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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1919
Page
1
Dallas January 28 Chief of Police John W. Ryan received three days in the county jail and a $100 fine after being found in contempt of court for failing to obey a habeas corpus summons. Judge C A Pippen ordered Ryan to appear February 13 to show cause why the sentence should not be carried out.
Philadelphia Jan 28 The first shipment of potash from Germany in four years arrived today on the Norwegian steamship Tongua from Hamburg. The cargo totals three thousand tons.
Chicago on January 28 reports 187 deaths from influenza and pneumonia in the last day with 1,587 new cases. Health officials note a drop in new cases and say the epidemic may be under control.
Grand Rapids January 28 The jury selection for the trial of Senator Newberry and 123 associates on election law charges began with the arrival of defendants and veniremen after snowbound trains delayed proceedings. The panel's examination is expected to occupy the first week of the trial.
President Wilson instructed Secretary Glass to seek congressional authority to loan 150 million dollars to Holland Austria and Armenia to relieve their desperate food crisis. He said it was unthinkable for the United States to withhold help from stricken people by not making available a portion of surplus food on credit.
Oklahoma City reports a surge in flu cases after United States Internal Revenue Collector Hubert L. Bolen announced federal whiskey would be issued on prescription to influenza sufferers. The tally climbed from 34 to 123 within hours.
Chicago January 28 Eggs in cold storage on January 1 were more than double the quantity a year earlier. The increase runs 107.6 percent for case eggs and 115.1 percent for frozen eggs. Cheese surges with large gains except limburger. American cheese up 169 percent. poultry supplies fall.
Influenza cases in Dallas for the first three days of the week total 703 with five deaths. Today 210 new cases are reported, reflecting a declining trend in the local flu outbreak.
New York university announced boxing has been adopted as an inter collegiate sport. The move adds a varsity program to NYU athletics and reflects growing college participation in boxing.
Three elk arrived at the feeding and breeding station as part of a plan to establish a college zoological park for students and visitors. The herd will grow with future shipments, some to a Sonora substation, while other animals join a growing collection at the station.
New York January 28 The United States Steel corporation at its quarterly meeting here today declared regular dividends 11 1 3 percent on common and 13 4 percent on preferred stock.
Five masked men robbed the Mechanics' State Bank in St Joseph Missouri today escaping with five thousand dollars in cash. The bold daytime holdup occurred this afternoon with no injuries reported.
A humorous El Paso Juarez Street Car tale describes the Rum-hound Special as the last Juarez El Paso street car allowing one day visitors to cross to the Mexican oasis. It ends nightly at 8 50 at the international bridge with conductor A C Letcher famous for calm humor and crowd control.
A Bryan committee led by Mayor Lawrence and chamber officials plans a final canvass to ensure every resident is counted. Volunteers will visit stores, homes, and plants, leaving blank cards at banks and the chamber, with citizens urged to report unenumerated people to the chamber secretary.
Berlin reports Mathias Erzberger vice-premier and finance minister is not resting well with a bullet lodged in his shoulder blade after a Monday shooting by a former cadet officer.
Rev. Henry J. Micou of New York and Rev. Harris Masterson of Houston will preach at St. Andrew's Episcopal church in Bryan on Friday night. They recently returned from the diocese meeting at Galveston. Local members announce the event and invite the public to attend.
Captain John A. Coke, Richmond attorney, Confederate veteran and brother of Texas governor and U S senator Richard Coke, died at 78 from a paralytic stroke. A native of Williamsburg, he served from 1861, was wounded in Dahlgren raid, began law practice in 1865, and practiced until illness. He is survived by a son and a daughter.
Austin Jan 28 The Texas woman's primary suffrage act was upheld when the Supreme Court refused a writ of error in T M Hamilton vs Lee Davis McLennan county collector The decision affirms the Third Court of Civil Appeals ruling that the law is constitutional
Paris dispatches warn that German prisoner repatriation may create a critical labor shortage in parts of France. Restoration work in devastated districts could slow, and farmers who employed many Germans fear they cannot sow a large spring acreage.
New Orleans reports the cotton market moved within a tight 107 to 136 point range last week with net changes from 12 points up to 48 points down. Spot prices fell 25 points to 40 cents for middling as trade was buoyed by favorable conditions but pressured by political news and rising money rates.
Miss Helen Pratt Judd a Chicago school teacher indicted by a special grand jury for alleged radical activity aimed at overthrowing the government has been suspended pending a thorough investigation, announced by Peter Mortenson superintendent of schools. Robert Moore secretary of the Illinois State Teachers Association blamed low wages for the radicalism in public schools.
The Daily Mail reports Field Marshal Haig will retire on February 1 when the post of commander in chief is abolished. Command of the army will revert to the army council as in pre war days.
