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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
5
Privy Medical Councillor Dr. Witzel urged compulsory military service for women during a Patriotic Women union meeting in Dusseldorf. He said women were badly needed in hospital provisioning and clothing detachments. Suffragettes greeted the proposal with cheers.
Rus sell Jackson deputy attorney general and John Harrington of the state tax commission travel to Baraboo to appraise the estate of Otto Ringling owner of a one fifth interest in the Ringling Brothers circus property.
An explosion ripped the boiler of a Dallas freight engine, killing Engineer Hennickel and Brakeman F C Rheinhard and injuring several trainmen. The report closes with a stray line about a man telling his horse to stop, unrelated to the event.
Chicago officials report the National Business congress resolutions committee acted to form a campaign committee to draft a declaration of principles for a possible new party. They aim to quiet industrial unrest reform currency and promote a business mens administration of affairs. They will judge whether current party leaders would heed the proposed policies.
Veniremen questions in the Walter Gibson bribery case suggest the defense will charge Gary officials of United States Steel with prosecutorial animus. The aim is to create public sentiment to drive Mayor Knotts and councilmen from office. Jury selection continued in Valparaiso.
Racine Wisconsin December 15 Aug Kratohovil claims to have invented the lightest gasoline engine in the world weighing 180 pounds and capable of sixty horsepower.
W A Mears of Seattle appeals to the house military committee for a 50 percent reduction in government carrier rates on the Stor's cable, arguing it would aid business men in Seattle and Portland.
The flower of the British army in India was reviewed by King George as 51,000 troops and 7,000 imperial service troops plus 1,000 volunteers marched past the royal pavilion. General Sir O'Moore Creigh led three infantry divisions and three cavalry brigades. Tommy Atkins cheered with the king and queen during a busy day of reviews, football, a state reception, and investiture awarding Kaiser-Hind medals and Star of India insignia.
In France stamps are sold at tobacconists shops where pillar boxes are also available to receive mail.
Western group led by John Brisbane Walker proposes a Seattle to Gulf of Mexico highway built of vitrified brick. Colorado has allocated 10 million dollars for a 150 mile section south of Denver. The route would pass Texline Texas to Houston and into Harris County with Houston already connected to the project via boulevards.
A man acquires twelve alarm clocks and fills his residence with ringing alarms. Neighbors note constant beeps and mornings begin with multiple alarms sounding simultaneously.
A nickel ante craps game in a crowd leads to a fatal outcome when a participant rolls the dice eleven straight and dies on the table. The incident reports describe a dramatic death after the final throw, with money on the line and spectators watching.
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