Governor Names Seven Officials In Wisconsin
Madison reports governor McGovern sent reappointment lists for confirmation naming A B Knolt to banking commissioner, J Q Emery dairy and food commissioner, O J Ellason state veterinarian, Louis P Mayer oil inspectors, Katherine Williams board of control, J B Lewis board of control, W H Graebner board of control. Senate rebukes McGovern approving a resolution 22 to percent defending legislative autonomy and criticizing the governor for advising a recess plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
McGovern
Senate
A.B. Knolt
Kenosha
J. Q. Emery
Albion
O. J. Ellason
Omro
Louis P. Mayer
Milwaukee
Katherine Williams
Board of ‘Control
J. B. Lewis
Friendship
Board of Control
Tern
W. H. Graebner
McCovern
Scott
State Odd Fellows Meet Chooses Leaders Across Wisconsin
The 1914 Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows convention and state assembly of Rebeccas met in Fond du Lac La Crosse with Eau Claire Wausau and Superior noted. Richard W. Hoe reelected grand secretary received a silver chest for 25 years in office. officers named include Grand Master C. Sheerin Marshfield deputy grand master W. T. Drake and others among Milwaukee Lancaster and Green Bay. The Past Grand Master’s Association elected David Whitten president J A Fathers secretary and Richard Hoe treasurer. The Rebecca assembly elected Mrs Elaine Lauterbach Milwaukee president Mrs Bertha Noble Stevens Point vice president and Mrs Olive Schroeder Marshfield warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
J. A. Fathers
Danegvile
Richard Hoe
Milwaukee
Assembly of Reveccas
Elain Lauterbach
Bertha Noble
Stevens Point
Olive Schroeder
Vote Sets June 28 Adjournment In State Assembly
The assembly adopted a resolution to adjourn on June 28 and set June 13 as the cutoff for new business. Rochester proposed June 21 as the adjournment date, but an amendment by Kneen extending one week was approved. The house sentiment was 54 to 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Assembly
Roesster
Kneen
House
Janesville Postpones Mayor Recall Election July 22
A special election is set for July 22 in Janesville to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Fathers who intends to run again. He faces former mayor John P. Nichols who has led the recall effort against Fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Fathers
John P. Nichols
Governor at Dolafield locates Cushing monument site
Gov McGovern visited Dolafield to identify the Alden farm as the Birthplace of the Cushing brothers and the site for a memorial monument on the Plek Memorial Sites Oconomowoe project.
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Plek
Gov. McGovern
Dolafield
Cushing
Alden Farm
Cushing Brothers
Fire Tournament at Marion Parade Launches June 12
Beginning with a parade in Marion the Northwestern Firemen's association tournament will be held here on June 12. Companies from Oconto Falls Culllette Clintonville Shawano Tigerton and Marion will take part.
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Marion
Oconto Falls
Culllette
Clintonville
Shawano
Tigerton
Postoffice Safe Cracked at Victory Town
The post office at Victory thirty miles away was dynamited by masked men. They seized stamps worth $200 and an amount in coins. Local authorities investigated the break in and reported no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Victory
Here
Gorg
Burlington
Aged man sentenced over forged checks plea
Aged 67 year old A. B. Root pleaded not guilty to forging checks on local merchants. Judge Smioding sentenced Root to three years in state prison at Waupun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Root
Waupun
Smioding
Clergy Advise Caution on Marriage Announcements
Fond du Lac clergy at the diocese annual council adopt a resolution urging that marriages be announced three times prior to the ceremony to alert the community and ensure proper notice.
