Guess Who's Here contest prompts La Crosse citizen sketch
A cash prize will be awarded to the first reader who correctly identifies the person in a La Crosse area character sketch printed in The Tribune. The winner must bring a copy of the paper to the office. After a win, the contestant cannot compete for three months. Last week’s subject was Percy Bentjy with winner Mrs Dalton of 12 King Street.
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Tribune
la Crosse
Percy Bentjy
Mrs. Dalton
King Street
The Grinder Hero and a Wedding Rescue Tale
A long-worn voice extols an expert grinder as a global traveler from Minnesota to Senegambia who jokes about his craft. The wedding scene follows John Andre missing the ceremony as Mrs Kerr improvises a rescue by arriving in time to tie the knot with music from a somber pianist in a dramatic, humorous episode.
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Mr. Andre
Jim Kerr
Mrs. Kerr
Mr. Kerr
Phillip the express man returns to La Crosse on annual trip
Ewell Phillip, longtime La Crosse resident and fruit ranch owner near Denver, makes his annual visit enriching local chatter. He’s known for lecturing on Mississippi Valley scenery, supplying dining cars with fruit, and planning a circuit that includes Ferndale and Hot Springs with stays in Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Phillip
la Crosse
A. G. Eddy
Frank Lindsay
Phil
Eddy
Des Moines
Adams
Lindsay
Chicago
U. S
Denver
W. B. Tscharner
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
John Salzer
Ferndale
Tomah
Tomahawk
Merrillan
Milwaukee
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Express firms to expose business under new rates order
Washington Dec 14 The commerce commission orders every interstate express car company to file by February 1 a full account of their operations and justify why sweeping low rates proposed should not be made effective. The plan requires comparison of current charges with proposed rates to show potential savings for shippers.
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Commerce Board
Washington
Incommerce Commission
Interstate Express Car Company
Commission
Miners Strike Hits East Ohio Coal Fields
One thousand miners in the east Ohio coal fields walked out today as a five day conference adjourned without an agreement on black room turning pay. Operators refuse extra pay, threatening a wider strike in districts employing 17 000 workers.
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Wheeling
W. Va
East Ohio
Philadelphia Wife Murder Verdict Returned
A jury found Mrs. William Trost guilty of first degree murder for poisoning her husband after a weeklong trial in Philadelphia. The verdict was delivered this afternoon, ending the case.
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Philadelphia
William Trost
Turkey Bars Greece Peace Talks Cleared
Rechil Pasha, Turkish delegate, received fresh instructions to not bar Greece from peace negotiations, signaling optimism for an early settlement. Serbia faces famine with 40,000 wounded and 50 percent of households led by 16 to 65 year olds on battle lines, risking no crops next year. Austria calls in Belgian reserves as Italy orders ships to Naples for possible transport use.
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London
Rechil Pasha
Constantinople
Greece
Servia
Washington
Austria
Maddin Summers
Belgrade
American Red Cross Society
Red Crosse
Antwerp
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Italy
Naples
Chiasso
Triple Alliance
Durazzo
Valona
Jail Breaker Foiled by Woman in Fond du Lac
Sheriff identifies Wilbur Hennessy as Walter King, the man who escaped Fond du Lac jail after a prior arrest for highway robbery. Hennessy and Frank Williams plotted a fake hanging of George Christi to loot the jail, but a warden's wife presence thwarted the plan.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
C. H. Graham
Wilbur Hennessy
Appleton
Walter King
Hennessy
King
Frank Williams
George Christi
Christi
Graham
Janesville
Ladysmith
Green Bay Reformatory
Waupun
Governor Declines Morgan Reprieve Amid Hangings
In Salem Oregon on December 14 1900 Governor Oswald West refuses to reprieve Mike Morgan while four men are executed in the state penitentiary. He cites the people's mandate and describes capital punishment as a medieval practice despite attorney pleas Morgan denied murder with premeditation.
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Salem
Orc
Oswald West
State House
Mike Morgan
Faulder
Garrison
Morgan
John Yorks
Railway strike at Newcastle settles with men returning
London Dec 14 The railway employes strike at Newcastle over an engineer's demotion for drinking on duty has ended and the workers go back to their jobs tonight.
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London
Newcastle
Tom Morris's mother gravely ill at home near La Crosse
Mrs. John Morris, mother of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris, is seriously ill at her La Crosse area home two miles north. Relapse notified this morning. illness has persisted for months and worsened over the past week due to age and complications.
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John Morris
Thomas Morris
la Crosse
Reorganization Plan Complete for La Crosse Water Power
Clement C. Smith, chairman of the bondholders committee, says a plan to reorganize and consolidate the La Crosse Water Power company with Winona and La Crosse street railroads has been approved and will be mailed to bondholders for approval. He refutes reports of talks with Kelsey Brewer & Co. and expects financing to proceed once bondholders back the plan.
