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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
1
Telegraphic dispatches describe Bolshevik leaders at Archangel being arrested and Soviet deserters facing death threats from Leon Trotsky. Paris reports Germans may strike on multiple fronts while American forces repel a battery west of Fismes and fight along the Vesle front near Rheims.
Seven people were killed and enormous property loss reported after a tropical storm swept a 650 mile Louisiana coast strip from Kinder to Mauriceville Tuesday, the Associated Press said from Houston.
Lake Charles Louisiana August 7 a deadly tornado leaves streets blocked by debris and tangled wires. One black man is dead another white man is hospitalized with critical injuries. The Pierce Oil building collapsed trapping equipment while fires spread from hot stoves. Gerstner field buildings are wrecked with no fatalities reported.
Weather Bureau reports the tropical storm on the Louisiana coast has abated and is no longer of importance.
Austin Aug 6 4000 white men are called to report to Camp Travis from Aug 26 to 30 and 1750 negroes to report at the same camp Aug 22 to 29 under orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder. A call also requires white doctors of class 1 for limited service to report to Jefferson Barracks Mo.
Hundreds of convicts confined to the Sante prison are sent to indoors labor to fortify Paris entrenchments under gendarme supervision. Each leaving prison receives rations of two hard boiled eggs cheese bread and meat.
Lonon July 38 By Mail The harmful effects of TNT on munition workers have been largely reduced by close medical supervision and improved processes. Six months from October to March 1916-1917 saw 169 serious illnesses, 1917-1918 had 42, April four, and May one case.
A dispatch from Vladivostok reports British troops were landed at dawn today and given a friendly reception by locals. The report confirms the arrival and notes the cordial greeting.
Kansdalaska Aug 7 Volunteer detachments of the white guards aid allied units pursuing bolsheviki forces retreating south from Archangel. Most Bolshevik leaders who had not fled Archangel are arrested by the new Archangel government. Local Bolsheviks urged violence toward active citizens before allied landings.
The Russian Social Revolutionary party opposing the Bolshevik government has urged the British Labour Party to convene an international socialist conference. It states readiness to unite with European socialists to reestablish a national power in Russia and abrogate the Brest-Litovsk treaty.
Amsterdam reports Leon Trotzky war minister issues proclamation denouncing as traitors any Soviet representatives who desert to the allied occupation. Death is threatened for those who abandon posts while defense efforts continue, per Moscow dispatch via Berlin.
Amsterdam reports the Hague today launched an advisory commission for Economic Information Abroad to steer Holland's postwar commercial offensive. Chair W F C L Van Rappard, with leaders from Amsterdam and Rotterdam chambers, vows preparatory projects to aid producers and expand markets, including colonies, as Dutch consuls and experts will be deployed.
Local buyers pay 28 cents per pound as Lawrence warehouse reports 360 brick 260 Farmers Union 187 totals to 807 pounds in the Bryan market.
Frank Davis aged 19 died in a local hospital after being injured when a tree toppled onto him at a lumber camp near Beaumont on August 7.
A Amsterdam to Express dispatch from London reports German sailors at Wilhelmshaven revolting against continued submarine warfare. Propagandists allegedly urged sailors to abandon submarines about to sail on cruises and strike officers. More than 50 submarines are said to have disappeared.
Washington reports five Army lists issued by the War Department showing 579 Army casualties and 292 Marines casualties in total. Killed in action 63 Army and 51 Marines. missing in action 105 Army. wounded severely 338 Army and 38 Marines. wounded undetermined 63 Army and 206 Marines. several Texas residents named among the injured or missing.
Mayor Sam C. Bell and the San Antonio commissioners consider establishing city shoe shine parlors for soldiers facing higher private shop prices. Proposed sites include river bridge spaces and Alamo Plaza.
Twenty two of the 46 convicts who escaped from Imperial state farm at Sugar Land Sunday night had been taken by early tonight. Three of the captured men are in the Houston jail. Those still at large were reported to be practically located in Fort Bend county.
Nineteen men are confined in Livingston County Jail awaiting transfer to Houston for federal court arraignment. Charges include draft evasion desertion and obstructing the draft laws. Most were captured at a turpentine still in the county. three or four are white, the rest are black.