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Fond du Lac
Asylum Officials to Meet in Waukesha June 30 and 18
The twelfth annual meeting of the association trustees superintendents and managers of Wisconsin county asylums for the insane will be held in Waukesha on June 30 and 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Association
Wisconsin
Waulkesha
Association of ‘Trustees
President Wilson probes insidious lobby in Senate inquiry
Washington June 4 The United States Senate opened an official inquiry into an insidious lobby alleged by President Wilson to seek to modify air policy and money flows. Sixteen senators testified none knew of the lobby or any improper money use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Senate
Wilson
Congress
Overman
Walsh
Clark
Arkansas
Betate
Chamberlain
Oregon
White House
Reed
Cummins
Telegraphic notes of early 1900s incidents and appointments
A string of terse reports from across the United States notes fatalities and injuries from a pony accident near LaRue Ohio and a Belmont Park jockey death in New York. It also reports Charles W Morse's election as Hudson Navigation president, a Baptist minister shot by his wife in Mississippi, a collision injuring 18 in Kentucky, and a blind student to receive a Columbia BA. It mentions a suffragette congress in Paris ahead of broader discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John Noyes
LaRue
New York
William Smith
Warrenton
Belmont Park Race Track
Charles W. Morse
Hudson Navigation Company
Columbia University
Carlton S. Glover
Paris
France
False Teeth Fatality After Exhibition in Chicago
Miss Angeline Surger died after showing her new false teeth to Mrs. Frances Kiersick in Chicago. While replacing them she swallowed the plate and choked to death on June 4, authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Angeline Sirger
Frances Kiersick
Surger
Four Men Rob Jeweler in New York Heist
Four armed robbers entered Mandel Greenhaus jewelry shop on the tower hast side and held him up at revolver point looting two safes containing four thousand dollars in gems before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mandel Greenhaus
Hast
Schoolgirl Dies in Gasoline Fire Tragedy
In Clarksville Tennessee on June 3 Tennie Evans, a schoolgirl, saturated her clothes with gasoline and set them alight after her mother refused permission for a children's picnic. She was burned to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
Tennie Evans
Newspaper Man Sayler Dies in Chicago News Bureau Founder
Indianaapolis June 8 Harry L Sayler founder and general manager of the Chicago City News Bureau and noted writer of boys stories died Saturday after an apoplexy strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianaolis
Ind
Harry Lt. Sayler
Chicago City News Bureau
Golf Ball Accident Leaves Boy Blind In One Eye
Kansas City youth Jack Helfin aged thirteen lost sight in his left eye after whittling a golf ball until it burst and splashed acid into his face on Friday. The incident occurred in Kansas City Missouri on June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jack Helfin
Twenty Hurt In Akron Streetcar Collision Near City
Twenty persons were injured, some seriously, in a street car collision on the Akron Bedford and Cleveland line near Akron Friday. Two men were killed or critically injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Akron, Bedford
Cleveland
T R WINS LIBEL SUIT NOMINAL DAMAGES IN MICHIGAN
Theodore Roosevelt wins a libel suit against Ishpeming Iron Ore editor George A Newett in Marquette Michigan. Judge Mannigan instructs jurors to award nominal damages of six cents with each side paying its own costs. Roosevelt states he sought only to clear his name and not financial gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George ‘A. Newett
Ishpeming Iron
Plannigan
Roosevelt
Newett
van Renechoten
Pound
Michigan
Goux Wins Big Auto Race at Indianapolis Speedway
Goux drove a Peugeot to victory in the 600 mile race on Friday at Indianapolis. Wishart finished second in an American Mercer, Mere took third in an American Stutz. Goux’s time was six hours 31 minutes 43.45 seconds at an average speed of 76.59 mph. He earned 35000 dollars in prizes, including 20000 from the speedway.
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Speedway
Poet Laureate Avetin Dies in Kent at 77
London June 4 Alfred Avetin British Poet Laureate since 1896 died Monday at Gwinford Old Manor Ashford Kent after a prolonged illness aged seventy seven. He had served as laureate for nearly forty years and was regarded for his literary influence.
