Mirando No 4 Well Drilling Progress Near Miranda No 3
The Mirando No 4 well by Mirando Oil Co. advances rapidly after spudding Friday, at 500 to 600 feet this morning. It will exceed 1428 feet to test oil sand and potential production beneath No 3. Ex Governor Renfrow arrives from Oklahoma to inspect and back oil development in the Laredo area.
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Mirando No. 4
Mirando Oil Co
Miranda No. 3
Middlebrook
Miranda No. 4
No. 3
W. C. Renfrow
Miranda Oil Co
Oklahoma
Renfrew
Laredo
Zapata
Webb
Return from Mexican trip and go northward tonight
A private car of the Cotton Ry. Co. carried a party of railroad officials from the St. Louis & Southwestern system back to the north after a week of business and pleasure in Mexican cities. The group included W. S. Martin of Memphis, J. F. Lehane of Tyler, J. F. Park of St. Louis, and L. J. Hausman of San Antonio, who visited Laredo today before continuing north tonight.
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Cotton Ry. Co
Laredo
North
W.S. Martin
St. Louis & Southwestern By. Co
Memphis
John F. Lehane
St. Louis & Southwestern Ry. Co
Texas
Tyler
John F. Park
Five Indictments Return by Grand Jury in District Court
The grand jury empanelled yesterday by Judge Mullally returned five indictments this morning. Manuel Villareal faces automobile conversion charges, D F Edwards faces passing a forged instrument and theft over $50, Van A Lile charged with theft over $50, and Domingo Suarez with Arturo Laurel charged under the Dean liquor law. The jurors continue deliberations.
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Mullally
Walls
Manuel Villareal
D. F. Edwards
van A. Lile
Domingo Suarez
Arturo Laurel
First Laredo Court of Honor To Honor Scouts Friday
The big Scouting event will be at Elks Hall starting at 8 o clock. About 75 Scouts will be passed in Second Class work and receive certificates and badges. Laredo dignitaries include J F Mullally J T Halsell S B Scothorn Leon Daiches L Villegas and F W Mally with talks by A D Bordeaux August Richter and F L Mackay.
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Elks Hall
Laredo
Court of Honor
J. F. Mullally
J.T. Halsell
Former Secretary Mims Tours Laredo Oil District
Former secretary of state D. Mims from Austin visits Laredo to inspect oil development in the district and to note his stock holding in the Miranda Oil Co. He will remain in the area for several days reviewing the district’s prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. D. Mims
Hobby
Austin
Miranda Oil Co
Mims
Laredo
County Officials Inspect Highway No 12 Route
County judge and commissioners, including County Highway Engineer Spence, traveled early today to inspect Highway No 12 from the Chacon bridge to the Webb county line, returning shortly before noon. Also dated: two marriage licenses issued by the county clerk since last report and three oil leases filed, with reports of many Zapata county leases filed there.
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Sol
Commissioners Court
Spence
Highway No. 12
Chacon Bridge
Webb County
Juan Sanchez
Josefa Rodriguez
Pilar Ortega
Tomasa Rivera
Zapata County
Capture of Urga falls to Ungern in February raid
Major A Dockray and companions, leaving Urga after its fall, report Ungern Sternberg’s attack from the east and south on February 3. Chinese garrison suffered heavy losses, city capitulated the morning of the third, with many killed or forced to flee. Ungern’s force about 4,000 Mongols and Buriats and 500 to 1,000 Russians.
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Peking
Urea
Baron Ungern-Sternberg
A. Dockray
Harbin
Karelin
Manchuria
Ungern
East
Urga
Dockray
China
Notice of Bankruptcy Sale in Webb County Court
A bankruptcy sale is ordered by J. C. Scott referee. At Webb County Courthouse in Laredo Texas on Saturday May 28 1921 from 10 AM to 4 PM the Fordson Tractor 93752-H owned by bankrupt G C Nye will be sold to the highest cash bidder. F M Ramsay trustee signs dated May 7 1921.
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J. C. Scott
Texas
Webb County
Laredo
Fordson
G. C. Nye
Memorial Day events and trials across the United States
Confederate Memorial Day observed in North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels delivering the Winston Salem address. New Jersey municipal elections see women voters prominent amid other national items including John J. McNamara’s release after his 1910 dynamite case. Dr Henry B Burton murder trial begins in Syracuse as the International Confederation of Christian Trades Unions convenes in Rome to set a world program.
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Josephus Daniels
Navy
Winston
N. C
Canadian Good Roads Association
Halifax
New Jersey
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Henry B. Burton
David Finn
Syracuse
N. Y
International Confederation of Christian Trades Unions
Rome
England issues blind drivers licenses without ability checks
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin opens a $300000 hotel and plans to raffle it as a carnival attraction in June, aiming to draw crowds and boost festivities.
