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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
7
Captain Alcock lands Vickers Vimy in Clifdon Ireland after a 16 hour 12 minute crossing from St Johns Newfoundland. The historic flight marks a milestone in early transatlantic aviation with Alcock and his crew achieving the first nonstop Atlantic crossing.
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown landed at Clifdon Ireland after sixteen hours twelve minutes flight from St Johns Newfoundland in a Vickers Vimy biplane. Their machine struck the ground and was damaged but both aviators were uninjured. Wireless issues hampered the trip and authorities prepared repairs in London. The feat ranks with other notable early air achievements.
Samuel F. Spohn former Goshen mayor and Indiana Municipal League president outlines the twenty sixth annual session in Fort Wayne city hall June 24 to 26. Delegates register Tuesday morning with welcome by Fort Wayne Mayor W Sherman Catshall and remarks by Indianapolis Mayor Charles W Jewett. Sessions cover postwar urban problems and public employment service with speakers from state and national Christian Endeavor leaders. Dr Clark Daniel Poling and Dr J Campbell White to address, music directed by Peter Quartel. proceedings continue through Sunday night.
Burleson promised to issue orders by mid June to ease tensions at national convention talks with officials from the American Federation of Labor and postal workers. He said machinery for settling disputes would be arranged after recognizing the electrical workers union, a move seen as averting a strike despite resolutions against his action. Weather bulletin notes little temperature change with possible showers in Michigan and nearby areas through Tuesday.
El Paso reports the 4th Infantry, 4th Battalion crossed the international border into Juarez near V1 prelock at night. The 5th and 7th Cavalry regiments crossed at Three Fords east of El Paso. A battalion of the 2nd Artillery crossed east of the Stockyards. About 600 American troops were on Mexican soil ten minutes after orders to cross. Fighting between Villa followers and federal troops at Jimenez resumed today, with battles suggesting decisive action.
Thousands attended the General Electric annual field day at Swinney Park, with events starting at 1 pm. Prizes ranged from bathing suits and tailoring items to beads, hats, and fishing gear as contestants competed in dashes, long jumps, casting and hoop rolling, with numerous names listed among first, second, and third place winners.
On Sunday at 4 49 p m fighting again surged in Juarez with Federals charging rebels along Calle Comercio and at the abandoned Juarez agricultural college. Colonel J Gonzales Esebar was wounded as reinforcements moved from nearby flats and Fort Hidalgo. Villa troops looted stores at night and reports spoke of executions among prisoners, with two seen by the Associated Press.
Reports describe ongoing Yaqui land seizures and clashes as Mexican and American factions fear a wider Indian uprising. The Yaqui, long contested in Sonora's river valley, face dispossession after Ramon Corral's actions and shifting loyalties amid Mexican political change, leaving divisions between peaceful and militant factions.
A Belgian agent Mademoiselle Marie Phillipping Artois told Fort Wayne reporters how she obtained German secrets from the Saxony prince and escaped to Holland. Her tale spans Brussels to London and New York, detailing covert pro Germany efforts and her plan to pass information to Berlin via Count von Bernstorff. The narrative ends with her voyage to Berlin aboard a Danish ship and meetings with Von Jagow.
Stage set for the closing of the peace congress as Germany awaits the revised treaty. Five days are allotted for a reply, with the issue framed around potential league membership and Germany’s stance on the agreement.
An AP report notes Germany may be allowed an army of 200000 for three years as part of the peace terms. The plan centers on civil administration of the Rhineland left bank, with a four-power commission replacing a large occupation force. Austria’s treaty responses are due, with time likely to be extended. In Zurich, Bolshevik and anarchist unrest left two dead and seventeen wounded as riots erupted against authorities.
Chicago reports say the nationwide strike of commercial telegraph operators was expected to fail after Postmaster General Burleson ordered bargaining rights for telephone workers. Telegraphers’ president Konenkamp says about 95,000 telegraphers could strike, but two separate labor policies remain. He notes the Order of Railway Telegraphers will not handle commercial messages, affecting Western Union and Postal Telegraph services.
Community leaders organize a relief campaign to aid Armenian and Syrian refugees. Fundraising drives will be conducted by executive officials and volunteers including Theodore Wente, Fred Porter, and Elizabeth Moynihan with Armenian relief experts assisting. Local workers, including Drs Brown, plan booths and speakers for the drive's rollout.
A chaotic Zurich disturbance erupted Saturday as protesters attacked a building's corridor, smashing windows and doors and burning archives. A guard fired into the crowd amid casualties and unclear telegraph reports, with foreign workers involved and extremist members cited by observers.
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