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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
3
Austin Texas September 12 Governor Colquitt prepares a message to the Legislature proposing a State central bank modeled on the National Reserve Bank to regulate state banks. The plan could lead to far reaching changes and may prompt an extra legislative session to handle this and other pending laws.
The twelve months ending August 31 saw cotton consumption at 5,577,000 bales, up from 5,483,000. Active cotton spindles fell by 250,000, and August exports dropped to 21,000 bales from 257,000 a year earlier. The United States imported more in August than it exported, with the 1914 supply estimated at 16,000,000 bales.
Washington reports the President will probably not back the freight proposal amid party opposition. House Leader Underwood says it cannot pass without the President's request.
Farmers shift from moon signs to earth sense in planning crops. They favor plant food over scents in fertilizer and avoid wasted freight by growing hay and grain locally. Group action multiplies impact, as collective effort unlocks plans single farmers cannot achieve.
Governor Colquitt submitted two measures today. One amends the penal code to make circulating foreign counterfeit money a felony to curb counterfeit Constitutional currency along the border. The other bans interlocking directorates in cotton gins. The governor does not plan another session to consider a central reserve State bank and expects passage in ten days.
Treasurer W H Cole of the city school board filed an itemized report of receipts and disbursements for the Bryan school funds for the past year. Totals show receipts of 37 557 60 with balances in state and county funds and local maintenance funds of 2 685 45 and 2 009 19 respectively.
Texas Division of the Southern Cotton Association calls a September 22 state meeting in Dallas. County judges to appoint two organizers each, with local groups electing delegates. European firms resume cotton buying boosting outlook as orders flow from Liverpool and continental buyers reach Texas markets.
Washington reports that two Chinese provinces suffer a year long famine following July floods. Villages were wiped out and the surviving populations of millions face starvation.
High winds unroofed houses in Childress Texas late Sunday with heavy rains that moved into Oklahoma. No casualties were reported.
The city council met at city hall with Mayor Harris presiding. They moved to lower water, lights and sewer rates, appointing Smith and Adams to revise schedules, and discussed street grading and a uniform street lighting rate. The city treasurer resigned, bids for the depository opened, and the police deputy appointment to reduce the insurance key rate was approved. The meeting adjourned after other routine items and committee reports.
In Poplar Bluff Missouri on September 12 Mrs Jeanne Kutchbach reportedly shot Clyde La Rose a former police officer three times and then fatally shot herself in a crowded skating rink. Several bystanders were wounded or endangered by the exchange. Mrs Kutchbach is said to be from Port Arthur Texas.
Lima Peru Sept 12 An earthquake destroys the city of Caraveli no loss of life reported and limited details available from the telegraphic dispatches.
Secretary of State Bryan told a Beltville crowd that the war era has ended in the United States and is ending abroad. He urged that manhood not decline as military strength is no longer tested by war and warned against stagnation from bloodletting in the name of worship.
Miss Adele Raysor entertained the Bachelor Girls and close friends on Tuesday afternoon revealing a secret engagement. The event featured elaborate decor, a cake ring prize, and a forthcoming November wedding to C. L. Wignall. Mr. Wignall, A&M College alumnus and Port Arthur resident, joined in the announcement.
The war reports describe multiple continuous clashes across the Western and Eastern fronts with no clear outcome. Berlin claims Verdun momentum while Allied lines hold. British and French forces report retreats and advances near Vitry and Ourcq with substantial prisoner captures. Greece allows Britain a naval base on Lemnos.
The Baker Brothers of Millican visited the city and brought fifty telephones for the Millican system. They buy from Bryan Telephone Company and expect to install over a hundred phones soon. Rawley Baker says nearly every resident of Millican and nearby countryside will have a home telephone.
Report from Paris dated September 12 states German forces east of Paris are generally retreating and offering only a feeble resistance to advancing Allied troops.
Petrograd reports the second Galicia battle was more satisfactory for Russia. Austrians suffered about 130000 casualties with 90000 taken prisoner, according to Anonete d Press.
P M Floyd and Urbano Salinas arrive from Coahuila Mexico with Salinas entering Allen Academy. Co F Bullock of Reliance enters. Henry Seale comes from Benchley to re enroll his son Frank. New arrivals include J L Edgeworth Neches Thomas Rollins China and Lloyd Risinger Parmalee. Belden Todd Lula Wickline Joe House and others enroll.
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