Rotary Club to stage unique Christmas musical in San Antonio
The Rotary Club plans a free Christmas Eve celebration featuring 450 army band musicians from Camp Wilson and Fort Sam Houston and a soldiers chorus to perform Messiah with a 600 voice mixed choir. A Santa Claus gift program for 2500 children and a large stage for nearly 1000 view has been arranged. The event will be under the direction of H. W. Barnes with city musicians joining the massed forces and local officials coordinating the program in a landmark civic gift.
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Rotary Club
Army Post
Camp Willison
San Antonio
New York
Camp Wilson
Rotary
Rotarians
Bright Abode
Henry Greene
Greene
South
San Antonians
Musicians’ Union
George C. Holmgreen
Barnes
Ninety Two Dead In Irish Sea Collision
London reports a gale sank the British steamships Connemara and Retriever in the Irish Sea. Ninety-two lives were lost, two survived. The Connemara carried passengers and cattle from Greenore to Holy Head while the Retriever, coal laden, carried a 13 man crew with one survivor.
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Connemara
Retriever
Irish Sea
Greenore
Ireland
Holy Head
Wales
Coalingford Bar
London and Northwestern
Two Candidates Quit After Busy Campaign Day
National campaign closes with both parties optimistic. President Wilson and candidate Hughes finished their days of campaigning in New York and New Jersey. Both chairmen predicted victory as workers prepared for Tuesday returns with Wilson at Shadow Lawn and Hughes staying with his family in New York.
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Shadow Lawn
Mr. Hughes
New York City
New York
Navy
Wilson
Hughes
New Jersey
McCormick
Willcox
Foulois heads two aero squadrons to Fort Sam Houston
Major Foulois arrives in San Antonio to form two new aero squadrons at Fort Sam Houston with 12 aircraft each and extensive equipment. Willis and Bowen reassigned to assist. planes under construction for government. expected squadron cost about 465000 dollars per unit.
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B. D. Foulois
United States Service
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
General Funston
Army
Aviation
The
Signal Corps
St. Anthony
Willis
Bowen
R. H. Willis Jr
Thomas
Foulois
Theolumbus
Columbus
New Mexico
Philippines
Major Foulois
Mexico
Parral
Villa
United States
Italians Push Near Trieste In Ongoing Offensive
London reports Italian forces push closer to Trieste with weather favorable for fighting. Austrian losses reach about 39,000 in two days including 10,000 dead and double that wounded, while prisoners rise as General Bordević seeks reinforcements. Italians advance toward the Wippach Valley and press Castagnievizza on the Carso.
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London
Trieste
Rome
Bordevitch
Wippach
Castagnievizza
Carso
Thanksgiving feast to cost 40 percent more this year
Chicago reports that representative grocers say the Thanksgiving dinner will rise about 40 percent from last year. A fifteen pound turkey that cost 4.80 last year will be 6 this year and every other feast item has increased, some nearly doubling in price.
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Chicago
Weather forecast across major cities
The Light provides regional forecasts: St Louis 70 clear with east wind. Chicago 60 clear with northwest wind. Milwaukee 68 clear with northwest breeze. Kansas City 70 clear with southeast wind. New York 48 cloudy with southwest breeze and likely Sunday clear. Boston 46 partly cloudy with light east wind. Washington 54 clear with southeast wind.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Rowandmore admits effort to escape sinking
The State Department reports from London via cable that Rowanmore survivors affidavits show an attempted escape before the ship sank. The Marina case, with six Americans dead, may shape views on armed merchant vessels and neutral obligations, with arbitration possible if disputes with Germany persist.
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State Department
London
Rowanmore
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Marina
Mai
United States
Holland
Germany
Wreck of Norfolk Southern Train Kills Five in Zebulon
Five die and seventeen injured when a Norfolk Southern train failed to stop at an open switch near Zebulon North Carolina. Conductor C A Sallinger of Raleigh died along with a black woman and three black men. Mrs Vience Williams of Raleigh was fatally hurt. others injured include J E Crute of Wilson Jesse P Williams and W B Briggs former Raleigh postmaster.
Messengers Strike New York Navy Wins Wage Increase
Nine hundred messengers won their strike today against the American District Telegraph Company. They will return to work Monday with increased wages. Those previously paid one and a half cents per message will receive two cents, and those paid two and a half cents will receive three.
