Vanderlip warns bankers on moral economic preparedness
New York financier Frank A. Vanderlip told the American Bankers Association convention that Americans must guard against prosperity’s perils, urging moral and national readiness alongside economic planning. President Lynch argued for strong defense, a functional federal reserve, and cautious handling of foreign loans and gold flows.
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Kansas City
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
American Bankers’ Association
Mr. Vanderlip
Europe
Vanderlip
United States
James K. Lynch
San Francisco
Mexico
High Seas
Congress
Lynch
South America
Orient
Federal Reserve
Weather forecast for Tor San Antonio area
Tonight unsettled and cooler. Friday will be fair in the Tor San Antonio vicinity with calmer conditions and comfortable temperatures.
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Tor San Antonio
Weather forecast for tourists across major cities
The Light provides city by city temperatures and conditions: St Louis 60 partly cloudy NW wind 14 miles per hour cooler. Chicago 56 clear west wind 4 mph fair and cooler. Milwaukee 48 cloudy north wind. Kansas City 48 cloudy NW wind 20 mph fair. New York 68 cloudy SW wind 22 mph with rain. Washington 70 cloudy SW wind with rain.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Fair
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Crowds Promised for Military Day
Railroads report strong demand for Military Day on October 4 with potential special trains on the S A & A P line and Pullman reservations growing on the Southern Pacific. M K T reports encouraging crowds as Rotary Club committees push ahead with plans for a grand parade and banquet at San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Division
George F. Lupton
A. R. Atkinson
Southern Pacific
Walter Walthall
M., K. & T. Railroad
Rotary Club
Abbey
St. Anthony Hotel
Observers to Oversee Nicaragua Election Safeguard
State Department says American observers will monitor Nicaragua's presidential vote next Sunday and Monday to ensure free franchise. Purpose is to safeguard constitutional government and deter revolutionary activity, not to supervise the election directly. Officials deny reports of formal U S supervision or binding agreements with factions.
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Washington
Capelaner
Oekedenens
Nicaragua
State Department
Benjamin L. Jefferson
United States
Jefferson
Managua
Hindenburg May Retire to Rhine Says Dispatch
A Petrograd dispatch quoted by the Chronicle says Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans emphasize the eastern front over the western. Russian observers believe he may retire to the Rhine rather than risk a further Russian advance and a Balkan defeat.
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London
Petrograd
The
Chronicle
von Hindenburg
Rhine
Balkans
Luft attacks in Luxemburg denied by Obermosel
Luxemburg newspaper Obermosel denies entente air attacks on Luxemburg foundries as unjustified and claims the republic would supply ammunition to any customer. No other reports confirm such bombardments, the article being the first hint of any strike.
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Berlin
Sayville
Entente
Luxemburg
Obermosel
Bucharest on Fire as Germans Drop Bombs Again
Berlin reports Bucharest hit by a large convoy of bombs with several areas still burning from prior raids. German official statement confirms continued air attacks on the Romanian capital.
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Berlin
London
Bucharest
Col Roe Shoots Self at Port Orange Residence
Col. E. W. Roe retired A. S. A. and son of the late Admiral Roe shot himself at his Port Orange home today. The act was witnessed by his physician Dr. H. K. Dubois. He had been an invalid for three years.
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Port Orange
Fla
E. W. Roe
Admiral Roe
H. K. Dubois
Teeth seizure highlights rubber and rubber-less sets
London officials said a consignment to Germany recently released for return to America included a seizure of one hundred dozen false teeth. Some sets used rubber plates while others used materials badly needed in Germany.
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London
America
Germany
Admiralty
Conferees to Atlantic City adjourn to meet again
The Mexican and American joint commission adjourned after a brief session in New London to reconvene Monday in Atlantic City. Most commissioners and attaches expect to spend Friday and Saturday in New York.
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Atlantic City
New London
Conn
Judge rules Uhr gains control of police and fire department
District Judge Tayloe orders Mayor Brown to cease appointing police and fire personnel and recalls all such orders. Four men labeled specials may remain unpaid and under Uhr control for emergencies. three others barred from department duties. Chief Lancaster told to follow Uhr, not the mayor, as Uhr retains department authority.
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Robert F. Uhr
Fire and Police
8. G. Tayloe
Brown
Mr. Uhr
Fire and Police Department
Chrys. Brown
Uhr
Tayloe
Plaintiff
Pts
Yeén
Joe White
Leroy Eckhart
R. E. Delaney
Adolph Kohr
Lonnie Crowe
B. L. Anderson
Delaney
Kohr
Crowe
Anderson
Police Department
Lancaster
Noted aviator Wintgens killed in action
Berlin reports Lieutenant Wintgens, Germanys premier fighting aviators after Captain Boelke, killed in an engagement with Entente allied airmen. He had reportedly shot down his fourteenth Entente aeroplane on the Somme front, according to a Berlin report received via London.
