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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
6
Washington dispatch reports August canal digging on the isthmus advanced with 2,813,462 cubic yards excavated, up from 406,288 in July, attributed to two extra working days and lower rainfall.
A brewery vat collapsed during repairs spilling 18,000 gallons of beer into streets and sewer lines. Rescue crews saved workers from drowning as the beer flowed toward the Maumee River, creating a three foot outlet surge at the discharge point.
Tucson dispatch reports Charles Alzemora, a Fort Lowell veteran living in Guaymas, demanded an American flag be raised over a bank to honor the Mexican centennial. He previously halted a Mexican parade twenty years ago until an American flag led the procession.
Utica reports that George Corrigan of Columbus Ohio confessed to forging thousands of 5 cent pieces. He was arrested at Cooperstown and jailed by secret service officers. Authorities found dies a hand press metal and freshly minted nickels in his Otsego lake shore hideaway. Corrigan said he planned to produce 25 cent pieces next.
Charles M. Webb of Mount Freedom near Newark unearthed four old copper coins during plowing. The group includes a 1737 horse head and plow penny, a 1737 shield and Nova Caesia piece, an 1848 large U S cent, and a 1776 English coin. Dealers estimate about $800 total value.
The Klondike placer district in Alaska has yielded 150 million dollars in gold since 1898 and experts expect future mining to match that amount. Consul Hale of Dawson says 1910 output will exceed that figure.
In 1909 more than 3 500 000 was produced with most shipped to the United States and a small quantity sent to the Canadian mint. The consul notes rich copper ore deposits found in the southern Klondike district.
Joe Seymour in a Curtiss biplane and Ted Schriever in a Howard Dietz biplane were lost in dense fog over the Hempstead plains. They remained aloft to avoid obstacles and navigated by the sound of engines, with Seymour making four cross country flights and Schriever three.
Denver report recalls Fred A. Baker of Washington DC at the Indian superintendents convention in Denver. He predicts Indians will be assimilated by whites within a century though a few tribes in inaccessible areas may remain. He disputes the idea of rapid Indian death.
Washington reports that a small number of national banks judged weak will be given one final chance to strengthen. Examiners will warn boards that the Septem ber 1 condition statement is their last test for capital, reserves, or bad paper. Comptroller Murray will use full authority to push sound banking, forcing weak banks to improve or retire.
In New York City Chinatown the Full Moon festival will feature a symbolic act as Ching Pah Chow and other leading merchants cut off their queues. The move mirrors a proposal from Prince Tsai Tao after his world tour to end the queue in Chinese forces and society.
A streamlined note questions traditional spelling rules and invites flexible approaches to language use. It playfully challenges conventions while suggesting that accuracy and readability remain the goals.
From San Francisco comes word of major transportation improvements linking Pacific coast points to New York via the Panama Isthmus. A new line of boats will operate to the Pacific terminus and an express freight service will be launched by the Pacific Mail Co currently without rivals. In Santa Monica a minister urges council action against scant bathing suits describing bathers in minimal attire as improper and disruptive.
Nome dispatch reports Bogoslof volcano in the Aleutians erupting once more. The Veda from Behring Sea reached Seattle with news of ash and pumice blanketing Unimak, where Mount Shishaldin has been active for five months. The W H Diamond saw its rigging singed by hot ash but sailors quelled the fire.
At a meeting in Bakersfield the leading Chinese agree to a silent protest by keeping their children home from school. They object to segregation citing loss of English conversation benefits in grammar schools. Board of education reaction is not known.
The Aero Club of California backed by the Merchants and Manufacturers association seeks to stage the midwinter aviation meet in Los Angeles but may relocate to Pasadena if changes are not made. The club previously mailed 144 letters to aviators in France England Australia Canada and the United States asking about event formats prize distributions and locations for the January gathering.
In San Francisco on September 20 a mule, accompanied by policeman and owner Nick Nichols accused of ill treating the animal, used its strong hind leg to aid the police court. The beast's hoof struck a tone of practical justice, ending the dispute over the injury claim.
A mule kicked lifting her owner into a saloon doorway ten feet away. Police judge dismissed the case stating the mule inflicted proper and sufficient punishment.
F W Ford, a Los Angeles financier, secures option on a Lower California salt bed near Sanquin tine 120 miles from Ensenada. He leases from the Mexican Land and Colonization Co and plans piers wharfage and fleet to ship salt to Seattle Vancouver and San Francisco with some cargo to Los Angeles. The operation hinges on steam shovel extraction directly into ships in the bay.
The United States may halt coinage for an indefinite period and issue gold certificates for all bullion and foreign coin turned in. Treasury aims to save mint expenses estimated at 300000 to 500000 dollars yearly and curb coinage that benefits foreign money markets. Denver, Philadelphia, and San Francisco mints are operating or poised to continue heavy output.
Washington report details 9 779 901 arrivals since 1901 with breakdowns by group. Southern Italians head list at 1 761 948, Jews 976 263, Polish homeseekers 873 660, and 10 772 for miscellaneous. Pacific islanders 661, averages show Spanish-Americans richest at 104 and Koreans poorest at 7. Jewish average lands at 13.
St Louis doctors urge a municipal ordinance requiring every drinking citizen to obtain a license. Offenders on other statutes would be fined, with the city or state paying the fine and benefits directed to the drinker’s relatives.
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