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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
2
An Austrian submarine sank the Italian armored cruiser Amalfi in the upper Adriatic at dawn after the Italian squadron reconnoitered the Austrian coast. The crew was ordered to shout Long live the King Long live Italy before jumping overboard. many were saved. The Amalfi was nearly 10,000 tons and seven years old.
The text urges adding brain labor to farming to double profits by processing cottonseed hay cowpeas and forage into butter cheese mules and mutton and expanding fruit and timber industries. It calls for cooperation in buying and selling and organized effort, noting successful farmers need specialized training and study.
Algernon Blair and his assistant G C Bayles of Montgomery Alabama arrived to lay out the post office building site in Bryan. Excavation for the foundation will start in a few days with construction not expected before August 1. Material already purchased will arrive in Bryan before that date and much of the labor will be performed by local workers.
Mayor W. W. Harris receives a letter from A R Andrews noting that Bryan will gain credit for three paid policemen, enabling a three cent reduction in the insurance key rate. The current rate stands at 46 cents, with a total seven cent cut promised by new well credits and added police protection.
Mayor Harris elected in January 1913 with city council and Fire Marshal Daly reduced the key rate from 62 cents to 39 cents. The mayor and council deserve commendation for the effort. Daly’s appointment as deputy city marshal will be placed before the council for ratification at tonight’s meeting.
Cambridge reports the Eastern General Hospital as a wartime experiment using open air wards with no south wall to maximize sun and air. In six months it treated eleven thousand English and Belgian soldiers with only 85 deaths, an average of seven tenths of 1 percent despite septic wounds and tropical diseases.
Liberal authorities announce a liberal reward for information leading to the whereabouts of William Bryan Wilson a 17 year old negro boy last seen in Bryan in the summer of 1912. He is described as 5 feet 8 or 9 inches tall slim with bushy hair and a very black complexion. No charges against him. Parents will pay reward dead or alive. Notify The Eagle.
Bucharest, July 9. The city, once nicknamed pocket Paris, now vies as Europe’s gayest metropolis due to wartime wealth. Prices soar with hotels at six dollars a day, clothing dear, and a flamboyant social scene alongside bustling cafes and night entertainments.
A Texas farmer author, CHAS. N. SIMPSON of Route 1, Bryan, offers a remedy recipe to halt boll weevils and ensure a bumper crop. He claims the plan is inexpensive, easy to apply, and usable before October, and invites readers to mail one dollar for the full remedy.
Elijah Cavitt was refused bail after an examining trial for the killing of Laura Hunter in Boonville. County Attorney Lamar Bethea led the prosecution. Cavitt had no counsel or witnesses. Justice L D McGee remanded him to jail to await grand jury action.
Paris reports on July 5 battles in the Dardanelles where Turkish forces launched a heavy assault to drive the French from their trenches. A Turkish cruiser aided the attack and Turkish aviators dropped bombs but none reached the French lines. The assault suffered massive casualties as most attackers fell. A Turkish sailing vessel was sunk by a Russian motor boat off Petrograd.
Belgrade reports official figures showing 25 percent of Serbian doctors have died in nine months from typhus during war and epidemic. Only two doctors died in the 1912-13 Serbia Turkey war out of 300 on duty. Foreign doctors since last August include 35 dead from typhus or typhoid, among them four Americans, three British, two Belgians, six Austrians and several Greeks.
Associated Press reports from Indianapolis July 7 that Thomas Taggart and several other leading defendants among 132 indicted for election frauds asked for a venue change. Seven defendants pleaded guilty today.
The Villa agency reports Villa troops captured Leon from Carranza forces. Carranza agency says six Americans captured in a fight with Villa forces have been deported from Mexico.
The article advises lightening kitchen work on maid's day off by serving a prompt midday luncheon and, if she stays out, arranging a midday dinner with a light informal supper. A simple chafing dish, hot rolls, dainty sandwiches with olives and radishes, fruit dessert, and tea or coffee at the table reduce prep time.
J B Priddy displays two exceptionally fine ears of corn at The Eagle office today. Grown on his Bryan area farm the ears are a fair sample of the crop and indicate a splendid yield.
Wireless alerts sweep the Atlantic as authorities search for explosives aboard the Saxonia and Philadelphia after Frank Holt claimed plans to blow up a ship. Holt's death occurred when he leaped to the floor, and three men identify him as Harvard professor Erich Muenster. Officials report guards on liners and confirm bomb letters were wired to Dallas.
In Chicago Prof. Gould said he knew Holt and Muenster were the same man but kept silent. In Glen Cove Berillon measurements and witnesses positively identified Holt's body as Muenster. Washington officials probe Holt expenses suggesting funds beyond a college instructor’s income.
In England Arkansas near Little Rock nearly a hundred residents confronted seven automobile bandits during a dawn bank raid. The gunfight lasted about an hour with the robbers escaping with $200. Marshal N W Whitlock was severely wounded.
W. C. Boyett of College hosted a barbecue dinner and day outing for his gentleman friends from the city and county at the Old Fish Pond today. Several kinds of well barbecued meats were served and the event provided a day of enjoyment for all attendees.
The city's new deep well supplying water was ordered removed this morning by County Health Officer Dr. R. H. Harrison and County Judge J. T. Maloney. Mayor W. W. Harris complied and told the power plant manager to stop pumping from the well until further notice. The action is temporary pending water analysis by State chemist Dr. G. S. Fraps and state health board review.
One hundred athletes from Texas and Louisiana will compete at the Cotton Carnival track meet in Galveston on July 24. Events include sprints, distance runs, jumps, throws, and relays on an eighth mile track. Medalists earn gold silver and bronze.
Lawson Williams pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Sam McElven pleaded guilty to simple assault and was fined 5 dollars plus costs.
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