War Music Feature At Mochler Park By Municipal Band
A concert this afternoon from 4 to 7 o clock at Mochler Park features the San Antonio Municipal Band directed by William H Smith with acting director Sauertvein. Solo trumpeter Sam Janacek assists as the program opens with The Star Spangled Banner and includes marches overtures and operatic excerpts reflecting wartime themes.
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Mochler Park
San Antonio
Eleanor
Deppend
Fscamilla
Neil Moret
Mareb
Eyrcer Dy Ea Ellis Brooks Feateh
Guy Mannering
H. Bishop
E. Waldtenfel
M. Moszkowsty
Sam Janacek
Dsnacek
O'Connor
MT. Lake
National Airk
Serbia
Russia
France
Belgium
England
Italy
United States of America
Juibyerty Lads
I. O. Smith
America
Praise for Haig and British Morale in France
Lux reports from London noting British troops in France remain hardy and well supplied after long fighting. He credits Lord French and Douglas Haig for leadership, urges publishing maps and division histories to end secrecy, and argues Americans set a franker example in military reporting.
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Lux
Repington
San
France
French
Sir Douglas Haig
Flanders
United States
United States Army
Haig
Chou
Maverick Home in Avenue C Sold to Army Captain
The old Maverick homestead at Avenue C and Tenth Street, facing Maverick Park, sold Friday for 30000 to Capt. Alexander Boynton of Camp Travis. The property, long a San Antonio landmark, has 165 feet on Avenue C and 215 on Tenth Street and has lately been used as an apartment house.
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Avenue C
Tenth Street
Capt
Alexander Boynton
Camp ‘Travis
San Antonio
Jones
Avenue
Maverick Park
Nicholson & Furnish
Trinity Methodist Church
Pecan Street
Frank T. Richardson
The
Real Estate Exchange
Gibbs
Mavericks
Canteen Workers Serve Sw Division Guests in San Antonio
Early rising volunteers from the Canteen Bureau and Motor Service welcomed the Southwestern Division of the American Red Cross in San Antonio. They provided breakfast service and transport for department heads, with named organizers and volunteers aiding guests from the train to hotels.
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Southwestern
American Red Crogs
San Antonio
Canteen Bureau
Motor Service
George W. Simmons
Motor Corps
Masdames A. J. Spencer
Bureau
Tee Ransom
W. L. Rote
Smythie Graves
Lewis Mark
Samuel Gleaves
Alfred Ward
Nye Ta. Ward
Maud Cungus
Julia Eilers
W. King
Blackburn
Cara
Mater Corps
Wilma Nill Russell
Edith Dewssen
Anna Bess Monre
Elsie Pancoast
Tarey Seeligson
E. R. Parinten
Arthur Storms
Ars. H
Mulliken
Pea
Army Personnel Moves Reported From Camp Travis
Maj. Eugene C. Bryan arrived at Camp Travis with the Eighteenth Division from Camp Gordon Georgia to report for duty. First Lieut. Glenn E. Van Meter came from Camp Dix New Jersey to serve with the Sixth Infantry. Capt. Bruce G. Naborshaw reported with the Fifth Infantry at Camp Travis. Second Lieut. Charles C Harrington granted leave. Second Lieut. Marshall N. Huston assigned to the office of the department signal officer Fort Sam Houston. Anselm A. Stein and Second Lieut. Evans assigned as assistants in the department quartermaster offices Fort Sam Houston after Camp Johnston. Capt. M. C. Tiell attached at base hospital Fort Sam Houston ordered to Baylor University for duty at student officers training corps. First Lt. Roger Bloom ordered to Waco student officers training school. Second Lieut. Parkhurst T. Whitney promoted to captain. former New York Tribune reporter with commissions earned at Fort Niagara. He came to Camp Travis from Camp Perry via Camp Gordon. home Clifton Springs New York.
