Badges Offered for La Crosse Visitors at Totninglag Convention
La Crosse citizens attending the Totninglag convention in Spring Grove tomorrow will receive free badges. J. L. Utermoehl, secretary of the board of trade, announced today. La Crosse day at the convention promises many local businessmen renewing trade ties in Minnesota. The Milwaukee Southern division train leaves at eight in the morning and returns at 5 55 in the afternoon. Utermoehl will be at the station to distribute badges. Special fare of one and a third will apply.
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la Crosse
Spring Grove
J. L. Utermoehl
Board of Trade
Minnesota
Southern
Utermoehl
Normals Ask Fund for Dormitories
President Kronshage of the board of regents urges action to meet rising demand for practice teaching by enlarging the practice schools. He notes current classes are too small and far from actual teaching conditions. Removing tuition would cut revenue and raise annual costs by about $16,000.
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Kronshage
Board of Regents
Boy Slayer Indicted in Rochester Murder Trial
Henry Schmidt a 16 year old boy is indicted for first degree murder in the death of Mrs. George H. Hetzel. The grand jury returned the indictment after two days of evidence. Schmidt shot Mrs. Hetzel at her Douglas home on April 1 and bound her son to prevent aid.
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Rochester
Minn
Henry Schmidt
George H. Hetzel
Schmidt
Hetzel
Douglas
J L Jorgenson Whitton Offer Funds for Grand Lodge Home
J L Jorgenson of Green Bay and David Whitton of Roberts Wis offered to donate 16000 and 5000 dollars respectively for a permanent home for the grand lodge at the Grand Lodge I O F closing session in Fond du Lac. Stoughton Lodge No 60 won 150 cash in degree work with Milwaukee Beethoven lodge second. La Crosse to receive 300 for next year. Mrs Cora Jenks La Crosse named Grand Inner Guard Rebekahs.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
J. L. Jorgenson
Green Bay
David Whitton
Roberts
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge I
Milwaukee
Beethoven Lodge
la Crosse
Cora Jenks
Rebekahs
La Crosse Gas Case Cited At National Utility Meeting
Thurston Owens, manager of La Crosse Gas and Electric, said the Wisconsin railroad commission report on La Crosse Gas and Electric was cited at the National Electric Light association convention in Chicago. The Medina Temple hosts about 3500 public utilities men from across the country.
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Wisconsin State Railroad Commission
la Crosse Gas and Electric Company
Public Policy Committee
National Electric Light Association
Chicago
Thurston Owens
Medina Temple
Reprieve Granted for Folsom Inmate Jakey Oppenheimer
Governor Johnson reprieved Jakey Oppenheimer known as The Tiger of Folsom prison until June 20. The stay follows pending federal court proceedings deemed an automatic stay. Petitions signed by nearly every club woman in California were presented to the governor.
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Sacramento
Cal
Jakey Oppenheimer
Arrest Gazette Employes Charged In Defalcations
New York police arrest George A. Ox longtime Police Gazette general manager and Adolph Chudoba longtime cashier amid charges of defalcations estimated between 60000 and 75000 dollars. Richard K. Fox owner of the publication lodges the complaint.
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New York
George A. Ox
Police Gazette
Adolph Chudoba
Richard K. Fox
Funeral services for Joseph Chuta Held at Home
Funeral services for Joseph Chuta were held at his rear home at 1616 Farnam Street this morning at 9 o clock. Burial followed at the Catholic cemetery.
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Joseph Chuta
Farnam Street
Protest Against Paterson Methods Draws Nationwide Critique
Lawrence, Mass., Little Falls, N. Y., Paterson, N. J., Passaic, N. J., Charleston, W. Va., and Paterson incidents prompt Frederick C. Howe to urge Congress to investigate alleged police power over free speech. Howe warns that defending liberty surpasses tariff concerns and cites arrests of peaceful assemblers and press suppression.
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Washington
Paterson
Passaic
N. J
Lawrence
Mass
Little Falls
N. Y
Charleston
W. Va
Frederick C. Howe
Wilson
Kern
Congress
Howe
Jolivette Seeks To Bring Clerks Meeting To La Crosse
County Clerk Bert Jolivette will attend the eighth annual County Clerks association convention in Appleton June 17 to 19 and announce that La Crosse may host the 1914 meeting. The group gathers to discuss county highway accounting taxes and county board work with social activities, boat trip on the Fox River, and paper mill tours planned. There are seventy one members in the association.
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Bert Jolivette
County Clerks’ Association
Appleton
la Crosse
Fox River
Jolivette
Campaign to Save Birds and Trees Initiated by University
The entomology department at the state university has begun a drive to propagate song birds to prevent epidemics among shade and forest trees. A letter to County Clerk Bert Jolivette asks for a list of village presidents and mayors so pamphlets warning against destroying birds can be sent to the right communities.
