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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1913
Page
1
Associated Press reports from Little Rock Arkansas that William McCombe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, arrived en route to his old home in Hamburg Arkansas. He plans to spend a week there tending his winter wedding and attending to farming duties.
Toledo dispatch reports a big touring car with three unidentified men plunging through guard chains into the Maumee river at Madison avenue. The car sank and all three occupants were drowned this morning.
Governor Colquitt announces Colonel A M Johnston of the Houston Post will replace Senator Bailey for the remainder of the term ending March 4. Major C A Adams hails the choice as fitting, noting Johnston and Adams are lifelong friends from Sandusky, Washington County, and Johnston is en route to Washington to receive credentials.
A Chesapeake Bay steamer collision left twenty two people dead when the Julia Luckenbach sank after a collision with the Indrakuala near Fort Tampa. Captain Gilbert and his wife were among the drowned. several crew survived by clinging to wreckage for hours as gale winds battered them. The Indrakuala and Luckenbach disaster prompted rescue efforts by the steamer Pennsylvania and others, with debates over aid and mastership following the wreck.
A fragmented report from London states Ottoman delegates will not surrender Adrianople or the Aegean islands. Bulgarians may accept mediation by European powers, with final instructions reported by wire service. Constantinople dispatch notes Turkish envoy reception and rejection of allied ultimatum on Adrianople.
Bail amounts set for convicted dynamiters in various cities list. Individuals named with specific bail figures: seventy thousand, sixty thousand, forty thousand, thirty thousand, twenty thousand, and ten thousand dollars. Names include Iyas Chicago Jobo Butler San Francisco Tyelimos Salt Lake City Munsey Salt Lake City Cooley New Orleans Webb New York Young Boston etc. The OCR fragment presents bail figures and numerous names with city affiliations.
William Rockefeller has agreed through his counsel to accept service of a subpoena to appear January 12 before the Pujo committee in Washington investigating the money trust. Untermeyer announced the offer was accepted by the committee’s director. A formal demand had been made at Rockefeller’s home for a due answer, as two deputies and the sergeant at arms visited yesterday afternoon.
A suspect identified as Lee, linked to a burglary at a merchant shop, was found with a bottle of mitrotitycerine and a pistol. Police engaged the suspect during a daytime arrest, resulting in the shooting of Officer Charien Glen and wounding of another officer before the suspect was overpowered and disarmed.
The article hints a warm weather outlook for the coming days with temperatures to be read over the next three days. A separate dialogue mentions a maid and a doorway exchange as a sergeant questions the housekeeper, but the outcome is unclear.
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