Border Commission Probes Mexican Decrees on Mining Lands
American members of the joint commission review Carranza mining decrees and land tax rules in Mexico. They discuss border patrols and the possible release of Mexican troops to chase bandits, while Secretary Lane calls the effort unique in international history.
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New London
Conn
International Commission
Bliss
Joint Commission
Mexico
Carranza
State Department
Tasker H. Bliss
General Bliss
Lane
United States
Cararanza
Villa threat prompts Chihuahua garrison reinforcement
General Trevino strengthens Chihuahua garrison by rushing reinforcements from the south. General Bell, reporting to General Funston, says Villa may be near Guerrero eighty five miles west of Chihuahua and could control the railroad toward Chihuahua. Pershing has not commented.
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Villa
Chihuahua
Trevino
General Funston
General Bell
el Paso
Bell
General Pershing
Funston
Guerrero
Dodd
Chihuaua
Guerreros
el Valle
Santa Clara Canyon
Lambert plans out of town incinerator for San Antonio garbage
Commissioner Lambert proposes moving the city’s garbage processing to an incinerator outside the limits. The plan includes loading platforms along rail lines and daily trains to the site, with a potential $50,000 bonus if the Katy railroad agrees to handle the service for ten years.
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Lambert
San Antonio
Katy
Highland Park
Weather Review For San Antonio Area
The forecast indicates fair weather and cooler temperatures tonight and Friday across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Expect clear skies with no precipitation and a gradual drop in temperature overnight.
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San Antonio
Weather roundup for tourists in major cities
The Light reports city by city temperatures and conditions. St Louis 56 clear northwest wind fair and colder. Chicago 60 partly cloudy west wind. Milwaukee 54 clear south wind. Kansas City 56 cloudy north wind. New York 68 clear west wind with rain. Washington 70 cloudy south wind with rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Tennessee Guards Ordered to Southern Border Training Camp
General Funston reported two Tennessee regiments ordered to Fort Clark near Eagle Pass to join the Fifteenth division under Brigadier General Mann at Laredo. Ohio Kentucky and Vermont troops have already been moved. The move is described as a continuation of the existing plan with no stated end date and no clear homeward deadline. Night march by First Illinois field artillery to Camp Wilson completes a force ready for an Austin march.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Fl Paso
Tennessee Guard
Tennessee
Department
First
Illinois Field Artillery
Camp Wilson
Leon Springs
Austin
Kennon
San Antonio
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Seventh
Illinois Infantry
Tennessee Troops Ordered to Mexican Border
Tennessee National Guard units stationed at Nashville were ordered by the War Department to the Mexican border. The mobilization includes two infantry regiments a cavalry troop an ambulance company and a field hospital. The move aligns with the policy to give guardsmen a border tour before muster out.
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Washington, D. C
Tennessee National Guard
Nashville
War Department
Unston
Tennessee
Department
Two Regiments of 2463 Men Mobilized in Tennessee
Nashville Tenn Sept 14 The Tennessee troops mobilized here include two regiments of infantry and a troop of cavalry muster 2463 men. They received the last items of equipment more than ten days ago and expect three days to entrain. Officers say they will be ready to move when trains are assembled.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Fall Kills Banker in Houston Suicide Verdict
Despondent over ill health, J. LaRose a prominent Houston banker, leaped from the Shepherds dam bridge into the bayou Thursday morning. The thirty foot fall broke his neck and his body was recovered in the shallow stream. A verdict of death by own action was returned.
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Houston
Tex
J. LaRose
Shepherd's Dam
LaRose
Merchant Marine Grows Registry to 188 Vessels
The Department of Commerce reports that by September 9, 188 foreign built vessels totaling 628,644 gross tons were admitted to American registry under the August 8, 1914 act.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce Today
Frost Forecast Hits Central Midwest Plains
The U S Weather Bureau predicted frost in the lowlands of Kansas Nebraska western Missouri and western Oklahoma with temperatures around 40 degrees tonight. Skies will stay clear with highs under 70 and a cool spell to last several days. Last night ranged to 57 degrees here.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
United States
Topeka
Kan
United States Weather Bureau
Record surge in stock indexes lifts markets on brisk early trading
New York stock exchanges saw a dramatic rise in the first hour with about half a million shares changing hands. United States Steel climbed to a record, General Motors jumped 1 3/4 points, Bethlehem Steel hit new highs, and demand surged for Studebaker, Industrial Alcohol, Lackawanna Steel and related issues amid broad gains and later profit taking.
