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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1917
Page
1
Reports from Rio de Janeiro and London indicate Brazil will sever ties with Germany and Switzerland will handle Brazilian interests in Berlin. In Washington war with Austria may follow, while two grain elevators in Minneapolis burned in suspected arson, insured and valued at about fifty thousand dollars.
The American liner New York struck a mine five miles off Liverpool bar. No casualties are reported and the ship later docked at Liverpool. It left New York on March 29 with fifty eight passengers cargo and mail. seven of the passengers and one hundred forty four crew were American. Damage described as slight.
A blast at the Eddystone ammunition plant near Chester, Pennsylvania, with three explosions and a fire, killed 130 to 250 workers and injured about 300. Most victims were women and girls employed in shrapnel and fuse production, with shells scattered for blocks.
Sensational breaks today in provision values pull ed down corn wheat and other grain markets. Advocacy of government controls of meat and food was chief factor. Wheat dropped five cents a bushel.
A large crowd at the Knights of Pythias hall organized the Bryan Light Guards. Major L L McInnis presided and speeches by local leaders urged patriotism. About 100 men signed the muster roll and a meeting was set for Carnegie hall to elect a captain and begin drilling.
Millican and Gravel Pit met on the Millican diamond Saturday afternoon with Millican prevailing 20 to 14. Roger Williams hit two home runs for Millican while Finnie Groda hit two for Gravel Pit. Bertie Groda starred in the field for Gravel Pit.
Brownsville authorities issued an order directing Germans and Mexican Germans in the district to remain in either Mexico or the United States after repeated border crossing. The directive seeks to control cross border movement amid interim immigration enforcement.
Yoakum Texas April 11 a Mr Haley of Shiner a German through an interpreter to naval recruiting officers offered his seventeen year old son Otto for enlistment saying please accept my son it is my offering to America He personally brought Otto to the recruitment office for service in the navy.
Congress declares war on Germany with a 373 to 50 vote and President Wilson signs the resolution. Naval militia and reserves are called to colors as a wartime proclamation urges all Americans to support government measures.
Washington on April 6 said seizures of German merchant ships are measures of safety for ships and adjacent property. Crew aboard are regarded as German reservists on German territory.
The seizure of German merchant ships sheltering in Atlantic ports began this morning after Congress declared a state of war. Boston’s port collector acted first, with federal officers soon following. Some ninety-one German vessels remain in American ports, totaling about six hundred thousand gross tons.
United States marshals and guards seized the Rhein Neckar and Bulgarian at Baltimore this morning. No resistance occurred as crews totaling sixty were removed to confinement.
In Newport on April 6, Collector of Customs Hamilton hoisted the U S flag over the German steamer Arcadia. The Austro Hungarian steamer Budapest lay beside her and raised the Austro Hungarian flag while remaining unboarded by officials.
In Jacksonville on April 6 customs authorities seized the German merchant Frieda Leenhardt. The vessel had been in port since the war began and historically chased up the east coast of Florida by a French cruiser.
At Philadelphia on April 6 the interned German steamers Prinz Oskar and tor of the port began seizure of twenty seven German merchant vessels that had sought refuge there at the war’s start.
On April 6 Washington reports federal authorities seized the German merchant ships Kiel and Nicaria and took twenty crew members as prisoners, quartering them in the marine hospital grounds. Rhaetia, owned by the Hamburg American line, has also been seized by federal authorities.
At Pensacola on April 6 federal authorities took charge of the German steamers Vogesen and Dudolph Blumberg. Their crews are in custody.
In New Orleans on April 6 the German steamers Breslau and Andromeda were seized. Their crews were taken to the immigration station in Savannah on the same day. Also seized was the German freighter Hopenfelde.
The senate appropriation committee adds a one hundred million emergency war fund to the general deficiency bill. The fund follows the model of the fifty million Spanish war appropriation for McKinley and would be used at the president's discretion.
Reports from Boston describe a rumored 10,000 ton commerce raider sighted in the steamship lane to Europe. Censor lifted briefly for warnings, then tightened. ships offered conflicting rumors of sinking near Nantucket, with officials refusing to confirm.
Miss Lola Jones remembered the Baptist Sunday school with an Easter egg hunt on a Sunday afternoon. Fifty or sixty children gathered on a cool lawn at 2 PM to search for eggs. Miss Maude Jones won a small basket and Master Ross Jones received a white rabbit prize.
New York April 9 a federal grand jury returned an indictment naming twenty one corporations and eighteen individuals charging violation of the Sherman anti trust law for fixing coal prices.
In Newport News on April 6 two black workers were shot and killed during a riot at the Newport News ship building drydock plant. About five hundred African American workers took part, with police assisting soldiers and sailors on guard. the cause of the disturbance was not stated.
A man was arrested in Collinsville Texas after authorities found maps of Texas highways bridges and plans of the Panama Canal. The report notes a drug store advertisement urging households to keep BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT for cuts wounds sprains and rheumatism with prices listed at 26c 50c and 1.00 per bottle.
A provocative remark asserts that men struggle with the art of love making while women readily provide chances to practice. The quote reflects attitudes on intimacy and gender roles.
Bryan residents urge selecting their city for one of twenty five thousand troops training camps. President Waldrop telegrammed Secretary of War Newton Baker on April 11 1917 offering grounds water and a healthy site aided by Texas A and M College with military students to support the camp.
A weekend patriotic mass meeting at the Haswell corner drew Bryan’s largest crowd yet. Speakers included Judge John W. Doremus, District Attorney W. C. Davis, County Attorney Lamar Bethea, F. L. Henderson, and A and M College manager Wipprecht. They urged econ omy, unity, and vigilance as war loomed, praising Old Glory and American destiny.
Two United States torpedo boat destroyers captured a ammunition laden schooner bound for a Mexican west coast port. Five shots were fired as the vessel tried to escape and it was beached. Several thousand rounds were taken ashore at a Pacific coast port. captain and crew unnamed.
The case of Houston Neeley and Rube Mullinax of Grimes county charged with theft of hogs was continued to the next term of court. Many witnesses were present from Grimes county.
The crowd applauded as speakers urged unity and action. Judge J T Maloney spoke on business footing for the nation while Dr E W Solomon praised resolve. resolutions backed the U S and Congress in declaring war on Germany and pledged loyal service to defend liberty and laws.
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