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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16
BROWNS FI4NCEE
ADDS TO HONORS

London, June 16. - (By a. P.)-
"Magnifcent. never doubted your
success" This was the congratulatory
message sent Lieutenant Arthur w.
Grown by his fiance, Miss Kennedy, at
whose home there were rapturous re-
ioicings when the news arrived that
the flight of Captain Alcock and Lieu
tenant Brown had been successful, says
the Daily Mail.
'The house was Immediately dec
Grated with flags, and throughout the
day the telephone brought congratula-
tions." the newspaper adds.
.'The suspense of waiting for the
news was terrible" Miss Kennedy is
quoted as having said to an interviewer.
81 will sleep sounder tonight, A mes
sage from the Daily Mail Saturday
evening told us that the flight had be-
gun.
'I did not expect to hear anything
further before noon Sunday at the
earliest, and when learned of the
safe arrival of the plane during the
forenoon ] was almost beside myself
with joy"
The marriage of Lieutenant Brown
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"Creat Stunt" Is Reads
Tribute to Rival Fliers

Brest, June 16.-(By A. P,)-
Zone great, stunt" was the com
ment of Lieutenant Commander Al
bert c. Read, of the American sea-
plane NC-4. the first heavier than
air machine to cross the Atlantic,
today on the successful fight of Cap
tain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown.
while there is nothing which will
add much information to the art of
aviation as result of the flight,
he continued. ''it was wonderful
nervy thing to attempt, and a mag
nificcnt achievement. 1t required
machine built of the best material,
but, above all, stanch determina-
ton and unflinching courage. They
also made the attempt at the right
time"
. Commander John II. Towers, OF
the NC-3, had this to say;
TT was a splendid feat.
Commander Towers, Commander
Read and Lieutenant Commanders
Little and Richardson will leave here
for the United States tomorrow on
the transport Zeppelin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16
Bro,ons U. S. Citizenship
Shares Honor With British

London June 16.-Lord North
cliffe today wrote letter to Lieu
tenant Arthur Whitten Brown,
navigator of the Vickers transat-
lantic plane, in which he said:
"When / wrote last night | was
unaware that behind the great num-
ber of British decorations you've
earned was concealed the personal
ity of an American born in Scot
land. Had ! known that it would
have rounded off my letter, for there
is nothing rejoice in so much as
co operation between the British
and American peoples--thc only
combination that in my opinion can
maintain the peace of the world"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16

and Miss Kennedy originally was fixed
for April, but when Brown understood
that he was to pilot Alcock's machine
the wedding was postponed until after
the attempt had been made.
The wedding will not be delayed.
Brown aud Miss Kennedy worked to =
gether IN the aircraft department of the
ministry of munitions during the war
and became acquainted. They became
engaged last October.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16

rain soaked letters which he had been
asked to mail if the fight was sue
cessful, saying: II am the first trans
atlantic postman.
The two aviators said they were only
once in real danger when the machine
went into fiat spin, owing to the pilot
being unable to tell how the machine
was moving. Lieutenant Brown,
noticing that the compass needle was
indication that something was wrong
managed to get Captain Alcock to un :
derstand the difficulty. The machine
Travelled at rate Of 40 miles an hour
at times, and the pilot once found him
self diving straight toward the surface
of the ocean. He was so near the
water that he had to Snatch" the ma
chine from its dive so quickly that it
almost looped the loop. He says the
/ machine would have crumpled up had
it touched the water at the speed it
was then travelling.
The biplane is being guarded by sol :
diers, and it is probable it will be neces :
sary to dismantle it.
Win in Game Of Chance
For men who had undergone the in
credible strain of sixteen hours at top
speed without landmarks or wireless
guidance and who were forced to make
a landing on, to them, an uncharted
coast. it was doubly game of chance.
The Marconi plants at Clifden furnished
recognizable goal. They circled about
it and took their chances at alighting
in a bog and came off with smaller
damage than Bleriot when he descended
outside of Dover Castle from his then
memorable feat of crossing the English
channel.
The Daily Mails correspondent found
Alcock and Brown at Clifden packing
their gear into huge sack. Alcock's
face lit up with a smile when he was
Brown, who was bending over packing,
1--WE didn't do so badly. did we?"
AlcOck said with a laugh: "I am
not at all tired Brown. however,
confessed. 81 am bit tagged OUT
The correspondent says Browns eyes
were slightly bloodshot.. but that other
wise the men looked as if they had not
Travelled across the ocean.
Landed In Softest Spot
When the officers, operators and SOL
diers, from the wireless plant rushed
toward the machine after it landed
Alcock said: ...-,.. ......
"This is the Vickers Vimy machine.
We have just come from Newfound-
land" -
The little crowd gasped and then
cheered and cheered again, Alcock, in
telling his story, said, among other
1--WE landed in the softest spot in
Ireland, but l really wonder tHNt we
got here with our wireless out Of ac-
tion. Neither of us got much fun out
of the fight. 1t was job of work.
Brown said: 1--WE were too near it
to realize what it is we have DONE"
The Aero Club is making plans for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16
MY, HOW I WANTED TO FLY!
SAYS GIRL PRALSLNG ALCOCK
May Kon Who Sought Make TransSea Flight to Rene,v
Efforts for Air Journey

