Essman resigns after admitting irregularities
State oil inspector steps down following admission of irregularities. An interim holdover will fill the post while the executive selects a replacement.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1914
Page
1
Failed bid to oust commissioner blocks insurance head
A faction aimed to remove the insurance head but stalled in the attempt. The stalled move led to the failure of the effort and left the official in place.
Governor McGovern Says Essman Resigned Under Pressure
In a Madison statement Governor McGovern claims Essman resigned at the governor’s request over irregularities in the office of the superintendent of public property. Essman admitted the charge, according to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
McGovern
Essman
Resignation Feud Splits Wisconsin Governor’s Circle
William Essman state superintendent of public property and McGovern ally tendered his resignation to the executive. Louis Meyer named temporary successor as Essman’s ouster drama with insurance chief Herman Ekern deepens the political rift. Essman earned 2500 dollars annually and part of the governor’s inner circle during the campaign years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
William Essman
McGovern
Louis Meyer
Essman
Herman L.ekern
Ekern
Capitol
Exsman
Four Die as Michigan Central Passenger Train Collides
Jackson, Mich staff report four dead after the No 70 passenger train from Bay City crashes head on with a northbound freight near Jackson. Rescuers seek more bodies as many are injured and an inquest is ordered to determine responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Bay City
Cal Johnson
S. W. Cochran
Lansing
Thomas Scroogie
Owosso
L. V. Beck
Arthur Chaney
Detroit
Jefferson Davis
St. Charles
Fr. R. Champion
John Bush
Mott Sherwood
D. A. Smith
Alma
Marks
Bush
Diedrich
Johnson
Saginaw
Coaster Crash Injures Boy in Sheboygan
Hold Messner, 10, remained in serious condition after a Sunday coasting accident in which his sled collided with a car in Sheboygan Wisconsin. He suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Messner
Gary Highs Suspend Relations With Michigan City Girls
Gary high school suspended athletic relations with Michigan City High School after accusing Gary girls of being too rough. Authorities said behavior prompted the decision during the January 26 discussion in Gary Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary, Ind
Michigan City
Ind
Gary
Gary High School
Lacrosse Team Among Leaders in State Tournament
Madison Wis Jan 26 Bow ling opened the third day of the state tournament with better scores than earlier rounds. Mitchell State Street Five remained atop the leader board while Listman Marvels La Crosse and Mitchell Motors Racine joined the top five. In doubles Pieper Brunow Milwaukee tops the list. Brunow Cream City leads singles with 609 points, Keller Racine is three behind, and Cross Racine Big Six posted the day’s high 265.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Mitchell State Street Five
Listman Marvels
la Crosse
Mitchell Motors
Racine
Pieper Brunow
Milwaukee
Brunow
Cream City
Keller
Cross
Orders Rush Through Supplies Wired for Fast Utility
Orders push rapid supply wiring to complete new utility works with all materials prepared. Officials oversee contracts and logistics to avoid delays. The plan emphasizes speed and efficiency in delivering essential services.
City votes to shift water plant project from public works
After a sharp debate the special water committee voted seven to six to move construction of the new water plant from the board of public works to Engineer Gueppel. Alderman Mahoney led the push citing slow progress, promising rapid completion and ordering immediate procurement. Ex-Alderman Granke will move the boiler. river water supplies the city meanwhile from the old plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Water Committee
Board of Public Works
Gueppel
Paul W. Mahoney
Smith
King Street
Granke
Mahoney
Sorensen
Snowy Dane County town to host first ski tournament
Mount Horeb Wisconsin rejoices over a Sunday snowfall that promises to ensure the success of the town’s first ski tournament. If the snow lasts until February 3, the event will become one of the most interesting athletic exhibitions in the city’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Horeb
Wis
Dane County
Milwaukee man linked to mass east side burglaries
Physicians monitored Herman Zastrow who is charged with half a hundred east side burglaries. He is wounded through the lungs and suffered a relapse last week, with doctors unwilling to predict recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Herman Zastrow
East Side
Zastrow
Wilson nominates Summerlin for Santiago legation post
President Wilson names George T. Summerlin of Louisiana as new second secretary of legation at Pekin to become secretary of legation at Santiago Chile. Roland B. Harvey of Maryland shifts from Santiago to Berlin as second secretary of legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
George T. Summerlin
Louisiana
Pekin
Santiago
Chile
Roland B. Harvey
Maryland
Berlin
Steamship Lines Ordered to Carry Fresh Food Freight
Washington January 26. Steam ship freight lines on the Great Lakes must transport butter eggs fresh meats and live and dressed poultry under an order issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Lakes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission Not to Be Dragon Findings Not Binding
President clarifies administration anti trust policy saying holding companies and subsidiaries meeting state conditions are not barred when not monopolistic. The interstate trade commission’s findings are non binding and reports go to the attorney general. Goethals named governor of the canal zone with power to appoint up to 2500 aides when civil government begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edwin Nevin
The
United Press
Washington
Commission
George W. Goethals
Goethals
Police Seek 15 Year Old Gertrude Schumacher
La Crosse police search for Gertrude Schumacher 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs S T Schumacher who lives opposite Myrick park. This is her second disappearance in months and she took 8 from a savings bank and 45 from a Batavian bank note signed with her parents names. Parents fear for her safety due to mental condition and wanderlust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gertrude Schumacher
Mirs
S. T. Schumacher
la Crosse Street
Myrick Park
Rail freight rate increase faced by shippers in Congress hearing
