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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1913
Page
6
Mexican unrest narrows as General Fuentes yields, signaling Huerta has suppressed uprisings for now. Authorities expect stability while the capital cites possible lingering resistance.
Washington gears up for the March fourth inauguration with bunting banners flowers and red white blue decor. Vice President-elect Marshall rests at the Shoreham awaiting President-elect Wilson while thousands of visitors flood the capital for the suffrage parade and inaugural events. Wilson is due Monday at 3 45 PM.
In Mexico City March 1 public opinion shifts toward Porfirio Diaz after Alberto Fuentes surrender in Aguas Calientes revolt wanes. Diaz Diaz supporters believe his endorsement would ease opposition while some foresee Felix Diaz as president with Porfirio guiding as adviser.
Rear Admiral Fletcher cabled from Vera Cruz that American warships were at target practice more than twenty five miles offshore. He dismissed claims of natives being wounded as unfounded rumors from Vera Cruz newspapers.
Due to parcel post growth the La Crosse post office payroll increases with one new clerk and one new letter carrier. Ben Robinson and George Tremville promoted from civil service eligible list to fill the posts. Robinson begins March 4 as clerk and Tremville starts a route the same day.
An anticipated sermon tomorrow features Rev Father Johnson on marriage at the morning service at Christ Episcopal Church. Topics include Is the Husband the Head of the Wife Are All Marriages Christian May Divorce be Allowed Is Marriage a Civil Contract or a Sacrament.
In Omaha the Dewey hotel fire death toll falls as 200 workers clear debris through the night. One body, a burned woman with an ear ring and fur fragment, is recovered and identified as Renfree H. Richards an inspector at the stockyards. Six total confirmed dead, with hopes the wreckage will be cleared by night.
John Daniel, a Bronx roadhouse keeper accused as the brains of a major firebug ring, was committed to jail for thirty days by Magistrate Levy to await extradition papers from Chicago. Daniel denied the charges and said he never was in Chicago, calling the affidavits perjury.
William Hall of Otter Tail County Minnesota visits Municipal Judge Edward Cronon recounting Civil War memories shared by Eighth Wisconsin Infantry veterans. Hall, en route from Sparta to Austin to visit old friends, stops in La Crosse for the hour long reunion.
The Goo Goo Man is the crowd favorite in B C Whitney and Boyle Woolfolk production Isle of Spice at the Majestic theater. Starting Sunday the show runs seven days and has historically drawn six to twenty three encores, reportedly the greatest number ever demanded in American theater. An audience encore surge recently occurred during a Chicago run.
Judge John Brindley officiated as Miss Georgia Webster and William Reynolds of Newton Iowa wed, followed by Miss Katherine Kramer and Gillman Burke of La Crosse, and Justice Herman L Langstad presided over the third ceremony uniting Miss Ellen Thompson of Farmington and Joseph Pishaw of Dickinson North Dakota.
Thomas McCoey of West La Crosse denies being in the city jail. He says a previous report was false, noting he was held one night about a week ago when Sol Burdick obtained papers to remove his children from their parents. He was released once papers were served.
London reports say the feud between Richmond mayor and Home Secretary McKenna over the release of suffragette Miss Lillian Lenton from Holloway jail may trigger a formal inquiry into forcible feeding. Lenton, a hunger striker, was fed through the nose after failing to appear for trial on charges linked to the Kew Gardens pavilion fire. McKenna says the action saved her life as septic pneumonia and pleurisy developed.
In Chicago Little Italy the former "queen" Nina Musso was acquitted last night of murdering her husband Peter Musso. The trial was noted for its sensational moments and widely celebrated today as she walked free.
The Steckman family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of our wife and mother Mrs. M. Steckman and for the floral offerings. Mr. Steckman and Children.
Rev Finch A Clarke of the north side Presbyterian church will address a meeting at the Y M C A tomorrow afternoon at 3 30. The subject will be Some Foundations of Modern Life and the True One.
In a Wisconsin high school debate league among Tomah Viroqua Sparta and La Crosse the local Sparta team won a unanimous decision against the visitors Webb Anderson and Walker for La Crosse with Webb delivering a sharp rebuttal showing revenue loss if residents leave the state. The Sparta squad Herbst Jenkins and Paulsen argued for the tax while Witcraft Golberg and Houck debated for Tomah and lost unanimously.
The weekly actual bank statement for New York reports surplus down 10,483,400, loans up 11,893,000, specie down 8,757,000, legals up 96,000, deposits up 8,874,000, circulation up 55,000, and surplus reserve at 2,690,250.
The article explains Gotham as a English village name used for simple villagers, the wise men of Gotham. It notes legends and rhymes as well as Washington Irving using the term for New York’s inhabitants as witty fools, showing the nickname endures beyond its original sense.
Mr Staveley Hill M P received a peppercorn rent at Bushbury during a visit to the old village school. The berry was placed in an envelope and handed to him as payment in kind. He remarked he might be the only man in England who received such a payment.
No major moves on the New York Stock Exchange as prices drifted with minor losses early then recovered. The day produced little news to spur activity while mercantile reports hinted at quicker general business. commentators note Wall Street hype around the Money Trust Committee amid discussions of Mr. Wilson's financial rhetoric.
Senora E B De Rendon, English wife of a Mexican magnate, arrived in New York asserting General Bernardo Reyes was murdered not shot in the first street fighting. She said Morillo lured Reyes with a white flag for surrender, then fired. Reyes fell, aide killed Morillo and escaped to rebel lines.
A historical note describes African fat as oil from a bee te species, used domestically and likened to hardened coconut oil. The explanation emphasizes local use and characterizes the substance as a bee te oil.
Milwaukee, Wis March 1 Dr E W Kellogg sent a wire to Health Commissioner Kraft stating arrangements for demonstrations of the Friedmann serum in the city. His wife did not reveal specifics but it is believed he has secured part of a test of the serum in Milwaukee.
Washington reports the Public Health Service will neither interfere nor postpone Frederick Friedmann’s experiments in New York to prove his tuberculosis treatment. Assistant Surgeon General Rucker stated the service will expedite and assist and may designate one or two government experts to aid the Berlin physician.
The Los Angeles cafe proprietor who rose from selling hot tamales from a push cart now owns a fine cafe and a modern restaurant. He kept the old tamale cart by building a cupola into a business block, just large enough to display the cart, visible from the street.
A dialogic snippet shows a barber and talk turning from weather to politics. The barber’s client worries politics would be dangerous for him with a razor in hand, highlighting tension between mundane chatter and charged topics.
A brief note describes a small supper of rolled sandwiches filled with celery strips lobster fingers saltine crackers cream cheese with Bar le duc currants salted nuts candy and cider as an appealing fare.
The Trades and Labor Council of La Crosse adopted a resolution praising John Mitchell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, for his labor leadership and denouncing an attack on him during his La Crosse Normal School visit. The measure directs copies to local unions, Mitchell, and local papers.
A short home care note explains that loose gas range parts often get greasy and dirty. When the fire is low, place these components on the furnace coals to burn them clean quickly without damage.
An amusing quip from the Manchester Guardian notes a Manchester lady who hosts tea with modest fare. After guests finish the bread, butter, and cookies, she surveys the empty dishes and declares with triumph that she has judged their appetites exactly.
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