''Oh. it's wonderful! And just to
think might have made the trip with
them ~ was the manner in which Miss
May kitson, at her home at Erdenheim
Terrace today, commented on the sue
cessful transatlantic fight of Jack AL
cock. .,- ..
Miss Kitson is the young lady who
sometime ago sent letter to the sue
cessful aviators asking that she be per-
mitted to make the fight with them
II really wanted to make that fight.
I wanted the experience and l wanted
the thrill, because love thrills. I was
prepared for hardships-I had camped
out beforehand knew there'd be hard
ships; but l was willing, If it's proper
to use slang, to take steve brodie.
'I'm afraid my chances to go over
are very slim now. Mr.. Alcock seemed
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CABLE BEATEN BY AIR FLIGHT,
TELLS ALCOCK


lowing
"A hearty a
British efficiency
prize felt 1t would believe
shall
\
Your quickly
loe Moreover look forward with certainty to the time when London
between British and American time and vice regard
to New York journals reaching London
Then
tegaphic
illness personally
that Of Hawker his
compshment has valuable
rejoice at the good auguy that departed from and arrived
dominion Newfoundland the
donnon Of Ireland s3
M ES Yours sincerely s1E .s8
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16

Large hailstones fell for fifteen min
utes, doing much damage to fruit and
vegetable crops.
Rain fell for four hours, turning
mountain streams into torrents and
washing debris into the city, flooding
homes in the north sections.
Shenandoah creek overHowed it,
banks, washed out trolley tracks and
poured into old mine breaches, doing
great damage to mines. n
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whether he regarded his fight as having
beaten that of the American seaplane
NC-4. To this Alcock replied:
81 could not say anything but what
is good of the Americans. i have been
treated very kindly by the Americans
since I have been over there (meaning
in Newfoundland.
Averaged 100 Miles ..
81 believe the great secret Of long
distance flying under such conditions as
we experienced is to- nurse<your engine.
I never opened the throttle once. THE
machine itself has speed of ninety
miles an hour, but without opening the
throttle and with a following wind we
averaged 120."
Emphasizing the BODILY comfort OF
the passage, Captain Alcock said:
'I wore electrically heated clothes as
an experiment, but the machine itself
was so snug that it was unnecessary to
switch on the current.
Both aviators arrived in Galway last
evening and stayed there all night. They
will leave on train departing from
Galway at 2.25 o'clock this afternoon
for London. A gang of mechanics left
Oranmore airdrome yesterday afternoon
to repair the airplane. A large num-
ber of people have been to Clifden, but
as it was impossible to pass the mill
tary sentries hundreds were disap-
pointed. Some adventurous ones waded
through the bog to get near the air
plane. and, Notwithstanding the guards,
claim to have obtained bits of the wings
as souvenirs. These were displayed
here last night.
Prize Winners Well Pleased =
When the Vickers -Vimy biplane was
sighted crossing the Irish coast an air
plane flew out. from the Oranmore air.
drome to render asslstaDce. This ma
chine landed near the Vimy, but un-
fortunately was wrecked, owing to the
softness of the ground.
When the machine landed at 9:4O
o'clock Lieutenant Arthur w. Brown,
the navigator, said to Captain Alcock:
''What do you think of that fancy nayi-
pating?" and the pilot of the machine
responded: Every good" The~t men,
who had just completed an epoch max
ing voyage, then shook hands.
When assistance reached the machine
the two aviators were helped to the
ground and it was found that Lieuten-
ant Brown was slightly injured on the
nose and mouth by the jolt given the
machine when it struck the ground.
Both men were deaf and dazed and were
unable to walk steadily for some min
utes. They quickly recovered, however,
and were escorted to the wireless sta
ton in triumph, being given the best
hospitality available. They distributed
cigarettes as souvenirs, and gave away
the small dog and cat which were mas
cots during the trip. The tire equip
ment was rain soaked by the downpour
during the journey.
After breakfast Lieutenant Brown
went to bed, while Captain Alcock in
spected the machine. The lieutenant,
however, was unable to sleep and soon
got up. BY noon both were looking
perfectly well and willingly distrib-
uted autographs, to admirers. Cap
tain Alcock wanted to fly to England
in a borrowed plane, but his corhpan-
ion observed II have had enough fly
ing>for Bit"
CAPTAIN Alcock exhibited bunch of
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special in the construction of the ma
chine which made the fight, except
that petrol tanks had replaced the
bombing apparatus.
Mother Had Full Faith
The Manchester home of Captain
Alcock, of the Vickers -Vimy biplanc
was besieged by visitors yesterday, the
callers standing in line to shake hands
with Captain Alcock's mother. She
said, during the day:
81 had faith in my son. He told me
he would make the flight safely"
Captain Sexton. chief of the United
States naval staff in London. com
menting on Captain Alcock's fight to
day said:
1T was very fine performance
The United Statesc navy will be only
too pleased to extend congratulations. -
Major Murry, of the United States
army air service, telegraphed the fol
lowing message to Captain Alcock: "As
the representative of the United States
army air service in Great Britain.
take great pleasure IN extending to Won
and your splendid crew heartiest ca,
gratulations on your brilliant achieve
ment.
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to be my one best bet-you know, | was
born in England. But il there's the
smallest opportunity, believe me when
l say that I shall ask again.
Miss kitson has never made a flight
in an airplane. She tried to go overseas
during the war as an ambulance driver
but was rejected because she was too
young. a.
"l'm glad Mr.. Alcock was the first
one to make the trip without stop.
And l know you'll forgive me just a
little bit for saying that I'm glad it
was an Englishman who did it. am
an American, but my birthplace has
left little soft spot in my heart for
honor to England.
mo. tpever met Mr.. Alcock. And
he never sent a reply to my REQUEST. You
see. he has been very busy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-16
HEAVY RAIN UPSTATE
Shenandoah Creek overfiows Banks
and Damages Mines

