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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
1
An investigation reveals twenty million dollars lost to revenue frauds extending over three administrations. The probe notes a vanished official and ongoing questions about accountability and oversight.
The Treasury says a search is underway for Knox Booth a Tennessee revenue agent based in Nashville and John Jasper arrested at Fort Smith Arkansas in a probe into a $20 million distillery tax fraud. The case spans three administrations and involves fraud against the government with several southern states implicated.
Weather reports show 1 pm humidity at 65 percent with past conditions noting 58 for high, 92 for S20? and 0. Forecasts call for warmer temperatures tonight and Tuesday across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with generally fair conditions. River forecast predicts continued falling levels over the next several hours from La Crosse to Prairie du Chien and downstream.
Berlin reports French troops employed liquid fire against German trenches near Baugois and in front of Soissons. Many attackers burned alive in advance works as German defenses held. Russian retreat from Mosciska toward Sadowa Visnia follows Przemysl evacuation. Austro German eastward advances near Lemberg and Stanislau rail line. Prisoners and guns reportedly captured at Przemysl.
Frank Haniff a La Crosse taxi driver from 1919 South Tenth Street fought a dispute at West La Crosse leaving facial cuts. He returned home armed with an axe and was arrested while en route to the scene. police seized the weapon. No charges were filed. He could not identify his assailants.
Counselor Hindenberg of the German embassy arrived back in Rome today after traveling with Ambassador Buelow. His return caused a sensation in diplomatic circles with unknown purpose. His role in Austro Italian negotiations gives the move notable significance.
The June 7 luncheon in Chicago featured speeches and discussions themed America for Americans for Pan American financial delegates from Washington. Secretary McAdoo had called the conference, inviting the delegation to the city for the event.
A rural postal carrier Samuel Roden was hit and slightly damaged when a Ford driven by a sixteen year old son of E K E Houton of 221 North Fourteenth street struck his mail rig at Caledonia street near Milwaukee railroad tracks. The youth refused to stop but authorities chose not to press action.
Washington dispatch notes large numbers of foreigners evacuating Mexico City. The Brazilian minister reports ninety Americans forty four English above seven hundred total others. Carranza aims to move refugees toward Pizayuca and the port for U S embarkation.
A Milwaukee area train derailed and plummeted into a swollen creek. Three people are confirmed dead. A La Crosse man, the sole survivor from the cab, was rescued with a broken leg after being swept through three barbed wire fences.
Milwaukee Passenger Train No. 5 plunges through a span near Lake City after a cloudburst. Rescue teams recover two bodies while a diver extracts the corpse of Engineer Extric from the wreckage after severing the legs.
Diplomats seek to verify reports of a move to end the war as notes from discussions arrive late. Anxious officials weigh connections between the rumored initiative and the delay in replying to Kaiser.
Rumors spread in Washington that a move could end the European war, though authorship was unclear. President Wilson held his note while awaiting Berlin and voiced displeasure at the ongoing speculation. Secretary Bryan met with the president to discuss the situation.
Ray Fitzsimmons, son of La Crosse detective W. J. Fitzsimmons, survived Milwaukee train No. 5 plunge into Lake Pepin after being hurled from the fireman's box. He sustained a broken leg and barbed wire cuts, and describes the wreck while recovering at a nearby farmhouse.
Poem fragments celebrate forest life as woodlands and streams renew motion and song. The verses invite nature to join in a timeless masque where bird, leaf, and tree hear old tunes and revive their minstrel chorus tonight.
Howard Mumford Jones presents Masque at Marsh and River at Myrick Park Tuesday night. It features over 300 normal students, elaborate outdoor lighting, local theme, and a limited souvenir program with text and portraits. Tickets and programs are sold at Hebberd's. weather may postpone to Wednesday.
A Galveston bound transport carrying Red Cross supplies to Mexico and returning refugees from Vera Cruz is set to sail tonight from Galveston Texas.
J. W. Boyer a leader at Bowyer-Farber is overjoyed as his eight pound daughter arrives. The La Crosse community notes the family joy and new arrival.
June 7 report from Lake City Minnesota describes diver Henry Hoffman freeing engineer William P. Taber from a wrecked Milwaukee passenger engine. A steel beam pinned Taber, requiring Hoffman to sever limbs to reach the surface. Hoffman still seeks the missing four crew.
Running slowly from the siding north of Lake City Minnesota on Saturday evening Milwaukee passenger train No 5 derailed at Emery creek bridge. The engine tender and first mail car plunged into about thirty feet of water. Three lives were lost and seven feared dead as the wreckage blocked the stream. The engineer and fireman perished with a mail car said to be atop the wreckage.
A large frame garage sheltering two cars was swept up by the flood and carried a block through the main street of Stockholm Wisconsin Saturday night. Over a thousand dollars worth of binder twine washed onto Burlington rail tracks and delayed traffic for hours. A large crew worked thirty hours before trains resumed on the line.
The engineer William P. Taber and fireman Roy F. Brobert and mail clerk Charles Brooks died when a bridge over Lake Pepin collapsed after a cloudburst. A survivor carried a watch. four men were seen boarding a blind baggage, bodies not found. Injured Raymond W. Fitzsimons. The Olympian crossed the span moments before the disaster, possibly causing the collapse as the bridge gave way under the second train.
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