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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
11
Panama reports the canal will be completed in 1915 with an official opening set for January 1 1915. President Taft, visiting Gatun dam, was told the canal’s completion date remains tied to the $375 million authorization and Goethals aims to train船 tenders and fine tune machinery within a year.
Guthrie remains capital as the Oklahoma Supreme Court voids the Oklahoma City ballot to move the capital. The ruling finds defects in the ballot title and declares the Guthrie provision only a repealable law, upending the capital site plans.
Governor William J. Mills reports that approaching statehood has boosted industry and business in the territory. He notes residents anticipate a period of strong industrial growth once the state government is established.
A Pacific to Atlantic coast balloon flight will be attempted next year funded by a $10,000 donation from P Chester Thompson and a $1,000 trophy. Pilot H Helm Clayton, who helped pommerin win the 1908 international race, expects the journey to take four days.
Count Leo Tolstoi died at his Yasnaya Poliana residence after a final illness. Talented writer and social reformer, he sought solitude in a peasant life, passing his last days in a rough hut near the Tolstoi estate with his family at his side.
Venice reports Eugene Estoppey began a 1000 mile run at 9 o clock Sunday. He completes one mile each hour with rests until the next hour. Fred McCarver and Abbot Kinney helped launch the event on the Venice pier. The course runs to Park Avenue and back, measuring one mile per loop.
Eugene B. Ely made a successful flight in a Curtiss biplane from the cruiser Birmingham near Fort Monroe Virginia. He glided from the ship to the water touched shore and landed on Willoughby Spit then disappeared from the eastern horizon.
Washington reports the 13 cent postage stamp denomination is exhausted as post offices halt production. Existing stamps remain valid and on hand stock will be sold until depleted. The stamp combined eight cent registry and five cent foreign postage, a function made obsolete by a registry fee rise to 10 cents.
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