Gotham Film Studio to Rise at Hot Wells San Antonio
Gotham Film Corporation plans a large open air studio at Hot Wells in San Antonio to shoot final outdoor scenes of The International Spy by November 6. The project includes a 150 by 300 foot steel and wood studio, under contractor J P McDonald, with additional hotel wings, a 20 by 20 underwater tank, a revolving dancing floor, and an ice skating rink, all aimed at boosting San Antonio labor and talent.
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Gotham Film Corporation
Hot Wells
B. F. Reeves
San Antonio
New York
Gotham City
J. P. McDonald
Austin
Reeves
Marshall W.taggart
W. Cleveland Monson
Taggart
Mr. Monson
American Society for Relief of French War Orphans
New York report states a $130 million fund is needed to launch the American Society for the Relief of French War Orphans. The new corporation aims to raise the money in the United States and support at least 200000 French war orphans for up to fifteen years.
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New York
American Society For
United States
France
America
Republic
General Bell Overrules Rafferty Acquittal
Major General J Franklin Bell disapproved the court martial findings that acquitted Lieutenant Colonel Ogden J Rafferty retired of improper relations with a fellow officer’s wife. Bell said evidence shows a situation incompatible with innocence. His disapproval does not affect Rafferty’s rank or pay nor reopen a retrial.
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San Francisco
Cal
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
Ogden J. Rafferty
Bell
Rafferty
New York Man Sentenced in Paris for Trading with the Enemy
William Chester Silbermann of New York was sentenced by a Paris correctional court to five years in prison and fined 500 francs for trading with the enemy. He allegedly carried papers claiming to represent the Knight Rubber Company and used them to obtain key orders before being denounced by a Serbian who said he acted for Gottwik, Scheffer and Company of New York with German affiliations.
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Paris
William Chester Silbermann
New York
Silbermann
Knight Rubber Company
Gottwik, Scheffer and Company
Prohibition Campaigners Rally in Indiana and South
Pros well received in Evansville Indiana as prohibition campaigners head to six Kentucky and two Tennessee cities. A large rally for Ira Landrith vice presidential nominee is expected in Nashville tonight. J Frank Hanly, Indiana governor and presidential nominee, plans more campaigning in the state before election day.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ira Landrith
Nashville
J. Frank Hanly
Lickings Reported In Corpus Christi Schools
Reports from Corpus Christi schools for the first month of the year show 22 corporal punishments after a registration of 1719 pupils. Of the total, twelve were administered to pickin innies, seven to Mexicans, and three to white children though whites outnumber Negroes and Mexicans about ten to one.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Socialist candidate Benson decries Hughes and Wilson in San Francisco
Allan L. Benson the Socialist presidential candidate told a San Francisco audience that the Socialist party is the only party of peace. He attacked President Wilson for signing the Hay-Chamberlain military bill and charged Charles E. Hughes with being tied to capitalists.
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San Francisco
Cal
Socialist Party
Allan L. Benson
Benson
Wilson
Charles E. Hughes
Money for training fund raised in Chicago meeting
Six Chicago citizens each contributed 5000 toward a universal military training fund. The $30,000 was raised in minutes at a meeting yesterday. Organizers plan to reach a goal of $250,000.
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Chicago
San Antonio Tonight and Sunday Partly Cloudy Showers Possible
For San Antonio and vicinity, tonight and Sunday, the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers. Local residents should expect unsettled conditions with showers possible mainly during evening and overnight hours.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Forecasts By The Light
Forecasts from The Light provide temperatures across major cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Conditions vary from clear to cloudy with winds ranging from 6 to 36 miles per hour and Sunday skies likely to remain clear or turn to rain in Kansas City.
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Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Will Decide Watson Venue Next Monday
In Waco Texas Judge R I Munroe said he will decide next Monday if a change of venue is granted in the T R Watson murder case. A 150 man special venire has been excused until Tuesday morning as hearings probe county sentiment about a fair trial.
