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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
6
Chicago, Feb. 24. The city committee convened amid uproar over graft claims tied to Mrs. Page Flinton who resigned as social survey superintendent and accused her former superior Mrs. Louis Rowe, public welfare commissioner, of misdeeds.
Western Union Telegraph Company leases the former County Demonstration Agent room in the Commerce building and begins remodeling to be ready about March 1. A window is added on Anderson street and staff will handle uptown business. W. W. Harris departs the depot after serving at the commercial office for years.
A review of mysterious naval disasters including the Bulwark, Princess Irene, and Natal with note of earlier dangers in peacetime. It recalls past events such as the American cruiser Maine exploding in Havana Harbor in February 1898 and their broad impact on naval history.
The Eagle announces Charley Distefano as a candidate for county commissioner of precinct No 3 subject to the Democratic primaries in July. A progressive farmer from the Smetana settlement, he supports good roads and county development and urges voters to investigate his qualifications before polling.
President Wilson today commuted to expiration the life sentence of William Slaughter, a Black man convicted of murder in McAlester Oklahoma in 1904. An investigation raised doubts about the evidence leading to the verdict.
Congressman Rufus Hardy confirms support for national preparedness and defense aims while urging patience due to busy schedules. He plans to send a formal letter to resolve writers and notes senators Culberson and Sheppard acknowledged the Bryan mass meeting resolutions. Culberson intends to include the resolution in the senate journal.
Inquiries flow to Bryan about an A and M College housing project. Col Clarence Ousley leads the effort with support from outside, including a February letter from Waco by M E Streeter praising an apartment and cottage concept as a city’s future asset.
J Allen Myers, back from Fort Worth, says Republicans and Bull Moose factions will unite for November victory. He believes Roosevelt may win the nomination and would be a strong spoiler for Democrats, with Indiana backing GOP and Wilson's Mexican policy hurting Wilson. He foresees a Republican nominee likely to win.
In Cartersville Georgia a mob of about forty men seized Jesse McCracken from jail and hanged him in front of City Hall. The man accused of entering the home and assaulting Mrs A T Heath is said to be in serious condition.
Travino, a Bryan College employee, who vanished after a Bryan excursion, has been located in San Antonio and is reported well. The case sparked concern and a $26 reward for information. It remains unclear if he will return to the college.
J E Wild of Moran Tex was instantly killed and J W Chestnut of Abilene Tex probably fatally injured when an automobile was struck by a train near Ballinger this morning.
Brazos County Poultry Association met at the County Demonstration Agent’s office to re elect officers. C C Jenkins was named president, H C Richardson first vice president, J M Spreckelmeyer second vice president, A S Adams secretary. A committee will approach the Commercial Club about support for the next fall poultry show and seek a benefit at W R Fairman’s picture show to raise funds. The group seeks strong local cooperation to boost home poultry to ease living costs and improve prices.
J B Brooks and E J Williams were bound over to await grand jury action after an examining trial before Judge L D McGee. Bonds set at 500 dollars each were not posted and the pair remained in jail. Owner W L Griffin reported the car disappeared between 8 30 and 12 last night as he attended an event near an apartment building. The case may be tried in Harris County or the county where arrested depending on which grand jury indicts first. No statements from the defendants.
Property owners and business leaders along Bryan Street reject the label back street. The street now boasts gravel, first class concrete sidewalks on both sides, and is described as up to date in every respect, nearly equal to Main. The Eagle notes the shift and the reaction of local businesses.
Three Mexican men attempted to lasso Gertrude McClelland a young lady school teacher near Donna Texas on February 24. Soldiers arrested the attackers before townspeople could act, averting a lynching.
A poem about a small Dutch garden filled with heartsease tomatoes and lilies. A chubby Dutchman a rosy Dutch frau and a flaxen maid appear as the speaker admires blue flag flowers roses and posies and notes Gretchen’s beauty in the garden.
Associated Press reports masked Mexican bandits robbed the Yenaot Benavides ranch sixty miles northeast of Laredo Texas on Tuesday night taking nine horses. They bound the cowboy attendant and rode toward the Rio Grande. The Cincinnati Times-Star notes a Baron Napier with a three pound gun kept a German submarine at distance, crewed by Irishmen.
Acting county superintendent announces examinations for rural teachers to obtain certificates at the Bryan court house on April 6 7 and 8 beginning at 9 o clock each morning. February 23 1916 Bryan Texas.
Governor Ferguson in Llano faults Bryan as a nuisance and argues for Texas preparedness defense. He warns of Japanese incursions across Mexico toward St. Louis and criticizes coast defense limits while endorsing Texas development, suffrage flexibility, and anti local option pardons. He pledges more state aid and tax reforms for Texas institutions.
Abrah Kallman charged with smuggling feathers waived examination and furnished 5000 dollars bail to appear at the April term in Laredo Texas.
Wednesday night visitors from Hearne and Calvert attended the Birth of a Nation showing. Names listed include Mrs. R. W. Gilvin Mrs. Kimberly Mrs Kimberley W. W. Sparks Augusta Ferguson B. Talmadge A. Scott Miss Bruton Mrs Miller Scott Field Jr Mrs T. B. Maso Birdie Cain Mrs F. W. Oderbola and Mrs B. Oderbolz.
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