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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
11
General Moritz von Auffenburg, once Austro-Hungarian minister of war and early WWI army commander, has been arrested and deemed a serious political criminal.
The Metropolitan Jockey Club reopens the Jamaica track for a spring meet running through June 25. Highlight event is the Excelsior Handicap for seasoned runners with a $2,500 guaranteed purse and a mile and a sixteenth distance.
J D Beck of the Wisconsin industrial commission cites 21000 accidents since 1912 and says proper precautions would have saved three widows. Deputy Kroes Clever Al Kroes headlines the talk with films on factory inspection and child labor. The show emphasizes safety devices, continuation schools, and street car dangers.
In Chicago 14,000 elevated and surface car workers and traction leaders agreed to a truce that lasts until tomorrow night. A strike was planned for 9 o clock tonight but Mayor William Hale Thompson helped push arbitration after workers refused to meet and pressed for a 25 percent wage increase.
Headed by Mayor A A Bentley the rights and finance committees inspected suggested locations for new street lights. Four lights may be installed this year thanks to appropriations. Committees will report at tonight's council meeting.
Connie Mack’s injury jinx continues as Wallie Schang joins the Athletics hospital list after a deep cut on his right knee sustained in Philadelphia when Hob Litser collided during a play. Also listed are McInnis Strunk Aldling and Joe Bush. Frank Baker is reportedly unavailable.
In East Alton Illinois on June 11 thirty five hundred horses bought by the British government for war use broke from a corral and stampeded through St. Clair and Madison counties. Trains killed eighteen horses as panicked crowds fled the path of the stampede.
Clark county authorities have no lead on the Hixton post office safe explosion Tuesday night. The thieves stole about $100 in stamps and money.
La Crosse High School invites graduates to the third annual alumni banquet and ball at the school a week from tonight. Miss Helen Dorset oversees plate reservations by June 11, with dues set at twenty five cents. Tickets available from Will Rossiter, Harry Spence, Miss Linse, or at the door. non graduates may attend with an alum.
Knights of Pythias plan annual memorial services starting at 10 30 AM at North Presbyterian church with Rev. Clarke delivering Knighthood in the Twentieth Century. Afternoon program includes cemetery visit and grave service for John D Wilson with orator John J Esch.
Holmen resident James Anderson visits north side friends while others travel to Milwaukee Madison and St Paul for business and visits. Residents return from travels to Hokah Tomah and Canada. Local illnesses improve and parties plan gatherings at Hamilton Lodge No. 57 Knights of Pythias hall tonight.
Joseph Kaulka and Frank Kowalska, believed to have escaped Juneau county jail by sawing bars, are linked to break ins at saloons on Mormon Coulee road and South Fourth Street. La Crosse and Mauston authorities share descriptions. suspects elusive as notices spread to police in the northwest.
An official bulletin from Athens reports King Constantine shows no change in his health. The inflammation of the kidneys continues to affect him.
A truck carried 25000 brook trout to Caledonia Minnesota for the Rod and Gun club to stock nearby streams. An additional 40000 trout will soon be released into streams around La Crosse.
Mrs. Charles S. Brown’s North Side home was entered while she visited a neighbor. About $5 in small change vanished from a drawer along with pocket books and a dish. A $25 stash remained hidden undiscovered. Door unlocked through a screened side entrance. no witness. police have no clues.
Harry W. Smith of Milwaukee Wisconsin leaves a Berlin hospital after two months illness and becomes stranded in The Hague during travel.
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