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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
1
London reports Serbias position grows perilous with Bulgarians and Austro-Germans now 35 miles apart in the north and half of Macedonian Serbia under Bulgarian control. French and British forces threaten Salonika and Krivolak battles test Bulgarian tactics amid Allied landings planned.
Fort Worth reports John Autrey a Tarrant County farmer who on 100 sandy acres near Smithfield has raised twenty seven children from his first wife and a widow with five children. He built roughly $18000 in savings and lends it to other farmers in the cross timber region while praising his farming results.
Oklahoma City associate justice Gibson Brown of the Oklahoma Supreme Court died today suddenly. The passing was reported by the Associated Press from Oklahoma City.
Associated Press reports Paul Daeche was arrested in connection with an alleged German plot involving Lieutenant Robert Fay and Walter Scholz, arrested the previous day. Fay allegedly confessed to being a German lieutenant and planned to attach a device to munition ship propellers to explode and disable the vessels.
A Salonika dispatch says French forces routed three Bulgarian divisions in Southeastern Serbia on Saturday. Reports from Nish indicate Bulgarian troops have captured Uskup.
Venice October 25 Associated Press dispatch reports a Teutonic aircraft dropped an incendiary bomb in front of St Mark's Cathedral. No serious damage was caused.
Governor James E. Ferguson sent 500 dollars to the Galveston Isla Truck Growers Association for storm relief. The donation, arranged with County Commissioners Boddeker and Egert, boosts an island relief fund to 855 dollars with plans to prorate aid, focusing on shelter and supplies for farmers on Bolivar.
Houston markets report cottonseed from 35 to 39 per ton while Temple sees 40 per ton as a new peak. Luling Lampasas Ennis Richmond Corsicana各 reports show 38 to 39 per ton. mill buyers concede prices steep though seed may not justify the levels.
Ranchmen near McAllen urge Governor Ferguson to provide protection for their lives and property. If protection is unavailable they seek immunity from prosecution to cross into Mexico and recover cattle stolen in large numbers last week.
In Nacogdoches Texas on October 26 1929 Mrs Marguerite E E Murchison was found not guilty by a jury of the murder charge against her husband.
The third ginning report from Census Bureau data states 5,713,347 bales of 1915 cotton ginned before Oct 18, with state by state totals and comparisons to prior years. It notes sea island figures and round bales, and lists future report date as Nov 8.
Washington reports foreign countries purchased 74 million dollars worth of automobiles and auto supplies from the United States in the last fiscal year.
Sulphur Springs Texas saw a major blaze in the business section today causing about 70000 dollars in damage. Fire crews battled the flames as storefronts and nearby structures sustained extensive damage.
John D. Rockefeller and his son fail to exclude all mercantile business from the West Fifty Fourth street block from Fifth to Sixth avenues. Plant refused to sell his home and it is now leased for an art store.
London reports Prince von Buelow will submit an outline of peace terms to President Wilson and King Alfonso of Spain. The claim cites a Madrid dispatch via Reuters and a brother-in-law of von Buelow as source. Berlin notes German forces recaptured positions near La Courtine and report advances on all fronts. A British brigade prepares for an advance on Strumitsa, Bulgaria.
The Rotterdam News Courant reports Austrian and German war losses at 5,000,000 men total with Prussian losses at 2,021,078. From Oct 11 to 20 German casualties are listed at 57,424 (dead wounded and missing).
Fighting in the Champagne district at Lacourtine continues as the French claim an important victory. The official report states German counterattacks were repulsed yesterday.
Confidential reports from Fort Brown say Carranza forces from Reynosa chase Mexican bandits southward away from the border. An American identifies a man arrested near Lyford as a train robber. Sam Robertson of the San Benito and Rio Grande Valley Railroad fought bandits, the second time aided by a 14 year old Mexican boy. Robertson was wounded while the bandits suffered injuries.
A group of 30 to 40 bandits attacked an entrenched US infantry camp within sixty miles of Brownsville last night and then fled.
The freighter Colorado laden with cotton was towed into Charleston harbor today still burning but a chance remained to save the ship and its cargo.
The Germans say they have advanced further in Serbia while Paris concedes losing part of yesterday’s gains. The reports acknowledge a reconciliation between Berlin and Paris claims amid ongoing conflict.
A prisoner unnamed in the report was executed today in London for espionage. The Associated Press notes the event occurred on October 26.
A box factory fire in Pittsburg Pa traps twenty two girls inside the blaze. The building collapses and rescuers fear some are still within the ruins. Seven escape or jump to safety, three are rescued, and one girl dies after leaping to escape the flames.
Petrograd Oct. 26. Russia punishes negligence on the Jemchug crew. Captain Baron Teherkasoff and Lieutenant Commander Kulibin are found guilty and lose civil rights, are dismissed from service, and sentenced to prison terms of three and a half years and one and a half years respectively.
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