Navy Blimp C-4 Drifts Out to Sea in Gale Over Atlantic
At St Johns Newfoundland May 16 a US Navy dirigible burst from its moorings in a gale and swept out to sea. Sailors battled to save it. Lieut Little leaped 25 feet to escape as the craft deflated. Edwards pursued, while NC-1 NC-2 NC-3 seaplanes started toward the Azores but returned to Trepassey after fuel issues.
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St. Johns
N. F
United States Navy
Montauk Point
Edwards
Ocean
Charles G. Little
Newburyport
Mass
Chicago
Lieutenant Little
Quididdi Basin
Emery W. Coil
Navy Department
Azores
Trepassey
N.F
NCR
Newfoundland
Prairie
Aroostook
Hisko
NCS
NC4
Halifax
Reds to sue for 300 million dollars
Washington reports the segment notes that the Reds prepare a lawsuit seeking 300 million dollars. Details on the plaintiff and defendants are not fully clear in the fragment. The action appears to involve a major financial claim in federal or state court.
Suit filed to recover $300 million in Russian assets
The Soviet Tussia based in New York notifies the state department of a United States suit to establish possession rights in about $150 million of Russian property in the U S and related $150 million of accounts. Defendants are the Bahkmetief group, arriving in August 1917 as Kerensky government agents. The funds represent U S credits to Kerensky for Russia to fight alongside democracy against Germany.
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Tives
New York
State Department
United States
Bahkmetief Group
Kerensky
Russia
Germany
YankS Sail On Imperator To Return To America
The liner Imperator under the armistice agreement sailed from Brest for America. On board were 1,100 first class and 2,200 second class passengers, including the 34th Infantry and the 17th Infantry Brigade headquarters, evacuation ambulance company No 11, along with 10 women nurses, Y M C A workers and soldiers brides.
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Brest
Imperator
United States
Germany
America
34Th Infantry
17Th Infantry
Five decorated at Grant Camp Grant II
May 16 at Camp Grant II Maj Gen Willard H Holbrook pinned awards on five overseas veterans during a ceremony before thousands. Distinguished Service Cross recipients were Lieut Harry K B Liggett Freeport Alabama and Sgt Noland W Ray Salen Tl, Croix de Guerre recipients were Sgt Ray C Rolain Rhinelander Wis Corp George W Carlson Main City Minn and Corp Reuben J Cain Rhinelander Wis.
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Camp Grant
Soliers
Wilard H. Holbrook
Fourteenth Infantry
Lient
Harry KB. Liggett
Freeport
Sergt
Noland W. Ray
Salen
Bonar Law accuses Dunne aides of aiding rebels
London May 16 Andrew Bonar Law said Premier Lloyd George asked Edward F Dunne Frank P Walsh and Michael Fr Ryan to visit him. The invitation was withdrawn as the premier would receive Americans but not those who intervene in Irish politics or rebellious movements. Dunne declined to comment on the decision or any advice received.
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Ireland
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Lievd George
Edward F. Dunne
Frank P. Walsh
Michael Fr. Ryan
United States
America
Bonar Law
Dunne
Lloyd George
Bandits Rob Illinois Bank In Calumet Region
Bandits seized a large haul from the First National Bank of Delton in the Calumet region near Chicago. The loot totaled 30,000 in Liberty bonds 20,000 in certificates of indebtedness and 10,000 in cash with virtually all bank valuables taken per cashier Horace Holmes.
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Chicago
First National Bank of
Delton
Horace Holmes
Dalton
Calumet
Hammond
Austria Placed Under Armament Dismantling Terms
Paris May 16 The Austrian peace terms likely to be handed to the Austrian delegation Wednesday call for dismantling key armament plants including the Skoda works. The four power council discussed military terms similar to the German treaty and debated Fiume with Italian and American officials. Hungary’s nonresponse may delay Austrian negotiations as overlapping issues complicate allied decisions.
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Paris
Skoda
Council of Four
Trumbitch
E. M. House
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Fiume
Clemenceau
Orlando
Sonnino
Seme
France
Austria
Hungary
Philip C. Brown
Vienna
Budapest
Clemenceau says Allies back social reforms after war trials
M. Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, states allied governments are satisfied with decisions that address the German delegate’s concern for social justice and promise reforms workers deserve after the world’s five year trial.
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Clemenceau
Gations M. Clemenceau
England Pays Tribute to Heroine in Public Funeral
Port Washington May 16 1915 enraged lover shoots slain girl and two others then flees as crowds honor Edith Cavell at Westminster Abbey in a memorial service attended by high officials and foreign representatives with King George’s envoy present.
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Edith Cavell
Westminster Abbey
Port Washington
Ray Schwartz
Chicago
Amelia Barry
Frederick Yerkes
Marie Barry
Albert Ratz
Schwarty
London
England
Brussels
Norwich
the Abbey
George
Earl of Athlone
Queen Mary
Westminster
Sullivan
Edith Cavell Funeral Held at Norwich Cathedral
The coffin bore Edith Cavell’s inscription born 1865 died 1915. Final ceremonies moved from Norwich to the cathedral on a gun carriage. The funeral, titled for a nurse who gave her life for countrymen, included the graveside service led by the bishop and the hymn Abide With Me.
