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"FLYER" IN COPPER
COSTS MAN $15,000.
v Chicago, June 15.T-Warner Roehl,
former superintendent of Franklin
, hospital, San Francisco, has asked
- authorities to assist him in recover
ing $15,000 two swindlers had taken
from him. He said h came to Chi
cago three weeks ago for a visit and
met two men who induced hintrto
take a "flyer" in copper.
Roehl said he was on his way to
the postojfice when he 4uet a
stranger who started a conversation.
The 'stranger introduced himself as
"Mr; Jolly." A third man joined
themand asked Mr. Jolly about
copper.
Jolly explained they could make a
fortune in copper trading at a bucjeet
shop. Thty invested. Later the
bucketshop-man told Roehl that he
had made $85,000.
"But how do I know you're -check
is O. K.? You'd better get cash."
the bucketshop man told him.-
They went to California for" the
money. Roehl took, $15,000 from
the bank, met the men again in Los
Angeles, and started to collect.
Mrs. Roehl v was with him. One
night during the trip from Los An
geles to Chicago the two men left
the train, taking Roehl's $15,000.
' The money, it appears, belonged
,to Mrs.- Roehl, who inherited it sev
'rral years ago at the death of her
former husband.
TOO MANY DATES
HOLD SOLDIERS UP
New York. June 15. The ,Bitish
Freight steamer Imperia, hounti for
. New York from the West Indies
with a cargo of dates, grounded on
a sandbar off Barnegat, N. J., in tho
havjr fog which impeded shipping
s'.ong the nor,th and middle Atlant.c
coasts and delayed two transports,
the Peerless, from St. Nazaire, with
2,625 troops, tnd the Alaskan, from
St. Nazaire, with 2,129 troops.
. -RUMANIANS ATTACKED
EY BOLSHEVIK FORCES -
Eerne. June 15. Rumanian force
on the Dneister river have been at
tacked by the bolsheviki, a detach
rrent of the latter succeeding in
crossing the river, but virtually an
nihilated on the right bank. Its
lcsses are reported to be 200 killed
and hundreds of wounded and
pi isonerSj, "according to" a statement
' issued here by the Rumanian press
bureau.
, SERIOUS RIOTS END
IN SUMMER RESORTS
Rome, June 15. Order has been
restored in Spezia, where there had
been serious rioting since Thursday.
More than 100 shops in the city
were sacked and several villas in
tue neighborhood were looted by
mobs. The vicinity of Spezia is
famous for its fashionable summer
resorts.
NEGRO MURDERER
JIUSTLED FROM MOB. ' j
Memphis, Tenn., June" 15. After
having killed one policeman and
wounded five others in a. running
pistol fight following his arrest for
j stealing chickens, Lorenzo Young, a
negro is riding across the state to
the penitentiary with a bullet wound
in his stomach which -doctors say
will cause his death.
Young wounded five policemen
arid killed the sixth, Sergt. John
Brinkley, when police pursued him.
He was captured after he had been
wounded three times. 4
Police officers evaded a Memphis
mnh and nfaeed the netrro on a train
for Nashville. He was taken off at
Jackson, Tenn., by officers. How;
' ever, the Madison county sheriff re
T fused to allow him to be jailed. Two
other mobs were evaded at Somer
ville and Whiteville where friends
of the dead 'Policeman attempted to
avenge his death. Leaving Jack
son in an automobile they attempted
the 200-mile run. to Nashville where
the negro is to be kept until trial.
PACIFIC 'COAST "HELLO"
GIRLS CALL OFF STRIKE
' Atlantic City, N. j., June 15.
V.iss Julia O'Connor, president of
the Telephone Operators' Union of
America, arfnounced today that shi4,
hid sent telegrams-calling off the
strike of telephone operators on the
Pacific coast scheduled for Wednes
day. This action was brought about
bv the decision of Postmaster
, General Burleson at Washington
j-esterday in "granting the requests
made of him by the telephone
operators.
