Road House Fight Put Up to Board
County Board to decide on funding to prosecute road house keepers in La Crosse county. Governor McGovern urged action after a Madison conference. District Attorney Law seeks either a separate $200 to $3000 appropriation or use of existing funds to hire detectives and gather evidence. Davis re elected chairman by 23 of 33 votes amid absence of five supervisors. Budget and highway matters also discussed with Cox seeking inquiry into the Midway Holmen state highway and a large cost for improving Nigger Nathan Hill.
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la Crosse County
Court House
D. 5
Francis E. McGovern
Law
Sherif John Weber
Ori Sorensen
Madison
Road House
Board of Supervisors
Davis
R. W. Davis
Bangor
Walter Winter
Valentine Keppel
William Barber
Lemuel Cox
Onalaska
Cox
Midway-Holmen
Nathan Hill
West Salem
John Hintsen
Hint- Zen
Weather outlook for La Crosse area unsettled with showers
Reading shows high 58 and low 42 in La Crosse with .54 inches of precip. Forecasts call for unsettled conditions across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with showers tonight or Thursday and brisk winds. River stage at La Crosse near 12.1 with minor fall of 6.2 tenths over 24 hours. river expected to stay nearly stationary 48 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North Atlantic
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
North Pacific States
Middle
Dakotas
Lower
Middle Atlantic States
Louis
Wall Street Alone in Tariff Fight Says J J Hill
J J Hill, railroad magnate from the northwest, tells New York readers Wall Street has no friends west of Buffalo and urges tariff reduction. He predicts political change if the senate blocks reform and touts Canada trade, Montana wheat yields, irrigation for sugar beets, and steady business with no curtailment seen.
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New York
J. J. Hill
Empire Builder
Wall Street
Buffalo
Hill
Senate
Northwest
Sheet Metal Workers Seek Pact in La Crosse Strike
Henry Rumpel of the national union says the La Crosse sheet metal workers have four signers backing a settlement. Eighteen men strike after wage and scale demands, including 33 1 3 cents an hour, an $5 annual card fee, and an 8 hour day, with fifteen employers engaged and four contracts signed.
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la Crosse
Henry Rumpel
National Union
Rumpel
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers’ Local No. 24
Milwaukee
Building and Trades Council
John Rae
Trades and Labor’ Council
Badger
C. M. Zschoche
Jackson Street
Jos. J. Lienfelder
South Third Street
Anthony Gass
John Hermann
Berlin Street
Boy Drinks Corn Cure Heals After Stomach Pump
In Hammond Indiana on May 14 a three year old known as Terrible Teddy drank corn cure from a bottle and later recovered after a stomach pump removed three ounces. A physician announced Teddy would survive. He initially swallowed three fingers and then more.
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Hammond
Ind
Teddy
Iowa Blue Sky Law Signed By Governor Clarke
Des Moines Iowa May 14. The blue sky law passed by the legislature and modeled after Kansas to prevent selling worthless bonds and stocks was signed by Governor Clarke today and becomes law.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas
Clarke
Jewels Stolen From Milwaukee Hotel Manager’s Wife
Mrs Max Frudenfelder reported the theft of jewels valued at 1000 dollars to Milwaukee police. The items were taken from the Juneau hotel where her husband serves as manager.
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Milwaukee
Max Frudenfelder
Juneau Hotel
Theft of Plans Worries Officials
Washington May 14. Secret service officers search for the thief who stole the plans of the battleship Pennsylvania from the navy department. Officials fear an insider and vow to locate the thief without fail. Detectives work inside and outside the building as theories center on sale or leakage of fire control secrets.
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Washington
Secret Service
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
Navy
Department
California
Millionaire A S Goodrich Crushed By Car In Illinois
A S Goodrich founder of a large Milwaukee wholesale tobacco house was killed near Winnetka when he tried to crank his auto forgetting the clutch. He was hurled against a telephone pole and died at Evanston hospital.
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Winnetka, III
A. S. Goodrich
Goodrich
A. S. Goodrich & Co
Milwaukee
Chicago
Winnetka
Evanston
Mystery surrounds death of tobacco magnate near Winnetka
Milwaukee May 14 reports probing the killing of A. Story Good rich a tobacco man near Winnetka Illinois failed to reveal the identity of the young woman who accompanied him.
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Milwaukee
A. Story Goodrich
Winnetka
Ill
Wind storm wrecks utilities in Pontiac
Severe wind and rain in Pontiac Illinois caused widespread damage early today crippling light and telephone service and resulting in thousands of dollars in losses.
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Pontiac
Ill
Colored minister found guilty after trial in Milwaukee
Rev Henry B Alexander of Milwaukee was convicted by a circuit court jury of obtaining money under false pretenses. He testified he acted only as agent for Rev George Claughton of Oshkosh and pleaded for justice, arguing no intent to commit crime.
