16 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
1
Governor Spry rules out Utah hosting the Jeffries Johnson bout with plans to stage the big fight just across the Nevada line. Tex Rickard weighs moving events to Reno as legal actions loom in California. McCarney heads to Reno to secure permits for Langford Ketchel and Jeffries Johnson.
San Francisco reports Governor Gillett says no new comments beyond his letter to Attorney General Webb and plans a temporary restraining order filing in the superior court within days against the Johnson Jeffries fight. Webb indicates willingness to accept the court ruling, while Tex Rickard and James J Jeffries vow to battle. Promoter Louis Blot hints a Langford Kaufman bout could occur next Saturday if Johnson is delayed.
Promoters Rickard and Gleason react to the governor’s orders with plans to press the San Francisco fight date if advised by General Webb. They consult attorney Herbert Choynski and contemplate Nevada or Utah as fallback sites while awaiting Webb’s official opinion and potential mandamus action to halt firefighting measures.
The article proclaims John Russell as the new Chief of Detectives for New York City, outlining his prior service and expected leadership role. It notes the appointment by city authorities and signals a shift in the NYPD command structure.
A new corporation formed by Chicago and Idaho interests plans 18 miles of railroad from American Falls to Rockland with branches to open fertile country. Articles filed in Boise name one million dollars capital, ten dollar shares, 15 directors with staggered terms. The company aims to build electric or steam lines, plus light and water plants in Idaho.
Washington on June 16 reports the House foreign affairs committee requires San Francisco and New Orleans to raise seven and a half million dollars each before gaining government endorsement for Panama Expo sites. No invitation to foreign nations will be extended until funds are secured.
Washington June 16 The house bill to enlarge the army engineer corps includes a provision to permit the president to supersede with an army engineer Director F H Newell of the Reclamation service. The measure was reported to the senate by the committee on military affairs with a minority report to be filed by Senator Dixon.
The Federal grand jury indicted Peter G. Thomson, president of the Champion Coated Paper Co of Hamilton Ohio, on charges of attempted bribery related to supplying paper for government postal cards.
A moderate quake of unknown exact strength rattled Washington this morning. Seismographs at Georgetown University recorded the event about a thousand miles away and experts suspect the disturbance originated in Italy.
A temporary writ of injunction pending decision would prevent delays by blocking appeal routes if rent was denied. The governor declares prizefighting in California a disgrace to the state, signaling strong official disapproval.
City engineers present a detailed map of the proposed sewer and 12 inch subway drainage plan for Pocatello. The plan calls for 164 788 dollars in 20 year bonds at five percent with a June 28 election. Deepest main line runs 20 inches then 15 inches then 12 inches. Storm sewer sizes range from 24 to 48 inches. The plan is endorsed by Rudolph Herring and George W Fuller with Fuller set to visit June 20. Voters are urged to register again to vote on election day.
Franklin Idaho marked its semi centennial with Governor Brady and Prof Miles Reed addressing crowds. Republican officials spoke as residents toured Mt Smart and recounted frontier battles, with tales of pioneers, John Franklin Reed, and an elderly Shoshone woman said to be 125 years old.
A forest blaze swept the Ojo and Bacoachi mountains wiping out the mining town of Morarabi in Somora along with ten stamp mills. Miners escaped narrowly and built back fires to reach Cannanea as the fire advanced toward Cananea.
Voter access details outline polling places for four wards in Greater Pocatello. Each ward lists its polling location, registrar, election judges, distributing clerk, and clerks. The city divisions align with the Oregon Short Line tracks and Clark and Center streets to define ward boundaries.
Edward T. Stotesbury completes purchase to succeed the Opera King role and take control after buying out Oscar Hammerstein. He assumes leadership of the opera enterprise amid notable industry shift and new management.
Blyth & Fargo plan a branch grocery at South Second avenue and Lewis street opposite the police headquarters. The one story brick building 30 by 70 feet will connect to a 30 by 70 warehouse, creating a 30 by 140 feet storeroom, with modern market front doors. The east side growth is fueling this expansion while the main store remains opposite Bannock hotel.
In San Quentin Calif June 16 Ernest Worth a Los Angeles wife killer awaits the gallows grant of last minute respite possible. Worth murdered his wife June 22 last year after a money settlement dispute and a hotel room quarrel. He pleaded guilty and asked for death. five prior suicide attempts marked his pretrial period. He arrived at the prison weary awaiting his fate and once devised a hanging scaffold from pillow case strips before a cellmate’s chair thwarted the plan.
Several hundred delegates gather in Bonham Texas for the Epworth league annual convention of the North Texas conference. The program begins with a welcome demonstration and continues into Friday and the weekend with business sessions and the annual address by president C L Hamilton of Lewisville.
City officials confront a dumpyard problem after arrests over dead animals at the Boise canyon site. City Physician W A Wright reports conditions. Deputy Health Officer M S Parker urges incineration as the sanitary, economic ideal and calls for a future plant to dispose of the city’s refuse.
Mrs Dora E Doxey who was acquitted of murdering William J Erder faced a preliminary hearing in St Louis on a bigamy charge. She allegedly married her present husband Dr L B Doxey without divorce from her former spouse.
A dynamite blast in a hallway at a First Avenue tenement in New York sent 150 occupants fleeing to fire escapes. Police believe the Black Hand society is responsible for the explosion.
Henry White and fellow U S delegates depart New York aboard the transport Sumner for Buenos Ayres to attend the fourth conference of American republics meeting next month.
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