Miss O'Connor is attending the
l?.bor,convention here
EX-KAISER "BELONGS
. IN PATHOLOGICAL WARD."
Berlin, Saturday, June 15. For
mer Emperor William 'belongs ;.n
i pathological ward," and is not
vvauted'fn Germany, declared Her
man Mueller, . majority socialist
' leader and whip in ;the national as
sctnbly, in a speech delivered before
the majority socialist convention
here today.' ' "'
V HerrJMueller, one of the most con
- seVvstive of the socialists, referring
to the rumor that an attempt was
to be made to bring about the re
turn of the ex-emperor, warned the
Prussians said to be interested in
such a move that a, majority of the
German people would not permit
his return. '
WiLSON TO SET OUT
FOR HOME FRIDAY. N
Paris June IS. President Wilson
probably will remain in Paris only
three or four days after his return
front-Belgium next Friday. He will
then embark at a French port for
, the United States. " ,
Holdup Gets Short Ends
Of Bills; Comes Out Lo&r
St. Louis. Mo., June 15. A negro
who heMjJP Bert King of Oswego,
N. Y.,a guest at the Alcazar hotel,
got the short end of things before
he was through and lost his spoils.
He forced King to give up his
purse containing$40. TheTi King
changed his mind and grabbed 4t
' back. During the scuffle the bills
came out of the purse. - The negro
rA nnc enA with Kin? tutrciae at
the otrfer. The bills were torn in
two. King got the larger half and
feas redeemed th.CS, - -
VOL. 48. NO. 31.
AIUIERICANS
FORD RIVER
TO STOP
i J
FIRING ON
EL PASO
Begin Enveloping Movement
to Surround Rebels; Heavy
Firing by Yank Artillery,
in -Progress Monday.
El Paso," Tex., June 16. Fol- '
lowing the killing of one artillery
man of the 82d artillery and the
serious wounding of another by
Mexican snipers Sunday night,
General Erwin ordered 25 expert
riflemen to that point to return
the snipers' fire. The shots which
killed the artilleryman were fired
before American artillery began
the .bombardment of the race
track. "
El Paso, Tex., June 16. Francisco
Villa's rebel band was stationed in
the Juarez? racetrack 30 minutes be
fore American artillery fired the
first shot on the grandstand Mon
day morning at 12:30, it was an
nounced at military headquarters.
It was not known whether or not
Villa was there personally.
A ccnnrf - ahrtf frfvirA in (ir
minutes, which struck near fne race
track, followed at two-minute inter
vals from -two guns placed nearthe
international bridge on the Mexican
side.
Following a signal- rocket, the
American cavalry near San Lorenzo,
Chihuahua, started an enveloping
movement to the east and southeast
of Juarez to surround the rebels,
who w'ere then in the vicinity of the
racetrack. A second green signal
rocket indicated the cavalry was ad
vancing at a charge. Heavy firing
by American artillery continues.
El Paso witnessed the battle
from the roofs of buildings, tops of
box cars and lumber piles along the
river front. Spectators crowded the
.taller buildings and every available
elevation, even the top of the gas
plant tank, was dotted with specta
tors.
When bullets wiiizzed over the.
housetops there was a general
scurrying for cover. As the fight
ing was more to the south tonight
than last night, more bullets were,
falling on the American side of the
line, than during toe initial engage
ment, i
The 24th infantry, Fourth bat
talion, crossed the international
border to Juarez at 11, o'clock 'Sun
day night. The Fifth and Seventh
cavalry regiments crossed at three
fords east of 111 Paso.
3,600 Troops in Mexico.
A battalion of the 82d artillery
crossed eqst , of the stockyards.
There were 'approximately 3,600
American troops orl Mexican soil
ten minutes after they were'ordered
to make the crossing.
Col. Selah R.. H. Tompkins of the
Seventhjfavalry was in command of
the cavalry brigade, which crossed
at the fords, and Colonel Hadsell
was in command of the infantry.
