Seaplane reaches Azores after 15 hour flight
Washington officials report a daring seaplane flight from Trepassy Bay to Horta in 15 hours 18 minutes. Seaplane No 4 landed at Horta at 1 26 GMT with Land sighted at Flores earlier. communications with the torpedo tender Mek Ville occurred before noon. Ensign Fowler and Chief Quartermaster Egar die in Pensacola Bay when their seaplane wrecks.
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Associated Presa
Ponta Delgada
Horta
Azores
Flores
Mek Ville
Washington
Trepassy Bay
Pensacola, Fla
F. M. Fowler
Salem
Mass
Quartermaster Egar
Pensacola Bay
New Powers Granted to Grain Corporation by President Wilson
President Wilson through an executive order dated May 14 directs the food administration grain corporation to rename as The United States Grain Corporation and to raise capital from 150 million to 500 million dollars, per Hoover cable.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
Food Administration Grain Corporation
United States Grain Corporation
Herbert Hoover
New Congress Set For Postwar Session In Washington
Washington May 17 Senate and House prepare to open the first postwar session of Congress with peace and reconstruction tasks ahead. Notable figures include Senators Walsh McCormick Newberry Elkins Edge Harrison and Phipps as new faces join veterans and observers forecast a lengthy session through late summer or fall.
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Washington
D. CC
Senate
House
Congress
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
United States Senate
Walsh
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Middle West
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Navy
Roosevelt
Senator Newberry
Henry Ford
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Byron P. Harrison
Mississippi
L. C Phipps
Colorado
Norway Celebrates 105 Years of Independence Today
A conference of Republican representatives of the Sixty sixth Congress will be held today to plan for the extra session. The eleventh annual exhibition of the National Railway Appliance Association opens today in Chicago as city editors from many newspapers gather for proceedings.
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National Railway Appliances Association
Chi
Chicago
Allies prepared for any emergency says Curzon
Lord Curzon declares at Primrose League that allies stand ready for any emergency if Germany refuses to sign the treaty and no substantial modification of terms will be permitted. Berlin reports a plebiscite plan by the German government if concessions are refused.
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Associated Press
London
Primrose League
Earl Curzon of
Kedleston
House of Lords
Germany
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mittag
Transatlantic seaplanes near Azores as delays continue
Washington reports indicate No. 1 and No. 3 transatlantic seaplanes likely reached the Azores by mid afternoon, after a long wait since morning updates. Officials note they may have steered toward Ponta Delgada rather than joining No. 4 at Horta.
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Washington
No. 1
No. 3
Azores
Ponta Delgada
Horta
No. 4
Navy NC4 Arrives at Horta Off Fayal Azores
Washington reports the navy sea plane NC4 has arrived at Horta Island off Fayal in the Azores. The craft left Trepassy yesterday at o'clock and reached its destination this morning.
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Washington
Navy
Horta Isl
Fayal
Azores
Trepassy
Demonstration Outside American Mission in Hamburg
A mass demonstration occurred outside the American mission headquarters in Hamburg on Thursday May 17. Protesters denounced the terms of peace, according to a Berne despatch to the Exchange Telegraph.
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Hamburg
London
Transatlantic Fliers Reach Two Thirds of Run
With sea good, No 4 leading, the trio of trans Atlantic fliers has completed two thirds of their voyage from Trepassy to the Azores at 8:30 this morning.
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Ponta Deleada
Trepassy
Azores
Alfonso XII Birthday Marks Spain's Calm Amid Tense Debates
Spain observes Alfonso XII's birthday as industrial and political tensions ease. The thirteenth monarch has survived seven assassination attempts and near misses since his accession. He led humanitarian efforts as head of the Prisoners of War Bureau during the late war.
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Spain
Alfonso XII
Alfonso
Victoria
Europe
One Year Ago Today in the War Chapter
May 17 marked Wilson's review of the Red Cross parade in New York City as WWI memory. Reports note mutinies among women and children after the sinking of a Russian transport near Dvinsk, Vilna, with their refusal to proceed to the front.
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Wilson
New York City
Nations Editors Meet Push America Day to Fight Bolshevism
Governors of many states and mayors of numerous cities promise to observe America Day as part of a campaign against Bolshevism following a suggestion from the American Defense Society at the annual convention of the National City Editors Association.
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American Defense Society
Austrians to pay indemnity under peace treaty
Paris on May 17 reports the indemnity clause of the Austrian peace treaty requires a payment one twentieth that demanded from Germany. The sum named is five billion gold marks without bonds.
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Paris
Germany
Italians Press Return of Art Treasures to Rome
Paris on May 17 reports Italians ask that the Austrian treaty include a provision for the return to Rome of numerous art treasures seized by Austria as booty in prior wars.
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Paris
Rome
Austria
Exchange of Credentials Monday in Paris
The Austrian peace delegation will exchange credentials with allied and associated powers on Monday at 3:30 PM in Paris. The ceremony marks the formal start of the peace negotiations and includes representatives from the participating nations.
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Paris
Italy renounces claim to Dodecanese for Greece
Paris May 17 Italy relinquishes its claim to the Dodecanese islands off the Asia Minor coast in favor of Greece. The move ends one of the fiercest disputes before the peace conference.
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Paris
Italy
Dodecanese
Asia Minor
Greece
New York Divisions Lead Allied Advance in France
Washington reports the 77th division of New York National Army made a larger advance in France than any other American unit, with the 2d division second and the 424 Rainbow division third. The New Yorkers advanced seventy and one-half kilometers.
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Washington
77Th
New York National Army
France
Rainbow
New Educational Board to Be Based in Birmingham
The Southern Baptist convention creates an educational board to be located in Birmingham Alabama. Rev J W Glothlin of Louisville Ky named corresponding secretary and executive head.
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Associated Prensa
Atlanta
Educational Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Birmingham
Alabama
J. W. Glothlin
Loutaville
Railroads in oil field may start before private ownership
Fort Worth Texas May 17 rail line extensions to the new Texas oil field are expected to begin before lines revert to private ownership, according to B F Bush regional director.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Ralfl
B. F. Bush
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