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Edith Cavell
Norwich
Miss Cavell
Italy May Deal With Jugoslavs Amid Mediation Talks
Italy considers approaching Jugoslavs for a settlement as American mediation moves toward Paris. Officials weigh Paris talks as the next step in resolving regional tensions and border questions.
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Italy
Jugoslavs
Three Liebknecht and Luxemburg murder defendants convicted
Berlin reports three of the accused in the Liebknecht Luxemburg murder case during Spartacist disorders last winter were convicted by the court martial. Hussar Runge received two years in prison and four years of civil rights deprivation. Lieut Kurt Vogel got two years and four months under arrest with dismissal from service. Lieutenant Rittman drew six weeks under arrest. The remaining defendants were acquitted.
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Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxembourg
Hussar
Runge
Kurt Vogel
Rittman
Fosdick to Represent U S on League Council
Raymond R. Fosdick a New York lawyer and former chairman of the War Training Camp Activities Commission will be the American representative on the council of the League of Nations when it is organized. The appointment was learned officially.
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New York
Washington
Raymond RB. Fosdick
Commission
League of Nations
Page goes back to Rome but makes no Fiume progress
Paris report states Ambassador Page returns to Rome and admits no progress on the Fiume settlement. He vows to publish the compromise plan submitted to the Big Four after its presentation. Also notes a separate suit in New York where Harriet Pullman Carolan sues St Regis for 30000 over stolen jewels from December.
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U. S
Fiume
Paris
Page
Rome
Sues Hotel
New York
St. Regis
Harriet Pullman Carolan
San Francisco
George Pullman
Attack on strike breakers en route to plant in Winona
Strike sym pathizers attacked automobile loads of strike breakers heading to the Interstate Packing company plant in Winona injuring several. Stones were thrown and fighting broke out as the procession moved through the area on May 16.
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Winona
Minn
Interstate Packing Company
Kolchak Forces Capture Samara on the Volga
News from Bern reports that Admiral Kolchak's troops have captured Samara, an important Volga city, according to the Ukrainian press bureau citing a well informed source.
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Kolchak
Samara
Volga River
Bern
Switzerland
Wilson assigns concise message for special session
Paris May 16 President Wilson informs cable companies his message to the upcoming special session of congress will be brief only a few hundred words allowing immediate cable transmission on delivery day likely.
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Congress
Paris
Wilson
FARMS FOR YANKS UP TO LAWMAKERS
Congress to consider twin bills enabling soldiers to homestead public lands with $2500 development grants. Sealed by Secre tary Lane, Mondell, and Smoot after a conference. Bills set aside land allotments for veterans and establish civic centers with churches and schools. Attendees included Meyers Sinnett Kinkaid and others.
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Washington
Lane
House
Senate
Congress
Mondell
Wyoming
Smoot
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Smoot and Meyers
Montana
Mondell, Sinnett
Oregon
Kinkaid
Nebraska
Germans kill 72 Russians in Bavarian wood ambush
Berne reports an isolated group of Russian prisoners of war wearing Bavarian uniforms and led by Spartacan leaders were overwhelmed by Wuerttemberg troops near Graefelfing Bavaria. Seventy two men were condemned to death and reportedly executed by firing squad in a gravel pit near Lochausen.
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Berne
Wuerttemberg
Graefelfing
Bavaria
Theaders
Lochausen
Ships at Smyrna and Adriatic talks move toward mediation
From Paris May 16 extensive Allied naval concentration at Smyrna begins to carry out terms of mandate. Negotiations on the Adriatic controversy lean toward a direct Italy Yugoslavia settlement with American mediation.
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Smyrna
Evening Journal
Paris
Italy
Jugo Slavia
America
Allied naval concentration at Smyrna in May
An extensive Allied naval concentration began at Smyrna under the Peace Conference mandate. Greek troops landed, and the U S battleship Arizona and four cruisers joined the demonstration amid the Trekish city’s tense status.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Smyrna
Arizona
Dirigible C-5 Breaks Free Near St Johns Newfoundland
The United States airship C-5 broke from its moorings last night near St Johns Newfoundland and was found ninety miles east of Cape Spear by the destroyer Hdwards. It is being towed to port for examination.
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Evening Journal
ST. Jomlns
New Foundland
Cape Spear
Chicago Walks for Its Milk
Chicago workers queued at 700 milk depots to obtain supply as drivers protested a lockout and pickets from the Milk Wagon Drivers Union interfered with deliveries to south side hospitals and depots. Police rushed to stop the disruption and protect public access.
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Chicago
Wilk
South Side
Garrity
Murphy- Ward Company
Calumet Avenue
30 000 Yanks Leave Brest
The complete Thirty-third division of National Guard and 12 000 men of the Eighty-ninth division sail from Brest aboard the Leviathan Agamemnon and Imperator in a convoy totaling 80 000 men. Passengers include Henry P. Davisen Red Cross chair and Representatives Julius Kahn and Richard Olney.
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Brest
Iiness National Guard
America
Agamemnon
Imperatoer
Henry P. Davisen
Red Cross War
Julius Kahn
California
Richard Olney
Massachusetts
Winnipeg Quiet as Strike Starts Under 1000 Citizens
A citizens' committee of 1000 is organized in Winnipeg to manage the general strike called by the trades and labor council. At 11 a.m. when the strike began, the city remained outwardly quiet.
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Citizens’ Committee
Winnipeg
Man
Trades and Labor Council
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