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Berlin
London
Wintgens
Boelke
Germany
Somme
Demand Decrease in Food Prices
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN September 28 National Convention of the Centrist Party urged a reduction in food prices from their high levels to align with consumer means. It called for increased food production and said the measures are especially demanded as the meeting concluded.
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Frankfort
Berlin
London
No General Strike Seen By New York Police
New York reporters report leaders of union labor renewed calls for a general strike to aid striking traction workers, claiming 25,000 plus out. Police officials find little evidence of a citywide stoppage as elevated and subway service runs normally. Ernst Bohm claims 25,000 out, promising a forecasted afternoon surprise. Evidence suggests 12,000 tunnel workers prepare to strike while International Typographical Union backs contract observance.
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New York
Ernst Bohm
American Federation of Labor
Marsden G. Scott
International Typographical Union
Battle fleet ships set records in summer drill practice
Atlantic fleet battleships completed a strenuous summer battle practice near southern drill grounds. The Florida led in individual firing with 54 hits in 58 shots from twelve inch rifles, while the Texas Wyoming and Pennsylvania followed. Pennsylvania’s fourteen inch guns were described as deadly with five hits in twelve shots at eleven miles. A note warns of dangers to navigation off the Virginia Capes during the maneuvers in Cuban waters.
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Newport News
Mter
Hampton Roads
Florida
Texas
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Virginia Capes
Cuban
Bremen Submarine Voyage Delayed by North Atlantic Storms
The Bremen submarine departure from Bremen to New London remains unconfirmed though owners and the public expect telegrams of a convoying tug and a successful voyage. Director Heineken cites heavy north Atlantic storms as the reason for delay and says Deutschland-Ozean Rhederai will sail to the United States soon after Bremen reaches New London.
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Berlin
London
Bremen
New London
Heineken
Rhederai
North Atlantic
Deutschland
United States
The Kaiser Submarine Near Ready for Regal Departure
London dispatch cites Amsterdam Telegraph: Bremen arrivals say Germany plans a third commercial submarine. The vessel, named the Kaiser, will be ready to sail within a month and is slightly larger than the Deutschland.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph
Bremen
Several ships sunk in English waters report
A London dispatch notes the 2500 ton British steamer Stathe and the Swedish bark Benguela of 688 tons sunk. Crews of the Swedish steamers Knut Hilde and Dania have been landed. The Glasgow steamer Thelma of 1002 tons gross also sunk. Knut Hilde is 1670 tons gross. There are two Danias of 1408 and 652 tons.
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London
Stathe
Christiana
Lloyd's
Knut Hilde
Dania
Thelma
Glasgow
Newport
England
Leghorn
Nile hits highest level in 22 years sparks flood warning
Cairo authorities warn that Nile waters have reached a 22 year peak and precautions must be taken as the river risks bursting its banks. The ministry of public works issued the alert via London.
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Cairo
London
Ministry of Public Works
No More Nickel Coins in Austria After 1916
Vienna, Sept. 25. The Austrian finance minister said all nickel coins will be withdrawn after January 1, 1917 to free metal for military use. Ten and twenty heller coins will be replaced by iron pieces now circulating from the mint in large quantities.
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Vienna
First Illinois artillery to be sent home and replaced
General Funston announced that the First Illinois field artillery, on duty at San Antonio for three months, will be withdrawn and replaced at Camp Wilson by a provisional regiment formed from batteries from Virginia New Hampshire Maryland and Wisconsin. The Illinois units will depart after the Twelfth division completes its march from Austin with the Wisconsin unit joining the return movement.
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Illinois Field Artillery
San Antonio
Funston
Camp Wilson
Virginia
New Hampshire
Maryland
Austin
Wisconsin Artillery
Illinois
Eighth Illinois Infantry
D. C
Wyoming Infantry
War Department
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Deming
New Mexico
Illinois Artillery
Buda
William K. Naylor
Regular Army
Holway
Wisconsin National Guard
Charles R. Boardman
C. R. Williams
G. E. Seaman
Wisconsin
Ferguson
Training Texas Troops in Corpus Christi Maneuvers
Three thousand Texas brigade troops trained under regular officers near Camp Surry Corpus Christi with trench digging skirmish lines and rapid firing. Second and Third regiments completed strenuous formations amid heavy brush while Jacob Logan Fox led the Jewish New Year observance in town, aided by the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas Brigade
Jacob Logan Fox
First Illinois Cavalry
Chicago
Brownsville
Fox
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Quiet border conditions as Fourth Texas infantry aid Marfa
Captain F A Wynne of the Fourth Texas infantry says border conditions are quiet but troops wish to remain. Stationed in the Big Bend with headquarters at Marfa, the regiment patrols about 120 miles, aided by Texas cavalry, under General John A. Hulen. The men are well fed and content, reluctant to return.
