Hawker Saved by Danish Ship While Flying Home
Harry Hawker and Lieutenant Commander Grieve were rescued by the Danish steamer Mary after abandoning their transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland. They were later taken to Britain and were reported in good health with a planned arrival in London amid celebrations.
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London
Harry Hawker
Grieve
Newfoundland
Ireland
Mary
Horsens
Denmark
Revenge
Seaparlow
Orkneys
Admiral Fremantle
Thurso
Hawker
Admiralty
St. Johns
Lieyds
Butt of Lewis
Lewis
Hebrides Islands
Scotland
Norfolk
Harry G. Hawkker
Mackenzie Grieve
Surbiton
Two Irish Republic Figures Face Paris Hearing Collapse
Former Illinois Governor Ba ward Dunne and Frank P Walsh among Irish Societies leaders leaving Paris as British authorities refuse further hearing for Edward de Valera and other Irish republic representatives. Michael J Ryan returns to organize mass meetings pressing President Wilson to recognize the Irish republic.
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Paris
Baward F. Dunne
Illinois
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
United States
Edward de Valera
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
Ireland
Touraine
Witson
Police Crackdown Fights Joy Riders in Paris Streets
American military police begin a campaign against Joy Riders in Paris. Plain clothes officers are placed at race tracks restaurants dance halls and theaters while counting arriving military vehicles. Fly cops patrol boulevards Champs Elysees and Bois Boulogne to count army cars carrying women of questionable character.
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Paris
Swiss Invite 3000 German Children for Summer Sojourn
Berne reports the Swiss government invites 3,000 underfed German children to stay several months at Swiss expense. Thousands more German children are to visit Switzerland during the summer with modest German government compensation.
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Switzerland
Berne
French Aviators Open Transatlantic Flight Leg
Casablanca May 26 French aviator Lieut Roget began a Dakar to Brazil flight from Paris. He landed near Rabat 18.6 miles from Casablanca, machine slightly damaged. Captain Coll also landed at Rabat after a separate leg. bruised, machine overturned, later to return to France. Roget covered 2170 kilometers in twelve and a half hours.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Roget
Paris
Dakar
Brazil
Kenttra
Rabat
Coll
France
Esthonians Capture Peterhof Near Petrograd
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Esthonians have captured Peterhof, 19 miles west of Petrograd. A Helsingfors paper cites a Moscow dispatch that Bolshevik leader Nikolai Lenin has offered an armistice to Admiral Kolchak to pursue peace terms.
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London
Exchange
Copenhagen
Peterhof
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Kolchak
Mail airman dies after attempt to set record
Cleveland May 26 Hundreds of persons saw Frank McCusker of New York, pilot of a mail airplane, leap 200 feet to his death from a burning machine during a flight aimed at Chicago. He was alive when picked up but died en route to a hospital. The NC 4 seaplane remained weatherbound at Ponta Delgada with no start in sight for the England leg.
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Cleveland
Frank McCusker
New York
Chicago
de Haviland
McCusker
British
Naval Flying Corps
Elizabeth
N. J
United States Aviation Field
Texas
Ponta Delgada
England
Death of Madame C. J. Walker Wealth Pioneer in Cosmetics
Madame C. J. Walker, reputedly the wealthiest African American woman, dies at her Livingston home after weeks of illness. She built a fortune manufacturing toilet preparations popular among her race. The cause of death is listed as a complication of diseases.
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Livingston-on-Hudson
N. Y
C. J. Walker
New Re enlistment Terms For Regular Army Reconsidered
Washington May 26 The War Department revoked the rule that pre April 2 1917 regular army veterans must re enlist for three years They may re enlist for one or three years at their option Seven year reservist time rule is annulled and active service reenlistment for a new three year term is allowed after one such period is completed Those drafted but not responding who report as willing to serve will have their pay deductions reimbursed
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Universal Service
Harry
Atlantic
Surbiton
Admiralty
The
Hawker
Mid- Atlantic
Washington
Regular Army
War Department
U S Starts Thrift Campaign Nationwide Plan Aims Home Ownership
The government launches a thrift education campaign to teach the value of a dollar. Five departments Treasury Labor Commerce Agriculture and the Interior coordinate to promote saving wise buying sound investments and reinvestment with a goal of encouraging home ownership.