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Austin
London
England
Alfred Avetin
Gwinford Old Manor
Ashford Kent
Minister to Venezuela Quits in Caracas Departure
United States minister to Venezuela Bellet Northcott resigns from the diplomatic service. He sailed home Monday aboard the steamer Caracas, ending his posting in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Caracas
Bellett Northcott
United States
Son Kills Father and Self in Parkersburg Home
Parkersburg West Virginia June 3 Frank Henthorn aged forty five was instantly killed Saturday while seated at the supper table by his son Bart Henthorn aged twenty two who then died by suicide in the same home authorities reported today the tragedy occurred in this city during the evening meal time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank Henthorn
Bart Henthorn
Norwegian ship Preta dashed to pieces in sixty mile gale
Ship to Plodson. Rocks. Yarmouth Nova Scotia June 3 The Norwegian ship Preta, which went ashore at Sunday Point near here Friday in a sixty mile gale, was literally dashed to pieces during the night. Her crew got off in safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
N. S
Preta
Ashort
Quake Reported Far Southwest by New York Museum
A distant earthquake shock was recorded as occurring far to the southwest of New York by the American Museum of Natural History geismography. In Philadelphia a warrant was sworn out for notable lawyer George M. Wagner on a charge of misappropriating $5,000 by a client.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Philadelphia
George M. Wagner
Japan to Reply Soon on Land Laws Protest
Washington reports indicate Japan plans to submit a note to Secretary Bryan soon regarding protests against California land legislation. The embassy has exchanged cables with Tokyo, seeking details on U.S. and state laws on land ownership naturalization and mineral rights. Despite domestic pressure, it is unlikely Tokyo will request changes to American naturalization statutes. Canadian handling of British Columbia issues with Japanese competition draws bilateral attention.
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Washington
Japan
State Departments
Bryan
Atto
Calfornia
Pokyo
British Columbia
Editor Nelson Freed in Contempt Case
Missouri supreme court on Monday discharged William R. Nelson editor and owner of the Kansas City Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court. The unanimous decision reversed a one day jail sentence imposed for contempt after a Star article claimed Judge Guthrie refused to dismiss a divorce suit until attorneys’ fees were paid.
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Jefferson City
The
Missouri Supreme Court
William .R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Jackson County
Supreme Court
Nelgon
Guthrice
Nelson
Guthrie
Drummond Operated On After Police Court Arrest
London June 4 Gen Flora Drummond militant suffragette leader underwent a successful operation here Monday. She was taken ill during police court proceedings against suffragette leaders in early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Flora Drummond
Militants burn boathouse in Oxford incident
London reports the Oxford boathouse and 50 shells destroyed by fire, believed set by suffragettes. Militants left literature around the premises and a paper reading a birthday reminder for King George was found among the debris. A separate San Francisco note says dynamite devices were found near a roadhouse tied to bunko graft cases.
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London
Oxford Boathouse
King George
Bunko
San Francisco
Pairfax
Marin County
Joseph Ballangera
Ambassador Walter Page Attends Buckingham Palace Derby Levee
Walter Hines Page the new American ambassador and secretary Irwin Laughlin joined King George's Derby week levee at Buckingham Palace on Monday. A Norwalk woman died after jumping from a buggy on June 3 while fearing her charge would run away when it kicked the dashboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Walter Hines Page
Irwin B. Laughlin
King George's
Buckingham Palace
Norwalk
Alfred Fisher
Spanish cabinet resignations prompt government reshuffle
Madrid June 2 King Alfonso received the resignation of Count Romanones and his cabinet on Friday. The action, attributed to the open hostility of the chamber of deputies, signals a government shakeup as the ministry steps down amid political tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
Romanones
Chamber of Deputies
Flood Rescue Boat Burns Near Cairo Waters
A steamboat named Three States burned near the water's edge between Cairo and Wickliff during floods. The vessel caught fire on Friday as floodwater rose, with crews attempting rescue work at the riverbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Avas
iCairo
Wickliff
Dia Citeu
Assembly Hears Market Bill Vote Stand Lively
Legislative action on market bill faced a tight vote count as Assembly debated funding and administration. Gov. McGovern closed the session with most measures disposed, leaving only one awaiting action amid debates on mothers pensions and road and insurance bills.
Elks Open State Session in Manitowoc
The state convention of the BPO Elks opened in Manitowoc with President John C. Karel of Milwaukee presiding. Delegates from nearly every lodge in the state attended as Mononghai and Wausau vie for the next meeting. The Wisconsin grand lodge and Rebekah assembly opened in Fond du Lac with about 1000 visitors.
