Joint Committee to Meet in La Crosse Wisconsin
The joint uniform legislation committee of Minnesota and Wisconsin will convene in La Crosse at 9 a.m. Friday at the Hotel Stoddard to consider uniform fish and game laws. Members from Minnesota arrive Thursday night and will join Wisconsin colleagues for hearings likely to attract market fishermen and sportsmen.
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la Crosse
Joint
Uniform Legislation Committee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Madison
E. J. Kneen
Bangor
Stoddard
Council
Nebraska recalls all elective officers bill passes house
Lincoln Nebraska bill for recall of all elective officers including the judiciary cleared the house 71 to 14. The measure requires a recall petition signed by 25 percent of votes cast for governor at the preceding election.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska House
Briand Cabinet Resigns After Election Reforms Fail
Paris March 18 The Aristide Briand cabinet resigned this after noon after the premier failed to push election reforms. President Poincare’s first cabinet also proved brief, inaugurated February 18 and resigning exactly a month later.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Poincare
Eighteen Injured in Iowa Wreck Shocking Train Crash
Eighteen aboard the Twin City limited on the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad were injured when the train ditched east of Marshalltown Iowa. Two chair cars a combination car and a sleeping car left the rails with a fire starting in a chair car. Most injured were in chair cars including Mrs James Crist Mrs Clarence McVey Guy W Haling and William Fetters. The cause was not established but a broken rail is suspected.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Twin City Limited
Minneapolis
James Crist
Hanna City
Clarence McVey
Bloomfield
Ill
Guy W. Haling
Northfield
Minn
William Fetters
Garden City
Decision in Ekern case with court argument over governor power
Lawyers clash over executive authority in the Ekern case. Umbrell argues the governor acts without court restraint while Butler says Ekern should yield and let the courts decide, noting Anderson’s sealed commission gave him rightful possession of the office.
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Umbrell
Ekern
Anderson
Mr. Umbreit
Mr. Ekern
Umbreit
Timlin
Harry L. Butler
Inquest Hears No Mrs Eaton Testimony Yet
District Attorney Barker said he would not call Mrs. Eaton to testify in the inquest into Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton's death. He also stated he would not call Prof. Whitney of Harvard, who examined the admiral's stomach, as witnesses today.
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Hingham
Mass
Barker
Mrs. Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Whitney
Harvard
Miners Trapped at Baskett Shaft. No Casualties Reported
About 130 miners were imprisoned when the shaft mouth caved in at Pittsburg Coal company Baskett mine in Henderson County. Officials expect rescue this afternoon and indicate repairs are feasible. Later, fifty men were helped out from a cage, with no injuries, and workers returned to duties.
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Henderson
Pittsburg Coal Company
Baskett
Baskette
Colorado Tuberculosis Registry Passes in Legislature
Denver reports the governor signed a measure requiring all Colorado physicians to report within 24 hours after discovery the name nativity age occupation address and workplace of every person afflicted with tuberculosis to the county health office.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Ammons
Blondes Quick to Quit Say Dr Blackford
Chicago March 18 A Chicago physician Dr Katherine M Blackford told members of the Illinois laundrymen association that blondes are prone to quitting their jobs and seeking chances while brunettes tend to stay steady and avoid changing lines.
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Chicago
Katherine M. Blackford
Illinois Laundrymen’s Association
Indict Cox as Bank Wrecker in Cincinnati Trust Case
George B. Cox former Cincinnati boss and ten officers faced two indictments charging misapplication of funds from the Cincinnati Trust Company which closed in 1911. The panel also indicted Norman G. Keenan Nathan S. Keith Charles P. Davis and nine others with Cox in a second probe into the bank’s affairs. If convicted they face fines up to 16000 and up to thirty years imprisonment.
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Cincinnati
George B. Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
Cox
Grand
Trust Company
Norman G. Keenan
Nathan S. Keith
Charles P. Davis
J. F. Heady
J. M. Hutton
Fletcher R. Williams
David G. Edwards
I. N. Miller
O. V. Parrish
J. M. Crawford
The
Nathaniel 5. Keith
F. R. Williams
Miss Vivian Bovee Dies in Washington
Miss Vivian Bovee, 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs H G Bovee of 1254 Farnam street, died this morning at her Washington home. A La Crosse normal school graduate and former local teacher, the cause is not known though she reportedly took a cold in a recent storm.
