Merchants Association Secures Better Afternoon Schedule
The Merchants Protective Association won a half hour earlier arrival in La Crosse for the Southern Minnesota division passenger train. Secretary Taggart announced the plan to Superintendent Wilbur Irwin, aiming to give merchants 4 hours 55 minutes to reach shops before closing. Irwin agreed to consider timetable changes as new schedules print, signaling broader efforts to attract outside business to La Crosse.
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Merchants Protective Association
Harry Taggart
Wilbur Irwin
Southern Minnesota
la Crosse
Fountain
Ismours
Lanesboro
Whalen
Peterson
Rushford
Mound Prairie
Money Creek
Hokah
la Crescent
Taggart
Fireworks Mark End of Shore Leave in Coronado
Great crowds gathered at Coronado beach as thousands of sailors and marines took shore leave. The day featured regatta and field sports with a bay fireworks display to illuminate the city and fleet.
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San Diego
Coronado Beach
Blue Jackets
Leaves Bride With Police Seeks Work In St Louis
Roy Morris aged 24 left his bride at the police station in St Louis and walked out seeking work. The couple from Springfield Illinois have written to arrange transportation home.
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ST. Louis
Roy Morris
Springfield
Portation Home
Taft Refutes Report of Cabinet Resignation
President Taft dismisses rumors he will resign after Congress adjourns saying the resignation is news to me. He denies any plans to quit the cabinet and stresses commitment to his duties in Washington.
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Washington
Bomb and Bullets From Car Strikers Fight in Chester
Rioting broke out as strike breakers and police tried to operate street cars in Chester. One strike breaker and a special officer wounded, ten beaten. dynamite and bombs attempted on tracks. State aid and troops anticipated. Wilmington reports similar clashes with injuries to motorman Borgmann and agent Greismeier.
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Chester
New York
Rigg
Interstate Railway
Wilmington
Del
Chester Traction Company
Borgmann
Wm. Greismeier
McClure
Atlantic City
Taft Endorsed by Minnesota Republicans in Quiet Convention
In Minneapolis on April 16 Taft received the GOP endorsement as La Follette forces offered little resistance. Frank Kellogg urged Roosevelt backing as the administration trust buster spoke, and the convention cheered for five minutes.
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Minneapolis
Taft
la Follette
Frank B. Kellogg
Roosevelt
Night riders in Kentucky arrest tally grows
Murray Ky April 16 twenty three night riders had been arrested up to today. They are mostly boys from eighteen to twenty. Yesterday Thomas McQuiston aged sixty five a noted character was also arrested. The jail is too small to accommodate all the prisoners. Many suspects are said to have fled into Tennessee.
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Murray
Thomas McQuiston
Tennessee
Arsenic Evidence in Walter F. Baker Death Case
The Boston clubman Walter F. Baker died under mysterious circumstances as arsenic was found in his body. At the coroner’s inquest witnesses include Edward F. Baker, Brownie Hurd who inherited Baker’s $250,000 from his sister, Dr. W. J. Boos the medical expert, and W. Harry Lee who detailed Baker’s recent movements.
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Walter F. Baker
Boston
Edward F. Baker
Brownie” Hurd
Bankers Meeting Program Set With Ex-Treasurer Roberts Speak
The bankers’ combined meeting on June 9 in La Crosse will feature George K. Roberts former U S treasurer and now president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago as the evening speaker on Lessons of the Late Panic The program committee of O M Green E M Wing and Mr Proctor expects around two hundred delegates and pending additions may be announced in about a month
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O. M. Green
Winona
E. M. Wing
la Crosse
Mr. Proctor
Wisconsin Group
George K. Roberts
United States
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Country Club
Roberts
Annual WC T U Convention Opens in La Crosse
The eighth annual La Crosse County Woman's Christian Temperance Union convened at 2 30 PM at First Baptist with about twenty visiting delegates. Mrs Charles Blanchard called the meeting to order in President Mrs M C Garner's absence. Dr Sarah Nimocks spoke on Talk to Mothers and memorial services were held for Mrs W Jones Mrs G B Margin and Miss Sophia Hinds. Tonight Miss Lillian M Phelps of Canada will lecture on temperance work.
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The
la Crosse County
Sarah Nimocks
W. Jones
G. B. Margin
Sophia Hinds
Lillian M. Phelps
Canada
Temperance Union
La Crosse Public Library Board Meeting Tonight
The annual meeting of the library board will be held this evening to review the year's work and officers reports. Plans for temporary quarters during the new addition construction will be discussed along with other details of the project.
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The
la Crosse
Wreck at Victory on Burlington Bridge
Several cars were wrecked on the Burlington at Bad Axe bridge near Victory. A way car was demolished and a freight car was destroyed while another engine area was damaged. Freight train No. 80 also sustained minor damage. Total damage estimated at $600.
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Burlington
Bad Axe Bridge
Victory
Here
Commandant Removed From College Insubordination Charge
Memphis Tenn April 16 Captain I C Wellborn of the United States Army has been removed as military instructor at the Mississippi Agricultural College on charges of insubordination.