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Entomology Department
The
State University
Bert Jolivette
County Justices to Work in City Bill Introduced
A bill in the Madison Senate by Senator Otto Bosshard would authorize the justices of the peace from Shelby and Campbell to perform their duties in La Crosse. The measure aims to ease access by letting them meet with citizens at a more convenient location than their farms.
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Justices of the Peace
Shelby
Campbell
la Crosse
State Senate
Madison
Otto Bosshard
Jury acquits Cincinnati Trust directors in note withdrawal case
Common Pleas Judge Caldwell instructed the jury to acquit George Cox and four fellow directors C H Davis N S Keith F R Williams and O V Parrish in the $352 500 note withdrawal case from Cincinnati Trust assets. The verdict followed a defense motion claiming the bank’s existence at the time was not proven.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Caldwell
Criminal Court
George Cox
The
Cincinnati Trust Company
Cox
C. H. Davis
N. S. Keith
F. R. Williams
O. V. Par
Iris Goes Up River Tow Boat Moves Lumber Barge
The Iris of Winona towed a lumber barge upstream this morning and brought down lumber. The Kalitan and the pleasure boat Markatan docked at Main street at 1 30 this afternoon. The Kalitan hails from Rock Island and is bound for St Paul.
City Ice Plant Named in New York Budget
June 5 report: the board of estimate approves a municipal ice plant to supply ice to city departments and the poor at cost, funded by the city budget.
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New York
Board of Estimate
Commons to Speak at Kansas University Baccalaureate
Madison Wisconsin June 5 Professor John R Commons member of Wisconsin industrial commission will deliver the baccalaureate address at the Kansas agricultural college on June 18.
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Madison
Wis
John R. Commons
Industrial Commission of Wisconsin
Agricultural College of the Kansas University
Secretary Promotes Erie Railroad Aide to Assistant President
New York June 5 The Erie railroad announces H C Hooker will become assistant to the president. Hooker has long served as private secretary to President Underwood.
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New York
The
Erie Railroad Today
H. C. Hooker
Hooker
Underwood
Fallon man obtains license to wed La Crosse woman
Glenn D. White of Fallon Montana secured a marriage license from County Clerk Bert Jolivette for Elsa Newberg of La Crosse today.
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Glenn D. White
Fallon
Mont
Elsa Newberg
la Crosse
Bert Jolivette
Debate Over Birth Rate Law in Paris Chamber
A spirited debate in the chamber followed Deputy Ferdinand Engerand introducing a bill that would require French manufacturers to pay women wages during motherhood. The proposal would grant four weeks of paid leave to factory and shop workers who become mothers and must stay home.
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Paris
France
Chamber
Ferdinand Engerand
German Nobility and the Von Prefix in Names
The text explains that in Germany the prefix von denotes nobility and is used only by those of noble lineage. It asserts that knighthood grants the right to use von, as with Alexander Humboldt becoming Alexander von Humboldt, and claims all descendants inherit the prefix.
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Germany
Alexander Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
Bribe Indictment Stands in West Virginia Senate Bribery Case
Judge W S OBrien overruled defense to quash the indictment charging S A G Rhodes with accepting a bribe during the campaign for a United States senator in the West Virginia legislature. Rhodes and other defendants in the bribery case are expected to seek a continuance.
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Court House
Webster Springs
W. Va
W.s.o'brien
S. A. G. Rhodes
United States
Climbing a Water Stair in Bundak Norsje Canal Norway
A steamboat climbs a hill by passing through a sequence of locks beside the Vrang waterfall in Bundak Norsje canal Norway. Falls in the river hinder passage, so a canal with single boat locks lifts vessels about ninety feet from lower to upper level, an event witnessed daily during navigation season.
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Vrang
Bundak Norsje
Norway
Burlington faces smallpox scare as quarantine ordered
Burlington Wisconsin residents confront a feared outbreak after Pr Stoddard of Milwaukee, a state health board member, declares seven suspected measles cases are actually mild smallpox. Strict quarantine has been imposed to contain the illness.
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Racine, Wis
Burlington
Pr. Stoddard
Milwaukee
State Board of Health
Hearings Set on Dissolution Plan for Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Union Pacific asks a Utah court for an order fixing June 12 in St Paul for hearing on two dissolution plans. First plan would offer Southern Pacific stock held by Union Pacific at a minimum price with limited issuance to stockholders. Second plan would transfer all stock to a court approved trustee with nonvoting certificates of interest exchangeable for stock on affidavit of no Union Pacific shares.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Sanborn, Hook and Smith
District Court For
District of Utah
Southern Pacific Company
Union Pacific Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
District Court
Utah
Clown Accuses Girl of Theft Case Heard in New York
Viola Stoll a 17 year old of 3037 Indiana Avenue St Louis pleaded guilty before Judge Foster to grand larceny. The charge was brought by Frank Oakley known as Slivers a clown who alleged four weeks ago in his apartment she took 4050 in jewelry and money. She was remanded for sentencing and brought back to New York as Judge Foster requested the Prison Aid association investigate.