Two armored motor cars rumbled
over the bridge at 10:55 p. m., going
to Juarez.
The reason given at military head
quarters for ordering the troops to
cross was "to prevent firing from
the Mexican side on El Paso." Brig
adier General Erwin refused to com
ment at the time of the crossing.
-Wegro Soldiers On Patrol.
Juarez, June 16. Negro soldiers
of the 24th infantry were patrolling
the principal streets of Juarez after
midnight. AH Americans without
special permits were taken to the
bridge and ordered to the American
side. Juarez, is qtfct. No shots
have been fired by or at the Ameri
can soldiers.
Fighting was resumed in Juarez
between iederal and rebel Mexican
troops at 4:40 p. m. -By 6 o'clock
the rifle fire was more general than
at - any time last night. Federal
troops charged the rebels as they
advanced down Calle Commercio,
the principal business street, repuls
ing tfiem as they did last night.
This dashing cavalry charge was
costly to the federals, however, as
Col. J. Gonzales Escobar, garrison
commander and hero of the early
morning battle today, was wounded
five times and hurried to El Paso
for medical treatment
Starting' just 24 hours after (Villa
first appeared before Juarez, Satur
cay night, preparatory to giving
battle, the fight Sunday Tiight
swung to the south and was in
progress around the abandoned
Juarez , agricultural college, where
, (Cotlmral en ran Two, Colifian lire.)
.
Eattrtd u tMM-lm natter Mir 21. IMS.
Onm P. O. WW let M Mirth S.
Huns' Claim Allies Forsake
Pledge To Peace of Justice
toDemand
Protest Against Proposed Terms Individually and Col
- lectively and Ask a Return to Original Agreements;
Press for Verbal Negotiations, Stating That .They
ExpectJustice on Basis of Equality and Reciprocity
Paris, June IS. The German re
ply to the peace treaty submitted at
Versailles on May 7 maintains that
the enemies of Germany have for
saken the peace of justice, to which
they had pledged themselves in the
armistice negotiations, for a peace
of might. i
Jbe reply, an official summary of
which was wade public here, pro
tests against the proposed terms in
dividually and coHectively, and de
mands a return to the original agree
ments. It presses for verbal nego
tiations and states that Germany ex
pects justice on a basis of equality
and reciprocity. .
The reply follows the lines of the
summary of-the German counter
proposals given out in Berlin at
about the time they were presented.
The document covers 119 pages
and includes a covering letter by
Coilnt von Brockdorff-Rantzau un
der date of May 29, which has aU
ready been published, and a second
TO ALLOW HUNS
200,000 ARMY
FOR THREE YEARS
This Is One of Peace Terms
; Hjtherto Sedulously
Kept Secret.
Paris, June IS. Germany is to be
llowed an army of 200,000 men for
three years. This is one of. . the
changes in the peace .terms which
has bfcen sedulously kept secret.
The reason given for this dou
bling of the previous number of ef
fectives is -the impossibility oi ad
justing the armies of Austria, Po
land, Czecho-Slovakia - and other
new states proportionately to the
previously arranged 100,000 men for
Germany.
A general reduction of armaments
is to be negotiated immediately. .
Germany's admission to the league
of nations is fixed for "the near, fu
ture." V
Her admission will enable Ger
many to bring up for discussion
her economic propositions. Germany
will be given four months to sub
mit to the allied proposals dealing
with her total indebtedness through
reparaitons. and methods for the
payment thereof. She may propose
merchandise and labor. The allies
are to reply within two months..
Investigate Suicide
of Nebraska Aviator
Found Dead in Chicago
Chicago, June IS. Army intelli
gence officers are investigating the
suicide of Oscar Voss of Lincoln,
Neb., a former aviator, found hang
ing in a hotel room today. He left
a note which read: "I have prayed
for forgiveness." A friend told the
police that he had seemed de
spondent for the last week following
visit to New York.
Breaks Own Altitude Record.