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Vivian Bovee
H. G. Bovee
Farnam Street
Washington
Miss Bovee
la Crosse Normal School
Jefferson the only democratic president says Elbert Hubbard
Madison Wis March 18 Elbert Hubbard known as the Sage of Aurora told Wisconsin lawmakers that Thomas Jefferson was the United States only democratic president. He quipped Jefferson was the only red headed president and joked about red hair in presidents. He also referred to the Supreme Court as the court of the last conjecture.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Elbert Hubbard
Aurora
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Hubbard
Jefferson
United States Supreme Court
Naco Siege Nears as Maderista Forces Close In
Between 1,500 and 2,000 Maderista troops surround Naco Sonora as they plan an attack on General Ojeda's federal garrison. Col. Guilfoyle commands U S troops at the border and warns that bullets must not cross into Mexico.
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Naco
Ariz
Maderista
Sonora
Ojeda
Col. Guilfoyle
United States
Constable Candidate Taken Ill in Second Ward
John Knoznoski, candidate for constable in the Second ward, was taken to La Crosse hospital early last week with Bright's disease. He is improving but slowly.
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John Knoznoski
la Crosse Hospital
Bright
Ida Granke and Charles E. Smith Wed in Norwalk Church
Miss Ida Granke of this city and Charles E. Smith of Norwalk were married this morning in the Norwegian Lutheran church by Rev. A. Andersen. The couple united in matrimony as the ceremony took place in Norwalk.
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Ida Granke
Charles E. Smith
Norwalk
A. Andersen
Art and a Book Agent Turn Away in Discussion
A writer discovers art remains long and different from itself while negotiating with a book agent. The exchange hints at clashes between artistic ideals and publishing interests.
Bratberg Eligible Though Not Citizen for School Post
Holmen voters approved abandoning the Holmen high school after a contentious election. Candidate E. H. Bratberg, running for county superintendent, was found not to be a citizen, yet a local DA ruled he may serve if elected since citizenship not required by law.
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E. H. Bratberg
United States
Holmen
Bratberg
D. S. Law
A. H. Bratberg
Cary
Circuit Court
Higbee
Sues saloonists for sentence in murder case
Chas Pumphrey ex convict files $40,000 suit against Omaha saloonkeepers claiming their liquor sales led to a life term for the murder of Ham Pack. Pumphrey was pardoned last January after a court showed he and two companions were drunk and not involved in the killing seven years prior. He contends he and friends were under legal age but obtained liquor from the defendants.
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Omaha
Neb
Chas
Pumphrey
State Penitentiary
Ham Pack
King Alfonso Rumored Health Crisis Sparks Snapshot Ban
Madrid reports suggest King Alfonso’s health is precarious with fears over lung tuberculosis. Officials issued an order banning photographs of the king, seen as public acknowledgment of troubling medical rumors despite doctors’ optimistic statements.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Won't arrest woman in Detroit fugitive case
Detroit authorities refuse to rearrest Mrs Katharine M Pope despite San Francisco police stating she fled with more than half of the loot from Owen M Conn the gentleman burglar She remains at liberty on a 300 dollar personal bond.
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Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Katherine M. Pope
Owen M. Conn
Milwaukee bandmaster Joseph Clauder dies at 59
Joseph Clauder, veteran Milwaukee band master and prominent Wisconsin figure, died in Hot Springs Arkansas after more than a year of illness. He was 59.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Hot Springs
Ark
Joseph Clauder
Clauder
Wisconsin
Card of Thanks for Bereavement and Floral Thanks
Card from Mrs. A. S. Nelson and family thanks friends and fraternal orders Masonic, Brotherhood of L. F. & E., and Yeomen of America for sympathy during their bereavement and loss of their son and brother and for the floral offerings.
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Masonic Orders
Brotherhood of L. F. & E
Yeomen of America
A. S. Nelson
Cats Guard Dead Spanish General
The body of Manuel Defuentes Bustillo a seventy year old former Spanish general lay unclaimed in a New York morgue. For eighteen years he lived as a recluse in a dim east side hotel room with four pet cats. Police found him dead after a gas smell and the cats reportedly bit and scratched an officer.
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New York
Manuel Defuentes Bustillo
East Side
Turk refugee beggar jailed for orphan appeal scheme
Totu Scon Mannin claimed Turkish refugee status and Christianity motivated his appeal to raise funds to rescue fifteen orphans. He gathered about 100 La Crosse names and signed donations, then lied about language abilities. Mannin and Fred Schumate were each sentenced to thirty days in county jail for begging.
