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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
9
Two hellblood Indians John Jeremy and son of Stillwater Minn after eight days locate the body of one of three girls from Pella Iowa drowned in Lake Geneva last summer in Delavan Wisconsin.
Halford Erickson of the Wisconsin railroad commission was elected chairman of a fifteen member committee of state railroad commissioners formed to advise the Interstate Commerce Commission on railroad valuations. The group, meeting in Washington and Chicago, will present evidence on inventories. Wisconsin notes that school district loans and state department employment and salaries show declines since 1903-04.
The statement from the state land commissioners indicates a 50 percent reduction in department employees, a 35 percent rise in business volume, and a 54 percent drop in salaries, reflecting cost-cutting measures amid growing workload.
The Elgin butter board voted to extend its territory to include the entire United States and adopted 1 493 points as the year round standard for Elgin butter. The point total increases three points in summer and one half a point in winter.
The annual report lists 7 610 accidents reported to the state bureau of vital statistics with 6 671 male and 939 female victims. Of these, 370 were fatal, 5 812 severe, and 1 206 incapacitating for at least two weeks. Injury types include hand and finger injuries 176, other lacerations 1178, foot injuries 371, arm fractures 678, leg fractures 536, other fractures 855, sprains 610, burns 384, and other injuries 356.
In Manitowoc Wisconsin on December 16 Orin and Irwin Evenson aged 11 and 12 drowned while attempting to cross the river on thin ice. They were sons of Charles Evenson.
Snow and cold weather are needed in northern Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan to move a large timber supply to saw and pulp mills. Lumbermen have limited progress due to lack of snow.
Contractors expect a record timber pull if snow falls permit work. Unusual weather keeps logging halted while crews await suitable conditions to resume harvesting in the woods.
A short proverb-like tale uses a hickory nut to judge love. If the kernel withers, affection fades. if the kernel is broken, the loved one is untrue. if the kernel comes out whole, the relationship is sound. The piece presents a moral about fidelity and wellness of love.
In Chicago two barefoot dancers at a Daughters of the American Revolution Christmas program refused to cover their pink toes with stockings despite a request by program head Mrs. Eugene McComas. The incident followed threats to quit unless allowed to perform without shoes.
In Milwaukee on December 16, Anna Tecini, infant daughter of Paul Tecini, fell into a tub of boiling water while playing at home and died at Children’s Free hospital. Wadislaws Carpica, 691 Eighteenth avenue, also fell into boiling water and was taken in a dying condition to Emergency hospital. Frank Rais, age 2, of 234 Hanover street, died after falling from a third story window ledge in a flat on his parents’ residence.
The Supreme Court advanced for hearing on January 5 the damage cases from the Titanic disaster and the case of George Henry of Solomon Brothers, New York bankers, indicted for contempt of the Pujo money trust committee for refusing to disclose involvement in the California Petroleum company syndicate operation.
A remark attributed to a colored philosopher notes life being mostly prayer for rain and hoping the skies clear. The quip reflects on faith, weather, and human longing in a churchly tone.
A novel boat uses a propeller driven directly by the rise and fall of waves the vessel rests upon. The mechanism converts surface motion into rotational energy, offering a compact propulsion approach for buoyant craft.
Charles Lipsech was fatally wounded when the gun he was pulling through a fence discharged during a hunting trip near Ashland Wisconsin. His 14 year old son bound the father's farm, tried to reach help, became lost, and returned with the father’s body found late at night.
Shafts sunk into a German coal field burning for years unearthed eighteen veins of blazing coal. Local teams probe ignition causes and assess risks as the fire continues to threaten surrounding areas.
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