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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1915
Page
9
A joint Texas resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to Section 9, Article 8, allowing a special road tax up to fifty cents per one hundred dollars of property valuation, with local option and statewide election on July 4, 1915, plus provisions for funding and voter conditions.
The measure amends Article 6 Section 2 of the Texas Constitution to allow qualified voters to cast State officer and proposition ballots in a precinct other than their residence under specified residency and naturalization criteria and to provide for an appropriation.
By order of sale from the District Court of Webb County Texas sheriff Antonio Salinas will vend at public auction the tax lien foreclosed lot Nine in Block Twenty six Western Division Laredo. The sale occurs June 1 1915 between 10 a m and 4 p m in front of the Webb County Courthouse to the highest cash bidder. Deputy M G Benavides assists.
A compressed catalog lists key dates and events: Penns frame of government published in England 1682. Leopold I death 1705. 1757 Prague battle under Frederick the Great. 1776 Congress abolishes English authority over colonies. 1789 French Revolution begins. 1811 Draper born. 1818 Marx born. 1861 Napoleon death. 1848 French National Assembly opening. 1843 Chinese Exclusion Act. 1902 Cuban Republic first Congress. 1914 arbitration treaty in Washington.
The city of Laredo obtained a judgment against Pedro Aguero on January 4, 1915 for $79.51 plus costs, foreclosing a tax lien on Lot 1, Block 1108 in the Western Division Webb County Texas. The sale or execution to proceed at the Webb County Courthouse under Deputy Sheriff M. G. Benavides.
The City of Idaredo obtained a judgment against EE. J. Foster on January 4, 1915 for 26.98 plus costs, foreclosing a tax lien on Lots 4 5 6 in Block 602 in the Eastern district. The decree schedules sale by levy on the first Tuesday at a designated time.
Legal notice dated May 1915 from Webb County Texas issued by Deputy M G Benavides announces sheriff action and official duties within the county.
A judgment was entered January 4 1915 against Teresa Medellin for 27.13 plus costs. The tax lien on Property No 50 in the Western Division of Laredo Webb County Texas is foreclosed. The sale is set for 5 o clock P M on the first Tuesday in May 1915.
Judgment ordered January 4 1915 for 27.08 dollars plus one half of Lot 3 Block 29 in Western Division City of Laredo Webb County Texas. Document signed May 3 1916 by Deputy M G Benavides.
Start using Dr King's New Discovery at the first sign of a cold. The ad promises relief as the head clears and breathing improves, urging immediate purchase to prevent neglect and serious illness.
The White House states President Wilson will stay out of the feud between Rockefeller and Walsh of the Federal Industrial Relations Commission. He disapproves of the commission engaging in newspaper controversies and refused to submit correspondence on the Colorado strike.
Nashville Tennessee May governor Rye vetoed the bill abolishing the death penalty and the anti tipping bill.
Austin May 6 The court of criminal appeals majority upheld Fort Worth jitney regulations ruling cities may regulate jitneys and other buses in operation. The decision supports local ordinance authority and limits jitney operations.
In Austin on May 5 the house ordered the speaker to answer Mrs. Nannie Webb Curtis's telegram but not refer it to the governor. Senator McNealus filed a senate resolution for a constitutional convention, sent to a committee for consideration.
Louisville report details the forty first Kentucky Derby set for Saturday at Churchill Downs with a $15,000 prize. It notes the long history since 1875, past greats like J B Hagin, P Lorillard, and James R K Keene, and compares early stakes and distances to the current event. Aristides won the first Derby, earning $2,450, and the race began on the side now occupied by the grandstand.
Mrs Josefa Garcia de Bena vides and Misses Amalia and Francsica Garcia hosted B. R. D. A. Club guests on Monday evening from 6 to 4 o'clock. Piano solos by Guadalupe Salinas and Elisa Guerra. Maria Flores won first prize in casino. Mrs Clementina M de Pesia took second. Veranda flowers and a two course luncheon with ice cream, cake and candies served.
A Japanese cruiser and four destroyers moved about 120 miles east of Peking to remove Japanese legation members if needed. Consular offices report departures or concentration at Japanese posts as China and Japan threaten actions. Reports say defenses of Peking are being organized in secret with elite circles aware. In southern cities some citizens reportedly killed themselves to avoid subjugation.
London May 5 Central News reports Japan’s ultimatum to China grants a 48 hour delay for China to decide. The dispatch notes the time window until a final reply is due from Beijing amid growing tensions in the region.
London reports nine trawlers were the total casualties from German submarines on Monday. The list confirms the scale of the loss among fishing vessels, with crews largely presumed lost at sea.
In Penzance on May 6 the inquest into Captain Gunter of the American tanker Gulflight returned a verdict of death by heart failure accelerated by shock from the torpedoing of his ship. Evidence showed Gulflight flew a very large American flag when struck.
Berlin reports British forces continue retreat near Ypres with heavy losses as German forces seize four more farms. German Austrian advances push west Galicia while Russian lines in that sector are pierced, with Germans claiming a strategic victory pressures Russia to pull back on the northern Carpathian flank.
Paris reports large crowds move from Gallipoli and northern Dardanelles areas to the Asiatic shore. Saloniki dispatch notes warships downing two Turkish aeroplanes and capturing their German aviators after the planes dropped bombs on the warships.
Three more British trawlers were sunk by German submarines in the North Sea on Monday. authorities fear additional losses as shelled vessels await confirmation.
Report from Tiflis says Russian forces continue pursuit of Turkish troops in the Caucasus after a victory announced last night.
Paris reports that a Turkish regiment was annihilated in the Dardanelles last night. The Allies captured 1 000 prisoners as warships bombarded the forts.
Seattle on May 5 reports the American Hawaiian Inner American arriving from New York via the Panama Canal with 4700 tons of cargo. The canal has boosted Seattle shipments from 400 tons pre opening to 2500 3000 tons, signaling strong Northwest growth.
At the southeast corner of the market a fish and oyster stand offers fresh fish and oysters daily in any style. Select oysters sold by the dozen or hundred and select fish by the pound. No delivery. customers may select and take goods with them. J. W. Hopkins (Shorty).
In Mineola on May 5 the state presented new witnesses in the Florence Carman murder trial. May Black testified she heard the shooting in daylight and saw no one flee from the Carman house, challenging Carman’s claim that the crime occurred at night and a dark escape.
A Civil War manuscript and autograph letter collection once stored in a Pennsylvania attic and gathered by Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford will be auctioned at the American Art Galleries. The papers include items from Jefferson Davis and Gov. Pickens, plus letters from Robert Anderson discussing seizing Fort Sumter and plans to seize Washington.
A Eugene area tale claims Huckleberry Finn, famed Mark Twain character, marked his 90th birthday on a turpentine farm near Eugene. The account describes his river life, ties to the Grey Eagle, and journeys with Clemens and Sawyer before settling on the McKenzie River with family but no money.
San Francisco May five opens four days of fights at the Exposition. Amateurs from eight classes will contest championships with national champions from the East and many fast boys from the West and Pacific Coast sending about sixty scrappers to the event.
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