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England
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Society and Social Calendar Tuesday and Wednesday
The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the Rectory at 4 PM Tuesday. Miss Trene and Mildred Leyendecker host at 4 PM honoring Misses Rosalie Bigio, Willie Belle Brennan, and Carrie Henry with luncheon at 1 30 PM at the International Institute. Wednesday, Parish Guild gathers at 3 30 PM at the International Institute with Miss Eda Offer and Mrs. Rives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church
Trene
Mildred Leyendecker
Rosalie Biggio
Willie Belle Brennan
Carrie Henry
International Institute
Ts. Wery
The
Eda Offer
Real World Anthem and Local Social Notes
A literary excerpt extols pragmatic and tangible progress over abstract ideals, praising material achievement and mechanical power. The rest lists local visitors, returns from Austin and San Antonio trips, and upcoming club and church activities in Laredo, including the Tuesday Music and Literary Club meeting and Woman's Missionary Society study.
Picnic Supper At Church Hosts And Evening Dance
The Presbyterian Church hosted a picnic supper on Chacon creek after a 5:30 p m departure by car. A village baseball game ran until darkness halted play with participants from both men and women. Frank A Lattig welcomed the ladies and Miss V Lee responded. At a separate event Mr and Mrs A C Hamilton held a dancing party for Miss Rosalie Biggio with an all green white decor, fourteen dances plus extras, diplomas as favors, and Shasta daisies, with a lawn punch and iced cakes bearing the letter R. The Woman's Club met in the afternoon with talks on kindergarten kindergartens in public schools library funding and a forthcoming library drive and Y W C A support.
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Presbyterian Church
Chacon Creek
Frank A. Lattig
Men's Brotherhood
Miss &. V. Lee
A. C. Hamilton
Rosalie Biggio
Kate Hamilton
GC. Biggio
Merceil Lake
Consuelo Saenz
Marjorie Fish
Irene
Mildred Leyendecker
Irene Gomez
Dora Morton
Maria Luisa Osten
Mildred Anderson
Carolina Henry
Lois
Dorothy Derby
Esther Penn
Hattie May Bryan
Genevieve
Ora Lee Camp
Anna May Mussett
Kathleen Heaner
Corinne Hamilton
Marguerite Copeland
Lamar Benavides
Luisa Avila
Willie Belle Brennan
Elmer
Fred
Brandon Rogers
Clarence
Perry Jefferies
George van Court
George Hodges
Aaron Moser
Luis Avila
Dan Sanchez
Aurelio Pena
Clyde Brennan
Pablo Martinez
Carl Deducy
Lewis Leonard
Edward, Mullally
Horace Greenstreet
Edward Wright
Arthur
Pepe Puig
Louis Poster
Octaviano Longoria
Humberto Rodriguez
Fred Buenz
Felipe Garcia Moreno
Woman's Club
Rooma
R. L. Poster
Annie Webb Blanton
J. E. Applewhite
C. H. Kehl
Chas. Richter
H. R. Borchers
W. C. Greenstreet
Merkel
Mary Besse MacDonald
Wachs
Federation
Davies' Efforts Are Unavailing Hurt Ship Owners and Employers
Washington May 10 Representatives of marine workers organizations left Washington after Secretary Davis said his attempts to settle the wage dispute between workers and ship owners had been unavailing and that further conferences would not occur now. Baltimore May 10 Three hundred or more alleged strikers and sympathizers stormed the Baltimore custom house to reach a party of negro strike breakers protected by federal officers. Several negroes were beaten before police dispersed the rioters with drawn pistols.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marine Workers Organizations
Davis
Baltimore
Custom House
Polish Forces Cross Oder Capture Kosel Amid Fleeing Populace
Insurgent Polish units crossed the Oder and seized Kosel after tough combat as residents fled in panic. A French control officer sought refuge in Kosel barracks and was fired upon per inter allied commission. Casualties reported at Krandrzin station as Poles ousted Germans after three days of fighting.
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Oppeln
Oder
Kosel
Inter-Allied Commission
Krandrzin
Berlin Expected to Accept All Ultimatum Terms
Paris reports Berlin is expected to accept the Allied ultimatum conditions. Germany has two days to provide a categorical answer to reparations demands totaling about 24.75 billion dollars under the Versailles treaty. Disarmament clauses are among the other requirements in the main terms.
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Ity Associated Press
Paris
Berlin
Germany
Shipowners vs unions urged by marine engineers group
Washington May 10 spokes men of the district council of the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association charged that the government through Chairman Benson of the shipping board is shouldering the fight of the ship owners against the unions. They urged Congress to take action in the matter.
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Washington
Benson
Shipping Board
Congress
District Council of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
Mnatter
Refused Clemency For Walker Ahead Of Gallows
Governor Neff denied an eleventh hour stay of execution for H. L. Walker who confessed to killing Henry Ottersky, a traveling salesman. Hanging set for 2 p m. Walker’s appeals failed after a two year legal battle culminating in the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the conviction two months earlier.
