Yale Rowing Aims for Harvard Victory Under Harriman
Averill Harriman leads Yale rowing efforts as advisers coach the Elis for the annual Thames race against Harvard. Yale crews train at Gales Ferry ahead of the contest with complete charge in Harriman’s hands as graduation nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averill Harriman
G. S. McLageon
Harcourt Gold
New London
Conn
Iif
Yale
Harvard
Thames River
Elis
Young Harriman
Morris Named Strong Candidate for Senatorship in Wisconsin
The article discusses Morris as a strong Senate candidate amid Wisconsin politics. It notes ties to former La Follette era fights, cites a speech at the harmony banquet, and mentions possible candidates like George E. Scott, Hull, and Martin Pattison. A bull moose ticket could raise a lively gubernatorial and senatorial battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wime
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
Morris
Republican Party
McGovern
George E. Scott
Hull
Assembly
Martin Pattison
Superior
Milwaukee
Joseph E. Davies
Household Show Attracts Crowd At Doerflinger Store
A household exposition opened on the Doerflinger store's third floor drawing a large crowd each afternoon. Thirty booths fill several hundred square feet near the elevator, mainly showcasing pure foods with some labor saving devices. Demonstrations dominate each display with women shoppers sampling chocolate breakfast foods and grape juice while Marvel flour baking is shown at Listman Mill. La Crosse Cracker and Candy also participates. A large orchestra performs daily as the show continues through the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doerflinger ‘Store
Listman Mill Company
la Crosse Cracker and Candy Company
Substitute for Kileen bill advances on income tax offset
Madison Wis June 17 The joint finance committee reported for passage a substitute amendment to the Kileen bill relating to the income tax offset for banks Banks are now allowed the offset placing them in essentially the same position as before the income tax law. The Cunningham hospital for crippled and deformed children was reported for indefinite postponement. Senate bill 542 S changing the printing law to reduce Blue Book issues and add railroad maps was moved for passage. Other bills with appropriations were postponed and folded into general appropriation or salary bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Joint Finance Committee
State Board of Control
Senate
Runaway Wrecks Porch On Hokah Street Corner
A team of farm horses owned by Peter Meinzer near Hokah Minnesota broke free from a hitching strap on Fifth and Farnam streets and bolted north after an automobile. Onlookers attempted to stop the runaways and the team dashed across a lawn partially tearing a porch. the rig was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Meinzer
Hokah
Minn
Fifth and
Farnam Streets
Fifth Street
Coroner Probes Death of Klaw & Erlanger Representative
Matthew Nascher a 45 year old representative for Klaw and Erlanger died after convulsions in Denver. He collapsed in a downtown street and later died at the county hospital with the coroner suspecting possible poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Matthew Nascher
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Million Dollar Rain Drenches North Dakota and Minnesota
A million dollar rain began in North Dakota and moved into Minnesota by afternoon. The first heavy downpour of the season is of inestimable value to crops and soil across the two states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Earthquake Shakes Los Angeles. No Damage Reported
An earthquake struck Los Angeles on June 17 causing panicked residents to flee their homes. Authorities reported no damage or injuries, with no significant structural concerns noted. Officials urge calm and inspection of buildings. Minutes of tremors were felt across the city as alarms sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Fall From Window Kills Arcadia Infant
Eugene Kamla infant son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Kamla Arcadia died this morning at a local hospital from a fractured skull. The baby, a few months old, was playing near a low second story window when he climbed and lost his grip. The mother was occupied in the room and did not notice him. The body will be shipped to Arcadia for the funeral and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Kamla
Andrew Kamla
Arcadia
Arguments Begin In Henwood Murder Trial In Denver
In criminal court Denver on June 17 arguments started in the Henwood murder trial over the shooting of Sylvester Von Phu l and George Copeland at the Brown hotel. By tonight the jury is expected to decide the fate of the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Henwood
Criminal Court
Sylvester von Phu
George Copeland
Brown Hotel
Bride Watches Drowning of Professor Swenson
In Stillwater Minnesota on June 17, Professor Lemuel Swenson principal of Sacred Heart public graded schools was drowned in a lake sixteen miles north as his young bride watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Minn
Lemuel Swenson
Sacred Heart
Here
School Speaker Invited For La Crosse Address
Dr. C C Rowlison of Sioux City Iowa will address the state normal school students tomorrow at 10 30 am. Normal school authorities invite all La Crosse citizens to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Rowlison
Sioux City
State Normal School
la Crosse
Michigan Senator Defends Lobby in Cuba Tariff Debates
