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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
5
Millican community mobilizes for a road bond to build a state and county aided highway project. District two residents push for an advisory committee and full local spending, with leaders from A and M College and Henry Exall highway backers urging turnout and unity.
The joint committee selects M. L. Waller & Co. of Fort Worth as supervising architects for Bryan’s new high school. Waller will oversee plans, bid advertisements, and on site work, with a representative living in Bryan during construction and monthly inspections by Mr. Waller. Bond bids for 90 000 dollars have a bid opening set for November 16. The committee includes Mayor John M. Lawrence and five other members from city officials and the school board.
A Dodge Brothers suit against Ford Motor Co and Henry Ford to compel dividend disbursement to stockholders was decided in their favor. The article also covers a community meeting on good roads in Millican district, with speeches on bonds, land values, and road-led economic growth. About five carloads from Bryan and other towns attended.
A blaze at the Baltimore and Ohio terminal piers in Cloud Point spread to a British steam ship, burning and sinking it with about four crewmen missing. The fire, started last night, was controlled by 3 a.m. Officials say the inferno is incendiary in origin and the damage exceeds 6.9 million dollars.
Dallas on October 26 reports Senator Westbrooke of Hunt county urged the senate committee investigating state departments to cut expenses by 5,000,000 and discharge an army of officers without weakening efficiency.
American troops enter first line trenches on the French front supported by artillery as they join veteran French units. The initial shelling target was a German working party. The sector is quiet and under French direction with exchanges of fire continuing as Americans undergo active combat conditions.
Rome reports multiple hill and canal engagements between Italian forces and Austro German troops yesterday. Italian troops covered advancing units while cavalry moved to establish a new line as the battle continued along the front.
Berlin Oct 31 war office reports the campaign on the Italian front is being developed according to the plans of Austro German leaders.
Deputy Sheriff Leonard Morehead and Constable C. L. Baker arrested Andrew Thomas Roy Allen and George Adley all colored at Caw thon in the southern county on pistol toting charges. Officers report they were well armed and fired a general fusilade as they moved through the area.
Dallas dispatch notes liberty loan subscriptions totaling about 69 million dollars with a confident expectation of surpassing 75 million. J. W. Hoopes, deputy governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, credits press, organizers and workers nationwide for patriotic effort from the Red River to the Rio Grande.
Officials from the Interstate Inland Waterway League plan a November visit by Louisiana and Texas delegates to Houston for a week with the congressional party touring Texas ports. The schedule includes November 21 to join the delegation, with a convention on November 22 and 25. The trip will include members of the Rivers and Harbors Committee led by Hon J H Small and several otros congressmen. Governor Hobby will join the party during their Texas stay.
Berlin says Germany will have ample food for the fourth winter of the war. Untersecretary for the German food department announced the potato crop exceeded estimates by 4,000,000 to 4,500,000 tons and the corn supply for the winter is fully assured.
Claude Nelson, one of the county's drafted negroes, was injured last Friday when a saddleless young horse ran away and halted at his gate. The fall broke his leg and caused severe bruising. a doctor says eight weeks are needed for healing. Nelson was 20 at registration but followed advice to ride the safe side.
Official dispatches recount lively artillery actions north of the Aisne as French repulsed a German attack near Loivre in Argonne. German losses are noted, while Dunkirk and Kentish coast raids caused no casualties or major damage.
Canadian forces have gained more ground on Passchendaele ridge and now hold a front line within a few hundred yards of the ruined village of Passchendale after a bitter battle in Flanders on Oct 29 Tuesday.
Petrograd reports German efforts to fraternize with Russians continue. Russian artillery repulsed fraternization attempts yesterday on the northern front as the war office issued the update.
Chicago reports that the board of arbitration has granted wage increases to telegraphers of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway. Wages are raised by seventeen thousand dollars more each month while daily hours and monthly days are reduced.
Cleveland reports fourth district subscriptions total 489.45 million dollars for the liberty loan drive, far above the 300 million quota with returns still arriving. The committee aimed for 400 million, but reached well beyond the target.
Washington reports an independent socialist Ledebour statement in the reichstag cites German war losses over three years. He says 1,500,990 dead and 3 to 4 million wounded, with 500,000 crippled and 7,000,000 invalided, totaling 6,000,000 lost.
The Texas Highway Commission has mailed out checks to numerous claimants statewide for refunds. Claims must be properly sworn to by the claimant, with prior errors corrected after a delayed process under a new law.
City Manager Greer received a letter from his son Fred C Greer describing frontline service in World War I. He notes the delay in government news, says American troops are with French instructors, and mentions a half day to cross No Man s Land 3000 yards amid shell holes. He also reports large trench rats and pistol practice.
A mutiny among German soldiers at Berverloo camp in Belgium led to rifle damage and firing on officers, with several wounded. The incident was brought under control and measures were taken. London dispatch notes no nighttime counterattacks following British gains on the Ypres front.
West Texas letters describe sand storms and drought harming crops while praising a legal move toward prohibition. The writer notes Miss Minnie Lawless wedding to C Prichet of Colorado Texas and mentions residence with Mrs Joe Sheppard. The piece praises County Judge Maloney and an election law change.
German efforts to sway Mexican opinion toward neutrality and friendship with Germany are reported from Chihuahua City. Posters in Spanish depict German victories and Kaiser imagery at a local stationery house. A Mexican merchant notes substantial funds backing the campaign and references plans among Spanish and German groups to evade the trading with the enemy act in Chihuahua City.
Mexico City reports former finance minister Luis Cabrera will leave for Washington on a congress leave to carry out a Carranza mission. The aim is to engage with embassy matters in Washington to secure gold land and lift the embargo on essential imports sought by Mexico.
Subcriptions to the second Liberty Loan by Brazos County citizens closed Saturday night at a total of $123,850. The figure shows strong local support as the campaign continues.
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