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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
7
The German Ambassador reports that two British cruisers within ten miles of New York received coal provisions and ammunition from an American ship, alleging a violation of neutrality.
Dallas readies for the state fair opening October 17 with extended exhibit space and premiums totaling about 80000 dollars. Directors and staff work overtime to ensure a superior fair featuring new attractions and generous prizes for farm products and crops from Texas. The board’s slogan for the year is A Different Fair.
A compact collage of aphorisms and quotes from diverse sources. The items range from literary lines by Burton Schiller and Moliere to biblical verse James 4 2 and humorous exchanges such as a bell hop and water request. The piece reflects on wit, fate, desire, and social quips.
Athan Allen announces Bryan Dry Goods Company will open this Saturday September 5 occupying the Edge Dry Goods stand. Stock will be incomplete at opening but daily shipments will complete the assortment as Allen moves from Rogers Texas where he ran a racket store. He plans to live in Bryan and manage the new business, confident in the city’s bright outlook.
From Nome a King and Wingo report Stefansson with two companions left Martin Point March 22 in search of new land traveling north over ice with six dogs a sled and two rifles. A relief party of three followed for sixteen days then returned April 16. Stefansson left orders to establish a camp on Banks Land with Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson. Stefansson may not be heard from for two years.
Muskogee Oklahoma September 2 the Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural Association launches a month long campaign to boost alfalfa across eastern Oklahoma. The effort aims to expand acres improve stock raising and eradicate ticks with a corps of nationally regarded lecturers and demonstrators touring counties ending October 3.
The county lists examinations for permanent certificates to be held Thursday through Saturday at the county court house. Profs J M Moore and C M Bethany oversee testing. Millican and Wellborn schools start Monday the 7th with W L Powers as Millican principal and assistants Onile Williams and Grace Watson. Autrey leads Wellborn with Pansy McSwain and Minnie Foster assisting.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports 7551 national banks operating August 31 with authorized capital of 1 073 524 175 and circulation of 877 540 281 126 241 760 secured by non U S bonds. Eleven conversions and thirteen new national bank applications were filed in August with ten approved. The Federal Reserve Board aims to start the new system by October and considered candidates for secretary. The board also reviews branch expansions and reserve city disputes while action on National City Bank’s South American branches awaits today.
A Bryan Commercial Club meeting arranged a reception and luncheon for Dr. Bizzell new A M College president retiring President Puryear and Mr. Ousley new director of extension. John M Caldwell chairs entertainment committee with Major L L Meinnis and Prof John H Allen.
The city school board met in regular session at Carnegie Hall. J M Hare was elected treasurer, replacing W H Cole. Ada Field of Calvert was elected music teacher to fill the vacancy from Geraldine Kelly's resignation due to ill health. Field is related to Mrs W G Taliaferro, a Villa Maria graduate and noted musician who recently returned from New York.
County Tax Assessor J Sidney Smith and Prof C M Bethany complete Brazos County 1914 tax rolls. Values list horses cattle real estate city property railroads banks and more totaling 10 015 429 with state and county taxes detailed. City rolls await completion with a quick finish anticipated.
Austin Sept 3 The Senate by 20 to 9 declared opposition to moratorium legislation. TRADED FOR NEW J T Lawler, manager of the city power plant, traded heavy machinery sent to Bryan for lighter equipment for a proposed flour mill. The old machinery is sent to Evansville Ind and stored in a Bryan brick warehouse awaiting its fate.
The final member of a gambling party was tried in justice court this morning before a six man jury and acquitted after testimony. The jury returned a not guilty verdict.
A witty dining room scene shows Mr Debonair refusing a hat check as the hat becomes the joke. A judge and other quips follow, delivering a string of humorous and clipped bits from various papers.
Nine applicants began the county examinations for teachers certificates this morning. Five were white and four colored. Further exams are expected this afternoon and tomorrow. All seek second grade certificates, with a few building on first grade. Examiners are Profs. J. M. Moore and M. Bethany. tests run through Saturday afternoon.
The September wheat futures jumped to 1.19 percent in Chicago trading as of Sept 1, with the Associated Press reporting the market rally.
Paris reports President Poincare and Cabinet leaving for Bordeaux to establish a new government seat. A German air raid is said to have downed an aeroplane and killed two aviators. Front lines news describe German advances toward Paris and allied withdrawals, with Russian victories in Galicia boosting morale. Japan to reinforce at Tsingtau with thousands more troops.
Copenhagen reports Germany lists heavy losses including an entire infantry regiment annihilated and twenty thousand Mecklenburg troops fallen. New Zealand dispatch says Samoa Governor surrendered and is to be sent with other prisoners to the Fiji Islands.
Three companies of coast artillery from Charleston Savannah and Fort Dupont were ordered to Panama for duty at the canal fortifications. General Weaver said the War Department plans to expand the canal force as fortifications near completion and ultimately station twelve artillery companies in the Canal Zone.
New York news indicates the New York Cotton Exchange and the Liverpool Exchange have unanimously approved committees plan to liquidate international cotton obligations. The move marks a major step toward reopening the exchanges and resuming trading.
An Amiens dispatch dated Tuesday reports German forces captured Amiens after three days of intense fighting. The telegraph note confirms the city fell amid ongoing World War I hostilities.
The Russian embassy was notified that Austrian forces suffered massive losses at Lemberg including about 100000 dead or wounded and 57 artillery pieces captured or destroyed.
A Nish dispatch reports in the Jadar battle between about 200000 Austrians and 180000 Servians the Servians rout 140000 Austrians. London dispatch claims Prince William of Lippe killed himself during a clash as his regiment nearly annihilated a German unit mistaken for Belgians.
Three sailors and fifty steerage passengers perished when the German steamer Bluecher returning to Pernambuco with several million dollars on board met disaster after learning of the war declaration. Passengers demanded to continue the voyage.
Antwerp dispatch reports Russian forces piercing enemy lines between Heilburg and Koenigsberg as part of ongoing operations.
Tokio reports Japan has seized six islands near Kiao Chow amid rising tensions. The dispatch notes the islands are located off the coast near Kiao Chow and marks a notable expansion of Japan's claimed territory.
Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa was elected pope by the conclave and will take the name Benedict XV He is Archbishop of Bologna born 1854 and opposed to modernism In January he issued a pastoral letter condemning the tango Cardinals Gibbons and OConnell did not attend the election
Bryan post office receipts for August 1914 reach 1366.58, up from 1117.29 in August 1913, a gain of 249.29. Officials expect continued rise through September and into the Christmas season. The Bryan postal savings bank, run by the post office, is reportedly on a standstill with deposits around 1000.
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