19 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
1
Sorensen holds a commanding lead in the race, finishing with a margin of 380 votes ahead of the combined totals of the other four candidates. The result reflects a strong victory and clear voter preference in the election race.
In La Crosse the mayoral race narrows to Dengler and Sorensen after a crowded primary. Dengler 956, Sorensen 1 806, Adams 3406, MacMillan 788, McCaleb 42. Adams second choices largely favor Sorensen. Two board of public works seats likely decided by second choices, with Vollmar 1 007 and Schnell 1 193 leading.
The report notes La Crosse with a 58 high and 44 low, 4 inches of precipitation, and a forecast of snow or rain with colder conditions tonight and Thursday. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa show mixed rain and snow trends, with a cold wave spreading west and north, and pockets of heavy rain in the southeast. Temperatures fall with subfreezing readings in the north, and scattered snow across the upper Midwest. The eastern high moves from the mid Atlantic coast, western storm near Colorado, and frigid readings in Alberta and northern states.
Readable ward tallies show incumbents leading in several wards with few losses. Key races include Seventh Ward where Strauss challenges Roth, Fourth Ward where Tarbox trails re-election efforts, and other contests for alderman supervisor and justice positions across numerous wards.
Final DOJ reports on the Guggenheims New Jersey corporation suggest an anti trust suit under the Sherman law. Findings claim the firm has acquired competitors to control about 75 percent of copper business and could influence copper prices nationwide.
In Onalaska yesterday two aldermen and three supervisors were nominated as the primary produced a small vote due to no opposition. El lsworth Johnson and Charles Barber retired from the board, with Walter Berg to replace Johnson in the Second ward and Joseph Adams to replace Barber in the Third. James Moore and Lemuel Cox were chosen in the First and Third wards, while Abel Moore defeated William Kenyon for the Second ward supervisor post. The election was orderly with low turnout.
In London Ontario a ninth division court case involves a retired clergyman who garnished the wages of a Canadian Pacific railway brakeman for five dollars. He claims he did not know there was a charge for performing the marriage in October. The matter centers on a wedding fee dispute.
Secretary of State Bryan predicts the Chinese people will grow closer to America after Wilson’s policy to refrain from lending for a Chinese loan. He returns to Lincoln to attend the Bryan club banquet honoring his fifty third birthday.
Vienna dispatches report that Turks claimed a decisive victory at Chatalja with a bold offensive along the lines. They said Bulgarian forces were defeated after a full day of fighting.
The Zeppelin 14, the newest military air ship, accepted by the German government a week ago, was completely wrecked this afternoon in Karlsruhe as its crew tried to land amid a violent windstorm.
Washington reports that rebel activity in Guatemala Mexico led to claims the cruiser California was dispatched from San Francisco. Navy officials deny the report and say the California has been ordered to San Diego, not to Mexico.
Chicago March 19 Mike Caro a 12 year old boy died in a hospital after falling while trying to escape from a training school by climbing down a rope made of bed clothing.
Washington reports a definite Wilson administration shift toward a universal trade policy in place of dollar diplomacy. The move aims to end private loan risk, recall customs collectors, and rely on foreign governments to secure debts while extending trade, with Honduran loans in question and Morgan interests no longer guaranteed by the United States.
Danville report notes former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon saying he wants no more banquets as he left Washington in frustration. Friends, undeterred by his objections, began arranging for a large banquet upon his return scheduled for next week.
Antone Martinez alias Musica, a New York hair merchant, his four sons and two daughters were jailed in New Orleans on charges of bilking more than a million dollars from twenty banks in New York Atlanta New Orleans London and Berlin. Police found 300000 in bank notes hidden in hat trim and 400000 in currency on five suspects. The father attempted suicide with a revolver as detectives restrained him.
Washington reports Franklin D Roosevelt acting as assistant secretary of the navy in Daniels absence. The piece recalls Theodore Roosevelt mobilizing the fleet in 1897 and notes the new Roosevelt’s remark about the family’s historic naval role.
Seven hundred girls in Wellsville Chester and Newell potteries walked out after wage committee advised accepting employer raises. The National Brotherhood of affiliated Potters for men is under an agreement active until October and unlikely to join the strike.
At Naco Sonora across the border, Mexican federals under General Ojeda with 400 men are besieged by Maderistas. Ojeda says his force is in a serious plight but will fight to the last ditch, with escape possible only through the besiegers or into U S soil.
An anarchist slayer killed the monarch during a walk with his aide. On questioning the suspect claimed he does not believe in government, and authorities pursue regicide charges while outlining motives and security implications.
In Athens the council of ministers declared former crown prince Constantine Duke of Sparta as King Constantine I of Greece following the assassination of King George I yesterday. Constantine succeeds his father as the nation enters a period of royal crisis and uncertainty.
In Athens on March 19 investigators weighed whether S Aleke Schinas acted alone or as part of an organized anarchist group when he shot King George in Salonika. Reports tied a Volo rendezvous of anarchists to the plot, with rumors of plans to kill Balkan rulers including Czar Ferdinand, King Nicholas, and King Peter. No Turkish involvement was evident.
Salonika welcomed King Constantine I amid mourning over King George. Olga grieved aboard a Russian warship as Constantine arrived to direct the removal of George’s body. Flags half-mast and theatres closed reflected national grief. a funeral attendance of European royals is anticipated.
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