In Waco on January 28 the First Presbyterian church completed a campaign to raise its share of 40000 for the ongoing Presbyterian education drive. The pledges will fund the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin as a memorial to late Dr. S A King who spent most of his life as the church’s pastor and who served as a theology professor at the Austin seminary.
The American steamer West Imboden, sailing from Galveston to Liverpool with twenty-one thousand acres of cotton, reported by wireless that fire was discovered in the cargo yesterday. The ship’s position was not disclosed.
The Army Air Service reported a possible record in wireless transmissions from an airplane during Fort Mackintosh maneuvers. Signals from the plane were received at Del Rio Texas, 175 miles away, while the craft flew at about three thousand feet. The messages were continuous though sometimes faint.
In St Louis on January 28 M C Billingsley of Toledo rode on the outside sill of a burning express car carrying auto parts. The lamp exploded, starting the blaze, and Billingsley, trapped by flames, broke the window and crawled out to cling to the car until Edwardsville Illinois was reached.
The Associated Charities received a $694 check from a Sunday night event at Beethoven Hall titled London Open Light Seance by Eddy and His Company of Mediums. Audiences demanded refunds after dissatisfaction, police were called, and the performers were taken to the station as attendees voted to donate the money to charity.
Prof. A M Bumann once a UT mechanical engineering instructor died in Alpine on Sunday January 18. He had resigned January 1 1920 to lead the manual training department at Sul Ross normal. His wife and daughter were with him and accompanied his body to Bunker Hill Illinois for burial. Miss Bumann is a UT senior.
Lockhart Texas January 28 The Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist church held an all day prayer meeting Tuesday with a good turnout and an interesting day noted.
Prices named on white and solid color flannels ranged from 140 to 1621 and a half dollars per pound. Dress ginghams for full wear were bought freely. Print cloths and other gray goods were easier and ran silk quiet and unchanged. Bur laps were steady and wool goods firm.
A. William Gardiner, a prosperous manufacturer, was arrested for the death of Dr Robert S Bentley shot in his office. Gardiner claimed accidental discharge while showing a loaded revolver and offered $50 000 to the doctor's family. Police cannot verify a report that Bentley refused a liquor prescription.
Washington report notes Senate leaders plan one more bid to overcome objections to article ten and the Monroe Doctrine in the bipartisan conference. With talks at risk of collapse, conferees grant a breathing spell to review their compromise positions.
Washington reports a rise in influenza among American troops. For two weeks ending January 9, sixty five cases were recorded. The release notes the death rate among troops in Germany is mounting high as the disease spreads at home and abroad.
Austin January 28 Mrs Mattie Austin Hatcher UT archives curator prepares a history of Peters Colony one of Texas early settlements including Dallas Fannin counties. The work draws on diaries bulletins letters and government data. Peters brothers W C Peters W S Peters John Peters and H J Peters founded the colony with an 1841 charter.
Australian premier W A Hughes told a Melbourne audience the next war would likely begin in the Pacific. He urged readiness with sufficiently large armies and warned Australia is hedged about by nations eager to attack.
The case of Floyd Young charged by indictment with the death of Miss Bertha Snooks at her parents home near Hauf smith is transferred from Conroe to Liberty county and set for trial on February 9 by District Judge J. L. Manry.
Will Camp was found dead in the weeds near the San Jose bath house after a terse phone warning. He suffered three bullet wounds: left temple, right breast to back, and left hand. Evans Dunlap of San Jose surrendered to the county jailer shortly before 10 PM.
A 138-year old boy in Waxahachie was convicted in juvenile court for not attending school. He is sent to the reformatory to remain until he reaches age, with possible release after two years for good behavior.
Albany January 28. Defense counsel denied claims that Socialists pledged support to Ludwig Martens the Russian soviet ambassador or endorsed plans for an American soviet government during the trial before the assembly judiciary committee of five suspended socialist assemblymen charged with disloyalty.
Paris January 28. The Jugo-Slav reply to the Allied ultimatum on the Adriatic question is a virtual refusal of the Italian compromise. The reply is believed to favor a new basis of compromise aligned with President Wilson's proposal.
Aviators here form a union, set minimum salaries, adopt a standard contract form for members. Second Lieutenant Mareal, who flew across Germany dropping proclamations on Berlin en route, is elected president.
W Arthur Gregory 28 and his brother Roy A Gregory 18, oil field workers from El Dorado Arkansas, were drowned near Trees in Jeems bayou after a paddle broke and they were pulled under by hip boots while attempting a rescue.
On February 1 the Texas Department of Public Instruction will require every public school teacher to submit a report on thrift and thrift club work, to Miss Annie Webb Blanton. Dinsmore W. Hume announced after returning from Austin. Texas students have saved and invested over $12,000,000 in war stamps through thrift lessons and clubs.
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