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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1912
Page
2
Washington reports grave US concern over pre election tensions in Cuba. Clashes expected between rulers and opposition as election day nears, with fears of post vote disorder and potential fraud challenges amid Gomez and Zayas rivalries.
Bakersfield reports that if the nine month daily average holds, 1912 oil output could total 88.87 million barrels, up from 81.13 million in 1911, with state production likely near 90 million. Daily averages have climbed each month from June to September, reaching 252 709 barrels in September.
Los Angeles reports that $1,370,256 financed city operations in the past quarter. September expenditures totaled $406,703, leaving $3,452,908 for the remaining nine months. Fire department led spending at $66,990 followed by Police and Street, while charitable costs and the municipal railway totaled small sums. The municipal newspaper expense was $5,175 in September and $14,755 for July through September.
Mexico City reports a new bill by Congressional Deputy J. T. Carreon proposing that no foreigner or foreign company may acquire land or property. Foreign holdings already held must be disposed of within five years or be appropriated by the government. Government may seize uncultivated land for distribution to the poor at a minimum price.
General Leonard Wood inspected the Point Firmin site chosen for a 3 million dollar harbor defense complex near Los Angeles. He praised the location but urged more land and funding, noting Congress must approve expenditures for two 14 inch guns and mortars. He called for stronger California National Guard and coastal troops readiness.
William Wolf aged 89 and his wife aged 83, early founders of Kansas City, were ordered sent to the county poor farm. Married sixty five years, they were supported by a grandson who can no longer do so. Wolf once owned the first saloon in Kansas City and held $50,000.
The Interstate Commerce Commission upheld the $1 rate for California lemons to Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, reversing the proposed $1.15 increase after Dec 8, 1911. The ARlington Heights Fruit Exchange of Los Angeles must file detailed shipment data to gauge railroad reimbursement, seen as a final win for California citrus growers.
An unidentified young man died in a hot water vat at the Los Angeles Gas and Electric plant on Macy Street. Police initially dismissed self harm but reopened the case as the body, found partially buried in carbon sediment, could not be identified. victim wore blue overalls.
The 1924 Bering Sea fur sealing season ended with the smallest kill in years, totaling 3,764 seals off the Pribilof islands. Government agents conducted the hunt and the skins will be sold in London in January with proceeds shared among the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and Japan under a treaty for seal herd preservation.
Miss Harriet Miller was found guilty of petty larceny in Denver and sentenced to forty days in county jail for taking a willow plume from a department store. She testified the items were for a wedding outfit for a friend.
Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher told about 100 entrymen from the Chuckawalla and Palo Verde Irrigation associations that he supports a law modification to aid irrigation on government land. He also outlined plans for road use in parks, an oil station in Los Angeles harbor, and upcoming mineral-land suits, while noting a convention will set exact aims for new legislation.
Los Angeles officials say the charter adopted by the city freeholders will go to a special election between November 25 and December 4. The law requires a single-issue vote not less than twenty nor more than forty days after the charter’s last publication, which occurred after ten days beginning October 16. The final possible election date is December 5.
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