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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1915
Page
1
Tribune reporter N D Tevis recounts a perilous trek with a borrowed camera to Ferryville and the cyclone ridge for dramatic photos. He battles wrecked farms, dead livestock, and missing equipment, finally finding a working plate camera with Jacob Esperson as the breakthrough moment.
Chicago endures a citywide transit strike as 14 500 conductors and motormen walk out. Massed crowds throng depots and jitneys, with authorities debating a ban on strikebreakers and Mayor Thompson weighing a mediation move.
Premier Asquith told the House of Commons that England’s war expenses average 7,365,750 daily and the coming year may nearly double to 14,599,500 daily. He urged swift approval of a 1,216,625,000 war appropriation amid a crisis described as unprecedented.
Chicago readers note a citywide strike impact on daily life. Parents and children take to streets and skates as workers cross the city with weekend leisure. Henri Tobere, a Blue Island avenue line conductor, takes his first vacation since 1887 while the school board considers drastic cost cuts amid a large deficit.
Paris June 15 Compiegne forty five miles northeast of Paris was bombarded by German guns a shell shower fell around the town's historic churches the war office said little damage was done German coast guns fired from concealed positions while French aviators reconnoiter over enemy lines to locate batteries attacks around Souchez grow more violent and forces clash near Arras the war office reported repulsed attacks near Quenneviere farm.
French aviators bombarded Karlsruhe yesterday causing eleven deaths. The war office also reported new French victories along the Lievin to Arras front. Karlsruhe, a 100000 plus city east of the lines near Nancy, is noted as a cultural center with museums and public buildings.
Water height on the Mississippi causes delays in repairs and pushes the bathhouse opening to the middle of next week across the river.
The U S Supreme Court sustained a Des Moines Iowa ordinance reducing gas price from 199 to 99 cents, deemed confiscatory, in a ruling tied to City Gas Company actions.
Berlin reports Ambassador Gerard may confer with the Kaiser before Germany replies to the second American note. The German reply is not expected for about two weeks as officials study Wilson’s mediation proposals and Lusitania data. London officials deny knowledge of any British willingness to compromise on blockade or submarine actions.
Deeds mortgages and other valuable papers stolen from George Holzhammer during a burglary at the Mormon Coulee road saloon were found today under a porch at Michael Novak's home at 15 South Sixth Street. The discovery ends a string of recovered items along Sixth Street.
The Art Workers club will meet tonight at the Public Library at seven oclock. Members plan discussion and announcements for upcoming events and projects.
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Wisconsin expected partly cloudy and warmer east portion. Minnesota sees fair and warmer conditions with possible showers in the north. River forecast shows no material change in major stages over the next 36 hours with specific readings for Red Wing Reeds Landing and Cyrene.
Relatives of Julius J. Brabant, who killed his wife and died by suicide, were denied a double funeral. Mrs. Brabant will be buried separately in Oak Grove cemetery, as Dr. J. H. Schneller reports. The private service for Mrs. Brabant is set for tomorrow at 2 PM at her home parlor.
The Frontenac struck a pier in a gale at Winona and began to sink. Capt William York of Rock Island steered to safety and grounded the stern to prevent disaster as Captain Riley saved his barge crew and property. Passengers included Henry Mueller, Fred Utter, Ed Hasselbee, and F D Perkins with family aboard.
Washington reports a cabinet meeting lasting 40 minutes, the briefest since Woodrow Wilson took office, marking a notably concise session in the current administration.
Relief and repair crews work along the tornado scene in Igwa County at Lippert Farm where two people died and a baby was unharmed. A wheel was torn off a buggy as the storm passed.
A June tornado ripped through eastern Allamakee County damaging multiple farms and homes near Thompson's Corner Leikvold Lippert and Monsrud areas. J H Lippert and a nine year old girl died. a baby was unharmed in a buggy. Livestock and buildings suffered major destruction with eerie tornado “freaks” noted during the blast.
Cyclone near Ferryville Wisconsin leaves ten dead and over twenty injured. Fifty people left homeless as farming and crops are ruined. Local farmers provide shelter and food while crews begin rebuilding and caring for injured residents and ruined stock.
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