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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
10
London dispatch says a Gay Russian forward movement along a 20 mile front in Bessarabia caused Austro German troops to withdraw. The report notes shifts in positions and the impact on allied planning.
Dispatches describe a German Austrian withdrawal along a twenty mile Macedonian front amid Russian pressure in Bessarabia. Reports detail British and Indian forces in France, Turkish losses at Kut el Amara, and submarine attacks near Crete and on Belgian shipping. Serbia's King Peter travels to Italy and Salonika discussions unfold.
General Alvaro Obregon declared Francisco Villa and generals Medinavieta and Rodriguez outlaws and denied amnesty. A Rodriguez aide group traveled to Casas Grandes to deliver the outlaw notice while reporting efforts to reach Medinavieta in Madera. About one hundred Rodriguez guards arrived at Juarez as some crossed to Palomas and others to Columbus. Obregon said regular train service would soon link Chihuahua City and Mexico City with Juarez telegraph and rail lines open.
Washington reports the naming of Texas fourth class postmasters including Cut in Houston county Samuel C Leediker Macdona Bexar county Mrs Florence Sherman Cor Lena Dallam county Fred Oberbeck Point Rains county Mrs Mattie 8 Daniel Quitaque Brisco county Aldis L Patterson Mobile Tyler county Thomas S Sargent Canutillo El Paso county William M Dailey Nettaville formerly Dull La Salle county William J Tucker McCoy Atascosa county James B Williams Jr Stephen Creek San Jacinto county Mrs Nettle Buchschacher new office
A federal grand jury indicted eight men including Congressman Frank Buchanan Illinois and former Congressman H Robert Fowler Illinois on a conspiracy to foment strikes in American mining factories. Also named were Frank S Monnett former Ohio attorney general H B Martin Herman Schulters Franz von Rintelen David Lamar and Jacob C Taylor.
Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain of New York withdrew from the Ford peace expedition over the weekend and spoke at a public delegates meeting in Stockholm via London outlining her reasons and arguing the project would fail.
Chicago officials announce plans to expend 6 931 000 dollars during the coming year on the Dixie highway, the automobile route linking the North with the South.
Springfield Missouri reports 94 year old B. Davis, claimed father of forty one with thirty three living, married Saturday in Cabool to 89 year old Mrs. M. Macon. Davis had prior marriages totaling three.
Copenhagen reports over 100 ships, mainly American British and French, trapped in the White sea ice and doomed to spend the winter there.
A 5,000-barrel gusher was struck at Damons Mound a few miles south of Alvin Texas on Wednesday. The oil is described as a greenish crude resembling Oklahoma oil in composition.
The government announces that China will establish compulsory military service with conscription starting January 1, 1916.
Andrew Ross known as king of the Cocos Islands died in Wellington on Wednesday. He was a notable figure associated with the Cocos Islands community and its historical lore. The report notes his death occurred midweek, with no further details provided.
In a local option election held Wednesday in Cleveland Texas the drys secured victory. The outcome confirms prohibition support within the community amidst the town’s voting.
The Fox oil well near Ardmore Oklahoma reaches 2020 feet and yields 64 million cubic feet of gas. Operators will shut in the gasser as deeper drilling is not feasible due to high gas pressure.
Gulf Production company completed a 1000 barrel well on land owned by Andy Sager about two miles from Humble Texas. The operation occurred Thursday on the tract near Humble.
Washington reports the navy general board approved a plan to build four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers in the first year of the preparedness program. The proposal estimates about 3.2 billion dollars for the initial year, far higher than the five year total under the administration’s plan.
Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Trujillo, a former Villa commander, says Villa now leads about 800 men, 500 mounted, with dwindling supplies and morale. He describes a demoralized retreat from Sonora, a decisive defeat at Liano, and points to a collapsed resistance as key.
Secretary of State Lansing calls Pan-Americanism the idea of inter nationalism as the second Pan-American Scientific Congress opens in Continental Memorial Hall. More than a thousand delegates from all American republics attend with officials guests of the Carnegie Endowment and prominent scientists and researchers.
On his fifty ninth birthday in Hot Springs Virginia President Wilson spent several hours reading telegrams of congratulations from across the nation. He took a long automobile drive along snow covered mountain roads and ended the day with a quiet dinner with his wife in their suite.
