The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-01-07

companisd by airplanes. crossed the
border in search Of the bandits. Pres.
ident Carranza demanded the with
drawal of the United States troops.
but his demand was ignored. The
punitive expedition attacked a bandit
stronghold on August u. Killing four
men, fut on August "a the pursuit was
abandoned and the troops returned to
the United States.
The relations between Mexico and
the United States reached crisis on
November 10 when Secretary or State
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 compile
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.
Aeronautics.
As result of the great develop
ment of aviation during the war. rapid
progress was made during the year In
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
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Newfoundland. and the Azores. One
of these machines. the NC-4 arrived
at Lisbon, Portugal. on May q, hav-
ing completed the first flight across
the Atlantic In actual flying time OF
20 hours, Al minutes from Newfound-
land to Portugal. Fog caused the 9TH
er two planes to lose their course.
Two British aviators, Harry g.
Hawker and Lieutenant Commando
Mackenzie Grieve, left Newfoundland
on May 10 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 IA and Ii
by Capt. John Alcock, British dyef.
and Lieut.. Arthur w. Brown, hl0
American navigator, who Covered the
land in 16 hours and II minutes.
The British dirigible R~34. carrying
81 persons. started from Edinburgh on
a transatlantic fight to New York on
July and reached its destination on
July 6. 1t made the return trip with
out mishap in three days and three
hours.
Roland Rholfs, in a Curtiss triplane,
made a new altitude record on Sep
TENDER 10 by ascending 3461O feet.
A transcontinental airplane race was
started simultaneously at San Francis
co and New York on October 8 with
65 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 30 days.
Neurology.
Death took a 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 1t
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. ]. Franklin Bell,
U. s. A.; January II, Sir Charles
Wyndham. English actor; January
81, Nathaniel G. Goodwin, famous
American comedian; February II, Sir
Wilfried Laurier. 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; Febru-
airy q, George F. Edmunds, former
United States senator from Vermont;
March 10, Mrs. Amelia e. Barr, au-
thor; April 4. William Crookes, IA
nous British chemist and physicist;
April 9, Sidney Drew, comedian; April
q. Jules Vedrines, noted French avia-
tor; May 10, Edward Payson Call.
prominent newspaper publisher Of
Boston. Philadelphia and New York;
May -, Robert Bacon. former secre-
tary of state and former ambassador
to France; June s. Manuel Franco.
president Of Paraguay; June IL, John
Z. Spooner. former United States sem
ator from Wisconsin: June II, James
A. Tawney. former representative in
congress from Minnesota; June IA.
Ernest Lister, governor of Washing
ton; July ?, DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
former president of National Woman's
suffrage association; July 20, Sir Ed.
ward John Poynter. English painter,
president Of the Royal academy; Au-
gust l, Oscar Hammerstein, theatrical
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