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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
7
London reports 74 dead and 147 injured from yesterday’s German raid with Hartlepool yielding 55 dead and 115 wounded. Militia from Kitchener's new army faced fire in tranches along the sea front. England grimly braces for another raid as civilian evacuation plans and air raid preparations expand.
The Bryan and College Interurban electrification progresses with the cable nearly finished from College to Bryan under Howard Eaves. Two crews work on track leveling and cross ties while Fairbanks Morse Company prepares to install the power plant and connect it for a test before Christmas, with a representative due from St. Louis this week.
London reports a great wartime victory tied to a German flanking move. The Russians acknowledge being forced to withdraw in some sectors.
The steamer Princess Olga struck a mine near Scarborough and sank last night. All crew members were saved.
London reports the Austrian training ship Beethoven was sunk by a mine with all aboard lost. The Central News dispatch states the vessel struck a mine and sank with every crew member and trainee perishing.
Warsaw reports a major engagement thirty miles west at Sochaczew with German forces driving a wedge forward despite heavy casualties.
Petrograd reports the sinking of a German merchant ship off the Turkish coast near Kerasunt with heavy loss of life. The vessel carried soldiers.
London December 17. Buenos Ayres cables that an Argentine cruiser seized the German steamer Patagonia near the South American coast after a hot chase. Neutrality violation is supposed to be the cause.
Officials cannot state when the line will be in operation after a telegram shifted ship date from December 15 to January 15. A car of poles has been ordered to extend the electrification to Villa Maria Academy and work will begin once poles arrive.
J C Wooldridge, a leading Texas lumberman, died at his Gainesville home from heart failure. The death occurred December 18 with reports noting his prominent role in the local timber trade and community.
President W B Bizzell submitted estimates to the Comptroller for 1915 16 and 1916 17 totaling 1 580 270 for the biennium. Maintenance 407 540 and 432 730. new construction 355 000 and 385 000. total requests include 47 000 for the experiment station. He defends needs as imperative under present Texas conditions.
The article outlines Japan and China preparations for an exposition with elaborate exhibits, promising a strong Orient display in San Francisco. It then pivots to a political contest urging daily vote casting, pledges honesty, and notes no public standings until election day.
The Reporter visited W. C. Davis at his new offices in the southwest corner of the second story of the Haswell building. The reception room houses his personal and secretary desks, with a connecting door to a library lined with book shelves. The suite features harmonious decor with rugs shades and wallpaper.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 5 percent freight rate increase for the Eastern railroads, with coal and other specified commodities exempt. About 112 railroads are affected as war conditions sharpen capital competition and push interest rates higher. The Eastern territory boundaries are the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers.
London reports Berlin proclaims greatest victory of war against Russians while Petrograd disputes it. German claims of Austrian advances in Galicia contrast with Russian progress at Miana and the East Prussia border. British press notes Egypt annexation, and battles on the Somme and Argonne yield losses and prisoners.
British warships have captured forty members of the Emden crew who escaped after the destroyer was sunk. They had since been raiding commerce aboard a collier armed with machine guns. Paris reports French forces gained ground in Arras region capturing several trenches across four villages and pushing in Argonne after a trench explosion.
Berlin dispatch reports an official statement saying German forces pursue the retreating enemy in Poland while the frontiers of Prussia remain unchanged and fighting continues in Belgium near Nieukerk? as the source notes.
President Wilson shopped early in downtown Washington at a department store and two book shops along with a jewelry store during rush hour. He was greeted by shoppers and followed by secret service men as Mrs. Francis B Sayre plans to join him at the White House for the holiday season.
Donaho and company liabilities total 22 958 52 while Aoagts owe 68 272 80. Heartfelt thanks are offered by the filers.
German statement from Amsterdam says four British destroyers attacked retreating cruisers and one destroyer sunk with another badly damaged. British official statement provides no loss of ships.
Local papers report Emperor William has recovered enough to rejoin the front lines next week, marking a notable public note of his ongoing involvement in the war.
Capetown December 18 General Botha Premier of the Union of South Africa reports the Boer rebellion is finished with only a few stray bands remaining to be rounded up.
A Havas dispatch from Athens reports a British fleet bombardment in the Gulf of Saros that completely destroyed the Turkish barracks and damaged the fortifications. Turkish troops fled to the interior.
Cairo reports the British Union Jack was hoisted over garrisons across Egypt announcing a formal British protectorate. The action marks a major shift in control as Britain asserts authority in the region.
Joe Bond and Mrs Emma Shaw Milo Messom and Virginia Jackson Will Foster and Martha Ann Rob bayuwa soya and Kacnel Ray were issued marriage licenses in a local ceremony. The list shows four unions with spouses named alongside their partners.
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