Water Supply Urgency Faces Bryan City Commission
The Bryan city commission and a pumping contractor seek a bigger pure water supply as current wells fall short in summer. They consider a temporary electric pumping plant at a well and connecting lines to the Cotton Mill well, with future deep wells along the Yegua formation to expand capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oba
Commission
J. T. Lawler
Miller
Posse
Bry
Col School
Haven
Yeguata
Germans to Finish England in Less Than Two Months
Copenhagen June 13 Associated Press reports Herr Von Heydenbrach the Reichstag conservative leader cites a German admiral claiming England’s condition will be such that Great Britain is finished in two months at most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Copenhagen
England
Herr von Heydenbrach
Reichstag
Great Britain
Fought Conscription and Faced Two Years and Fine
Louis Kramer was sentenced to two years in prison and fined ten thousand dollars for anti conscription activities. The sentence follows his public admission and self confessed involvement reported by the Associated New York dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated New York
Louis Kramer
Scope Of The Legal Publication Law Explainer
The attorney general’s department rules that the legal notice publication law covers all election notices that must be posted except general elections. Notices first published thirty days before an election need not run four consecutive weekly issues. If no newspaper exists in the county or district holding an election, publication is not required. Small publishers had pressed this law in the last session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Tem
Attorney General's Department
Rush to Enlist in the Texas Guard
Austin reports Governor Ferguson attracting many Texas youths to enlist in the Texas National Guard, now expanding to a division. Recruits, already registered for the selective draft, prefer guard service and potential commissions for those with special aptitude. General John A. Hulen opens brigade HQ in Houston for enlistment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ferguson
Texas National Guard
Txas National Guard
John A. Hulen
Houston
Russian envoy lands at Pacific port amid Seattle stop
A Russian son to the United States headed Iris A. Baksmeteff as special ambassador has landed at a Pacific port, with a party of about forty, first stopping in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kington
United States
Iris A. Baksmeteff
Amdor
Pacific
Seattle
Rural schools seek aid under new Texas law
Associated Press reports in Austin that the $2,000,000 school aid law takes effect September 1, with $1,000,000 available next September. About 5,000 country schools are expected to receive aid, as two supervisors inspect applicants to ensure they meet requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Doughty
Sequana Torpedoed and Anglican Sunk Passenger Liner Losses
The Leyland liner Sequana sailing from Boston to Liverpool was torpedoed and sunk with 190 lives lost. The incident occurred June 13 as reports allege German submarines attacked the vessel, confirming the disaster with 550 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequana
Anglican
Boston
Associated Press
South Atlantic
Prominent Merchant Killed in Texas Collision
R G Cowdin, prominent local merchant and former president of the South Texas Wholesale Dealers association, was struck and killed instantly by a westbound Southern Pacific passenger train near Giddings while at his ranch house. He leaves a wife a son and two daughters among other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena
Texas
R. G. Cowdin
Southern Pacific
Mr. Cowdin
Cowdin Grocery” Company
Giddings
South Texas Wholesale Dealers’ Association
Shooting on Bryan Street shock ends in critical wound
Tom Ropolo, a well to do Italian farmer with six children, was shot in the left side near the Parker Astin Hardware store on Bryan Street. Frank Pomelia, a 17 or 18 year old, fled after the double barrel shotgun blast. Sheriff Nunn is pursuing Pomelia as Ropolo remains in critical condition at Bryan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ropolo
Pamelia
Bryan Street
Ropolo
Bryan Hospital
B. A Sims
Sheriff Nunn
Ran Smith Place
Pomelia
John Pomelia
William McCullough
Pershing Lands at Bologna Headed to Paris
General Pershing has landed at Bologna this morning and will arrive in Paris this evening. Paris reports the arrival as he proceeds toward the French capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
General Pershing
Bologne
Liberty Loan Subscriptions Reach 51.646 Billion
New York reports Liberty Loan subscriptions total 51.646 billion dollars with Washington figures. Excludes Dallas and San Francisco districts. The First National Bank of New York seeks 100 million dollars for itself and its customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan Committee
Washington
Dallas
San Francisco
First National Bank of New York
Clash With Mexicans Today at Ysleta Reported
At 1 AM a motorcycle machine gun company and troops from Fort Bliss were sent to Ysleta after reports that about 25 armed Mexicans tried to cross the Rio Grande. Cavalry patrol fired. no casualties reported. reinforcements arrived and quiet was restored. General Bell sent an aide to investigate.
