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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
1
In Washington on December 19 J P Morgan was excused from the Pujo trust investigation at 3 34 in the afternoon and the committee adjourned until January 6. The exchange sparked claims that only approved men were placed on boards and a scramble for stock issues involving banks and the steel trust.
Washington dispatch reports J Pier Morgan testifying in finance inquiry while denying a money trust. Morgan describes steel and railroad finance power, bank control, and the Morgan system. Separate note says Bryan is expected to become secretary of state, with Palmer Daniels and Wade among other likely appointees as Wilson forms his cabinet.
Julius E Kircheis aged 75 was found dead in bed at his daughter Hattie Matuska's home 514 South Ninth Street La Crosse Shortly after his paralysis in early 1911 he never fully recovered He was born in Rosswein Germany on April 17 1837 emigrated to America in 1868 and held positions as janitor of the Germania hall and caretaker of Governor's Guard armory He is survived by four daughters two sons and a brother including Mrs Josepth Petricek Mrs Clara Fehlberg Mrs James Matuska Mrs Dan Raymond Emil Kircheis Huntley Mont and Louis Kircheis Billings Mont
President Taft urges Congress to seat cabinet officers on the floor for debate and questions. He also defends Sherman anti trust law and rejects price fixing as impractical. He notes postal reform and Panama Pacific exhibits, urging coordinated executive legislative action.
Princeton reports President elect Woodrow Wilson will spend the night in his birthplace bed in Staunton Virginia on December 28 1912 for his 56th birthday. He will visit Staunton December 7 to sleep in the cleric father’s manse where he grew up.
Dr Harvey B Laflin, aged physician, stricken by paralysis Monday evening, remains unconscious at his home 112 South Eleventh Street. He is gradually growing weaker and no hope is entertained for his recovery. At his bedside is his niece Mrs Frank Willis of Caledonia Minn.
Complete returns show Warrenton elects Clara Munson as mayor over J. W. Detrich by a plurality of 14. The Oregon town confirms a female leader for its administration.
New York December 19 Alderman Henry H Curran leader of the graft committee harshly attacks employers paying starvation wages to girls and praises Mrs Mary Goode for exposing the vice scene in the city He says four to six dollars a week cannot support a girl and notes workers walk from stores and factories with meager envelopes toward street concerns.
Henry C. Kluge of La Crosse is feared lost in northern Minnesota forests after leaving a Cloquet Lumber Camp for Fairbanks. A search party was sent out but no trace found as cold weather worsened conditions. a wife in La Crosse was unnamed in city directories and not located by press time.
A Joint Legislative Committee recommends anti form Game and Fish legislation as part of reach agreements on the Pepin line. The panel advocates measures to curb fishing and wildlife protections while seeking compatibility with local boundaries.
An interstate boundary row between Minnesota and Wisconsin over Lake Pepin and the St Louis river is to be settled by joint legislative action. A joint boundary line committee recommends uniform fish and game laws for boundary waters and repealing the one dollar non resident fishing license.
Peace talks at St James Palace in session as Turkish demand over revictualing Adrianople looms. In Epirus fighting Turks and Greeks clash with heavy casualties and a Greek monoplane bombs Turkish lines. Reports say Turks defeated near Janina with 400 Greek soldiers killed and 124 wounded.
Mrs. Anna Doerre, 66, died at 7 this morning at her son Frank Doerre Jr.s home after two years with paralysis. Born in Austria July 13 1846 she immigrated to La Crosse in 1856 and lived there 56 years. Survived by husband Frank Doerre Sr and three children Mrs Charles Koenig Milwaukee Mrs Lawrence Gautsch and Frank Doerre Jr of La Crosse. Funeral Monday at 9 from St Josephs Cathedral.
Asa Bert Chandler financial secretary and active member of several organizations was found dead in the Eagles club rooms at 417 Jay street. Authorities said death resulted from self strangulation with a rope attached to a door transom. motive unknown.
Weather outlook shows fair and colder conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with snow flurries tonight or Friday in parts of Wisconsin and light snow in eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota. An eastern storm has moved east of the lake region, high pressures influence temperatures across the U.S. with cooler readings east of the Mississippi and warmer trends in the northern plains.
A body washed ashore at Redondo Beach Cal today, believed to be Winchester Lawrence the newspaperman who accompanied aviator Horace Kearny on his fatal hydroplane flight last Saturday.
The International Brotherhood Welfare Association and the Unemployed plan a hobo talent minstrel show in Chicago after the holidays. Proceeds will fund new headquarters and telephone installations. President Jeff Davis says the act will feature a hobo quartet monologues vaudeville stunts and problem plays by itinerant workers.
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