Hawker and Grieve Rescue After Atlantic Jump Attempt
British aviator Harry Hawker and Lieutenant Commander MacKenzie Grieve were rescued at sea near Scotland after a failed transatlantic attempt from St Johns Newfoundland. They boarded the steamship Mary and were taken to Thurso, in good health, while reports note the Sopwith airplane was not salvaged and a torpedo destroyer hurried to aid. The incident prompted widespread public interest and statements from the admiralty.
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Saar Basin Note Dominates Talks and Rejections
Patis May 23 reports most Allied powers reject Germany's Saar proposals with one minor concession. Aims to fund reparations via Germany's assets. if not paid within a year, the League of Nations directs payment. Also coverage of Calgary and Edmonton labor actions, war updates, and Hawker family notes.
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Teutons Paris Note on Responsibilities in Belgium Relayed
Count von Thrackblutt Ranlam’s note replies to the German note about responsibilities. Brockdorff Riemann argues Germany seeks only reparations for violation of Belgian neutrality and asserts all powers share responsibility for the war’s material damage caused by Allied and German actions.
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J Cowit von Brockdorff Riamtzaw
Germany
Belgiii
Germans to answer Tuesday in Spa peace talks
Berlin reports cabinet and Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau close to agreement on German proposals after Spa conference. Delegates including Scheldemann Erzberger and von Herstorff returned as factions claim progress toward a final note. Official statement says major points resolved, with a German reply expected by Tuesday.
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Seaplane Held at Ponta Delgada Weather Delays Route
May 25 Ponta Delgada AP The seaplane NC H is held due to three hours of unfavorable wind and rain over the coast. Strong northwest winds and occasional rain expected tonight and Monday. The craft remains secured behind the breakwater with a steamer launch guarding.
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German Demand For Army Cut Could Hit 200000
An unimpeachable source reports Germany proposing a reduced army size from 850000 to 200000 within three months, with further cuts by year end. The pact aims to ease peace terms and move toward a broader settlement, despite internal opposition and frontier security concerns.
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Spectator railroad rates aid church conferees in Gall Lake
News in Brief notes railroad rate grants for General Conference of Latter Day Saints to be held in Gall Lake starting in June. Memorial services for veterans of the Spanish American and World Wars were held at What Presbyterian Church with Rev. I Chiver delivering a sermon on loyalty. In a separate police action near Taniberker yard in Rak Lake, Thomas D. Linker and his wife Manda D Anker, formerly of Ogden, were arrested by Salt Lake police in connection with the murder of Joseph Yrlege of Paleview near January 13.
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Linker
Inmate Linker Sparks Stir After 1917 Fatal Fall Incident
Fragmentary report notes Linker caused a stir in the city about thirteen months ago by taking a gun from Officer W Richardson as she tried to arrest him. It mentions his wife once being married to Nert Warner, who died in a 1917 fall.
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French aviator’s Atlantic flight halted in Morocco
Lieutenant Roget, a French aviator, began a trans Atlantic attempt from Paris via Dakar to Brazil. He landed hard near Kenira Morocco after a first leg misadventure. damage to his plane forces abandonment of the flight. Captain Coll accompanied him as passenger, with repairs uncertain.
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Aviation unit sails from Rabat to ports after repairs
Lieutenant Roy reports the air group crossed the Mediterranean with minor damage and will travel by steamer due to unrepaired aircraft. The crew, arriving by night in Rabat, topped a new distance record, surpassing a prior 180-kilometer flight.
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Taget
Azores
Austrian Treaty Completed by Council of Four
Paris reports the Council of Four completed the Austrian peace treaty with major terms set and only a few clauses and details still under negotiation. The conference continues as leaders discuss delays and the broader peace aims and open diplomacy.
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Second Week of New Congress Faces Key Action
Washington May 26 Congress enters a second week with leaders shaping the pill panic in legislation and opening work on committees. The House moves swiftly on appropriations with a 415 million Trollan bill expected to pass, followed by an 781 million agriculture measure. Investigations into war era policy continue in a House panel. Memorial Day services are planned for Friday at the Capitol.
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Leaps 200 Feet Touts Death in Air Mail Flight
May 23 witnesses report Frank McCusker of New York, pilot of a mail plane, leaped 200 feet to his death after declaring an attempt to set a Chicago record. The crash site and exact cause remain undetermined. he died en route to hospital with fatal neck injuries.
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Frank McCusker
York
McCuster
Allne Mail
Troops 19 Miles West of Petrograd Reported
A World War I dispatch notes troops advancing toward Petrograd, with reports indicating forces now 19 miles west of the city. The item cites weather and supply conditions affecting movement, reflecting tense strategic developments from the front.
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Bolshevik Armistice Offer Mentioned in Moscow Dispatch
A Helsinginfors newspaper quotes a Moscow dispatch reporting that Nikolai Lanine the Bolshevik leader offered an armistice to Admiral Kolchak commander of opposing forces to consider peace terms. Hothonians reportedly captured Peterhof, 19 miles west of Petrograd.
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Moscow
Nikolai Lanine
Molshevik
Kolchak
Swiss to Exchange Cattle for German Coal Deal
Berne May 2 Swiss and German negotiators plan a commercial convention to swap Swiss cattle and produce for German coal. Switzerland will begin exchanging cattle and produce for coal while talks widen to would buy a German colliery near Bachwam.
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Associated Press
Germany
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Seven Years Suffering Ends With Pinkham Remedy
A Philadelphia woman recalls seven years of backache and irregularities improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with relief and renewed health and urges others with displacement, inflammation, or headaches to try it, noting the company offers guidance.
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