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Memphis
Tenn
I. C. Wellborn
W U. S. Army
Mississippi Agricultural College
Oatmeal Pioneer Ferdinand Schumacher Dies at 86
Akron Ohio April 16 Ferdinand Schumacher founder of the oatmeal industry in America dies at 86 after a long career. He built the first large scale oats processing business and helped popularize rolled oats nationwide.
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Akron
Ohio
Ferdinand Schumacher
America
Boy Robs Blanch Walsh Company in Theater Looting
In Janesville Wisconsin on April 16 Gus Johnson aged 14 of Chicago received a one year term in the state reformatory for looting theater dressing rooms during Blanche Walsh’s production last night. He secured 1100 dollars in each of the two rooms, all sums were recovered.
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Janesville
Wis
Gus Johnson
Chicago
State Reformatory
Blanche Walsh
Labor Party Gets Its Start Today
Active work for the organization of the new labor party began in Cleveland under a seven member committee. A union vote showed 43 locals favoring the movement and nine against it. The party will campaign for county and state candidates pledged to labor and will field its own candidates for certain offices. No city elections in Ohio this fall.
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Cleveland, O
New Labor Party
United Trades & Labor Council
Cleveland
Socialist Party
Cleveland Labor Party
Ohio
California Representative Sees Japan Preparing for War
Representative Hayes of California said after a White House visit that Japan is spending about a hundred million yearly to prepare for war with a nation likely to be America. He insisted some nation must whip Japan, and that nation should be the United States.
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Washington
Hayes
California
White House
Japan
United States
America
Wreck Injures Sid Conger and Others Near Indianapolis
April 16 report: Sid Conger state oil inspector and several others were injured in the interurban car wreck just south of Indianapolis. The collision caused unknown extent of injuries and prompted emergency response.
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Indianapolis
Sid Conger
Scandal Minis Terror of House to Republicans
A domestic political scare sparks turmoil within the Republican ranks as a scandal exposes vulnerabilities. meanwhile a boat industry firm faces defeat in a related setback.
Crozier Attacks Aldrich Bill in Submarine Debate
Washington April 16 The House tackled the submarine section of the naval appropriation bill amid uncertainty and political tension. The Electric Boat eight-submarine contract was struck from the bill by a committee vote while Crozier denounced bankers and currency commission members as bought to support the Aldrich plan.
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Washington, D. C
House
Foss
Lilley
Lilly
Naval Affairs Committee
Hill
Conn
Electric Boat Company
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Washington
Alfred O. Crozier
Wilmington, Dela
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Crozier
Republican Party
Aldrich
United States
New York Fight to Go to Denver Over McCarren Ouster
New York Democratic state convention adjourned amid violence as McCarren’s delegates were unseated. McCarren was expelled from the party by a large margin and warned the party would die. Bryan supporters debated sending contesting delegates to Denver. The dispute could carry to the national convention.
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New York
Denver
Conners
McCarren
Bryan
Miners Row as Springfield Meeting Endorses Shoal Creek Firing
Springfield Illinois April 16. A meeting of Illinois miners failed to hear the sub committee on shot fires after a heated dispute over denouncing state officers for Shoal Creek strike action. The officers supporting the firing of the Shoal Creek miners were sustained after a bitter clash.
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Springfield
Shoal Creek
Russian generals retire after Port Arthur defense
In St. Petersburg on April 16, Generals Fock, Smirnoff, and Reis sel resignations from the Russian army were announced. All are pensioned. They were prominent at Port Arthur defense and were tried with Stoessel, who is serving a ten year prison sentence for an unnecessary surrender.
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ST. Petersburg
Fock
Smirnoff
Reissel
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Harris seeks death to repay theft from bank in Carlisle
Carlisle April 16. John V. Harris former bank teller plans to commit death by his own hand to let Merchants National Bank recover $65 000 through his life insurance policies. Bank president Eckels argues the act would be cowardly and disallows the plan.
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Carlisle
Merchants National Bank
John V. Harris
Eckels
Harris
Collision leaves steamer United States grounded after wreck
Sandy Hook April 16 The United States of the Scandinavian American line and the Monterey Havana of the Vera Cruz line collided this afternoon. The United States was so badly wrecked it had to run aground to prevent sinking.
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Sandy Hook
United States
Monterey
Havana
Frontier clash leaves Russian guardsmen dead near Belasalar
Comender and several soldiers of the Russian frontier guard were killed in a skirmish with Persian robbers near Belasalar today. The encounter occurred as the parties clashed in the border area, with casualties reported on the Russian side.
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ST. Petersburg
Comender
Belasalar
Weather summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
The report notes La Crosse coolest at 32 and warmest 54 with 6 mph wind, while the U S extremes show North Field 16 Phoenix 86. The river remains stationary for 36 hours and water stage at 54. Forecasts: Wisconsin warmer tonight and Friday. Minnesota partly cloudy with rising temps tonight and Friday. Iowa partly cloudy with rising temperatures.
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la Crosse
United States
Northfield
Phoenix
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Risine Temmnersature
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