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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
1
The piece spotlights a prominent La Crosse citizen admired for finance religion and politics. It follows long time community figures including Dr Sutter once allied with Matt Klundby and a clash over a car as public sentiment calls to restore the dean of storytellers to his autocracy.
Posses scour the Yoncalla area today seeking two masked robbers who halted the Shasta Limited between Yoncalla and Drain. They burst into the mail car at Drain, seized registered mail, and fled after triggering an emergency signal as the train slowed near Yoncalla. Passengers were uninjured. loot value unknown.
Rueben Hoeft of 1102 Mississippi Street is alleged to be the southern city’s “Jack the Peeper.” He was caught peeping through a Jackson Street window and had a prior similar offense. He pled guilty before Magistrate Edward Cronon and was fined ten dollars plus costs or fifteen days in jail.
London June 17 The steamer Minneapolis of the Atlantic transport line could not sail today due to a seamen strike. Several other vessels are held at their docks as union leaders hope to widen the stoppage. Substantial concessions in Liverpool and a need to import seamen for Mersey boats are noted while Greenock faces a serious situation with ships like the Furnessia Ionian and Cassandra sailing without crews.
Mrs Jessie Way Henkle, jailed in the Merle Henkel poisoning case, filed a legal fight to prevent exhumation of her first husband Edgar Way buried at Caldwell Ohio. Her attorneys say the aim is to avoid notoriety and assert Way died of lead exposure in his linotype work based on organ analysis.
A midnight gun fight erupts between a posse and burglars in Puposky Minnesota as suspects face arrest. Local authorities identify a link to a gang of yeggmen amid ongoing robberies and a tense city response.
One man is dead and another is in custody as Cass Lake officials reveal a alleged fire ring and cracksmen operation centered on the mayor. Investigators say the scheme involved arson, burglary and internal rings targeting local properties. Police vow further arrests as the case unfolds.
Detectives and Pinkerton agents arrest Cass Lake mayor D F Dumas on arson and accessory charges after a midnight gun battle at Poposky. Wounded yegmen are pursued while authorities claim Dumas directed a long running safe blowing campaign in northern Minnesota.
Washington reports the United States cannot curb Japan's expansion in the Philippines and the western hemisphere. Officials note free Japanese entry under current law and fear Tokyo's plan to send emigrants to Manila. Public opposition to Japanese immigration is strong and pressure may mount on Brazil and other South American nations to act.
Salt Lake City dispatch reports two bandits arrested on a Oregon Short Line train at High Bridge Idaho seized Deputy Sheriff Jones's revolver fatally shooting him. Conductor William Kidd who helped in the arrest was also killed after grappling with the robbers. The bandits forced the engineer to stop the train and escaped. a posse is in pursuit.
Indianapolis grand jury returns indictments charging Detective William J. Burns with kidnapping John J. McNamara from his office in the Los Angeles Times bombing case. Additional counts include McNamara conspiracy to blow up the Peoria and Pekin Union railroad works in Peoria Illinois. Six other indictments tied to the McNamara case kept secret.
President Elliott announced the Watson deal with Minneapolis is off. Pitcher Hooker, once sidelined by a sore arm, is fit and will report to Manager Bond in Rochester. Wegman, at St Charles, is ordered to report and likely to appear in the Rochester series. The Outcasts meet the Red Wings in Rochester this afternoon.
The weekly statement reports excess lawful reserve 68,321,750. loans up 562,277,500. specie 63,866,200. legal tenders 7,040,100. net deposits 410,767,000. circulation down 103,800. surplus compares with 26,515,050 a year ago and 19,900,825 two years ago. The stock market opened weak then partially recovered with subdued news effects as weather dispatches remained uninspiring.
Special police guards were posted around mills in the manufacturing district after five plants burned in 24 hours. Losses totaled 1,250,000 dollars with owners suspecting incendiary fires. The Freye Manufacturing sash and door plant suffered a 250,000 dollar blaze, three blocks from a 1,000,000 dollar fire the previous Thursday.
LaFollette enters the race for the I C P nomination. La Crosse officials say meters will curb city water use and improve accounting. The Railroad Rate Commission will issue a separate order to meter all city water takers including departments and public bodies once the new plant is ready.
A group in Washington accelerates a presidential bid with early organizing, fundraising, and ally pledges. The effort centers on key supporters, strategy meetings, and rollout plans to shape national attention and momentum.
Supporters claim Senator Robert M. La Follette has one third of delegates pledged for the Republican convention. They say he will run on a progressive platform with no machine support, aiming to appeal to public opinion and show a clear issues program once campaign details unfold.
Engineers raising the Maine say salvage will not cover removal. The hull is described as little better than rust and the guns and equipment once thought useful are believed ruined, making the ship a costly loss.
Harry Jansky died Friday after several weeks of illness. Funeral from 1227 Johnson Street Sunday at 2:30 PM with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jansky are the parents.
The bulletin notes generally fair weather in La Crosse and vicinity with cooler temperatures tonight and Sunday. Minnesota is mostly fair, with cooler air, while Iowa and Wisconsin show unsettled conditions with showers east and south and cooler north and west areas. River flood stages indicate St. Paul and Red Wing near steady with declines in the upper section and continued fall in the lower section over the next 48 hours.
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