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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1922
Page
12
A fragmented note marks notable October births: Giolitti described as veteran Italian statesman and former premier born in Imont eighty years ago. Davis, former Labor Secretary in Harding's cabinet, born in 1849. Smith, state Gaolo, born in unknown year.
A compact timeline notes events from 1810 Bonaparte orders burning of British goods in France to 1919 President Wilson vetoes the Prohibition Enforcement Bill. Highlights include 1837 Whitelaw Reid born near Kenia Ohio dies in London 1912, 1858 Theodore Roosevelt born in New York City, 1887 Norse expeditions return to England, 1889 cornerstone laid for General Robert E Lee monument in Richmond, 1912 Diaz condemned in Vera Cruz.
The day features birthdays of Theodore Roosevelt and Giovanni Giolitti, the 26th anniversary of the Duchess of Teck’s death, and the 75th anniversary of Pittsburgh Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar. The Imperial Fruit Show opens in London with Empire-wide displays as the Navy honors Roosevelt. Former Vice President Marshall speaks in Pittsburgh.
The Secretary of the Interior announces the opening of nearly ten thousand acres of public land in the Klamath project area of Oregon to homestead entry. Will call for organized settlement and related procedures.
The Southern Baptist campaign reports total cash collections reaching 36.16 million by May 1 1822 and outlines gains in baptisms, new churches, schools, hospitals, and endowments. It notes 600,000 new church members and a planned reinforcement month in November December to solicit remaining pledges.
The Sunbeam lists a Baptist Church Band meeting at 4 30 PM Friday. Mrs Horace Hamlin hosts bridge at 3 30 PM Saturday. A Pan American Round Table called meeting is set for 10 30 AM Saturday at Elks Hall.
The Centro Social Fronterizo Club of Nuevo Laredo invites members to a monthly dance at 8 p.m. A string of local social notices follows including residents returning from San Antonio to Laredo, business trips to Monterey, and visits by Chicago and California guests. Church groups host Halloween parties with locations and dates. missionary notes honor Hannah Fair in China. a birthday party for Sara Aguila features cake and songs.
Mrs. W. M. Brennan hosted a Halloween themed afternoon party for club members and guests with bridge prizes and a two course luncheon. The event featured orange zinnias and cosmos, Hallowe en decorations, and invited attendees included Mrs. Brennan and her daughter Carolyn Brennan along with numerous club and guest members.
Enrique Martinez departed last night for Mexico City to assume the role of representative for D. B. Serna & Co. He will handle duties related to firm operations in the Mexican market.
Julian Onderdonk 40, renowned for Texas blue bonnets paintings, died in a San Antonio hospital from shock after an operation. The Associated Press reports he devoted his life to depicting Texas flora and landscapes.
Federal Judge Hand dismissed a suit by two American steamship companies seeking to enforce the Daugherty prohibition ruling. The decision holds American steamships cannot carry or sell liquor anywhere in the world, reinforcing the prior ruling that no ship may enter or clear from an American port with liquor aboard.
Berlin reports the first quarter of 1922 shows fewer marriages and births than a year earlier. Marriages drop to 8.4 per thousand, births 25.6, and deaths 18.6 per thousand, versus 10.4, 27.7, and 15.6 in 1921, with 1913 figures also cited for context.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has served for colds croup and whooping cough for almost fifty years. It has grown in favor and popularity as its good qualities are better known and is a standard reliance in thousands of homes. It is dependable safe and pleasant for children.
In Austin officials said ad Mayfield’s name can be certified anytime to appear on ballots though the printing rule is unsettled. Secretary Staples awaits the Supreme Court ruling. a Dallas report says a Corsicana jury found Mayfield violated primary expenditure limits, keeping an injunction.
San Bernardino California October 27. Fire fighters in the San Bernardino mountains hope eight missing men escaped the forest fire near Lake Arrowhead by reaching open stretches along the road. The eight left the main body when flames jumped the fire break. Immense timber in the area. hope rests on saving the summer colony at Lake Arrowhead.
Premier Facta telegrams Mussolini to Rome to discuss possible agreement between the government and the Fascisti. Mussolini expected to arrive to talk crisis and potential new cabinet with Fascisti involved. King Victor Emmanuel to meet leaders. Giolitti also due in Rome.
Senator Sheppard of Texas departed Washington for Atlantic City to enter a sanitarium for treatment to prevent a threatened physical breakdown. He will stay until his health is fully restored as advised by his physicians.
William Rawls and John Spurgeon, striking railway workers, confessed after 15 hours of questioning to bombing the home of striker W. J. Cooms in Little Rock Arkansas. Police report bombs and dynamite found in Rawls' garden and say Rawls implicated Spurgeon in other bombings.
Copenhagen reports John Hlle hammer, a Danish electrical engineer, has invented a compact attachment about the size of an ordinary alarm clock. The device can convert a motorcar into a fire engine in a minute, projecting water to a height of 60 feet. Hammer believes the invention will revolutionize firefighting.
The order making permanent the TRO preventing the name of Earle B. Mayfield from being certified to county election boards was signed by Judge Scarborough. Costs in the case, about 1200 dollars, will be charged to Mayfield, Secretary of State Staples, and the Tarrant County election board.
Governor Neff will not attend the Democratic state executive committee meeting in Dallas tomorrow due to official duties, announced today.
In Cleveland on July killings, state witness testifies Mrs Mabel Champion of Texas fired the three shots that killed Thomas O Connell carnival promoter. The night manager and witness said she aimed deliberately and fired after her husband ordered the shot during a scuffle with Ainsley Champion, her husband, described by the witness.
Dallas October 27 Judge William P. Rumsey federal reserve agent here showed little hope for recovery after illness while returning from a Washington conference. Attendants reported the prognosis this morning.
Moscow faces severe crowding as 36,000 students flock to the city for education. Authorities plan to move residents to nearby towns to free space, with one of the city’s largest churches taken over to house students.
Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel urged an international meeting in Washington to tackle unsettled financial, commercial, and industrial questions involving the United States. Delegates would decide how to meet existing obligations without injuring any party or compromising principles. Gary opposed canceling Europe’s war debts to the United States.
The Mexican consulate general in New York was closed after a Washington order to suspend U S business in protest of New York court rulings. The Oliver American Trading Company had secured a writ of attachment against Mexican government funds on deposit here in a $1,254,000 damages suit.
Signals a shift in eastern front lines as Vladivostok evacuation completes. General Dietrich, longtime leader of the Russian White Guards, is said to align with Chang Tso Lin, the powerful ruler in Manchuria, per latest dispatches received in Tokio.
The Republican National Committee reports a campaign fund total of 422,066.96 dollars, with expenditures of 421,044 dollars by Wednesday night. Major contributors include R. B. Mellon at 26,000 dollars and John D. Rockefeller at 15,000 dollars.
London reports Eton College will start the year with 1,189 pupils, the largest intake to date. Last term enrolled 1,324, nearly double prewar limits of 700. Over ten years the number of applicants remained high, prompting higher entrance standards and tuition costs, but the waiting list remains long.
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