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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1915
Page
2
A La Crosse Tribune notice invites residents to write a two hundred word letter defending buying at home. The top three entries win five dollars in trade from stores advertising on the Buy It At Home page. Contest closes July 6 with July 8 prize announcements. Three local citizens act as judges and winning letters may be published.
A New York report notes growing Allied criticism over indecisive progress in the European conflict. In Germany officials suppress unfavorable commentary as pessimism spreads to become the dominant international note.
In wartime Britain critics denounce the war’s slow progress toward Constantinople and question high command. Freddy Guest praises munitions power while noting French gallantry and mounting French discontent. Deputies attack government incompetence amid setbacks on the Western Front.
Midshipman C. M. Reagel testified at the cribbing investigation that hazing was widespread at the naval academy. He admitted obtaining questions and solutions, described abuses of underclassmen, and cited enforced exercises such as the leaning rest knee stoop stoop forward and standing on the bean to exhaustion.
A special grand jury will be convened to hear evidence gathered by investigators in the Joliet murder of Mrs. Odette Bordeaux Allen, wife of Warden Edmund Allen of Joliet penitentiary. The coroner's jury suggested two men may be implicated, and authorities plan to return a true bill against Chicken Joe Campbell, a trusted personal servant of the Aliens.
Chicago's car strike arbitration committee began its initial deliberations today to decide eight points of difference between employees and elevated and surface line magnates. The panel includes Major William Hale Thompson as umpire State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne representing motormen and conductors and James M. Sheehan attorney for traction officials. Both sides may present evidence and arguments through counsel.
The piece notes widespread pessimism as governments rally large majorities yet public opinion remains unsettled. It compares a similar outbreak in the Prussian Diet where Dr Delbruck faced protests while urging restraint. Diplomats may need to craft a compromise peace acceptable to publics wary of betrayal.
Edward F. McCullough of Mattapah cites an all over eczema covering eyelids and body. After trying eight remedies he used Resinol on a cocoon and reports immediate improvement and full cure. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap advertised as skin healers sold by druggists nationwide.
In a sunlit chase, Westerly and Cynthia Redman are mistaken for jewel thieves. Detected by police, Cynthia reveals she owns the Redman emerald and that her father’s coachman confessed to the crime. Westerly, posing as a sleuth, helps prove her innocence and they travel on together. The tale ends with their partnership and enduring friendship.
Chicago millionaires Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fahrney travel in their palatial power houseboat Lena Wilena, cruising from Prairie du Chien up the Fox and Mississippi to St. Paul, then to Florida for the winter.
Vienna faces rapidly worsening cholera conditions with a cordon of improvised housing for victims. Reports say Hungarians control the government and Hungary bans wheat exports to Austria, worsening Vienna's bread supply as Budapest enjoys white bread while Vienna endures darker wartime loaves.
Chaseburg Wisconsin June 26 Special The La Crosse Doer tlingers baseball team will meet the locals on the home grounds Sunday. Home team expected to show well despite being outclassed. Also notes on new rural mail carrier starting July first and Siebel Bros Greater Shows coming July first with a street parade morning and shows in afternoon and evening. Local and personal news follows with brief visits and errands among residents.
Rome June 26 Giuseppe Garibaldi declared that Italy's real enemy is Germany not Austria He warned that a German victory would lead to conquest of the United States and Italy and establish German world rule.
In Phoenix on June 26 Representatives J. C. Goodwin and W. P. Mahoney fought on the assembly floor after a dispute over an engraving error. The clash ended as other members intervened and tensions remained high following five months of bitter debate on a prohibition amendment.
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