Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-01-01

drawal of the United States troops
bu, his demand was ignored. Inc
nun;tiye expedi,ion attacked a bandn
stronghold on August Il. Eliing iou'
men but on August "a the pursuit was
abandoned and the troops returned 70
the United States.
The relations between Mexico and
the United States reached q crisis Oh
November 10 when Secretary OF S'ate
Lansing dispatched note demanding
the Immediate unconditional release
Of william O. jenkins, United states
consular agent at Puebla. who had
been arrested on charges OF comp'le-
ity with bandits who kidnapped him
and held him for $4,000 ransom. A
| few days later jenkins was released
| on bail. but this did not relieve the
strained relations.
keronautics.
As q result of the great develop
ment Of aviation during the war. rapid
| progress was made during the year 10
the use of both dirigibles and heavier
than-air machines for commercial pur-
poses.
| On May 8 three United States navy
seaplanes started from New York on
the first transatlantic flight by way
of Halifax. N. S.; Trepassay Bay,
Newfoundland, and the Azores. One
OF these machines. the NC-4 arrived
at Lisbon Portugal on May p, hav-
ing completed the first flight across
the Atlantic in actual flying time OF
| 26 hours. a. minutes from NewfOund-
land TO Portugal. Fog caused the oth-
er two planes to lose their course.
Two British aviators. Harry q.
Hawker and Lieutenant Commander
Mackenzie Grieve. left Newfoundland
on May Is in the first attempt to cross
the Atlantic without stop. Engine
trouble forced them to descend $50
miles from Ireland and the aviators
were picked up by passing vessel.
| The first nonstop flight across the
Atlantic was made on June ii and Is
| by Capt John Alcock. British flyer.
and Lieut.. Arthur w. Brown, his
American navigator who covered the
1900 miles from Newfoundland to lie
land In l6 hours and IL minutes.
The British dirigible R-34. carrying
81 persons. started from Edinburgh on
a transatlantic flight to New York on
July 2 and reached its destination on
July 6. II made the return trip with
out mishap In three days and three
| hours
Roland Rholfs. in a Curtiss triplane,
made new altitude record on Sep
TENDER Is by ascending 34610 feet.
| A tranScontinental airplane race was
started simultaneously at San Francis
co and New York on October 8 with
63 competitors Five aviators were
killed during this race. Lieut.. Alexan-
der Pearson was declared the winner.
On December 10 Capt. Ross Smith
OF Australia completed an airplane
trip from England to Port Darwin,
Australia. in 80 days.
Neurology.
| Death took heavy toll among the
leaders in many fields Of world activ-
ity during 1919. The most prominent
Of Americans who passed away during
the year was former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who died suddenly at
his home at Oyster Bay on January 6.
| The following are among the more
! prominent men and women who died
during the year:
January 4. Count George F. Won
Hertling. former German chancellor;
January 8, Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell.
Q. s. A.; January II. Sir Charles
Wyndham. English actor; January
81. Nathaniel c. Goodwin, famous
American comedian; February II, Sir
Wilfried Laur!er. former premier of
Canada; February %. William p. Bor-
| land. representative in congress from
| Missouri; DR.. Mary Walker. former
army surgeon and noted as an advo-
| cate Of male attire for women; Fehru-
airy q, George F. Edmunds. former
United States senator from Vermont:
March 10, Mrs Amelia F. Barr. au-
| thor: April 4. William Crookes, IA
nous British chemist and physicist:
| April 9, Sidney Drew. comedian: April
y, Jules Nedrines. noted French avia.
tor; May 10, Edward Payson Cali.
prominent newspaper publisher OF
Boston. Philadelphia and New York:
May %. Robert Bacon. former secre-
tary of state and former ambassador
to France: June ;. Manuel Franco.
president Of Paraguay: June IL. John
c. Spooner former United States sem
| ator from Wisconsin: June IL, James
A. Tawney, former representative in
congress from Minnesota: June "a
Ernest Lister governor of Washing
ton: July ,, Or. Anna Howard Shaw
former president Of National Woman's
Suffrage association: July rs. Sir Ed.
ward John Poynter. English painter.
president NJ the ROYAL academy; Au-
gust l. Oscar Hammers.ein. theatrical
and operate producer: August IL. An
! drew Carnegie, veteran steel manufac.
'urer and philan.hropist: Angus, "a.
Gen. Louis Rotha premier of the
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