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Waco
Tex
R. I. Munroe
T. R. Watson
McLennan County
W. Noland
Teague
John 8. Patterson
Patterson
Eldred McKinnon
Washington Approves Steever Transfer to Lead High School Training
The War Department approves Captain E. Z. Steever transfer from the Southern Department to Washington to supervise military training in high schools. Local officials praise his Wyoming plan and long cadet tradition, noting Steever is a product of the Washington system and has support from army circles.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
E. Z. Steever
Southern Department
Washington
Steever
Wyoming
Washington H
Walton D. Hood
San Antonio
Stephen E. Kramer
Kramer
San Antonian
Trade with Mexico shows an increase in August and year to date
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reports stronger U S Mexico trade in August over August 1915, with eight month totals up. Mexican exports to the U S rose to 9 030 936 in August and 70 299 231 for eight months, while imports from the U S amounted to 3 848 042 in August and American exports to Mexico reached 31 874 039 for eight months.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Mexico
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Republic
Rio Grande
China Protests U S Railway Canal Concessions
Washington faces no diplomatic issue yet as China, Japan, and Russia lodge protests over American constructed routes. Russia objects to a 400 mile line near Mongolia and Japanese envoy Hayashi protests 200 miles of Grand Canal reconstruction in Shangtung. China counters that German rights must be defeated before such claims apply.
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Peking
Japan
Russia
China
Nicholas Koudacheff
Foreign Office
Feng-Cheng
Shansin
Lanchow-Fu
Kansu
Petrograd
Mongolia
Siems-Carey Company
St. Paul
Baron Gensuke Hayashi
Grand Canal
Shangtung
Germany
No Diplomatic Issue From US Chinese Railway Contract
Officials note no formal State Department report on the American International Corporation contract for railroad building in China. The private loan backed project risks protests but includes a provision to grant equal privileges if another government contests the venture.
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Washington, D. C
American International Corporation
State Department
Reinsch
A. Peking
Ching
China
Supreme Court Opens First Private Conference of Fall Term
The Supreme Court held its first private weekly conference of the new fall term ahead of decision hand downs likely next Monday. Justices prepare to hear cases on the constitutionality of Ohio, Michigan, and South Dakota blue sky laws.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Ohio
Michigan
South Dakota
Kansas City to Host 1917 Churches of Christ Convention
By unanimous vote Kansas City was chosen as the meeting city for the 1917 national convention of the Churches of Christ. The exact dates to be set later. Judge J H Haymaker of Wichita was elected president of the general convention.
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Churches of Christ
Des Moines
Kansas City
the Churches of Christ
J. H. Haymaker
Wichita
Kan
Bayonne Strikers Quiet After Raid Clears Streets
In Bayonne New Jersey a day of intermittent disorder ended with a patrolman shot two others wounded and prisoners captured during a raid by special police and firemen. A rainstorm and cold wind drove the Standard Oil Company strikers back to their homes.
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Bayonne
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
Return to Normal in New York Transit Strike
New York reports a return to normal conditions as police withdrawn from subway and elevated trains stations and surface cars after the transit strike involvement during the disorder.
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New York
Panama moves to annul US intervention provision
Gonzalo Santos introduced a bill in the assembly to annul the constitutional provision allowing United States intervention to preserve order in Panama. The measure was rejected.
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U. S. Authority
Panama
Gonzalo Santos
United States
Railroads Plan To Meet Adamson Law
Denver Oct 14 Means of meeting the Adamson eight hour law are to be considered at the American Railway Association meeting in Denver November 17 Local railroad executives and managers who took part in prior conferences with President Wilson and railroad brotherhood representatives will attend and discuss methods to cover extra expenses and how to distribute them.
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Denver
Colo
American Railway Association
Wilson
West Indian Storm Heads for Gulf NNW Toward Yucatan Channel
The weather bureau issued hurricane warnings for Gulf shipping as a West Indian storm believed to have struck the Danish West Indies moves toward the Yucatan Channel. This morning the center was near Swan Island with 29.20 inch barometer and hurricane winds, tracking west northwest toward the peninsula.
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Washington, D. C
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Danish West Indies
Yucatan Channel
Swan Island
Yucatan Peninsula
Struggle in Somme Regions Renewed on Fronts
London reports renewed violent fighting in the Somme area of northern France with heavy Anglo French assault. German counter attacks recaptured Ablaincourt trenches while Paris says French forces regained all ground. North of the Somme French claim advance on Mallasise ridge near Bouchavesnes Moislains.
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London
Somme
France
Berlin
Ablaincourt
Paris
Mallasise
Bouchavesnes
Moislains
Struma River
Macedonia
Seres-Demir-Hissar
Texas State Fair Opens with Large Crowd in Dallas
Dallas Tex October 14 1916 Governor James E Ferguson opened the state fair of Texas before about 30000 people at noon with 80000 expected by night. The Sydney Smith Memorial fountain honoring Captain Sydney Smith will be unveiled from the platform, featuring a bronze group titled The Prairie The Mountain and The Gulf Cloud depicting The Spirit of Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Sydney Smith
Poisoned sweets and cholera bombs blamed on German raid
Berlin reports quoted by wireless say German seaplanes that attacked Constanza dropped poisoned sweets and bombs infected with cholera bacilli. The claim mirrors an October 12 Russian announcement alleging aerial attacks near Constanza involved poisoned confections and garlic with cholera contagion.
