Austrian Chancellor Renner Arrives for Peace Delegation
Karl Renner head of the Austrian peace delegation visits St Germain near Paris to meet Allied powers and discuss terms. Delegates travel under military escort amid cautious crowds, with some unrest over German attendance and internal discord on potential annexation. Slatin Pasha notes his neutral status, signaling factions within the Austrian group.
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Associated Press
Paris
Karl Renner
St. Germain
Associated
Iaa
M.chaleil
Seine
Versailles
Renner
Slatin Pasha
Austrian Red Cross
Germany
Local law action blanks out illicit operation
Police teams encountered a hidden still as they raided an illicit operation. Officers destroyed the equipment and removed the hazardous setup, ending the breach without injuries reported.
Peace Conference Notes From St Germain Arrive In France
Associated Press reports Austrian delegates arrive near Paris at St Germain to await the peace congress. German protests over reparations and territorial terms continue as the council of four handles notes. Czech, Polish, Italian actions and naval disputes surface as delegates from Britain France America Italy and Japan assign observers and discuss tonnage and Dalmatian coast fortifications.
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Associated Press
St. Germain
Paris
Versailles
Council of Four
Poland
Germany
Dalmatian
Customs Employes Call for Higher Pay in National Meet
Federal customs collectors and appraisers from across the nation meet in New York to press for substantial wage increases. Williams G. McAdoo recalls government railroad control, noting workers earned as little as $57 a month, and argues higher pay is needed to lift the customs service.
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Associated Press
New York
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Customs Service
McAdoo
America
Centrol
Cleveland to Chicago daily mail service begins soon
Postmaster William J Murphy announced the daily mail service between Cleveland and Chicago will start tomorrow with deliveries at 8 o clock. Airplane mail runs are planned for 9 30 and 0 clocks, with arrival times around 2 p m.
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Cleveland
Chicago
William’ J. Murphy
Aerial Mail Link Sparks Victoria Vancouver Flight
From Victoria to Vancouver the first aerial mail flight carried messages in 45 minutes with the return trip taking one hour eight minutes. The historic service connected Victoria and Vancouver, signaling a new era of rapid air correspondence between the cities.
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Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Metall
Protestant Episcopal prelates visit Vatican for church union talks
Three prelates of the Protestant Episcopal Church headed by Right Rev Boyd Vincent bishop of Southern Ohio Right Rev Charles P Henderson bishop of Chicago and Right Rev Reginald Heber Weller of Fond du Lac Wisconsin with Rev Edward L Parsons of Berkeley were received by Monsignor Cerretti at the Vatican They discussed their Greece Constantinople Bulgaria Romania and Serbia tour related to plans for a world conference of churches to promote Christian unity
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Associated Press
Rome
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Boyd Vincent
Ohio
Charles P. Derson
Chicago
German prince attacks Wilson over Versailles peace plan
Zurich May 13 report in Neue Zeitung quotes Prince Alexander Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst denouncing President Wilson and his so-called peace treaty the tragedy of Versailles. The exchange centers on Allied aims and the fate of postwar settlement.
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Zurich
Alexander Hohenlohe- Schillingsfurst
Neue Zeitung
Wilson
Versailles
Cummins Named President Pro Tem In Senate Shakeup
Republican senators in conference dated May 14 named Borah James Cummins Iowa as president pro tem. They elected Lodge as floor leader Curtis as whip and Wadsworth as conference secretary. Penrose and Warren to face opposition for finance and appropriations chairs. Committee on committees to set assignments with Brandegee chairing. Plan calls for nine member steering committee led by Lodge with McCumber among appointees.
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Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Warren
Wyoming
Borah
James Cummins
Cummins
Iowa
Idaho
Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Wadsworth
New York
George A. Sanderson
Chicago
David Barry
Providence
R. L
Ludge
Senator Lodge
Brandegee
Connecticut
McCumber
North’ Dakoty
Edith Cavell's Body Rests On Britain's Soil
The body of Edith Cavell, the English nurse executed at Brussels by the Germans, arrived from Ostend and rests tonight in a chapel at Dover. It will go to London tomorrow for a Westminster Abbey memorial service. Naval and military officers greeted the coffin at the pier as a procession passed through crowded streets with war service women marching in the lead.
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Associated Press
Dover
Edith Cavell
Brussels
Ostend
London
Westminster Abbey
36 Young Jews Killed in Pinsk
Stockholm reports on a Jewish press bureau notice citing the Pinsk inquiry commission findings that 36 youths in Pinsk, not tied to Bolshevik activity, were killed. A London dispatch earlier claimed eight Jews were killed in disturbances at Pinsk per the Copenhagen Zionist bureau.
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Pinsk
Associated Press
Stockholm
Jewish Press Bureau
Inquiry Commission
Russia
London
The
Zionist Association
Copenhagen
Dallas to Boston Flight Begun From Dallas
Lieutenant Jack Duke flew from Dallas at 2 25 p m in a De Havilland Liberty plane bound for Oklahoma City as the lead of a planned Dallas to Boston flight. Six other flyers are expected to depart tomorrow to join Duke in Oklahoma City.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Jack Duke
Oklahoma City
Boston
Tomorow
Duke
First light flight over Sierra Nevada by Fetters
Lieutenant J M Fetters piloted a Curtiss plane from Ogden Utah to Mather Field Sacramento in 14 hours 45 minutes. He crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains after dark in the first light flight ever over these mountains.
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Mather Field
Sacramento
Cal
J. M. Fetters
Ogden
Utah
Mather Aviation Field
Fetters
Sierra
Nevada
Navy seaplanes prepare cross Atlantic from Trepassey Bay
Washington reports that NC-1 NC-3 and possibly NC-5 seaplanes will attempt the cross Atlantic within 24 hours. From Montauk Point NC-5 aims for St Johns while NC-4 encounters engine trouble near Halifax. The voyage seeks Azores weather favorable conditions and an official decision will follow commander’s report.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
Navy Department
Trepassey Bay
New Foundland
Azores
Montauk Point
Long Isla
Halifax
St. Johns
Dirigible C-5 Sighted Abeam Liscomb Nova Scotia
A wireless message from the steamer Lady Lariier to the Canadian Marine Department reports the dirigible C-5 was sighted at 7 40 tonight abeam Liscomb east of Nova Scotia off Halifax.
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Halifax
Liscomb
Nova Scotia
Lady la Rier
Canadian Marine
Seaplane Transmitters Aid In-Flight Communication System
Washington report describes dual transmitters on seaplanes. One deck mounted unit with a stream line generator drives a pneumatic transmitter for shore and ship contact up to 78 miles, 260 nautical. A second unit for plane to plane ops uses telephone radio telegraphy up to 200 miles, powered by six storage batteries.
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Washington
Th Peller
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