BusINESS HEADS ARE THE LOBBY
Senators testify that paid agents infested corridors and influenced policy as business leaders lobby lawmakers. The hearing examined lobbying practices and the reach of corporate influence in legislative processes.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
1
Tariff Views Echoed in Senate Probe Lobbyists Testify Before Finance Panel
Washington June 3 Existence of a powerful scientific lobby of big business heads was disclosed at the Senate committee hearing on tariff influences. Sen Boise Penrose listed 175 prominent men who urged tariffs and testified before the finance committee, with many senators incorporating tariff views into their statements. Senator McLean of Connecticut admitted holdings in General Electric and named tobacco silk and hardware interests as callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Busi
Senatorial Committee
Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Penrose
McLean
Connecticut
Dillingham
Vermont
Fletcher
Florida
Fall
New Mexico
Grenna
North Dakota
Senator McLean
General Electric Company
Stone
Missouri
Howard B. Chehey
Manchester
Conn
Cheney
Overman
Nelson
Minnesota
Senator Dillingham
Samuel Ullman
York
Ers
SLC Graduates Plan Permanent Alumni Club
La Crosse High School graduates organize a permanent alumni association at a banquet, forming a club to maintain ties, support school activities, and plan future events. Attendees include former students and faculty members signaling a lasting postgrad community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse High School
La Crosse High School to Form Alumni Club and Hold Banquet
More than 1 000 alumni are invited to the La Crosse High School first annual alumni banquet on Saturday June 14 at 6 pm in the high school. The event aims to unite past graduates and establish a permanent alumni club with a reception and dance at the Hixon gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
la Crosse High School
la Crosse High School Alumni Association
Sigvald Stavrum
Howard M. Jones
Robert Keyes
South Sixth Street
Mr. Keyes
Jones
Hixon Gymnasium
Compromise Found on Alaskan Government Railroad Bill
Senators Chamberlain of Oregon and Jones of Washington report a compromise that appropriates 40 million dollars for the government road in Alaska. The measure does not fix the miles to be built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamberlain
Oregon
Jones
Four Drowned Building Rockies Railway Extension
Four laborers employed by contractors for the Grand Trunk Pacific railway extension in the Rocky mountains were drowned in the Grand canyon of the Tete Jaune cache district when a scow loaded with supplies broke up. The incident occurred yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Rocky Mountains
Grand Canyon
Tete Jaune Cache
Congress Clock Delays Sessions and Inquiries Continue
Senate not in session as a special committee keeps investigating President Wilson's lobby charges. Tariff subcommittee proceeds with framing a Senate bill while the House convenes at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
Wilson
House
Work and Win Morris Text Graduates
The fragment shows the phrase Work and Win attributed to Morris and mentions graduates. Further readable context is limited. No dates or locations are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Onalaska Agricultural School graduates choose work and happiness
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris told 28 graduates that true happiness comes from serving others, urging them to pursue meaningful goals beyond preparation. The ceremony highlighted the largest class in the school’s history with diplomas awarded by J L. Pettingill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Morris
Onalaska Agricultural School
Morris
Phelps Illine Captain of Illinois Baseball Team
Champaign June 3 1914 Jr Phelps of Oak Park Illinois was elected captain of the University of Illinois baseball team at a banquet held last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps Illine
Champaign
Phelps
Oak Park
Til
University of Illinois
Injustice Charged Over Friedmann Tuberculosis Serum Sale
Dr A H C Friedmann returns from the east condemning his brother Dr Friedrich Franz Friedmann of Berlin for disposing of his tuberculosis turtle serum. He calls the remedy unethical and says only a small percentage of sufferers can access it, though he acknowledges potential merit and a bacillus with curative properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
A. H. C. Friedmann
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
Berlin
Evansville Police Seek Two Auto Thieves
Evansville Wisconsin chief of police arrived in town this morning chasing two unknown men who stole a small car from a local resident a few days ago. The detectives believe the suspects are heading this way in a vehicle bearing license 25178.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Wis
State employes testify in Cox trial in Cincinnati
Cincinnati June 3 state bank department attaches were the first witnesses when the trial of George B. Cox a former Republican leader in Cincinnati and four former associates in the old Cincinnati Trust company indicted for misapplication of the banks funds resumed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Old Cincinnati Trust Company
State Bank Department
Arrest Ends Long Chase for Murder Suspect Sta ley
Springfield report says James H Sta ley, alleged murderer of Matt Monahan, was arrested today in Roseburg Oregon after a pursuit spanning since March 18 1912 involving police from many western cities. The chase crossed into Mexico where he eluded capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
James H. Staley
Matt Monahan
Roseburg
Ore
Staley
Mexico
Case Settle Five Minutes In Long Litigation
