing an old straw hat with a dye that will not stiffen it. Fidelity Straw Hat Dye is recommended, available in all standard colors and sold by druggists including in Laredo.
A Zapata County rain report to The Times notes heavy rainfall Monday night and Tuesday morning, with San Ignacio confirming the downpour. The drought had devastated ranges and scarce prickly pears, while along the Texas-Mexican road from Laredo to Realitas Hebbronville and Crestonia report the heaviest rains in years, boosting feed prospects and easing livestock costs.
How to dye a straw hat with Fidelity Straw Hat Dye for a glossy finish that won’t stiffen the hat. Sold and recommended by druggists and in Laredo by all druggists.
Drs Lockwood and Hartman of Mayo Bros Hospital Rochester Minn who passed through here en route to Mexico returned to Laredo this morning and headed northward their pleasant trip marred by misadventure the two quashed medicos report having lost delightful trip in Mexico.
Local notices list Easter candy specials at Borders and Olympia Candy Co, with prices and date stamps. Also advertisements for hemstitching by Singer Sewing Machine Co, event notices for Maundy Thursday Holy Communion, Easter eggs sale by Ladies Auxiliary, and nearby services for florist, plumbing, auto work, and notary public listings.
Regular service between Laredo and Corpus Christi resumed after yesterday’s suspension caused by washouts from heavy rains. Soil washed from under tracks and some sections flooded. repairs completed, but the Corpus Christi bound train will run about two hours late tonight.
Yesterday's rains cooled the region with a damp, cool morning and a relief from dust. The moisture is expected to benefit crops, especially onions, by driving thrips to seek shade until sunshine returns and conditions dry.
A hemstitching machine has been added to serve the public. Bring your hems to the shop for stitching. Singer Sewing Machine Company at 1212 Lincoln Street invites customers to visit for this service.
Monition issued in United States v. One Dodge Truck five hundred glass bottles and one lot intoxicating liquor. Seized by U S Customs at Laredo Texas. Claimants must appear April 4 1921 at 10 AM in the U S District Court to prove or plead for the described property.
In Laredo the United States holds possession of a Chevrolet Automobile License No 461617 Motor No 42112 and Registration No 259171. A lot of intoxicating liquor and 236 glass bottles are seized under a district dispute action. The parties are summoned to appear on April 5 1921 at 10 o clock.
T De Witt Cuyler, spokesman for railroads in wage-cut talks, chairs the Association of Railroad Executives and serves as a Pennsylvania Railroad director. A Yale graduate of 1874, he became a leading corporate lawyer from Philadelphia and later held the post of Judge Advocate General in the Pennsylvania National Guard after a twenty year service.
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