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Totu Scon
Mannin
John Brindley
la Crosse
Tom McDonough
John Webber
Brindley
Fred Schumate
Norwegian society to convene here in La Crosse
Between five and six hundred delegates from Minnesota and Wisconsin will attend the Landingslag in La Crosse on May 29, 50 and 31. H. A. M. Steen of Northfield sent the notice to J. L. Utermoehl, secretary of the board of trade, requesting a hall for meetings, likely Linker hall unless booked for the dates.
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
la Crosse
J. L. Utermoehl
Board of Trade Today
H. A. M. Steen
Northfield
Minn
Steen
Utermoehl
Linker Hall
Manitoba Farmer Kills Wife Then Dies by Self
Napinka farmer Jos. Underhill battered his wife in bed with a hidden blunt instrument, then shot himself with a shotgun, dying instantly. The incident occurred in Napinka, Manitoba, early today.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jos. Underhill
Napinka
Manitoba
Ohio Bill Seeks Regulated Women Styles and Morals
A proposed Ohio bill would set up a three‑man commission to regulate women’s clothing, ban the peek‑a‑boo waist, disallow unshaped figures in stores, and prohibit transparent stockings. Members would be aged 30 to 50, including a minister, a parent with three children, and a social worker.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis S. Chapelle
Cincinnati
Salonika Scene Details Greek Royal Family
The article outlines King George of Greece arriving in Athens in 1867. It notes his marriage to Olga, their six children, and an assassination attempt in 1898. Crown Prince Constantine heads the army, led troops at Janina in Epirus, and married Sophia, sister of the German Kaiser. U S Legation in Washington says no advices of the assassination have arrived yet.
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National Assembly
George
Athens
Olga
Constantine
Russia
Alexander I
Salonika
Janina
Epirus
Sophia
Kaiser
U. S
Washington
George of
Greece
Cable
Tillman Speech Reveals Bitter Washington Caucus Clash
President Wilson delegates the chairmanship of the appropriations committee to Senator Martin after a Steering committee caucus overruns Tillman’s preferred nominee. Tillman’s address to the caucus condemns Martin and frames the conservative faction in the Senate.
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Washington
Tillman
Committee On Appropriations
Wilson
Democratic
Martin
St Paul motorboat regatta may join festival
Mrs Katherine B Hensler aims to promote a St Paul products festival and water carnival this spring, potentially pairing with a motorboat regatta of national scope. The Minnesota Motor Club and other groups back the plan with clubs from Chicago Milwaukee Oshkosh and Minneapolis likely to join.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Katherine B. Hensler
St. Paul
Minnesota Motor Club
Chicago
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Minneapolis
Wordsworth Death News Reported by Ambleside Servant
An old lady relays Wordsworth's death to a trusted manservant in Ambleside. The servant mocks the news but doubts any immediate public response and hints Mrs Wordsworth will manage affairs with cleverness.
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Wordsworth
Ambleside
Thomas
Wilson outlines budget plan backing Taft system
President Wilson released a January 30 letter from the White House to Senator Tillman detailing his lifelong interest in financial legislation and urging a carefully considered budget. He said he aims to work with lawmakers in Washington to bring a budget system into existence.
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Washington
Wilson
Taft
White House
Tillman
Chhildhood
Coroner Clears Detective Christensen in Sam Perry Death
Racine report says coroner's jury exonerated Detective Christensen in the death of Sam Perry the alleged white slaver who was shot while escaping. Frank Perry, his brother, hired a Milwaukee attorney who demands prosecution of the officer for alleged murder.
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Racine, Wis
Christensen
Sam Perry
Frank Perry
Milwaukee
Apathetic turn in Milwaukee judicial primary votes
Politicians voiced disappointment at the low turnout in Milwaukee for the judicial primary. By noon scarcely half of a precinct had more than fifty votes, casting doubt on the strength of socialist influence in the city.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Champaign Youth Sentenced in White Slave Case
Matthew McNabb of Champaign received a seven year federal prison sentence for a white slavery conviction. The term was imposed in Stillwater Minnesota last night after the federal court verdict.
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Champaign
Ill
Matthew McNabb
Stillwater, Minn
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