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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports St Quentin burning at several points as Germans retreat along the line under British pressure. French aviators struggle amid dense smoke while British forces widen gaps between St Quentin and Lecatlet and advance on the Fonsommes Beau Revoir front.
The Turkish commandant at Damascus asks for surrender terms as British troops are expected to enter the city tomorrow. The report from London notes the capital of Syria now controlled by Allenby forces with imminent entry.
Captain Charles T. Trickey of Sanger Texas a 1917 A and M graduate saved himself and his pilot when a gasoline tank between their seats ignited after a gun attack over Nantillois on the western front. Trickey crawled onto the wing and clung to wires while the pilot guided the machine to earth. He was a cadet corps major in his senior year.
Austin report cites 19000 symphilities among Texas registered men not called in first draft and 445000 nationwide. Dr W A Pusey notes venereal disease burden. council of national defense urges civilian cooperation. Statement says in each state at least five times as many men registered have gonorrhoea.
American forces near Verdun on October 2 advanced over six miles on the Meuse Argonne offensive. In Gercourt et Drillancourt they surprised a German colonel and staff at lunch in a dugout. A German major tried to flee but was shot in the heel. The troops seized beer wine and the German lunch of pork red cabbage and black bread. The colonel said he expected the advance to take days more.
A Turkish cabinet meeting in Amsterdam decided to adhere to the alliance with the Central Powers in all circumstances. The telegram from Constantinople to the Cologne Gazette confirms the stance.
Northwest of Rheims French forces seize Pouillon and push to southern outskirts of Villers Franqueix and reach the Betheny edge. Champagne sector shows no changes overnight.
London dispatch reports Damascus the Syrian capital fell to General Allenby’s troops on Tuesday morning. Since September 20 British forces in the sector have captured 50 000 prisoners destroyed three Turkish armies and driven the enemy from Palestine.
Lieut Com J W DuBose and a large staff at A and M College reviewed applicants for the naval unit of the 8 S A T C. Today many more candidates were tested with a goal of inducting capable youths into the naval section. If demand justifies it the limit may be raised beyond 100. The program targets engineering students aged 18 to 21 from the Sept 12 register.
Zurich dispatch reports anti German and pacifist riots across Bulgaria with rumors of a national cabinet led by Premier Malinoff and Dr Chenan dieff, released from prison by King Ferdinand, forming soon.
Dallas draft officials and Mayor Lawther plot optional training for Class 1 registrants. A site will be secured where volunteers waiting for call can receive military drills before marching to army cantonments.
A. P. Buchanan, Magnolia Petroleum agent, was instructed by company headquarters to purchase $800 in liberty bonds at Bryan. The company is suspected to be following a policy of aiding each locality with agents by spreading purchases among the agencies.
Drs. S. C. Richardson P. M. Raysor and R. H. Harrison say there is no Spanish influenza in Bryan and no more danger than a common grip. They state the situation is well in hand with only two serious grip cases at A and M College and insist there is no such disease as Spanish influenza.
In Corpus Christi on October 2 a Bishop preacher was flogged by Bishop citizens after a German meeting conflicted with a liberty loan mass meeting. Some Germans resented the county defense council's resolution banning German during the war. A conference is planned to settle the dispute.
Paris Oct 2 Twenty patients were killed when a German shell struck a hospital train. Many wounded in action, and the strike may have been deliberate targeting of a hospital train.
Washington reports cotton ginned before Sept 25 reached 3,719,915 bales including 87,700 round bales and 2818 sea island bales. The census release was made public today.
Major Fred W. Zeller, commandant at A and M College, named supervisor of military instruction at John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville and Grubbs Vocational School in Arlington. President Bizzell announces the move and the new commandant will visit the institutions early next week to inspect the new A. T. C. units to be organized October 1.
The University of Texas sits inside a prohibited zone for alien enemies as district attorney rules, citing upcoming military training and campus barracks housing for students this term. The action reflects wartime security measures affecting campus activities and residence.
Birth notice reports twin girls born to Mr and Mrs Boliver Lloyd of Reliance. No date provided.
Paris reports a large Serbian contingent operating with Allied forces on the Murman coast in Northern Russia. Detachments of Serbian and Jugo-Slav troops are taking part in allied operations in Siberia.
Miss Eunice Oats formerly of the University of Arkansas has joined the war instructional staff at A and M college to teach buzzer work to 600 soldiers in radio electricity preparatory to signal corps induction. She began her course today after prior work at Arkansas.
In Harvey on October 2 cool nights and hot days are causing sickness with Dempsey Dyess and Aubrey Jones both very sick. Walter Schultz and Florence Dyess miss school. A school service flag program is planned for Friday at 3 p.m. and a basket ball team box supper next Saturday at 9 p.m. Clyde Goen smiles through the war as George Davidson joins the S A T C for 18 months more training. Miss Lily Davidson and Miss Mary Mann visit Harvey. Dr Howell’s place changes hands. a Red Cross kitchen demo features cottage cheese and salads from clabber. The piece notes a culinary revolution tied to the war effort.
Registrar Charles E. Finley announced the new student body totals 1800, with 800 graduates of accredited high schools as freshmen, 400 returning students, and 300 two year students entering vocational S A T C programs. Engineering began two year courses Wednesday and will allow completion before active service.
Reuters report notes German heavy artillery shifting from the Belgian coast. Belgian forces cooperate with British and French on fierce attacks along the Flanders front today.
Madrid dispatch states several Asiatic cholera cases are found in Vienna with multiple recent deaths, signaling a spreading outbreak in the Austrian capital.
Dallas officials at Love Field urge bird hunters to cease wounding carrier pigeons used for war work. About 100 pigeons are trained there, and many have been shot or returned wounded since the dove season began. Congress already passed a law prohibiting entrapment or detention of pigeons bearing U S or U S N markings.
Alvin Texas reports the first car load of castor beans ever shipped from the state. A government inspector graded the beans first class. The beans, grown under contract for oil to power airplane motors, cover four to five hundred acres in the area.
British forces advance between St Quentin and Lecatelet as Australian troops complete cleanup south of Lecatelet Gouyband. They free Loncourt just south of their line from enemy troops.
Paris reports towns Menin and Rouliers in Flanders burned as Belgian French and British troops push forward. French guns control Ostend Thourot and Rouliers line toward Courtrai while British monitors support coastal bombardment near the German lines. Germans retreat heavily east southeast and west of Rheims.
Paris dispatch reports French forces have moved beyond St Quentin and hold lines along the Somme from Troquer to Rouvroy Vendeuil. Heavy fighting occurred at St Quentin with German resistance, but troops were driven back to the East Canal. Further gains west and north of Rheims give the French control of the Massif St Perry.
Warm weather aided recovery in a grip epidemic on campus. Physicians expect most cases to recover with two or three more days of sun. Additional hospital corps men arrived from San Antonio to aid in nursing the patients with the S A T C and the training detachment.
London reports indicate French and Belgian forces advancing toward Hooglede and Roulers. British units seize Ledegem on the Roulers Menin railway. A detachment crosses the Lys near Wervicq Comines and reports say Sequehart and Preselles near Bellicourt have fallen.
German efforts to penetrate the American front between the Meuse and Ainse rivers failed as U S troops held ground. The enemy conducted minor counter attacks and scattered bombardments while appearing to withdraw on the American left. In the Argonne forest, American forces advanced and held positions along roads north of Gesnes to Exermont.
Major Whitten J. East commander of the Mitchel Field Army Training Ground for Aviators at Garden City New York was instantly killed when his automobile overturned on the way to the field Major R C Cousins commander of Hazelhurst Field who rode with him was seriously injured
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