June 17 report shows Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan defending lobbying before a lobby investigating committee. He promoted Cuba annexation and criticized the tariff, claiming labor unions benefited from anti trust prosecutions via lobbying. W. J. Strassburger described plate glass firms paying $17,000 to a New York firm to oppose proposed tariff rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Lobby
Smith
Nelson
Minnesota
American Federation of Labor
W. J. Strassburger
Pittsburg
Allegheny Plate Glass Company
Plate Glass
New York
House and Ways Means Committee
Wisconsin Clerks Gather For Eighth State Convention
Governor Francis McGovern opened the eighth annual Wisconsin County Clerks association convention in Appleton along with a reception at the courthouse. William F. Wolf outlined delinquent tax collection methods, and W. J. Leader spoke on county clerk duties. Delegates toured Kimberly paper mills after a 3:30 excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Francis McGovern
Wisconsin County Clerks’ Association
Court House
Offerdahl
William F. Wolf
Outagamie
W. J. Leader
Douglas County
Kimberly
Elevator Contract Awarded for La Crosse Post Office
The Otis Elevator company won the contract to install a new elevator in the La Crosse post office. Work will start immediately and cost $6,693 with completion by November 15. The federal building has seen rapid business growth, and patrons currently climb four flights of stairs. The elevator will greatly aid the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Post Office
Otis Elevator Company
Washington
John J. Esch
Federal Building
Mrs Lena Hartman Passes After Brief Illness
Mrs Lena Hartman wife of Charles T Hartman died at home 9096 South Second Street at 7 o clock this morning after a brief illness Death resulted from heart failure She is survived by her husband and an 8 year old child Relatives from out of the city will arrive tomorrow morning for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Hartman
Charles T. Hartman
South Second Street
Prisoner Fights Divorce in Chicago
Peter Vlis singen, once a wealthy broker now in Joliet prison for forgery totaling about $1,000,000, arrived under guard to fight his wife Jessie R. Bland Van Vlissingen's second divorce bid. In the first suit she won custody of their two children, but the higher court set aside that decree after he argued he could not testify from prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Vlissingen
Joliet
Jessie RK. Bland van Vlissingen
van Vlissingen
Zeppelin to Fly Across Ocean, Berlin Report
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin plans to send an airship across the Atlantic Ocean according to the Silesian Gazette. The futuristic project highlights German airship ambitions and transatlantic exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeppelin
Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Atlantic Ocean
Books Inspire Hope and Courage Across Ages and Lands
James Freeman Clark praises books for sustaining hope and faith, soothing pain, and uniting distant ages and peoples. He thanks God for this gift, noting how literature creates beauty and reveals truth from heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Freeman Clark
Gopher Cyclone Heads This Way Across Minnesota
A cyclonic storm moves eastward across Minnesota with reported terrific wind and rain fifteen miles east of St. Cloud. Western Union wires are down and telephone service is badly impaired as the storm travels toward St. Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Western Union
Two Boys Arrested for Brass Fittings Theft
Edward Fink aged 19 and Edward Shivers aged 12 were taken by North Side police on charges of stealing brass fittings from the National Gauge and Register company. They are likely to be arraigned in court tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fink
Edward Shivers
North Side
National Gauge and Register Company
Farmer Benjamin Glass Dies After Suit Alleging Affection Alienation
Sterling Illinois June 17 Benjamin Glass wealthy farmer near Sterling killed himself after William Martin filed a $10,000 suit alleging alienation of Mrs. Martin's affections. The death follows the civil action cited in the local report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Ill
Benjamin Glass
Here
William Martin
Repeat Run That Ended in Wreck Demonstration
New Haven aboard the 1338 engine under Engineer McConville raced toward Stamford at 46 mph before braking hard. The test, part of Coroner Phelan's inquiry into last week's wreck, showed the air brakes functioned but raised concerns about engine consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
McConville
Charles Doherty
New York, New , Haven & Hartford Railroad
Stamford
Phelan
Doherty
McReynolds Sees Civil Rights Ruling Not Harming Jim Crow
Washington June 17 Attorney General McReynolds says the Supreme Court ruling voiding the federal civil rights act will have little impact on Jim Crow laws. He argues the decision merely extends the statute’s invalidity to territories and seas and points to the constitutional amendment banning race discrimination as the remaining federal protection. He notes that state Jim Crow laws have not yet been tested by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
McReynolds
Territories
High Seas
Supreme Court
Too Hot for the Dance Convention in Chicago
In Chicago on June 17 the United Professional Teachers of Dancing canceled a demonstration due to heat. They replaced it with a lake excursion while criticizing devotees of the so called bear dances. President J Louis Guyon defended mass dancing as acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mercury
