Railway official testifies on oil rates before interstate panel
Kansas City March 15 half a dozen witnesses remained to be examined as the interstate commerce commission resumed a hearing on rate discrimination by the Kansas Oil Producers Association. J R Koontz of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe discussed pipelines along the rail line and criticized Kansas rates as arbitrarily set and not heard by railroads. He said public sentiment influenced railroads to accept the rates and promised to provide figures on fuel oil risk and other costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
J. R. Koontz
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Marchand
Commission
Standard Oil Company
Santa Fe Railway
Texas
Koontz
Santa Fe
Kansas
Commissioner Prouty
California
Trade rate rise debated at St. Louis meeting
Koontz defended a rate increase as necessary due to trade conditions and not aimed at harming any party. Prouty cited independent refiner Webster’s complaint that higher freight rates via St. Louis hurt fuel oil contracts, challenging the fairness of charging more for moving oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
St. Louis
Standard Oil
Prouty
Grand to Live From Coffee to Postum Reverses Ill Health
An Ohio woman describes a six month switch from coffee to Postum Food Coffee after a long battle with heart trouble weak digestion and nerves. She credits Postum with better strength clarity of mind steadier nerves and relief from prior health woes, noting gains in stamina and interest in daily tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Prospect of iron mines in western Wisconsin projected
Attorney S. Richmond of Arcadia notes extensive iron ore deposits between Arcadia and Fountain City in western Wisconsin. He predicts future mining value in Trempealeau and Buffalo counties, while dairy farming grows as farmers shift from grains due to worn soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcadia
Fountain City
Wisconsin
S. Richmond
Trempealeau
Buffalo Counties
Minnesota
Michigan
Richmond
Bertha and John Hermann Sell Store Property in Danton
Bertha and John Hermann sold to John B. Knutson the store property at Fifth and Market for 4200 dollars. The deed was filed with the register of deeds today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
John Hermann
John B. Knutson
Fifth and
Market Streets
Wisconsin Bureau Publishes Strike Statistics Monograph
The Wisconsin bureau of labor completed a study of the pamphlet The Statistical Aspect of the Strike to show the course and evolution of strikes in the United States and Europe. It analyzes chief statistics to indicate growth or movement rather than a stationary condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Bureau of Labor
United States
Europe
Toland Accepts Boston Conservatory Position
Leigh Toland leaves Monday evening for Boston after accepting a post with a major conservatory in the city. His hire reflects his efficiency in office work and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Toland
Boston
Bean City
River Lights To Gleam May 1st In Mississippi River
Navy inspector W B Caperton announces lights along the Mississippi from Rock Island to St Paul will glow on May 1. He lists several segments with dates and notes temporary discontinuations or relocations at Arsenal Island, Des Beres River Dike, Madison, Wilson Point, Sawyer Bend, and Chain of Rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Rock Island
St. Paul
W. B. Caperton
United States Navy
Fifteenth Lighthouse District
la Crosse
St. Louis
Cap Au Gris
Canton
New Boston
Muscatine
West and Northwest Travel Rates Offer to Many Points
Low rates to California and North Pacific coast via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. From Chicago, $34.90 to California, $28.95 to North Pacific coast points. Half rates for children. Liberal stop overs and Tourist sleeper eligibility. For details contact local ticket agent or F A Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
California
North Pacific Coast
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Low Rates to North and South Dakota on CMStP Rail
Greatly reduced fares to North and South Dakota and many points in Northern Minnesota via the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway every Tuesday during March and April. For details contact the nearest ticket agent or write F A Miller General Passenger Agent Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
F. A. Miller
Chicago
Reading Ads Builds Smart Shopping Sense
There is a great need of intelligence in buying things and shopping sense is earned by reading ads. The statement emphasizes evaluating offers, prices, and options to make wiser purchases.
