Border troops stay on duty as plans keep units on border
General Funston stated no immediate return home for state troops on border duty. National guard units remain in mobilization camps, with incoming units replacing those leaving. No further homeward orders issued until policy changes or Mexican American commission reaches agreement. Some units already scheduled to move include Kansas infantry to Fort Riley and Illinois engineers and field hospital to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funston
National Guard
War Department
Border Patrol
Washington
Atlantic City
Chihuahua
Legalista
Wisconsin
Camp Wilson
Kansas Infantry
Fort Riley
Illinois Field Hospital No. 2
Company A
Illinois Engineers
Illinois Cavalry
Brownsville
Irigoyen Opens Presidency with New Cabinet in Argentina
Dr. Hipolito Irigoyen assumed the Argentine presidency succeeding Victoriano de la Plaza with Palacio Luna as vice president. The ceremony drew crowds and honored by American Republic ambassadors. Cabinet includes Interior Ramon Gomez and Finance Domingo Salaberry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Hipolito Irigoyen
Republic
Victoriano de la Plaza
Palacio Luna
Ramon Gomez
Carlos Becas
Jose Salinas
Domingo Salaberry
Onorio Pueyrredon
Elpadio Gonzales
Penrice
Francisco Alvarez Toedo
Pedro Torello
Ireland Conscription Not Feasible Says Lord Wimborne
Dublin dispatch reports Lord Wimborne says conscription in Ireland is not feasible or prudent at present. Nationalists are loyal but argue Ireland should be treated on the colonial basis for military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Wimborne
Ireland
Dublin
The
Daily News
Scotland Deluged by Worst Rainstorm in Six Decades
A violent rainstorm sweeping Scotland paralyzed railroads destroyed bridges and damaged crops across a large area. Five inches of rain fell in twelve hours before noon Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland
Bayonne Riots Leave Three Dead and 100 Hurt
In Bayonne New Jersey 6000 oil plant strikers sparked two days of violence. Three killed and over one hundred injured as police and snipers clashed with rioters. Strike leaders offer a 300 man force to help suppress the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayonne
N. J
Constable Hook
Predicts Rain Friday With Cooler Weekend Weather
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau forecasts unsettled conditions with rain Friday evening. He expects cooler weather and clearing skies Saturday. No real cold spell is promised due to the persistent movement of high pressure systems from the northwest across the country. The coming high from the northwest should bring cooler temperatures after the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Major Buell
France Urges War Loan Investment Across Army
General Joffre issues a general order urging all Frenchmen including those abroad to invest surplus cash in the new war loan. The message frames the loan as a sacred duty equal to military service and promises increased wealth and victory as France buys more ammunition with fewer human losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joffre
France
Weather Outlook for San Antonio Tonight Through Saturday
Tonight unsettled with showers in the San Antonio area. Saturday will be fair and colder with declining clouds and a brisk breeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Several Cities
Forecasts from The Light report temperatures and winds for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington D C. Conditions include partly cloudy cloudy and possible rain with highs ranging from 54 to 78 and lows from 54 to 64. Coordinates and specific wind speeds noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Texas Longhorns Parade San Antonio Before Oklahoma A M Showdown
Nearly a thousand University of Texas students paraded through San Antonio in orange and white, with a 20 piece band and snake-dance before the game with Oklahoma A M at League Park. Alumni hosted a noon luncheon and a ball Friday night. Texas faces warm conditions and confidence from Physical Director Belmont, while Oklahoma A M coach Griffith also projects victory. Attendance nears 10 000 advance sales with militiamen offered half price seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Oklahoma A. & M
League Park
San Antonio
Alamo Plaza
Old Town
Alamo
Texas
Commerce
North Flores
Houston
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio Alumni Association
Texas Rooters
Dick Terrell
Alumni Association
Oklahoma
Austin
Theodore Belmont
Belmont
Griffith
Aggies
Oklahoma University
Sooner
Texas University
Longhorn
Camp Wilson
Lineup For The Games Sewanee Officials Set
The afternoon football lineup lists Sewanee officials and players for the game. Officials include Referee Moise of Sewanee Umpire Braun of Sewanee and head linesman Fort of Sewanee. The match will feature four periods of fifteen minutes each.
