San Antonio Readies for Military Day Parade
San Antonio prepares for a large Military Day as General Greene's division arrives from Austin. The two-mile-plus route along New Braunfels to Grayson will be festooned with flags while thousands gather to honor U S fighting men. officials coordinate crowd control and viewing from sidewalks.
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New Braunfels Avenue
van Ness Street
van Ness
Austin
Sixth
Avenue E
Alamo Plaza
Commerce
Santa Rosa
Santa’ Rosa
Houston
Avenue D
Grayson
Army Post
Sam
San Antonio
James R. Davis
George ©. Holmgreen
R. C. Holden
Uhr
Arthur W. Seeligson
Henry Greene
Camp Wilson
All Troops In Camp Reinforced Brigade Joins Main Body
Reinforced Wisconsin brigade arrived at Camp Wilson from Luxella on Tuesday and joined the Twelfth provisional division. The main column under Brigadier General Henry A. Greene reached camp from Comal, completing the return from Austin. Regular officers praised the march, noting rapid movement and good condition with few stragglers. The Luxella to Landa’s Park leg averaged a brisk pace of under seven hours with halts included.
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San Antonio
Rotary Club
St. Anthony
Camp Wilson
General Greene
Austin
Luxella
Twelfth Provisional
Henry A. Greene
Comal
New Braunfels
Landa’s Park
Hurricane season at height says bureau
Washington dispatch reports weather bureau officials monitoring the West Indies for signs of a storm as hurricane activity peaks in October. They note most storms form near the West Indies in October and often move west-northwest toward the Gulf before recurve near coastal Florida or North Carolina. Storm warnings stretched from Fort Monroe to Charleston.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
West Indies
Gulf Coast
Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Belwee Jupiter
Fla
Hatteras
East
Florida
Fort Monroe
Charleston
Billion Dollar Cotton Crop Predicted by Union Chief
Henry Pope president of the Farmers' Union Presidents' Association predicted a billion dollar cotton crop for the season after the ginners report. He noted daily ginnings over 200000 bales, possible field clearance by October 20, and urged Congress to authorize Federal Reserve Board to fix a minimum loan price of 12 cents to guarantee 15 to 20 cent selling prices.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Henry Pope
Farmers’ Union Presidents’ Association
Department of Commerce and Labor
Farmers’ Union
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
United States
PROMISES FAIR WEATHER
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau forecasts fair warm weather for Military Day. A large storm is active in the western U S with rain and snow, but effects are not expected to reach here Wednesday. The system spans the Rockies with a center in Colorado and a strong high to the northwest. Temperatures fall in western Canada as snow falls in Alberta Montana and North Dakota.
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Allen Buell
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Alberta
Montana
North Dakota
San Antonio Area Weather Forecast Tonight and Wednesday
The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for fair weather tonight and Wednesday. No precipitation is expected and conditions should be mild with light winds.
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San Antonio
Weather forecasts by The Light across major cities
The Light reports forecast data for six cities with temperatures ranging from 50 to 60 degrees. Winds vary from south to northeast, with mentions of clear and cloudy conditions and potential rain in Milwaukee and Kansas City.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Funston Praises Border Guards Eager to Stay On Duty
General Funston returned to San Antonio from the Brownsville district and Corpus Christi tours impressed by the guardsmen’s condition and spirit. He noted 95 percent of northern regiments preferred to remain on border duty, praised the Texas camp at Corpus Christi, and witnessed notable horsemanship displays by New York troopers at McAllen during frontier day events.
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Funston
San Antonio
Brownsville
Texas
Corpus Christi
National Guard
Funstort
Rio Grande Valley
New York
McAllen
Middle Western States Pass
Llano Grande
Transportation Service
General Funston
Lee
Iowa
Grand jury probes missing Sportsmen's Club funds
Chicago authorities promise a grand jury investigation into the Sportsmen's Club of America after a raid on its downtown rooms. The probe will focus on nearly 150000 in membership fees alleged to be unaccounted for and on claims of betting pools and other illegal activities connected to prominent city figures.