Shenandoah, Pa, June 18.--One of
the heaviest transforms in years visited
this section yesterday, putting the
trolley systems out of commission for
ak hours and crippling telegraph ant,
telephone systems at many points.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
Sucks Poison From, Snake Bite

Colome, S. D.-Heroic action of his
mother in sucking poison injected from
the fangs of rattiesnake from his
leg, saved the life of Gaylord Town
send, seven years old, of Mellette
county. The boy was walking with
his parents across the prairie near their
home. when the snake. which had been
concealed in a cluster of weeds, struck
him as he passed. A friend of the
family lanced the wound causing it
to bleed freely, after which Mrs. Town
send sucked out the poison. The fangs
of the snake struck the boy twice
above the ankle
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
BRITISH SELL WAR STORES
Government Offers to the Public I'M
mense Quantity of Goods and
Factory Plants.

Washingt0n.-The British govern
ment is offering at public sale, either
by auctions or bid from private par
ties. an enormous amount of goods.
stores and all kinds of property ac-
cumulated in the course of the war and
now held In quantities far beyond the
needs in time of peace.
A special publication known as "Sur-
plus" copies of which have been re-
ceived here, show that this property
includes whole factories fully equipped
for manufacturing all kinds of com
modities.
An effort is being made to dispose Of
much Of this property abroad and a
special bureau has been established in
London to interest export houses.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
THE MOST
DANGEROUS DISEASE

No organs OF the human body arc so
kidneys. When they slow up and COM
nance to lag in their duties, look outi
Find out what the trouble is-without
delay. Whenever you feel nervous.
or have pains in the back-iodke up
at once. Your kidneys need help. These
are signs to warn you that your kid
neys are not performing their func-
tions properly. They are only half
doing their work and are allowing i'm
purities to accumulate and be convert
ed into uric acid and other poisons.
which are causing you distress and will
destroy you unless they are driven
from your system.
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04

together with the greatest scientist or
Germany, began working upon the
cannon.
Success Brought Only Remorse.
In the spring of 1918 the inventor
said, they believed their plan had
been accomplished The great gun
was finished and moved to a spot In
the lines from which its shells could
reach Paris. Finally came the day
when it was fired on Paris for the
first time. Apparently it was sue
cess. For a few days all Germany
celebrated, the inventor said. For
him. however, this JOY was short
lived. Hardly had the celebration end
ed when the allies seemed to take on
a new lease on life. Instead of dis
couraging them the great gun APP
peared to have driven them to great
er efforts.
"Then came the stories of the suf-
ferings caused by the gum" the in
ventor said. Instead of killing sol
diers we had glurdered women and
children. My nights became sleep
less. When did drop into a doze my
dreams were terrible. I became sick
with the thoughts of my work.
lost weight. l could not face my
family, and the sight of women and
children on the street made me faint
Then something snapped"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
EIGHT Shots to XIII Mad pou.

Topeka, Kan.-"A dog-goned hard
Job !" exclaimed Detective Harvey
Williams as he retreated from a sup
posed mad dog" after having emp
tied his revolver at the animal. "Some
dog to KILL" he declared.
Then Hiram Sturm, who lived near
by, arrived on the scene with a re-
volver and a billy. He fired three
shots at the dog and finished the job
with the billy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
Cared for Town Clock.

