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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
1
A wave of indignation sweeps Washington as Japan reports antagonism from California's legislature considering anti Japanese measures. Roosevelt is said to accuse Californians of breaking pledges and acting with folly and bad faith. Officials stress immigration relations remain definitively settled despite the move.
News reaches Halalis Washington that 11 year old Willie Fink was found frozen to death and his 21 year old brother Henry was found near the body in a serious condition after a weekend hunting trip. Teachers and locals organized a search as the brothers failed to return. Henry and others carried the young victim for a long distance before collapsing from cold and exhaustion. Telegraph operator Shumard of Kamia transacted business in La Grande.
A morning blaze gutted the Copeland hotel political headquarters in Topeka. Thirty guests were injured as they leaped from windows. among the injured is A. W. Smith, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate, who may die as the property loss proves heavy. The fire started at 4 a.m. and gutted the building.
Chicago officials will issue licenses to all moving picture machine operators after a strict examination. Theaters employing unlicensed operators will be closed starting tomorrow.
A freight collision near Swift Current between a Canadian Pacific silk car and a freight engine destroyed silk worth about 1 000 000 dollars. Brakemen Porter and Mount were killed instantly as a fire consumed four silk cars. The silk train had arrived from the orient aboard the Empress of China.
Stockton California faces imminent inundation as a large bulkhead section on Mormon channel near Bellota washed out. Water advances from the east, threatening lower Stockton while Linden 12 miles east is flooded. Los Angeles reports heavy rain for two days.
General Superintendent M. J. Buckley of Harriman linen in Oregon returns to Portland after seven days on the O R and N line. He battled high winds and drifting snow from Fairview to lies while snow plows lagged. He suffers a frostbitten face but plans to press on, joking about the nickname Old Frozen Face.
Roosevelt shows no ill effects after a 90 mile horseback ride and handles official dates at his desk. Army officers who criticized the ride fear the president’s cane teases risk of overexertion as he doubled the day’s requirements. Monte Carlo hosts three months of opera starting tomorrow with the Niebelungs Ring and Mozart revivals amid disaster gloom.
Traction magnate Peicick Calhoun, accused of offering to tilt the board of supervisors, shifts his defense under questioning of venuremen. He claims Rudolph Sprecklies plotted to frame him. Juror Joseph Dixon was temporarily passed for challenge.
Seven Indian skeletons unearthed on the Miller and Lux ranch near Bakersfield have been brought to the city. Naturalists believe the remains were buried about a hundred years ago, wrapped in costly Navajo blankets of ancient make and design.
Hannibal Missouri on January 14 voters cast ballots on issuing 5000 in bonds to build a new city hall. The funds were promised in a wealthy resident's will but the property may revert if the hall is not erected promptly.
Washington report says Senator Tillman’s request for a senate probe into Roosevelt’s charges about his Oregon land grab may not proceed as committee members doubt the allegations violate law. Salt Lake City convention launches broad Utah highway improvement push with delegates statewide. Gus Bengelsdorff plans a Saturday shoe shop visit to serve patrons.
Burlington Iowa January 14 Sheriff Moore believes life insurance companies will deny Mrs Carmichael widow of a minister who killed Gideon Browning a carpenter in a Columbus Michigan church murder to trigger death by own action and keep the policy proceeds. The sheriff returns to Michigan with Carmichael s body noting plans to prevent the widow from collecting.
R E Watson a Norwalk Cal farmer confessed sending a revolver and seven cartridges in a dike to F J Humpely the San Francisco solicitor now in county jail for forgery. He said Humpely planned to kill two turnkeys and escape with a sloop to Honduras. the plan would have freed 30 prisoners.
Charles Midland, foreman at the Willamette paper plant in Oregon City, was swept from a light skiff and drowned as he tried to cross the Willamette River. A floating ice cake capsized the boat and carried him under.
Salem January 14 The legislature will reconvene to consider Governor Chamberlain’s vetoes. Antis plan to override several vetoed bills to shatter support for Chamberlain and secures pledges against him. The first senatorial ballot is set for noon Tuesday.
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