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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1915
Page
2
Foreign trade for March 27 to April 3 shows a $21,621,172 surplus, up $6,173,020 from the prior week. Exports totaled $57,402,906 with imports at $35,781,734. New York led exports at $24,779,994 and New Orleans followed with $5,851,119. Cotton exports reached 239,293 bales, bringing total since August 1, 1914 to 6,741,513.
M F Dansby awards contract for enlargement of his Main street building to T B Hubbard. Brick work sublet to William Rigby with foundation excavations under way. Extension will run about forty feet full lot length two stories high. Philip Hermer plans to move Dublin stock to Bryan after completion.
Corpus Christi Texas April 1 Roy Miller was re elected mayor by a majority of 412 carrying the entire Peoples party ticket with him.
The district court term largely centered on divorce actions. Listed are marriages dissolved: Guillet Ibarra and Elizia Ibarra. Ben Adams and Ethel Adams. Lydia Jackson and John Jackson. Will Bishop and Nannie Bishop. L Luck and Maggie Luck. Sallie Ward and Edgar Ward. Simmie Sanders and Eola Sanders. Emela Johnson and William Johnson. Ella Sterling and Roger Sterling. Decia Green and Ed Green. Jesse Sanders and Sallie Sanders. Jennie Boatright and Joe Boatright. Lula Holston and Hilliard Holston. Mary Turner and George Turner. Allen Jones and Mary Jones. Fannie Blue and Davis Blue. Will Hill and Estelle Hi. Lucile Knox and Thomas Knox. Winnie Starks and Green Starks. Louisa Brown and Haywood Brown. Paul Holly and Lucy Holly. Tee Wilson and Ella Wilson. Lee Ella Bell and Charlie Bell. Sam Childs and Delphia Childs. Lucy Wilson and Jim Wilson. Rosa Silliman and Gus Silliman.
In Austin on April 7 interest rises as former Governor B Colquitt campaigns against all comers in the United States Senate race. Senator Culberson plans a mid month Austin visit while supporters expect reelection. Joe Bailey and Tom Campbell are viewed as likely candidates alongside George W. Riddle of Dallas and Congressman Robert Lee Henry.
Bound for Texas with senatorial ambitions, former Governor Colquitt expresses confidence in a large lead and predicts a very warm campaign. Positive public announcements regarding the Senatorship are anticipated soon as the contest takes shape.
Returns from 1,400 of 1,566 precincts show William Hale Thompson elected mayor of Chicago by about 130000 votes over Democrat Robert M. Sweitzer. Republicans also win most city offices with a large plurality and likely control of the city council. Women's votes split similarly to men's.
Clippings from Coleview describe oaks in new green, thriving farms, and productive households. Mrs John Pate gathers seventy five to eighty eggs daily, Amon Williams keeps high minded chickens, and residents cheer farming hopes, education, and community events including Bright Light Church Easter program. Visitors Horace McGee and Evander Hensarling noted. Subscribers invite visitors to see Coleview.
Kansas City reports U S district attorney Francis M Wilson says the 1912 statute bars placing prize fight films in the mails or shipping them interstate or importing such pictures. He notes the law applies to Moore Monday’s Johnson Wizard bout and will likely bar exhibition nationwide.
Poles for the Villa Maria Academy extension of the Bryan and College Interurban arrived yesterday. They were unloaded and being set as work is rushed by Manager Levinson who hopes to have the line in operation soon.
Richard L. Van Zandt, previously acting governor and vice governor, was elected governor at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank board meeting. Alan J. W. Hoopes was chosen vice governor, with L. P. Talley of Houston succeeding him as director. The district covers Texas and parts of Oklahoma Louisiana New Mexico and Arizona.
A mistrial was declared in the case of J A Capps versus Palermo Brothers on trial in district court. The jury failed to reach a verdict and was dismissed at 9 15 this morning by Judge Scott. Proceedings had begun the day before at 5 45 PM. The court recessed until Monday as Judge Scott spent the weekend at his Franklin home.
An article recalls warden Thomas Mott Osborne transforming inmate Canada Blackie at Sing Sing. It cites kindness as a catalyst for change, with Blackie regaining humanity and Osborne advocating humane reform, wages, prison farms, schooling, decent clothing, and fair treatment under the golden rule.
