02 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1914
Page
1
City officials review a proposal for a new dormitory as lacrosse players argue the campus needs more housing amid limited student rooms. The plan cites growing enrollment and the shortage of rooming spaces on campus.
A Wisconsin committee revisits where a proposed 1913 dormitory for normal schools should be built. La Crosse and Stevens Point supporters clash over which campus deserves the dormitory, with Regents and local officials contending over the contracted understanding and future report.
Arne Johnson, 72, was beaten by Ole A. Colby after Johnson, as a guest, entered Colby’s home early Sunday morning mistaken for a burglar. Johnson sustained a fractured nose, severe facial injuries, and pneumonia from exposure. Colby admits a beating but denies knowing Johnson’s identity.
Henry M. Pindell of Peoria declines the Russia ambassadorship after Senate confirmation citing false press portrayal. President accepts, praising his action and noting potential future post assignment. Charles R. Crane of Chicago is expected to fill the Russia vacancy.
Four La Crosse boys found Carl Wrobel dead on Target lake on the Minnesota side south of West channel. A whiskey bottle near the body suggested intoxication. Wrobel last planned to go to the bottoms to cut wood. police and Detective Fitzsimmons investigated.
The Monroe Nantucket collision near Norfolk results conclude forty deaths blamed on careless navigation. Captains accuse each other of high speed in fog while signals allegedly went unanswered. Inspectors begin federal inquiry, divers search the wreck, and wreckers plan blasting to clear the danger.
The miners convention in Indianapolis stalled by bitter wranglings enters its third week February 2. Delegates aim to adjourn by Wednesday while wage demands await the constitution committee report. A vote to continue mining April 1 is expected if a wage agreement is not reached at the interstate conference opening in Philadelphia next Monday.
Maury I. Diggs surrendered to police in San Francisco on the assault charge involving 17 year old Ida Pearing. He completed bail arrangements and denied the accusation, with expected release before night.
East St. Louis Ill Feb 2 Louis Braun of Lebanon Illinois juror in the Lester J Grisby burglary and larceny trial attempted suicide in the jury room last night. The case was continued with eleven jurors by agreement.
Wreckage recovered shows Kern with nineteen sailors lost off the Cornish coast and the Fleetwood with ten men perished off Skye during a violent gale near London on February 2.
The House approved the Stafford bill providing 40,000 dollars extra for an appraiser's store building in Milwaukee. Local project funding advances in Congress as lawmakers vote to support construction needs.
In Bourges France on February 2 Capt. Niquet and Lt Belvert military aviators were instantly killed when their biplane fell from about 100 feet during an attempted landing.
Five express companies Wells Fargo American United States Adams and Western on trial for blocking a Wisconsin railroad commission rate cut dropped suits in circuit court Judge E Ray Stevens allowed the action The interstate order and the Wisconsin order set about a 20 percent average reduction chiefly on merchandise packages Saving to Wisconsin shippers about 100000 yearly
Washington reports predict a 2 to 1 vote approving the literacy test driven immigration bill as Pacific coast members threaten the yellow peril issue. Hays and Curry push for explicit Asiatic laborer exclusion while Secretary Wilson urges broader crackdowns including white slavers and those with moral turpitude.
Mr Ground Hog and his owner Pa trolman Samuel Johnson watch the weather from the Johnsons yard. Old King Sol peeks from a cloud as the creature sees its shadow and retreats to rest for six weeks. Mrs Johnson notes limited winter continuation and the animal’s fragile but healthy state as it naps.
Henry J. Raymond fell from a railroad trestle into the marsh near the C M St P yards and lay there in cold until dawn. His dog Jack guided his owner H Jacob Boseman to the scene and alerted police. Raymond survived with skull fracture and loss of three fingers. hospital treatment ongoing.
Police pursue a slender clue in the disappearance of 15 year old Lydia Luedke from 1122 Berlin Street. A well dressed man bought two tickets for St Paul at Burlington station before Friday morning, suggesting a trip to the Twin Cities.
Health Commissioner Dr Furstman proposes a program in La Crosse with four school nurses year round, one nurse monthly at each school. Hospitals La Crosse St Francis and Lutheran agree, with lab work and talks on contagion. If approved, clubs will form in every school teaching child care and home sanitation.
The railroad commission today refused the Fond du Lac Rural Telephone company’s proposed extension in Tayceedeah Wisconsin after hearing Eastern Wisconsin Telephone testify it already has lines there. The commission ruled that further lines were unnecessary.
Madison Wis February 2 Taft writes to Sol Levitan former head of the Republican state ticket as elector at large on Taft ballot congratulating him on his election as first vice president of Commercial National Bank of Madison.
The state boards plan a weeklong meeting tomorrow to decide on a site in southeastern Wisconsin for a new home for the feeble minded and to discuss Dr. Coon's tuberculosis home plan.
Samuel Tesenholtz, in a Chelsea apartment, threw his wife and one year old child from a second story window as a hallway fire approached. The child was saved with no injuries. the wife sustained severe bruises.
John Enos who guided the John C. Fremont expedition through the Rockies in 1846 is going blind at 103. He lives in a tepee on the Wind River reservation near Fremont, Wyoming, and remains robust despite his age.
A dozen local ministers plan to answer Sunday to a sermon by Rev. Charles Aked, formerly John D. Rockefeller’s pastor, who asserted Christ was not God. Aked questioned the miraculous birth, citing Matthew, Luke, and writings of Paul, while denying biblical declarations of divinity.
Ben Schultz of the People's Ice Company lost the second toe of his left foot when a spud ice chisel slipped and struck his foot yesterday morning. He was taken to a hospital and authorities report he is not in danger.
Father John Rapp died at 5 a m Sunday at the bishop's house after a long life begun in Germany and culminated in studies in La Crosse. He was known for many years of service in the church and the community.
Father John N. Rapp aged 56 long time private secretary to Bishop James Schwebach died at St. Francis hospital after cancer operation. Funeral Wednesday at St. Joseph's Cathedral will be a pontifical high mass with Bishop Schwebach officiating. Church dignitaries from Wisconsin and the northwest expected to attend.
Yesterday’s high 26 and low 26. Colder tonight and Tuesday with light snow in La Crosse area. Wisconsin unsettled with light rain turning to snow flurries and colder winds. Minnesota unsettled with snow and much colder conditions. Iowa unsettled with snow and a cold wave in western and central portions. High pressure over the Atlantic states, low in plains, and cold wave in northwest Canada and northern Montana.
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