Free factory site plan gains investor support in La Crosse
La Crosse voters note a board of trade plan to offer 64 acres near Copeland Park for free factory sites. $9,500 of the $20,000 purchase price is subscribed, with $10,000 more expected in two weeks. The project promises room for ten large factories, rail service, and strong ad value for the city. Local investors see solid returns as lots sell and factories rise.
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Board OF Trade
la Crosse
J. L. Utermoeh
Sawyer and Austin
Board of Trade Committee
Utermoehl
Copeland Park
Sawyer
Austin Mills
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Astrial Association
Hans For Equipment Company
Ss Company
C. Burns
W. F. Goodmen
Lee Linker
J. L. Utermoehl
William Doerflinger
Negro Minister Held for Trial in Milwaukee Swindle Case
Rev Henry Alexander a Milwaukee Negro preacher and editor is bound over to circuit court on a false pretenses charge alleging he solicited funds for a Milwaukee Divinity and Industrial School that officials say does not exist Judge Brindley would arrest all officers of the alleged school and said the swindle has misused Wisconsin residents money Witnesses described Alexander’s claim to be a Marquette Law School graduate and an ordained AME minister He testified he was born in Louisiana and educated in Kansas before attending Marquette College Law Department in 1909
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Henry B. Alexander
Colored Divinity and Industrial School of
Milwaukee
Marquette College
African Methodist Episcopal Church
John Brindley
George W. Claughton
Zion Methodist Church of
Oshkosh
Alexander
la Crosse
Brindley
Bishop Jackson
Chicago
Wisconsin
Frank Winter
Rev
Winter
Gale College
Claughton
Carl Kurtenacker
Gund Brewing Company
Milwaukee Divinity and Industrial School
Oshkosh Church
John Webber
Rev. Claughton
Joseph McGrath
Marquette
D. 5
Louisiana
Kansas
Marquette Col
Law
No Argument on Tariff in Senate
Brief notes indicate the Senate moved without debate on tariff measures as lawmakers prepared for potential revisions and hearings. No immediate resolutions or amendments were reported, leaving pricing and industry impact to subsequent sessions.
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Senate
Senate backs Wilson-Inderwood tariff bill with near unanimity
In Washington on April 23 the Senate finance majority prepared to pass the Wilson Inderwood tariff measure as in the House. They expect to line up all but two or three Democrats, with Thornton and Ransdell opposing free sugar and a western senator opposing free wool. House debate opened with general discussion and will conclude next Monday, followed by detailed committee scrutiny in five minute speeches.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Finance Committee
la Follette
Thornton and
Ransdell
Louisiana
Underwood
Grose Installed as Eleventh DePauw President
Dr. George R. Grose was installed as the eleventh president of DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana on April 23. Former U.S. Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks presided over the ceremonies.
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Greencastle
Ind
George R. Grose
de Pauw University
United States
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Belgian strike ends as socialists to return to work
The man hood strike committee led by Camille Huysman in Brussels decides to resume work tomorrow ending the urban labor action.
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Brussels
Camille Huysman
Brewers Win Reconsideration Of Wisconsin Divorce Bill
Madison, April 23. The assembly voted 51 to 41 to reconsider the brewery divorce bill, a win for liquor interests and a reversal from last week's lineup. Brewers did not defend the motion on the floor, yet gained eleven votes. Austin of the Brewers smiled before the tally.
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Madison
Wis
Toby” Manning
Marquette
Anderson
Herman Roessler
Liquor Interests
Billy
Austin
Brewjers
Diaz to Turn His Guns Upon Huerta
Diaz announces intent to turn his guns against Huerta in ongoing political clash. The move signals a hardening stance as tensions rise between rival factions amid constitutional turmoil.
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Diaz
Huerta
Diaz Aims to Seize Mexico City Government by Force
Diaz renews plans to oust Huerta after deputies refuse July 27 election. He gathers 6,900 troops in the capital arsenal and 2,000 at the Noregia ranch, with reinforcements from Oaxaca. Díaz’s aides include Northey and Bori handling arms in New Orleans and New York, backed by several Diaz allies.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Noregia Ranch
Oaxaca
Pablo Northey
New Orleans
Adolfo Bori
New York
Teodoro de Hesa
Enrique Cree
Alfredo Terrazas
Governor seeks abolition of fish and game department
Springfield April 23 Governor Dunne called for the abolition of the state fish and game department saying it is inefficient and useless. He sent a special message to the legislature with a civil service report blasting extravagance payroll padding and neglect of duty. He proposed a three member fish conservation commission to replace the department.
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Springfield
Ill
Fish and Game Department
Dunne
State Civil Service Commission
Fish and Game Departments
Fish Conservation Commission
Chamber Adopts Memorial To Bar Citizenship For Asians
The Montereno chamber of commerce passed a resolution urging Congress to amend Section 14 Chapter 22 of the statutes to forbid any future courts from admitting Chinese or Japanese as citizens. The memorial will be sent to Congress requesting the change.
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Montereno
Wash
Chamber of Commerce Today
Congress
Miners Strike in Belmont County Ohio Spreads
More than 1100 Belmont County miners from four Ohio mines walk off the job in Wheeling district action on April 23.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Belmont County
Ohio
California and Japan clash over alien land law
The California legislature weighs an anti alien land bill as Japan notes no war will follow. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan seek Sacramento talks with Governor Johnson to shape a compliant law. Colonel Roosevelt urges opposition to the measure. Senator Birdsall proposes a counter bill aimed at aliens and foreign controlled firms.
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Washington
United States
California
Japan
Saburo Okabe
Chinda
Okabe
Supreme Court of the
Bryan
Wilson
Johnson
Sacramento
New York
Roosevelt
Outlook
Cal
Ernest Birdsall
Lang
Birdsall
Scutari Taken After Desperate Two Day Assault
Final battle is described as the last attack's culmination with heavy casualties and the capture of Scutari. The report claims 8000 killed in the last engagement and labels the battle the most notable in modern military history.
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Scutari
Scutari Falls to Montenegro in Balkan War Victory
Montenegrin forces seized Scutari after a brutal siege concluir g with Essad Pasha surrender. King Nicholas declared the city retaken as Servia aided earlier but withdrew under European pressure. About 8,900 friendly casualties and 20,000 prisoners marked a brilliant Balkan campaign, signaling potential wider conflict.
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Cettinje
Scutari
Turkey
Europe
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Essad Pasha
Servia
Nicholles
Nicholas
Mine Explosion Traps 200 Miners at Coventry Shaft
Pittsburg April 23. Entries twelve and thirteen of the Cincinnati mine in Coventry were wrecked by a blast trapping about 200 miners two miles back while fire raged. Ten men were brought out, two dead bodies seen, and rescue work led by Mine Superintendent William Carter began as authorities report grim prospects.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Monongahela Consolidated Coal Company
Coventry
Charleroi Traction
Billy
Courtney
Emil Leroy
William Carter
Weather and river outlook for La Crosse region
Past 24 hours brought 0.08 inches of rain with a high of 80 and a low of 66. Showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions and unsettled statewide. River stage at St Paul Red Wing and La Crosse show slight declines or stability, with La Crosse at 6.8 feet and forecast to fall over 48 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Manitoba
Upper Lakes
Texas
Pacific Slope
Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
Middle
North Atlantic
St. Paul
Red Wing
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Black River Water Front
Henry Alexander
Marquette Law School
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Manning
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Srike
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Flowery Kingdom
T. R
Bill
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