A Kansas City Star remark notes a transformation in prisoner treatment echoing a golden rule that turned "Canada Blackie" into a man the warden could call his friend.
In yesterday's regular city election Robert T. Smith was elected city secretary John D. Conlee city marshal and Tyler Haswell W S Wilson Jr and Emmett Cole all without opposition Only ninety nine votes were polled Officials to be installed at the city council meeting Friday night April 9.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture estimates a winter wheat crop of 619 million bushels for the season. As of April 1 the crop’s condition stood at 88.8 percent of normal, above the ten year average by over one percent.
President Gonzalez and his Cabinet were compelled to swim ashore after their yacht wrecked in the Caribbean Sea. They reached an isolated coast and walked two days without food or shelter to the nearest railroad.
Associated Press reports in Galveston on April 8 that Sir Knight William Neby was elected grand commander of the Knights Templar of Texas. Dallas is named as the sole candidate for the next convention.
Benjamin Kemper found a disfigured check belonging to Samuel P. Hess of Woodbine. It was drawn to Wade H. D. Warfield of Sykesville Lumber Coal and Grain for 4.92 dated April 1906. The Hess home was damaged by the 1913 cyclone. the Warfield note will be kept as a reminder.
Two Russian delegates arrived in Sofia to finalize direct railroad communication with Russia and Salonika Greece. Paris dispatches report Italy and Serbia near an accord that would keep Italy aligned with the Allies and allow Serbia to hold the Adriatic outlet without fortifications. A Berlin paper notes the American note to Britain on naval blockade implying the US conceded the need for an effective blockade.
The eighth installment of the French official review notes German officers are scarce leading to use of older weapons and hastily made projectiles with higher explosion failure rates. It cites German prisoners as showing diminished morale and confidence.
Constantinople April 7 AP reports no serious attack on the Dardanelles yesterday. Two allied cruisers bombarded the entrance batteries unsuccessfully. a cruiser and torpedo boat were hit by shells. In the Caucasus, Russian forces attacked Turkish guards near Isshken but were repulsed. After eighteen hours of fighting the Turks occupied two Russian villages south of Tassakert.
Governor Ferguson expressed support for a constitutional amendment election on the fourth Saturday in July to decide the divorce proposal, noting it preserves the rights of the Agricultural and Mechanical College. He signed the Stickett resolution with no prejudice to any party. Congressman Eugene Black met with the governor earlier that day to discuss politics.
Paris reports a German detachment with three machine guns crossing the Yser river and being dislodged by Belgian forces. French forces reportedly advance near Traln and Eparges as the United States surrenders a principle, with Berlin reporting via Kreutz Zeitung on April 7.
The passage notes strong support from local figures for the landlord and tenant plan that helped Governor Ferguson win. It highlights Congressman Black of Texarkana as the sole congressman to include the idea in his reelection platform and to advocate it in Congress.
At the annual Daughters of 1812 gathering in Austin on April 7 to 8, officers were elected. Names include A. V. Lane Dallas president and J. W. Doremus Bryan first vice president, with several Dallas, Austin, and surrounding city appointees serving as vice presidents and secretaries.
Berlin reports Drei Grachten near Yser abandoned after heavy bombardment. French attacks at Argonne Le Petrie Flirey Verdun and Apremont repulsed with heavy losses. Combres hills French battalions destroyed by German fire. Ailly counterattack pushes French back. Snowstorm slows fighting at Hartmann Weiserkopf. German cavalry annihilates a Russian battalion southeast of Memel and repels another rescuing unit.
Vienna reports rising clashes along the On dawa valley toward Uzdok Pass as weather clears, while no decision in sight. Separately at Newport News the Prinz Eitel Friedrich remains in port as U S authorities bar British ships from leaving and the ship signals before departures.
Berlin reports U-29 did not return from its final patrol and is regarded as lost. Official communication notes the submarine’s absence from the last cruise results in presumed loss.
William Lorimer former U S Senator and other La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank officials must stand trial on State charges of conspiring to wreck the bank. The motion to quash the indictment was overruled. The State case differs from prior Federal actions about the related La Salle Street National Bank.
Jackson Nettles, colored, was arrested and jailed by Deputy Marshal Worley on a charge of carrying a pistol. He will be held to await trial in the county court convening Monday, April 19.
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