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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
1
Seventeen of the citys most prominent men including a non Bavarian duke were arrested by police aided by the soldiers council. The arrests, the biggest Munich has seen since the revolution, followed claims of recruiting citizen soldiers while police say an attack on existing conditions was planned.
In Philadelphia on December 31 explosions shattered the homes of three top police and judicial officials. Authorities say the motive was revenge against enforcement of sedition laws and the display of the red flag in the city. The wrecked houses were in widely separated sections.
Paris December 31 Great interest is shown among conference delegates and French circles over President Wilson's upcoming trip to Italy. Key topics expected include the Adriatic question and the Fiume and Dalmatian coast, where Yugoslavs and Italians disagree.
St Louis will host the fortieth annual convention of the Music Teachers National Association starting tomorrow for three days. American musicians and composers are expected to attend and discuss music questions while an autograph exhibit and rare music books on American music history will be shown.
The 1900 ton freighter Charles R. Van Hise was cut in two and set on its side towed through the Welland canal. The 460 foot vessel entered the United States Shipping Board, with six pontoon tanks aboard the forward section to aid the tilt. Tugs guided the craft from Buffalo to the first lock with only eight inches to spare.
The Italian army supreme command says total war losses reached 460000 killed across fronts with more than 16000 officers among the dead.
Violence erupts in the Ruhr valley coal fields as armed Westphalian strikers assault guards protecting mines. Property damage reported before authorities force a return to work and order.
Gen. John J. Pershing maintains a humble routine at Chaumont HQ France. He travels in a modest car bearing his four star insignia, is greeted by staff, and travels by horseback for exercise. He spends time at advanced army headquarters and sometimes endures long drives back to his chateau for rest.
General Pershing notified the War Department that additional units totaling about 15 000 men are designated for early convoy home. The 829th and 330th infantry of the 90th division each muster over 50 officers and 3400 men, and the 4th regiment of the air service includes about sixteen aero squadrons.
Louisville bankers urge persistent saving postwar Libery loan lessons. A large local bank advertises a budgeting service with books to track expenditures and a single obligation to use them. Bankers say thrift spirit can build deposits in the South, starting in Louisville.
London, Dec. 31. A German drawing showing a U-boat in the Thames before London with the inscription Es Kommt ein Tag and the London skyline is kept as a treasure by British Admiralty intelligence. The image is reproduced with the imperial flag replaced by the British white ensign for newspapers that publish it.
Mexico City reports President Carranza granted extraordinary financial powers by the chamber of deputies. Decrees to remove import duties on foodstuffs and irrigation equipment up to June 30, 1919 are expected, with a three month duty removal for automobiles. Proposals seek constitutional changes limiting clergy numbers and native birth requirement for clergy, and nationalization of church property.
Favorable reports on the Archangel region in Russia were sent to the state department by a representative of the Archangel government. The notices counter rumors of impending Bolshevik destruction of allied and American forces in the north.
Max Harden, editor of the German press, tells Le Temps that Germany was beaten by French strategy led by Marshal Foch. He calls von Ludendorff a minor figurehead, and fears Alsace Lorraine loss, industrial crisis, and Bolshevik spread but sees France resilient. He blames the former emperor for the catastrophe.
Manila reports the United States Shipping Board steam ship Quantico ran ashore in a Christmas night storm off Table Island near Mindoro. Seventeen or more are missing, believed to be passengers and crew.
Munich reports Premier Kurt Eisner has gone to Stuttgart to join ministers from southern German states in a conference on food supplies and empire unity. The talks also cover equal rights for southern Germany. Paris notes Eisner has sided with the independent socialists against German premier Ebert.
Chicago December 31. A detailed examination argues that meat profits only partly reflect packers earnings. The piece notes extensive, varied holdings from leather to fertilizer and lard compounds, with hundreds of subsidiaries and losses in new ventures offset by profits in other lines. It highlights sizable, diversified earnings beyond beef.
The British war cabinet considers a proposal from the press to study international employment conditions. It would appoint a commission at the peace conference to propose a permanent international court and an organization to ensure joint action on labor matters worldwide.