United Professional Teachers of Dancing
J. Louis Guyon
Arctic expedition steamer Karluk sails for Nome
The Karluk, carrying Steffanson's Arctic expedition, will sail from Victoria this afternoon. Premier Sir Richard McBride inspected the vessel earlier. Steffanson will join in Nome. Captain Robert Bartlett, navigation chief, formerly with Perry on the North Pole voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Karluk
Steffanson
Nome
Richard McBride
British Columbia
Robert Bartlett
Perry
North Pole
Bath House Opens on Barron's Island
Traffic over the wagon bridge surged as the public works opened the Barron’s Island bath house. Boys and men raced to swim in the warm water. repairs were finished and the season began with sunny weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Barron’s Island
Father of Waters
Old Sol
Insurgent Note Marks Quincy Jones’s UW Commencement Speech
Quincy J. Jones of Freeport Illinois delivered an insurgent ivy oration at the University of Wisconsin commencement. He urged banishing snobbishness and aristocracy and called for understanding and brotherhood to answer America’s call and unite mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Quincy J. Jones
Freeport
Ill
University of Wisconsin
Jones
America
Actor Bravely Faces Death For Film Rope Walk
A celebrated tight rope walker risks life for a scene in the film Twixt Life and Death. He walked a rope stretched between two ships. when the boats rolled apart the rope tautened and he was tossed high, narrowly missing the deck. The stunt was completed and the picture shows at the La Crosse Theater today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Theater
Heat wave toll rises in Cleveland deaths
Police and health officials report now four teen babies and six adults dead from the heat since Sunday. The June 17 tally increases as weather officials predict no relief from the heat wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Norwegian Lutheran ice cream social planned at church
The Young People's Society of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Sixth and Division streets will host an ice cream social tomorrow evening with music by the Norden band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of
The
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Sixth and Division Streets
Norden Band
Burns Receives $10,000 Reward for Capturing McNamaras
Sacramento reports William J. Burns to be paid $10,000 by the state for capturing the McNamara brothers linked to the Los Angeles Times dynamiting. Governor Johnson signed the bill at midnight approving the payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
William J. Burns
Auto Workers Strike at Studebaker Detroit Plant
One thousand Studebaker automobile workers in Detroit walked out today protesting the discharge of a union member who circulated a petition demanding weekly pay instead of the bi monthly system then in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Studebaker Corporation
Woman attempts to end her life by chloroform
Despondent over family hardship and hungry children, Mrs. Harriet Gaskill tried to kill herself with chloroform at her home on Vine Street. Her son Johnnie found the locked door and police aided by Captain Larry Dugan broke in. She was resuscitated, then taken to St Francis Hospital. Her husband, recently left for Racine, reportedly sent little support, leaving the family in want. investigators link this to her act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Gaskill
Vine
Frank R. Weston
Egan
Johnnie Gaskill
Harriet Donaldson
Mrs. Gaskill Wa
St. Francis Hospital
President Wilson Names Ambassadors and Officials
Washington June 17 President Wilson nominated Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia as ambassador to Italy Pleasant T Stovall of Georgia as minister to Switzerland Andrew J King of Montana as collector of customs District of Montana Cato B Glover of Alabama as register of land office Montgomery Alabama and Pleasant T Stovall of Georgia as minister to Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Italy
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Switzerland
Pleasant T. Stovall
Georgia
District of Montana
Andrew J. King
Montana
Register of Land Office
Montgomery
Ala
Cato B. Glover
Alabama
Water Committee Plans Inspection of New Plant
The special water committee of the common council will inspect the new water plant this afternoon. The liquor license committee will hold its first hearing on saloon license applications at city hall on Wednesday evening. City Clerk E. H. Hoffman has 145 applications, with about six more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Common Council
E. H. Hoffman
Johnson Funeral for Mrs Karen Johnson Held at Local Home
The funeral for Mrs Karen Johnson was held this afternoon at the residence 17 South Eleventh Street and at 2:39 from the Norwegian Lutheran church. Rev G Magelsson officiated. Interment followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Johnson
South Eleventh Street
Norwegian Lutheran Church
G Magelsson
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Doerflinger’s
Kileen Bill
Bride
Solon
Gift of Books
Sued—Kills
Main Street
Sim Crow
M’reynolds
Arctic Expedition
Quincey J. Jones
Burns
Auto Workers
Hersel
U. S
Johnson
Jackson
Cobb and
Collins
Collins Athletic
Joe Jackson
Ty, Cobb
Eddie Collins
Philadelphia Athletics
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