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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1911
Page
8
A moving plotira cameraman photographed the fall of a French aeroplane. Two men were killed in the incident.
May reports allege International parties maneuver as May 20 signals Maviero’s rise and Opposition tensions. By May 23 observers fear foreign involvement as protests widen, with mass casualties cited in Torreon including Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and German victims.
The dilapidated race track and neglected fair grounds near the Island-La Grande highway were sold at sheriff’s sale for 10 000 dollars to Julia Bedelman of Delaware. Reports from Torreon cite 206 Chinese slain amid insurgent violence and conflicting claims of federal or rebel arms involvement. Two armed Mexican forces near Tia Juana are said to be reinforcing liberal and federal factions under Colonel Ma Jol.
A Union Brigade rode through the locality near an Iowa schoolhouse with no accidents on the trip though a Lucas mount failed and forced a rider to swap to a Shetland turnout. The party plans to continue to Hot Lake for lunch before returning home. The roster includes Geo. W. Benson, Will Vogel, Robert Withycombe, and many others.
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