Ballinger Defends Policies as Spokane Session Opens
Secretary Ballinger rejects critics amid irrigation debate in Spokane. He says irrigated lands are not a poor man’s proposition, defending federal reclamation while praising private enterprise. Pinchot and Pardee heat the exchange as delegates weigh water power trust charges.
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Spokane
Washa
National l Congress
Ballinger Westerip
Ballinger
Pardee
Cali
Atttude
Davidson names Davies for job in Madison
Milwaukee man David H. Davies was appointed state treasury agent by Governor Davidson to replace Edward Pollack. Davies testified he watched trains and tracked legislature sentiment for Isaac Stephenson's allies, earning daily pay and expenses, then ran a private collection and secret service bureau before taking a $2,000 yearly two year post.
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Madison, Wis
David H. Davies
Milwaukee
Davidson
Edward Pollack
Davies
Edmonds
Isaac Stephenson
Madison
Overbeck
Benson
Secret Service Bureau
Stephenson
Unions consider prosecuting police over anti-pass charges
La Crosse trades council may instruct John Rae to file a complaint with District Attorney James Thompson charging the police department and others with violating the Wisconsin anti-pass law. The arbitration board found police, newspapers, and others used free passes on La Crosse City Railway lines, while police refused to comment. Humphrey urges prosecution of the city police and Street Railway Company based on the record.
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John Rae
la Crosse Trades and Labor Council
James Thompson
Police Department
Wisconsin
Arbitration Board
The
Tribune
la Crosse City Railway Company
Aunt Langfelt Dies. Mrs Skinner Informed
Mrs Langfelt, aunt of Mrs Frank W. Skinner wife of a Tribune advertising man, died in Davenport. She left on the noon train and will be away ten days.
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Frank W. Skinner
the Tribune
Langfelt
Davenport
Chicago Street Car Troubles Reach Impasse
Aug 12. Union officials warn a strike is inevitable by Saturday without greater concessions from rail officials. City officials, unions, and management differ on offers with older workers favored 30 cents an hour rise and younger employees left out. Walter Fisher seeks arbitration to calm tensions and avert trouble.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway
Chicago Railways Company
Quinlan
Walter Fisher
Five Die in Hancock Fire at Dwelling House
Five members of the Dionne family perished when a blaze swept a Hancock Michigan dwelling last night. Mrs Dionne escaped and returned to save her infant, dying with the child in her arms. Edward, Peter, Aminia, and a girl named Racine also died. The bodies were found in the ruins today.
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Hancock, Mich
John Dionne
Edward
Peter
Aminia
Racine
Dionne
Tragic Street Car Killing Ends Polish Couples Romance
In Chicago on August 12, Thomas Katsones, 26, shot Victoria Kova nec, 22, on a West Side street car and then killed himself. The girl died instantly. Katsones survived after being subdued by other passengers.
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Chicago
Thomas Katsones
Victoria Kovanec
Katsones
Katosnes
Invites Grant Staff to Visit Camp Robinson Sparta
Representative John J. Esch plans to invite General Fred Grant and staff, General Boardman, militia officers, and state officials to inspect Camp Robinson at Sparta late next week. Grant would view the camp and its operations, including a militia medical officer training school now run by regular army officers. Esch notes a tariff revision downward and Taft's Sept. 17 visit to Milwaukee before heading to Winona.
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John J. Esch
Fred Grant
Boardman
Camp
Robinson
Sparta
Esch
General Grant
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Milwaukee
Iowa
Washington
Thaw Sent Back to Matteawan for Insanity Restriction
Justice Mills denies Thaw’s request for release and orders him returned to the Matteawan asylum. The judge’s decision reviews three weeks of testimony on Thaw’s insanity after the Stanford White murder and outlines chronic delusive insanity as the basis for restraint. His lawyers seek a jury trial via habeas corpus, while appeals unfold in higher courts. Officials and family impacts noted.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry Kendal
Thaw
Matteawan
Isaac N. Mills
Justice Dowling
Justice Mills
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Judge Believes State Owns Undeveloped Water Power
Judge Ray S. Reid states the state owns ungranted and developed water powers and urges action by the state legislature to fix public ownership. He argues the value equals estimated horsepower minus plant cost, citing Kinlochleven’s $5,000,000 for 30,000 hp and applying that standard to Prairie du Sac.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Thomas Morris
Ray S. Reid
Federal Waterways Commission
Reid
Judge Reid
Caledonian Canal
Kinlochleven
Wisconsin
Prairie DU Sac
President to Stop at Winona Overnight on Special Train
The report notes a plan to have the president slow his Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul No. 5 train at a town if possible and then proceed to Winona with a special engine for an overnight stay.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Winona
Reception of Taft to Be Visited by Programs
Secretary Carpenter sent urgent messages to cities on President Taft's fall itinerary asking entertainment chairmen to wire in their programs immediately. On the western trip Secretary Dickinson will join at El Paso, Nagel will ride with Taft through Mississippi, and Ballinger through western states. The schedule has Taft spending September 30 in Seattle and arriving in Tacoma that afternoon.
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Mass
Carpenter
Taft
el Paso
Dickinson
Nagel
Mississippi
Ballinger
Seattle
Tacoma
Ferris Plans Balloon Race Entries from Minneapolis
Dick Ferris a Minneapolis theater man and sport promoter has two balloons being built in New York under Roy Knabenshue and A Leo Stevens. He will enter the two new balloons in the Fort Omaha race.
La Crosse Chosen For 1919 Wisconsin Firemen Meet
La Crosse was chosen today for the 1919 convention of the Wisconsin Paid Firemen's association. John J. Hennessey of Milwaukee was elected president.
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Madison
Wis
la Crosse
Wisconsin Paid Firemen’s Association
John J. Hennessey
Milwaukee
Weather and Water Outlook for Upper Midwest Rivers
Weather data show La Crosse at 70 degrees current with 78 as warmest, wind around 4 mph and 2.58 inches of rain. Forecasts indicate local showers and possible thunderstorms in Wisconsin and Minnesota later tonight or Friday. The Grs River forecast notes continued rise and a changing stage of water.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ijowa
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United Department of Agriculture
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Secretary of the Interior
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