12 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
1
Raymond Grams explains wireless telegraphy to help graduates understand the era’s tech. The speech impressed the audience with clear demonstrations and emphasis on practical skills. Other features highlight student achievements and local program highlights.
Winifred Forbes and Harry Marshall delivered a pleasing duet while a violin solo drew favorable notes. The performance showcased strong collaboration and musical balance with attentive audience response.
The document records February and June first and second honors for students including Elinore Schweizer Marie Wester Karl Borge Gunderson Lloyd Bovee Ruth Wallace Alta Wein and Herbert H Wheaton. It notes several graduates completing three years and others in three and a half years with a long list of names.
A La Crosse high school commencement at the La Crosse Theater closed last evening with brief speeches and music. Honor student Elinore Schweizer delivered a short stellar oration on Measure Up. Musical numbers featured Glen Halik on violin, Wini Forbes, Harry Marshall in a duet, and Raymond Grams explaining wireless telegraphy. Knut Houck traced Evolution of Industrialism while Miss Marie Wester urged sanitation and Keep Your Eyes Open. Miss Mabie delivered a capable declamation The Boat Race with strong orchestral and chorus support followed by the overture Morning Noon and Night in Vienna. The program totaled an engaging, well attended evening.
A reader rebuts Barber’s statements on 1913 legislative appropriations and non resident tuition at Wisconsin. The writer defends the university’s stance on politics and expansion, disputes claimed costs for non residents, and highlights Wisconsin’s global prominence and out of state student exchange. The piece ends noting continuation on the page.
Organizers seek managers aid as the proposed board confronts questions on its authority to censor films. The article notes uncertainty over power to suppress or approve movie content and outlines anticipated challenges ahead.
Miss Kate Lee acting superintendent confirms a board of moving picture censors is being organized under the Associated Charities. A committee is drafting plans and expects to report soon. The plan seeks theater manager cooperation, but action will proceed with or without it.
In Davenport the Iowa State Federation of Labor delegates rejected an anti-prohibition measure 70 to 35 after reopening the issue from the previous day. The session featured four Dutch lunches and visits from International Brewery Workers officials between sessions.
Premier of France Alexandre Felix Ribot resigns shortly after presenting his policy to the chamber of deputies. His supporters sought a confidence vote on the three years army service bill, but the measure was denied.
Liquor dealers of St Louis New Orleans Louisville and Milwaukee faced a heavy blow as the Locke bill passed prohibiting shipments into thirty six prohibitive parishes. The measure covers two thirds of the state.
Indiana Republican editors gathered in Lincoln, Nebraska, to pay respects at Nancy Hanks Lincoln's grave and reaffirm loyalty to the party founded by Abraham Lincoln.
The House concurred in the Senate amended repeal resolution with the Simmons Norris amendment by 215 to 71, sending the repeal to President Wilson for approval. The Senate previously passed the repeal bill with the Norris Simmons amendment 50 to 35.
The defense portrayed Nagle as failing under oath claiming he was with two men during the alleged theft. Jurors deliberated briefly, reaching a verdict after about 45 minutes of consideration.
George Alcorn and Leon Simpson were acquitted by a federal grand jury in St. Paul after John Nagle turned state's evidence. The quick 45 minute verdict freed them of charges of stealing fifteen sacks of flour from a sealed box car en route from Minnesota to Wisconsin. Local witnesses and river town residents testified, while Nagle claimed the flour was taken to an island by boat.
Representative Neely of West Virginia formally impeached U S District Judge Alston G. Dayton charging twenty six acts of misconduct. He urged a judiciary subcommittee probe into Dayton alleged conspiracies with corporations to remove a former judge and to influence grand juries and injunctions. He claimed Dayton favored certain firms and coal operators and pressed cases for his son.
In Highlands New Jersey on June 12 Resolute defeated Vanitie in the seventh preliminary yachting race. Official finish times were 2 23 57 for Resolute and 2 26 46 for Vanitie.
Louis J. Kirshner of Kansas City and Jim McCauley return for La Crosse Homecoming after years away. Kirshner, with wife and baby, visits parents at 507 King Street and remarks the town has not grown in twenty years. Advertising pennants, selling 10, 25, and 50 cents, fund Homecoming expenses as organizers report strong demand. A Texas note from Alvin shows warm support but regret at missing the celebration.
Anti suffrage club women threaten secession at the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention in Chicago as suffrage advocates push for an endorsement of equal franchise. The dispute splits the federation, with leaders like Grace Wilbur Trout and Mary Garrett May driving the suffrage push while opposite factions warn of political manipulation.
Horace L. Britton of Toronto criticized the standpat pedagogue and the stand pat board of education at the ninth annual convention of the national association of comptrollers and accounting officers in Milwaukee. He warned that intolerant boards risk taxpayers withholding requests for school funds unless they welcome criticism and reform.
Rain at Myrick Bar forces postponement of the annual fete day program titled Pageant of the Hours. The event will now take place Monday afternoon from five to six.
Chicago reports say the LaSalle Trust & Savings bank known as the William Lorimer bank, with $1,000,000 capital, was closed by state bank examiner Harkin and placed under State Auditor Brady. Three associated banks were also shut. Lorimer’s deposits reach about $4.47 million.
Oarsmen from several colleges trained hard on the river at Poughkeepsie with Washington crews easing. Most teams faced strong sessions while a few finished with lighter work to cap the day.
A woman candidate declared she would summon a policeman to back a female colleague during a council chamber showdown last night. The confrontation centered on a large turnout for an examination in the council chamber as the chief prepared to select among nine hopefuls.
In La Crosse, Mayor Sorensen says the city of about 32 000 deserves sixteen police and backs appointing Miss Amanda Clement after she and eight men completed the police exam. The commission will issue eligible lists for Chief Webber to select from.
Yesterday's high 81 and low 60 with no precipitation. Forecast shows mainly fair weather in Wisconsin and Minnesota with possible local showers tonight, as well as unsettled Iowa conditions. Cooler lake region, warmer Dakotas and Montana, widespread fair to partly cloudy skies overnight through Saturday.
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