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Sewanee
Moise
Braun
Fort
Villa bandit rumors debunked near Madera Mexico
Field headquarters report that rumors of Francisco Villa and Julio Acosta operations are imagined by frightened refugees. No Villa followers in Madera or Galeana, Villa has not moved north of Temosachic, and bandit activity has lulled since the Cusihuirlachie fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Julio Acosta
el Valle
Villa
Madera
Acosta
Temosachic
Galeana
Cusihuirlachie
Mexican families arrive at border fleeing Villa threat
Twelve Mexican families with wagons and stock reach Columbus New Mexico from Ascencion reporting many more are following. They heard Villa agents claim Pershing’s expedition would depart Mexico by November 1 and Villa columns would guard evacuated points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
N. M
Ascencion
Villa
Pershing
Mexico
San Antonio to Rig Up Liquor Laws Enforcement
Commissioner Uhr ordered the toughest anti bootlegging drive in San Antonio after a conference with Brigadier General H A Greene. Acting on War Secretary Baker's instructions, police will close illicit saloons by 9 30 nightly and prosecute all violators in the Trans San Pedro district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Uhr
H. A. Greene
Twelfth Provisional Division
Central Police
Newton D. Baker
Greene
Trans-San Pedro
Ferguson to be here in San Antonio before election
Governor James E. Ferguson will visit San Antonio the week before the November 7 election and deliver a speech on business matters for Texas welfare. A San Antonio delegation including County Judge James F. Davis and Sheriff John W. Tobin requested the appearance, with date to be announced to avoid conflicts with other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ferguson
San Antonio
Austin
James F. Davis
John W. Tobin
Otto Wahrmund
C. X. Gutzeit
D. A. McAskill
Ferguson
Texas
All Youths Must Serve Nation Declared in Britain
The Times reports the man power board has concluded that every young man in the country must be definitely placed in national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manpower Board
The
Times
Italian Gains Admittted in Corso Front Action and Air Raid on Mauser Works
Allied forces push toward Trieste as Cadorna advances east of Oppasc chiella with gains near Novaras while Vienna confirms some progress and captures. A 40 aircraft raid on Mauser works at Oberndorf Germany drops four tons of explosives and shoots down six German planes. In the Somme region heavy artillery activity continues with British gains between Gueudecourt and Les Roeufs and 150 Germans taken prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Transylvania
Hermannstadt
Kronstadt
War Office
Vienna
Maros
Erlin
Ferdinand
Corso
Cadorna
Triest
Oppaschiasella
Novaras
Mauser
Oberndorf
Germany
Paris
Somme
Morval
Bouchavesnes
Chaulnes
Gueudecourt
Les Roeufs
Allied planes drop four tons on Oberndorf Mauser works
Paris dispatch reports forty French and British aircraft dropped four tons of explosives on the Mauser works at Oberndorf on the Neckar river last night. Six German fighters defending the works were shot down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mauser
Oberndorf
Germany
Neckar
War Office
Germans On Offensive Along Shara River Front
German troops opened an attack along the Shara river in Russia north of the Pinsk marshes. The war office said a trench section was captured but retaken with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Shara
Russia
Pinsk
War Office
Roumanians Fail to Check AustroGerman Advance
Vienna reports Roumanians unable to halt the Austro German push in Transylvania and being driven back by General Von Falkenhayn. No major changes on the Russian front. only that a Russian attack north of Solotvina in Eastern Galicia was repulsed.
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Vienna
London
Transylvania
War Office
von Falkenhayn
Solotvina
Galicia
J C Russell Jitney Driver Foils Robbery On Austin Road
J C Russell a jitney driver residing at 115 West Laurel Street said to have fought off two soldiers who attempted to rob him on the Austin road at 10 30 o clock Thursday night He knocked out both robbers bound them hand and foot and turned them over to police The soldiers confessed they planned the robbery and had engaged a Houston street car to take them to the aviation grounds Russell drove to the city and handed the robbers to the authorities The soldiers were to be transferred to county custody Friday afternoon on charges of robbery by assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Russell
West
Laurel Street
Austin Road
Houston Street
Austin
Russell
President Wilson Returns to Shadow Lawn Home
President Wilson arrives at Shadow Lawn Long Branch New Jersey at 1 50 PM from Indianapolis. A brief stop in Harrisburg drew a crowd as he greeted many before continuing north. Reports say over 3000 voters are expected at Shadow Lawn tomorrow with Democratic National Committee chair Vance C McCormick leading the delegation to hear the front porch campaign speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Indianapolis
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Train Strikes Delivery Truck Injuring Two Men
Eugene Aschbacher driver for a bottling works sustained severe injuries when a Katy tracks train backed into his crossing truck at Fratt Station. The cyclist passenger, unconscious, died. Aschbacher taken home to 205 Oak Street, companion rushed to city hospital with little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Aschbacher
Fratt Station
Katy
Young Aschbacher
Riebe
Aschbacher
Oak Street
City Hospital
Beau Parlor Planned By Young Women’s Christian Association
The YWCA plans a beau parlor on the second floor for girls not living in the boarding home to receive their boyfriends. The bay window room next to the library will be equipped with rugs chairs ferns and flowers, transforming a former office space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Oklahoma National Guard Recruiting Stations Discontinued