Villa Coublay, June 15. Adjutant
Casale, the French aviatorho es
tablished a new world-altitude rec
ord of 31,168 feet last week, broke
his own record Saturday by ascend
ing to a height of 10,100 meters (ap
proximately 33,136 feet). The flight
was made in SS minutes. The-temperature
at the -height of 10,100 me
ters was eight degrees below zero.
Sick and Babies Suffer As
Dealers Refuse To Sell Ice
- - v
Mayor Smith Is Appealed to but Holds Ice Can Only
"Be Sold on Sunday on a Doctor's Prescription.
.
Omaha suffered for want of ice
Sunday because of the strike of the
teamsters, which -kep.t down deltv-.
eries Saturday. Those who were in
need of ice for the sick Sunday were
also unable trf secure any at the
municipal' plants or at anyof the ice
stations because of an ordinance
passed recently-by the-city commis
sioners which forbid the sale of ice
on Sunday. "
In many cases ice was needed for
babies or sick persons, bu,t this made
no difference to the managers of
the municipal ice pliant nor to those
in charge of the vaVious stations
throughout the city
Mayor Smith was appealed to, to
order some ice sold to relieve fpme
it
OMAHA, MONDAY, JUNE 16 1919.
IS79.
Peace of Might
section of Comments from the main
outline of the original draft trea'ty.
Two separate papers on legal and
financial questions are included as
part of the general reply. Both
English and French translations
have been furnished In pamdtfet
form, the former totalling about 60,
000 words.
The reply begins with a detailed
analysis of the legal basis of peace,
alleges a flagrant series of contra
dictions to this-basis and points out
that the results would be the com
plete enslavement of the German
people and the betrayal of all the
world's cherished hopes of peace.
Wants Admission to League.
In the counter-proposals Germany
demands immediate admission to the
league of nations as part of the
spirit of the armistice agreement
and as necessary for the acceptance
of the proposed military, naval and
air terms. She then analyzes the
territorial changes demanded, claim-
(Contlnued on Page Two Column One.)
MEXICO WON'T
' SEEK ENTRANCE
TO LEAGUE NOW
OSrranza ' s" " Mouthpiece ' '
Says Nation Will Wait Un- ,
til Peace Adjustment.
Washington, June 15. Mexico
will not seek admission to the
league of nations "for the present."
General Candido Aguilar, son-in-law
of President Carranza and head
of a special mission to the United
States, said in a reply to a question
as to the attitude of Mexico toward
the Monroe doctrine. General
Aguilar at the time of his arrival
in Washington, about 10 days agcy
was reported to have come for trie
purpose of taking up with officials
here Mexico's admission to the
league of nations and it was
rumored that he would go to Paris
with the same object in view.
Mexico, General .Aguilar said, will
not attempt to obtain admission to
the league of nations "for the pres
ent, as it is the opinion of the
Mexican government that the
league of nations could not be
formed upon solid and conclusive
basis until peace, is adjusted and
consummated between the belliger
ent powers."
Nineteen Children
Drown When Yacht
Overturns in River
Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 15. Nine
teen persons, most of them children,
are known to have been drowned
while rescue parties, aided by pow
erful searchlights, w"ere dragging
the Warrior river near Tuscaloosa,
for the bodies of 12 others missing
from a pleasure party of, 53 who
were cast into the water late Sun
day when a gasoline launch was
overturned in midstream near here.
The boat, the Mary Francis, was
owned by Sam Alston, a Tuscaloosa
capitalist, who had .been giving
weekly boat rides to the children of
of the city. Alston was saved after
he had exhausted himself endeavor
ing to save his guests.
Overcrowding is given as the
cause of the accident, though the
launch was supposed to have a
passenger capacity' of 60. v
sick,tbut he would give no relief,
saying that ice could only be sold on
Sunday on a. physician's certificate.
Louis Borsheim, whost wife is ill
with typhoid fever went to the. City
Ice Co. plant at 39th and Leaven
worth, where ice was refused hint.