The Weather reports cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday with possible rain and a low of 26 to 30 degrees. A cold wave is forecast to reach the coast by Thursday morning.
Allied forces now control the Black Sea coast and Batoum has been occupied, linking by pipeline to the Baku oil center on the Caspian Sea. In San Antonio, no more discharges are planned for the 18th division at Camp Travis, though many envy re enlistment requests arrive daily.
London reports indicate the immediate release of all Sinn Fein internees in England, with authorities preparing to free prisoners soon. The move would affect Irish separatist detainees held since unrest and rebellion activity.
Paris dispatches report American delegates at the peace conference weighing Bolshevism as a serious matter amid signals that German Bolsheviki factions may gain influence in Berlin.
M A Healy aged 80 died at his Brenham home after weeks of illness. Born in Ireland he immigrated young to America and worked in Brazoria county before moving to Brenham in 1866 to open a hardware store which he ran for over fifty years. He served in George Girlings regiment Capt I M Oain's company during the Civil War and was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Washington camp Confederate Veterans.
Herr Loebe declined a cabinet position and chose to stay in Breslau as editor of a newspaper. Berlin announced the decision, while the Spartacus group in session adopted a resolution barring honorable proletariat from cooperating with the independent socialists and planning a new party named Communist Labor Party of German Spartacusbund.
The United States labor bureau opened a St Louis branch to aid demobilized service members in readjusting employment conditions. In the first 48 hours over 200 applications were filed and 75 men secured jobs while preliminaries were arranged. The effort coordinates with war activities.
Retired Army officer Brig. Gen. Chambers McKibbin died in Washington at age 77 after forty years in the Civil War Indian campaigns Spanish American war and Philippine insurrection. A native of Pennsylvania he will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Paris dispatch notes Moscow region peasants rising in December as the Soviet government grows alarmed. Early reports state peasants actively revolted with actions continuing a week into December, signaling widespread unrest and concern for the regime.
The people of Manchester crowned Wilson a freeman of their city in a five hour procession that echoed a college commencement. The crowd’s intimate atmosphere and the hall choice added warmth as the president declared the United States would forge no covenant with any power except one with all powers, a message greeted with keen understanding by Lancashire locals familiar with American ties.
Berlin dispatch says Bolshevists seized company officers in German Silesia during a miners strike, forcing signatures under threat of rifles. Reports claim disorder of Bolshevik character with murders and lootings, and Silesia declared a Bolshevist republic.
Dr. L D Hill, a Travis county resident for fifty years, died after a brief illness at age 90. He is survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs E E Winfrey of Martin, and two sons Joe T Hill and F M D Hill of Austin.
The war department announced the abandonment of ten army hospitals. Included is the school for the blind at Nashville Tennessee and the officers training school at Camp Pike Arkansas.
The state board of education authorizes a supplementary allocation of 440 431 from a one million dollar rural school appropriation. One thousand two hundred forty rural districts will receive funds. Total apportionment reaches 658 012 with 341 012 remaining to be distributed.
Washington December 31 Senate proposes conferring captain by brevet on chairmen of local draft boards and similar boards and first lieutenant by brevet on other members who served during the war. The bill targets draft, medical, and legal advisory boards with brevet rank honors.
Washington reports that the House Foreign Affairs Committee will review an Irish resolution after recess. It seeks U S pressure on a peace conference to back Ireland self determination, but opponents say it aims to strain U S Britain ties and provoke resentment.
London reports December 31 that Germany refused Polish requests to allow Polish troops to use the rail line from the frontier to Vilna. Berlin says Entente approval is required. Germany also demands permission for German troops returning from Russia to use Polish railways.
Paris dispatch reports that President Wilson's departure for Rome on Wednesday night will proceed as planned despite the Italian cabinet crisis. The Roman political upheaval is described as purely political and outside the president's scheduled trip.
Montevideo reports that precautions by military authorities led the maxi mum agitators to abandon plans for a general strike, according to evening newspapers.
London reports that Field Marshal von Hindenburg telegraphed German industrial magnates pledging support for the British occupation of Berlin. Berlin dispatches via Mail quote the message dated Saturday.
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