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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
1
The Senate voted 43 to 25 to send the currency bill to President Wilson for approval after hours of debate. A separate deposit guarantee bill was promised, while Western senators warned of delays.
George Knowles Sr a Milwaukee chamber of commerce figure and longtime pioneer died today at his home He was sixty years old and a well known community member in Milwaukee
Yesterday's high 35 low 20 with no precipitation. Forecast for La Crosse and vicinity and Wisconsin generally fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Iowa expected cloudy and unsettled with moderate variable winds and no major temperature change.
Federal Judge Landis and District Attorney Wilkerson launched an inquiry into Greek shoe shining shops after boxes labeled Remember the boys on Christmas were found to exploit child workers. Testimony reported boys earning 10 to 14 dollars a month for 13 to 15 hour days while bosses provide board and lodging and confiscate tips.
In Minneapolis a well dressed woman about 35 was found frozen in the Mississippi River near the municipal Christmas tree after a jump from a high bridge. Her body lay in the ice with an outstretched arm and broke through the ice to the waist before dying of exposure. Firemen pried her from the river with axes as police sought identification.
Los Angeles lawyers claim R L Glover real estate man will not be tried for shooting Daniel De Villiers at his home. They argue De Villiers came armed to demand access to his children, supporting a self defense claim.
Indiana Governor Ralston pardons Belle Schenkenberger, 74, a Civil War nurse sentenced to life for poisoning her daughter in law. She is scheduled to be released on Christmas Eve, fifteen years after she began serving her term at the women’s prison in Indianapolis.
A Niagara Falls brother identified the body at the morgue as Henry H. Hendle 45 president of the Detroit Barrel company Detroit Mich. Hendle hanged himself to a bedpost at the Genesee hotel in Buffalo on December 10.
The revenue cutter Tuscarora, with all but eighteen crew granted winter leave, entered winter quarters in Milwaukee today after a month in Harbor Springs Michigan where she had been stationed.
President Wilson names Isadore Dockweiler a Los Angeles attorney to serve on the Indian commissioners panel advising the interior secretary on Indian policy.
London December 23 Miss Zeke Emerson militant suffragist from Jackson Michigan was acquitted today of resisting an officer charge in the case reported from the United States.
Mrs. Emma P. Olberg completed a sale of city property to Louis J. Chaviewski. The transaction transfers ownership of the specified municipal parcel per official records and filing dates.
A neat window pane and a blown safe were found at the Bangor post office after thieves opened the rear room safe with tools from a rail line tool car. They took foreign money orders and $5 cash, leaving several rolls of stamps and most of the cash intact. Police hunt for one or more burglars as Postmaster Peck reports no witnesses and no noises detected overnight.
Police investigate a 27 year old man Paul Becker found with a bullet wound over his heart in his Chicago room. Some roommates initially ruled it a suicide but investigators doubt this, noting Becker’s clothing was not pierced and that he appeared to have been dressed after death.
In Clinton Iowa on December 23 five year old Teddy Irons says he wants any gift for Christmas but would especially like to receive 100 dollars worth of ginger ale. The boy, not named after the colonel, waits for the holiday.
Mrs. Christina Rasmussen rushed to buy a Christmas tree star in Chicago. She slipped on an elevated station staircase, suffered a fractured skull, died en route home. The star she bought was crushed in her purse.
American battleships Kansas and Connecticut reached Vera Cruz and anchored outside the harbor after passing Tampico. Officers reported the scene quiet upon arrival and the ships halted offshore as the city awaited further developments.
Cincinnati attorney George B. Munday, acquitted on grounds of insanity for the murder of his wife, was released after alienists testified he is now sane, following the shooting in a rooming house.
City business houses and factories plan to close at 5 pm tomorrow so employees may join crowds at Burns Park to hear the children during the community celebration.
Local post office handled about 20,000 packages while 2,800 to 3,000 parcels were delivered yesterday by two auto wagons. Postmaster Tscharner said mail for Chicago was accepted and promised Christmas delivery where possible.
Chicago police questioned a three fingered Roumanian, Virginia Lazarisene, in the murder of Thomas Scheer the wealthy butcher slain early Sunday. Lazarisene says Scheer had cut off the Roumanian’s finger in the shop a year ago, a claim Scheer called accidental while Lazarisene suspects malice.