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Elks
B. P
Manitowoc
John C. Karel
Milwaukee
Monaghai
Wausau
Wisconsin Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd, Fellows
Rebekah Assembly
Fond du Lad
Wisconsin Natural History Society Elects Officers
Officers elected at the annual Wisconsin Natural History Society meeting in Milwaukee include President Dr. George Barth, Vice President Dr. P Bernehi, Secretary John R. Haddle, Treasurer H R Beckman, and Directors Fr T Ward and Prof Henry H Severin. Prof Severin formerly led Hawaii college entomology and gave an illustrated lecture on The Mediterranean and Melon Fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Natural History Society
Trustees
Public Museum
Milwaukee
George Barth
P. Bernehi
John R. Haddle
H. R. Beckman
T. Ward
Department of Entomology
College of Hawaii
Patents listed for multiple Milwaukee area inventors and firms
The item cites various patent assignees and inventors connected to Milwaukee and surrounding cities. It mentions Anthon H Anderson of Spring Valley and Clark Henderson as assignors to Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing in Milwaukee for a motor controller patent. Other names include Joseph Koenig of Two Rivers and William L Milter assignor to Gisholt Machine Co. Loch Luick Bassett and Arthur Polacheck appear as assignors, along with references to a gas producer, a coupling, and Mechatrical chute systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Anderson
Spring Valley
Clark T
Arthur’ Polacheck
Charles Polacheck
Bro. Co
Milwaukee
Future
Cheese Makers Organize State Board Formation
Former State Senator Henry Krumrey of Plymouth filed papers incorporating forty local cheese factories in Sheboygan and Manitowoc counties. Each plant will join a federation to be formed later, serving as the medium through which cheese is sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Krumrey
Plymouth
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Exposition Funding Passes Assembly
A Wisconsin bill to fund a state exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 passes the assembly with senate amendments. The total $75,000 includes $25,000 available this year and $25,000 in each of the next two years for construction equipment and maintenance of the exhibit. The legislature also notes the $1,000 grant to the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association is constitutional, while a second bill allowing city councils to abolish city offices is deemed unconstitutional.
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Assemblyman
Bowe
Asnland County
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Assembly
Senate
DNL
Wisconsin Potato Growers’ Association
Walter Owen
At.torney General
David V. Jennings
Milwaukee
Battle near Matamoros ends with capture of city
In a fierce engagement near Matamoros, Mexican forces repelled an assault but ultimately resulted in the capture of the city. Widespread casualties were reported as combatants clashed across the frontier, drawing extensive dispatches from military observers.
Battle of Mantanjeras Ends In Federal Rout Near Brownsville
In Brownsville Texas on June 6 reports say rebels under General Blanco attacked Mantanjeras, seizing the city after 12 hours of furious fighting. Federal defenders, led by Major Ramos, clung to the Matamoros plant before finally surrendering as rebels breached the electrified fence and routed the garrison. Many federals fled to the river seeking the American side.