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el Paso
Fort Bliss
Ysleta
Here
Rio Grande
General Bell
Senate approves Jamestown site deal and war budget
Washington June 13 the senate accepted the house compromise for acquiring the Jamestown exposition site for a naval base and passed the three billion two hundred eighty one million dollar war budget bill, sending it to President Wilson for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Penitentiary term for not registering
In New York on June 13 a sentence of eleven months and twenty nine days was imposed on Herman P. Levine a school teacher for not registering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Herman P. Levine
French Munitions Factory Blown Up Reported
Paris Pa 13 The French minister of munitions announced an accident in an important munitions factory. Casualties and extent of loss are not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Frome
Cigarette Question Divides WCTU and Red Cross in Omaha
In Omaha on June 13 a controversy splits Red Cross workers and Women's Christian Temperance Union over sending cigarette papers in soldiers' comfort kits. WCTU opposes providing papers, while city leaders back the Red Cross stance stating soldiers need cigarettes in wet cold trenches.
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Omaha
Neb
France
Red Cross
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Horses Pull Boy’s Little Finger in Market Accident
The young son of Mr and Mrs Mac Mize suffered a severe injury when a pony pulled back while tied to a curb ring in front of Cloud's market Edge, severing his little finger and cutting others to the bone. He was transported home by Cloud Moore for medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Mize
Cloud
Cloud Moore
Edge
Preparations to Handle Grain Movement to New Orleans
New Orleans grain warehouses and elevators brace for a large wheat movement from Oregon and Washington. Railroads Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific arrange to haul the grain here while W T Richeson oversees grading under new federal standards. New Orleans chosen for lighter congestion as wheat is set for export to many countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Oregon
Washington
Atlantic
Newsprint Pool Favored by Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission recommends pooling newsprint production and imports under a government agency for distribution to the public at a price that provides a fair profit to manufacturers. The report results from its investigation of the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate panel backs ban on converting foodstuffs to alcohol
Washington report June 13. The Senate agriculture committee ordered a bill reported to prohibit during the war the manufacture of foodstuffs into distilled spirits and malt liquors. The measure aims to curb alcohol production from agricultural goods.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Call for 70 000 for Regular Army
Washington June 13 The war department called for 70 000 additional recruits to reach war strength in the regular army before June 30 1917 Forty five thousand are needed immediately to fill new infantry and field artillery regiments and twenty five thousand more to maintain a 300 000 man war strength Training facilities are ready and delay would waste time The department seeks single men ages 15 to 40 with no dependents not engaged in essential trades.
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Washington
War Department
Regular Army
Cavalry
Engineers
Coast Artillery
Signal Corps
Quartermasters Corps
Carload Seed Peanuts Ordered for Planting Purpose
Yoakum Texas June 13 in response to farmer inquiries a car of peanuts for planting has been ordered and orders are being taken for a mixed car of sorghum kaffir corn milo maize and feterita seed. A large acreage already planted to peanuts may allow two crops in one year and the total peanut acreage will be increased due to favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Texas
German raid on London East End leaves many dead and injured
London reports say up to fifty killed and around two hundred injured after a German air raid on the East End at noon. Vice Admiral Sims narrowly escaped a bomb while in the area. a school house was struck, ten children killed and fifty injured.
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Associated Press
London
Sims
East End
Admiral Sims
Essex
Bonar Law
Democracy Put to the Test by Grinnell Speaker
Theodore Marburg, former Belgian minister, told Grinnell College graduates that Germany’s autocratic victory in war would impose military rule on the world. He urged democracies to surrender privileges to build an international order once Germany is defeated or reformed.
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Grinnell, Ia
Germany
Theodore Marburg
Belgium
Grinnell College
International Peace League
United States
Europe
Lincoln
Thor
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Indians Buy Big Liberty Loan Subscription
Secretary Lane of the interior department filed for ten million dollars in liberty loan bonds on behalf of American Indians. He acted as guardian for many Indian individuals and several tribes investing their funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liberty Loan
Lane
Interior Department
Indian Money Interest Rate Draws Three and a Half Percent
The report notes that Indian money will attract an interest rate of three and a half percent.
Letter on planting peanuts and peas from Walter Armstrong
A June 13 note from Walter Armstrong of Bryan Texas to C L Benson of Tabor Texas expresses strong support for planting peanuts and peas. Armstrong says he will plant as much land as possible in those crops stating it is their only salvation.
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Tabor
Texas
C. L. Benson
Bryan
Walter Armstrong
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Mary Regmund
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Sam Distefano
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