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Washington
Treasury, Labor, Commerce
Agriculture
Interior
Suffrage Wins in Texas Adopted Equal Vote
Texas reports indicate adoption of equal suffrage and constitutional prohibition based on returns from 100 of 240 counties. Prohibition shows 57,467 for, 52,534 against. suffrage 57,768 for, 37,789 against. Land amendment likely adopted. governor salary proposal defeated on available returns.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Refuge sought for Bulgarian king in Czecho-Slovakia
Reports from Sofia on May 2 say overcrowded Swiss resorts prompt the king of Bulgaria to seek asylum with the government of Czecho-Slovakia for refuge.
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Switzerland
Sofia
Bulgaria
Czecho-Slovakia
Rhine Yanks Ready 10 Act in Emergency
Fourth and Fifth divisions prepare to bolster the Third army for a further advance. Sixth division entrains for Brest while others push toward a new line along the Moselle valley. German gains minimal. Saar terms redrafted. Chinda voices Russia options. Dutch Belgian talks stall over Scheldt claims. canal solution eyed.
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Social Democratic Party
Noske
Paris
Saar
Count van Brockdorff-Rantzau
Japs' big naval program outlined for 1919 20 year
Advices from Tokyo list Japan's planned naval program for 1919 20 including battleships Kaga and Tosa two battle cruisers two cruisers eight destroyers and seven submarines. Kaga to be built at Mitsubishi shipyard and Tosa at Kawasaki dockyard with construction to begin in September.
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Washington
Tokyo
Kaga
Tosa
Mitsubishi
Kawasaki
Five Die In Texas Storm Causes Fatalities And Damage
A severe storm swept southeastern Texas and parts of Louisiana killing about five people and injuring scores. Property damage hit Beaumont Orange and Port Arthur as oil derricks toppled and lightning touched off fires. A Magnolia Petroleum 55000 barrel tank remained burning into the night.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Bennamont
Orange
Port Arthur
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Red Flag Scandal at Great Lakes Detains 200 Sailors
At the Great Lakes training station an entertainment for the Fifteenth regiment sparked a dispute after sailors unfurled a red flag and sang bolshevik songs. The incident led to 200 men being detached and reassigned to Hampton Roads and other Atlantic points.
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Chicago
Great Lakes
Naval Flying Corps
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Seaboard
Flying Corps
Micky
Wilson
Grantte
Shipping retained as officials reach understanding
Officials report a resolution after talks leading to retention of ships. Details specify the tonnage remains under control while negotiations proceed, marking a temporary status quo and awaiting final decisions.
Volcano Kalut eruption kills thousands in Java event
Special to Evening Journal reports Mt Kalut on Java erupts causing massive loss of life with about fifteen thousand killed and Ameri cans among the wounded. In Washington President Wilson says the Paris Council of Four has agreed on German ships seized during the war. The US will keep seven hundred thousand tons of seized German shipping. The US rejects the British pooling plan to share ships based on tonnage sunk by submarines.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Ph. C
Wilson
Council of Four
Paris
United Sta
United States
Volcan Kalut Eruption Devastates Java Districts
In Kalut Java the volcano erupts destroying twenty villages in Orengat district and eleven in Blotar, causing about fifteen thousand deaths. The eruption is reported from Amsterdam dated May 26.
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Evening Journal
Amsterdam
Kalut
Java
Orengat
Blotar
Anti Bolsheviks Recognized by Peace Conference Council
Paris May 26 The Council of Four at the Peace Conference decided to recognize the anti Bolshevik government of Russia led by Admiral Kolchak.
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Viscount Chinda
Japan
Russia
Chinda
Admiral Kolchak
Paris
Council of Four of
Peace Conference
Bolsheviks Surprised London Izhorsk Front Breakthrough
Bothenian forces scored a surprise success on the Pskov front driving through Bolshevik lines and capturing Izhorsk. About a thousand prisoners were taken along with guns and war material.
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Evening Journal
London
Pskov
Izhorsk
Americans Wounded Near Vladivostok Pursuing Bolshevik Attack
Three American soldiers were wounded while pursuing Bolshevik forces that attacked a supply train guarded by Americans about forty miles from Vladivostok.
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Vladivostok
Nine Month Reinstatement Window For Insurance Policy
Washington May 26 Soldiers who miss premium payments on government life insurance after discharge have a nine month window to reinstate the policy under a War Risk Bureau ruling by Secretary Glass. Policies with late premiums are lapsed after 60 days but may be reinstated during the six month grace period upon health verification and full back premium payment.
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Washington
War Risk Bureau
Glass
Salvation Army Extends Fund Drive in Bad Weather
New York reports the Salvation Army home service fund campaign totaling 16 million dollars has been extended from May 19 to May 26 due to severe weather hindering participation. The campaign now runs through Thursday, May 20, to complete its appeal.
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Salvation Army
New York
Salvation Army Home Service Fund
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