Bucyrus, O.-Care OF the town clock
passed out Of the hands of the KEN
rer family, which has had 1t for more
than fifty years, when George ]. KEN
rer Jr, was taken Ill and had to dele
gate his task to the court house tanl-
tor. About twenty years ago the elder
Kehrer died, after tending the clock
for thirty years. and the clock stopped.
For month a stranger struggled with
1t, but 1t would not run more than
forty-eight hours consecutively. Then
his son took care of it and ever since
the townspeople have set their watches
by II.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04

togerner with the greatest scientist or
Germany, began working upon the
cannon
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04

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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
Sincere Gratitude.

Mrs. VIM. Bell, Logansport, Ind
writes: 81 deem 1T my duty to ex
press my gratitude for the good Cham
bcrlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Remed,
did me when had severe attack q
diarrhoea three years ago. 1t was tn,
only medicine that relieved me-"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04

Auctioneer-I am an auct1oneer Of
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
ENGRAVED CALLING CARDS, and

wedding announcements and invita-
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the latest samples at the Herald office.
FOR SALE-Maxwel five passenger
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best condition, good tires. Cheap.
Terms to responsible party or would
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Office
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
Raise In Butter Wrapper Prices

On account of the continued increase
In the cost of all kinds of paper and
printers material it is necessary to
charge the following prices for but
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
Tells Story OF Life.

Then, as If afraid that the young
soldier from overseas was about to
sentence him to some horrible punish
ment, he suddenly began to tell the
story of his own life.
AS young man he had studied at
the greatest universities in Germany
Chemistry and mechanics had been
showed great aptitude. AS was nat
ural in Germany at that time. his re-
searches soon took him into the field
of perfecting weapons of war. His
work In this line attracted the atten-
ton of his government. They gave
him every opportunity for study. He
was sent to England America and
France. In those places he studied
at close range the guns used by the
armies, the chemical composition of
explosives and the. methods of manu-
featuring great shells. When he re-
turned to Germany he was given stock
in the Krupp works, at Essen. Profit
ing by his studies and what he had
learned in other lands, this man set
about to develop what would event
ually be the mightiest cannon in the
world.
Then came August, 1914, and the
war. According to the inventor, his
efforts were redoubled. The big guns.
which destroyed the forts of Belgium,
were not sufficient. For years, the
inventor said, he had dreamed and
planned weapon that would reach
Paris. and when the war came he.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04
INVENTOR OF''BIC
BERTHA"|S INSANE
Ghosts of Victims of Huge Gun
Have Unseated His
Reason.
SUCCESS BRINGS REMORSE
Men Whose Minds Failed to Stand
Up Under Strain and Horrors
Of War His Only Com
psnions.

Berlln.-The inventor Of the 'Big
Bertha" which first shelled Paris on
March %, 1918, from a distance OF
nearly so miles, now is an inmate Of
the German state asylum in 4Ander-
mach. Men whose minds failed to
stand up under the strain and horrors
of war are his only companions.
The inventor does not associate
with the other inmates. At rare In
tervals he speaks with the doctors or
nurses in the hospital. but then only
few words. But, once when an
American soldier entered, the Ger
mans face lighted up like that of a
child with a new toy. To the aston
ishment of the hospital attendants he
at once approached the visitor and
began to converse with him in Eng
llsh.
As he talked his interest In the
young American seemed almost pathet-
ic. He asked of America, America S
part i'm the war what America ex-
pected to do with Germany, and par
ticularly was anxious to learn what
America thought of the German air
raids during the war and the bonn
bardment of Paris by the big Ber-
tina"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-11-04

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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-06-20
HOW FEBRUARY WAS NAMED
Month known to the Romans as Pc
riod of Religious Expiation and
Publication.

February was one of the two months
(January being the other) introduced
into the Roman calendar by Numa
Pompilius, when he extended the
year into IL of these periods. Its
name arose from the practice of re-
lgious expiration and publication
which took place among the Romans
at the beginning of this month, and
comes from februare, to expiate or to-
purify. Among our Saxon ancestors
the month got the name of Sproutkale
on account of the sprouting of cabbage
at this ungenial season. The name
of Sol-monatt was afterward conferred
on it in consequence of the return OF
the sun from the low course in the
heavens, which it had been running,
starting on the first day of the month.
The following day. or February 2,
has from a date unknown in the Chris
tan history been held as festival OF
the purification of the Virgin, carrying
out the pagan idea Of cleansing, ac-
cOrding to some writer's, but the idea
is at least open to doubt, as it's pop
ular name, even in the early church, is
Candlemas, from the practice of carry
ing lighted candles in procession in
memory of Simeon's words at the pres
entation of the infant Jesus. ITO be
a light to tighten the Geptiles." The
Christmas decorations are taken down
on this day in the churches.