War Dept redeploys guardsmen from border duty to muster out
The War Department stated that about twenty five thousand guardsmen from twenty five states and the District of Columbia will be withdrawn from border service and mustered out as transportation can be provided. Funston selected units long on border service for return, with several states and districts listed for departure. At Camp Wilson the Twelfth Division will lose nearly 3500 troops including Second Wisconsin, Third Illinois, and First Minnesota infantry, breaking up brigade structures.
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Nebraska
Signal Corps
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First Infantry
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Ohio
Oklahoma
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South Dakota
Utah
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Virginia
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Wilson Sets Out Case For a League Of Nations
President Wilson addresses the Senate on joining a world league to secure peace after the war. He argues a permanent peace requires a concert of power and urges clarifying conditions for U S adherence to a league for peace. Senators react with cautious praise and Republican opposition.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
United States
America
Washington
Madison
Adams
LaFollette
Boxe
Cold Wave Grips Texas Panhandle to Coast
The cold wave plunges temperatures across the region from San Antonio to the Panhandle with rain on the Gulf Coast and as far as Dallas snow. San Antonio could see around 24 degrees Monday night while Moorhead Minnesota hits 26 below zero. moisture ends with clearing, cold days ahead.
Northwest Digging Out After Snow Storm
St Paul and the northwest struggle to recover from one of the heaviest storms in twenty years. Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas report two to 17 inches of snow with winds up to 42 miles per hour creating deep drifts. Rail traffic faces cancellations and widespread delays as temperatures fall and trains remain stalled.
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Minn
Northwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
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North Dakota
South Dakota
Ten Below Coldest Winter Weather Grips Denver
Denver residents faced the coldest weather of the winter as a dropping thermometer showed ten degrees below zero at 7 o clock. The frigid air blanketed the city and influenced daily life as residents bundled up to cope with the chill.
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Denver
Colo
Night combat with Marines in Dominican Republic fatality
Washington dispatch reports a night fight near the Porvenir sugar plantation outside Macoris between American marines and native bandits. Private J. R. Olson of the Fiftieth Company was killed and Corporal George Wilson of the Fifty second Company wounded in the neck during efforts to disarm natives and establish the American led government. Losses among natives were not stated.
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Washington, D. C
Dominican Republic
Navy Department
Knapp
Porvenir
Macoris
J. R. Olson
Fiftieth Company
George Wilson
British 10 Lease Greek Merchantmen in War Measure
Athens reports the cabinet considered leasing Greek merchant ships to support food supply. Greece to retain enough tonnage, with coal and insurance cited as barriers. ships to be chartered for wartime plus six months, at thirty shillings per ton monthly and insurance of 30 to 40 pounds per ton.
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Athens
London
Greece
Peloponesus
The
Times
England
Explosion Rocks Dubuque in Meteor Account
Du buque Iowa residents were jolted at 1 10 this morning by a blast believed caused by a meteor. The event shook the city and surrounding area as authorities investigate the unusual occurrence.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Vicinity
Glasgow Asked About Citizens Amid War Prisons
Rio de Janeiro cable reports the British cruiser Glasgow sank a German merchant raider 130 miles off Para. American inquiries to Germany seek if any Americans were among 103 neutral sailors captured with the German prize Yarrowdale. No official confirmation yet.
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la Prenda
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
Glasgow
Para
Washington, D. C
Germany
State Department
Brazil Dispatches Scouting Cruise for Northern Coast
Brazil plans to deploy the scout cruiser Rio Grande do Sul to cruise between Port Natal and Fernando Da Noronha and watch the northern coast. About 100 sailors from the interned German gunboat Eber are said to have boarded the Swedish steamer St Croix. Hohenstaufen and Caproca prepare to sail.
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Minister of Marine
Pernamabco
Maranhoa
de Odoro
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Port Natal
Fernando da Noronha
Anetida
Eber
Bahia
St. Croix
Hohenstaufen
Caproca
Anetcia
Edinburgh Castle
Ahrich
Sheppard Urges Full Funding for Children’s Bureau
Senator Sheppard spoke in the Senate urging Congress to fund the children’s bureau of the Department of Labor at $352,000 for the coming year. He criticized the appropriations committee plan to cut the amount in half and urged continued support for the bureau’s work.
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Senate
Bureau of Labor Department
Washington, D. C
Sheppard
Congress
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Appropriations Committee
Storm causes wreck injures four in snowbound crash
Four men were killed and one fatally injured when a Michigan Central eastbound train hit a car seven miles east of Jackson, Michigan, at 7:30 am after a blinding snow storm reduced visibility. The driver did not see the train.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Weather Forecasts From The Light Across Major Cities
Forecasts show.St Louis 14 degrees clear with a northwest wind 4 miles per hour and the day's low. Chicago 16 degrees clear with a west wind 12 mph and the low of the day. Milwaukee 6 degrees clear with northwest wind 16 mph and continued cold. St Paul 12 below zero clear with northwest wind 14 mph and continued cold. Kansas City 4 degrees clear with northwest wind 24 mph and the low of the day. New York 38 degrees cloudy with southwest wind 24 mph and rain or snow and colder. Washington 52 degrees cloudy with southwest wind 10 mph and rain and colder. All report the lowest temperature in the last 24 hours.
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New York
Washington
Trains Delayed Across Midwestern Lines After Snowstorm
Railroads centered in Omaha report considerable delay today after last night's snow and windstorm. The storm has subsided but a brisk wind and low temperatures persist, with Sioux Falls, South Dakota, also recording the cold front.
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Mother Slays Children in Oklahoma Farm Ravine
Mountain View reports Mrs. J. W. Worrell, 46, killed herself and three children by poison in cough syrup on a farm. She led the children to a ravine, prayed, gave them the drink, then drank some herself.
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Hobart
Okla
Mountain View
J. W. Worrell
German Official Sentenced in U S Neutrality Case
Franz Bopp former consul general of Germany was sentenced to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine in San Francisco for conspiring to violate U S neutrality and hinder war munitions shipments. E H von Schack former vice consul received identical sentences.
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Franz Bopp
Germany
William P. Hunt
United State District Court
United States
E. H. von Schack
Morgan Financial Secrets Secured
The German embassy in Washington was informed of J. P. Morgan & Co. activities via an alleged compact between a Morgan employee and a Washington lawyer ally of Ambassador von Bernstorff. The disclosure appears in a court brief filed for William J. Burns and Martin Egan, accused as tappers of private telephone wires.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
von Bernstorff
William J. Burns
Martin Egan
Wilson's plan to visit Capitol offices thrice weekly
President Wilson begins a new practice of visiting the Capitol two to three times weekly to press Congress on his legislative program, especially the railroad strike restriction bill. Steering committee debates longer sessions and possible night talks as Congress weighs action before March 4 to avoid an extra session.
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Wilson
Capitol
Senate
House
Congress
Representative Rainey of
Illlinois
Ransdell
Underwood
White House
English potatoes compete with Chicago market
Sol Westerfield former president of the National Grocers' Association notes high Chicago potato prices have drawn shipments from England to battle American grown stock. He cites bills of lading as evidence of England’s entry into Illinois Wisconsin and other western markets.
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Ill
England
Sol Westerfield
National
Grocers’ Association
Warstricken
Illinois
Wisconsin
Westerfield
Germans Attack at Verdun on Meuse Front
Paris reports two German assaults on the Verdun front on the right bank of the Meuse last night. The official statement says the Germans were driven back each time by French fire.
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Paris
Meuse
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