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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
6
New London Connecticut Yale outpaced Harvard in the first event of the regatta winning the second Varsity eight by half a length with official times Yale 10 40 Harvard 10 43.
Pretoria reports General Louis Botha's troops have occupied Kalkfeld without resistance in German South West Africa, official communication states.
Paris reports describe Germans using fiery liquids and bombs in assaults on French trenches along the Meuse Heights near Catonne. French counterattacks drove enemy forces from a captured row, then repelled renewed assaults with machine guns and cross-fire. Two German attacks on the Lorraine frontier were said to be repulsed.
Preparatory service will be held at the First Presbyterian church this evening conducted by Rev. D. C. Jones. Members and prospective joiners at Sunday's communion are expected to attend tonight, followed by a sessions meeting after the service.
Contractors began work on the rear wagon platform at the post office to enlarge it to twice its former size. The upgrade responds to parcel post growth by improving loading and unloading efficiency.
Captain Joseph Dionne, chief of the local life-saving station in Sheboygan, Wis., has been granted a pension and will retire July 1 at three fourths of his current salary. He is the oldest life saver on the Great Lakes by service, began at Chicago in 1881, and held posts at Sturgeon Bay, Two Rivers, and Sheboygan before his retirement. He is 60 years old.
Delegates from across the state praised La Crosse for hospitality and the convention’s success. A resolution thanked Mayor A A Bentley, the city press, and La Crosse Aer ie No 1254 for efficient planning and generous support during the twelfth Wisconsin Eagles convention.
La Crosse high school will hold a second commencement this summer for six students who will complete enough credits for graduation. The six are Adeline Preutz Mary Murphy Elfrieda Nygaard Fred Millington Reuben Anderegg and Grace McHugh. Commencement will occur late July or early August.
The Carroll College Quartet, three La Crosse youths, will perform at Savanna and other Illinois venues this summer. They debut a saxophone quartet alongside vocal numbers. Members include Burleigh E. Jacobs Earl A. Lockman John S. Otten Russell E. Oakes and ex-member Edgar Best who helped form the Wesley Male Quartet.
Charles Peppers is in custody at the central police station awaiting examination as to his sanity after alleged suspicious attentions to two young girls on the north side. Police arrested him on French Island following a rumor of a double murder that drew a large crowd to the scene. A man who saw Peppers and the children on the bridge reported the incident.
John Mulder drove an automobile party to North Bend Thursday afternoon to attend the sixtieth wedding anniversary of twin sisters Mrs H Clark and Mrs H Westerans. The party included Mr and Mrs O Terpstra, Mr and Mrs W Terpstra, Mr and Mrs G Westeraus, and John Mulder. Eleven of the sisters’ children attended.
Miss Lucile Schleiter or Schreiter expressed surprise at news of her engagement to Myron L. Le Page of Duluth printed yesterday on telephone information. She stated she does not know Le Page.
Rome June 25 The Italian king may reward an infantryman who captured the first Austrian standard since the war began in the Plava fighting. The Italian fighter charged the Austrian flag bearer, was stabbed in the head, but killed his foe and returned with the enemy flag to Italian lines.
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