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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
10
Thaddeus Kerns flew 200 yards yesterday in his self crafted aeroplane near Chico. A radiator malfunction forced an early landing after a brief ascent of about fifteen feet. He plans further trials to gain greater height and distance.
Anacortes Washington reports 320 women registered for the December 6 city election as the suffrage amendment to the state constitution is proclaimed. The group hopes to elect a dry mayor and council, following a close November 8 vote.
Stockton police launched a dragnet crusade to break up camps and expel every able bodied vagrant. The aim is to curb a surge of petty robberies in the northern residence district after several nights of increasing criminal activity.
Northern California almond production beat last year by 1500 tons but failed to meet grower expectations. Preharvest estimates stood at 3500 tons yet official figures from Manager J. P. Dargitz show a yield not exceeding 2000 tons, possibly lower, due to dry weather.
The steamship Zealandia arriving from Australia carried a California barnyard owl that had alighted 860 miles from land. A wireless chess match between Captain Phillips and four Makura passengers ended with Zealandia winning in six moves as the vessels were 400 miles apart.
Myron H. Crippen aged 83 died at the home of Mrs. L. N. Frank at 245 South Flower Street shortly after 4 am Friday. He had believed his son Hawley H. Crippen innocent in the London murder case and had lived in care and charity for months after his own suffering and worry.
Pittsburg records a brief sun spell of twelve minutes across seven and a half days from Nov ten to Nov eighteen, according to the weather bureau. The period yields less than two minutes of sun per day.
Washington authorities dispute a meat price drop as a market manipulation. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley accuses big firms of aiming to crush independents, while Secretary Wilson links the tumble to higher hay costs and predicts prices will fall with ample grain and no collusion.
Capt. Van Tassell the noted balloonist plans a Bakersfield departure within weeks for a Tehachapi crossing in a dirigible. He intends to bring a newspaperman and possibly two others. It would be the first such trip ever attempted.
Marvin Hudson a farmer near Bassfield Mississippi carried a stick of dynamite to his field yesterday. He stumbled and fell the explosion did not kill him and he has a slight chance to recover from his injuries.
London November 22 militant suffragettes marched about 1000 strong to the Parliament buildings in a clash with police. Emmeline Pankhurst led 116 arrests as women battled to breach lines toward the House of Lords and press for a woman suffrage bill while American sailors watched and cheered.
In Montrose Colorado Samuel Staples large sheep grower, a peculiar new disease killed several animals. Post mortem found water between hide and flesh, about five gallons inside the body, with heart and lungs enveloped by a growth and vital organs largely vanished, alarming neighboring sheep men.
During milking Mrs. Luther Calvert of Clinton dropped a pocketbook with 85 dollars and change. A chewed silver quarter revealed the culprit a young heifer in the yard. A veterinarian removed the mutilated bills from the animal's stomach and the notes were sent to Washington for redemption.
Specifications for the Cunard line steamship call for a vessel 888 feet long with a 50 000 ton displacement and 23 knot speed. The ship will use turbine propulsion and may burn oil if advisable, with space for 650 first class 740 second class and 2400 steerage passengers.
A curious note reports a woman famed for the smallest shoe size and an exceptionally long tongue. The article catalogs measurements and public interest in her unusual trait.
Plans filed for a 46 story tower at Broadway and Park Place opposite the city post office. It will rise 625 feet from street level to the cupola, cost $7,000,000, and be completed in about a year. Builder F W Woolworth. architect Cass Gilbert. second tallest building after the Singer tower.
The World's Christian Citizenship conference in Philadelphia discussed Christian citizenship and its global impact. Rev. W. W. Caruthers of Oklahoma criticized U S policy toward American Indians, saying the Indian distrusts the white man’s word due to a lack of moral instruction despite gains in literacy and farming.
New Yorker H H Rogers, son of a Standard Oil financier, returns from Europe urging three year compulsory service for young men. He warns Japan will provoke war before the Panama Canal opens, arguing the U S Army is too small and outdated while mobilizing capacity is inadequate. He cites European respect for the navy and predicts a landing force of 200000 would reach the Pacific coast before U S mobilization.
Rioters clash with police in Puebla with a casualty toll reported at about 100 killed. Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera was shot as officers moved to disperse a meeting of anti reelectionists. A bomb exploded during the street fighting with casualties among police and rurales. No Americans reported killed.
A brief dramatic exchange from the Ladies' Tiname Journal. A visitor asks a fortune teller to read the past and to reveal what his wife told him to get. The fortune teller confirms such reading as her business.
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