Seaplane flight reaches Trepassey on 460 mile leg
American naval seaplanes N. C.-1 and N. C.-3 completed the Rockaway Beach to Halifax coastal leg, covering 460 miles to Trepassey Bay in six and a half hours and six hours fourteen minutes respectively. N. C.-1 arrived first, N. C.-3 later, after repairs. Officials anticipate a trans Atlantic glide to Lisbon next week if conditions hold.
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Trepassey, N. F
N. C
N. C.1
Pln
Lo Bellinger
Greenwich
N. C.3
John H. Towers
Fliet
Greenweed
Halifax
Atlantic
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Newfoundland
ST. Pohns
United States
Montaux Point
England
Wastiington
Trepassro Bay
Amerean Navy
Rockaway
Naval
Navy Department
Trepassey Bay
Halfax
Chatham Light
Mass
Read
Athantic
Towers
Bellinger
Trepasser Bay
Republicans Discuss Senate Organization Plans
Washington May 8 Republicans talked over plans to organize the next senate at several conferences. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts led the discussions with other leaders and a gathering of eight senators. Borah of Idaho announced the eight opposed the election of Penrose as finance chairman and Warren as appropriation chairman. Other attendees included Cummins, Kenyon and McCormick. The group aims to forge a public organization conference.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
California
Lodge
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
Cummins
Kenyon
Iowa
McCormick
Ilinois
Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau Speech Stumbles in Versailles
ARIS May 10 Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau could address the allies from Versailles but feared failing if he stood. His secretary reproached him for remaining seated while speaking, noting the count was master of his voice not his legs.
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Associated Press
ARIS
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Germany
Versailles
Government price fixing ruled illegal by attorney general
An April 1 opinion to Secretary Redfield declares the abandoned price stabilizing plan of the Commerce Department’s Industrial Board unauthorized by law. The AG says it fixed prices among producers and violated anti trust laws, and purchases must be on competitive terms. The ruling follows the board’s controversy with Director Hines and amid postwar policy reaffirmations.
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Washiington
Department of Commerce Industrial Board
Palmer
Redfield
Seretary
Congress
Saneton O
Industrial Board
The
Department of Commerce
Citizens to guard Overland factory in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio on May 11 thousands of business professionals and workers from the Wherry bond selling group will be sworn in as special policemen Monday night to protect the Willys-Overland plant during labor unrest. About 10,000 workers were temporarily laid off after refusing a 48 hour week. Mayor Cornell Schreiber, Liberty Loan workers, and a five member Overland committee conferred with company officials seeking an adjustment. No results were announced after today’s meeting and it adjourned until Monday morning.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Wherry
Willys-Overland Automobile
Liberty Loan
Cornell Schreiber
Schreiber
Overland
Chicago Passes Her Quota By 51 Million
Chicago reports bond subscription totals topping its quota of 189.225 million dollars with a final over-subscription of 51 million as sale continued into the night. The seventh federal reserve district reached 745 million dollars in oversubscription, with full returns to follow.
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Chicago
Dutch to Surrender Kaiser to Allied Powers
The Dutch government has decided to surrender the former German emperor to the allied and associated powers. The Hague dispatch reports the decision as of May 11. London staff notes the move aligns with postwar settlements and requires formal surrender procedures.
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Associated Press
London
Associated
the Hague
Marine Heroes Overseas Will Return in Full
Washington May 11 The marine brigade of the second division in the army of occupation in Germany will be withdrawn from France during the fall Major General Barnett commander of the corps called for volunteers to replace the men now serving with the brigade The navy department issued the statement noting enlistment of discharged marines and soldiers for special limited overseas service These volunteers will replace marines with the fourth brigade and will remain overseas until fall when all marines will be withdrawn They will be discharged upon return Eligible applicants must be physically and otherwise desirable They will be sent overseas from Quantico Virginia within a few weeks
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Washinington
Army of Occupation
Germany
France
Barnett
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Quantico
Naval terms wipe out Austrian navy
Paris May 9 The treaty terms for Austria are stringent and the entire Austrian fleet will be surrendered to the allied powers. Only Danube craft remain with limited use and no disposition yet decided. Italians and Jugoslavs press for representation in ship allotment while the Adriatic focus shapes the dispute.
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Paris
Austria
Germany
Danube
Adriatic
Eighty Billions Price Germany Must Pay For War Folly
Faded scrawled totals show reparations and losses Germany faces after the war. Figures include 80 billion dollars in reparations and vast sums for merchant marine naval, military equipment and colonies. The report notes homeward unit movements from Camp Upton New York as divisions depart for muster out at Camp Grant.
