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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
1
Budapest reports Hungarian Soviet troops defeated the Rouman front and severed lines between Roumanian and Czech fronts. Hungarian forces advance along the entire line against retreating Czechs.
Houston, June 4. No reduced one and one third fare for round trips for conventions or public meetings before June 10. Director General Walker G. Hines of the U S railroad administration says the reduction cannot take effect earlier. He also revokes last year’s order on suits against carriers filed in certain jurisdictions.
Fort Worth news desk reports the 143rd infantry will depart Newport News on Saturday, travel to Beaumont and Houston, stop en route, and arrive at Camp Bowie Fort Worth the following Wednesday.
Berlin report says magistrates from about 200 German municipalities with 30 million people signed an appeal protesting the peace terms and urging a peace of justice as outlined by Wilson. Several American born women, now German subjects by marriage, are signing a similar appeal to American women.
Major General William Smith arrives aboard the Patriot with nearly 3,000 soldiers from the 86th division including the 181st 132nd and 138th machine gun battalions plus key support units. The cruiser St Louis brings 1500 ambulance and transport corps members as part of the homecoming.
Atlanta on June 4 saw union telegraphers employed by Western Union strike in solidarity with telephone operators who quit work on Monday.
Copenhagen reports Herr Levin editor of the Red Flag and a Bavarian revolutionary leader was sentenced to death after a two days' trial in Munich per a Munich dispatch.
Reuters report from Libau says General von der Goltz, leading Baltic German troops, has established a de facto dictatorship in Lettland. He claims to fight Bolshevism while backing a coup that toppled the Lettish provisional government and arrested the cabinet.
Washington June 4 The Omsk government decree on land and crops makes clear the new government plans to convoke a national assembly. It promises to leave to that body the disposition of lands seized by peasants while assuring laborers' interests will be protected.
Fort Worth strikers vow street lights will not burn tonight as electricians refuse to permit union men on duty. In Beaumont Texas teachers vote to ally with the American Federation of Teachers within the AFL to seek higher salaries or resign. principal J. H. Bright and teacher U. S. Daniel reported dismissed by the school board.
Reports from San Salvador and Washington state that American Marines landed at Punta Arenas and Port Linon in Costa Rica during the Tinoco government upheaval. Officials in Washington say no confirmation reached the navy or state departments and Secretary Daniels doubts any landing occurred.
Coblenz May 4 Some fantastic fiction is published in German newspapers by writers from Frankfurt and Leipzig who visited Coblenz and write about the American army. They recount alleged sentences by American army courts aimed at Germans, but court records do not corroborate these tales.
A. H. Leidigh, W. E. Jackson, and Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus travel to Jacksonville, Rusk, and Troup to examine tomato experiments by the Rusk junior college agricultural department. Each will study fertilizers, pests, diseases, and blossom issues with plans to report findings and later inspect honey bee diseases in Palestine.
Chicago authorities search for Cornelius Shea a noted labor leader after a mysterious blast wrecking a car and leaving three sticks of dynamite found nearby in the city.
Announcement calls returned service members to the Colonial theater Sunday June 8 at 2 PM for the formation of a World War Veteran association. All who served are urged to attend for information and benefits, with organizers J R Simpson and J B Hunter.
Serna Marcelina of Chihuahua Mexico was discharged at Camp Bowie and carried away American and French war crosses presented by General Pershing and General Petain for killing sixteen and capturing twenty four Germans in the St Mihiel drive.
Berlin reports that Allied occupation authorities view efforts to establish a Rhenish republic as French intrigue. The Lokal Anzeiger says France seeks to annex the left bank of the Rhine by a roundabout method, but President Wilson refused to permit it.