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la Crosse
Hatfield and
Winona
Smith
la Crosse Street
Hatfield
la Crosse Water Power Company
Clement C. Smith
Child Labor Fine Imposed in Minnesota Case
Walter Pooler, owner of the Hasty Messenger service, was fined $50 in municipal court for employing 16 year old Samuel Glickman, marking Minnesota’s first prosecution under the new child labor law. Judge John W. Finehout oversaw the case.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota
Walter Pooler
Hasty Messenger Service
Samuel Glickman
John W. Finehout
Damsky Funeral Services Held for La Crosse Resident
The funeral for John L. Damsky of 218 Vine Street, who died of cancer after a long illness, was held at Stoseph's Cathedral at nine o'clock this morning with Rev. Sluyter officiating. Damsky, aged fifty, was a long time La Crosse resident and is survived by his widow and seven children.
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Damsky
John L. Damsky
Vine Street
Stoseph’s Cathedral
Rev. Sluyter
Mr. Damsky
la Crosse
Heads of Alleged Arson Ring Held in South Bend
South Bend authorities hold Ben Franklin known as the Human Torch and Ben Kahn a local merchant after grand jury indictments for arson. Detectives expect confessions and say the arson ring operates nationwide with New York and Chicago as hubs and a per fire pay rate. Kahn’s South Bend store was blown up last April, most of the stock and building destroyed.
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South Bend
Ind
Ben Franklin
Arson Trust
New York
Chicago
Kahn
Accused Judge Archbald Faces Senate Impeachment Case
The impeachment trial of Judge Robert W. Archbald enters its eleventh session as prosecutors prepare to present a final slate of witnesses. Family members are slated to testify for the defense alongside character witnesses from Scranton to support his high standing in professional and business circles.
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Miss May Boland
Marion Coal Company
Scranton
Washington
Senate
Archbald
Jayne
House
Robert W. Archbald
Commerce Court
Pennsylvania
Meyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Archhbald
William Boland
Wolves hunted after attacks in Beira village
In Beira Province more than 100 wolves were hunted and killed following a village raid in which four people were killed. About 200 men joined the hunt and eight were severely bitten.
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Lisbon
Beira
Six Years For Cat Killing Sentence In Missouri
In St Louis Missouri on December 14 1930 Mureal Pryor a 15 year old boy was found guilty of killing a neighbor s cat. He was sentenced to six years in the state reformatory by Judge Wardeman at Clayton Pryor admitted tying the cat to a post and killing it with an ax for spite.
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ST. Louis
Mureal Pryor
State Reformatory
Wardeman
Clayton
Pryor
Pope's Brother Awarded Bonus for Mail Service
Angelo Sarto aged 78 brother of Pope Pius was given a 35 dollar bonus by the Italian minister of posts and telegraphs in recognition of long faithful service as a mail carrier in Turin.
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Turin
Angelo Sarto
Pius
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
Government Sues the Butter Trust in Federal Suit
The United States filed a federal suit to dissolve the Elgin board of trade and the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers. It charges a conspiracy to fix butter and egg prices, harming producers and consumers. Twenty one individuals named. seeks injunctions against price fixing and fictitious sales.
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Chicago
Elgin Board of Trade
The
Butter Board
Butter Trust
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Wickersham
Creamery
Charles H. Potter
Elgin
Board of Trade
H. C. Christians
Richfield
Wis
J. P. Mason
Calvin W. Brown
A. C. Howley
Jerseyville
Ill
Hoard
American Association of Creamery Manufacturers
James A. Walker
George B. Haskell
Lincoln
Neb
William D. Hoard
Fort Atkinson
George L. McKay
E. H. Forney
Abilene
Kan
Henry Bridgman
Duluth
Joseph H. Rushton
Omaha
Charles Harding
Arthur S. Hanford
Sioux City
Iowa
C. W. Kent
Kansas City
H. A. Page
Toledo
Samuel Schlosser
Plymouth
Ind
William A. Tilden
St. Paul
Minn
Samuel P. Wadley
Dubuque
W. T. Sherman White
Aviator Tony Jannus Stricken During Omaha to New Orleans Flight
Tony Jannus, veteran aviator, is suffering from stomaine poisoning at Wilhelm Louisiana while en route from Omaha to New Orleans. He was due in New Orleans today where a reception was planned, but doctors say he cannot finish the flight before next Wednesday.
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New Orleans
Ila
Tony Jannus
Omaha
Neb
Wilhelm, la
Jannus
Barbour Sends Public Apology to Speaker Clark
F A Barbour of the State Normal school of Ypsilanti Michigan forwarded a public apology to Speaker Clark for a charge he made in a Chambersburg speech alleging Clark was put to bed intoxicated in Ann Arbor years ago.
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Washington
F. A. Barbour
State Normal School of
Weather Forecast For La Crosse And Region
Weather outlook calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Sunday with warmer temperatures. Across Wisconsin and Minnesota conditions trend as increasing cloudiness and unsettled weather Sunday, while Iowa sees generally fair skies with warmer air moving in. Pressure trends show high in the south and low in the northwest with a broad easing and rising temperatures nationwide.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Northeast
Iowa
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