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Henry B. Alexander
Milwaukee
E. C. Higbee
Alexander
Gary
Ind
Colored Divinity and Industrial College of Milwaukee
Frank Winter
Winter
Oene gYves
Bishop Thomas
Gale College
Galesville
Rev
Claughton
D. S. Law
Law
Attorney Law
Divinity College
Broken Fingers Ruse Tied to Child Kidnap Plot
Colorado Springs May 14 Clarence Brokaw, former New York banker, released on bond after jail time over charges he broke his wife’s fingers with a frying pan. He alleges his wife faked injuries to kidnap their son while he was jailed, and says she planned to flee. he denies causing harm and accuses her of framing. He may face no prosecution as the wife is out of state.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Clarence Pierce Brokaw
New York
Buster
Brokaw
Wisconsin Republicans Attend Harmony Banquet in Madison
Wisconsin Republicans gather in Madison for a harmony banquet under the state central committee. Reservations reach 500 plates. Senator La Follette and Governor McGovern decline attendance due to duties linked to tariff bill. Minnesota leaders Loftus Tucker Manahan join speakers Frear Lenroot and Cady as toastmaster Philipp to attend.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee
la Follette
McGovern
Asenate
Mctiovern
Minnesota
George S. Loftus
Progressive Republican Executive Committee
H. N. Tucker
Courtney
James A. Manahan
James A. Frear
Hudson
Minneapolis
I. L. Lenroot
Superior
S. H. Cady
Green Bay
Emanuel Philipp
Taft
Ekern McGovern Case Arguments In Wisconsin Supreme Court
Attorneys for Herman L. Ekern ask the Wisconsin Supreme Court if due process is required to remove a state official. They argue removal by the governor is an extraordinary power and void without proper hearing, citing a lack of evidence of political activity and criticizing the governor’s handling of the hearing.
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Madison, Wis
Herman L. Ekern
Supreme Court
Ekern-McGovern
Bar
John A. Aylward
M. B. Oldrich
Ekern
H. L. Butler
A. C. Umbrell
McGovern
Circuit Court
Oldrich
Milwaukee Medical College
Chittenden
St Louis Star Sold to Edward S. Lewis Group
Nathan Frank principal owner of the St Louis Star sold the publication to Edward S. Lewis and his associates in St Louis Missouri.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Nathan Frank
The
St. Louis
Vagrants Sentenced By County Judge This Morning
John Griffith and Charles Kelley were arrested as beggars by police and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail by Judge John Brind ley this morning.
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John Griffith
Charles Kelley
John Brindley
Eloping Couple Arrested in Green Bay Boarding House
Mary Prochowski and Joe Hudson of Green Bay were arrested in a North side boarding house on a statutory charge after attempting to elope. They had checked baggage to La Crosse, diverted at Grand Rapids, then hid under new names George Morley and wife while Hudson worked as a cook. Police, using baggage check numbers, tracked them to a Northside hotel where they were apprehended before a planned hearing this afternoon.
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Green Bay
Mary Prochowski
Joe Hudson
North Side
Procowski
Hudson
la Crosse
Grand Rapids
St. Paul
Northside
George Morley
Cook
No Currency Legislation Hinted For Current Congress
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and the senate bank and currency committee prepared questions for over 1,000 financial experts nationwide to learn bankers ideas in advance. The move signals no expectation of banking and currency legislation during the present session.
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Washington
Congress
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate Bank and Currency Committee
Nebraska coeds stage inaugural annual track meet
In Lincoln on May 14 eighty five University of Nebraska women students paraded in gym outfits on the athletic field for the girls track and field meet. Crowds of men students and townspeople hailed the display with loud cheers and applause.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Fatal shooting by husband ends in his own death
A man killed his wife and fatally wounded his daughter before taking his own life. He also wounded his son-in-law during the incident as the daughter’s husband wrested the gun away. Local authorities are investigating.
Tragedy in Sparta as Hogue Kills Family Then Self
William Hogue a 70 year old Sparta resident fatally strikes his wife Margaret with a poker and shoots his daughter Alice Wilson before wounding son in law Guy Wilson. He then shoots himself in the throat after a struggle. Insanity from family troubles is blamed for the triple murder suicide.
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William Hogue
Sparta
Margaret
Guy Wilson
Hogue
Alice Wilson
Wilson
Waring
Hogue House
Z. S. Rice
Margaret Hogue
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Jim Hill
Henry Alexander
Rev. Claughton
Kurtenacker
Gopher
Manahan
Supreme Bench
Aylward
Olbrich
L. L. Johnson
ST. Louis Star
Henry Hogue
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