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Berlin
Sayville
Constanza
Roumania
Overseas
Arredondo Claims Mexican Reform Progress and Wilson Link
Eliseo Arredondo Mexican ambassador designate reports steady improvement in Mexico under Carranza. He says legalista movement aims to injure Wilson’s re election, but predicts better US Mexico understanding through talks and the Atlantic City joint commission. He cites rising corn output and orderly reforms.
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Washington
D. C
Eliseo Arredondo
Mexico City
Carranza
Mexico
Arredondo
Legalista
Legalistas
Wilson
Hughes
United States
Republican Party
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Commission
Panamanian Strike Flareups Hit Panama and Colon
A renewed strike by black oilers firemen and greasers on the canal dredging fleet caused urban unrest in Panama and Colon. Strikers and sympathizers blocked streets, 30 were arrested, a general strike is planned for today, clashes threatened, police patrolled, and troops stood ready.
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Panama
Colon
Canal Zone
Sugar Costs Fifteen Cents On Local Market
Granulated sugar sold at 15 cents per hundred pounds in Brownsville Texas as local wholesale supply ran dry. Only about six dealers had enough for the day. Wholesale traders blamed refinery closures in New Orleans for the shortage. Maple sugar rock candy and molasses appeared on many breakfast tables.
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Brownsville
Tex
New Orleans
Dallas Opens New Union Station in Southwest
Dallas' new union terminal station opened to railroad traffic and the public. Built at five million dollars over three years, it hosts eight railroads and drew prominent leaders including Governor James E. Ferguson to the ceremony.
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Dallas
Tex
Union Terminal
James E. Ferguson
Southwest
Hurdleston Name Approved for Ballot in Texas Race
In Fort Worth on October 14 the Court of Civil Appeals reversed a lower ruling in C. E. Gilmore vs the state Democratic executive committee. Hurdleston, appointed to fill the W. D. Williams vacancy on the Texas railroad commission, will appear on the November 7 ballot after the committee added his name despite Gilmore contesting. Gilmore seeks a write in option for his own candidacy.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
Second Judicial District
Swayne
C. E. Gilmore
Wills Point
Democratic Executive Committee
Gilmore
Charles Hurdleston
Hurdleston
State Railroad Commission
W. D. Williams
Williams
Democratic State Executive Committee
Governor Ferguson Comments On Swayne Reversal At State Fair
Governor Ferguson, in Dallas at the state fair opening, says the higher court’s reversal of Judge Swayne’s decision is as expected and that the ruling would not affect the Democratic party’s nomination rights for railroad commissioner.
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Dallas
Tex
Associated Press
Villa at Pedernales Oct 2 1915 report
Francisco Villa led a sizable force at Pedernales from Sept 30 to Oct 2 near the Mexico Northwestern railroad about 35 miles southeast of Guerrero. He recruited new fighters and reorganized his contingent while traveling with a crutch still hindering his wounded leg.
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Francisco Villa
Pedernales
Funston
Mexico Northwestern
Guerrero
Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Cusihuirachic
Ferdinand to Lead Joint Roumanian Russian Armies
King Ferdinand of Roumania will personally take supreme command of the Russian and Roumanian armies in Romania. Large Russian reinforcements are expected to arrive. A French mission including General Berthelot is also en route to Bucharest.
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Bucharest
London
Ferdinand of
William Tod Company Lands $2 Million Allied Forging Order
Youngstown Ohio October 14 The William Tod Company received a rush order from the allies for eight inch forgings valued at two million dollars according to an official announcement.
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Youngstown
Ohio
William Tod Company
Wilson Says Militia Relief Possible Soon On Border
President Wilson tells Governor Whitman that the northern Mexican situation is improving and that in the near future the New York militia may be released further. He notes the 14th and 71st Infantry and other units are returning home, with continued border duty to prevent Mexican aggression.
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Long Branch
N. J
Wilson
Whitman
New York
Mexico
New York Executive
War Department
United States
Funston
Fourteenth
Seventyfirst Infantry
Mineola
N. Y
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Watson
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Ferdinand
Mexigq
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