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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
1
A cable from President Seitz of Austria reports famine in Vienna with babies born amid scarcity wrapped in newspapers rather than swaddling clothes. The city’s population dwindles from 2.5 million to about 250,000 as industries close and unemployment rises.
Chicago announces wireless telephone service for commercial use between Chicago and New York after a thirty minute talk between Robert F. Gower in New York and R. H. Matthews in Chicago. A wireless station will also be established at Dallas, Texas.
Copenhagen February 12 Denmark secured a decisive victory in the Schleswig plebiscite outcome official figures show 75 503 Danish adherents voting for the future status versus 25 087 Germans in the district.
Farmers across Brazos County gather to discuss forming a cotton classing and marketing association at the court house on Saturday. Delegations from Tabor, Kurten, Steep Hollow, Shiloh, Kosarek, and Wellborn join, with A and M College and the U S Bureau of Markets guiding the plan.
Deputy C D Baker of the Woodmen of the World based at Omaha will address a Bryan audience February 21 explaining the new W O W rates. All Woodmen in Brazos County are urged to attend.
Allen Smith loaded a partially filled car with live poultry at this location. The shipment, finished at Corsicana, totaled 18,000 pounds and was sent directly to New York in a red balled car.
Fire at St Luke's annex hospital in Little Rock endangered 48 patients but all were evacuated safely. Loss estimated at 45000 dollars. Fire occurred early today and threatened to destroy the institution.
Chicago February 12 All-American Farm Labor Co operative congress opens to standardize co operative methods promote direct trade and co operative banking and credentials with aim to strengthen farming groups nationwide.
Band Master Alois Slovacek says the A and M. College Band will tour Texas eastern or western sections. They will favor smaller towns to attract paying crowds and defray trip costs. Manager candidate R. B. Goodman to secure contracts. Tour slated to start around March 20 with pre-tour concerts in Bryan and nearby towns.
Chaplain Harry W. Jones former navy chaplain and noted pulpit orator praised Elkdom at the Bryan lodge meeting. He described joining an Elks club in Freeport New York and how induction shaped his Christian outlook. Jones tours the country promoting Elks reconstruction and Americanization amid strong attendance and appreciation.
First Assistant Attorney General W. A. Keeling announced that the plea of privilege in the injunction suit by the Southwestern Insane Asylum board against the state board of control was sustained by District Judge R. B. Minor. The suit is transferred to the fifty third district court in Austin. The judge ruled only courts in Travis county or the supreme court have jurisdiction in such suits. The board members returned to Austin. Keeling heads to Houston for a hearing on license revocation for physicians who issue whiskey prescriptions.
Sixteen hundred undergraduates at Wellesley College in Massachusetts are under quarantine with restrictions on leaving town or home. Students attend classes with influenza cases described as generally mild.
Austin February 12 United States railroad administration will honor claims for reparations on commodities moved on short lines involved in the Shreveport rate case to the basis provided by railroad commission tariffs where higher charges applied before December 23 last, according to information to the Texas Railroad Commission today.
Chaplain Harry W. Jones spoke of a Saturday night attempt to wreck the T and P train near Ranger. The Ranger Fort Worth through train derailed after a man forced a switch. Six were reported killed, but the engineer and fireman saved many lives with quick braking.
In Dallas Texas February 12 union boot and shoe repairmen in the city’s largest shops walked out demanding recognition. The action follows an earlier strike by about 30 union art glass workers who quit weeks ago and largely remain away.
Washington reports Senator Bailey plans to return to Texas to live and may run for governor while his supporters aim to control the State Democratic Convention in Fort Worth. He will speak in Gainesville and Dallas with a review of campaign issues and critics.
Washington February 12 John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, warned that apparent prosperity in banking figures could be artificial and deceptive. He noted that in 1919 there were no national bank failures with losses to depositors and that banking power had risen about nine hundred per cent in the past thirty years.
The Brazos county grand jury adjourned after four days in February 1920. They submitted a report noting thirteen indictments, six felonies and seven misdemeanors, and found the jail in good condition. They also urged amending the special road law for Brazos county to improve effectiveness.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce executive committee will meet in Fort Worth on February 23 to discuss senatorial redistricting for West Texas and a new A and M College site in the region. The session will also cover the annual budget and committee appointments.
