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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
1
AP dispatches report German forces checked near Riga in Courland while warships disperse from the Gulf of Riga after attempting seizure. LomzaSW of Suwalki falls to German forces. Zeppelins seen off Viseland poised toward Scotland amid Allied gains on Gallipoli. Paris credits Hiram Maxim with a gas protection device for soldiers.
Rev. William Graham a Roman Catholic pastor in Pittsburg declines a fortune exceeding twelve million dollars left by relatives citing age and rheumatism. He says his health prevents prudent management of the vast sum.
The Adjutant General begins recruiting Texas rangers for border duty. Several enlisted today as the force is planned to grow to fifty. Telegrams seeking aid against Mexican bandits keep arriving at the Governor's office.
Brazilian Minister De Oliveira leaves Mexico City for health in America and to brief Washington on the situation, as Ambassador Da Gama says he is not fleeing Carranza.
Reports from the Bryan 48 oil well state the drillers have reached 1650 feet, 100 feet deeper than the first hole abandoned after an accident. No signs of oil or gas have been detected thus far.
Geneva reports two Austrian army corps released from the Russian front attacked the Italians before Gorizia. After fifteen hours of fighting the Italians won and the Austrians suffered about 2000 dead.
Constantinople Aug 10. An allied submarine was sunk today by a Turkish aircraft dropping bombs on the craft. All crew were lost in the attack.
London reports an airship raid by a German craft last night. The official statement says one airship was damaged by British planes and towed into Ostend.
British agents bought 150000 war horses at East St. Louis stock yards since the war began, resuming purchases after a suspension due to transport facilities. The average price cited is 170 dollars per head as of August 9.
Brenham Texas August 10 Frank Mantey 25 leaped from a Santa Fe passenger window between Gayhill and Brenham Monday afternoon sustaining a fractured skull. He died after the train reached Brenham. Mantey was under arrest for alleged horse theft and was in the custody of Constable Tom Barton of Gayhill.
El Paso reports two pounds and a half of lard cost two dollars under a Chihuahua decree by Governor Fidel Avila establishing maximum prices. The measure blames dealers for exploiting the public amid intolerable conditions.
General Francisco Villa crossed into the American side and met General Hugh Scott chief of staff on his threat to confiscate foreign merchant property. Villa promised to return seized property and target only law violators. Scott’s mission was completed.
Philadelphia business leaders join four week military drill in Plattsburg New York under U S Army officers. Nearly a hundred local men participate with over a thousand recruits from elsewhere. Mayor Mitchell of New York attends the training program.
Sixty State troops left Houston with Sam Jernagan a Negro prisoner bound for trial at Groveton on a charge of criminal assault upon a white woman. The Trinity County sheriff requested protection during transport and court proceedings.
Robbers in Maple Hill Kansas held a crowd of about a hundred bystanders while colleagues blew open the Maple Hill Bank vault and escaped with about $3,000. No injuries were reported and police pursued the suspects.
Smetana played Mudville yesterday afternoon. Mudville surged to a 12 to 3 victory in a one sided baseball game.
United States cavalrymen clash with Mexican raiders near Mercedes Texas on August 10. One Mexican is reported killed and six cavalrymen dispersed the attackers and captured four horses. No troopers were hurt. The engagement occurred west of the prior raid area closer to the border.
Brownsville Texas reports three Mexican bandits killed after a siege by about twenty possemen led by Adjutant General Henry Hutchings at a farm house thirty miles north of Brownsville. One posseman was slightly wounded in the eye as twenty Mexicans were arrested in the aftermath.
Austin on August 9 reports that the state's antitrust suit against seven Texas breweries moved to trial in the local district court. Preliminary motions and rulings to shape the case have been resolved, signaling the start of a major legal battle.
Special Correspondent reports from Rotterdam on the German aerial torpedo. The device blends airship-like propulsion with wireless control, using two lifting screws and torpedo-like launch. It can hover then dive on targets, carrying a heavy explosive, with potential use against ships or cities.
Speaker Champ Clark announced in St Louis that he will introduce a bill in the next Congress to double enrollment at West Point and Annapolis. The measure would also provide major aid to schools nationwide with military departments to train officers for rapid volunteer forces.
London reports Praga on the east bank of the Vistula near Warsaw was occupied by German forces. Also Constantinople says the Turkish battleship Kheyr Eddin Barbarossa, once the German Kurfners Friedrich Wilhelm, was sunk by an Allied submarine.
Washington Aug 10 Threatened demonstrations against foreigners at Vera Cruz prompted rapid orders for the battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire to prepare for sailing. The ships at Newport were made ready following a request from Commander McNane the senior naval officer at Vera Cruz.
Major General George W. Goethals announced his resignation as Governor of the Canal Zone effective November 1. He will remain in the army but retire from active service, plan Washington talks, then return to Panama before pursuing private business. He arrived in New York from Cristobal for what may be his final visit.
Bucharest dispatch says a Krupp representative offered Romania thirty six batteries of artillery with ammunition and 2 million pounds of barbed wire to allow ammunition bound for Turkey to pass. British minister involvement led Romania to refuse the bribe.
New York August 10 Italy plans to send 650000 fresh troops to France or the Dardanelles within three weeks according to Captain Victor Del Franchis who arrived aboard the Duca dAosta He noted 500000 troops at Turin and 150000 at Taranto with 150 to 200 transports ready to ship forces where needed He will also purchase leather goods for the Italian army.
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