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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
1
New Rochelle France January 14 over four hundred persons are believed lost in the wreck of the steamer Afrique in the Bay of Biscay only 57 survivors have been landed Sailors and French colonial soldiers are the only passengers and crew to reach shore hope for others vanished through the night
Berlin reports say the Ebert government imposed martial law nationwide except in Bavaria Saxony Wuerttemburg and Baden after a mob attacked the Reichstag. Police and guards fired machine guns killing at least ten and wounding many others as guards sought to disperse the crowd around the building.
Bryan residents seek to build small dairy and trucking farms along the interurban area between Bryan and College. They form a cooperative to buy and redistribute electric current, aiming to extend service beyond city limits and boost property values, homes, jobs, and lower living costs.
The U S Army transport Buford departed Kiel Tuesday evening carrying 2¢ Russians deported from the United States bound for an unnamed Russian port.
The case against J. D. Moore Sr. chairman of the board of managers at the state insane asylum, charged by the state labor commissioner with violating the fifty-four hour law, was dismissed for insufficient evidence on motion of the county attorney.
A 4000 ton Kentucky bonded whisky cargo worth 14 million dollars was shipped from Mobile to Rotterdam aboard the Moshico. The Lake Charles, loading now, will sail Wednesday with 2000 barrels for Havana. This departure is billed as the last before the national prohibition amendment takes effect.
The national executive committee selected Lincoln Nebraska as the city and July 21 as the date for the 1920 prohibition party convention. The announcement came late Tuesday night in Washington.
Members of the Bryan Woman's club plan to visit the courthouse this afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock to secure poll tax receipts. Led by president Mrs. R. O. Allen, the drive aims to boost participation in upcoming primary elections and encourage other local women to pay poll taxes. By 8:45 this afternoon fourteen ladies had paid, bringing county totals to thirty-eight.
The Bry an Commercial club will host a reception for federal students and their wives on Saturday January 17 at 8 PM in Carnegie hall auditorium. Mrs Tyler Haswell chairs the event with committees for house refreshment dishes program and reception and a list of couples and young ladies to welcome guests.
Jack Kearne, Dempsey's manager, says robust defense of his client and denies draft dodger charges. He states Dempsey never sought exemption, classified 4 A for being married supporting a mother and invalid siblings, and raised about 100000 for war charities. Dempsey also worked as a riveter in Philadelphia and Seattle shipyards during the war.
About 1006 votes were cast for the peace treaty referendum at the college on Tuesday, mostly by students. Of 2000 eligible voters, 546 supported ratification without reservations, 36 students advocated Lodge reservations, 65 supported ratification with Lodge reservations, and 351 favored a Lodge democratic compromise.
In New York on January 14 incomplete returns from about 53 colleges and universities show 22,643 of 41,889 votes favored any compromise allowing immediate ratification of the peace treaty and league of nations.
Fort Worth dispatch reports state and city officials moving toward Eastland for a state hearing on gas supply conservation and use. Major Butte, state gas conservation officer, will preside at the hearing.
Austin officials sign waivers and papers to perfect the appeal to the U S Supreme Court after district judges upheld Texas law abolishing pool halls. The case spans 3 600 pages and the Jan 26 hearing will decide continuing the restraining order. Attorney General Cureton will press for closing halls after the decision. He also handles the Red River boundary dispute with Oklahoma.
Washington reports December cotton consumption at 511,585 bales lint and 25,050 bales linters, per the Census Bureau. The figures reflect nationwide usage for the month.
Chicago January 14 sixty men taken in a raid on the YMCA hotel were under investigation amid a police roundup of alleged criminals and vagabonds. About one thousand men were arrested as suspicious characters in recent days.
A and M gains Bryan Gouger at guard who will play forward. Gouger debut noted from 1917 and praised as fast and accurate shooter. Lineup to face Simmons Saturday. coach favors speed and notes anticipated smaller team than last year. Glezen may replace Williams at guard.
A New York Bar Association committee led by Charles Evans Hughes will travel to Albany to provide legal aid to five assemblymen alleged to be socialists at the opening session. The move aims to assist those under scrutiny in the assembly.
Thirty-one shipwrecked sailors from the steamship John M. Emery were brought to Galveston by the coast guard boat Comanche after the vessel grounded near Freeport. The captain, chief mate, and chief engineer remained aboard to guard the ship as it lay in eight feet of water with a damaged stern and 8,000 tons of hemp and sisal cargo.
