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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1910
Page
1
Bowerman spoke to supporters advocating convict road building over private enterprise and urged public funding. The talk aimed to broaden backing for state led infrastructure projects. Public officials shadowed the event with calls for faster action and clearer goals.
Republican contenders Jay Bowerman and Oswald West spoke at the fair grounds, each praising their records and attacking the other. Bowerman touted his role in creating the commission and West highlighted his railroad leadership while aiming to rebut charges about rail earnings and rate policies. The rally drew strong support and lively crowds as the campaign edge intensified.
Hattiesburg Mississippi October 12 visitors come for the annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans of Mississippi plus a prosperity celebration promoting local industry population and agricultural growth. The event, also intended to advertise the city and region, continues through tomorrow and follows a similar successful observance last year.
Delegates from major Bay State cities gather in Holyoke Massachusetts for the Massachusetts Police Relief Association convention with a banquet planned for tonight.
Madrid reports show active Spanish military operations against tribesmen in Morocco with troops deployed to keep order in cities. The cabinet fears a revolution while Republicans cheer the government’s troubles. General Alder reportedly leads a large force from Mellia to Yazama.
Spokane reports Judge Howard Whitson of the United States court collapsed from paralysis this morning after sentencing train robber C. P. Howell to life. The nervous strain and the sentence are blamed. Whitson, found on the floor of his chambers, was appointed in 1905 after practicing law at North Yakima.
The Coast League president Judge Graham ruled the September games in which Gus Helting played forfeited to Oakland. Portland manager Walter McCredie vowed to appeal the decision claiming ineligibility and a frame up to rob Portland of the pennant. He said he would seek appeals to all baseball courts up to the national commission.
Portland remains a fraction of a game ahead despite a reduced cushion. Yesterday's score totals place her one point ahead, with the updated standings shown before this afternoon's games.
In New York on Oct 12 a plan emerged for a large steel plant west of the Mississippi to be financed by the steel trust. The project aims to start work in a year in Pittsburg Kansas, expected to employ ten to fifteen thousand workers and to boost the town toward becoming the state’s largest city. A meeting also organized a company to build a fifteen story office building to house a new Kansas daily newspaper with a New York journalist as editor and manager.
Thompson New York October 12 Colonel Roosevelt is called an apostle of discord and dissension and accused of disturbing business to panic. John Dix New York gubernatorial candidate accepts nomination and blasts Roosevelt for aiming to weaken the courts. Roosevelt silent in Peoria Illinois after the accusation.
In Seminary New York on Oct 12 Miss Louise Godfrey a school teacher became the bride of the Rev. George Jeremiah Becker pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church Montclair New Jersey in the seminary edifice today.
Three more bodies recovered from the exploded Starkville mine today identified only by brass checks. A public burial was held, coroner's inquest planned, and rescuers advanced into entries as ventilation issues and sparks are blamed for the blast. By dusk eight more bodies were found, totaling 22 with 65 feared dead.
President Taft plans a strenuous autumn congress session with recommendations for economical administration. He will push private capital development of water power on public lands with government restraining power. An amendment to the Sherman Act to allow limited railroad rate agreements is also urged.
Ban Salvador October 12 The American gunboat Princeton prepared to land marines at Amapala Honduras to liberate Americans held by Commandant Valladares Valladares refused surrender and threatened to kill all English and Americans imprisoned while fortifying the customs house and barricading his home. the British consul reports chaotic conditions on the island.
Delegates from all parts of the Union gather for the twenty second annual convention of the American Bottlers' Protective Association in Philadelphia. The session is expected to wind up today with influence for betterment in the trade.
President Collier of the Commercial club seeks to appoint delegates to the mining congress at Sumpter on October 20 and 21. He will provide credentials to eligible applicants interested in attending.
London reports Dr Crippen the American dentist charged with murdering his actress wife Bellé Elmore. Mile. Leneve, his companion, indicted as an accessory after the fact with guilty knowledge. If guilty they face long prison terms, as trial readiness proceeds.
Providence Rhode Island October 13 state convention will name state and congressional candidates in today’s Rhode Island Prohibitionist gathering in Providence.
In International Falls Minnesota on October 12 dispatches report fires devastating a region with hundreds of deaths likely. National guard troops and sanitary crews work to burn carcasses and prevent disease as martial law is imposed and efforts mount to rebuild Spooner and Beaudette with carpenters sent to the burned towns.
Pittsburg hosts the third annual milk and cream exhibition under the Health Bureau with USDA support. The display fills an entire floor of the Union building while experts discuss tuberculosis in cows animal diseases and hygienic milk handling to protect public health.
An enormous force of men will be with the strikers by Friday morning, signaling a dramatic escalation in the conflict. The situation in France grows more volatile as tensions rise between authorities and labor groups.
Paris reports show 300000 railway workers voting to strike, suspending steamships, trains, and Paris metro. Clashes with troops begin as telegraph services are tampered with and two wrecks occur. Authorities brace for heavy disruption across France with widespread urban transit cut.
At the New York state convention in Brooklyn the vile attractions of moving picture shows were denounced. Resolutions prepared will likely be adopted warning Catholic fathers and mothers against their children attending vulgar dramas at these haunts of shame.
Shareholders in Salt Lake City vote to raise capital stock from 27.46 million to 100 million for the Harriman property within Union Pacific mileage. Significant construction programs are planned following the meeting.
The Vermont Grand Lodge of the International Order of Good Templars convened in Cabot on October 12 for a two day session. The gathering gathers members from Vermont and adjacent regions to discuss lodge activities and future events.
National officials of the post office department and postmasters from several cities open a three day national postal convention in Chattanooga Tennessee with addresses planned by leaders.
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