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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1911
Page
7
Needles residents press for moral reform as the city shuts down dives and closes gambling rooms and blind pigs in a broad cleanup drive. In Los Angeles a hearse horses run amok injuring a rabbi and son while a corpse was tossed into the street amid a frightened crowd.
A church canvass of 8000 Pasadena names shows 500 individuals not affiliated with any church, indicating Pasadena as the most religious city in America. Methodists lead denominations, followed by Presbyterians and Congregationalists.
Los Angeles on April 25 18 divorce actions for decrees were filed in the county clerk office breaking the prior one day record of sixteen. Attaches note the clustering signals possible existence of a divorce bureau in the city.
April 25 Long Beach reports a crowd gathering to view the first harem skirt seen in the city. A woman dropped her baby buggy, the infant rolled into the street, and John Bentley's horse reared as shoppers rushed to glimpse the fashion. Police restrained the crowd.
The second installment of the 1910 1911 tax levy became delinquent after 6 pm Monday. A 5 percent penalty will be attached to unpaid taxes. County tax collector W O Welch expects delinquencies to total under 200 000, similar to last year, with most collected later. So far collections exceed last year's period by about 450 000, and weekly averages near 100 000. Corporations are delaying payments to use money longer.
District Attorney R. B. Goodcell pledged to prosecute every case of fraudulent voting linked to last week’s election contest. He noted many alleged illegal ballots come from voters who changed residence without proper registrar transfer and said witnesses may be subpoenaed. Perjury and fraudulent voting charges await those who assisted or swore in unqualified voters.
Imperial valley cantaloupe crop expected to total about 5800 acres maturing this season and yield 2000 to 2500 cars. Growers should net roughly $1,000,000 with first shipments due around late June. Last year produced 1621 cars, making this year's crop 25 to 33 percent larger.
Los Angeles April 25 report by the Harriman lines with other transcontinentals shows 85 000 colonists moved west at low fares. California received 50 000 and 35 000 went to the northwest. Santa Fe carried 20 000 to California, many settling south of Tehachapi, with a 15 percent gain over last season.
Frank Everett, imprisoned for life for the 1906 Mina murder, was pardoned after doctors removed a foreign object from his skull. A rusty needle was found in the bone segment. doctors said it caused pressure and Jacksonian epilepsy, now deemed curable.
Governor Eberhart signed the Keefe Bill in St. Paul allowing direct voter nomination of U S senators. Each candidate for the legislature must pledge to back the endorsed senatorial candidate or declare unwillingness to do so. The 1912 election will choose a senator to succeed Knute Nelson.
Philosophical remark attributed to Voltaire noting that some truths apply only to certain people or eras rather than universally.
Douglas Arizona April 25 The rebel defeat was blamed on soldiers overindulging in liquor found in saloons and stores in the captured city Col Juan Medina commander in chief of the insurrecto forces fled here and surrendered to American authorities.
President Taft refused to pardon Franklin P. Mays former district attorney of Portland Oregon who was convicted in 1907 of conspiracy to defraud the government of public lands He must serve four months in prison and pay a 10000 fine Indicted with former Senator Mitchell W M Jones and Binger Hermann the cases drew national attention Jones also was convicted
Tacoma April 25 L Knutson fell seven stories to the concrete basement of a new Tacoma building while near the elevator shaft with a wheelbarrow. He crashed through boards to the basement but rose smiling and quipped that it was a lucky fall. He is 25 years old.
Gen. Leonard Wood urged compulsory military training in public schools at a Sons of the Revolution banquet. He said the American army shows inefficiencies and proposed shorter enlistment terms to train a larger portion of men in military science.
Homer Little, a farmer near Conway Kansas, returned from a wolf hunt with a loaded shotgun on the porch. A 17 month old infant tripped the gun, the shell exploded, a charge entered Little's left leg and doctors amputated the limb but he died from the wound.
Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute urged prevention as the only known defense against infantile paralysis. He praised state efforts to require notification and quarantine. He cited 20,000 cases since the epidemic began in the United States and 10,000 to 15,000 cripples resulting from the disease.
Washington April 26 President Taft weighs a successor to Ambassador Hill in Berlin. Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio is discussed as a possible appointee, with his wife Mrs. Longworth Alice Roosevelt among the president's close friends. Concerns cite his limited diplomatic experience. If Berlin is not chosen, Longworth may take another major post.
The California Atlantic Steamship Company and the Mississippi Valley Transportation Company finalize a New Orleans exchange of traffic. The move lowers water transportation rates, enabling California goods from canned fruit to dried beans to reach the Mississippi Valley cheaper. The first cargo departs New Orleans in mid May with regular service to follow.
Sacramento April 25 Governor Johnson signed a bill establishing a sixteen hour day for railroad workers involved in train operation dispatching or telegraph duties. The act aligns state law with national railroad limits requiring no more than sixteen hours of work in a day and eight hours of rest between shifts.
Washington April 26 A bill introduced by Representative Hays proposes a Carnegie National Park in Arizona to encompass the Grand Canyon National Monument and the Coronado National Forest. The park would honor Andrew Carnegie as a founder of major institutions and a promoter of peace.
A Buckle quote argues for maximum freedom of action and expression as beneficial to society and to individual well being. It asserts that tolerance legitimizes diverse thoughts and writings for both social good and personal benefit.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes flats built with disappearing furniture to save space for tax assessors. The joke implies apartments designed to appear larger during official visits, highlighting satire of property measures.
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