Funston Ordered to Send 25,000 Militiamen Home
War Department orders withdraw Pershing expedition as soon as recalled. 25,000 border troops to return home while about 50,000 state guardsmen remain on duty on the border. Ambitious plan to shift forces to ease border tensions pending diplomatic moves with Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexog
War Department
Funston
Quia
Pershing
Department
Energy Furnton
Rathina
State Department
Henry EB. Fletch
Rto
Mexico City
United Sates
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sem
Houston
Trderick Funston
Southern Department
Baker
Sinston
War Department To Probe Flight Of Lost Aviators
The aero Nene flight of Lieutenant-Colonel Bisken and Lieutenant Robertson from the North Island base near San Diego is under War Department investigation. They reportedly flew into Mexican territory without authorization and faced possible court martial. Major General Bell holds the case.
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Washington
Bisken
Robertson
Ie Army
Sonor
Mexico
War Department
North Island
San Diego
Signal Corps
Bell
Esern
Posses
Wilson Honors Lee and Jackson at Chamber of Commerce
In Wilson on January 20 the Chamber of Commerce hosted a gathering under the Durham Daughters of the Confederacy to honor Lee and Jackson. Judge H. G. Connor and Hon. F. D. Swint spoke as Mrs. Walter B. Woodard led the event with a reception following the program.
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Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
John WW
Durham
Cnfederacy
Leeing Jackson
Deaker
H. (. Connor
F. D. Swint
Explosion at Berlin Spandau munitions lab kills ten
Berlin dispatch reports a blast in a Spandau munitions laboratory killing ten and wounding twenty. The explosion was received via Berlin and London press cables with authorities investigating the cause.
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London
Berlin
Aman
STOR
Spandau
Red Hot School Board Battle Shocks Raleigh
In Raleigh North Carolina the school board election issue dominates as insurgent Democrats push for popular elections. Senate leaders including Brenizer Burwin and Turner debate policy while Republicans brace for a potential state wide shift.
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Dispatch
Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Henry Page
Henry
Page
Bickett
Brenizer
Person
Burwin
MacNider
Jonas
Pollock
Charlotte
Burgwin
Bertie County
Lincoln
Turner
Iredell
Senator Long
Alamance
Fultz Denounces Magnates as Players Stand Firm
David J. Fultz, organizer and president of the Base Ball Players Fraternity, says players will not be swayed by Tener Johnson and other big league magnates urging arbitration. He notes the petition to the National Commission seeks revisions in game customs and that major league changes were tabled without a hearing.
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New York
David J. Fultz
Tener and Johnson
Baseball Players’ Fraternity
National Commission
Supreme Court of Baseball
National Board
Fultz
Cross Takes Count in 10 Rounds at Clermont Club
New York January 20. Soldier Bart Field defeated Marty Cross in a ten round bout at the Clermont Sporting Club in Brooklyn tonight.
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New York
Bartfield
Marty Cross
Clermont Sporting Club
Brooklyn
Status of Americans among German prisoner raid victims
State Department sought confirmation from Ambassador Gerard in Berlin on the status of American citizens among prisoners taken by German armed raiders. Americans held as prisoners of war were aboard the Yarrowdale and other vessels, with expectations of prompt release. Diplomatic circles viewed the raid as a temporary incident with likely resolution and no major relapse in German American tensions.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gerard
Berlin
State Department
Germany
United States
Pernambuco
St. Theodore
Moewe
Western storm forecast brings snow north rain south
Washington reports weather indications that a western storm will bring overcast skies with possible snow in the north and rain in the south east of the Mississippi over the next 48 hours. The forecast covers both northern and southern states with a focus on unsettled conditions.
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Washington
Mississippi River
House rules committee launches probe into Wall Street leak
Washington January 20 The House rules committee moves the investigation from Washington to New York to hear Wall Street testimony on alleged secret government and international matters leaks. Special counsel Sherman L Whipple to conduct the probe as subpoenas name J P Morgan and other finance leaders. The NY Stock Exchange records are to be preserved during market activity tied to the leaks.