Oil City reports 1919 US output at 366,255,611 barrels, up over 24 million from 1918. Gains led by North Carolina Texas North Louisiana Gulf Coast Kentucky Wyoming and Lima districts per annual Oil City Derrick review.
Washington reports quote Senator Culberson as saying he does not intend to resign from the senate. Rumors from Texas had circulated that Governor Hobby would appoint a replacement until an election. Culberson’s friends say he plans to run again to succeed himself.
Washington reports opposition to the railroad bill has formed in the senate and house, but leaders predict prompt adoption of the conference report to place the measure on statute books before private road control resumes in March. The final draft will be presented to the senate Saturday or Monday, with the house set to take it up Monday or Tuesday and dispose of it in two days.
A major land transaction closes with C. S. Gainer conveying 831 acres in Burleson county to Oliver, Jenkins and others of Caldwell for 37500 dollars. The deal, described as among the largest in years, was brokered by J. W. Batts and M. G. Nall.
Washington February 12 The next cabinet meeting will probably be called and presided by President Wilson. For weeks the president has been taking a larger hand in official business. Secretary Tumulty said he had never seen the president look better.
Joe B Reed clerk Brazos Camp 104 W O W Esteemed Sovereign announces a county meeting in Bryan on Saturday night February 21 1920 at 8 o clock to explain rate readjustment and invite all camp members to attend the open gathering. State Manager R H McDill urges camp notification of members.
In Korea women are taught to shun the opposite sex from girlhood. Out of doors they wear a green mantle covering the face except the eyes. They rarely allow even their eyes to be seen, extending seclusion to the utmost limit.
Women now control more than 150 million dollars of Pennsylvania Railroad stock, accounting for nearly one third of the railroad’s outstanding capitalization. Michigan’s woman suffrage movement reaches its golden jubilee this month, tracing to the State Woman Suffrage association formed at Battle Creek on January 20, 1870.
Uncommon fact notes Queen Elizabeth of Belgium as namesake and goddaughter to Empress Elizabeth of Austria, who was assassinated. The detail highlights a rare dynastic connection between European royalty.
A Swedish folk custom uses three cups to guess a young girl’s future. A ring signals marriage within a year, a coin promises a rich husband, and a black ribbon foretells she will remain an old maid.
New York reports the death in Paris of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, head of the French branch of the famous banking house. The Zionist Organization of America received the obituary last night.
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons in London that he hopes to introduce the Irish Home Rule bill in the chamber next week. The statement comes as the government presses forward with the measure amid ongoing debates and political maneuvering.
Fort worth February 12 Secretary of Labor Wilson announced that Mexicans may cross the Texas border for agricultural purposes without a head tax. D E Lyday president of Texas Farmers Union endorsed the move stating Mexicans are satisfactory farm workers who stay with agriculturists despite temptations to move to the city.
Washington on February 12 declared that the last remaining floating indebtedness of the government would be redeemed Monday. Secretary Houston said the treasurer’s position was very bright and government officials do not consider the present financial situation grave.
John Barton Payne of Illinois has been chosen by President Wilson to be secretary of the interior. He succeeds Franklin Lane and will assume office March 1 after Lane retires at his own request. Payne is currently chairman of the United States Shipping Board.
Promoters of the Sweet Potato Curing Plant request the Eagle to announce that the Porto Rican potato variety yields better crops for planting in Brazos county and is more suitable for curing. A definite company announcement will follow in a few days detailing plans.
New York police arrested Edward Furey Joseph Gluck and Irving Gluck after detectives learned of a plan to steal at least five million dollars in liberty bonds and securities. The three allegedly concealed several thousand dollars in bonds as the plot grew larger and feared a Canada escape. The informants had offered $500 000 in securities to Furey to seal the deal.
City Manager J. W. Greer returned from a visit to Beeville and ranching interests near that city. He will stay in Bryan until Saturday then depart to assume duties as city manager in Tallahassee Florida.
President Wilson will hold a private conference with three representatives of railroad brotherhoods at the White House to discuss wage demands of more than two million railroad workers. Selection of spokesmen and timing remain undecided, with final decision resting with Director General Hines.
Tonight and tomorrow are expected to be generally fair with little temperature change. No significant precipitation is anticipated as high and low ranges remain mild across the region.
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