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Austin
Tex
F. A. Wynne
Fourth Texas Infantry
Big Bend
Marfa
Wynne
Adjutant General's Department
Texas Cavalry
John A. Hulen
Texas National Guard
Politics Rife In Present Reichstag
The autumn Reichstag session opens with political displays rather than sweeping legislation. Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg faces fierce stalwart opposition stirred by Tirpitz’s submarine controversy, while Vice Chancellor Helfferich will explain the national economy amid expected debates. No new tax measures are planned pending outcomes of wartime taxation from the prior session.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Stalwarts
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Admiral von Tirpitz
Marine
Karl Helfferich
Robbery on Pullman Cars Stuns Texarkana Passengers
In Dallas a Pullman train from Texarkana was robbed of several hundred dollars in jewelry aboard two cars. Police seized two suspects, a white man and a Black man, while a companion woman collapsed in a waiting room after allegedly taking poison. The loot total is still undetermined as investigators probe the incident.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Union Station
Texarkana
Ruth Hill
Denies Passengers Robbed on Pullman Car
Fort Worth dispatch reports Pullman superintendent 8 M. Carley denies any robbery of passengers on a Pullman train between Texarkana and Dallas last night. He says the car was entered through a cut screen but no passenger loss reports were filed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Carley
Pullman Company
Texarkana
Dallas
First norther brings cool air to San Antonio
The season's first genuine norther struck San Antonio around 11 30 am with a five to six degree temperature drop. Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau forecast cooler, pleasant weather for the next several days as a strong high pressure area over the western states shifts east. The change followed a cold spell that extended into Canadian provinces and parts of the western U S with temperatures falling well below freezing. In North Texas New Mexico and Kansas readings ranged from 42 to 46 degrees.
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San Antonio
Allen Buell
Mississippi
Canadian
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Women storm Spokane meeting for Woman's party control
In Spokane on September 28 a crowd of more than one hundred Democratic affiliated women interrupted a meeting under the Woman's party. They obtained control, formed a non partisan committee for Wilson, and chose officers. Miss Agnes Campbell and Miss Julia Hurlburt organized the East delegation. The clash grew so heated that some appealed to the "better woman hood" of the debaters.
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Spokane
Wash
Democratic Party
Woman's Party
Wilson
Agnes Campbell
Julia Hurlburt
Man in Army and Navy Bank hoax buys car in Texas
A man who yesterday posed as an Army officer bought a $1500 automobile from a local dealer using a check drawn on the Army and Navy Bank in Washington. No such bank exists. police issued a warrant and he was arrested today at Beeville near Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
United States Army
Beeville
Army and Navy
Washington
Harrison
Epidemic Claims Ten Victims in New York
New York health authorities report 26 new infantile paralysis cases today matching yesterday's level while deaths doubled to ten, up from five yesterday. The update emphasizes a worsening outbreak with rising fatalities in the same period.
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New York
Greeks A But Ready 10 War Or 10 Revolt
Athens reports King Constantine favors immediate war on Bulgaria after a ministerial session. A note threatening mobilization may precede a formal declaration and ultimatum for evacuation of all Greek Macedonia. Public mood shows wide excitement and cautious approval.
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Athens
London
Associated Press
Constantine
Bulgaria
Council of Ministers
Kalogeropouloshi
Greek
Macedonia
Venizelos
Proclamation Planned at Athens Meeting on Revolution
Athens dispatch says a large gathering will be held in Athens tomorrow to proclaim the revolution. Bulgarian forces reported skirmishes near Florina with clashes on the Macedonian front. An official note cites repulses against French and Russian lines. On the Struma front British artillery activity noted.
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Paris
Athens
Havas
Lone
Florina
Struma
Makcalan
Stru
Janina
Somme battle update reports trench gains and French advances
British and French forces push on the Somme front with advances near Flers and Thiep, and enveloping movements toward Peronne. Verdun fighting continues with French repulsals, while Russians renew attacks in the south and Galicia. Bulgarian resistance steadies west of Vardar as Serbians hold Makadcalan. Struma front activities near Janina noted.
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London
Flers
Thiep
Somme
Son
Martinpuich Gueudecourt
Paris
Peronne
St. Pierre Vaast
Bouchave
Verdun
Meuse
Thiaumont
Fleury
Crown
Galicia
Macedonia
Vardar
Florina
French War Office
Allied push repulsed near Somme front
Berlin dispatch reports German troops yesterday repulsed Anglo forces along a large sector between the Ancre and the Somme, according to a statement issued by the German army headquarters staff.
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Berlin
Ancre
Somme
Man Army
Greek Prince George Recalled From London Mission
Prince George of Greece, brother of Constantine, has been in London representing the Greek court. He received a telegram recalling him to Athens after a period away on a mission in the city.
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Prince George
London
George
Greece
Constantine
Don
Atheny
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