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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
1
Reports from May 17 describe Premier Salandra pressing ministers to decide on war participation and parliament reopening May 20. Clashes at the Austrian frontier, rioting in Trieste, and mass demonstrations in Italy accompany news of a potential shift in policy.
The Colorado flagship of a U S expeditionary force sailed for Mexican waters to assist colonists in Sonora facing Yaqui Indian resistance. Radio reports say the ship, off California, may rendezvous near Esperanto, Sonora, with Indians said to have left the valley and planned to return.
District Judge Young rules jitney rules fall under city police power and do not require a referendum. The decision is regarded as a significant defeat for jitney critics.
Appleton Wis May 18 one of the season s heaviest snowstorms raged last night preserving much of the crops from freezing danger
El Paso report says Antonio Villa brother of General Francisco Villa died from wounds suffered in a Chihuahua City brawl. The incident, at a bull ring, involved intoxicated soldiers and had no political significance.
El Paso May 17 reports that General Antonio Villa brother of Francisco Villa and seven men were shot and killed in a political dispute at the Chihuahua palace last night.
Three masked robbers reportedly looted Farmers State Bank in Burbank Oklahoma this morning taking about $1000. A pursuing posse was in pursuit as the investigation unfolds.
Karl L. Miller, currently city manager of River Forest Illinois, has accepted the post of city manager in Sherman Texas.
Cameron Texas May 17 In the district court here Saturday the jury returned a verdict of first degree murder against A I Ingram for the January 23 1915 killing of L W Ward Jr of this place The jury fixed his punishment at sixty years in the penitentiary The case drew much interest locally.
A revolutionary riot in Trieste reported by Idea Nazionale dispatch. Women led the crowd before Governor Friesseki attempted to defend the palace, tearing lamp posts and Austrian symbols as gendarmes charged. Reports claim numerous deaths among the demonstrators and over two hundred injured.
London reports a grave revolutionary movement in Portugal with a revolutionary committee in control of Lisbon. American Ambassador Morgenthau intervened to save fifty British and French subjects in Constantinople from bombardment casualties near Gallipoli.
Paris reports Germany will reply to the American note justifying the Lusitania sinking claiming only one torpedo was fired and the second explosion came from Lusitania ammo. Rome notes Italian Parliament to vote on plenary powers, war action pending. Tokyo Paris Rome Turin report riots deaths and a general Italian strike disrupting transport with shootings in clashes.
President Wilson was heavily guarded by detectives and secret service men in New York today while attending the review of the American battle fleet. The fleet paraded in a drizzling rain as guards provided tight security around the president.
The Cunard liner Orduna departed for Liverpool with 225 passengers aboard none of whom were American, leaving New York on May eighteenth.
From Glasgow on May 18 reports said a German submarine was sighted the night before the liner Transylvania arrived. The ship zigzagged to avoid danger and raced to safety. Some passengers claimed a torpedo was fired while others denied it.
London May 18 A cabinet crisis appears in England with a rupture between Lord Churchill and Admiral Lord Fisher at the Admiralty. The government conceals details while rumors spread that Fisher may replace Churchill.
London claims Lord Kitchener announced Allies will employ poisonous gases wherever Germany uses them. He seeks 300000 more men for a new army and says England will soon have ample ammunition. Dardanelles progress was described as satisfactory. In Rome, Italy seizes automobiles except Premier Salametra’s, as Trieste reports a revolution against the Austrian Emperor.
Austin May 17 The Senate receives many letters and telegrams reacting to the governor s appeal for public opinion on the Gibson bill Messages show both sides The Senate adopts a resolution to study the bill in committee of the whole Opponents say a one vote majority against it
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