County records show campaign accounts with printers ink and postage dominated by Judge W. C. Davis whose district judge bid spanned two counties. Other filings include J. D. Conlee Julius M Barron Roy Hudspeth and more with sums for printing literature stamps advertising and gasoline expenses. The deadline for filing reports ended yesterday.
Associated Press reports an 8:30 am explosion at the Crafton dynamite factory in Alton Illinois left three men dead. Initial details describe a deadly blast at the site with investigators assessing cause and scope.
Washington announces postmaster general says government control of telephone and telegraph lines will coordinate and consolidate competing systems wherever possible as an early effect of the new control.
Washington August 7 Texans among the marines casualties Private Dixie G Epperson Jesse C Eu banks Paris Roy P Graham Rogers Delta B Harris San Antonio Holland C Cogdell Abilene wounded degree undetermined
Washington reports the maximum price of copper will stay at 26 cents per pound until November 1. The price fix ing committee the war industries board and copper producers reached an agreement today to extend the ceiling.
Paris reports indicate Allied operations along the Braches Marisel line north of Montdidier pose a direct menace to the junction of General von Huber and Crown Prince Rupprecht.
Washington announces that the War Finance Corporation will accept bank applications for loans to cover advances to farmers and merchants for harvesting and marketing crops. Loans are limited to four months and carry 6 percent annual interest.
British forces at the apex of the German salient in Flanders advance outposts another 2000 yards in Pacuat wood and seize a number of prisoners as part of ongoing operations.
Paris reports the German assault on French positions south of Aubérive in Champagne was repulsed. French forces also advanced last night in the Montdidier area, as part of ongoing local operations.
French forces have occupied the station at Ciry Salsogne during fighting along the Vesle River. The position lies west of the bend where the Vesle turns north to meet the Aisne.
British forces advanced southwest of Morlan court and recaptured ground lost yesterday along the Bray Corbie road north of the Somme. The morning action followed a hostile assault that had gained some turf before dawn.
Paris reports resumed bombardment today as long range guns opened fire again over the city. The Associated Press notes renewed artillery activity with no immediate word on casualties or targets.
London reports British forces on the Flanders front advanced a short distance last night and captured a few prisoners, according to the war office announcement today.
Paris dispatch reports French forces repelling German attacks along the Vesle between Braisne and Soissons. The war office says one hundred prisoners have been captured east of Braisne as fighting continues.
Eliser Guerra 35, a customs employee, fell while descending stairs in the federal building. He struck the tile floor, broke his neck, and suffered a deep forehead gash, dying instantly. The lower floor held many Mexicans from Nuevo Laredo awaiting food cards.
The post office department announced plans for daily air mail between New York and Chicago, aiming to cut current railroad time in half. This would be the air division's next move, with operation starting as soon as feasible.
In Lufkin on August 7 Caskey Dunn a white man sustained serious injuries and a Negro boy was badly hurt when the horse drawing a delivery wagon ran away and struck the buggy in which Dunn rode.
General March told the Senate military committee that the administration draft bill would extend the draft age and raise an army of about five million men as soon as possible. All men 18 to 45 would be subject, with ages 18 to 20 designated to stay longer at home. The move follows decisions made July 30 to expand the military program for the Allied Paris conference policies and speed victory.
Gen. March announced that the shipment of men overseas would proceed under the current program, with no changes for the present as the war effort continues.
London reports that 305000 American troops crossed to France during July, according to an official Lloyd George statement.
An American schooner arrived with 65 crew members from a Japanese freight steamship torpedoed off the Nova Scotia coast. The German submarine shelled and sank the Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras as the crew landed.
The War Department announced wooden barracks will be constructed for the cavalry camp at Del Rio Texas because tents are unsuitable in a region with frequent windstorms.
Mrs Hortense Ward a Houston lawyer met Governor Hobby and spoke in the recent primary. She seeks a seat on the six member commission of appeals aiding the state supreme court and would be the first woman to seek a Texas judicial post. Also J Lee Gammon F L Hawkins and Sen J M Alderdice lobbied for G C Grace of Waxahachie for the same commission.
Paris report says M Terestchenko, foreign minister in Kerensky's cabinet, was assassinated at Poltva. Assassin's identity is not known.
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