Four Hundred Sixty Four Students Sentenced at State University
Four hundred sixty four freshmen and sophomores at State University were disciplined for a March 1 campus fight. Penalties ranged from probation to two weeks suspension from spring team exams. neither class may host receptions for two years. Knights of Columbus hall damages must be paid within ten days or suspension of all involved. About 600 pages of evidence were reviewed by the discipline committee and President Vinson before announcing penalties.
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Associated Press
Austin
The
State University
R. E. Vinson
Knights of Columbus
Vinson
Kaiser's flag raised as German revolt rumored in Munster
In Munster and Berlin reports detail rising tensions in Germany with troops massed in Berlin and Baltic units organized. Danzig dispatch cites Russian reactionaries forming German Russian detachments in Silesia and West Prussia amid unrest.
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Munster
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Warsaw
Danzig
Silesia
West Prussia
Kidnapping Case of Fred W. Brown at Tombstone Trial
Tombstone Arizona April 16 Harry Edward Wootton a Bisbee hardware dealer is first of over 200 defendants on kidnapping charges tied to the 1917 deportation of 1186 striking copper miners and sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus New Mexico. Defense cites law of necessity as key issue in case.
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Associated Press
Tombstone
Ariz
Harry Edward Wootton
Bisbee
Arizona
Columbus
New Mexico
Mediation Commission
Wilson
Secretary of
Labor
William B. Wilson
Warren District
Hermanas
War Department
Wooten
Fred W. Brown
American Federation of Labor
Harry C. Wheeler
Cochise County
United States
Germany
Wheeler
Samuel K. Pattee
Warren
Wooton
Robert N. French
T. W. Wism
Butte
Montana
Strikers Freed on Bond in Lever Act Case
In Chicago on April 16 twenty five strike leaders arrested in city headquarters were released on ten thousand dollar bail each. They pledged to abstain from strike activity while awaiting hearings on Lever Act violation charges.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Central
Far West
Haywood and Sandgreen Tout One Big Union Plan
William Haywood former I W W secretary and John Sandgreen editor of a radical paper outlined a plan to unite industrial workers under a single banner amid railroad wage unrest. They denied I W W involvement with the insurgent railroad organizations on strike but spoke of efforts to form an industrial union movement.
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Wm. Haywood
Associated Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers World
William Haywood
John Sandgreen
Here
Texas Lumbermen Elect Officers At 34th Convention
The Texas Lumbermen association wrapped up its 34th annual meeting in San Antonio with E. P. Hunter elected president and W. S. Howell as first vice president. Houston won the next convention bid over Dallas, and 45 directors were chosen. Joan Thompson visited the Eagle office during her Folge trip.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Houston
W. S. Howell
Bryan
Albert Steves, Jr
T. W. Blake
J.C. Dionne
J. C. Ray
Waco
Dallas
Insurgent Unions Brace for Government Food Shipment Crackdown
The article notes union leaders vowing continued I W W activity despite government ultimatums to halt interference with food and essential shipments. Some leaders claim the fight has just begun, while many rail centers report workers returning to duty and others preparing to resume operations.
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Haywood
Making Cloth at A and M College A Great Feature
The Textile Engineering Department at A and M College showcases its cotton mill run by students under head J. B. Bagley. The operation produces canvas and shirt fabrics, funds itself through sales, with about twenty 500 pound bales of cotton ($8,500) turning into cloth valued at around $6,000, yielding roughly $2,500 before expenses.
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J. B. Bagley
Bryan
Railroad Board to Work on Wage Demands
The railroad labor board met for the first time in Washington with six of nine members present. One railroad and two public representatives were absent but expected to arrive tomorrow after Senate confirmation last night.
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Railroad Board
Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Senate
Howatt and Others Under Bond After Contempt Jail
In Pittsburg on April 16 a notice of appeal to the supreme court was filed for Alexander Howatt and three Miners Union officials held in jail for contempt. Bonds were set at 3000 dollars each as bond and stay of execution were pending in the supreme court.
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Howatt
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Supreme Court
Alexander Howatt
Miners Union
District Court
Faith and unity urged to meet global crisis
A devotional plea calls on ministers, professionals, and workers to embrace courage, equity, and Christian morality. It urges reliance on the Declaration of Independence and the Golden Rule to restore stability in Bryan Texas and worldwide amid unrest and political agitation.
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Eagle
Bryan
Texas
United States
Supporters of Bailey Face Challenge Amid primary plan
Dallas April 15. If Bailey supporters deposit 300 000 dollars in a Dallas bank to fund a statewide May primary for delegates to the Democratic national convention M H Wolfe will urge the Democratic executive committee to call a special primary election Wolfe says the cost would be about 300 000 and officers should be paid Bailey campaign manager Luther Nickels has not yet received the letter and declined to comment. Other local names Closs and Morgan Closs Jr. of Edge were in Dallas today.
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Dallas
Tex
Joseph W. Bailey
M. H. Wolfe
Democratic Executive Committee
Luther Nickels
Bailey
Wolfe
Refugee Influx Dims Warsaw as War Drags On
Warsaw crowded with refugees from war zones, swelling population to about 1.3 million. City officials struggle to provide food and shelter, with basements stables and even schools used as sleeping quarters. Winter influenza claims many elderly and children as officials hope warmer weather brings relief.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Europe
New York
Bankers and Farmers to Attend Bryan Conference
Georgetown Texas April 16 more than 35 Williamson county farmers and bankers plan to attend the banker farmer conference at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College Bryan April 20 and 21. County Agent Owen W Sherrill says two Pullman cars will be reserved for the trip and the party will return together after the conference. The college arranged program covers all business phases and is expected to be highly beneficial.
