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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
2
The text notes Kansas pioneering blue sky regulation two years ago and reports it has worked well. It argues for adopting a similar statute tailored to our state to promote corporate oversight and public regulation, reflecting broad approval of such measures.
Wisconsin boards oversee ten state institutions now, with inmate populations doubled and expenses over a million dollars yearly. The board also paroled inmates, administers probation, runs the Waupun binder twine plant, and inspects county jails and other facilities, an workload image that is nearly impossible to manage without extra agents or deputies. The proposal urges law amendment to empower appointment of deputies at fixed salaries while preserving some board oversight.
The eighth annual meeting of the Chaseburg Co operative Creamery Co. in Grosskopf's hall drew 150 members. The firm reported substantial business gains, paid a 46 mills per pound of butterfat dividend totaling 13 649.99, and produced 360,610 pounds of butter at top prices. Robert Lamprich was re elected treasurer. The meeting also noted upgrades to the plant, a near completion of the new Wrobel store, and local social events and visits.
Thomas Murphy of Chicago escaped from De Witt county jail in Clinton Illinois by cutting a hole in the cell ceiling with a pocket knife. He had been jailed on burglary charges in Wapella prior to the breakout. This marks the jail’s fifth escape in four months.
Albert Whitford of Fond du Lac was seriously injured when struck by a Soo line passenger train on a bridge near Fond du Lac Wisconsin He was hurled into the river and broke through the ice but escaped drowning by a narrow margin in the incident reported January 22.
Chicago police question eye witness Michael Cassella amid diverging statements about Detective Peter Hart's murder. Cassella’s latest version describes Hart pursuing Robert Webb, grappling over dual guns, a shot in the north wall, and Webb fleeing through stairways and roofs to the alley as Hart collapses.
In St Paul Minnesota on January 22 Senator Knute Nelson was elected to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Democrats and Republicans in the house united behind him giving 117 votes. in the Senate he received 61 to zero. He will have served eighteen years in the upper chamber when his current term ends.
Earl Keith, an unconscious youth, died yesterday at the Young Men’s Christian Association building after consuming his first drink on Christmas Day. Doctors diagnosed alcoholic poisoning of the brain. Keith’s parents live in Delhi.
By unanimous vote the house committee on industrial arts and expositions approved Rodenberg of Illinois bill to appropriate 2,000,000 dollars for a government exhibit at the San Francisco exposition.
J J Jackson of Yorkville a noted dairyman was fined 50 dollars in Racine municipal court for selling jar butter weighing only fourteen ounces to the pound T F Hotchkiss a commission merchant who handled the wares was mulcted 20 dollars and costs
The New York Tribune reports Upton Sinclair criticizing publisher profits from authors. He notes merchants pay 10 to 15 percent commission, publishers as authors' salesman take the rest, a curious setup. He recalls a joke on fame meaning publishers love you after death. Mayor Rockwell cites a wife washerwoman remark about homely husbands.
Frederick Brukelman of Medicine Lake kept a bear in his cellar for six weeks without realizing it while his wife and two children stayed home. He joined local farmers hunting the animal raiding hen roosts and pig pens. Deputy Sheriff Charles Budd killed the bear, the first in Hennepin County in over twenty years.
In a tone of wry social commentary the piece notes how platonic affection stirs public chatter and how the man who declares himself a fool invites disagreement and gossip from onlookers.
New York officials seized 80 000 worth of diamonds after Nathan of Green Brothers received a registered Holland package. Uncut stones were hidden in a picture frame and appraised at 20 000, with 60 000 more gems seized from the Green offices. Nathan Green bailed for a hearing on smuggling charges as leader of a smuggling gang.
An editorial style advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for back pain and kidney trouble. It cites Bright s disease risk and urges readers to request a free sample bottle and book by mail from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York, noting readers should mention La Crosse Daily Tribune.
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