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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
1
The de facto Mexican government has offered 106 000 pesos for the capture of Villa dead or alive. Revolutionary agents announced that 2 000 troops left Chihuahua City yesterday morning to hunt down the bandit chieftain.
San Antonio Texas May 26 two Republican State conventions were held when several negro delegates with some whites withdrew from the regular body. Both sides elected uninducted delegates to the National Republican convention in Chicago.
The college reports war conditions hinder a ten year building plan begun in 1916. Despite ongoing construction including an administration building, a physics facility nearing completion, and an expanded Y M C A building, staffing and finances strain goals. ROTC growth, new commandant, and a large equipment grant from the War Department shape a year of modernization amid personnel losses.
The forty fourth annual commencement of A. and M. College ended with a graduation parade. Diplomas were given to 98 graduates and 65 certificates to two year engineering or agriculture students. Edwin Markham delivered the address in which he urged service to the good as life’s supreme business. Everett E. McQuillen was valedictorian, and Company C won the Howell flag trophy. Alumni elected Webb Howell president with a strong slate for officers.
President Bizzell lauds cooperative college effort and praises Deans Puryear Kyle Nagle Francis Youngblood and Walton as he calls for legislative aid to avoid declines in instruction quality. Alumni Association dedicates Memorial Stadium to honor war servicemen with a formal dress parade and cadet corps review.
Local anglers claim strong perch action in nearby small streams with solid catches as proof of activity.
State agent M T Payne announces W W Evans of Hopkins county will become Brazos county agent on June 1 1920. Evans resigned as Hopkins county agent and Sulphur Springs chamber secretary after a long career in extension work, farm clubs, and purebred stock campaigns.
Austin May 26 The compromise efforts on the pink boll worm dispute will be attempted at a conference of all interests tonight if prospects of the compromise develop Four members of the Federal Horticultural Board will be called in the House The Senate is not in session.
Complete returns from the school tax election show not a single dissenting vote on the fifty cent tax. Forty four votes were cast with about fifty eligible residents on campus. The measure completes the transfer of the high school to the A and M College district and it will operate next September. The State Board of Education tentatively granted about $13 000 under Rural Aid for maintenance and operation, contingent on the tax approval.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Risinger visited from Steep Hollow. Harrison Lindsey of Reliance was in the city and traveled to Navasota on business. Mrs. W. H. Baldwin of Rock Port arrived to visit Mrs. R. S. Webb and to attend Baylor University graduation.
New York May 21 Wholesale price cutting spreads as managers of major department stores refuse to buy from robbers unless prices are reduced. An official store with six-city branches states it will not purchase future stock until manufacturers and wholesalers lower high prices. The nation calls for price cuts, arguing wage hikes did not curb high costs.
Omaha merchants report price cuts boosting business up to 400 percent, with some managers comparing the surge to the Christmas rush. Two more clothing stores announce a 33 1 3 percent reduction on entire stocks today.
Miss Corene Franklin and her brother Harrison Franklin traveled to Temple today for a major operation at the Temple Sanitarium. Harrison sustained a serious skull fracture from a diving accident and swelling developed after initial underestimation of the injury.
The Eagle reports completion of a new derrick for American Consolidated Oil at Buzzard Roost on the Navasota River in the eastern county. Drilling will start soon once the drill stem arrives, with surface indications described as among the finest in the state.
Stamford Texas May 24 Porter L Whaley of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce will leave for Austin to head the Chamber bureau opposing further oil industry taxes He will also organize the West Texas A and M College movement An appropriation of 40000 has been made for the bureau and more may follow when the legislature convenes next January West Texas is described as very prosperous with funds flowing into development uses and many visitors arriving from East and Central Texas.
District Court Judge W C Davis presiding as the State of Texas prosecutes Clarence Silliman for forgery. County Attorney J G Minkert leads the case for the state while T R Batte and Co B Hudson defend. Other cases were postponed to tomorrow due to this trial.
Dallas judge Rosser Thomas former Bryan citizen and Ind M College student attended the college commencement with Mr. and Mrs. Fountain and other local hosts. He praised the college’s growth and advancement during the visit Saturday.
The Knight Templar degree was conferred yesterday afternoon and last night by Ivanhoe Commandery on William Sparks College C H Gilland Franklin R A White Bremond P B Price College R V Clark Bremond and A C Walker Bremond. D E Morrow commanding Allen Academy received courtesy degree at request of Cleburne commandery and seeks membership there while retaining Clourne commandery status.
City farmers report cotton and corn thriving and express optimism. They seek mostly steady weather with occasional showers and show no fear of harvest outcomes.
Dallas May 26 delegates to San Francisco included three women and sixteen large with one fourth vote each. The meeting endorsed Wilson and Hobby administrations and a league of nations while opposing constitutional prohibition violations. Judge Davis on resolutions and Ross Bell and A Frazier elected delegates to San Francisco with E A Can chosen president elector. Judge Davis presided the Sixth District caucus.
Austin May 21. Representative John Davis of Dallas plans a bill to combat profiteering by publicity if Governor Hobby adds profiteering to the legislative agenda this session.
Dwight Lewelling announced at the Democratic State convention in Dallas on May 26 that he has quit the race for governor of Texas due to financial troubles and endorsed Pat Neff of Waco.
Paris May 25 France will receive 55 percent of Germany's indemnity with Great Britain getting 25 percent and the rest shared by Belgium Italy and Serbia Premier Millerand told the Finance and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Chamber of Deputies.
Mrs H C Horton a well known Reliance resident died at Bryan Hospital after a long illness. She would have turned 32 today. She was a daughter of D B Lloyd born in Reliance and a member of the Reliance Baptist church. She is survived by her husband two sons her father and other relatives. Funeral was held in Reliance cemetery this afternoon at 4 with Rev J M Bullock presiding.
Luther Nichols, campaign manager for J Bailey, denied rumors that Bailey would withdraw from the Governor race. The chatter spread among delegates at the State convention after a telegram allegedly from State Bailey adviser Charles F Greenwood claimed a delay due to legal matters. Greenwood said no such telegram was received while Speaker R E Thomason named T F Frazier as his campaign manager. headquarters were set at the Southland Hotel with Judge B Looney also on the same floor.
Dallas May 26 The following delegates at large with 1 to 4 votes each were elected to the Francisco National Democratic Convention Governor W P Hobby Antin M M Crane Dallas Cullen Thomas Dallas H Nugent Fitzg yard Fort Worth Cone Johnson Tyler former Governor T M Campbell Festine Marshall Hicks San Antonio Thomas H Ball Houston Stephens Fort Worth Clyde Sweeton Grenville Judge Barry N bler Dallas J A Kemp Wick Falls Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham Galveston Miss Margie E Ne Carthage Mrs W E Spell We
John Collins conducted a business venture at Brazos Bottom and visited Mooring Well No 1 about sixteen miles west of Bryan on the Brazos River. Warren Oil Company is drilling the well, currently around 600 feet deep with logs indicating past river bottom soil. Samples were given to Dr. O M A and M College, and drillers hope for oil as work proceeds with enthusiasm.
A. Kosofsky plans to return to his workshop after appendicitis surgery. Manager Burger and staff fill holes in the new Tarvia cold patch process. Walter Mallett Norman and Miss Emma Sanders visit Bryan from Iola. Dr. W. A. Smith was in town today from M can as a business visitor.
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