Dewey to be buried with grand Arlington honors
Admiral Dewey will be buried at Arlington with public honors hardly equaled in U.S. history. A capitol rotunda funeral precedes the Arlington service, with a full official cortege, half-mast flags, a 19 gun salute, and ceremonies attended by President Wilson, Cabinet, Supreme Court justices, and naval officers.
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Washington
Dewey
Manila Bay
Arlington
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Wilson
Rotunda
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Frazier
Olympia
Manila
Annapolis
Supreme Court
Committees of
Congress
Society of Manila Bay
Sense
Daniels
Witness alters bomb case story in Mooney trial
San Francisco January 20 Dr Davis Stafford autopsy surgeon renounced earlier testimony under cross examination stating he erred in saying the July bomb killed ten by exploding before it hit the ground He now says the force of the explosion may have been upward and that it is probable the device exploded in the air The prosecution claims the blast occurred from the sidewalk
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San Francisco
Davis E. Stafford
Thomas J. Mooney
W. Bourke Cochran
Mooney
Stafford
British cruisers leave Falklands to hunt raider
Buenos Aires reports two British cruisers have departed the Falkland Islands in pursuit of a German raider and to safeguard the sea lane. The raider is believed to be tapping wireless from a Brazilian island.
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Buenos Aires
Falkland Islands
New Raider Fitted Out By Germans
Dispatches from Rio de Janeiro report the steamer St Theodore captured by a German raider in the South Atlantic has been armed with two guns and manned by a German crew and operates as an auxiliary cruiser. Nine Americans were landed earlier with the crew. other captured ships reportedly had no Americans aboard. Officials caution on legality of merchantman conversion at sea.
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Astlington
State Department
Rio Janeiro
St. Theodore
South Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
St. Theodorry
Atlantic
Stewart
Pernambuco
St Theodore
Department
Nho
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Missing Army Airmen Survive Desert Trek In Sonora
In WELLTON ARIZ. Jan 20 two Army aviators Lieut Col Harry G Bishop and Lieut W A Robertson Jr were found 200 miles south of the border exhausted after four days wandering in Sonora Mexico without food or water. Robertson guided rescuers to Bishop who lay in a Rosario mountains pass. They left San Diego Jan 10 on a flight with a broken propeller and little fuel or water left. They survived by watering from the radiator and rationing two sandwiches and two oranges each. Robertson described misreads of Salton Sea and desert navigation amid north winds as they trekked toward Calexico.
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Wellton
Ariz
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson, Jr
Sonora
Mexico
Robertson
Bishop
Rosario
North Ishin P Aviation Yard
San Diego
Gulf of Calfornia
Tie
iMnough
Lieut. Robertson
Associated Press
Calexico
Mexican
Imperial Valley
Salton Sea
Miygas
Caluxico
Col Bishop
Southern Pacific Railway
Col. Bishop
Days Back Contest of Basel in 43rd Springfield
In the 40th General Assembly the drys plan support for William H. Basel of Astoria who defeated Patrick W. Gallagher of Canton in the 48th district. Basel’s contest is one of six slated before the house elections committee next week. The wets claim a slight edge with five more than the 17 votes needed, while dry supporters prepare to introduce a state-wide prohibition bill as William Jennings Bryan appears in town Tuesday.
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Springfield
Til
General Assembly
William H. Basel
Astoria
Patrick W. Gallagher
Canton
House Elections Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Motor Trucks Leave For Pershing Camp
One hundred seventy empty motor trucks departed from the field base in Columbus New Mexico during the last twelve hours heading to field headquarters in Mexico They will return with excess supplies from camps along the communication line Officials say all officers and enlisted men on furlough are being held here Large tents are being pitched to store supplies and equipment A early movement of the expeditionary forces was predicted here Friday.
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Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Pershing
Funston
Naomis
Fletcher
Mexico City
Carranza
Buildings Bill Approved in House
The omnibus public buildings bill, totaling 38 million dollars for projects nationwide, passed the House 234 to 92. President Wilson has signaled a veto, and the measure faces strong Senate opposition with debate labeling it pork barrel.