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Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Neff
H. L. Walker
Henry Ottersky
Holcombe
Walker
Ottersky
San Antonio
Camp Logan
Court of Criminal Appeals
Try to Form Ministry
Berlin May 10 President Ebert will ask Paul Loebe to form a new ministry, a majority of newspaper reports indicate. Loebe, socialist president of the Reichstag, is seen as the likely choice amid a ministerial crisis.
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Berlin
Ebert
Paul Loebe
Wirth Seeks to Form New German Cabinet
Berlin reports Dr. Wirth former finance minister in the Fehrenbach cabinet agreed to form a new government. He rose to national prominence last year after joining Chancellor Mueller's cabinet and is a member of the Center party.
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Berlin
Dr. Wirth
Pehrenbach
Mueller
Fehrenbach
Center
Glorical
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations report
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans, furnished by The Times via the Telephone Co. Tonight and Wednesday are generally clear with a southeast wind. Fort McIntosh records for 44 hours ending 7 am show a maximum of 99 degrees and a minimum of 57 degrees.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Railroad workers win 8 1/2 cent wage increase by July 1919
The Chicago labor board ruled that El Paso and Southwestern railroad employees who handle rails lumber and scrap and perform other common labor around storehouses receive an 8 1/2 cent increase in wages by the July 1919 wage award. The decision covers workers at the El Paso and Southwestern line and reflects broader postwar pay adjustments.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Washington President Won't Press Quick Peace Resolution Passage
May 10 Washington report states President Harding does not seek delay in adopting the peace resolution but, given the European situation, will not insist on rushing its passage. The approach reflects cautious timing rather than delay.
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Washington
Harding
House of the Peace
Europe
Harding widens postmaster selection order for civil service
President Harding modified the order on selecting first, second and third class postmasters. The new directive allows appointment from the top three candidates on the eligible list rather than exclusively the highest examination scores, broadening the field of qualified appointees.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Civil Service
Harding
Jacksonsville Prepares for Southern Commercial Secretaries Meet
Jacksonville Fla May 10 Jacksonville has made elaborate preparations for entertaining the delegates to the annual convention of the Southern Commercial Secretaries Association to meet here tomorrow for four days. Large attendance expected with prominent speakers and a varied program.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Commercial Secretaries’ Association
Washington May 10 Policy on Mexico Very Well Determined
Washington reports that officials stated the administration policy toward Mexico has been very well determined though they are not yet ready to publicly enunciate it. The remark signals a settled approach without specific details disclosed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Brown named personal representative to reorganize executive branch
President Harding appointed Walter F. Brown of Toledo Ohio as his personal representative on the commission reorganizing the executive branch of the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ohio
McNamara Freed After Nine Years In San Quentin
John J McNamara was released from San Quentin State Prison after nine years and five months for dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron Works in Los Angeles in 1910. He earned the maximum reduction for good conduct after a 15 year sentence.
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San Quentin
Cal
John J McNamara
Llewellyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
Catholic College Alumni to Meet in Chicago Tomorrow
Alumni of the American College at Rome will hold their annual reunion in Chicago. About 200 Catholic priests and prelates are expected, with Archbishop Hayes of New York serving as honorary president. The Rome college, founded in 1859, is one of several national maintained schools in the Eternal City.
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Chicago
American College At
Rome
Archbishop Hayes
New York
Eternal City
Campaign Planned Against Industrial Courts by AFL
Cincinnati May 10 The executive council of the American Federation of Labor meets to prepare a new nationwide campaign against industrial courts and anti labor legislation. President Gompers presents state department attitude on Russia and a Soviet suppression of unions. The push targets state federations and local central bodies for educational campaigns, with unemployment and wage cuts to follow later in the week.
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Cincinnati
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Daa
Gompers
Hughes
Russia
Congress
Five Millions Gold Arrived for Britain in New York
A $5,000,000 gold shipment arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania and consigned to J. P. Morgan & Co. for the British government. The money aids retirement of 64% bonds due in November. The 150 million dollar loan matures this fall, part of a 200 million issue dating from 1916. About 45 million in notes have been purchased and cancelled.
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Associated Press
New York
Great Britain
J. P. Morgan and
Mauretania
Bank of England
United Kingdom
Ireland
Neff's Mother Illness Binds Governor to Home
Governor Neff announced he cannot fulfill speaking engagements in Texas for the next days due to his mother's critical illness. He remained at her bedside yesterday and last night. Mrs. Neff, 41, has lived at the governor's mansion since his inauguration.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Neff
National Paper Box Manufacturers Begin Third Annual Convention
The National Paper Box Manufacturers Association opened its third annual convention in New York with headquarters at the Waldorf Astoria. Members from across the country attend as the gathering will close Thursday evening with a banquet featuring U. S. Senator Irvine Lenroot of Wisconsin as the principal speaker.
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New York
National Paper Box Manufacturers’ Association
Waldorf-Astoria
United States
Irvine L. Lenroot
Wisconsin
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