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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1910
Page
1
The congressional investigating committee in executive session decided Taft will not be summoned to testify while Pinchot, called to the stand, discusses Ballinger’s conservation policy amid ongoing controversy and public anger over Pacific coast goods and a broader Chinese boycott.
On Mar 1 Philadelphia reports a powerful effort to avert a general strike. The situation remains unchanged as both sides hold firm. The street car company still refuses to arbitrate while all city newspapers urge both sides toward resolution.
San Francisco March 1 data from the Japanese consul general show that arrivals of Japanese in the United States continued to decline. The latest figures indicate about 1000 fewer arrivals last year than the previous year, signaling a persistent drop in immigration.
Chinese residents in San Francisco mobilize to enforce a boycott on American goods, tying to Pacific coast actions and affecting China as authorities refuse to remove a Chinese detention shield from Auge Island to San Francisco. The Telard vessel’s role is cited as a trigger for Chinese protests.
Boston March 1 Mrs Mabel Lewis Todd wife of Prof Todd confirms professor Lowe s claim Mars is inhabited She reports seeing candle like lights on Mars and argues they are of artificial origin She notes vegetation along the canal like lines seen through the telescope and not along water courses
Boston March 1 eighty two new lawyers appeared before the Supreme Court and were sworn in as full members of the Massachusetts bar.
A hearings room discussion reveals an official dilemma over granting Pacific Mail Steamship an exclusive carrying contract. The subject, tied to inter oceanic routes and Panama Canal implications, questions authority to bind the government and the legality of such a grant.
Dick Ferris the Los Angeles promoter offers Rickard and Gleason a $150 600 guarantee to stage the Johnson Jeffries bout in the city. Ferris says he is backed by a group of wealthy Southern Californians.
Paris reports circulate that President Fallieres of France may resign due to ill health described as sleeping sickness. He is said to have fallen asleep during cabinet meetings despite official denials, and friends fear his condition without rest.
New railroad colonist fares from the east and central west start March 1 and run to April 15. Rates include 25 dollars from Kansas City Omaha and the Twin Cities 33 dollars from Chicago 49 75 dollars from Boston and 50 dollars from New York.
Washington march 1 With the expectation of raising 250000 this month the Nations Anti Trust League today commenced a campaign to secure funds for fighting the trusts controlling the necessities of life.
Plans call for the construction of a $40,000,000 union station in Kansas City as a replacement for the current eyesore. Work is expected to start this month with completion likely by 1912 and the facility to handle pure traffic.
Severe spring slides and washouts cripple Oregon Short Line and O R N main line. Glennerry Mountain Home Elgin and Boise Bridge near Nampa hit. service suspended with trains diverted or stubbed. Wallowa to Joseph traction disrupted as crews clear blocks. telegraph down complicates updates.
Widespread flooding reported as river levels rise across multiple streams. Meadows Brook and Katherine Creek flood warnings. Caldveil damages exceed 100000 dollars. Pullman and Colfax report rapidly rising waters flooding business districts and isolating communities. McCalls Ferry flood barrier breached with high water rushing toward the site.
A fragmentary dispatch reports a snow slide near Wel ington Washington on February 24 wiping out a westbound train with about 20 passengers feared dead. A relief train and snow plow were dispatched to reach the site as wires remain down.
Miss Irma Alkine, a Hehnke-Walker graduate from Portland, has returned here to join her mother.
All avalanche victims at Mace and Burke have been accounted for. Burke death list reaches 17. officials expect more, including strangers not on directories. Thirty injured seek care in Wallace hospitals. many may die. Burial preparations handled by nearby mine crews. services set at Burke Opera House this afternoon. Banks and stores closed.
It is confidently expected that Sir Thomas Lipton will sail another challenge for the yachting cup during the month just beginning in London.
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