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New York
Navy
American District Telegraph Company
Probe Car Shortage Shocks Chicago Barrage
The Interstate Commerce Commission and Illinois public utilities commission ordered an investigation into coal car shortages amid charges that railroads move freight with coal cars. The probe starts in Louisville November 8 and will likely move to Chicago shortly after.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois State Public Utilities Commission
Louisville
Illinois
Iowa Guardsman Shot Near Brownsville
Private Winning V. Kinzer of the Second Iowa infantry was found dead with a gunshot wound in his tent, surrounded by rifle parts while cleaning his weapon. Within a week five militiamen died on the border, with three cases in El Paso and two in Brownsville and Laredo, all under mysterious circumstances.
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Brownsville
Tex
Winning V. Kinzer
Second
Iowa Infantry
el Paso
Laredo
Probes Election Frauds Across Eight States
The Department of Justice is investigating election frauds in New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana with many arrests expected on Election Day. Michigan data from Detroit indicates 16 000 registrations in 38 precincts with 2000 invalid, 1300 fraudulent, and 800 with unknown status.
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Washington
DL. C
Department of Justice
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Detroit
Eight Men Saved in Alabama Mine Disaster
Twenty three bodies have been recovered from the Bessie Mines near Birmingham after a gas explosion that entombed 35 men. John Shell M Williams and Tom Sims two negro men were rescued unharmed tonight bringing the total saved to eight. Four men remain in the mine with little hope. Some were saved by entering a shaft after the blast.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bessie
John Shell
M. Willams
Tom Sims
Sims
French Make Advance Near Vaux On Somme Front
French war office reports an advance of several hundred meters northeast and east of the fort Vaux. German attacks near St Pierre Vaast wood were repulsed and three German planes were shot down. The British say Germans briefly entered trenches near Ginchy east of Bethune but were expelled and five British aircraft failed to return.
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Paris
Fort
Vaux
French War Office
St. Pierre-Vaast Wood
Guinchy
Bethune
Somme
Aviator Joe Boquet Dies In 150 Foot Fall At Exhibition
San Diego report says Joe Boquet, famed for his air spirals, plummeted 150 feet while performing at exhibition grounds this afternoon and died instantly. His death ends a noted career in aerobatics and thrills spectators.
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San Diego
Cal
Joe Boquet
Exhibition Grounds
Five Years Verdict In E B Taylor Case
The jury returned five years in the penitentiary for E B Taylor who killed E S Burleson a relation of Postmaster General A S Burleson at Austin on November 9 1915. The trial began after venue changes from Williamson to Travis counties and took place in Thirty seventh District Court before Judge W S Anderson. An appeal will be taken and jurors had been deliberating since Friday after a long session.
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E. S. Burleson
A. S. Burleson
Austin
Williamson County
Travis County
John W.tobin
Thirty-seventh District Court
W. S. Anderson
Anderson
Arms and munitions purchases pass seven hundred million
In round numbers the United States has received from the entente allies during the present war about $1,000,000 daily for arms and munitions. Totals to date include Cartridges 69,996,483 dollars Gunpowder 267,485,728 dollars Other explosives 379,648,761 dollars Firearms 43,923,122 dollars for a grand total of 761,054,094 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Election Returns Bulletin Night at The Light Office
The Light will stream election returns from party headquarters and AP central offices to its office on November 7. Returns will be flashed directly to The Light and shown on a screen as soon as received. readers are invited to view progress.
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Associated Press
Light
Office of the Light
McCormick Predicts Wilson Victory With 364 Electors
Vance C. McCormick, Democratic National Committee chairman, issued a formal forecast placing Wilson near re election with at least 364 electoral votes. He cites broad support across Democrats and allied groups and notes possible increases to 416 or 461, listing states in Democratic and doubtful columns and outlining his methodical, committee driven estimate.
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Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
House of Representatives
Wilson
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
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Kentucky
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Missouri
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Nebraska
Nevada
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Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Hughes to win with at least a hundred vote majority
Willcox of the Republican national committee predicts a clear Hughes victory. He cites early state reports suggesting Hughes will carry the electoral college by at least 100 votes and warns opponents of inflated claims tied to McCormick's past gubernatorial loss.
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Cormick
Hughes
New York
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
National Campaign Committee
McCormick
Pennsylvania
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