He tried-to get hold of his doctor,
as ice was- absolutely .necessary.
Not., being able to find him, he
called -upon Dr. Knode, occulist,
who lives nearby and Dr. Knode
vrote out a prescription.
Several others during the dav
found themselves in the same pre
diciment and were forced to fifrd
tiieir family physician to get orders.
All Omaha waswithout ice but is
he themometer only went to 87
.there was little real sufferings
! . : ! A
STRIKERS
ON PICKET
DUTY ARE
ATTACKED
Two Mepibers - of Boiler
makers' Union Assaulted;
Ice to Be Delivered
Here Monday.
While engaged in picket duty,
George Murray, 828 South Twenty
second street, and Edward Kennerly,
603 North Seventeenth street, both
members of the boilermakers' loca'
now on strike in this city, were at
tacked and badly beaten this morn
ing at Thirteenth and Farnarn
streets by 11 men.
According to the two men, bot
tles and bricks, wrapped in paper,
were used as weapons by the at
tackers. Murray and Kennerly immediate
ly reported the affray to a police
man, but the latter failed to take any
action.
According to officials of the
boilermakers' unionTthe union will
call upon the police heads and de-
"mand the arrest of strikebreakers in
order to identify the men immediate
ly connected with the assault Sun
day morning.
Both Murray and Kennerly bore
several bruises, contusions and
lacerations as a result of the attack.
Especially Murray suffered a deep
gash on the left side, of his head.
Crowds Gather.
Carloads of detectives were sent
hurrying to different parts of the
city after midnight last night to
break up, crowds of strikers that
were reported to be lying in wait
for the milk wagons.
A call to Twenty-fifth and Cass
streets and another a half hour later
to Twenty-fourth and California
streets scattered a crowd of fifteen
or twenty strikers.
A large crowd of strikers was
gathered on Leavenworth treet
near Twenty-seventh street just
west of the Alamito Dairy Co. but
until late this morning no violence
had been attempted.
Cooks and Waiters Quit.
It was reported Saturday evening
that all waiters, waitresses and
cooks at the Millard hotel cafe,
where more than 20 strikebreakers
employed by the Drake-Williams-Mount
,Co. are housed, walked out
when the management refused their
demand that the 20 men be expelled
from the hotel.
Union men will continue trans
porting ice in this city, it was de
cided at a meeting of drivers of ice
wagons and trucks at the Teamsters'
hall Sunday morning. The meeting
was called to decide what action
should Te taken by the union Ice
men to enforce the demands of the
other teamsters arid truck drivers.
Another meeting for the same
purpose is scheduled for Tuesday
evening at the union headquarters.
The latest development in the
rteamsters and truck drivers strike
is the accusation made by the strik
ers against their former employers
that the latter are bringing. in col
ored strike breakers from points in
the south in an effort to end the
.strike. Circulars bearing these ac
cusations were distributed through
out th'e fashionable Florence boule
vard district by strikers organized
into, groups. ManVT5f these circu
lars were placet in the mail boxes'
Of the various residences. Others
were handed to men and women in
automobiles. The machines were
stopped by groups of strikers and
the occupants given the posters.
Employers Deny Charges.
Employers unanimously deny any
knowledge of the accusations. Many
of them emphatically stated that as
far as they were concerned the
slrikj is practically ove: The
necessary drivers can be jfound in
this city, they state. A few of tho
officials declared that they are even
now operating with a full force.
The charges made by the strikers
were characterized as "absurd" and
(Continued on Pge Two, Column j)
Discuss Austria Monday
Paris, - June 15. The council of
four will resume on , Monday, its
study of the conditions of peace
with Austria and will discuss the
terms of the reply to be made to
the recent .note handed in by Dr.
Karl Renner, head of the Austrian
delegation. The council of foreign
ministers at present is examining
the question of fixing the boundary
between Poland and the Ukraine.
Strike in Italy Ends.
London, June 15. 4 wireless
dispatch from Rome says the gen
eral strike has been ended through
put Italy, J - -.
