Demand for Mexico to release consular agent Jenkins
A demand is issued for Mexico to release unarmed consular agent Jenkins. The statement emphasizes a formal request or diplomatic pressure, though lacking further context or corroborating details.
26 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1919
Page
1
A demand is issued for Mexico to release unarmed consular agent Jenkins. The statement emphasizes a formal request or diplomatic pressure, though lacking further context or corroborating details.
President Wilson's cabinet in a special White House session discussed the half million miner strike set for next Wednesday. Secretary Baker presided while Secretary Lansing rested at home. Hines attended, Tumulty presented the president's views, and a Senate resolution called for lawful authority to quell potential violence.
Washington October 25 President Wilsons cabinet adjourned at the White House after an hour of discussion on the bituminous coal miners strike. A definite program of the government's attitude was to be formulated this afternoon and presented to the president.
Washington officials from the American Federation of Labor said that passage by either house of congress of anti strike legislation in the pending bill would lead to a general strike vote across the United States.
Washington senators vote 7 to 5 to recommend rejecting John Skelton Williams as comptroller of the currency in a banking committee decision dated October 25.
Washington reports that daylight saving time ends tonight as the nation reverts to standard time. Congress opposed resumption due to farming objections, and officials say the change takes effect at 1 am Sunday with railways in the United States and Canada switching simultaneously.
The state department demanded the release of William O Jenkins the American consular department agent at Puebla unharmed even if Mexico must pay the 150000 ransom demanded by the bandits Senator Myers of Montana introduced a resolution urging the president to use all U S armed forces to secure Jenkins release.
Governor Cox ordered nearly the entire Ohio National Guard mobilized at Akron after reports of rioting in Canton tied to the steel strike. All available machine gun and seven infantry companies were called to duty for immediate service.
The North and South Texas Grocers Association asks Texas Attorney General Cureton to join a National Wholesale Grocers Association suit against the federal railroad administration. The case alleges ongoing discrimination by railroads in favor of packers. The move aims to prevent further alleged bias impacting Texas grocers.
Tokio October 25 Field Marshal Count Terauchi former Japanese premier remains alive according to his physicians after a coma led to an incorrect death announcement. Camphor injections revived him and he could take nourishment on Tuesday following the mistaken pronouncement. Posthumous honors had been announced earlier by the imperial court.
Copenhagen reports the entire staff of Leon Trotzky the Bolshevik minister of war and marine in Russia were captured at Tsarskoe Selo. Trotzky escaped by clinging to a railroad car and fled in an automobile. Northwestern Russian Army troops pursued and fired on his car but he reached Petrograd.
Forty people died when a passenger train collided with a freight train near Krasnowitz in Silesia on October 25. The disaster left many injured as authorities investigated the cause and emergency crews battled flames.
Waco October 25 opening the tenth annual Texas Cotton Palace exposition proceeds under favorable auspices with exhibitors and visitors expected to fill the grounds.
Fragmentary data lists varied figures like 204.14 673 157.62 660.113.69 and 2 66 0 1 Pa with unclear context or entities. No identifiable person organization or location is readable to anchor a proper news item.
Cotton markets report mixed earlier and closing tones across cities. Prices shown for New York New Orleans Houston and Galveston with opening and close ranges and daily sales figures. Middling staples steady with firm spot quotes and outgoing shipments noted from Galveston and New Orleans.
New Haven Conn October 25 Prof William Howard Taft will be the popular speaker at a Roosevelt meeting to be held at Yale University tomorrow The date was moved from October 27 Roosevelt's birthday and day of Roosevelt Memorial Association meetings The association seeks to include all and stresses that fundraising is secondary to giving anyone a chance to join.
Count Andrassy becomes Austrian premier succeeding Baron Burian as government head. Italian forces press a drive against Austrians between the Brenta and the Piave fronts. French assaults push the Germans into retreat in the Laon area as the battle lines shift.
The Times reprints a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Sunday are described as partly cloudy to cloudy.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am at Fort McIntosh show a max of 83 degrees and a min of 67 degrees. Winds from the south with clear skies.
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