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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1916
Page
1
Reports from London and Athens describe heavy fighting on the southern Russian front as General Ivanhoff presses advances. Bulgaria resists joining a Saloniki campaign, while Greece considers martial law on January 15 and a parliamentary session on January 17 to confirm the order.
Henry Ford returned from Copenhagen aboard the Bergensfjord and said his outlook shifted from blaming bankers and munitions makers to blaming the people who allow rulers to act. He noted republics and monarchies share failings and admitted he had voted only six times in 33 years, due to his wife prompting him. The peace effort remains in motion with public discussion growing.
Berlin war office reports a German assault on the French at La Basse. A trench was blown up and all occupants were killed. Some allied troops reportedly fled.
The bodies of Ellen Thompson nine and her brother Edward five, missing since New Year’s Day, were recovered from an abandoned well in Guthrie Oklahoma, according to Associated Press.
Johnson and Rohde of the Johnson and Rohde Garage delivered two new five passenger Ford touring cars to M. B. Parker and to Howell and Co a wholesale grocers.
Albert Price and Miss Callie Logan R. J. Upchurch and Mrs. Lee Howard Oscar Harrison and Annie Hamilton received marriage licenses in the latest public records.
Washington reports the death of Joseph Rucker Lamar, associate justice of the U S Supreme Court, at age 58 after months of illness. Appointed by Taft in 1910, Lamar served five years on the high bench and was born in Ruckersville Georgia. He leaves a notable Southern legal lineage and will be buried in Augusta, Georgia, with funeral arrangements set to depart Washington Tuesday.
President Wilson will cut short his honeymoon and leave Hot Springs tonight for Washington due to new developments in the Persia sinking. Consular dispatches from Alexandria note the Persia carried a gun, raising questions about its status. The crisis echoes the Arabic incident as Austria seeks time to review facts with Secretary Lansing and promises reparations if Austria sinks the vessel.
Albert Price and Callie Lo ge of Wellborn were quietly married at 3 PM Saturday at the bride’s parents home. Rev. W J Mead officiated. The bride, daughter of the Logans, is from a prominent Wellborn family and the groom, son of the Prices, is a prosperous farmer. Best wishes follow from friends.
Washington reports Congress opened amid a tense international crisis. Leaders weigh Senate resolutions on Britain actions and Lusitania destruction while awaiting full facts on the Persia sinking and mounting U S Austria tensions. Senator Stone met with Secretary Lansing and plans a White House talk before a Wednesday committee session.
President Wilson returns from his honeymoon and begins probing the Persia sinking. He meets with Secretary Lansing and Senator Stone to review information, cancels today’s cabinet meeting, and directs Lansing to assemble all available facts. The White House promises to act promptly once facts are gathered.
A noon blaze in Abilene, Texas caused $20,000 in damages and destroyed the opera house. In Dallas, the county grand jury was ordered to investigate gambling among fashionable women, alongside a broader inquiry by Judge Robert B. Seay into gaming. It was unclear what evidence would be submitted.
M F Dansby transfers 101 acres in the Richardson Perry league Brazos County to I J and J L Holligan for $2000 in consideration.
London reports Lord Derby's plan from October 23 to December 15 netted 1,150,000 single men and 1,679,000 married men for military service. The bulletin frames the effort as wartime manpower mobilization.
Alexandria Egypt January 4 Charles Grant of Boston one of two known Americans aboard the Persia has arrived with the most detailed account of the sinking saying most passengers were lunching when the disaster struck and the ship went down.
A county commissioners court meeting chaired by Judge Maloney announced the closing of a 400000 good roads bond deal. The three Bryan banks First National Bank City National Bank and a third bank purchased the bonds at par with accrued interest and will serve as depositories with one third each. The City National Bank bond was read and approved. others to be filed within five days.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson assumed control of the White House and began preparations for the Pan American reception on January 7, signaling the opening of the social season.
By Associated Press London January 4 reports heavy artillery activity in Voges near Harmans Weilerkopf, the sole fighting on the western front. Paris also notes the failure of a German grenade attack west of Zabur.
In the House of Commons today, Sir John Simon resigned from his post as secretary of state for home affairs. The move is seen as opposing conscription, with the general impression pointing to that stance.
Friends of Congressman George F. Burgess say he will withdraw from the United States senatorship race in Texas. Burgess, in Houston for a weekend, has not issued a formal statement and is expected to announce after the holidays when he returns to Washington. He declined to discuss retirement when seen at the Rice Hotel.
The semi annual election of Free Baptist Sunday school officers was held yesterday. Elected were L. M. Gandy superintendent C V Wheeler and Walter Lowry assistants Emma Edge recording secretary Nettie Carson assistant secretary Mattie Holmes treasurer Cora Cloud organist Hattie Lewis assistant organist Lena Wooten librarian Ruby Lee Wheeler assistant librarian Installation is set for Sunday morning January 9.
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