By Mall (I mrK .
Dally and Sua.. W.SO; wttlda
ANARCHIST RI0T
F0LL0WS ARREST .
OF ONE OF LEADERS
Workmen in Zurich Become
Angered and Burn and Loot
Hall of Justice.
Paris, June 15. Serious anarchist
and bolshevik disorders broke out
in Zurich Sunday night at 8 o'clock.
Firing was stjll going on at 9
o'clock, according to a dispatch re
ceived here from Geneva.
According to advices received
here local workmen's union ' o
Zurich, which has a number of ex
tremist members, was. holding a
meeting in memory of Kosa Luxem
burg when the news was circulated
that the secretary of the union,
Conrad Wyss, had been arrested on
Wednesday. A furious crowd
marched on the prefecture stoned
the windows, brokS down doors
aiul, after a half hour of battering,
looted the hall of justice and burned
the archives in the principle corri-J
cor of the building. A guard fired
on the crowds, his shots being
answered.
A number of casualties are re
ported, but details are lacking, as
telephone and telegraph lines ap
pear to Tiave been tampered with
There are large foreign colonies cf
anarchist's, bolsheviks .and revolu
tionaries in Zurich.
Iowa Farmer Found,
Dead in Field; Body
Mutiliated by Hogs
Storm Lake, la., June 15. (Spec
ial). The body of Arthur Ander
son was found in a field on his farm
two miles southwest of Storm
Lake. The body was in a horribly
mangled - condition,, as there were
hogs running in the fieldi .-With theJ
hody were found a gunnysack, a
fork, and a shotgun with one shell
exploded.
Anderson left home between 2:30
and 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
started for the lake, to fish. Whi'e
at the lake he talked to Victor
Johnson, who was the last person
to see mm. it was on the wav
home that the tragedy happened.
The hardest part of the case, to
solve, is the fact of the exploded
shell. It is 'impossible to tell
whether there is a gunshot wound,
ort account of the mangled condi
tion of thehead. As no cause for
suicide oin be found, it is believed
that the victim had a stroke of
heart failure, and that the gun was
accidently discharged when he fell.
It is one of the -most puzzling cases
that the local coroner has ever had
to solve.
Anderson was a respected farmer
of this community. He leaves a
wife and small baby.
May Take Steps to
Have Synod Recognize
Bellevue College
A conference between Dr. Edgar
P. Hill, secretary of the college
board of the Presbyterian church,
and the executive committee of the
board of trustees of Bellevue col
lege, Saturday resulted in fhe prop
osition which was made public Sun
day. While the Alumni and friends
of the college are engaged in rais
ing $10,000 as a guarantee of their
.ability to finance the school for a
period of five years at the rate of
$30,000 or $40,000 a year. Dr. Hill
has sent his recommendation to tle
college board that steps be taken
to secure recognition of Bellevue
college in the Synod of Nebraska
and consequently fromsthe college
board. '
His further recommendation will
be, Dr. Hill stated, hat Bellevue be
put otf ihe list of worthy colleges
in the United States whichs will be
benefited by the millions of dollars
from the New Era movement which
the Presbyterian church voted to
rais at its last general assembly. ,
Nebraska Man First in
Elimination for Pistol
Team to Represent U. S.
Le Mans, France, June 15. Capt.
D. R. . Raymond, quartermaster's
corps, of . Crawford, Neb., finished
first in the elimination preliminaries
completed for the 'pistol team to
represent the United States in the
inter-allied small arms competition
which begins June 23.
Coast Operators Will
Walk dut This Morning
Los Angeles, Cal., June 15. Tele
phone operators, linemen ' and,
switchboard men who are members
of,the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, at every point
on the Pacific coast, will walk out
tomorrow morninji at 8 o'clock, ac
cording to an announcement made
by Fred Spencer, a member of the
executive board of Local 370. j
Sunday. 2.M; VtWO TENTS
N.6. aoataaa antra. l W .onxo.