Membership drive planned by La Crosse businessmen group
The La Crosse Businessmen's Association membership committee met yesterday to approve a personal campaign to recruit new members from all walks of life. They emphasized involving local traveling men to spread the word and promote La Crosse in surrounding territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Businessmen’s Association
la Crosse
Nine thousand join miners strike after disaster
Paris March 15 nine thousand have joined the miners strike as a result of the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-McRae Dispatch
Paris
Charges of rate discrimination filed against railways
Davenport Iowa March 15 Interstate Commerce Commission session heard two complaints against railroads. George D Henry Fairfield Iowa accuses Chicago Rock Island Pacific of illegal rate discrimination for shelled corn from Watheoa Kansas to Postville Iowa. Opsman Effin Co of Cedar Rapids Iowa claims Rock Island North Western Milwaukee St Paul and Illinois Central discriminated in scrap iron rates from Chicago to St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. C.clements
George D. Henry
Fairfield
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Watheoa
Kan
Postville
Opsman & Effin Co
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Senate and House in Brief Washington March 15
The Senate spent most of the day debating the rate bill with Rayner of Maryland as chief speaker focusing on judicial review of commission decisions. A War Department report request was adopted concerning Mount Dajo in the Philippines. An executive session occurred. The House debated the legislative bill and other questions. Grosvenor attacked the civil service law advocating rotation in office. Babcock condemned the statehood bill as outrageous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Washington
Rayner
Maryland
Secretary of War
Mount Dajo
Philippines
Grosvenor
Babcock
Doubter in Chief Talks on Consular Reform at Capitol
Speaker Cannon hosted delegates from the National Consular Reform association in his Capitol office. George H. Barbour of Detroit, for the National Association of Manufacturers, presented the group. Cannon said he favored reform but warned the house and senate may act unpredictably, joking that even God may not know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cannon
Capitol
National Consular Reform Association
George H. Barbour
Detroit
National Association of Manufacturers
House
Senate
Citizens' National League Forms To Fight Municipal Socialism
London reports the Citizens' National League is launched to combat municipal socialism and extravagance. Founders include Sir Edward Sassoon and the Marquis Douro with several MPs among organizers aiming to influence future legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Citizens’ National League
Edward Sassoon
Marquis Douro
Duke of Wellington
League
Accuses a Brother Solon in Ohio House
Columbus March 15 Special to The Record Representative Little of Greene county created a sensation in the house by charging Representative Wertz of Wayne county with talking only to defeat the Bronson primary election bill. Little alleged Wertz sought to delay a vote to let the lobby influence at the noon recess. No vote occurred before recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Columbus
Little
Greene County
Wertz
Wayne County
Bronson
Captain Sullivan Promoted to Fleet Manager Post
Captain Dennis Sullivan of Chicago is appointed manager of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Transportation Company's canal-size lake steamers fleet in Duluth Minnesota. He replaces Captain A B Wolvin who helped create the fleet. Sullivan also serves as Lake Michigan agent for United States Steel Corporation fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Duluth, Minn
Dennis Sullivan
Chicago
Great Lakes
Plot to kill Dr Parkhurst reported in New York
A report purports an assassination plot against Rev Dr Charles M Parkhurst, a longtime police reformer. The plan allegedly arose after a raid on a disorderly house by Parkhurst society agents, with a man hired to club him at the first opportunity.
Married Couple Missing After Mexican Tour
Parker Wilson and his bride, newly married, left Montgomery county for a southwest tour and have not been heard from since arriving in Mexico. Relatives fear they were robbed and killed during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Parker Wilson
Montgomery County
Mexico
House panel backs large American battleship
Washington March 15 The house committee on naval affairs will recommend building a battleship as large and powerful as a Dreadnought. The proposed vessel would be named the Constitution and serve to rival Britain’s modern warship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Editor Is Paralyzed in Michigan Stroke
Willis Hall Turner publisher of the Grand Rapids Herald is dangerously ill from a stroke. Turner is a well known newspaper man and has published the Jackson Patriot in addition to The Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Willis Hall Turner
Grand Rapids Herald
Turner
Herald
Jackson Patriot
Wanted Girl for General House Work
Classified notice seeking a girl for general house work with inquiry point at 429 South Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fifth Street
Word to Manufacturers Urges Local Business Mail Items
The La Crosse Business Directory calls on manufacturers to send concise statements about their plants and products. The notice asks for timely information to inform the public and encourage local patronage and invites ongoing updates about any new developments.
Grand Rapids Press Chicago Journal Memphis Scimitar St. Joseph Press
A collection of newspaper names listed together as sources or references. The line names four papers: Grand Rapids Press, Chicago Journal, Memphis Scimitar, and St. Joseph Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids Press
The
Chicago Journal
Memphis Scimitar
St. Joseph (Mo
Two Fatal Fire Accidents in Evansville Area
In Evansville Indiana on March 15 a 3 year old girl, daughter of James Handley, died from burns suffered in front of an open grate. A 17 year old girl named Ethel Barrett sustained probable fatal burns when a celluloid comb caught fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
James Handley
Ethel Barrett
Judge Blocks Local Brokers From NY Cotton Exchange Quotation
Memphis March 15 Judge McCall of the United States circuit court issues an order restraining two local brokerage firms from receiving New York Cotton Exchange quotations. The decision upholds the exchange claim that telegraph companies must deliver quotations only to subscribers sanctioned by the exchange.
