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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
1
Mexico City reports widespread murder, plunder, and rioting as Madero faces severe challenges. Food shortages worsen as insurgent bands clash with forces, with De La Barra awaiting Madero in the capital. Government weighs bond issues to fund relief amid growing unrest.
Greensboro opens its annual convention of the United Commercial Travelers grand council of the Carolinas in the opera house with Mayor Murphy delivering the welcome and E Van Schaackl of Columbia replying. Delegates then enter executive session as a parade and events are planned for tomorrow.
New York June 2 Edison says his new storage battery overcomes weight bulk and long charging time. The device is small enough to fit in a suitcase and a wagon sized unit could be charged in five minutes.
Prominent diplomat and author John Bigelow who served in the New York era is remembered at age ninety amidst tributes. His long career included advocacy for reforms and public service, leaving a lasting imprint on American diplomacy.
Trainmaster Geo Brown of the Selie Floto express was shot in the arm during a melee at Hilgard as a circus train unloaded hoboes. Four assailants, two of whom fled, were described as Swedes in black hats. Brown, not badly wounded, rode to Pendleton on No. 17 after treatment in La Grande. Authorities search for the two remaining suspects.
Secretary Meyer presided at the opening of the Naval War College in Newport. Speakers included Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, U S N retired, known as the father of the war college.
Director Gary told the House steel investigating committee that a worldwide price fixing movement is forming with an international steel institute planned for Brussels July 5 and 6. He said the American combination could be copied and urged government supervision and publicity as a remedy, while questioning the Sherman Act’s effectiveness against large capital aggregations.
Vancouver June 2. The Master Builders association faces arbitration or 2,000 union workmen will strike next Monday. Carpenters machinists and bakers already on strike and 13 other unions have agreed to walk out. The dispute centers on the closed shop principle beyond wages.
Scores of Congregationalists from California Washington Oregon and other states gather in Portland for a seven day congress of meetings and conferences expected to be the greatest in church history in this region.
A distinguished assembly attended the Church of the Holy Cross in Plainfield New Jersey for the wedding of Misa Virginia Hegeman to Baron Tibor Podmanicsky. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs B Arrowsmith Hegeman Jr of New York and Plainfield. The baron formerly served in the Hungarian army and is now retired and studying medicine at the University of Freiburg.
Roosevelt, in The Outlook, urges radical Sherman act reforms. He argues the Standard trial ruling shows partial good but calls for drastic, broad legislation to bring large interstate corporations under government control like railroads, to curb predatory wealth.
Galveston June 2 Army hospitals fill with men from General Mills brigade marching 50 miles to Galveston to Houston and back as temperatures ranged 94 to 106. Over 300 dropped from the line and several suffered convulsions during the arduous movement.
The steamship Empress of Ireland departs from Quebec today with what is believed to be the largest passenger list ever cleared from a Canadian port. Officers have given up cabins to host coronation visitors, including a large contingent of Canadian soldiers headed to represent the country at the coronation.
His Grace Archbishop Bruches leaves Montreal for Europe to attend the Eucharistic congress in Madrid the last week of June. He will then go to Rome to pay homage to the pope and present a bound volume of Canada’s congress proceedings.
Newspapers predict Senator Lorimer will realign before June 30 after yesterday’s Senate vote for a second investigation into his election. Politicians discuss the fight to win his seat as ongoing, with the matter before the public and causing embarrassment to allies.
North Adams Massachusetts June 2 Everything is ready for the first intercollegiate balloon race in aeronautics to start tomorrow under Williams College Aeronautical Society The event invites eastern colleges and universities Williams Dartmouth Pennsylvania have balloons on the field Harvard may join Balls are 85000 cubic feet Referee and starter Leo Stevens will supervise the launch A silver loving cup will go to the winner and another for the longest distance in air Session at Gulfport S: Gulfport Mississippi June 2 Gulfport hosts the Mississippi Travelers association annual convention led by A C Benners of Hattiesburg Presidents address opens a two day session Secretary Cooper reports rising membership Local commercial groups provide entertainment
The House narrowly approves the Underwood tariff bill, ending the debate at midnight. Debates center on price protection and national policy as lawmakers push through final passage before adjournment.
William J. Bryan criticized the Democratic caucus endorsement of the Underwood wool tariff bill. He warned the party’s stance on free versus protected wool was decided as a trade issue, and urged clear protection for wool. The caucus, lasting about 12 hours, pledged most House Democrats to support the measure while leaving open future debate on free wool.
In Managua on June 2, President Diaz mobilizes government troops while a score of Liberals are arrested for complicity in the dynamiting of a magazine that killed 150 men at Fort La Loma yesterday. Zelaya and Estrada reportedly back the revolt amid concession cancellations.
Yesterday few drunks were reported as Circus personnel arrived but caused little trouble. Two or three common drunks were arrested and processed by police headquarters.
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