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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
1
A lighthearted meditation on Friday the 13th as an unlucky day. The author cites superstition in France Italy Paris and general gloom while joking about misfortunes and personal slips blamed on the date. The piece urges calm and restraint rather than cursing the date.
The 4913 Class celebrates commencement as graduates receive diplomas before a crowded auditorium. Principal presides as families and friends fill the La Crosse High School gym for the ceremony.
The La Crosse high school 1913 class held diplomas for 104 graduates in a program featuring music and recitations. Wircraft delivered the main oration on The Possibilities of Undeveloped Wisconsin, arguing agriculture and dairying as Wisconsin’s future, with emphasis on timber, mining, power, and cheap water. The speech won praise and will be submitted to the Wisconsin Bankers association prize committee.
Weather summary notes high near 82 in La Crosse with low temperatures not stated and 0 precipitation. Forecast calls for increasing clouds and likely showers tonight or Saturday, with warmer conditions in the south and east portions and brisk winds. Conditions across surrounding states show unsettled weather and light to moderate rainfall.
The federal department of justice will investigate the compromise in the oleomargarine fraud case approved by treasury officials on the day the Taft administration ended. Attorney General McReynolds announced here today.
Chicago June 13. The government will begin its inquiry into the reorganization of the International Harvester company tomorrow with William J. Calhoun taking the witness stand.
The Bertha Taintor Hall annex at Kent Institute in Menomonie Wisconsin burned Thursday night causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars.
Racine Wis June 13 The J I Case Threshing Machine company declared a 1 percent dividend for its preferred stockholders in a move described as an anti hoodoo gift.
Mrs. Barbara Paul forgot to unplug an electric flat iron left in a pantry at 119 North Sixteenth Street. The connected wire sparked flames around midnight, prompting Fire Department No. 1 to extinguish the blaze. Pantry suffered smoke and water damage.
The senate's woman suffrage committee recommended passage of a constitutional amendment for women's voting. Senator Ashurst presented the report, arguing tests of citizenship prove women should vote. The panel said extending the franchise strengthens government and upholds ideals over material interests.
A brief record notes the House of Representatives meeting for thirteen minutes on Friday the thirteenth. No further actions or names are provided in the readable text.
The June 13 collision of two divisions of the Boston New York passenger train on the New York New Haven Hartford line left six dead and about forty injured. Among the dead is Gregory T. Hummes, 34, New York World reporter, who urged his paper to be informed of the wreck before he collapsed. Detectives and Presenting Attorney G. A. Carter will probe the cause, while several injured remain in serious condition. Engineer Dougherty, blamed for disregarding signals, is missing with his fireman. The wreck is described as one of New England’s most spectacular, with the engine driving through a rear Pullman and the car severely crushed.
Gordon Wisconsin June 13 plans for rebuilding Gordon rapidly underway after a $100000 fire overnight destroyed the business section. Volunteer firemen could not save the blaze which began in Kenneth MacLaggan's general store and wiped out the business district before Gordon fire engine arrived.
Secretary of State Bryan announced a new idea after grape juice diplomacy. Beginning next week he plans to carry a lunch basket with him on morning trips.
Madison report states a marketing bill will pass this session placing its entire operation under the industrial commission. It will include enforcement of the anti trust law and all marketing bill details affecting cooperative production and buying. The measure, backed by La Follette forces, aims to fulfill 1912 state platform pledges.
Carlos Madero youngest brother of Mexico's slain president passes through Milwaukee after graduating from St Johns Military Academy Delafield He plans to stay in the United States and continue his education in the east rather than return to Mexico he said.
Toll of the E M Peck explosion is expected to reach eight today. The death of watchman Geo Turtle brings the dead to seven, and doctors fear George Drage may also die before night.
Charleston, June 13. Senator Borah pressed Ka nawha county officials as witnesses in the senate strike inquiry. They blamed civil officers for wartime rights violations in the coal regions and said martial law did not suspend civil courts. Indictments against United Mine Workers officers moved in federal court.
A renewed dispute over the water system emerges, with critics accusing a political scheme and questioning the timing of the superintendency appointment. The clash centers on control and direction of local water works.
In Denver on June 13 the United Commercial Travelers of America opened a two day convention with about two thousand delegates. A resolution calling for an anti tipping law in every state was expected to pass unanimously. Officials discussed better traveling accommodations and closer ties with hotel managers and owners to improve hotel services nationwide.
Glenn Franklin of Delma Iowa has lingered four days between life and death at Minneapolis City Hospital after ingesting bichloride of mercury misread as aspirin. His condition shows slight improvement today.
After over two months of shutdown, La Crosse cooperages reopen with full crews. Arbitration board continues daily sessions as discussions over wages proceed, with a potential agreement expected later today.
The mayor publicly rejects claims of a frame-up and says he never discussed the matter with Day. Day confirms the mayor’s statement and backs the denial.
Mahoney indicates no opposition to a waterworks commission if friends of the system run it but would first have the present board of public works manage it. He implies administration aims to create jobs for “lame ducks” and accuses officials of pursuing contracts on the water works building. Mayor Sorensen denies a frame up to place James Day in a job and says the goal is business management of the utility with businessmen on the commission. James Day states he is not a candidate for superintendent or any water works position and has not discussed the role with city officials.
In La Crosse City politics Alderman P W Mahoney criticizes the waterworks bill and warns a long factional fight as he hints the creation of a commission could be a frame up to place friends and favored officials in soil. He names potential commissioners and alleges officials seek contracts for the plant.
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