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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1920
Page
5
From Tusaday's Daily the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes a rate increase that becomes effective Thursday August 26. The move aims to restore railroads to a 70 percent operating ratio by boosting gross revenue to about 130 percent of current levels, with uncertainty about actual impact.
Queen Wilhelmina’s birthday salutes mark the day with global notes. Huntington’s centenary and his art bequest to the Met loom over New York. Cox accepts an Ohio State Fair speech date while Roosevelt closes a Western tour in Indianapolis. The Prince of Wales arrives in Honolulu for a two day visit. Asbury Park hosts a famed Baby Parade. A U S Military Telegraphers convention opens in Toronto. The American Expeditionary forces vanish from history as the last unit in Washington ceases operation. Michiganders head to primaries with Ferris unopposed for Democratic leader. California holds a broad general primary for senator, Congress, and state offices. The Republican senate race draws keen interest.
An irritable fault finding disposition is often caused by indigestion. A man with good digestion and regular bowels is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlains Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels.
Mrs. O W Mann will entertain with a party at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in honor of Misses Marian and Dorothy Jackson. Mrs. W L Arkles will entertain with a luncheon at noon in honor of Miss Margaret Lloyd. There will be a movie show at the Service Club in the evening.
Fensonals J. Shahady left last night on a business trip to San Antonio and Dallas. He will be absent for about a week. John Gladney of Tulsa is visiting in Laredo this week as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hill. Eduardo Cruz returned home this morning from a business visit to New York to make fall and winter purchases for the Two Republics Department Store.
The dispatch recounts Brusa in modern crisis as Greeks seize the city from Turkish nationalists and Kemalist forces, while historians attribute its founding to Hannibal or Prussia. It details Brusa's strategic siting near Mount Olympus, its Byzantine and Ottoman eras, fires, earthquakes, and venerable sites like the Green Mosque.
Buenos Aires August 31 Argentina rejects a £100,000 offer from Frederick White for control of the state's petroleum properties at Comodoro Rivadavia. Production runs about 200,000 tons annually while fuel shortages prompt calls for expanded development. Irigoyen seeks greater output but keeps resources under national control. Previous offers from North American promoters were also declined.
Mrs Willie Marian Beene announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Marzelle Elizabeth to Lieutenant Russell Conwell Snyder Fourth Field Artillery United States Army U S Vice Consul at Saltillo Mr Eaton.
Ernest L. Tustin of Philadelphia told the American Bar Association in St. Louis that municipal legal aid bureaus are essential to help the poor and protect immigrants from imposition. He argued legal aid should be a civic duty, not a court function, and urged local bar associations to promote public support and oversight.
Railroad timetable lists Train No 1 to Corpus Christi at 9 66 am Train No 2 from Corpus Christi at 3 36 pm International and Great Northern runs a through fast train to St Louis leaving 9 30 am arrives 4 pm Night Train times given incompletely Laredo Minera services daily except Sunday Train No 1 departs 8 30 am arrives 10 20 am Train No 2 departs Minera 11 am arrives Laredo 3 16 pm
Mr Vaughan, a farmer, recounts losing all his pedigree seed corn after storing it in a gur ney sack hung from a rope. He suspects rats and notes he found five dead rats the next morning. The ad promotes RAT-SNAP in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25, sold and guaranteed by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery.
Under oath, Treasurer Upham rejects any assertion of quotas in city campaigns led by Republican state efforts. The interview centers on procedural claims and party strategy, with Upham defending integrity while addressing critics.
Local units of the Oklahoma National Guard were held in readiness today for duty in connection with possible race troubles following the lynching of a negro Sunday. The man was arrested Saturday in a raid on a moonshine still in which two officers were killed.
Washington reports Americans of German or Austrian descent seek word on when immigration bans will end. Wartime restrictions stay in effect, with entry allowed only under compelling circumstances via passports issued by American diplomats. In 1919 only 52 Germans and 53 Austrians entered the United States. 1914 saw 35,724 Germans and 278,152 Austrians arriving.
W. H. Ireland of Louisville a traveling salesman recalls a severe summer illness in 188% cholera morbus. He paid a hotel porter to buy Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, took a double dose per directions, slept, and awoke at five to catch a train for his next stop a well map.
Chicago reports Fred Upham Republican treasurer testifies under oath he never saw heard of or ordered forged quota figures for campaign fundraising. He cites 12 589 contributors averaging 82 11 and reveals national and state totals 1 017 256 52 with national 618 013 64 and state 399 241 78.
Plans of the big five meat packers to dispose of stockyard interests under a decree with the Department of Justice contemplate selling such interests in fifteen cities to BF H Price and Company of Boston.
The Tyrol government banned further communal fractional currency issuance after audits showed none of the notes circulated. Notes of ten and twenty heller types fetched up to eighty to one hundred downs to collectors. Issuers included various groups such as a Gottweigh monastery and the Anti-Semitic Association of Amstetten.
Critics hail Al St. John as the greatest comedian in motion pictures and he brings a side splitting comedy to the Strand tomorrow. Known for work with Fatty Arbuckle, St. John delivers his best antics to provoke hearty laughs from film fans.
Aug 31 report from Belfast notes nine killed in yesterday's rioting with two dying and twenty killed since the unrest began last Wednesday. Troops occupy all police barracks as ominous signs of fresh trouble emerge with groups gathering on corners.
In Benton Harbor Michigan on August 81 Jack Desapsey and Billy Misie resumed training after a 24 hour layoff. They enter the final stages ahead of the heavyweight championship contest next Monday.
Riga reports that Latvia has agreed to permit Poland and Soviet Russia to transfer the Minsk conference to Riga. The move was made at the request of Poland.
Official Berlin statistics show 357 148 unemployed on July 15, up from 20 126 on July 1. The figures reflect the labor market condition in the German capital during July.
The Fields Register of Shipping for 1920 shows the United States has increased seagoing tonnage since 1914 by more than 200 percent, now at 12,406,000 tons and second only to the United Kingdom's 18,111,000 tons. The U.S. owns over 24 percent of world tonnage, while sailing tonnage shares reach over 43 percent. Japan and France follow, with Germany diminished to 419,000 tons.
The Queen Candy Company opened Saturday in the Walls building near Boticea del Pueblo. Under James Mataragas, the new concern offers homemade candies, high grade chocolates, fancy boxes, sodas, ice cream and sherbets, marking a fresh addition to Laredo commerce.
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