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Washington
Jan
Wilson
House
Senate
Clark
Public Buildings Committee
Treasury
Canvass of Vote Shows Unity on Three Items
Mayor Mitchel's committee conducted a canvass of vote results and found unanimity on three major points. The figures reflect broad agreement across factions, signaling cohesive support for the proposed measures.
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Mitchel
Employers Favor Universal Training in National Defense
A New York digest from Mayor Mitchel's committee on national defense, based on 1274 replies, finds strong agreement on three points: need for adequate military preparation, dissatisfaction with the national guard, and support for universal training under federal control. Responses on paid time off for training split: 238 favor universal service with pay and shared defense cost via taxation. 98 oppose universal service but back other prep. 5 advocate other forms with pay. 2a support training with pay but no universal plan. some criticize the volunteer system for draining mature workers from business.
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New York
We National Guard
Mitchel
Committee On National Defense
Lowden Plans 10 Combine Boards
Governor Lowden considers abolishing the state board of arbitration and moving its duties to an expanded state industrial board, increasing members to five with two labor picks, two from employers, and a neutral appointee. The plan aims to create a judicially minded body to settle labor disputes under the workers compensation act, with no compulsory arbitration clause. Discussions included leaders from United Mine Workers of Illinois, Illinois Federation of Labor, and mining officials.
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Springfield
State Board of Arbitration
State Industrial Board
Lowden
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers of Iinois
John Walker
Ullinois Federation of Labor
James Morris
Illinois Mining Board
Victor Olander
State Federation of Labor
Seven Million Fish To State Streams
Illinois state fish commission will distribute seven million fish across lakes and rivers next week. Six million white fish head to Lake Michigan, while eighteen thousand lake trout and 50 thousand each of brook and rainbow trout go to other waters. The stock, raised at Spring Grove Rathery, will be moved in the Timlis fish car recently purchased by the state.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Fish Commission
Lake Michigan
Timois
Spring Grove
Rathery
Refooun
Munitions Explosion In London Reports Loss of Life
London, Jan 20. The War Office released an official notice saying a munitions factory near London exploded and caused considerable loss of life and property damage. Other reports mention limited fighting on the western front in Moldova and minor patrol actions along the British line.
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London
War Office
Ministry of Munitions
Moldavia
Ocna
Trutua
Petrograd
Suchitza
Berlin
von Mackensen
Sereth
Zborow
Galicia
Oppachiasella
Gorizia
Burme
Excess Profits Tax and Inheritance Rates Planned
A tentative draft of the administration revenue bill, to be presented to the Democratic committee, targets excess profits and higher inheritance taxes. It proposes an eight cent tax on corporate profits over eight percent of capitalization, with exemptions for small firms, agriculture, and personal services. The plan also raises inheritance rates from one to 1.5 percent and adds a 14 percent rate on estates over 15 million dollars, plus a treasury bond issue of 259 million.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Coancerne
Kitchin, Rainey and
Hull
Ready for long hike to border
Reports from Washington and border outposts say American punitive expedition forces may begin retreat across northern Chihuahua toward Columbus within 12 hours. Withdrawal operations were reportedly under way at El Valle and San Joaquin, with supplies destined for Juarez held and freight moved to Casas Grandes.
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EL Paso
Tex
Far
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. ML
el Valle
San Joaquin
Colonia Dublan
Casos Grandes-Colonia Dublan
Juarez
Mexico Northwestern
Tuarez
Casas Grandes
The Log of the Radnorshire Describes German Raider Actions
The log notes a German raider recording film of its hunt for Allied merchant ships. It mentions a consort ship with German crew, confinement of Radnorshire crew, and orders to spare passengers on cargo ships. It details sinking of the Radnorshire and two others from January 8 to 10 after choosing cargo and allowing crews to salvage belongings.
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Pernambuco
Radnorshire
E Ckipper
Acre
Beile
Teutonic chiefs gather in Berlin report
London reports that presidents of allied Teutonic parliaments arrived in Berlin for a planned conference. A Vienna meeting of emperors and rulers was said to precede it, with officials signaling discussions on policy rather than war conduct.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Alfred Zimmermann
Vienna
Zeitung Am Mittag
William
Charles
Austria
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Turkey
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Gulf
Menico City
Vera Cruz
Gulf of Mexico
Tampico
England
Basel
Pershing Camp
Industrial Board
Farmer's Profit
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