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Eugene C. Bryan
Camp Travis
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Glenn E. van Meter
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Bruce G. Naborshaw
Guy
Camp Pravis
Anselm A. Stein
Q. MM. C
Evans
M. C. Tiell
M. C
Fort Sam Houston
Waco
Baylor Univeralty
Rogar
Bloom
D. C
Fort Sam
Lleut
Parkhurst T. Whitney
85Th Infantry
New York
First American Made Caproni Bi plane II
The first American made Caproni bi plane conducted its initial trial at a field near Hempstead. Captain D Annunzio and Lieutenant J Harris were passengers while Lt Jurgis piloted. The aircraft carried 1900 pounds of dead weight and 410 gallons of fuel for a five hour test reaching around 14 000 feet in 27 1/4 minutes. Further flights planned next week.
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Yi Rosa
German Prisoner Flows and German Division Reductions
German prisoners taken by Allies since July exceed 200,000 with about 100,000 captured monthly. Field Marshal von Hindenburg dissolves divisions to maintain strength as reserves deplete. Germany faces shortages of munitions and artillery with thousands of guns captured, forcing renewed factory labor to replenish output.
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Paul Sscorr
Siamoa Light
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Daily News Co
Fieldssacshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Russia
Balkans
West Front
Fock
Hindenburg
Bullets injure teen boys in Potomac Street incident
Ice Grisby 15 suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen after a scuffle with Monroe Robinson 14 at the Robinson home on Potomac Street. Robinson held the 22 caliber pistol. Grisby is hospitalized at Robert B Green Memorial. Police released Robinson with both boys identified as Negro.
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Ice $Risby
Potomac Street
Monroe Robinson
Grisby
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Robinson Home
Robinson
Stobinson
Central Headquarters
Arrival of General Cabell Expected in San Antonio
Brigadier General Da Rpsey C Cabell, last year in command of the Arizona District, is due in San Antonio early this week to take over as commander of the Southern Department, succeeding Major General Willard A Holbrook. An editorial in North American Review praises Cabell for his firm stance toward Mexican forces and calls his words concise and impactful.
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da Rpsey C. Cabell
Arizona
Willard A. Holbrook
Southern Department
San Antonio
Douglas, Arizont
Cabell
North American Review
Mexico
Nogales
Calles
Higale
General Cabell
More Than 200000 Texans Enlisted in World War Draft Effort
Austin report shows 114208 drafted and 42492 voluntary entries from Texas as of Sept 24. Total registrants under the 1845 system reached 438176 with 86125 whites and numbered negroes. 42 counties unfinished, total estimate around 465000.
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Austin
Tex
Lone Star
France
Maujor Townes
Texas
Texas National Guard
New Guard
Liberty Day Plans In San Antonio Italian Club Joins
The Tinto-American Young Men's Club of San Antonio pledges to observe Liberty Day on October 12 as part of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive proclamation by President Wilson. The Italo-American Club schedules a Sunday meeting to plan Italian colony observance, aiming for a united community display. Local Italians helped Texas declare October 12 a legal holiday and raised over 40 000 dollars in a quick drive for war stamps.
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Tinto-American Young Men's Club of
San Antonio
Wilson
United States
Texas
Strike May End as Masters Offer Compromise to Union
Five members of the Master Painters Association executive committee sign a statement saying talks may end the strike with a compromise. The plan recognizes the association, offers $5.60 per day, eight hour Saturdays, and 88 dollars weekly if accepted. union vote on Monday. A separate note describes a social event for M S U men and Army nurses from Camp Travis Base Hospital hosted by Mrs. Hertzberg with dancers and a musical program.
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Master Painters’ Association
Painters’ Union
Master Painters Association
Camp Travis
Bi. Hertzberg
Hertzberg
Robert McGown
International Hotel
Boutierra
Haig reports advance along entire front
London dispatch says Field Marshal Haig announced substantial progress on the whole front of attack. He cites a minor morning operation east of Epehy and says Haigourt sector forces advanced and took prisoners despite strong enemy counterattacks. Paris notes nothing new on the western front.
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London
Haig
Dastward
Epehy
Haigicourt
British Regain Part Of Losses In Fierce German Push
In France on Sept 21 British forces faced stout German counterattacks from higher ground near the Hindenburg line. Despite heavy bombardment and renewed trench construction by the defenders, the British held positions 100 to 200 yards beyond their start, reporting renewed ground losses but stubborn bridgehead defense amid muddy flats and rain ravines.
