Alumni Banquet Highlights Class of 75 Wedding
The third annual alumni banquet drew former students and guests celebrating the Class of 75. A wedding mention and reunion moments were highlighted as attendees enjoyed the evening.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
1
The third annual alumni banquet drew former students and guests celebrating the Class of 75. A wedding mention and reunion moments were highlighted as attendees enjoyed the evening.
At the high school alumni banquet, Otto M. Schlabach steered toastings while officers were re-elected and the night celebrated 170 graduates. Grace Gesell and Fred W. Dickens wed after the feast, with plans to tour before Dickens resumes his role at Chestnut Hill Academy.
Fred W. Dickens and Miss Grace Gesel attend the alumni banquet and are married immediately after the feast. The couple’s ceremony took place on the same day, marking a joyous culmination of the evening’s social events.
La Crosse shippers and the Manufacturers' and Jobbers' club prepare to challenge rail freight charges. Interstate Commerce Commission examiner Kelly will hear complaints in the federal court room in July. The session targets inbound rates from the northern territory to Chicago and includes cotton linters used by local clothing makers.
Archie Roosevelt son of Col Roosevelt was fined 25 dollars by a West Farms magistrate for speeding an automobile at 25 miles an hour. The incident occurred in New York on June 19.
The 31 490 ton battleship Arizona slid into the East River at 1 pm amid champagne and water christening. Miss Esther Ross broke the wine and water, with Gov Hunt bringing water from Arizona, while Secretary Daniels praised the ship as the Navy’s right arm for home defense in the expanding fleet.
Berlin reports U-29 commanded by Otto Weddigen was rammed and sunk by a Swedish flag British tanker after stopping to show papers. German admiralty notes Weddigen’s humane conduct cost him his crew and condemns British neutrality abuse.
Washington dispatch reports Gilbert Teanhl an American superintendent was killed June 16 near Charcos in San Luis Potosi Mexico after interfering in a private quarrel. State Department advised today.
Constantinople dispatch says the Allied attack on the Dardanelles meets insurmountable obstacles. Turkish defenses include movable batteries that thwart fleet spotters and rapid gun shifts. Gallipoli bristles with nearly 1,000 large caliber guns and robust manpower. Submarine assets cannot block Bosphorus and Dardanelles passage.
In La Crosse County Judge Higbee refused Matilda Arner’s bid for divorce arguing marriage for convenience cannot be dissolved for five years of separation. Arner had wed Leo Arner secretly in Winona Minnesota and sought separation but was fated to remain married unless five years pass. The judge also granted divorces to Belle Jargo Anna Rockamann and Barbara Dowling and continued the Bott case with deserted spouse prosecutions.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Messergau reports Austrian forces driven from Besarabia are being hotly pursued by reinforced Russian armies. The note places the pursuit in the broader theater of northern and eastern battles.
John Kolb Charlies Hammond and Orlin Kalderwit of La Crosse set for special pardon hearing in July after new evidence claimed by supporters. They were convicted of the Thanksgiving Eve 1994 murder of Freddie King in Columbia Heights and are serving life terms.
Berlin officials and sources report a unified German military aim to block concessions to the United States. They argue protecting neutral rights while pressing Washington to consider Bryan’s plan to restrict passenger ships and potentially withhold American passports.
Berlin reports General Mackenzen has launched a violent attack against Russian positions at Grodek fifteen miles west of Lemberg. The battle's start may decide Lemberg’s fate with Russians retreating to regroup along the front north of Lemberg. Von Linsingen pushes northward between the Dniester marshes and Stry while German troops repulse attacks around Shavii.
The Agriculture Department issued a foot and mouth order effective June 21 creating modified, restricted and free zones across Connecticut Illinois Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The treasury's working balance stands at 25,519,973 dollars today driven by 1,986,661 dollars in income tax receipts.
Denver dispatch reports Dr. Kurt Ziegler claims unofficial figures show over ten million killed wounded or captured in Europe by March 1. Breakdown lists Germany Austria France England Russia with counts for slightly and seriously wounded and prisoners.
Reports say Carranza stands firm as Mexico’s potential iron man while Villa and Zapatista factions clash over strategy in Mexico City. Washington weighs recognition and a possible provisional government as Diaz Lombardo and General Angeles plan talks. Obregon’s Carranzista forces withdraw toward the south after the Leon engagement.
Final touches go up for the Fagles convention in the business district. White way posts receive shields bearing each state aerie name, a giant golden key spans Fifth and Main, and a streamer festoons Fifth Street in front of the Eagles club.
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