Washington January 26 shippers pressed the eastern railroads request for a five percent freight rate rise at the Interstate Commerce Commission. F W Boltz of the National Petroleum association warned existing petroleum rates could jump by as much as twenty percent if approved. R C Pew of Sun Oil argued the boost would help Standard Oil and impose hardship on independent producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. W. Boltz
National Petroleum Association
R C. Pew
Sun Oil Company
Toledo
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Fire in Galt Tea and Coffee warehouse injures workers
A blaze on the seventh floor of the Galt Tea and Coffee warehouse in Winnipeg multiplies smoke damage to stock worth about half a million dollars. Several firemen were overcome by smoke and about six more were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Galt Tea and Coffee
Wisconsin Waiters Union Plans Arbitration Push
Clark Getts chosen spokesman as Wisconsin student waiters union readies for arbitration before the regents next Saturday. A truce holds, no immediate layoffs, and President Getts predicts union enrollment will top seven hundred by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Board of Regents
Wisconsin Students Waiters’ Union
Regents
Clark Getts
Louis Block
Getts
Probe into ice car trust widens as I C C seeks court aid
In Chicago on January 26 the inquiry into the ice car trust continued. Interstate Commerce Commission officials drafted a petition to Judge Landis to compel Armour Car Lines officers to disclose ties with Armour and Company, packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ice Car Trust
Interstate Commerce Commission
Landis
Armour Car Lines Company
Armour & Company, Packers
Wilson elected honorary member by Minneapolis firemen
The Minneapolis Volunteer Firemen's Association elected President Wilson an honorary member for aiding in extinguishing a residence fire at Pass Christian Mississippi on December 26. The association recalls its pioneer roots in buckets and appreciates his modern firefighting help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Gas Leak Kills Two In Milwaukee Kitchen
A stove gas accident in Milwaukee claims two lives and leaves two others seriously ill. The dead include one month old Wilma Bagemihi and Nettie Davey of Wheeler, while John Bagemihi and his wife remain hospitalized in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
John Bagemihi
Wilma
Bagemihi
Nettie Davey
Wheeler
Wreck Narrowly Averts Jersey Central Flyer Near WilkesBarre
A Jersey Central flyer bound for Philadelphia and New York narrowly avoided disaster near Wilkes-Barre as a track walker spotted a gaping mine cavern in the trackbed and alerted the speeding express moments before collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Philadelphia
New York
Weather summary for La Crosse region and Midwest
An extensive storm covers the country from the Pacific coast to the Mississippi valley. Snow tonight and Tuesday is forecast for La Crosse and vicinity with a warmer tonight and colder Tuesday night. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect snow or rain tonight and Tuesday with warmers west and brisk shifting winds. Iowa sees unsettled conditions tonight and Tuesday with possible rain or snow and brisk to high winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
United States
Winnipeg
Calgary
Debauchery Raids Target Frederickson Shanty Arrests
Police raided the Frederickson shack south of Gund Brewing at 3 am Sunday finding Mable Zube and five others. Zube, described as mentally incompetent, was jailed for 30 days. others await disposition as officers describe recurring keg parties and debauches at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother” Frederickson
Gund Brewing Company
Frederickson
Mable Zube
Zube
Man Goes Maniac in Sleep Attack in Ohio Home
In Columbus Mrs. Murray Moore awoke to find her husband acting violently in his sleep. He dragged her from bed through a window to a porch and leapt to the ground before neighbors restrained him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Murray Moore
Moore
Skater Drowns on Sheboygan River
Arthur Mild, 12, drowned after breaking through ice while skating on the Sheboygan river. His companions could not reach him in time. The accident marked the season's first skating incident in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan, Wis
Arthur Mild
Sheboygan River
Upholsterers File Involuntary Bankruptcy in Sheboygan
The Central Upholstering Company a local corporation capitalized at 13400 filed an involuntary petition in bankruptcy listing liabilities of 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan, Wis
Central
Yeggs Hit Johnson Brothers Drug Safe in St Louis Heist
In downtown St Louis on January 26 a gang of yeggs forced open the Johnson Brothers Drug Co safe and escaped with 1700 dollars in cash and 900 dollars in hammered gold as police crowded the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Yegges
Johnson Brothers’ Drug Company
St Wenceslaus to Build New Church in Town
The St. Wenceslaus congregation voted after Sunday services to erect a new church costing 25000 dollars. Parkinson and Dockendorf hold the contract for plans and specs, to be completed soon. The new church will replace the current building onWinnebago streets between Ninth and Tenth. The present church, built forty one years ago, will be torn down after Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Wenceslaus
Parkinson and Dockendorf
Winnebago Streets
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Co operation Practical When Capable Hands Lead
A cooperative operates effectively under capable hands and the group prospers. The note highlights a surplus and a neat annual net benefit of about 36000 dollars distributed to members along with market gains.
Farmers seize Viroqua for $18,000 creamery melon
An estimated 550 to 600 farmers swarmed Viroqua Wisconsin to cut an $18,000 melon at the Viroqua Creamery. Officers and directors are to be chosen with a plan for a possible new plant debated amid strong co operation and high returns. The group emphasizes top Elgin prices and a semi annual dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua Creamery Company
Viroqua
Wis
Standard Oil
Morgan Z Co
Jim Hill
Farmer
Viroqua Association
Hugh Porter
Joseph Buchanan
Chris Ellefson
L. M. Thompson
P. F. Freiland
Eijlefson
Smallpox closes churches in Morris and Ulster
On January 26 local authorities ordered churches in Morris and Ulster closed to prevent a smallpox epidemic. The action reflects public health measures amid rising infection fears and aims to curb spread in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
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Meyer
MR. Worry
Lacrosse
Student Workers For Arbitration
Probe “Car Trust
Wilson Fireman
Ma” Fredrickson
Sra Zube
Yeggs
Rew
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