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New York
Bethelehem Steel
United States Steel
Studebaker
Lackawanna Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Reading
Union Pacific
New Haven
Wall Street
A. S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Crucible
Baldwin
Kelly-Springfield Tire
Air raid on Venice damages church and buildings
A group of enemy sea planes attacked Venice between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, dropping incendiary and explosive bombs. The church of San Giovanni Paolo I and several private buildings were slightly damaged. There were no casualties.
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Rome
Paris
Venice
San Giovanni Paola
Chicago Women Vote in Light Primary Turnout
In Chicago on September 14, less than 14 percent of registered women voters cast ballots in the primary. The low turnout was blamed on the scarcity of offices available to women. Democratic women totaled about 22 000 votes to 16 000 for Republican women.
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Chicago
Ill
Bakers Seek Bread Price Rise Justified by Housewife Leader
Chicago bakers justify a bread price increase per statements by Julian Heath president of the National Housewives League after a meeting with the National Association of Master Bakers. She cites rising ingredient costs as the basis for the claim.
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Chicago
Julian Heath
National Housewives’ League
Heath
National Association of Master Bakers
French Pause North of Peronne and Balkan Talks
French forces pause north of Peronne after six miles advanced since July as German counterattacks continue. Serbians press Bulgarians at Lake Ostrova with trenches and a height captured. Balkans operations, Dobrudja fronts, Averesco moves, and Mesopotamia actions are reported with multiple allied and central power leaders cited.
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London
Peronne
Somme
Faris
Saloniki
Struma
French War Office
Lake Ostrova
Roumania
Dobrudja
A. Averesco
Transylvania
Averesco
Averesca
Crainikeanu
Italy
Balkans
Germany
Austria
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorf
Archduke Charles
Austria-Hungary
Ferdinand
Near East
Enver Pasha
Mesopotamia
Euphrates Line
Nasiriiyeh
Nassiriyeh
Roumanians Repulse Attacks at Dobruja Do Brudja
Roumanian troops repulsed a series of German and Bulgarian attacks in Dobruja, with continued fighting in the Silistria region on the right bank of the Danube, according to the war office.
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Petrograd
London
Dobrudja
War Office
Silistria
Danube
Allies Repulsed on Somme Front with Heavy Losses
Berlin reports repeated assaults by the Allies on the Somme front yesterday were repulsed with sanguinary losses for the allies. The war office announced the new casualties and confirmed German defense held.
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Berlin
London
Somme
War Office
Kavala Forts Surrendered to Bulgarians
The British legation informed American minister Garrett Croppers that Greece has surrendered the last Kavala forts defending the northeastern seaport to Bulgarian forces. Several forts were among those yielding.
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Athens
London
Garrett Croppers
Kavala
Greece
Entente Forces Evacuate Greeks as Kavala Riots Rage
Warships have evacuated 1500 Greek soldiers to Thasos. Rioting at Kavala reports pillaging of houses and shops. Americans and tobacco properties valued over 2 million dollars are endangered. Harbor remains empty of ships.
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Thasos
Kavala
Germans Stage Vigorous Attacks on French Lines
Paris dispatch reports German forces made strong efforts to retake recently gained Somme Verdun territory. The war office says several assaults north and south of the Somme and east of the Meuse at Vaux Chapitre wood were repulsed.
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Paris
Somme
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Vaux- Chapitre Wood
Kavala Pillaged as Turkish Troops Rampage
Saloniki dispatch reports Kavala, a Greek port, pacified by Turkish Bashibazouks during Greek withdrawal with civilians massacred. On the Macedonian front Serbians and Bulgarians clash as Serbian forces claim trenches near Vetrenik and a height northwest of Lake Ostrovo.
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Paris
Kavala
Saloniki
Havas
War Office
Vetrenik
Lake Ostrovo
Butterflies to Theme Fiesta Year 1917 Queen Coronation
Fiesta San Jacinto and Battle of Flowers in San Antonio will adopt a butterfly theme for 1917. The Court of the Butterflies and the Procession of the Butterflies will anchor the Queen's Coronation, with committees from Battle of Flowers Association and Order of the Alamo collaborating with Chamber of Commerce officials to craft color schemes and plans.
