25 Jul 1912
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
1
July 25 reports from Burg and Uniontown Pennsylvania describe devastating floods after a cloudburst. Mines, bridges, and trolley lines washed away. hundreds of homes flooded. dozens of miners missing or dead. Rescue teams race to recover bodies as communications fail and waters rise.
Inter Revenue Collector J. O. Thompson refused Taft’s demand to resign, stating he would not quit. Thompson is identified as a Roosevelt supporter in this July 25 report from Washington.
Al Adian rebels and mutinous Turkish forces advance toward Ple. Rumors say Albanians captured the Nentita Turkish stronghold, and the report is confirmed this afternoon.
The Cigar Stores of America was chartered today by filing with the secretary of state in Ke nt on New Jersey. The corporation is authorized with a capital stock of 2000 dollars.
Rev. Elmer V. Huffer who quit the First Christian church after a sermon on Old Maids and Bachelors received a letter from Helen Gould challenging his remarks. Miss Gould argued that many preachers rely on old maids for wives and homes and defended the value of single women.
Reports from about twenty cities in northern Wisconsin show flood and cloudburst damage may reach a million dollars. No lives were lost. Wausau Merrill Schofield and other upper Wisconsin towns saw the heaviest losses while Oshkosh Shawano and Wolf river areas faced danger that has passed. Green Bay Manitowoc and Eland Junction suffered the heaviest rainfall in years.
In Wausau and Merrill Wisconsin on July 25 floodwaters from breached dams subside. Losses total about 250000 with no casualties. Sizable damage to mills and electric plants halts print paper production for two weeks while utilities restore service. Fire crews pump basements and residents are helped by emergency boats in flooded areas.
President W J Ferris reports two foot rise at Hatfield dam caused by about two and a half inches of rain. Water went over the spillway with no damage to La Crosse Water Power property, though work delays occur. Contractor J O Heyworth suffered flood losses at Wausau and dynamited coffer dams at Rothschild.
Police Lieutenant Charles Becker agreed to testify before the grand jury probing the Rosenthal murder as Coroner Feinberg presses the inquest. Witnesses included John Reisler who alleged seeing Bridgie Webber near Metropole. police and gamblers faced tight guards to curb intimidation.
In London the International Eugenics Congress argues mating must follow science to avoid a degenerate future. Major Leonard Darwin warns civilization risks retrograding if Eugenics fails to guide posterity.
President Gompers of the AFL criticizes Justice Daniel Thew Wright in a signed American Federationist editorial. He denounces the jurist as out of step with democracy, claims contempt rulings suppress press criticism, and defends workers rights and reform. Wright calls the piece a vicious libel and will review the full editorial.
Peoria residents deny that F. M. Sibley expelled from France for trying to fix gambling devices is a local man. They doubt any Sibley surname connection and suspect he may sail under an assumed name as reports swirl in Peoria, Illinois.
July 25 report says the heat caused two deaths and 25 prostrations in Chicago. Temperatures topped 92 yesterday with a cooling Lake Michigan breeze arriving shortly before noon, easing the heat spell.
Madison, July 25. Congressman James H. Davidson filed nomination papers in the secretary of state's department for the Republican nomination in the sixth district. The papers are signed by 1,421 voters.
The thirteenth annual grocers picnic drew an estimated 5000 attendees, marking the largest event at Myrick park. A full day of events from a red hot baseball game to Olympic style races filled the program, with nearly $200 in prizes and extensive committee effort sustaining the celebration.
Chief Kohler of Cleveland testified for the Voters' League in the Pittsburg trial of Director of Public Safety Marin. He described the crusade against disorderly houses, noting a drop from five hundred to fewer than fifty such houses and a reduction of inmates from 5,000 to about 300.
A car traveling from Sand Creek at high speed skidded on a road in Denver and turned over, killing an unidentified woman and likely fatally injuring two men.
Chicago July 25 The national hair dressers convention reports a fashion edict for 1913 with women expected to wear increasing hair volume. Prof M Paul notes demand for excess coiffure including puffs curls and braids to reach new heights. The Moselle wave tops styles and is said to be too complex for home creation.
Tomorrow at CAMP DOUGLAS Wis a simulated battle unfolds on the Wisconsin military reservation as 8000 Reds from regular troops face 8000 Blues including Illinois Wisconsin state militiamen. The mock conflict features bridges blown telegraph lines and field signals in preparation for a large scale peaceful war game. The armies are set to clash by Friday morning with rifle fire and smoke to echo across the area.
Ohio Attorney General T S Hogan predicts the state will soon adopt a cent and a half railroad fare law replacing the current two cent rate. He says legal action against railroads including the Pennsylvania line would likely lower passenger fares.
Portland July 25 with representatives from every county present the Oregon Moose convention met to select delegates for Chicago. An electoral ticket and candidates for congress and senators will be nominated while a full state ticket may or may not be nominated.
James Ferguson, 56, shot and killed H. G. Hebert, a traveling immigration officer at Ottawa, Ont., after being refused admission into Canada and while being escorted over the Detroit river on the ferryboat Excelsior in Detroit.
Six cans of black bass fingerlings and four thousand eight hundred brook trout were received by the La Crosse County Hunting and Fishing association yesterday and distributed in the county waters. The bass went into the Mississippi river and the trout were released into several creeks east of the city.
The income tax board of review appointed this week will hold its first meeting at the courthouse on July 29. Members are John Daniels, C. L. Baldwin, and Frank Coburn.
Greenfield filed a complaint with the state railroad commission alleging that crossings on Kilbourn road and the Janesville plank road near Milwaukee are dangerous.
The Racine mayor who clashed with M'Govern also supported John Mitchel Lewis in a recent conflict, tying local leadership to ongoing political struggles. The article notes the mayor’s role as chief backer and outlines the cited disputes influencing city politics.
Milwaukee dispatch notes Walter S. Goodland, Racine mayor and former Racine Times publisher, conducting a discreet probe into Governor Francis E. McGovern’s standing among progressives. Once a foe, Goodland’s past backing for Lewis and sharp editorials fuel speculation about his future plans.
A small blaze at the home of Charles Wibbard at 514 South Fourth Street caused about $25 in damage. Investigators believe an overturned gasoline stove started the fire this morning.
Fair tonight and Friday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with cooler conditions in eastern portions. River flood stage rises slight over the next 48 hours at St Paul La Crosse St Louis. La Crosse reports 0.12 feet and rising modestly while St Paul reads 0.14 feet and 2.1 feet high.
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