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Chicago
Grand
Sportsmen's Club of America
Maclay Hoyne
Investigate Mail Pay Sparks ICC Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced an investigation into railway mail pay with all common carriers as parties. Hearings have no set dates yet, aiming to report to Congress this winter while the Post Office probes substituting piece basis for 90 percent of mail service.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Post Office Department
Department
Greek Ex-Premier Forms New Party In Greece
Dematrios Gounaris former Greek premier forms a new party favoring intervention with the Allies. Athens dispatch notes favorable reception while Peloponnesus reports protests against the Venizelist opposition. Gounaris led a 1915 cabinet and later served as interior minister under Skouloudis amid entente opposition.
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Paris
Greece
Dematrios Gounaris
Athens Havas
Peloponnesus
Gounaris
Skouloudis
Entente
Milk War Spreads Across New York State
New York farmers tightened control of the milk supply causing a further drop in quantity reaching the city. The Dairymen's League backed action seeks higher prices from big distributors as the statewide milk war continues to spread.
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New York
New York State
Dairymen's League
Statewide milk industry probe ordered by attorney general
Albany reports Attorney General Woodbury ordered a sweeping inquiry into New York milk sales after complaints from both dealers and farmers alleging conspiracies restraining the milk trade. The move aims to find remedies to fix the dairy market.
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Albany
N. Y
Woodbury
Okuma Cabinet to Resign in Japan
Tokio reports in an extra edition that Premier Count Okuma plans to resign and recommend Viscount Takaaki Kato as his successor. Okuma, 78, formed the cabinet last August and critics say his age and policy approach prompted the move.
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Tokio
Nichi Nichi Shimbun
Count Okuma
Taka Aki Kato
Okuma
Viscount Kato
China
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Washington
California
Revenue Gain At St Louis Southwestern Railroad Annual Meet
The St Louis Southwestern railroad held its annual meeting in St Louis. Edwin Gould, chairman and president, arrived for the session. The 1916 operating revenues were 12 224 000, up 1 590 000 from the prior year, with operating expenses 8 406 000 and net revenue 3 17 000, a gain of 1 551 000.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Southwestern Railroad
Edwin Gould
Daughters of America Open National Council Meeting
The twenty sixth annual national council opened in Wheeling West Virginia with over 300 delegates. Mrs Elizabeth P Howe of New York national councilor presided and the meeting will close tomorrow after officer elections.
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Daughters of America
Wheeling
W. Va
National Council of the Daughters of America
Elizabeth P. Howe
New York
Lord Bryce Urges World Movement to Prevent War
Viscount Bryce addresses the Congregational Union in Birmingham urging a league to restrain aggression and promote arbitration. He cites Wilson and Hughes supporting a united American role, and calls for broad international cooperation to remove the terror of war and strive for enduring peace.
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World Movement
Birmingham
England
Viscount Bryce of
Dechmont
Washington
Congregational Union Today
Lord Bryce
Asquith
Edward Grey
Edward Grey and Mr. Balfour
America
Lord Ryce
Wilson
United States
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Party
Europe
Battle of Wilson Avenue reporter spins Texas tale
Gene Morgan of the Chicago Daily News files a colorful New Braunfels date line about the Twelfth division U S A retreat from a theoretical red army and a real Texas norther. Captain Frank M Course of Battery B calls it his first Arctic expedition as Chicagoans sleep beside campfires and field kitchens thaw frozen toes.
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Gene Morgan
Chicago Daily News
Wilson Avenue
General Funston
Braunfels
Texas
Frank M
Battery B
Illinois Field Artillery
Former El Paso Tax Collector Arrested
William I. Watson formerly in charge of El Paso county tax collection was arrested in Kansas City on October 3 charged with embezzling county funds. Police said his hair was dyed red at the time and he initially denied his identity before conceding who he was.
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Kansas City
William I. Watson
el Paso
Tex
Watson
Four Railroads Promote All Steel Texas Tours From Chicago
The Wabash Chicago and Eastern Illinois Illinois Central and Chicago and Alton railroads advertise all steel trains from Chicago to San Antonio to lure Florida winter tourists to Texas. H. P. Gardner of the M K T railroad says Florida tourists are shifting to Texas resorts as services like the Texas Special and Sunshine Special make distance seem shorter. The Wabash line foresees a record tourist movement to Texas this year aided by faster schedules and new Pacific type engines.