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San Jacinto
Battle of Flowers
San Antonio
Battle of Flowers Association
Order of the Alamo
Chamber of Commerce
John Bb. Carrington
Carrington
The
Spannell Enters Not Guilty Plea in Alpine Murder Case
Alpine hotel keeper Harry J. Spannell pleads not guilty to charges of killing his wife and Lt. Col. M. C. Butler of the Sixth U S Cavalry during a July motor trip. Spannell tells reporters he did not intend to kill and blames his wife for the incident as he heads to Alpine for trial.
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Alpine
Tex
Harry J. Spannell
M. C. Butler
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Dre
EL Paso
H. J. Spannell
Montana Infantry Guardsmen Seek Missing Serjeant and Private
Officers and men of the Second Montana Infantry search for Sergeant Rogers and Private Frank E. Macey reported missing since yesterday. They left camp in civilian clothes with a Mexican guide to a placer mine near Ranchita, twenty miles southwest of Douglas. Early reports suggested they might have been captured by Mexican soldiers.
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Douglas
Ariz
Second Montana Infantry
Rogers
Frank E. Macey
Ranchita
New Greek cabinet looming as Dimitracopulos named
Athens reports King Constantine asked former justice minister M Dimitracopulos to form a new Greek cabinet after the Zaimis ministry collapsed. He accepted in principle and will confer with the king, as Greece debates entering the war amid Allied pressure and internal discord.
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Athens
Constantine
M. Dimitrocopulos
Alexander Zaimis
Pireaus
Greece
Legation
Zaimis
Entente
Associated Press
London
M. Dimitracopulos
Venizelos
Roumania
Seizures of Horses Reported by Constitutionalist Garrison
Dispatches from the American headquarters in Mexico report seizures of horses and supplies by the Constitutionalist garrison in the punitive expedition area. The actions allegedly target Mexicans, disrupting prosperity and order. Rumors claim an understanding between Generals Trevino and Obregon and the Legalista party. A Carranza captain and a civilian were executed at El Valle for revolutionary activity. Villa is said to be at Guerrero, about forty miles below Namiquipa.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
General Trevino
Obregon
Legalista Party
Carranza
el Valle
Villa
Guerrero
Namiquipa
Trains Begin Army Post Line Service After Track Upgrade
Trains on the Army Post line will operate with cars and up to three trailers after double tracking from Fort Sam Houston to downtown. The work was finished Wednesday, and Vice President Tuttle of the Traction Company says crowds to Camp Wilson for the 6 PM brigade dress parade can now be moved efficiently.
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Army Post Line
Compa
Fort Sam Houston
Army Camp
Tuttle
The
Traction Company
Camp Wilson
Longtime Kansas man Abel Cartwright dies at 101
Abel Cartwright near Peabody Kansas died at his home just before his 102nd birthday. He was perhaps the oldest man in Kansas and credited his long life to not worrying. He leaves a widow aged 88.
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Peabody
Kan
Abel Cartwright
Here
Cartwright
Kansas
Ammonia Tank Explosion Kills Six In Newark Plant
Six men were reported dead after an ammonia tank explosion at the Interstate Oil and Cream Company plant in Newark New Jersey this afternoon. The blast occurred early today causing numerous injuries and extensive damage to the facility.
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Newark
N. J
Interstate Oil and Cream Company
Death of Leroy G. Denman Sr former Texas Supreme Court justice
Leroy Gilbert Denman Sr a former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court and San Antonio banker died suddenly from apoplexy while discussing business. He was born October 31 1855 in Guadalupe County and educated at the University of Virginia earning a law degree in 1880. He leaves a wife and seven children and was a prominent San Antonio figure as lawyer banker and ranch owner.
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Leroy G. Denman Sr
The
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
Supreme Court of Texas
San Antonio
William Sprague
Denman
G. H. Moody
Thomas Haklin
Sprague
Sprague Being the Only P Present When Judge Denman
Judge Denman
Dr. Moody
Henry P
Dick O. Terrell
Hal Brown
Main Avenue
Lacal Place
Guadalupe County
Leroy Gilbert Geniean
Wilson
New Era
J. D. Guinn
Antonio
Fred Cocke
Cocke & Denman
Thomas H. Franklin
Cocke
Denman & Franklin
Stephen
Sup Court of Texas
Franklin
Denman, Franklin, Cobbs & McGown
San Antonio National Bank
Judge Man
Guadalupe
Bel
G. H
Henry P. Burney
Terrell
P. F. Graves
A Hotorney
Man Jr
Admitt
G Denman
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