28 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1911
Page
1
A La Crosse citizen puzzle offers a $1 prize for correctly identifying a prominent local figure described with many clues. The column also recaps a boxing match featuring Fitzsimmons and Tim Too lin, chronicling blows, knockdowns, and crowd reactions.
A crowd gathered as ex champion Bob Fitzsimmons visited a Weihau blacksmith shop. He hammered shoes on the anvil while exploding with lively talk and a comical show of temper. He examined a live wire, cut it, and asked how many volts, adding to the comic display.
The Wisconsin railroad commission ordered Racine Gas and Light to cut gas rates to a flat 1.00 per 1000 cubic feet for illumination and fuel. The decision also sets a minimum rate for installment of fixtures, ending months of dispute between the city and the company.
Washington provision repeals eight hour work limit in naval construction and adds 24,009,000 dollars for 1912 naval increases. It also continues the policy of building two dreadnoughts per year.
Frankie Burns of Oakland defeated Hogan by disqualification in the twelfth round after Hogan fouled. Friends say Burns earned the decision in San Francisco on January 28.
Miss Marie Hall the noted violinist wed Edward Baring a London concert promoter in a ceremony reported from London. The couple announced their marriage plans and were seen at the event with brief notes on attendees.
Mrs. A Gard paid 50 cents a dozen for eggs from a visitor at her door. The box contained twelve lumps of coal instead of eggs, prompting a police inquiry when the item was realized. The incident occurred in Chicago on January 28.
Washington date line reports Representative Wilson R Pa has introduced a resolution urging a congressional investigation into charges that the Mexican government uses extradition to persecute political refugees in the United States. The move signals focus on Mexico's actions toward opponents seeking refuge here.
News from Sault Ste Marie Michigan reports that John Thompson J B Mackie and Oscar Nanuman Finnish miners were killed by a premature dynamite blast at the Helen mine on Thursday with another man fatally injured in the same accident.
Washington message from January 28 reports President Taft's tariff commission bill will be brought to the House floor likely on Monday. The note highlights the anticipated timing and the administration's push on tariff reform amid ongoing legislative activity.
The Progressive Republican National League argues for state primaries to let voters choose presidential and vice presidential nominees and to instruct delegates. Gifford Pinchot leads in the South with Taft’s renomination seen as likely challenged. La Follette, Clapp, Cummins, Bostow, Poindexter, Osborn, Johnson, and Works named to push efforts across multiple states before next year’s campaign.
Railway mail clerks of St Paul and Minneapolis plan to petition Theodore Roosevelt at a secret mass meeting this afternoon to intervene in the dispute with the post office department. A telegram will be sent to Postmaster General Hitchcock seeking an investigation of clerks in the tenth division. Norman Perkins denied department spying on the clerks.
Madrid presses for official copies of all Maine blast reports including those after the wreck is raised. Manana, the government mouthpiece, says access would be a small reparation for Spain after the war with the United States.
Jan 8 report notes the deaths of aviators John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsey affecting J Armstrong Drexel. The Philadelphia millionaire flyer, in New York for Miss Vivian Gould and Lord Decil’s wedding, will stay two weeks and makes no flights here.
Myack New York January 28 Oscar Hammerstein the impresario was sued for divorce today by his wife Mrs Hammerstein alleging a breakdown of the marriage.
Prosecutor files a divorce action against Mrs. Schenk claiming irreparable marital breakdown. The petition requests legal dissolution of marriage and related relief. Both parties are unnamed in court filings. Proceedings continue under local jurisdiction.
Mrs. Laura Schenk, accused of poisoning Wheeling millionaire John Schenk, was freed on her own recognizance to await the March circuit court term. A restraining order bars her from entering the husband’s home or contacting their two children, while a divorce suit by John Schenk’s attorney seeks alimony and settlement details.
Friends of Judge Ben B. Lindsay protest a Colorado legislature bill they call a bid by the "beast" to strike at him for a magazine expose. It would halt his salary during absences and transfer any juvenile case to district court on motion, leaving Lindsay unable to punish predators of youth. he condemns it and backs women voters in opposition.