Washington dispatch reports Director General Hines signed the national agreement on rules and working conditions with the Brotherhood of Railways steamship clerks freight handlers and express designation employees. The pact is retroactive to January 1 and in effect during federal control.
Chicago January 14. Plumbers hired to fix plumbing at Northwestern University are paid eight dollars per day while professors receive only four dollars. William Farquharson the university's financial director says the university is broke and trustees must decide how many instructors can be paid a living wage or have facilities reduced.
Washington reports investigation into the coal strike causes is underway as operators and miners cooperate with the settlement commission. Daily sessions continue to seek a satisfactory agreement on miners wages and working conditions.
The army transport Edellyn, first vessel to move Czecho Slovak and U S troops from Siberia, under Major General Graves, will depart New York for Vladivostok via the Panama Canal. It will stop at Honolulu for coal and supplies as about ten thousand American soldiers remain in Russia.
In San Antonio on January 14 the water sub committee heard testimony about hardships indignation and losses of small property owners in Mexico since Mader o’s overthrow. G E Blalock former head of an American colony in Tamaulipas testified about the murder of five Americans and property abandonment.
A band of rebels removed several rails on the National Lines of Mexico between Venegas and Saltillo delaying an army paymaster train by about twelve hours. A military train was sent to the scene but the assailants fled before confrontation.
Charles Swafford of Lone Wolf pleaded guilty to murdering his newborn granddaughter or baby of his own daughter and was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. The daughter, about 17, had been married to a soldier who had not visited since his return over a year ago.
An American warship near Pola is believed bound for Fiume to join allied vessels and land troops to replace Italian forces once Paris decides the city’s future status. The vessel anchored off Pola, the former Austrian base in the Adriatic, as Paris reports confirm.
Paris officials say the peace treaty with Hungary will be handed to the Hungarian delegates at the foreign office tomorrow. The document outlines postwar arrangements and national terms expected to guide reconstruction and diplomacy.
Col Lansing H. Beach was nominated to be chief of the Army Engineers. He is the brother of Harrison L. Beach publisher of the San Antonio Light.
Representative Bee of Texas introduced a bill endorsed by Postmaster General Burleson to create a letter telegraph service under the post office department. The bill would authorize the postmaster general to negotiate contracts with telegraph companies for the service.
A Sunday plane crash near a snow capped mountain in Arizona claimed the life of Lieut. Bruce Struthers, pilot of the 104th Aero squadron, and left Lieut. J Evans, observer, gravely injured. The accident was caused by the aircraft crashing into a cloud bank near the peak.
Hempstead Jan. 14 reports tell of numerous livestock losses in Waller County. Horses and mules, though healthy, grow weak and die within three to four days, with some animals refusing to eat and growing stiff before death.
Austin Jan 14 The supreme court upheld the constitutionality of a state board of control act. A motion to file for mandamus sought to compel the state comptroller to approve warrants paying members of the board of managers of the Southwestern Insane asylum at San Antonio for services since the board of managers was abolished.
Mexico City January 14 reports that the Japanese cruiser Yakumo which recently visited Manzanillo acted as a convoy for the vessel which lanwned iran government, are denied by General Barregan chief of presidential staff.
Mexico City January 14 Pablo Gonzales former general in the Mexican army accepted the presidential nomination before a Democratic League convention. He is the second candidate to announce after General Alvaro Obregon began his campaign last year.
Springfield Illinois January 14 boxing is revived after years with a ten round bout between Marty Henderson of Joliet and Mike Dunde of Rock Island in the local arena.
Wichita Falls Jan 14 Sherman Sparks an oil field driller is held in jail here in connection with the death of J L Pipkins a wealthy farmer of Waurika Okla whose body was found in the creek bottoms of Cotton county Okla last week.
At a Waco meeting the executive committee of the Texas state council of agriculture deferred the election of a secretary to a later date. Dallas lawyer J. T. Orr presided as council president, with H. L. McKnight from the A and M extension department acting as temporary secretary.
Austin January 14 The state prison commission will meet in Austin tomorrow to consider signing the contract for the sale of the state iron plant at Rusk to the Texas Steel company Governor Heben and a rep from the attorney general's department will attend along with L P Featherstone who represents the prospective purchasers
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