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Georgetown
Texas
Williamson County
Owen W. Sherrill
State Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Sherrill
Taylor
Death of Theodore N Vail Ends Long Telephony Era
New York April 16 Theodore N Vail president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company died at Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore this morning He was a leading telephone owner and resided in New York City.
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Associated Press
New York
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Vail
Mrs Nagle Presides Over Orange Club Federation Meeting
The fourth district of Texas Federated Clubs met at First Baptist church in Orange with about one hundred delegates arriving by train. Presiding was Mrs J C Nagle of College Station, with officers including Mrs J G Gerson and Mrs J C Reynolds. Music by the Orange Choral Club enhanced the program amid greetings from local and club officials.
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Associated Press
Orange
Tex
Port Arthur
Mark Francis
College Station
Will L. Vining
City
D. C. Bland
Orange Choral Club
Fort Worth Strikers Return to Work After Illegal Strike
Fort Worth April 16 reports switching conditions nearly normal as strikers resume duties. An automobile party from Normangee including Mrs. Jas M McDonald Mrs. George Cozart Mrs Otho Youngblood and Mrs B Hollis visited Bryan for shopping. J B Martin from Steep Hollow was in the city.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Jas. M. McDonald
George Cozart
Otho Youngblood
B. Hollis
Normangee
Bryan
J. B. Martin
Steep Hollow
Flowers for the Living welcomes A J Buchanan back
The Bryan Daily Eagle is welcomed to the Cameron Enterprise exchange table with Editor A J Buchanan back at the helm after a year serving as a respected newspaper man. The note praises his ability and recalls a yearlong friendship.
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Cameron Enterprise
Enterprise
Bryan Daily Eagle
A. J. Buchanan
Buchanan
Pickford Divorce Challenge Filed Over Mary Pickford Case
Minden Nevada April 16 Attorney General Johnson said he will sue to set aside Mary Pickford and Owen Moore divorce granted shortly before her marriage to Douglas Fairbanks. Complaint charges fraud connivance and collusion among the three parties involved.
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Minden
Nevada
Johnson
Mary Pickford
Owen Moore
Douglas Fairbanks
Walking stairs urges New York workers to relive ascent
New York April 16 revival of climbing stairs as exercise swept streets as 17 000 union elevator operators struck for higher pay and shorter hours workers in tall office buildings faced daily crowds without elevator service with ten thousand people per building affected daily
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New York
One Cigarette Cost Six Lives In Salt Mine Disaster
New Iberia Louisiana April 16 Six men burned to death at the bottom of a ninety foot salt mine shaft when one struck a match to light a cigarette igniting gas fumes.
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Associated Press
New Iberia, la
Here
Allies Press Berlin on German disarmament and food aid
Paris dispatch reports that French British Italian and Belgian reps in Berlin told Germany to promptly enforce disarmament and demobilization terms. They warned that insurrection would risk cutting food and clothing deliveries. In Berlin April 16 Demott shot by a German guard is described as attempting escape from custody with a Communist comrade.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul Demott
Associated Press
Paris
Alles
Demott
Hunger strike reported at Mount Joy prison
Associated Press reports another hunger strike underway at Mount Joy prison where political prisoners both convicted and unconvicted remain detained and are refusing food.
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Associated Press
Mount Joy
Final Banker-Farmer Conference Arrangements Made
Final arrangements are completed for the Banker-Farmer Conference to be held in College Station Texas April 20 and 21 with a large attendance expected. Letters from fifty farm loan associations indicate strong banker and farmer turnout from Coleman Canton Paris Falfurrias Hughes Springs Smithville Floydada Denton Fort Worth Corsicana Cooper Waco Coperas Cove and others. A special program includes beef cattle hog dairy lectures hog cholera prevention and a moving pig club show as well as a grand cadet corps review and Texas history observance.
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The
Eagle
College Station
Texas
Ike Ashburn
M. H. Gossett
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Coleman
Canton
Paris
Farmersville
Falfurrias
Hughes Springs
Smithville
Floydada
Denton
Ft. Worth
Corsicana
Cooper
Waco
Coperas Cove
Joseph Hirsch
Corpus Christi
F. M. Law
Houston
P. L. Downs
Temple
Harris County
Mr. Downs
Bell County
Downs
Arto
Pullman
Williamson County
W. W. Woodson
McLennan County
Ellis County
Banker-Farmer
Dean BE. J. Kyle
Mark Francis
Boys Pig Club
College
Cadet Corps
San Jacinto
A. L. Burge
C. A. Tunnell
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Eber‘stadt
Bryan Chamber of Commerce
Evans
Sulphur Springs
Walton Peteet
Dallas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
San Antonio
J. H Connell
C. O. Moser
John T. Orr
Council of Agriculture
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el Paso
Agua Prietta
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Chihuahua
Hobby
U. S
Cananea
Pattee
MR. Howell
Texas Lumbermen
Joan Thompson
Folge
Eagle Office
T. J. Closs
Ethel
J. M. Closs, Jr
Morgan Closs, Jr
Edge
Bolshevick
Mrs. Nagle
Orange Club Federation
Pickford
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