08 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
1
Sarecky says he did not know of the contributions given to Sulzer and failed in an attempt to shield Smrecky. The admission centers on undisclosed funding linked to the governor’s office and the political scandal surrounding Sulzer.
The defense for Sulzer rested late this afternoon as Governor Sulzer was not called to take the stand and testify in the proceedings.
Albany October 8 The inquiry into Governor Sulzers election expense account neared end as Louis Sarecky former confidential secretary admitted a series of failures He said he prepared the affidavit but never informed Sulzer of cash or checks and he destroyed all campaign receipts expenditures records cancelled checks and stubs He cited familiarity with the corrupt practices law yet offered no clear excuses for omitting large contributions including 2500 from Jacob Schiff
C Grieb, manager of the Auditorium, told the special investigating committee that charges of mismanagement and discrimination are unfounded. He said Ralph BowMan’s report started the probe and that no evidence supports claims of rate discrimination despite earlier conclusions.
Professor Werner of Heidelberg University reports a new harmless cholin preparation called enztol combined with Taio activity shows relief and probable cure for many severe human cancers. The claims cover notably difficult cancer cases and suggest significant therapeutic potential.
Yesterday's temperatures ranged from 40 to 64 degrees. Showers possible tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Unsettled conditions extend from the Atlantic coast to the upper Mississippi Valley and upper lake region with moderate winds.
Police in Chicago report a murder of art student Leegson as detectives round up several suspects. Authorities describe a possible motive linked to the victim's art studies and a disputed gallery project. The case remains under active investigation with no arrests confirmed.
Chicago police ordered a general roundup of all negroes in the south Side levee district who fit the man description believed to have assaulted and murdered Ida Leegson, a sculpture student at the Art Institute. Five witnesses saw Leegson walking toward the lonely prairie Saturday night. her body was found eighteen hours later with a negro described as a servant at the house where she was to work as a nurse. The pawnbroker who bought Leegson's watch and the man in the Robison case fit the same description.
Benjamin Altman president of B Altman Co died at 73 leaving real estate valued at 29 million and an art collection worth millions. The estate totals about 45 million and reflects his bachelor, reclusive life in New York.
Paris radium expert H G C Thofehirn announced that T Coleman Du Pont, head of the powder company bearing his name, has bought properties at Central City and plans a radium production plant.
Eugene V. Debs announces plan to live three months in the open on a ranch near Estes Park Colorado to recuperate after a strenuous summer. Debs, four time socialist presidential candidate, spoke in Terre Haute Indiana and will travel to the ranch forty miles from a railroad.
Mrs Elizabeth Anderson a cook at a fraternity house says she was assaulted by student hazers in Oakwood cemetery She was bound gagged blindfolded and forced to dance on headstones before the beating left her unconscious in the October incident in Syracuse New York.
G Touff a leading Ohio Hebrew scholar died at his Cincinnati home from brain hemorrhage caused by over study. He was 74 and for thirty years headed the Talmudical association, a group raising money in America for charitable aims.
County Clerk Bert Jollivette announced receipt of the secretary of state’s new Wisconsin game laws. Copies will be distributed to La Crosse hunters and may be obtained by applying to the county clerk.
George H. Renzenberg former city engineer and sanitation expert was elected chairman of the Milwaukee Sewerage commission at its first meeting in the mayor's office on October 8.
A five story New York tenement burned severely on October 8 endangering about 100 occupants who escaped in their night clothing with few belongings. Fire officials deem the blaze incendiary and are investigating the cause as residents search for shelter and aid.
In Liverpool on an October day William McDonald, a religious fanatic, shot three fellow church members of the Church of Humanity then killed himself. No witnesses saw the tragedy.
A Hebrew individual is arrested in connection with a boy’s death in Russia amid claims of attempted framing. Officials report innocence but push forward with arrest and investigation details.
Mendel Beilis, jailed two and a half years, is tried in Kiev for ritual murder in a case that drew a cosmopolitan crowd. The trial follows government push to link the crime to Jews, despite evidence suggesting thieves' gang involvement and later reversals in related officials' convictions.
Madison Wis Oct 7 Plans for allotment of state highway aid to counties will be considered at a Wisconsin Highway commission meeting set for next Monday. It is believed John A Hazelwood will resign to become secretary of the state civil service commission, with a new chairman to be appointed.
Ruth Hildreth, 18, killed and Dorothy Hildreth fatally injured when Lincoln Beachey’s aeroplane clipped the army and navy tent at Hammondport New York during exhibition flights. Beachey, knocked unconscious, reportedly decides to retire from flying amid grief and accusations of near-fatal proximity to spectators.
In St Marys Ohio 200 workers occupied the mayor's office shouting Hang him socialist. Mayor Wilkinson said he would depart when his term ends blaming persecution by manufacturers since taking office.
Washington October 8 Governor Blease of South Carolina outlined a new platform promising “plenty of good horse racing” and “plenty of honest poker” along with “plenty of good chicken fighting” as he eyed a senate seat for the next year.
Sacrifice hits credited to Wiltse and Collins with base hits off Plank and Mathewson. Mathewson struck out six and Plank six. Walks totaled one for Mathewson and two for Plank. Innings pitched: Mathewson ten and Plank ten. Ran for McLean in the ninth.
Christy Mathewson starved the Athletics of runs and delivered a shutout in the second game of the series as the Giants won 3 to 0 in ten innings. Plank faltered in extra innings after a solid nine, with a costly error by Collins and late scoring by Mathewson.
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