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Brownsville
Tex
Lucio Blanco
Mantanjeras
I “Machi Estaban Ramos
Mexico
Matamorasiight
Ramos
Velez
Leutenants
St. Blanco
Ahére
United States
Meat supply growth stalls in United States
The Department of Agriculture warns meat supplies are shrinking yearly as imports exceed exports for the first time in 1912. Beef cattle numbers drop from 51,566,000 in 1907 to 36,020,000 at the start of the year, while western ranchers shift to crop farming. Prices on native steers fell from 7.95 to 4.50 since 1911. Turkish forces begin retreat from European territory after losses to Balkan powers, with transports departing Rodosto for the Sea of Marmora.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Wilson
Chicago
Europe
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkan
Rodosto
Sea of Marmora
Decision Awarded $82,604.84 to railroad in mail weighing case
Washington June 6. A United States Court of Claims decision on Tuesday awarded $82,604.84 to the Chicago and Alton railroad in the mail weighing case. Fort William Ont June. The Noronic, the largest lake passenger boat, was launched at Western Dry Dock Yards Tuesday in a large public showing. Chattanooga Tenn June 5. Graves of southern soldiers at Chickamauga and nearby battles were strewn with flowers during Memorial Day exercises Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Court of Claims
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Fort William
Ont
Great Lakes
Western Dry Dock
Kattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Unionist Ammunition Seized in Belfast
Belfast police seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition allegedly collected by Unionists opposing home rule for Ireland. The seizure occurred Tuesday as authorities acted on the unrest surrounding the political dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Ireland
Senate panel backs Caminetti for immigration post
The Senate committee on immigration on Tuesday ordered the nomination of A Caminetti of California to be commissioner general of immigration favorably reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Caminetti
Ashington
A. Caminetti
California
Ber
Senate Committee On Immigration
Metcalfe Chosen Civil Governor of Panama Canal Zone
Richard U. Metcalfe of Lincoln Nebraska editor of the Commoner was elected by President Wilson on Tuesday to serve as civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Richard u.Metcalfe
Lincoln, Neb
Wilson
Panama Canal Zone
Wisconsin News Briefs From Madison To Marinette
Across Wisconsin towns a string of short dispatches report a Victory post office robbery with $200 in stamps, two girls escaping near Green Bay, a pastor resigning in Janesville, site checks for a memorial monument near Delafield, and meetings of county asylum trustees in Waulkesha. Other items note a dip in state funds, G A R encampments, Gettysburg veterans plans, a Marinette grafting contest story, a hydroplane test in Green Bay, drownings in Lake Geneva and Lake Michigan rescues, trial updates in New Richmond, a slander verdict in Fond du Lac, a Milwaukee rescue from midlake, odd animal births in Marinette and Stephenson, and a Wausau labor demand up to 500 workers.
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Prume & Sutor
Emery and
Kuolt
Eliason
State Odd Fellows Meet
Hoe
Engineenteratate Commerce ‘Commission
Neste
D.ponce
University
Washville
Worley
Edwin
Pittsburgh
AL ‘Thompson
T. R
Goux
Indianapolle
Canada
W. R. Nelson
Gen. Drummond
Oxford University
Henderson
Kyi
H.W. West
Need FE
HULL
Bill
Peavey
Committee On Labor
Industrial Commission
Capes
Railroad Commission
Asemblyman Schnitgler
Depere
State Board of Control
Rosa
Beloit
Loase
Schnitzler
Bichler
Weigel
Conway
Lentz
Gulickson
Everett
Bamigen
oeThi
Adain
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee State
Wood
Wisconsin National ‘Guard
Leonard
United States “Army
University of Wisconsin
U.S
Lake
State Board of Forestry
Legislative ‘Committee
James
Frank
Croak
Chib
H. H. Bliss
Minnesota
Illinois
J. Q Bangs
Natural History Society
Matamoras
Mex
Guldance
Tlie
Green Bay
Good Shepherd’s
Clifton
Brown County
J. W., McLoughin
Marinettea
John Dennings
Green Day
Nettie Denessen
Spies Thompson Company
Menominee
Menasha
G. A. R. Department
Neehah
Menesha
Manasha
Neenah
Judge
TM Bowman
Earl Knowltan
Bay View Beach
Knowltan Lua
Knowlton
Lake Geneva
Mies
Emma
Olava
Eric
Charles Strand
Higsen Rohre
New Richmond
W. F. Meyer
St.Paul
Omaha
Baldwin
Arnquist
J. Te Connell
Dr. Gonnell
J. W. Ehmer
Lombra
Lake Michtigan
Midlake
Henry Olson
Carl Cor Has
Albert Alisker
Thomas Cassidy
Marinette
Fred Gardner
Stephenson
Gardner
Albert Nelson
Lving
Appleton
Harold W. Nevel
Wau-e Pun
Lawrence
N. Appleton
Little Lake Butte Des Mortes
Lloyd. Clevinger
Nevel
Ware
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