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Chicago
San Antonio
Florida
Texas
H. P. Gardner
Dallas
Illinois
Illinois Central
Chicago & Alton
Gardner
St. Louis
Wabash
Humes to Face Trial of 72 Pennsylvania Brewing Firms
Major E. Lowrey Humes federal district attorney and adjutant of the Second Brigade Pennsylvania National Guard will be relieved in time to prepare for the trial of seventy two Pennsylvania brewing companies. They were indicted last spring on charges that they illegally contributed campaign money benefiting congressional candidates.
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Pittsburg
E. Lowrey Humes
Pennsylvania National Guard
Pennsylvania Brewing Companies
Houston Boy Killed in Haiti Engagement
George M. Meier a Houston youth was killed in action at Port au Prince Haiti. His mother Mrs Mary Meier was notified by the War Department. Private Meier aged eight enlisted last May.
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Houston
Tex
George M. Meier
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Mary Meier
War Department
Meier
Bulgarian Front Turmoil as Romanians Cross Danube
An Associated Press report from London states Field Marshal Von Mackensen orders evacuation of Silistria and Turtukai as Russian and Romanian forces cross the Danube. Berlin confirms Austrian and German monitors destroyed Danube pontoon bridges behind invading Romanian troops.
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London
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Danube
Silistria
Turtukai
Rome
Rustchuk and
Berlin
War Office
Bulgaria
Germans Forced Back in Transylvania
Berlin reports Austro German forces withdrew north of Fogaras as Romanian troops advanced. Earlier Berlin announced General Falkenhayn achieved a decisive victory in Transylvania winning an encircling battle begun September 24 as Romanian forces were defeated and scattered toward the mountains.
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Berlin
London
Transylvania
Fogaras
von Falkenhayn
Falkenhayn
Rothenthoim Pass
Romanian forces cross Danube into Bulgaria in several battalions
Sofia reports several battalions of Romanian troops crossed the Danube into Bulgaria near Lianco between Kustechuk and Turtukai and near Rahovo midway between Rustchuk and Turtukai. The Bulgarian war office says measures are taken to attack the force and to push back the invaders.
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Sofia
London
Bulgaria
Bulgarian War Office
Danube
Lianco
Kustechuk
Turtukai
Bats
Rahovo
Roumanian Raid Across the Danube Alarms World War Front
London reports Roumania has crossed the Danube into Bulgaria in a potentially large force that could threaten Von Mackensen's left flank near the Constanza Tchernavod railway. Sofia calls the force several battalions and says measures are underway to attack it as Russians and Romanians pressure on the flank. Serbians gain ground in the Kaimakealan hills as allies press in Macedonia while reinforcements move between fronts.
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London
Roumania
Danube
Bulgaria
von Mackensen
Constanza-Tchernaved
Sofia
Rustchuk
Turtukai
Macedonia
Kaimakealan
Serb advance and Bulgarian losses reported on Macedonian front
French report says Serbians captured first line trenches and a Bulgarian battery. Bulgarians repulsed in eastern Macedonia while Sofia reports Bulgarian forces took Jenikoi and Nevolyen. In Somme sector German counter attacks push toward Eaucourt L Abbaye and threaten near Raucourt, but French lines hold with strong fire.
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Garian
Entente
Macedonia
Struma
Sofia
Jenikoi
Nevolyen
Somme
Poziers-Bapaume
Eaucourt L’abbaye
Paris
Raucourt
Peronne
St. Pierre-Vaast
Rancourt
Germans on Offensive Near Dvinsk Amid Russian Resistance
Petrograd reports German forces attacked south of Dvinsk near Nova Alexandrovsk but were repelled by heavy Russian defense. West of Lutsk new Zature reports Russian advances while Galicia saw continued desperate fighting with no clear advantage. The campaign near Centuvka since Friday yielded over 5000 Russian prisoners.
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Petrograd
Sonedon
Dvinsk
Nova Alexandrovsk
War Office
Lutsk
Bulgarians retreat under heavy Serbian fire on Macedonian front
Sofia reports a Bulgarian retreat under heavy Serbian artillery on the Macedonian front. The dispatch notes action officially today with details via London correspondence.
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Sofia
London
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