Campbell Town Moves to Clean Up The Island
Campbell Town acts to curb disorderly saloons on French Island as two license applications by Sokolik and Elsen are refused. District Attorney Otto Schlabach with the town board presents objections backed by a detective’s sworn testimony. Hearings extend to Monday for Cushner and Chamberlain. broader enforcement targets all Campbell saloon keepers.
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Campbell
French Island
Otto Schlabach
Bach
James Sokokik
John Elsen
Sokolik
Schlabach
J. P. Cushner
William Chamberlain
South Salem Road
Jack Bennett
Campbell Town Hall
North Salem
Raac
No Licenses for Three as City Council Acts
Three saloon-keepers will be refused licenses this evening when the city council holds its annual session for liquor permits. Twenty eight have been notified to appear before the aldermen. A fireworks display is expected for the special license committee. The committee has found several legal irregularities among applicants and will stress proper saloon operation. About a dozen of the twenty eight are new applicants who will be reminded to follow city regulations.
Weather summary for La Crosse area and Minnesota
Yesterday high 56 low 66 with precipitation. Forecasts show generally fair conditions for La Crosse and vicinity tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Minnesota expected to stay mostly fair, cooler tonight and with possible showers in some areas as river levels rise in the upper St Paul to La Crosse reach during the next 36 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red Wing
Pr. du Chien
St. Paul
For a sane fourth
A. A. Bentley, mayor, urges citizens to observe a sane Fourth of July with safety in mind. He notes dealers should refrain from selling firecrackers until July 15 and calls for cautious use of explosives to protect public safety.
La Crosse Mayor Bans Firework Sales Before July 1
The La Crosse mayor issues a Fourth of July proclamation urging a sane celebration limited to the holiday and places a ban on fireworks sales until the morning of July 1. He emphasizes safety and parental oversight to reduce boyhood accidents on the Fourth.
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Bentley
la Crosse
Electric tragedy strikes Preston farmer near Miller home
Albert F. Miller a well known farmer five miles southeast of Preston Minnesota was electrocuted Saturday night while trying to straighten a downed high current electric wire during a storm. The line supplying his home from Root River Powder company was recently installed. He touched a live wire and died instantly.
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Preston
Minn
Albert F. Miller
Here
Illinois governor signs Bruce bill extending mother's pension act
Springfield June 28 Governor Dunne signed the Bruce bill extending the mothers pension act to deserted mothers. The measure expands the program to include wives abandoned by their husbands in Illinois.
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Springfield
Illinois
Dunne
Bruce
German Navy League launches last minute push on German reply
Amsterdam reports the German Navy League has begun an eleventh hour campaign to rally sentiment against any concessions to America in the German reply. Advices received this afternoon indicate a push to influence public and political opinion before the final communication is issued.
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Amsterdam
German Navy League
America
Contractors and Dealers Close Up To Fight Strikers
Chicago workers face possible mass unemployment as lumber dealers and building material manufacturers halt contracts. About 16 000 carpenters walked out on May 1 triggering broader job losses, with union leaders seeking federal action over alleged conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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Chicago
Carpenters
Employers’ Association
Six Dead From Sundays Storms
Six people are dead from storms Saturday and Sunday across the northwest. In North Dakota lightning killed Thomas Lenihan, his daughter Nora age thirteen, and Carl Giese. A Farmers' Cooperative elevator at Leeds was burned by lightning. At Grassis Lake Alberta Olaf Olson and his daughter died, bringing the Alta fatalities to three after Red Cliff was destroyed.
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ST Paul
Northwest
North Dakota
Thomas Lenihan
Nora
Carl Giese
Farmers’ Co-operative
Leeds
N. D
Olaf Olson
Grassis Lake
Alta
Red Cliff
Olson
Anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand Murder Observed
Austrian and German observances marked the first anniversary of Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo. Vienna held public services as Emperor Franz Joseph led a 160000 strong crowd in silent tribute and national hymns. Military leaders at the front urged vengeance for the murder in Sarajevo.
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Vienna
Sarajevo
Ferdinand
Austria
Germany
Lemberg
Franz Joseph
German reply to second note on Lusitania due this week
Berlin and Washington report progress on Germanys note to the United States. The German reply to the second American note regarding the Lusitania is expected July 5 or 6, with a possible proposal to avoid attacks on unarmed passenger ships bearing distinguishing marks. If President Wilson accepts, the dispute could end.
