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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1922
Page
10
A weather prophet in the schools faces clouded skies and a Mayday path as cockfights draw crowds. The morning card runs 10 AM to 8 PM with eight weeks of district court terms, grand jury work, and a school board election contest in Laredo drawing attention as candidates vie for seats.
The Woman's Missionary Society meets at 4 PM Tuesday at the Methodist Church. Local updates include travels of Mrs. Clark and daughter Milas Frances to San Luis Potost and visits by J E Rogers to Millett. Several residents plan trips or host guests, with club and parish meetings scheduled for the week.
Eastern Star announces a requist meeting of Miriam Chapter No. 86 of the E. and O. To morrow evening at 8 oclock in Masonic Hall Members are requested to be present and visiting members are cordially invited. BELLE O MEARA W A
Public notice of citation by publication in Webb County Texas commands sheriff or constable to publish weekly for four successive weeks in a newspaper if one is published in Newport otherwise in the town where a newspaper is published, stating the date and matter of the estate proceedings.
Members elected two year officers led by regent Mrs D McNeill Turner and vice regent Mrs W W MacGregor. A Chautauqua tribute to a ill charter member followed a social reception. Then the Revellers Club hosted a May Pole themed Spring Dance with The Syncopators, 125 guests, ice course and Battenburg centerpiece.
Today marks Labor Day in the Philippines with May Day celebrations. Michigan observes Clean-up and Fire Prevention Week. Boston honors the 100th anniversary of its free mayor. Ogdensburg’s Rt Rev Joseph H Conroy marks his tenth episcopate anniversary. The Grand Division Order of Railway Conductors meets in Cleveland. A second conference on commercial engineering opens at Carnegie Institute. Santa Clara Mission centennial noted at the University site.
R. Co. Cochran, a Texas University law graduate, has arrived in Laredo and accepted a position with Usher Carson, dealer in all properties.
Henry Ford’s chief engineer told a congressional committee that a secret process for cheaper fertilizers has been discovered and could be used by the government nitrate plants at Muscle Shoals Alabama. The testimony accompanies examination of Ford’s modified proposal to buy or lease the Muscle Shoals properties.
Benjamin Brown, former cashier of the failed Preston State Bank in Okmulgee Oklahoma, who faced four grand jury indictments for embezzlement, turned himself in at the district court clerk’s office after arriving from Mexico and began arranging bond. He disappeared two days before the bank’s closure last November.
Public probate citation commands sheriffs to publish for ten days in Webb County Texas. Merchants State Bank Trust Co appointed temporary guardian of Manuel Cristobal Benavides, minor, estate value about 2000.90 dollars. Hearing set for May 15, 1922 at Webb County Court in Laredo to contest or confirm the appointment.
A local ceremony in Gerval honors the fallen with a war horror memorial unveiling. Officials from the city council and veterans group attend as speakers recount battles and pay tribute to those who gave their lives.
May 1 Genoa reports a more harmonious spirit between British and French delegations in allied proposals to Russia. Despite clashes between Lloyd George and Barthou, confidence rises that diverging views can be reconciled to present a united front to the Soviet delegation. Tchitcherin denies secret terms in the Rapallo pact and says Russia harbors no hostility toward France.
Lawton Oklahoma May 1 Two factions of the First Presbyterian church discuss the abduction of Rev Thomas Irwin who was beaten on a city street and dumped in a ditch twelve miles east of Lawton. He said he recognized none of his three assailants and was not seriously harmed.
Associated Press report from New Orleans notes continued decline in the Mississippi from Memphis to the Gulf due to three embankment breaks aiding levee engineers and workers as another rise is expected within days. Memphis dispatch records a congressional inspection tour aboard the steamer Mississippi to assess flood conditions from Memphis to the Gulf, with ten House members and two Senators participating.
Austin Texas May 1 Heavy rain yesterday and last night push the Concho river toward crest. The Colorado river is expected to rise further as flood waters move from the Concho. current level at 19 feet, one foot below flood stage.
In Fort Worth on May 1 residents joined a sanitation effort across flood districts this morning. A meeting to discuss future levee plans was held to consider safeguards and infrastructure improvements.
Fort Worth Texas reports all rail lines open today as creeks recede and rivers overflow ease. Marooned passengers in Aledo were evacuated yesterday.
Denison Texas May 1 The emergency force of the bridge department of the Kary railroad left for Georgetown after high water was reported to have damaged the Kary bridge.
Abilene reports continued heavy rain with floods feared as creeks are expected to rise again, threatening West Texas communities.
Amarillo news reports Governor Neff was summoned to appear before the grand jury in the 47th district court but departed early for Canyon to visit the West TexasNormal without acknowledging the summons.
The emergency fleet corporation of the United States Shipping Board is not a government agency that can be sued without its consent, the Supreme Court ruled today. Washington, May 1. The decision clarifies that legal actions against the entity require its permission.
Washington May 1 The Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 was declared constitutional today by the Supreme Court.
A coastguard cutter rushed to aid the oil tanker Whittier which ran on rocks 10 miles south of Point Arena. The ship was a total loss but the crew of 46 was saved while 15 to 18 men remain in peril.
A captain of the American army was wounded by demonstrators during a May Day demonstration in Mayence Germany on May 1. The incident occurred as the protest moved through the city streets with a strong turnout from the crowd.
The universally popular play Turn to the Right starring Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzard is filmed for the screen by Rex Ingram. John Golden and Marcus Loew present the Rex Ingram production at the Rialto Theatre for tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday. Metro Pictures distributes.
The City of Laredo Texas invites bids by May 20 1922 at 10 a m for 160 bonds of 1000 each bearing 6 percent interest per year. Interest is paid semi annually January 2 and July 2. Bonds mature in forty years with twenty year optionality. Interest may be paid at Park National Bank New York or in Laredo Texas.
The battle for possession of Peking continued as Central China forces push toward the city’s southern walls. Reports say martial law may be considered with foreign consuls meeting on the concessions and possible requisition of ships at a port.
Senate bill proposed by Senator Harris of Georgia would let banks with $15,000 capital join the Federal Reserve System, changing the current requirement of $25,000. The measure aims to broaden credit access for agriculture as part of the reserve act extension.
May preparations continue in Los Angeles for the grand jury as a mass of evidence about Ku Klux Klan activities in Los Angeles County is gathered.
In Cleveland on May 1 the Socialist party national convention approved a proposal by a 12 to 10 vote to permit state groups to support any labor organization for political activity in county elections.
The Supreme Court declined to decide at this time what defines the south bank of the Red River in the Texas Oklahoma land dispute. Justice Van Deventer stated Oklahoma's claim to the river bed was not well founded.
A Brockport New York woman reports Chamberlains Liniment cured her lumbago after a year ago when she was bedridden. The testimonial says rest and liniment application brought quick recovery and relief from severe back pain.
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