A twelve year legal battle ending in circuit court was settled in about five minutes before Judge Wickham. The suit by Nathan Myrick against John H Kahle and August Kahle concerned property sold for delinquent taxes. The case, with Myrick and Kahle both dead, settled for 1500 dollars after negotiators confirmed sales of some of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Nathan Myrick
la Crosse
John H. Kahle
Myrick
Kahle
J. W. Shepard
John Kahle
August Kahle
Eight hurt as train collides with cattle car near Lawrence
A passenger train from Boston to Lawrence on the Boston and Maine railroad collided with a cattle train at South Lawrence, injuring eight people none fatally. Fire and ambulance crews rushed to the scene as two cars were destroyed and the wreck's coaches caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Lawrence
Mass
Boston
Lawrence
Boston & Maine Railroad
South Lawrence
Colman Heads New La Crosse Trust Company
L. C. Colman was elected president of the La Crosse Trust company at yesterday afternoon’s organization meeting in Batavian National Bank offices. F. G. Tiffany was named first vice president and general manager, with F. P. Hixon as second vice president and G. Van Steenwyk as secretary. The board includes Colman, Tiffany, Hixon, Van Steenwyk, John C. Burns, A. Gunderson, and B. C. Smith. The firm plans to issue only time deposits and will focus on mortgages, estates, bankruptcies, and acting as trustee and executor, with initial office space on the building’s first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Colman
la Crosse Trust Company
Batavian National Bank
F. G. Tiffany
F. P. Hixon
G. van Steenwyk
Horace K. Holley
John C. Burns
A. Gunderson
B. C. Smith
Tiffany
Holley
Trust Company
State Bank
Tiffany Today
State Elks Convene in Manitowoc for Convention
More than a thousand visitors are expected in Manitowoc for the second day of the annual state convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The event opened this afternoon with organization talks and the big business to be transacted tomorrow. Automobiles rides theater parties and receptions are planned for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc
Wis
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grace seeks limited divorce in Philadelphia case
Daisy Opie Grace applied to a common pleas court for a master to hear her suit for limited divorce charging barbarous and cruel treatment. She indicated she would reveal details of life with Eugene H. Grace of Atlanta, whom she previously faced arrest and trial for shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Daisy Opie Grace
Common Pleas Court
G. A. R. Near Extinction Predicted by Officials
Denver reports at the Colorado and Wyoming division convention that in twenty years the Grand Army of the Republic may be only a memory as Civil War veterans die at about 5,000 a month and few will be alive by 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Grand Army of the Republic
Burdick
Colorado and Wyoming
Wife kills husband after quarrel over missing money
In St. Louis on June 3 Charles L. Martin an automobile salesman was shot dead after a quarrel sparked by the alleged disappearance of about $1000 in money checks and jewelry from his private safe. Mrs Martin said she killed him after he ordered her to pray while shouting Your time has come get down and pray. She called the police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Charles L. Martin
Martin
Washington Eyes New Round in Japanese Alien Land Dispute
Secretary Bryan told the cabinet that Japan will likely reply to the California land dispute by Friday or Saturday. Ambasssador Chinda reported Japan’s interest in and careful consideration of the peace policy, renewing faith in a settlement. Japan may modify protests and insist on limits to Asiatic ownership of California land, while renewal of the 1908 arbitration treaty looms. In Tokyo, public anger pushes for withdrawing subsidy liners from California and docking ships in Tacoma or Seattle, with protests against Panama Pacific participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Bryan
Chinda
State Department
Japan
California
Uncle Sam
Webb
Tokio
Tacoma
Seattle
San Francisco
Weather casts show fair, cooler patterns across the upper Midwest
Temperature ranged from a high of 82 to a low of 56 in the last 24 hours. La Crosse and vicinity forecast fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler tonight. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect fair conditions with cooler nights and moderate winds. Iowa also predicted fair and cooler tonight with similar winds. High pressure over the Canadian northwest and low over the Rockies shape conditions across the plains and upper lake region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Canadian Northwest
Plain States
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Rocky Mountain
Upper Lake Region
Rocky Mountain States
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Sclons
Bill
Doon
Owens
Senator Walsh
SLC
Rockies
New Farm School
French Island
Hazel Hoyt
Chasebore
J L. Pettingill
County School Board
Walter Ahlstrom
Helga Anderson
Catherine Brooker
Donald F. Carter
Mabel Finstad
Armin Ganz
Arthur Gronning
Clara Hauser
Anna Holthaus
Howard Kinney
Catherine Mailer
Julia Miller
Lilly Nelson
Bert Otterness
Amelia Paulson
Selma Paulson
Grace Peterman
Mary Roddle
Lillie Roningen
William Sheely
Jalmer Sletten
Orange Smith
Martha Solem
Wendell Todd
Lydia Zeller
Board of Engineers
Commerce Commission
Value
Buck
Wm. D. Ponce
R. A. Thompson
Edwin F. Wendt
J. S. Worley
Interstate Commerce Commission
William D. Ponce
University of Wisconsin
Nashville, Tenn
J. S. Wo
Brother Lore
Friedmann
Colman
New Financial Corporation
Board OF Directors
Tates
State Elks
Webb Bill
United States
O. K
St Paul
Red Wing
Pr. du Chien
St Louis
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