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Washingston
D. C
Wall Street
House Rules Committee
Hearthstone of
High Finance
Ruth Thomason Visconti
Thomas W. Lawson
White House
Metropolis
New York Custom House
Sherman L. Whipple
Boston
New York
Stock Exchange
J. P. Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
H. P. Davison
Sol Wexter
J. §. Bache
Malcolm McAdoo
Steward G. Gibbony
Bernard M. Baruch
Pliny Fisk
Archibald S. White
Arthur Lipper
Co. D. Barney & Co
Donald MacDonald
Boston Financial News
James Reilly
Wall Street Journal
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
The
Prizes and Politics Highlight Dispatch Vote Drive
The Dispatch promotes a prize giveaway including an Overland automobile a Ford car a Carolina Beach lot and gold wrist watches with multiple items listed. The piece quotes Benjamin Franklin then urges readers to boost subscriptions and votes while predicting late surprises as January 29 nears. It emphasizes organization and energetic effort as key to winning.
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Ford Automobile
Carolina Beach
O. K
United
Admiral Dewey Laid To Rest In Arlington Mausoleum
Washington honors Admiral George Dewey with solemn national funeral rites at Arlington Cemetery. President Wilson leads chieftains of government in the procession as navy men guard the bier, and a muffled bugle ends with tears as three volleys and taps close the service.
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Washington, D. C
Arlington Cemetery
George Dewey
Virginia Hills
Potomac
Washington
Capitol
White House
Washington Monument
Virginia
Charles Mitchell
Olympia
Dewey
Manila Bay
J. B. Frazier
Navy
Maine
Arlington
Havana Harbor
Schley
Sampson
Benjamin P. Lamberton
Joseph P. Coghlan
Raleigh
Roland Cotton Smith
St. John’s Church
Episcopal Church
John B. Fraizier
Raemaekers predicts German attack on Holland
Dutch cartoonist Louis Raemaekers tells the Weekly Dispatch that Germany will strike Holland soon and that the next weeks will be among the most anxious in Holland Denmark and Switzerland with Holland seen as the likely first victim and main supplier of Germany.
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London
Germany
Holland
Louis Raemaekers
Dispatch
Denmark
Switzerland
Allied Shippers Cange Contracts Over German Raider
Allied ship owners in Rio Janeiro report indefinite cancellations as they chase the unidentified German raider. Refugees describe the vessel with one man submarines and black paint. authorities search off the east coast while diplomats note a plan to avoid passenger ships.
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Rio Janeiro
South Atlantic
Pequeno
Pernambuco
Atlantic
Washington
Wilsonite May Get U. S. Army Office
Arch A. Farmer of Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Farmer, has passed the examination for provisional appointment as second lieutenant in the United States Army. He is an A. and M. College graduate who captained the state college baseball team in 1913 1914.
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Wilson
N. C
Arch A. Farmer
Chas. P. Farmer
War Department
United States Army
Young Farmer
A. & M. College
Reverend Davis Fractures Arm Cranking Auto
The Rev. W. R. Davis pastor of East Lumberton Baptist church fractured his right arm while cranking his car in Lumberton North Carolina. He drove to church with one hand, preached his sermon and only learned his arm was broken after seeking medical attention on his return.
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Dispatch
Lumberton
N. C
W. R. Davis
East Lumberton Baptist Church
British Battleship Cornwallis Sunk by German U-boat
Desperate fighting and German attacks are reported after a German submarine sank the British battleship Cornwallis on January 8 southeast of Malta. Lieutenant Captain Hartwig commanded the U-boat and managed a torpedo despite British light sea forces defending the area.
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Romania
Petrograd
Sereth
Forkshani
Paris
Lassigny
Oise
Carso
Berlin
Nanesti
Carpathians
Suchiten
Sayville
Malta
Hartwig
German War Office Reports Little Front Activity
Berlin via Sayville says in a night statement that on the west front there were no important events. The brief note gives no new combat details or tactical developments.
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Berlin
Sayville
German War Office
West Front
Swiss Reservists in United States Recalled
Washington reports that all Swiss reservists in the United States are recalled for mobilization on January 24. Minister Dr Paul Ritter said the move aims to relieve two mobilized Swiss army corps and denied any anticipated hostilities involving belligerents. He noted no hostile move is implied and emphasized orderly recall.
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Washington
Paul Ritter
Ritter
Army of
Switzerland
London Explosion Claims Dozens at East London Plant
A blast at a munitions factory in east London last night killed between 30 and 40 people and injured about 100. Three rows of houses were demolished as five buildings were destroyed when explosives in the plant detonated amid a fire. Chief chemist Dr Angell perished while trying to help workers and fight the blaze.
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London
Angell
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