HAZARDOUS JUMP .
ACCOMPLISHED IN
VERY SHORT TIME
Alcock Relates
His Story of Trip
Across Atlantic
London, June 15. Pescribiiig
the experience of himself and"
Lieutenant Brown, Captain Al
cock, in a message from Galway
to the Daily Mail, says:
"We had a terrible journey.
The wonder is we are here at
all. We scarcely saw the sun or
moon or stars. For hours we
saw none of them. The fog was
very dense and at times we had
to descend within 300 feet of the
sea.
"For four hours our machine
was covered with a sheet of ice
caused by frozen, sleet. At an
other time the fog was so dense
that my speed indicator did not
work and for a few minutes it
was very alarming.
"We looped the loop, I do be
lieve, and did a very steep spiral.
We did some very comic stunts,
for I havft had no sense of hori
zon, v
, Winds Were Favorable.
"The winds were favorable all
the way, northwest and at times
southwest. We said in New
foundland that we would do the
trip in 16 hours, but we never
thought we should. An hour and
a half before we saw land we
had nb certain idea where we
were, but we believed we were
at Galway or thereabouts.
"Our delight in seeing East
alis and Tarbolis land five miles
west of Clifden was great. The
people did not kww who we
were, and thought we t were
scouts looking for Alcock.
"We encountered no unfore
seen conditions. We did not suf
fer from cold or exhaustion, ex
cept when looking over the side;
then the sleet chewed bits out of
our , faces. We drank 'coffee and
ale and ate sandwiches and
chocolate. v , '
"Our flight has shown that, the
Atlantic flight is practicable, but
I think it should be done not
with an airplane or seaplane, but
with flying boats.
"We had plenty of reserve fue
left, using only two-thirds of our1,
supply. , (
"The only thing that upset me
was to see the machine at the end
get damaged. From above, the
bog looked like a lovely field, but
the . machine sank into it to the
axle and fell over onto her side."
Harry G. Hawker, the aviator
who recently made an unsuccess
ful attempt to cross the Atlantic
from Newfoundland, is credited
by the Central News as saying
with regard to Captain Alcock's
achievement: ,
"It was a magnificent and very
fine feat. I am very glad Captain
Alcock was able to make the
flight in real fashion, without
warships - and all that sort of
thing. It is very gratifying from
that point, indeed." - r
Europe Must Pay Debt;
S
Sbe Owes to America,
, Financial Experts' Say
rans, Muie is. Suggestions re
ported recently td he been made
in America that the United States
should not require the repayment of
the war advances made to Europe
run counter to the views 'of the
financial specialists on the American
peace mission. (
"The financial branch of the
American commission," said one of
the specialists, believes that any
surrender of these advances wouljl
De Daa tor turope, as it would en
courage reliance on American tax
payers to pay the debts of Europe,
whereas the regeneration of Europe
depends largely on the roductive
ability and self-reliance of its own
peoples."
It is stated in this connection that
figure, gathered on the relative tax
ation resulting from the war show
that France and Italy increased
their taxation about 6 per cent,
Great Britain about 1,100 er cent,
and thex United States about ,2,000
per cent. The American financial
advisers therefore maintain ihat the
repayment of the war advances is
not only an obligation hut also nat
urally falls on those who have borne
the smallest percentages of war tax
ation. .v ,
Plan $7,500,000 Hotel.
New York, June 15. A $7,5OaO00
hotel to be known as the Linnard
will be erected on Park avenue be
tween Fifty-first and Fifty-second
streets, it announced here by
P- M. Linnard. proprietor of a chain
of hotels on the Pacific coast, and
the Ambassador hotel to be opened
at Atlantic City this month, i
Captain John Alcock and Lieu
tenant Arthur W. Brown
First Aviators to Success
fully Fly Atlantic in Biplane; .
