06 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1913
Page
1
Real work began for Farmers Day as merchants pledge to furnish a house complete for a wedding feature on October 16 in Market Square. Donations for the Home for Aged Folks grow daily, with the list expected to swell each day. Taggart leads the campaign and the event draws local support.
President Ed Dittman of the Retail Merchants Association and Secretary Harry Taggart lead a statewide push for Farmers Day on October 16. They have left private duties to ensure a large turnout, with La Crosse merchants coordinating widespread advertising in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Minnesota delegation of unusual proportions is anticipated.
La Crosse merchants offer a four room furnished house to a rural couple as the lead attraction for Farmers Day on October 16. Cupid Taggart, Retail Merchants' secretary, seeks a willing couple to publicize the event on the market square amid thousands of farm visitors. Ed Dittman assists in negotiating gifts for the home prize.
A weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions with showers across Wisconsin Minnesota and central plains. Temperatures range from highs around 72 to lows near 54 with cooler air arriving Tuesday. Showers persist tonight into Tuesday with variable winds and widespread cloudiness across the central region.
Ida Leegson a Oshkosh native and art student at the University of Chicago and Lorado Taft school is found murdered near Argo on the Chicago border. A silk cord strangled her and finger marks appear on her throat as detectives pursue a mysterious caller "Mr Wilson" who lured her by telephone.
Milwaukee police confirm Ida Leegson a former Milwaukee public school teacher slain by a mysterious Mr Wilson. Cheever, former Milwaukee superintendent, says body description matches a Miss Leegson who previously worked for the Milwaukee school board and had ties to Oshkosh after moving from Milwaukee.
Congressman John J. Esch arrived from Washington and backs the currency reform bill, saying it surpasses the Aldrich-Vreeland act and will take about a month to pass in the Senate. He also condemns the tariff law as propping up revenue at the expense of farmers and criticizes secret Democratic caucuses while noting open Republican sessions.
Former Governor Folk as solicitor for the state department ruled that Canada violated no treaty with the United States in the deportation of Harry K Thaw. He said the department cannot make any representation to Britain as requested by Thaw and his lawyers.
Harry Kemp the Kansas poet known for his marriage to Meta Sinclair was sentenced in Southampton to twenty one days with hard labor for stowing away aboard the Oceanic while it traveled from New York to Southampton.
E. M. Wing vice president of Batavian National bank left Saturday for Boston to attend the annual convention of the National Bankers association and participate in the gathering of industry leaders.
The national commission ruled that any baseball player who writes stories of World Series games after 1913 will face a stiff penalty. It also stated that players who contracted to write articles on this year's series after the commission’s ruling must submit to punishment. The decision was announced today after the commission met at the Waldorf.
New York reports a tense mood before the series opener between the Athletics and Giants with talk of Fred Snodgrass possibly guiding the lineup. Indications suggest he may play in the early games despite a lingering Charlie horse.
Broadway dealers offered three World Series seats for 20 dollars amid official denials. Giants secretary John B Foster claimed seats were sold only to players’ friends and accredited followers, and Giants president Hempstead pledged 2500 dollars to charity if any profit by insiders could be proven.
Snodgrass and Doyle's health could force shifts with Shafer and Herzog in reserve roles. Doyle's shoulder remains painful after an auto accident, risking weaker outfield and batting. Ticket protests loom as reserved seats sell out for opening game and a postponed officials’ meeting looms. Matthe wson and Bender expected to start tomorrow.
After twelve hours of balloting in Pekin the provisional Chinese republic elected Yuan Shi Kai as president with 507 votes, a majority of the assembly. Li Yuan Heng was a distant second with 179 votes as Sun Yat Sen and Wu Ting Fang trailed with scattered ballots.
The Polly, a 130 foot all steel private houseboat, descends to the Wisconsin mouth then aims for Portage and Lake Michigan but returns as the river is too shallow and sand bars block passage. Seven aboard plus crew navigate northern Mississippi roots with a touring car aboard. Captain Grants has thirty years on the river. his father was an famed early pilot.
George Miller of De Pere Wisconsin and John Devine of Milwaukee chimney sweeps fell from the top of the American hotel chimney on the North Side after drinking. They were arrested and lodged at the North Side police station. A missing ladder dispute followed at the station. The men face police court tomorrow.
Wisconsin inter-city Y M C A standings late Saturday show Racine remaining in front with a lead over La Crosse Eau Claire Wausau Fond du Lac. Secretary A C Gran predicts at least two associations may surpass Racine.
Albert B. Schlifer, 24, Burr Oak, and Stella L. Fisher, 19, Burr Oak, obtained a license today with Rev. H. Hardwig to perform the ceremony. A second license was issued to Matt E. Koelbl, 21, La Crosse, to marry Mary V. Grabinski, of this city.
A Chicago area confession list ties Spencer to multiple homicides and robberies across Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and New York. Victims include Mrs Mildred Allison Rexroat at Wayne and two WeberWebber girls at Paw Paw Lake. Police say he killed or implicated in numerous slayings and robberies.
Cracksmen robbed the Stockmen's bank in Honey Creek Iowa last night of 2221 dollars blowing the safe with nitroglycerine. No residents saw the robbers enter or exit the town.
Miss Annie Kenny a leading suffragette was arrested on stage at the London Pavilion during a Woman's Social and Political Union meeting. Police confronted a riot as women clashed in the hall, the mob pursued the arrest through the streets, and Kenny was taken to Holloway jail in torn clothes.
In Minneapolis a man named John Michaud is believed to have killed himself by drinking carbolic acid while troubled by his niece’s problems. Michaud’s body was found and identified. Dean Frank Forter of the University of Minnesota confirmed through chemical analysis that Viola Leckwold, the 9 year old daughter of Mrs. Ida Leckwold, was poisoned with arsenic by the mother. No arsenic was detected in the embalming fluid used.
Authorities report a suspect admitted at least four killings and other offenses, stating his crimes are driven by his hatred of women. Police describe the confession as bona fide and part of a broader list of offenses.
Henry Spencer, a paroled convict and opium fiend, confessed to killing Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, the dancing teacher found dead near Wheaton. Police say he admitted twenty murders, detailing Rexroat and other cases while recounting a violent life in Joliet and Chicago.
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