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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1922
Page
1
Washington announced the government is prepared to take any steps to end the strike. Deputy marshals began serving notices on strike leaders today as part of the readiness to enforce an injunction.
The grand jury probes Herrin riot prosecutions funded by alleged capital backers and dereliction of duty by officials may trigger impeachments. Meanwhile federal action on the Chicago railroad shopmen injunction mobilizes 5,500 deputies and subpoenas for AFL leaders.
Jackson California September 2 Belief grows that the 47 Argonaut mine prisoners who have been trapped since Sunday have died despite ongoing rescue efforts.
Washington September 2 The Pome rone bill regulating campaign expenditures of candidates for election to the senate and house passed the senate today. It now goes to the house. The measure replaces the law ruled unconstitutional in the Newberry case.
Earthquake struck Tai Hoku in northern Farmond today causing considerable damage. Loss of life is feared though no particulars are available.
A severe nightly storm devastates Needles California, blowing houses from foundations and unroofing most buildings in the western section. Only a few structures remain standing as the town endures the damage.
Memphis Tennessee September 2 Charles Lanier a non union railroad shop worker was killed when the automobile he was riding in bound for work was fired upon by unknown assailants in an early morning incident.
E F Grable president of the international Nother hood of maintenance of way men is said to be critically ill at a Chicago hotel his wife reports he is suffering from a nervous collapse.
Police and county authorities across three states renewed efforts to trace three gunmen who held up a mail truck near Commerce Oklahoma yesterday. They took 13000 dollars from a mail pouch and fled in a car after binding driver Charles Carter in a barn five miles away. Carter said he was forced to drive to a field where the pouch was taken and later told the bandits they were waiting for an airplane to land as a motor stopped nearby.
The Mexican consular service warns Mexican laborers in the United States that offering services as strikebreakers is at their own risk. Officials say the government opposes interference in strikes and may penalize those who defy guidance.
Eight batteries of artillery units will be fully equipped with heavy field guns by October 1, according to Adjutant General Barton. The heavy guns will be sent from Fort Bliss to the various Texas units immediately.
Washington reports the commerce department estimates 1943 sugar output will be nearly half a million tons less than 1922. Global production for 1923 is pegged at 17,000,400 tons versus 17,490,000 tons this year, reflecting a tighter world supply outlook.
General army headquarters orders concentration of the Southern Greek army on the Uwehak line to counter the Turkish Nationalist advance. Smyrna dispatch reports Greek retreat toward Achak and thousands of civilians fleeing ahead of the army to escape the Turks.
Berlin reports to the commerce department that German toy prices are rising sharply. A 160 percent increase is planned for fall with more hikes expected. Lead soldiers are being replaced by American Indian figures in the toy factories.
Beauvoir Mississippi September 2 John Turner a Confederate veteran aged 94 is the father of nine children all born in the last 20 years. He married the first time at 74 and the second time at 78.
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