08 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1914
Page
1
Villa via wireless promises full support to Gutierrez as provisional president of Mexico and to allies if needed. Reports from El Paso indicate the stance amid wartime updates from Tokio and Paris on German and Allied actions.
The annual conference of Charities and Correction opens in Springfield with delegates from across Missouri. A key topic is a state pension fund for widows with Oscar Leonard of St. Louis pushing its social and business benefits. Also urged is legislation to punish deserting husbands and fund their public road employment and wife support. The meeting runs Sunday through Tuesday with noted speakers expected.
In Newark New Jersey on November 7 a conspiracy to defraud case will be heard involving Wasson Piston Ring Company Hoboken leaders Hubert Wasson Marshall Mills and Edman Manning. The American Pigeon Ring Co accuses them of stealing trade secrets based on a confession from ex employee Charles Hermann who says plant photos were taken and supplied to the Wasson firm for payment.
An old advertisement claims Dr King's New Discovery soothes throat and bronchial inflammation and relieves coughs. It promises quick relief, offers a 50 cent bottle, and quotes a testimonial from J. R. Watts of Floydale Texas with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
London dispatch reports that Roumania may intervene as tensions rise along the front. The Bulgarian correspondent notes increased military activity and potential action pending developments in the region.
The Department of Agriculture estimates that European war effects have cost American cotton farmers and cotton seed men about 465 million dollars this year. Dallas reports cotton spots up one sixteenth with middling at 22. Sales reached 9,671 bales.
United States Attorney General Gregory conferred with President Wilson on November 7 about the proposed 135 006 000 dollar customs loan. New England bankers claim the plan violates the Sherman antitrust law.
Boston plans a Baby Saving Sunday with churches opening pulpits to visitors from the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. Ministers will use baby saving as their texts as the association begins its annual meeting Monday.
Olga Samaroff, renowned soloist and wife of Leopold Stokowski, was guest of honor at a Philadelphia society reception hosted by Mr and Mrs J Howard Weatherly. The Texas native and American artist is prominent in local cultural circles.
The Boston Equal Suffrage Association opens a Sunday afternoon theatre campaign with speakers Meyer Curley, Pethick Lawrence of London, Louis D. Brandeis, Bishop Sumner of Oregon, Rabbi Wise, Samuel Gompers, Miss Fella La Follette, and others scheduled to speak.
The text suggests Mania may pressure to intervene and threaten 400,000 troops against Austria. It also notes Bulgaria could ally with England if Macedonia territory is provided.
Four warships of unknown nationality passed Lima, Peru, yesterday heading southward.
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