Wisconsin Rail Commission Orders Sweeping Express Rate Cut
The Wisconsin railroad commission ordered about a 20 percent cut in express rates for all carriers in the state. Rates become effective 20 days from today and rely on mileage based basing, differing from interstate blocks. The ruling, the result of years of inquiry, aligns Wisconsin rates more closely with national trends while preserving finer distance graduations.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Wisconsin
Commission of Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wisconsin Commission
National Commission
Weather Update for La Crosse and Midwest
Temperature in La Crosse over the past 24 hours ranged high 58 and low 59 with 1.00 inch of precipitation. The storm center moved away but rain lingers in the Mississippi valley and upper Great Lakes region. fair skies expected tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions by Thursday afternoon or night.
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la Crosse
Vicin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Chicago
Lorimer Would Regain His Toga
William Lorimer plans a 30 day Senate campaign bid for the Republican nomination to succeed Lawrence Sherman. Percy B. Coffin heads Lorimer headquarters at the Illinois Republican Club. Lorimer cites Senate cowardice as basis of his fight. he neither confirms nor denies candidacy.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Senate
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Percy B. Coffin
Lorimer
Coffin
Republican Club of
Illinois
O Hara Cleared by Colleagues in Illinois Probe
Springfield May 21 Lieutenant-Governor O Hara was cleared of all suspicion of immoral conduct in a senate report. An examining committee criticized the vice commission and Sam Davis a Springfield brewer for contributing to the matter. Derby was found to have been treated with undue severity by the commission.
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Springfield
O'Hara
Senate
Ettleson
Maude Robinson
Sherman
Chicago
Sam Davis
Robinson
Davis
Vice Commission
Derby
Senate Vice Commission
Silas W. Derby
International Shoe Company
Gov. O'Hara
Schwab Says U S Steel Cheaper Rails Not More Profits
In New York on May 21 Charles Schwab president of Bethlehem Steel testified in the government suit. He said United States Steel can make rails cheaper than Bethlehem but does not earn more profit per dollar invested.
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New York
United States Corporation
Charles Schwab
Bethlehem Company
United States Steel
Home Made Week fundraising advances in La Crosse
The Home Made Week committee reports over seventy window space allotments secured for La Crosse events with additional space via mayoral approval. A total of $2,000 is sought on the south side for the Haas Motor Equipment site, needing 27 more donations of 25 dollars each to finish the fund, with many names and amounts listed as contributions.
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la Crosse
Board of Trade Committee
Ori Sorensen
Haas Motor Equipment Company
Wm. Doerflinger Co
Jno. C. Burns
E. R. Barron Co
Batavian National Bank
C. L. Colman Lumber Co
Joseph P. Gohres
State Bank
Robi. Lowry
K. Knutson
P. Soderberg
J. W. Tietz
Geo. Stuber
C. J. Swenson
E. C. Swarthout
A. J. Egerhart
Nelson Clothing Co
Peter Anderson
L. M. Goddard
Jas. Smith
H. L. Partridge & Co
H. J. Hahn
Bert Nelson
J. L. Erickson
Peterson Coal Co
O. Simonson
N. Birnbaum
Louis Dahl
Staats Wall Paper Co
Jos. E. Graf
Rev
Ambrose Murphy
F. C. Sutter
Wm. F. Gohre
Army Man Nelson Visits La Crosse Before Pacific Duty
P R Nelson soldier in the wireless telegraph corps of the U S regular army stopped in La Crosse for several days to visit his mother. He has many hometown friends, previously served at Fortress Monroe and will proceed to Fort Worden in Washington after the visit.
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P. R. Nelson
Wireless Telegraph Corps
U.S. Regular Army
la Crosse
Pacific Coast
Mr. Nelson
Fortress Monroe
Fort Warden
Washington
Juul Effort to Move Wage Bill Delayed in Springfield
Senator Nels Juul failed to advance the senate white slavery committee minimum wage bill to second reading. Objections were raised and the measure was sent to the labor committee for closer scrutiny.
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Juul
Springfield
Nels Juul
Senate
Committee On Labor
Manufacturers oppose Redfield tariff critique at Detroit meeting
May 21 Detroit reports Secretary Redfield faced opposition from National Manufacturers association delegates over a proposal for a federal investigative commission on factories reducing wages or cutting output under the Wilson Underwood tariff. Boetcker urged limits on vice and indulgence, predicting vast home construction costs, while industrial leaders were absolved of blame for high living costs.