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New York
Viola Stoll
Indiana Avenue
St. Louis
Foster
Miss Stoll
Frank Oakley
Chorus to Sing at City Mission
The male chorus from the German Methodist church, about 30 voices, will sing at the City Mission tomorrow night. Superintendent D C Dewey asks mission board members to attend as evangelist F L Holden leads services with strong attendance and impactful sermons. His sermon last night used the text What Will Ye Do in the End Thereof Jer 5 31.
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German Methodist Church
City Mission
D. C. Dewey
Mission Board
F. L. Holden
Judge's Daughter Dies in Washington D C
Mrs Lucy Daniels Thompson daughter of Judge John A Daniels died in Washington D C after a prolonged liver illness. Unconscious for two weeks she never learned of her father illness or death. She was an educator born in Trempealeau trained in La Crosse and Wisconsin. taught in Minneapolis and Chicago then West Virginia professor of history before marrying J David Thompson. Survived only by husband. Burial in Washington.
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Lucy Daniels Thompson
John A. Daniels
Washington, D. C
Thompson
Daniel
Trempealeau
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Lewis Institute
Chicago
University of West Virginia
West Virginia
J. David Thompson
City Dads Wrestle with the Fashions
Detroit council debated the cause of the embarrassing exposure as women attempt to board street cars. Alderman Reid supported lowering car steps, saying he’d rather clash with street car companies than force women to change popular styles.
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Detroit
Mich
Reid
Robins Urges Widows Pensions Linked to Minimum Wage
Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago urged the Missouri wage commission to adopt widows pensions as a companion to a minimum wage. She argued the plan would prevent employing 14 year olds and elderly women under the efficiency test often tied to a minimum wage policy.
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ST. Louis
Raymond Robins
Chicago
National Women’s Trade Union League
Missouri Wage Commission
Planters’ Hotel
Wisconsin legislature set to weigh fair site reports
Madison June 5 formal consideration of reports from the state fair sites committee was scheduled for this afternoon or tonight as the legislature met. The reports backed the Milwaukee site and a second option between Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, delivered to lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Madison
Wis
State Fair Sites Committee
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
County Plans 1912 Road and Bridge Spending Across La Crosse
The county's 1912 road fund totals 37050 with extending on bridges and roads. State aid equals 12350 for roads and 3560 for bridges, with counties and towns sharing the remainder. Projects include about fifteen miles of new macadam roads, ten bridges, and repairs to older structures under County Highway Commissioner John Hintgen.
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la County
Clery Jolivette
A. R. Hirst
Bangor
de Campbell
Hell
Hamilton
la Crosse County
John Hintgen
President Demonstrates Empty Conviction Amid Public Debate
A provocative remark argues that a leader can present a polished front while lacking genuine resolve. The line suggests superficial public image masks deeper political emptiness and invites scrutiny of integrity and action.
Dinner for Guthrie marks Japan policy talk
A farewell dinner in Pittsburg for George W Guthrie, ambassador to Japan, will feature a letter from President Wilson on the California Japanese situation read by Secretary of State William J Bryan. Bryan and ambassador Chinda are also expected to speak about the issue.
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Pittsburg
Wilson
William J. Bryan
George W. Guthrie
Japan
Bryan
Chinda
Lightweight Title Fight Off as Ritchie Rivers Bout Is Canceled
The twenty round fight scheduled for July 4 in San Francisco between lightweight champion Willie Ritchie and Joe Rivers was canceled after their managers Billy Nolan and Joe Levy failed to agree on weight limits.
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San Francisco
Cal
Willie Ritchie
Joe Rivers
Billy Nolan
Ritchie
Joe Levy
Rivers
Natenshon Hid e Fur Propri etor Pleads Guilty
Louis Natenshon, owner of Natenshon hide and fur, pleaded guilty to using scales short by one and a half pounds in every thirty. He was fined $10 and costs by Judge Brinaley in county court yesterday, with the complaint sworn by City Sealer Eugene Derr.
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Louis Natenshon
Natenshon Hide and Fur Company
John Brinaley
Eugene Derr
Two Divorce Suits Set for Hearing in Circuit Court
Two divorce cases will be heard before Judge E. C. Higbee in circuit court Saturday with potential more listed on motion day. Cases recorded include Pauline Kaiser versus John Kaiser and Jessie Steinmetz versus Louis Steinmetz.
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E. C. Higbee
Pauline Kaiser
John Kaiser
Jessie Steinmetz
Louis Steinmetz
Tillman Funeral Friday Held for Dr William Tillman
The funeral for Dr William Tillman who died yesterday at his mother's home will be conducted Friday at 2 30 PM from Mrs Dorothy Tillman's residence 1009 South Seventh Street in this city.
Cape Horn Sees Lonesome Future After Canal Completion
A historical note envisions Cape Horn becoming notably desolate once the Panama Canal is finished, highlighting the anticipated shift in maritime routes and isolation for the southern tip of South America.
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Cape Horn
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