Nelsons Trafalgar memorandum sells at auction
The original Nelson handwriting draft of the general memorandum to captains at Trafalgar sold at Christie’s for 18 000 dollars. The buyer, a bookseller, offered to give it to the British Museum for 18 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Nelson
Battle of
Trafalgar
Christies
British Museum
Chicken Thief Is Caught In Washington Indiana
Rev. S L Todd of the United Brethren church painted his chickens beneath the left wing to mark them. A marked hen was later found in a poultry house leading to the arrest of a neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ind
Rev
S. L. Todd
United Brethren Church
Reichstag Adopts Move for Women Assembly Rights Bill
Berlin reports the Reichstag has adopted Radical party motion urging Chancellor von Buelow to introduce a bill removing restrictions on women’s right of assembly. The action signals progress in gender rights within the German government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichstag
Radical Party
von Buelow
One Way Second Class Rates to Western Cities Offer
cCOLONIST low one way second class rates to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Boise City Spokane Walla Walla Ogden Salt Lake City Butte and other points in Montana Colorado Utah Nevada and the Pacific Coast via the UChicago Union Pacific North-Western Line February 15 to April 7 1906 inclusive Attractive side strips at very low rates Daily and personally conducted excursions in Pullman Tourist sleeping cars only 7 00 for double berth from Chicago through to the Pacific Coast without change of cars Choice of routes Excellent train service Dining cars meals a la carte For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Boise City
Spokane
Walla Walla
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Butte
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Uchicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Pullman
Chicago
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Colonial One Way to Western States and Territories
Travel via the North Western Line announced for Tuesdays March 6 and 20 with fare and full details available from agents of Chicago and North Western Ry.
Reading the ads could save you a year's wages
If you bench it all in the best market, you could save a sum large enough to pay yourself good wages for the time spent reading the ads.
La Crosse Business Directory Listings Set
An itemized list of La Crosse area businesses with addresses across Front Street, Second Street, Jay Street and neighboring blocks. Firms include manufacturers, tobacco, cigar makers, engravers, carriage works, millers, and warehousing objects such as boxes, crates, monuments, and metal containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse Carriage & Wag
South Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Café
J. F. Schrank
Danton
Campaign For Membership
Dr. W. Powell
C. S. van Auren
Pearl St. A Crosse
Wis
Nelson
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nebraska
Wyoming
Missouri
New Mexico
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma and
Indian Territories
North-Western
Tor
Chicago & North- Western Ry
F. W. Collier CO
Rose Street
LA Crosse Knitting CO
North Second Street
J. S. Medary Saddlery CO
Pearl Street
la Crosse Street
MR. Geo. Herkin
Main Street
Crosby Granite CO
Jay Street
Summit Stove Foundry
Cor
Clinton and Wood
Amperin Leaf Tobacco CO
West Avenue
Green Bay Street
R. C. McCaleb
North Third Street
Northern Wisconsin Leaf CO
South Front Street
Vought-Berger CO
Sumner Street
Star Knitting CO
Mai Street
LA Crosse Engraving CO
Henry Waters
Cigar
South Fourth Street
Pamperin & Wiggenhorn Cigar CO
Thos. E. Benton & Son
Electric Light and Power Machinery
CHAS
Martin Bros. Co., Cor. Mail and
Second Street
Lion Brand Workingmen’s Clothing
Egid Hackner
Col. Ferry
Thirteenth Street
Albert Major
Winnebago Street
Western Banana Crate Mfg. CO
Hyme-Benaud Granite CO. Monuments
South Third Street
ICE & Butter Co., Cor
Front and Vine
MO. Gund Brw. CO
Ninth and Mormon Coulee
C. J. Michel Brw. CO
ADV
Bedding CO
North Front Street
Cordell Glove Co
LA Crosse Cornice & Ceiling CO
A Crosse Threshing Machine Mfg Co
Tisch Bros. Co
Cigar Bones
Western Hammock Co
Horton Street
Segelke & Kolhaus Mfg. CO
W. W. Johnson Lumber CO
Cameron Avenue
August Miller
JAS. B. Funke Candy CO
M. Funk
Boiler Parks
Corner King and
Front Street
Kratchwil Candy Mfg. CO
Charles J. Weigel
South Sixth
Eureka Chemical CO
LA Crosse Rug CO
LA Crosse Clothing CO
South Front
Clark Medicine CO
LA Crosse Woolen Mills
South Eighth Street
Listman Mill CO
Mfg
Jay and
King
LA Crosse Carriage Co., Cor. Third and Badger
LA Crosse Plow CO
Western Tobacco Works
Valya Garment CO
North Side Bottling Works
Erickson Brw. CO
Mill Street
Bartl Brw. CO
Booth Mneg. CO
Stock Foods and Remedies
South Second
ART Glass CO
Art Glass Makers
MR. MO. Dengler
Lacrosse Can CO
Front and King Streets
Orin J. Sorenson
Vernon
G. Heileman Brw, CO
Trane’s
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