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Detroit
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
National Manufacturers’ Association
New Commerce
Federal Commission For
Manufacturers’ Convention
William K. H. Boetcker
United States
Boetcker
Knights of Columbus Plan $100,000 Clubhouse
The Knights of Columbus announce a new headquarters costing between $50,000 and $100,000 to be built within five years. Half of all treasury funds will go to a building fund, with a moonlight excursion on June 19 and fundraisers to follow. A stock plan of $100 shares will fund construction, targeting over 500 members in five years. The building would resemble a YMCA model with reading rooms, recreation spaces, a gym, and a pool, location to be chosen in the central town.
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Knights of Columbus
Building Committee
Knight of Columbus
A. H. Schubert
A. P. Funk
Joseph Boschert
J. E. Lavaque
F. J. McWilliams
License required for fishermen in Minnesota waters
County Clerk Bert Jolivette, after a notice from H A Rider of the Minnesota Fish and Game Commission, warned that non residents cannot fish in Minnesota waters without a license. The letter clarifies Minnesota law and notes no game fishing before June 15, with Wisconsin close seasons specified. non resident licenses aren’t needed in interstate waters like the Mississippi River.
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Minnesota
Bert Jolivette
H. A. Rider
Fish and Game Commission of
Wisconsin
Jolivette
Rider
Purse Worth 1690 Recovered After Lost Found
Carl Voeks of Caledonia learned a purse with 130 in cash and the rest deposit certificates totaling 1690 was found on the road between here and Hokah. A man and woman in a rig were seen behind him. Police traced the find to Mr. and Mrs. G Peterson of 215 South Third Street, who returned it to the owner.
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Carl Voeks
Caledonia
Voeks
Here
Hokah
G. Peterson
South Third
Bangor committee tours Prairie du Chien sewer project
A Bangor village council committee led by President I. E. Richardson visits Prairie du Chien to inspect its new sewer system under construction. Bangor plans a 21000 dollar sewer project funded by bonds voted earlier, and seeks pointers from the Prairie du Chien work.
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Bangor
I. E. Richardson
F. B. Gesler
M. E. Brandt
R. W. Davis
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Train crushed in West Virginia landslide near Hinton
A Sewell to Landisburg train on the Chesapeake and Ohio line was buried by a 600 foot mountainside slide after rain loosening earth. Four killed outright and several injured critically include James Walker of Hinton Alvin Grimm and Robert Young of Kent and a three year old child of Mrs Sellards Thurmond. Others listed are Mrs Sellards A E Nicholas Charleston and Charles Walters Fayetteville.
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Hinton
W. Va
Sewell
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Landisburg
Jas. Walker
Alvin Grimm
Kent
Robert Young
Sellards
Thur
Boston court hears dynamite plot in Lawrence textile strike case
John J. Breen testified that Frederick E. Atteaux financed a dynamite planting scheme to discredit the 1912 Lawrence strike. Breen described payments and a drop of $500 in bills on a Boston street and later $200 by special delivery, while attorney Coakley questioned criminal intent in the alleged plot.
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Boston
Lawrence
Breer
Atteaux
Ernest J. Pittman
Breen
Pittman
Coakley
Balkan Allies Seek Delay in Peace Talks
London reported May 21 that Balkan peace plenipotentiaries asked for more time before a formal session. Bulgaria, led by Dr. Daneff, pushes to speed the preliminary pact while Greece, Montenegro, and Servia push for delay. A Paris dispatch says Bulgaria’s M. Theodoroff says the allies will demand 400 million dollars in indemnity from Turkey when the commission meets in Paris on May 27.
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London
Bulgaria
Daneff
Greece
Montenegro
Servia
Paris
M. Theodoroff
Balkan
Turkey
International Commission
Bronson Funeral Tomorrow for Mrs William Bronson
The funeral for Mrs William Bronson will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 30. Rev D C Jones will officiate. Interment follows at Oak Grove cemetery. The body will lie in state at the home from 9 o clock tomorrow morning until the service for friends to view.
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William Bronson
D. C. Jones
Oak Grove Cemetery
Congress Clock Signals Tariff Hearings News Desk
The Senate met at two o clock as the finance committee plans to close tariff hearings by sub committees next Tuesday. The House remained out of session while the finance committee debated the tariff bill and the labor committee considered Kern resolution for investigation of the West Virginia coal strike.
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Senate
House
West Virginia
Morris at the Parting of the Political Ways
Wisconsin political note from Madison outlines La Follette wing unity on Morris as potential U S Senate or Wisconsin governor candidate. Vandercook notes McGovern's seen Senate bid risking a third term bid. Hull eyed as gubernatorial possibility. party factions plan a preliminary program with Morris pivotal.
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Thomas Morris
la Crosse
United States Senate
Wisconsin
la Follette Republicans
Senate
Foir
Morris
la Follette
G. E. Vandercook
Madison
Vandercook
McGovern
LaFollette Republicans
Lenroot
Hatton
Houser
Vernor
Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
Hull
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