May release American Nice reports L A Kline of Dayton Ohio, arrested on suspicion of involvement in swindling cases, likely to gain liberty after no charges found. Kline remained free on two thousand dollars posted by his wife, claiming Paris police acted on representations from an alleged swindler named Singer who held a grudge against him.
Deputy Sheriff Harry McCabe died after a gunfight while serving a warrant on Charles H. Smith at Morris Point. Smith hid in the home and fatally shot McCabe with a sawed off shotgun. Mrs. Smith guarded the door before McCabe disarmed her and attempted a search. Ike Mountbriand found the dying officer and escorted the suspects to town.
Countess Elinor Gizycski sister of Joseph Medill Patterson sues for divorce from Count Joseph Gizycski alleging desertion and multiple affairs. The couple wed in 1894 in Washington and lived on his estates in Bransko Moravia before separation in Paris on March 30 1908. They have one child, Selicia aged five.
Dorothy Arnold, missing daughter of Francis R. Arnold, is believed to be safe in New York and unharmed by police who halted the hunt. Deputy Commissioner Flynn suspects a love affair behind the mystery and says the girl will surface when ready, while the father denounces the police and clings to abduction theory amid a flood of false sightings.
A blaze at the Majestic and Great Northern hotels in downtown Chicago sent seven hundred guests fleeing into the streets. An explosion in the Majestic kitchen as diners sheltered in St. Hubert's grill room preceded the flames. Firefighters contained the blaze after damages reached about $75,000.
Buckley resident Al Bane, apparently intoxicated, tried to rob a Colorado and Southern passenger train near Pueblo. He forced twelve passengers to surrender $500 before five Rio Grande agents exchanged shots, wounding him and forcing surrender. He claimed he was drunk and unaware of his actions.
Phoenix Arizona newspapers report that on March 18 Contributing Editor Theodore Roosevelt will be hosted at a prairie breakfast in Phoenix. One thousand citizens will attend and begin with an ostrich omelet as part of his entertaining stop during a brief stay.
A heavily charged bomb exploded before Guiseppi Macarone’s grocery store on Austin Avenue in Chicago inflicting heavy property loss. Macarone, a wealthy Italian importer, had recently received several blackhand letters demanding $500.
President Taft will not campaign for the Canadian reciprocity treaty. He has presented the measure to Congress and believes the responsibility for passage rests with Congress, not the president.
In Key West on January 28 the forecast gave hope for a fair day but wind and sea rose by nine, forcing A. D. McCurdy to abandon plans for the Key West to Havana flight after preparations were completed.
Minneapolis officer Michael B. Bartosh says he was held up in the shadow of the Plaza Hotel. He arrived at headquarters with his fur overcoat watch chain revolver and money missing. The six foot officer described the attack and began investigations.
Wrecking crews labor to clear debris after a collision between two C. and O. freight trains in Muncte Indiana. Two railroad workers were killed and one was fatally injured in the incident reported January 28.
Amelia Dearman sues for divorce as John keeps control in a family ring. A one round clash with mother in law Martha Strong ends with John landing a sharp right to the eye. Divorce granted by Judge Higbee as tensions at home flare.
H L Clotworthy argues in World's Work that the regular army under Major General Frederick Dent Grant wastes money maintaining posts whose main purpose is congressional funding. He asserts modern methods could sustain a highly organized force of fighting men with the current budget.
Nine persons were injured, none seriously, when the baggage car and two coaches of Frisco train No. 102 derailed on a curve south of Nettleton. Missouri dispatches report the accident occurred yesterday, with passengers evacuated and officials investigating the derailment.
The forecast calls for fair tonight and Sunday across Wisconsin and Minnesota with slight warming in Minnesota. A storm center moves from the lake region to the north Atlantic coast bringing rain and snow, while a Pacific storm inland affects the western states with general rains and higher temperatures in Montana and the Dakotas. Lake Superior snow and northeast edge rain along the Pacific coast are noted, with fair conditions and cooler temperatures overall in the central and upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys.
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