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Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Berlin
Hague
Gerard
United States
Foreign Office
Germany
von Tirpitz
America
Wilson
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Bernhard Dernburg
Lansing
Washington
Austro Germans Take Halicz and Cross Dniester
Austro German troops storm Halicz north of Stanislau and cross the Dneister after heavy howitzers wrecked Russian positions at the Halicz bridgehead. Russian forces are driven from the south bank of the river as the Austro Germans claim a major victory in southeast Galicia.
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Berlin
London
Halicz
Stanislau
Dneister River
Stanislaw
Lemberg
War Office
Dneister
Galicia
Turkish minister demands passports in Rome amid war tensions
June 28 Turkish ambassador Mehmed Naby Bey visited the Italian foreign office to demand his passports. Reports say Italy may join the Dardanelles campaign and Italian fleet units head toward De Robeck's Anglo-French fleet. No war declaration between Turkey and Italy yet.
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Rome
Italy
Mehmed Naby Bey
Foreign Office
Austria
Constantinople
Turkey
Naby Bey
Dardanelles
de Robeck
Germany
First Mass of Young Father Hackner at St Joseph’s
Father Willibald Hackner celebrated his first Mass at St Joseph's Cathedral assisted by Father Slyuter and others. Visiting pastors attended, including Father Kleist and Father Denuth. Hackner has not yet received a pastorate. He studied at parochial school in the city, Prairie du Chien college, the University of Innsbruck, and St John’s University Collegeville.
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Willibald Hackner
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Father Hackner
Slyuter
Kilian G. Byers
St. Rose Convent
Father LaGrand
Fort Wayne
Ind
James A. Kleist
Prairie du Chien
John Denuth
Myer, Jr
Kufel
The
Holy Cross Church
Father Riesterer
Holy Trinity Congregation
Father Condon
St. Mary's Church
Father Multerer
Schwebach
Hackner
St Joseph's
University of Annsbruck
Austria
America
Europe
Ocean
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
Dismissal sought in Ressel murder case appeal
Attorneys for William Ressel who fatally shot his brother and sister-in-law and died by suicide asked in district court today to dismiss the appeal brought after his conviction for assault and battery on his brother last year.
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Milwaukee
William Ressel
August CC. Bessel
American liner St Paul reaches Liverpool after mist delay
The American liner St Paul arrived in Liverpool today after several hours’ hold in the Irish Sea caused by a heavy mist.
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Liverpool
St. Paul
Irish Sea
Whitewater Man Robbed in Chicago on State Street
B. E. Steen of Whitewater Wisconsin was held up early today by two Black men on South State street Chicago. The robbers took a gold watch and thirty five dollars from him in the incident.
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Chicago
B. E. Steenson
Whitewater
Wis
South State Street
Ettrick and Northern Railroad Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed in Madison establish the Ettrick and Northern railroad with capital stock of 25000. The standard gauge line will run ten to fourteen miles between Ettrick and Blair, replacing the dray and stage lines between Galesville and Ettrick. Incorporators include Peter Corcoran A J Ekern H F Clausen A C Hagestad M T Pederson Fred F Fillner T A Whalen J C Gaveney Arcadia and Edward Quammen Blair. Directors are J C Gaveney M T Pederson H F Clausen A C Hagestad and T A Whalen.
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Galesville
Wis
Madison
Ettrick and Northern Railroad
Ettrick
Blair
Peter Corcoran
A. J. Ekern
H. F. Clausen
A. C. Hagestad
M. T. Pederson
Fred F Fillner
T. A. Whalen
John C. Gaveney
Arcadia
Edward Quammen
J. C. Gaveney
Vehement American protest forms against British methods
American discontent over British sea blockade grows as cotton growers, importers, and meat packers push for a special Congress session and a munitions embargo unless the blockade changes. Germany consults Austria on a reply to the latest note. Vienna hosts the German emperor and ministers.
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Washington
American Association of Importers
United
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow and
Dajeej
Huerta Arrested Before Entering Mexico Amid Border Tensions
Huerta and aides detained as US troops guard border. Munitions including machine guns found at El Paso warehouse. Justice Department plans energetic prosecution of those involved in the Mexican conspiracy.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
United States
Huerta
Fort Bliss
Department of Justice
Newman, N. M
Pascual Orozco
Luis Fuentes
Fuentes
United States District Attorney Camp
Pasqual Orozco
Orozco
Villa
Carranza
Villista
Juarez
Huertistas
Washington
Justice Department
Secret Service
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Elsen
A. A. Bentley
Preston Farmer
Alberta
Archduke Ferdinand
Hagkner
ST. Paul Docks
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