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France
Hindenburg Wall
Moehy
Lempire
Dindenburg
Ust
Hindenburg Line
Bombing claims by British and French air forces in September
London reports twenty German aircraft shot down and eleven British planes missing after heavy daytime raids. Britain states seventeen tons of bombs were dropped on German cities by independent units, with targeted sites including Mannheim Karlsruhe and Morhange. Paris notes French aviators dropped eighteen tons on enemy airfields and rail lines, causing fires at Stenay Marville and nearby aerodromes.
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London
Vicovices
Maannheim
Karlsruhe
Borlay
Fresenty
Morhange
Paris
Stengy
Marville
Btain
Bazancourt
Jnuiville
Rev Samuel A King obituary in Waco Texas
The body of Rev Samuel A King age 84 longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Waco arrived from Austin. The funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon with a two hour viewing at the church. Prominent Presbyterian divines from across the state and possibly Dr Robert B Vinson president of the State University will attend. King was deemed a leading Presbyterian theologian who left the pastorate 15 years ago to teach systematic theology at the Presbyterian Seminary in Austin.
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Waco
Tex
Samuel A. King
First Presbyterian Church
Austin
Robert B. Vinson
The
State University
King
Presbyterian Neminars
King Fisher Reported Sunk Off North Atlantic Coast
Reports say the steam trawler King Fisher was torn from the North Atlantic coast with missing details. Naval officials had no confirmation of the sinking while the Fast Coast Fishery Company helped rescue survivors of recent submarine raids off New England.
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Atlantic
North Atlantic
Fast Coast
Fishery Company
Sle
New England
American Rifle and Machine Gun Fire Stops Two Big Raids
Report from Metz Front on September 21 describes two large German raids against the American right wing repelled by rifle and machine gun fire. Fires behind German lines near Dommartin en Chaussee and Var surrounding areas indicate heavy activity while prisoners reveal waning morale and expectations of a short war.
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Metz
Bois de Rappes
Moselle
Yandires
Vilcey
Thiaucourt
St. Die
Alsace
Vosges
St. Mihiel
Germany
Tommies Back on Old Camping Grounds
A vivid account recalls British soldiers reoccupying ruined French camps near Cambrai and Douchy after battles. Brown tents rise amid rubble as guns push forward, hospitals fly signals, and life resumes with smiths at forges, canteens, and bayonets fixed in shell-scarred lands.
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Golong
Cambrai
Douni
Firemen Quell Fast Moving House Fire on South Lores Street
Firemen rushed to a two story dwelling at 20 South Lores Street owned by FC Mangham after a kerosene stove exploded on the second floor. The blaze was checked before spreading, with minimal water damage as Chief Coetz and Company No. 12 arrived and applied a rapid stream. The home, valued at 35000, belongs to FC Mangham, auditor of the Sap Railway.
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South Lores Street
Wv. A. Melton
Coetz
Company No. 12
Mangham
Sap Railway
Major Roosevelt Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Major Thea Jove Roosevelt Jr. receives a promotion to lieutenant colonel, per a statement from Colonel Roosevelt. He served abroad with the first overseas American contingent and was wounded by a machine gun in action.
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New York
Thea Jove Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Jr
Weather Forecast Across Cities Promises Warm Saturday
The forecast lists temperatures for St. Goole Chicago Kansan Clifs New York and Washington. Clear skies expected with highs ranging from the mid fifties to the sixties and tourists advised to dress for pleasant conditions.
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St. Goole
Chicago
New York
Washington
Moscow Described as Starving City Under Terror
London dispatch cites J J McKenzie and Alfons Paquet detailing Moscow amid famine and brutal rule by Bolsheviks. Reports describe empty shops, arrests, house searches, and widespread fear as city residents endure hunger while authorities intensify repressions and bloodshed.
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Lenine
Frankfurter Zeitung
Moscow
Alfons Paquet
Paquet
Lfe
Lumatscharsky
People's
Tanhauser
Faust
Parquet
Volga
Soviet Republic
Siberia
Ural
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Caproni
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Smith- Hughes
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Nowrich
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Toxask
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Central Shoe
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London Times
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Supreme War Council
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von Lenine
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Red Guard
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Tenine
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Tare ‘Atacharsky
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Jin
Mern
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