U. S. Sends Congratulations.
London, June 15. The final goal
of all the ambitions which flying
men Jiave ventured to dream since
the Wright brothers first rose fronr
the earth in a heavier-than-air ma-
chine was realized this ntorning
when the young British officer, Cap- J
tain John Alcock and Lieutenant
Arthur Brown landed on the Irish
coast after the first non-stop flight ',
across the Atlantic.
Their voyage was without acci
dent and without unforeseen inci.
dent, as far as ( can be' learned. ItC
was a straight away, clean-cut flight
achieved in 16 hours and 12 minutes .
from Newfoundland to" Clifden, '
Ireland, more than 1,900 miles. ' .
But the brief and modest descripr
tion which comes from the airmen,
at Clifden tells of an adventurous
and amazingly hazardous enterprise. .
Fpg and mists hung over the north
Atlantic and the Vickers-Vimy bi
plane climbed and "dove, struggling
to extricate herself from the folds '
of the airplane's worst enemy.
She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped
down almost to the Surface of the "
sea, and at times the two navigators
found themselves flying upside down
only 10 feet above "the .water.
BefdrC coming to earth near the
Clifden wireless station, Alcock cii
cled the wireless. aerials, seeking the
best spot But no suitable -ground
was found, so he chanced it-in a
fog. ' - ',.
The .wireless staff rushed to the
aid of the aviators. They found
Brown-dazed and"Alcock tempor
arily deafened by the force of the -impact.
; As soon as they were able - -to
be escorted to the wireless sta- ;
tion they telegraphed the news to
their friends; then had breakfast. ,
"That is the best way to cross the
Atlantic." said Lieutenant Brown,
after he had eaten.
May Fly to London.
WoTd came f$om Clifden that the
pilot and the navigator of the bi
plane' were leaving for Galway. -whence
Lieutenant Brown planned , ' ,
to travel by train to London, ar
riving there Tuesday morning.
Captain Alcock, however, hoped, to
be able -to fly to London in the
machine which made the record ;
flight as soon as .it could be re-
paired. It was planned to have him
give ap exhibition over London m
the machine, if possible.
The Aero club received a message
from Clifden not long after the "
transatlantic fliers landed, signed by
them, which merely stated that they
had completed the flight in 16 hours
and 12 minutes. They teguested in
structions from the club. ' V"
In reply, the club telegraphed Cap
tain Alcock:
"Keep machine intact until ob
server arrives." , - '
The air ministry stated that cer
tain marks were put on the airplane ,
at Newfoundland -which must'be of- '
ficially identified by a member of,
the Royal Air Force before ? the
flight is declared to have been offi
cially completed. It was said at the
ministry tht it was probable , one
of its officials would leave Dublin
in an airplane to relieve Alcock and
Brown. It was hardly t believed
there that the,machine could be re
paired before several days had pass
ed and it was thought both the avi-J
ators would proceed to England by '
train. Alcock and Brown stood the
trip well. ' ' J ",
No Full Moon Visible.
Mists robbed the night of the ad
vantage of the full moon and the
wireless apparatus was torn away
by the. wind soon after the start.
So the two young pioneers of : tlie
Atlantic flight without a stop were
thrown upon their own resources. J
The Skillful navigation which '
brought the machine near to . the
center of the Irish coast line was v.
one of the finest features of the
flight. f.
The Daily Mail's correspondent
found Alcock and Brown at Clifden
packing their "gear into huge sacks
Alcock's face lit up with a stnile
when he was congratulated by the
correspondent. Brown, " who was .
bending over packing, said quietly:
"We didn't do so badly, did we?"
Alcock said with a laujrh: "lam V
not at all Jired." Brown, however, -: -confessed:
"I am a bit fagged out."
The correspondent says Brown's l
eyes were slightly bloodshot, butN '
that otherwise , the men looked a
if they had not traveled across the
ocean. .
When the officers. 6Derators anrf
soldiers from the wireless plail
rushed toward thr machine aftftx It -landed.
Alcock said: "This is lh v
(Continued a F Xw, Cttin Bw& , '
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