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Bryan Weekly Eagle in Bryan, Texas

21 Mar 1918

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Bryan Weekly Eagle

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Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1918

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Sapp Trial Beings alibi Evidence in Beaumont Case

Lou Sapp testified in Beaumont about his arrest on March 13 1915 and his whereabouts from January to March 1915. He denied killing Havart Watts or involvement with Mrs Sapp s death and detailed travel with E E Sapp and Havart including visits to Wright s Big Thicket camp and Beaumont fire station. Defense called nineteen witnesses while the state presented earlier alibi and motive contradictions in the murder case of Mrs Sapp.

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Clarence Howth Lou Beaumont Louisiana South Texas Pickwick Hotel Dick Watts Frank Havart EB. E Lufkin Havart E. E Judge Off Colmesneil Dick Watts Havart Havard Watts the Jefferson The Jefferson Judge Duff Charles Sapp Pearl Bowie Howard Central Fire Station E. M Liberty Garage Wright Hardin County Atter Jou Central No. 9 College Street Morehead Steve Connor Lou Sapp J. C. Reeves Hoes Sour Lake Romero Em Sapp Rovero Fun Sapp Rambert Tatum EB. E. Sapp Sapp Matagorda Speed Wright's George Giddings L. P. Wright Texas Tivoli Theatre Opera House Béaumont E. E. Sapp Noha Baldpate Suh Ruby Sapp Nona Lumberton Mr. Sapp Grand Jury Mr. Bevel O’'Quinn Kyle Theatre Bob Nolan Konitz Miss Sapp Mulberry Logan O' Quinn Tivis Street Moye Miss Wright Daily Eagle Santa Fe Bay City Sapps K. BE. Sapp Hawart Howth Mary Keith J. D. Corley Will Williams Rufus Feldon Silsbee F. E. Stephens John W. Roberts Hunter and Trapper Liberty County Trinity River H. Lowell Lowell Kade Bethea Smith Rufus Stinson Liberty Seagraves Wesley McDaniels Wesley Liberty Motor Car Co E. B. Sapp I. R. Bardage Bardage Liberty Motor Car Company G. H. Neese Ed Taylor Trinity River Country Bob Parham F. L. Gay William O’quinn Bryan R. C. Cogham Kouitz Frankie King Beaumont Hospital Saratoga Roark Bettis Capt. Fletcher Cald Calder Lamberton Charlie Tucker Port Arthur Vincent Judge Howth Texas Company Arthur
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Millican district bonds eyed as road work funds shift

At the February court meeting the county treasurer was ordered to secure 22000 in warrants and bonds for cancellation. The court discusses using part of the funds to invest in a 70000 Millican district bond issue to start highway work. No sales responses were received due to weak bond markets.

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Daily Eagle Commissioners Court Court House Maloney G. R Abney Jasper County Gottleib Jones Bridge Madisonville Road Wellborn Millican County Council of Defense Home Guard
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Cotton crop figures from Washington report large lint yield

Washington reports last season's cotton crop at 11,285,999 bales of 500 pounds each excluding lint. Linters produced by March first total 829,919 bales of the same weight equivalent.

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Associated Press Washington
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Service Flag Display Honors House Members in Army Service

In Austin on March 20 a large silk service flag hangs in the hall of the state house of representatives. The flag has a white center and 12 blue stars, each star representing a member who has joined the army since the last legislative session.

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Associated Press Austin Tex House of Representative
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Texas Flour Allotment Enforced by Federal Orders

Administrator Peden announces flour conservation rules effective March 20. Bakers must use 20 percent substitutes or cease operations. licenses may be revoked for violations. Retailers must limit customers to six pounds per person per month and keep clear records for inspection.

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Peden United States Food Administration
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College Oteer 16 Champion Cattle At Fort Worth Show

At the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth two year old Aberdeen Angus steer Will was named champion two year old steer across breeds. Yearling Jack also won breed championship and Oklahoma A and M claimed the grand championship. A and M also led in hogs with top Duroc barrows and secures second in Poland China. Spur sub‑experiment station produced first and champion wether. Horse judging continues, with Jack and General Pershing winning breed titles in the Texas special class.

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Will M. College Fort Worth Jack Oklahoma A Duroc Barrows Poland China Spur F. W. Bell General Pershing College
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Germany Readies Major Offensive With Heavy Casualties

Amsterdam reports Field Marshal Hindenburg says Berlin will press the great offensive as Entente powers show no peace response. An AP correspondent cites neutral sources saying Germany is prepared to lose up to 300000 men in offensive operations.

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Associated Press Amsterdam Hindenburg Berlin Entente Germany
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Pershing Warns on German Propaganda at Home

General Pershing told YMCA worker Charles Whitehair to smash German propaganda at home as a key to winning the war. Whitehair notes German internal labor troubles reported in Germany aim to slow American war preparations.

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Associated Press Chicago General Pershing Charles Whitehair France Whitehair Germany
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Six Pound Flour Ration Trialed in Texas

The food administration will seek further wheat limits in the south if the six pound flour ration begun in Texas proves successful. The south uses many cereals so the extra cut on wheat may not cause hardship. Wheat holdings at country mills and elevators on March 1 were about 68,720,000 bushels, roughly 20,000,000 fewer than a year earlier.

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Associated Press Washington Food Administration South Texas Department of Agriculture
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Indictment of Thirty Five I W W members in Kansas

Wichita witnesses report that thirty five Industrial Workers of the World have been indicted by a federal fraud jury. All but one are under arrest and some are interned. The case unfolds as a major wartime labor controversy in Kansas.

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Associated Press Wichita, Kan Federal Fraud Jury
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Berale HS Brother DEPT College Oteer Omagh GEM Pershing AW. W Kansas
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