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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
5
Brazos County reports the completion of Liberty Bond sales with total figures finalized. Official sources confirm funds raised meet county goals and will support public works projects.
Local citizens and businesses in Bryan receive silent influence appeals and large window cards urging Liberty Bond subscriptions. Reports show multiple firms including Gulf Refining units pledging purchases, with railroad employees tied to payroll deductions and county totals climbing across several precincts and collection points.
Freestone county candidate R. L. Williford declares his bid for the Texas Senate. He outlines his background from farm to law, notes service as Freestone county attorney and judge, and vows to uphold Democratic principles while supporting wartime measures, rural aid, suffrage, prohibition, and farming interests.
District food administrator L M Hewst said in Bryan that H L Lewis the special examiner found John M Sebesta of Bryan guilty of violating flour distribution rules. Recommendations were sent to Texas administrator BE Peden for punishment. Sebesta may appeal.
From Tuesday's Daily Eagle Ernest Moore purchased the home of L. M. Levinson on West Twenty-Sixth street. The property has been improved since Levinson bought it and he has made it a very attractive little home after coming to Bryan to manage the Bryan and College inter urban system.
Brazos county exemption board offers blank furlough forms to farmers whose sons may return home to help with crops. Farmers may pick up blanks, complete them, and submit as directed for approval.
Exemption board No 186 reports a fresh call for two county men to report by May 1. They will be sent to Fort Sam Houston for unknown posting or purpose.
Brazos County exemption board lists white men called for military service under call No. 145 and due to report Friday April 26. Negroes’ list being prepared. reports for them start April 29. Names and serials of the white draftees are provided.
Paul D. Oakes formerly of the Lafayette esgradi lle will speak in the Bryan courthouse Friday at 2 pm. He is a sergeant major with the 2nd aero squadron at Kelly Field and a famed former Lafayette flyer with three German defeats. He earned the French military cross for valor and hopes to enter UT aeronautical school after a career in service.
Hon F L Henderson is appointed to act as special examiner to conduct hearings of violations of the rules and regulations of the food administration in and for Brazos county. The appointment authorizes Henderson to oversee proceedings and enforce compliance within the county.
The Associated Press reports from Washington on April 17 that total subscriptions to the Liberty loan have reached 931,156,050 dollars to date, reflecting broad public participation and continued driving of the wartime financing effort.
Dr M B Weaver tendered his resignation as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Bryan effective June 1 to accept a call to Weatherford. He has led Bryan church for nine years and nine months, overseeing debt reduction and growth with about 1000 members received. He is famed for leadership, benevolence, and civic contribution.
A fire at the state hospital for the insane in Norman Oklahoma killed thirty six male patients aged ten to fifteen. The blaze destroyed three wards and the dining room, starting at about 3 am in unknown circumstances. The Associated Press reports the incident as a major disaster with extensive loss.
The Census Bureau reports United States cotton consumed in March at 571202 running bales exclusive of linters. For the eight month period the total was 4400253 bales, reflecting the year to date consumption.
Poultry expert F. W. Kazmeier announces the Texas egg show to be held in Houston May 1 2 3 4 under the Extension Service Harris County Poultry Association and the Texas Poultry Raisers Association. Ribbons silver cups and cash prizes will be awarded across class breed and variety entries. Entrants may show eggs birds and related products with special classes for each.
The Army recruiting station is now open in room 36 of the Astin building. It invites young men aged 18 to 21 and 31 to 41 to discuss service options, with office hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Corporal Porter will provide information, with aviation to follow soon.
British forces hold the line near Ypres and inflict German losses while counterattacks elsewhere fail to threaten a retreat. German positions are driven from trenches in several sectors with heavy fighting and no retrograde movement expected.
London April 17. The battle in Flanders rages with incredible intensity as British forces repel desperate German attacks. Recent reports indicate the British hold the line with German gains halted since Tuesday. a major German assault in Zellebeke sector was repelled with heavy losses.
Habeas corpus suit filed in the court of criminal appeals to test the ten mile zone law. Fort Worth attorneys challenge the law after the arrest of G. H. Hollinsworth for selling a quart of whiskey within the zone. Hearing set for April 24.
State department dispatches report heavy German losses on the west front. Twenty five trains loaded with wounded pass through Aix-la-Chapelle each night as the German advance suffers costly reverses.
A fight at a negro dance hall near Parsons park ends with Bill Walker dead after Arthur Jones, a black man, shoots him with a .45 pistol. Jones is jailed, pending bond, as witnesses say Walker threatened him over a demanded match.
Paris reports Bolo Pasha was executed by firing squad after a rapid trial. He faced execution without resistance, according to Associated Press dispatches from April 17.
British forces report withdrawals to new positions before Ypres while repelling German assaults north of Bailleul and south of Arras. British counterattacks near Wytechaete succeed and railway links along the front remain intact, with no expected British retreat in the northern sector.
London April 17 The British near Wytechaete south of Ypres advanced at dusk and were again reported to be holding ground previously lost in the area according to Reuters headquarters.
Paris dispatch reports German forces reached St Eloi and hold southern slopes of Mount Kemmel as World War I hostilities press on.
Associated Press reports heavy artillery battles on the main front between the Somme and the Oise last night. The war office issued the statement detailing intensified shelling and exchanges between opposing forces.
London reports Meteren has been recaptured on the northern battle front by a British counter attack. The official announcement confirms the strategic gain.
London April 17 reports say most Wyteschaete is now in British hands under Major General Maurice director of military operations. Counterattacks at Meteren and south of it were successful as British forces drove Germans back toward Bailleul and improved positions toward Neuve Eglise.
W. E. Graham of Wellborn and W. R. Parker of Parker school house win county school trustee seats after returns canvassed by the county commissioners. District trustees were elected simultaneously. each retiring board canvasses its district and each new trustee is sworn in as his commission is reported to the county board.
British forces fought magnificently and reportedly regained Wytschaete in France. The claim appeared in a morning dispatch and had not been officially confirmed at filing.
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