Rotary Club Plans Major San Antonio Christmas Music Jubilee
Plans for a large Christmas observance in San Antonio unite musicians and music lovers for a Friday evening event at Travis Park featuring Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson bands, a 500-voice guardsmen chorus, and Handel's Messiah. The Rotary underwrites a $2500 program and expanded Christmas tree distribution for 500 more children, aided by national guardsmen for safety.
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San Antonio
South
Rotary Club
Travis Park
Rotary
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
Richard T. Pruitt
Maine
Santa Claus
Greene
H. W. B. Barnes
St. Mary's
Convent
Legalistas Capture Two Frontier Towns Guadalupe and San Ignacio
Legalista troops seized Guadalupe and San Ignacio near the border opposite Fabens. Carranza garrisons surrendered with about 300 men. The captures, within twenty miles of Juarez, sparked panic there as Villista forces threaten further border towns.
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EL Paso
Tex
Legalista
Guadalupe
San Ignacio
Fabens
Carranza
Legalistas
Juarez
Villista
Chihuahua
Mexican forces under Murguia move toward Chihuahua City
A diplomatic message from Consul Bravo in El Paso reports General Murguia's forces marching north from Escalon in two columns. One column repairs tracks while the other, about 300 men, pursues Villa’s flying column near Durán as Chihuahua City fortifies under General Trevino. Authorities doubt Chihuahua’s capture or evacuation.
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EL Paso
Tex
Chihuahua City
Villistas
Juarez
Jacinto Trevino
Fort Bliss
Trevino
Carranza
P. Elias Calles
Chihuahua
Call
Washington, D. C
Bravo
Murguia
Escalon
Duran
Villa
State Department
Arrest of Armguard Karl Graves in German Embassy Case
A man identified as Armguard Karl Graves was arrested at Prince von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg’s home for alleged blackmail of Countess von Bernstorff wife of the German ambassador. The DOJ kept the arrest secret until six PM. Authorities say Graves sought 3000 dollars in exchange for letters from a cousin of the countess and a son of the von Bernstorffs in Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Karl Graves
Prince von Hatzfeldt-Trachenberg
Countess von Bernstorff
Department of Justice
A. Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Graves
Bielaski
Prince von Hatzfeldt
Germany
von Bernstorff
Weather Outlook across Texas and D C
The forecast shows a cold wave dipping temperatures to 26 in Fort Worth and Dallas by Monday morning. Sunday brings fair, then colder conditions. West Texas stays fair with colder air in the south and a fair Monday.
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Washington, D. C
East Texas
Fort Worth
Dallas
West Texas
Local Forecast Summary From The Light
Forecasts from The Light cover cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York Boston and Washington. Temperatures range from the high 30s to mid 60s with clear to partly cloudy skies and northeast to northwest winds. Weekend outlook calls for colder conditions and likely clear Sunday in most cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
Great Battle for Railroad in Dobrudja
Reinforced Russo Romanian forces under General Sakharoff clash in Dobrudja as German Bulgarian troops push toward the Constanza Tchernavoda line. Mackensen launches Danube crossing to invade Old Roumania while Falkenhayn drives toward Bucharest from the Transylvanian foothills. Fires reported in Tchernavoda and Constanza amid bombardment.
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London
Dobrudja
Sakharoff
Constanza-Tchernovoda
Tchernovoda
Berlin
Sofia
von Mackensen
Danube
Roumania
Tchernavoda
Old Roumania
Dunareau
Bucharest
Falkenhayn
Constanza
Prahova
Alt River
French Offensive Regains Key Sallises Village
French forces renewed action in Sallises north of the Somme and seized most of the village after earlier British gains. Haig’s troops pushed into Regina trenches, linking with October 21 gains and consolidating the position. German night attacks near Deniscourt failed. air activity remained high with seven German machines downed.
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Paris
Sallises
Somme
Haig
Deniscourt
Les Boleufs
Sally
Teuton Front
Too Many Democrats Barbecue Draws Winnebago Crowd
In Winnebago county on election day the canvass shows Hughes carried the county with Republicans ahead of Democrats. Yet Democrat John Fitzgibbons invites county men to a barbecue and receives acceptances from nearly every male resident, suggesting a discrepancy with the Wilson vote while Fitzgibbons hosts them all.
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Menasha
Wis
Winnebago County
Hughes
John Fitzgibbons
Wilson
Fitzgibbons
Women Workers Lose Lives in War Munitions Plant
London reports several women munition workers died from poisons while mixing ingredients for the explosive trinitrotoluol. The fatalities highlight dangers faced by female laborers in England’s war production.
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London
England
Plans for Rock Island reorganization announced Monday
Chicago November 11 The joint stockholders and debenture holders commission will publicize the Rock Island reorganization plan Monday The plan largely mirrors summer terms with a 40 a share stock assessment yielding about 30 million cash In exchange 7 percent cumulative preferred stock will be issued and debenture holders receive dollar for dollar 6 percent cumulative preferred stock Both preferred issues share equal claims to assets and earnings The Peabody committee pursuing foreclosure of the refunding mortgages has not stated its stance but is expected to accept the plan all in line with prior indications
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Joint Commission
Peabody Committee
Rock Island
May Pick a President
Washington discusses possible cabinet picks by President Wilson and the potential for a future Democratic presidential candidate. William J. Bryan is cited as maintaining strong relations with Wilson and influence in the West, with continued Congress support and campaign ties noted.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Democratic Party
Cabiet
William J. Bryan
Bryan
West
Congress
Judge Denies Coal Car Demand in Chicago Case
Judge Landis of the U S District Court denied twenty two coal companies the right to compel 146 rail roads to show coal cars held by the roads. He advised seeking a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Attorneys said they would appeal to the ICC.