In Salt Lake City on December 23 the mine at Thine ham is believed to hold Rafael Lopez, blamed for six murders. A week of silence from the suspect has miners and guards on edge outside bulkheads to prevent any escape if he is alive, with many believing he is dead in the mine.
Nora and Ernest Lapsley of Pueblo were granted a divorce for the second time in twenty six months. Mrs Lapsley received the decree after the husband stubbornly contested the action.
The Christmas Eve program features multiple choirs and groups led by Rev. Magelssen and Mrs. Theodore Abbelohde with performances of O Come All Ye Faithful Silent Night Hark the Herald Angels Sing It Came Upon the Midnight Hour and more. Bells of Christ Church Vested Choir and Barnby pieces join from 6:45 to 7:30 with German and Scandinavian groups to follow and the band to fill intervals.
In Old Horton Missouri 25 year old Paralee Collins was whipped by night riders who allege she rode nude on a horse with a companion weeks earlier. They burned her home ordered her to leave the state and warned of further strife amid Collins feudists as whiskey supplies raise alarms in central south Missouri.
Chicago police pursue theory that a pretty young woman from Battle Creek Michigan was drugged stripped and placed in an automobile before dying from exposure. Relatives in Battle Creek identify her as Anna McLaughlin Dempsey who left to seek work in Chicago. her daughter is with a Chicago woman as sister travels to claim the body.
Dr. Smith Eli Jeliffe, alienist, resumed cross examination as Hans Schmidt’s trial continued. He presented a report showing sixty relatives of the murderer Anna Aumueller inherit taint of insanity.
Rose Chouinard of Amberg Wisconsin told police that Frank Zaas George Daras and Thos Boratus kept her prisoner in a room for two weeks. The three men were arraigned in municipal court today on the allegation.
Rev. Silas D. Whitlock, 70, father of Toledo mayor Brand Whitlock, died in Cleveland shortly after learning his son had been confirmed as minister to Belgium. The death came just hours after the honor was announced.
Chicago post office reports moving about 500000 Christmas parcels in the last 24 hours. Postmaster Campbell estimates Chicago’s parcels business exceeds that of New York and Boston combined.
At 1 30 this morning a revolver shot startled Loomis street residents. Police say Robert Ronke tried to enter his divorced wife’s home after she refused admission. Francis Schmitz, a roomer, fired into the air to scare Ronke off. Ronke was removed from the scene but not arrested.
Frank Chase and John Stoll of Viroqua were cleared in a federal jury ruling that their role in selling John McLees a 1560 acre Montana ranch for 60000 was legal and not misrepresented. The three year dispute began in 1911 in La Crosse circuit court and moved through U S courts before Madison determined the case.
Madison December 23. For the first time in years federal employees in Wisconsin may pay state income tax. A law passed last session brings about 100 federal workers in the western district under the tax act, ending their previous exemption.
Congressman I S Pepper died in a Clinton hospital at 4 50 this morning after a long typhoid illness. He had just begun his second term as representative from Iowa's Second district.
Ottoman Zar Adusht Hanish, sun cult leader, was convicted in federal court of sending obscene literature by express but escaped prosecution on a related charge by Juvenile Protective Association officers. The case against Hanish was non-suited.
Washington December 23 Acting Secretary of State J B Moore announced that a Danish American peace and arbitration treaty is practically assured.
Japanese ambassador prepares for a large reception in Mexico City with marines arriving from the battleship Izumo. Federals attack Culican as Vicente Segura of Pachuca leads a revolt to seize Ciudad del Maiz while Huerta isolates banks with a national holiday decree.
Mesotherium will be manufactured in 1914 as a quicker easier radium substitute with the same curative action on cancer. Dr. Harlan S. Miner, analytical chemist, said the substance, discovered by Mme Curie, has not been produced extensively. The world supply of the cancer cure is expected to double within twelve months.
A Duluth to Fort William Canadian Northern train derailed near Lorette Manitoba injuring none, but five coaches and two cars overturned into a ditch. Passengers escaped through windows aiding crew to extinguish the flames.
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