Enid reports a massive gas well brought in Friday on a lease eleven miles northeast of Blackwell. Local oil men claim it to be the largest gas well in the world with an estimated flow of 65 to 70 million cubic feet per day. Gas was struck at a depth of 1 710 feet.
Laura S Rockefeller widow of John D Rockefeller died last March leaving an estate valued at 1,490,471 dollars per a surrogate court appraisal filed Monday. The bulk of the estate goes to charitable and educational institutions.
Mrs. Fannie Ware Eliott of Belton Texas and Somerville Ware of Coryell county Texas, niece and nephew of the late Dr. Chas A Ware of St Louis, are left 5000 dollars each in his will filed for probate Monday in St Louis.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted higher freight rates Friday for Washington railroads operating between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and the Rockies. Increases apply to many commodities including agricultural implements canned goods and boots and shoes.
Bee County Prohibitionists have organized to push their side of the local option campaign. The polls will close January 8, 1916.
General Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico is gravely ill and was transferred Monday from the Fort Bliss prison in El Paso Texas while under detention for violation of U S neutral laws.
A peace treaty signed Thursday ends the conflict between the Federal League and organized baseball in Cincinnati Ohio. The settlement leads to transfers of two major league clubs and introduces two new faces among major league magnates in the future.
A Dallas lawyers team for the Bankers Trust Company of New York seeks a receiver for the Texas and Pacific in U S district court. The suit alleges the 1907 default on interest payments due on 25 million dollar second mortgage bonds issued in 1888.
Willacy county grand jury at Sarita returns indictments against Louis de la Rosa and Ancieto Pizana for complicity in the Norias ranch house raid in Willacy county in late August. This marks the first border troubles raid of the summer.
The Texas Industrial Congress will hold its Dallas convention on January 16 1916 to promote home grown food and feed. It urges diversified farming with a cash surplus, notes Texas farms lacking cows pigs chickens hay and sweet potatoes, and outlines campaigns to boost family food livestock and grain production for 1916.
Santa Fe reports from the cattle sanitary board show wild horses have grown to menace domestic herds over the last decade. The board suspends prior restrictions and permits rounding up sale and shipment of unbranded horses amid losses and stampede deaths.
Colonel Joseph E. Willard American ambassador to Spain arrived in New York for a short home visit in Fairfax Virginia. He declined to discuss Spain politics but noted Spain and the United States are working on a new direct steamship service with earnest cooperation from the Spanish government.
The post office department bans mailing samples of foreign cotton lint to deter pink boll worm pests. Only six northern Mexican states are allowed. Postmasters must return foreign samples from other origins and cotton importers should tell foreign shippers to cease mail shipments.
In Berne Camille de Cop was elected president of the Swiss republic with Edmund Schulthess as vice president on Thursday. The president elect becomes the new head of state while Schulthess continues as vice president.
Forty saloons and beer halls in Bell county, Temple area, shut down Saturday following the local option election held November 13. The measure, approved by voters, ends most drinking establishments in the county.
Fourth class post offices Bronte Burton Estelline Hedley Liberty Hill Newcastle Nixon Ochiltree Roby and Toyah are advanced to the presidential class effective January 1. The change expands services and status for these Texas towns under postal reorganization.
New York reports that contracts for 100000000 hand grenades for the French government were placed Monday with a syndicate of eastern Pennsylvania iron founders.
An advertisement claims Renovine cures weak heart symptoms with a price of 1 dollar and 50 cents. It warns of delays and penalties for not acting, stating Renovine as the heart remedy and urging purchase at a dollar and half.
A reader asks what weapons the hold up bandit used in the serial. The response guesses magazine rifles as the likely armament.
To fortify the system against winter cold Iee users of GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC take a number of bottles in the fall to strengthen the system for cold weather. The tonic contains Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. 60c.
A dialogue fragment shows disbelief about wealth followed by a playful remark. One comments on someone’s money, the other confesses dreaming of having money themselves. The exchange captures humor and curiosity about finances in casual talk.
The notice promotes PAZO OINTMENT as a universal remedy for all forms of piles. It claims relief after the first application and a cure in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee from druggists if it fails.
A sharp, pithy reflection on how the life of a parson is built from tests while a lawyer defends with gladness. The line contrasts vocation and craft, implying resilience and wit in public life.
An old classified ad promotes La Creole Hair Dressing for gray hair. It touts natural-looking color and a price of $1.00, urging readers to take the consequences if they are entitled to them.
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