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Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Belden to Mexico City on Mission Over Divorce Laws
Samuel Belden of San Antonio departed Washington for Mexico City carrying a Spanish codification of Texas New York Illinois and DC divorce laws. He aims to present them to First Chief Carranza for potential adoption by the Constitutional convention at Queretaro starting November 20.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Belden
San Antonio
East
Washington
Mexico City
Texas
New York
Illinois
District of Columbia
Carranza
Queretaro
Belden
Railroads ordered to return excess coal cars nationwide
Interstate Commissioner McChord issued an immediate order to all U.S. railroads to send back coal cars held in excess of 100 percent of their own equipment. The move targets easing a freight car shortage that has raised prices and threatened coal supplies for winter. G H Alexander of New York Central testified that his line has 108 percent of total freight cars and 106 percent of coal cars.
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Louisville
United States
McChord
G. H. Alexander
New York Central
Alexander
Cabbage and Potato Cars Held to Keep Prices High in Chicago
More than two thousand railroad cars of cabbage and potatoes are held in Chicago yards to deplete the market and sustain high prices. Commission men reportedly prefer paying demurrage to unloading. Federal officials will investigate the conduct.
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Chicago
United States
League of nations idea divides German press in Berlin
Berlin newspapers split on Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg accepting a league of nations to enforce peace. The Berlin Tageszeitung condemns any tolerance as Anglo American bait to trap Germany, while other papers remain more receptive, with the Tageblatt running a vigorous article by Dr Dernberg, the Kaiser’s special envoy to the United States.
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Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
League of Nations
Reichstag
Berlin Tageszeitung
Germany
Germany Tageblatt
Dernberg
Kaiser
United States
Deutschland Expected to Sail From New London Soon
The German submarine Deutschland was near clearance at New London Connecticut but had not yet obtained it by day’s end. Customs collector James McGovern said clearance must be granted before departure, though timing could be chosen after approval. Captain Koenig and crew remained inside the stockade amid cautious expectancy.
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New London
Conn
James McGovern
Customs
Connecticut
Paul Koenig
McGovern
Koenig
Chattanooga Chosen to Host UDC National Convention
The National Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy voted to hold its year meeting in Chattanooga this afternoon after choosing Dallas as the meeting site.
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United Daughters of Confederacy
Dallas
Tex
National Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Chattanooga
Judge Landis Fines Four Railroads and Swift Company
Federal Judge Landis fined four railroads and Swift & Company $171,000 total for interstate commerce violations including rebating and shipping less than carload shipments at carload rates. The entities fined were Elgin Joliet & Eastern Railway, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St Paul Railway, and Swift and Company, with fines ranging from $20,000 to $60,000 plus costs.
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Chicago
Landis
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Paul Railway
Swift and Company
Electors to Meet in Austin for Texas 1917
Democratic presidential electors will convene in Austin on the second Monday in January 1917 to arrange the Texas votes for Wilson and Marshall. They will choose a messenger to take the votes to Washington with mileage paid and congressional wages during the trip. The state canvassing board will meet November 27 to count the state election returns.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Washington
Wilson
Marshall
Congress
Brotherhoods threaten nationwide trainmen strike over eight hour day
President William G. Lee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says a 400000-strong strike will back the eight hour day if railroads do not comply by January 1. He denounces suits to invalidate the Adamson law while predicting it will withstand court challenges. Grand Chief Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers offers cautious support, signaling continued railroad power.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Lee
Supreme Court
Wilson
Stone
Brothershood of Locomotive Engineers
Railroad suits challenge Adamson eight hour law
Chicago firms including the Chicago Burlington and Quincy file in federal court to test the constitutionality of the Adamson eight hour law. The suit pledges to defend workers while cases proceed. Other railroad plaintiffs named include Union Pacific, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Louisville and Nashville, Chicago Great Western, and Rock Island and Pacific.
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Chicago
Great Railroad
United States District Court
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Road
Union Pacific
Omaha
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas City
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville
Chicago, Great Western
Rock Island and Pacific
New Medical School in Chicago Aims to Lead World Medical Research
At a trustees meeting next Tuesday the University of Chicago plans a public drive to raise 2,600,000 dollars toward a 10,000,000 project. A 2,000,000 dollar Rockefeller Foundation gift funds a new school of medicine expected to attract 5,000 to 8,000 physicians and surgeons annually and end the exodus to Europe for training.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Foundation
America
Europe
Russia orders engines from American and Canadian firms
The Russian government is understood to have distributed orders for 100 of the 1000 locomotives it has been seeking. Forty will be built by the American Locomotive Company, forty by Baldwin Locomotive Works, and twenty by the Canadian Locomotive Company.
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New York
American Locomotive Company
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Canadian Locomotive Company
Russia
Great Britain
German Swiss pact limits munitions supply to Switzerland
A November agreement between Germany and Switzerland bans delivery of coal and iron to Swiss makers of munitions for belligerents. The clause requires raw material suppliers to provide coal as well, constraining the Swiss munition industry during wartime.
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Germany
Switzerland
Berne
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Interstate Commission
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Copright
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Brothernoods
Adamson
NEW Medical School
Czar
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