At the last meeting of the Animal Husbandry council officers for the next year were elected J M Jones of the experiment station as president R F Miller professor of animal husbandry in the college as vice president and W L Stangel of the animal husbandry department of the college as secretary A joint committee with Plant Industrial Council was formed to study stabilizing agriculture in West Texas and to make livestock methods recommendations with J M Jones named chairman and E W Houston and C M Evans as members
Pittsburg reports that Johnson of the local I. W. W. arrested after a downtown office fight has ties to New York two weeks prior at the urging of number 10001 who police say is William Haywood. A score of alleged anarchists are being held in jail today with Johnson.
Vienna reports the Austrian government unanimously rejects the peace terms presented at Germaine Monday as unacceptable according to the Neus Abendblatt.
Dean E J Kyle plans organized automobile parties to the Farmers Short Course July 21 26 after rail rates were refused. The trip will be educational and cheaper, with camping facilities provided. E M Morse of Iowa State and Mrs Elma P Faulk of Columbus join as special lecturers. expect larger youth attendance and strong live stock judging interest.
Frank Zubik received a long overdue letter from Bohemia revealing the deaths of his father and his sister and niece within a week. It describes extreme wartime privation, with paper clothing, scarce food, and confiscatory prices as goods sell at high rates. reusable fabrics command $100 a yard calico and $200 to $300 for cloth.
Boston officials report the navy department ordered a reduction of the entire enlisted force to two hundred fifty thousand men by July 1. The directive was received today in Boston.
Complaints from white and black residential areas urge limits on picture shows. Mayor A. E. Amerman asks City Clerk Krahl to draft an ordinance stopping shows within 800 feet of churches and schools during sessions or services.
The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in Monmouth Illinois voted to support the League of Nations and ordered a cablegram sent to President Wilson. It also sent telegrams to Congress protesting repeal of wartime prohibition law.
Paris reports that all major governments except Argentina guarantee wheat prices to farmers and subsidize bread, keeping wheat commerce largely in government hands next year. American delegates expect no need for centralized European control after the next harvest, with the last food ship leaving America in June. Hoover warns against price controls on other commodities.
Berlin reports a broad German wish for the United States to enter a limited alliance with Germany and take a protectorate. The plan would see America provide financial aid and protection while securing a large share of Germany's industrial profits. The idea first surfaced last December and has grown stronger.
Paris June 4 German minister of defence Gustave Noske toured the coast defenses and directed personnel to be prepared for emergencies, a report reaching the peace conference says.
El Paso Texas June 4 Mayor Charles Davis received a dispatch from Representative Hudspeth that Acting Secretary Polk is reconsidering his refusal to allow Mexican troops to pass through the United States and may grant consent to the Mexican government Rudspeth urged influence against the permit.
Nearly 100 Houston bricklayers walk out as contractors refuse to raise the daily wage to $9 from $8. They would accept completing current jobs at $8 while allowing $9 on future contracts, with contractors citing potential losses under the higher rate.
In Houston at the University club last night Judge H. M. Garwood and Rev. E. P. West spoke at an unveiling ceremony for a portrait honoring four University club members who died for their country. The depicted servicemen include Lt. Frank Murcheson Moore, Lt. Tralyon Hathaway, Lt. J. McKenzie McIntosh, and Captain Little Harrison. The work was created by John Tidden of Rice Institute.
Paris reports The Council of Four will decide by Thursday on a reply to German counter proposals. Allied experts draft memoranda for the council while Clemenceau resists major treaty changes though a push grows to accept a definite indemnity of 100 billion marks. The German memo seeks to dispute war guilt. Austrian treaty reparations are completed.
Sheriff Morehead reports the following petit jurors must report at 9:00 a.m. Monday in Bryan for the fifth week of the February term. Those failing to obey jury summons may face fines as Judge Davis grows impatient with delays in court work.
Paris faces a citywide strike with 350000 workers out and expectations of up to 500000 by night. Restaurant and cafe staff, insurance clerks, electricians, film operators, and building trades workers join the stoppage while rail workers show unrest.
A Moscow wireless reports General Zemenoff, leader of the Cossacks, organized a congress in Eastern Siberia that declared Mongolia autonomous. The congress elected Zemenoff as grand duke of Mongolia.
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