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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1913
Page
7
Malcolm MacKinnon, secretary of the Lake-to-River Road association, says interest along the road is rising. He announces $460,000 of new roads will be built next year under the state aid law. The road is fully marked from St. Paul to Chicago and Milwaukee. In June a plan is set to proceed.
A plan to hold meetings along the route to arouse interest and raise funds for improvements. An effort will be made to secure half a million dollars for improvements in 1915.
Two thousand zinc miners in the Joplin district are out of work as five mines with over 900 workers shut down in the past week due to low ore prices. Other mines are cutting wages, signaling widespread layoffs.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a remedy for costive and bilious conditions. It promises relief from headaches, stomach upset, and liver and bowel distress by morning, claiming a 109 cent box keeps heads clear and bowels regular for months. It also urges care for children’s gentler cleansing.
Florence reports the Mona Lisa recovered a day after Vincenzo Perugia, an Italian decorator, confessed stealing the Louvre treasure in revenge for Napoleon’s acts in Italy. Paris prepares to receive the painting with guard and ceremony as France and Italy exchange thanks.
A line suggests that if Perugia stole the Mona Lisa he would have acted under the direction of another, implying a layered theft plot with possible higher authority or mastermind behind the act.
Winners announced today in the Majestic theater silver contest include Dr. C. W. Watterson 115 South Fourth Street Mrs. J. W. Hart 424 Vine Street Mrs. A. Nuttleman Holmen Lena R. Stahl Pepin Wis Emma A. Wolcott Lynxville Wis J. H. Smith 809 South Fourth Street Julia Lee 1335 Market Street H Hansen 1631 Market Street A chest of silver will be awarded each Friday for ten weeks with six chests on the eleventh Friday.
Chancellor Strong of the University of Kansas is favored to become president of the University of Washington after the board of regents ousted Dr. Thomas Kane for restricting professor opinions and for declining campus student talks. Kane remains nominal head until July 1.
The city council heard a proposal to ban tobacco use on street cars and platforms. The Rubber Mills road bridge bid from Western Construction was approved for a $1200 concrete bridge to be built in spring. Councilmen planned to present the Christmas tree to the city.
An ordinance prepared by the W A L P company and introduced by Alderman Schneeberger would ban smoking in or on La Crosse street cars. Patrons who light up on platforms face fines if the measure becomes law.
The council illegally issued two additional saloon licenses last night exceeding Baker law limits. Licenses went to Zole Elefson and BE. R. LaFleur, according to local records.
The Normal school basketball team fell 28 to 15 to Campion college at Prairie du Chien in the season opener. Strum led Normal with six points as La Crosse's lineup included S J Strum and J Glassbrenner while Galesville looms next in the gymnasium.
Charles Carlson and Robert Tu Cak are under arrest at central police station charged with theft of a bicycle from Charles Schlutter an employee of the La Crosse Plow company. The men allegedly attempted to sell the machine on the North side.
Elaine Golding recommences her Panama Canal swim at Gamboa but faces a ruling that she cannot complete the voyage through the Culebra Cut and Gatun locks. Officials forbid passage of those sections, curtailing the challenge.
New York December 13 1900s weekly bank statement reports the surplus rising by 8 335 150 dollars while loans fall by 18 616 000 dollars specie increases by 6 398 000 dollars legals up 1 696 000 deposits drop 2 403 000 circulation down 165 000 and surplus reserve grows to 15 980 300 dollars.
The New York stock market opened with some steadiness but soon resumed a gradual slide. In two hours of trading losses ranged from percent to one point in many shares. No clear cause was given for the downward move aside from a few rumors, with the New Haven dividend incident as a rare exception. The week’s events aside from that have been generally reassuring, including the fall in the money market and global rate shifts.
Miss L ailIy Smothers 35 of Mapleton Illinois hanged herself in the women’s detention room at Peoria city hall using a fascinator attached to the door grating. She had been paroled from the Peoria state hospital for the insane.
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