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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1922
Page
7
Rescue teams in Jackson California on September 16 predicted a breakthrough to the 47 entombed miners within days. Officials said less than 70 feet of rock stood between them and discovery with estimates of 30 feet per day. The Argo nauta mine work continued as crews aimed to reveal fates before Monday.
A unanimous statement by government state and mine officials declares the Argonaut mine will break through tomorrow. Local authorities and the company clash with expectations as crews prepare for the milestone.
The 300 mile automobile speed classing in Kansas City Missouri has been postponed until tomorrow due to threatening weather as announced by officials.
Washington reports President Harding has decided to veto the soldier bonus bill and will send his veto message to the House on Tuesday. Advisers say allies are surveying the Senate to block any veto override.
Denison Texas September 16 Adjutant General Barton denies Austin reports that National Guard troops may be removed. He says railroad negotiations will not change Texas policy and removal depends on circumstances. Sherman Texas September 16 juries in open port cases remain out with reports of a deadlock over charges of kidnapping workers in Denison.
Cleveland September 16 A settlement between the general chairmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors and Pennsylvania Railroad officials was announced by President Lee of the trainmen.
Heaumont Texas September 16 Texas and Louisiana saw mill operators will face a temporary car shortage within the next six months J A Glen division superintendent of the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe railway advised the members of the Hast Texas mill.
Associated Press reports the Soviet military council led by Leon Trotsky orders immediate mobilization across the Caucasus. One corps already guards the Angora frontier ready to aid Mustafa Kemal Pasha if he advances on Constantinople. London and Constantinople notes describe British calls for allied defense and large forces landed at the Dardanelles amid global tension.
The Texas anti-Ku Klux Klan Democrats gathered in Dallas to choose a candidate to challenge Earle B. Mayfield, Democratic U.S. senator nominee. Former Congressman Joe Eagle presided as committees drafted platform and candidate selection. Morning session focused on organization and speeches.
Chicago detectives arrested Harry and Louis Levy brothers at their home on September 16 charged with embezzling $8,000 from the Dallas County State Bank in Dallas. The charges stem from a check transaction with the bank.
Army airship C-2 completed a transcontinental flight and moored at the government flying field near Belleville. It arrived last night and is expected to depart soon for Fort Sill Oklahoma or continue to San Antonio.
In a business ses sion today the managers' association discussed a probable shortage caused by government action requiring railroads to give preference to food and coal, a spokesman said.
Henry Ford halted operations across his industries in protest against believed exorbitant coal and steel charges. About 100,000 workers are initially idled, with plants around Detroit and many assembly stations nationwide affected. The first layoff started at midnight.
The bodies of Rev Edward Hall rector of the Protestant Episcopal church and an unidentified woman were found under an apple tree on a farm near New Brunswick New Jersey today. Hall had a bullet wound in the forehead and the woman three wounds in the head. The woman is later identified as Mrs James Miller wife of the church sexton and a choir singer. Hall was a prominent clergyman.
New Orleans September 16 estimates place losses from a three hour waterfront fire at five to six million dollars. Government warehouse wharves and army ordnance storages were burned along with commercial goods. Early reports of five deaths were unconfirmed. Sailors from the Elsa Hugo Stinnes spoke of a man burned on the wharf and another cut by a propeller. A Florence Luckenbach trio reportedly jumped overboard and may have drowned.
Five firemen were overcome by smoke and heat and another was seriously burned by blazing creosote in a blaze that virtually destroyed the six story Interstate Forwarding Company warehouse in Dallas. The fire began among stored furniture on the second floor, with losses estimated between 160000 and 200000 dollars.
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