Recruiting stations for the national guard in Oklahoma Arkansas New Mexico and Arizona were ordered discontinued today by Adjutant General Ancel Earp. He cited lack of success and said five officers and fifteen enlisted men in charge will be mustered out of the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
National Guard
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Arizona
Ancel Earp
Oklahoma National Guard
Earp
Tulsa
Muskogee
Enid
Lawton
Probe targets Barrett Brothers Chicago operations
Federal investigators scrutinize the Chicago branch of Barrett Brothers brokers after New York offices were raided and a receiver appointed. Court agents found the local offices deserted except for a bookkeeper and report about 1500 local clients including women small shopkeepers and clerks who bought unlisted securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Barrett Brothers
New York
Landis
Koenig Preparing Second U Boat Voyage
Captain Paul Koenig of the German submarine Deutschland says he is busy with preparations for a second voyage across the Atlantic. He spoke after receiving a telegram of congratulations from his hometown on his voyage to the United States and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Hamburger Nachrichten
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
United States
Rain Ends Drought as Northern Texas Sees Cold Snap
General rains across northern and northwest Texas end weeks of drought and foretell a sharp temperature drop. The Weather Bureau reports rain spreading to other sections within 36 hours with slightly colder weather to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Wvill
Weather Bureau
O Gorman Seen as Candidate for Senate Pro Tempore
Movement in Washington favors Senator James A. O Gorman of New York to become president pro tem of the Senate, succeeding the late Senator James P Clarke of Arkansas who died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. O'Gorman
New York
Senate
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
Governor's order to kill resistors in Watson case shocks Texas
In Waco Texas on October 13 jurists hear testimony re governor Ferguson urging Freestone sheriff Burleson to mobilize 650 Teague citizens as deputies to seize the Watson bank and kill resisters if needed. Sheriff Fleming testifies Freestone officers did not cooperate in pursuing Watsons on McLennan murder warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
T. R. Watson
R. I. Munroe
Fifty-fourth District Court
Special Cenire
G- W. Burleson
Freestone County
Warren W. Hunt
T. R. Watson's Bank
Teague
Burleson
J. E. Ferguson
Watsons
Texas
Burlegan
S. S. Fleming
McLennan County
Government moves to halt selling army clothing to civilians
The U S marshal service launches a campaign to stop civilians from buying soldiers uniforms and gear. A secret service agent assists in San Antonio, with several arrests already made and bonds set at $200. Possession of army hats or loggins is prima facie evidence. penalties range from one day in jail and one dollar fine to two years and $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marshal's Office
Secret Service
San Antonio
United States
Edwards
Medical Burglar Confesses to Chloroform Robberies
Chicago police probe a confession by Adam Prochowski who used a physician persona to burglarize diamonds and jewelry worth thousands. He claimed to have chloroformed victims during calls, and was found with $1000 in jewels and more than $10,000 in additional jewelry in his rooming house. He is described as the “medical burglar” and is a University of Warsaw graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adam Prochowski
University of Warsaw
Prochowski
Submarine Sightings Reported East of Nantucket
A German submarine identified by wireless contact and claiming Newport origin was sighted more than 100 miles east of Nantucket Lightship by a neutral port in New York. A British steamer Bovie reported sighting a submarine about 200 miles east of New York, with confirmation from naval officials.
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New York
Newport
Nantucket
Boston
Mass
Bovie
Nantucket Shoals
Manchester
England
Bovk
Bovkc
White Star Line
Summers
Coast Patrol Extends From Bar Harbor to New York
A naval patrol of torpedo boat destroyers enforcing neutrality and aiding ship safety began from Bar Harbor to New York. Destroyers Panding Sterrett Birmingham plus nine others form a guard line out to sea while Narragansett Bay craft train and stand by for emergencies under Rear Admiral Gleaves aboard the Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Bar Harbor
New York
Panding
Sterrett
New York Harbor
Narragansett Bay
Birmingham
Albert Gleaves
Destroyers Patrol Ocean Highways From New York
A dozen U S Navy destroyers patrol the ocean lanes to and from North Atlantic ports. Officials say no formal patrol order is known yet though Rear Admiral Knight indicates action may come. Eleven destroyers had already left Newport amid speculation and another guard ship stood outside New York after last Sunday submarine raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
North Atlantic
Austin M. Knight
Narragansett Bay
Newport
United States
Newtucket
Admiral Mayo Leads Destroyers to Scan New England Coast
Admiral Mayo commanding the Atlantic fleet reports a survey of the New England coast to investigate reports of belligerent ships in the area and suspected wireless plant stations. Continued on next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Mayo
New England
Washington, D. C
Mayo
Navy Deepartment
Newland Coast
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Irigoyen
Argentine Republic
Buell
Texas Longhorn
Johnson
Penn
Carlton
Lang-Sens
Blaine-Dolan
Harnden-Walters
Dittmar
Gallagher
Cetter Peas
Scott-Wilson
Texas U. Oklahoma A. & M
Seat Neas Cramp
Chase Harwell-Conley
Forrester
Newton
Tears Rinehart
Murray Kenny
Troube-Hangar
Wheeler-Scott
Waits-Dedick
Briscoe-Hecker
McMurray
Minor-Elliott
Trieste
Mauser Works
Porch
Fratt
Probe Broker Firm
Barrett Bros
Koenig
U. S
Northwest
O'Gorman
Clarke
Senitames
Osortian
U. S. Neutrality
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