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Germany
Europe
Last Loan Goes Over Top in War Bond Drive
Washington May 11 The fifth and final victory liberty loan oversubscribed with subscriptions totaling 3 849 638 000 at noon Saturday and officials expect final figures near six billions The Chicago district and others reported quotas met or exceeded while several districts including New York Alaska and Hawaii posted strong overages The seventh federal reserve district in Chicago also reported nearing its quota with late subscriptions expected to push the city over the top
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Washington
United States
Victory Liberty Loan
Treasury
Glass
Treasury Department
Liberty Ban Ois
Great Liberty Loan Organization
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Booston
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Alaska
Hawaii
Dallas
Atlanta
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
Eighth District Surpasses Quota in Victory Loan Drive
The Eighth Federal Reserve District, first to reach its third fourth and victory loan quota, reported subscriptions by noon Saturday totaling 198 million 24 thousand 300 dollars or 102 percent of its 195 million quota. The breakdown shows Tennessee at 100 percent, Mississippi at 95 percent, Missouri at 85 percent, and Arkansas at 90 percent.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
Arkansas
Allied flotilla advances on Dvina and Vaga rivers
On May 10 the allied river flotilla launched an offensive along the Dvina and Vaga. The flotilla bombarded Tulyas on the Dvina and Kitzka on the Vaga, signaling initiative against enemy river positions.
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Associated Press
Archangel
Dvina
Vaga
Tulyas
Kitzka
Germans Protest Peace Terms And Allied Replies
The German peace delegation has reviewed the draft treaty and says key promises to the German people cannot be kept and many terms are untenable. Allies reply that terms were drafted with armistice principles and will not accept major changes. A second German letter questions league of nations admission, noting Germany is not invited. Allies say additional members are provided for in the covenant.
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Brockdorff-Rantzau
League of Nations
Germany
Stoned Brockdorff-Rantzau
Berlin
Copenhagen
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Adicatch
Versailles
Clemenceau
Uy Associated Press
Paris
Premier Clemenceau
League
Herr Scheidemann
Wilson
CUMMINS AND PENROSE DISCUSS LEAGUE SCOPE IN WASHINGTON
In Washington on May 11 Senators Penrose and Cummins spoke on the league covenant and the peace treaty. Cummins expressed support for a US Britain France alliance to protect France from unprovoked German attack and noted Shantung transfers. He also said Article 10 remains objectionable and nonamendable.
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Washington
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Cunnings
Cummins
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Shantung Peninsula
League of Nations
League
League To Stop Prohibition Incorporate League
New York May 11 A certificate of incorporation of the Anti Prohibition League to repeal the national prohibition law was granted by Supreme Court Justice Bartow Weeks at New York Saturday. State county and local branches will be formed ahead of the first annual meeting next July. Six directors will run the league until that meeting.
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New York
Anti-Prohibition League
Supreme Court
Bartow
Veterans Of ’98 War Will Not Consolidate
NEW YORK May 11 The United American War Veterans say they will not consolidate with the American Legion. Warren A Fisher commander in chief announced after delegates at the St Louis convention reported dissatisfaction with the convention conduct.
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New York
United American War Veterans
American Legion
Warren A Fisher
Fisher
St. Louis
Soldiers famished on voyage to Italy recount abuse
Canton Ohio May 11 Twenty five members of Company F, 62nd Infantry the only Americans to serve in Italy and recently decorated in New York by Italian representatives filed voluntary affidavits accusing maltreatment. They say they were starved on transport en route to Cattaro Dalmatia Austria fought for scraps from officers tables and were confined for 10 days upon arrival, covered with vermin and barred from bathing in the town.
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Canton
Ohio
6S2nd
Italy
New York
Metalloch
Congress
Cattaro
Dalmatia
Austria
Race riot in Charleston leaves six dead
Associated Press report from Charleston South Carolina details a late night race riot after a sailor was shot in a downtown pool hall. Navy bluejackets and civilians joined the violence, streets were controlled by rioters for hours, trolley cars halted and a King Street barber shop was damaged.
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Wy Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
Naval
Kingstret
Mub
Wilson Expected to Return Home by June Fifteenth
Paris dispatch reports that officials close to President Wilson believe he will return to the United States around mid June. The Temps notes the expected travel and return timing as a major development in ongoing peace diplomacy and domestic coverage.
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Wilson
Paris
Temps
United States
Germany objects to peace terms as drafted at Versailles
Berlin notes to Clemenceau claim the treaty draft bears demands none of the German people could bear. Allies reply firm denying discussion of terms as drafted. German notes also cited on league of nations and verbal negotiations with Wilson to direct replies.
Milwaukee Railroad Waits On U S Money
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway reports for 1918 show government guarantees of 27.946 million but only 6.241 million received and a floating debt of 16.769 million. President R M Calkins says dividends on preferred stock, unpaid since September 1917, may be paid if unfunded debts are covered and working capital is secured.
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New York
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
R. M. Calkins
No Outbreaks in China Dispatch From Tokyo Report
A Tokyo dispatch relayed to Washington states Poklo and Peking were experiencing frequent disturbances at sea. The report mentions American cloak and aviit cal as part of terse wartime notes, with uncertain figures and a terse alignment.
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Washington
Morris
Tokio
State Department
Poklo
Peking
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Secretary of Interior
Chicago Victory
Marine Heroes Overseas
Camp Upton
N. Y
12Th Engineers
168Th Infantry
H5th Machine Gun Battalion
Camp Grant
Eighth
Incorporate League To
Charleston Rigt
South Carolina
Havas
Milwaukee Railroad
U. S
China
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