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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
1
La Crosse prepares for a large civic progress meeting at the New La Crosse Theater tonight led by George Irving. Women promise strong turnout. tickets available at the box office and by buying the red button.
The meeting relies on strong female attendance as a major factor in achieving its goals. Organizers emphasize the importance of women’s presence to drive outcomes and participation.
The Kreutz Andre mill er band begins playing at 45. The event marks the debut performance with local spectators in attendance.
The notice states that the address proper begins after the band concert at 8 15 O clock. Readers are directed to attend following the musical program and follow posted guidelines.
One performance remains tonight at the La Crosse Theater with no additional dates listed. Local venue ads indicate a single showtime and public seating.
At La Crosse High School Mass meeting George Blackstone Irving urged about five hundred pupils to organize a Junior Board of Trade. He stressed not flunking school work and warned that life failures can start with poor schooling.
Mr. Irving visited La Crosse praised the meeting and high school speech. Volunteers, led by the Progressive League, sold buttons and provided automobiles for the effort. The north side welcomed the campaign and pledged a strong delegation to back a united La Crosse.
Interviews with Twentieth Century club members and other women’s groups indicate large female attendance at tonight’s park mass meeting. Women helped ensure success at the previous meeting and plan to attend in equal numbers, opposing stag parties in future improvements for La Crosse.
Thursday night meetings of societies and civic groups are postponed to allow attendance at a mass theater meeting. The Franklin Club led with word of suspending its weekly debate, followed by the Elks and others. No one can plead prior engagements tonight.
The Union Pacific Railway directors elected Judge Robert S. Lovett, president of the corporation, to succeed the late E. H. Harriman. Other retiring officers were reelected in the same meeting.
Three members of the Van Royen family are found slain at their Reidy Road home five miles west of Kansas City Kansas. Police pursue a mystery visitor as a manhunt enlarges with bloodhounds tracking a suspect. Jewelry and about $700 vanished.
In Berlin on October 21 the czar fears air terror and enacts a decree authorizing police surveillance of all aircraft and balloons in Russia. It requires guards over every aeroplane and balloon and strict supervision of every ascent to deter terrorist bombings on officials.
Framingham reveals a decade long graft tied to forged town notes and a gang that plundered municipal funds. A society woman connected to Boston brokers is alleged to have fueled the scheme as Town Treasurer Lombard faces accusations of forgery and corruption. The investigation points to insiders profiting from note premiums and stock market gains while residents mock Lombard’s denials.
Forty two Red Wing Minnesota business firms filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Pennsylvania Railroad and twenty five other lines. They allege unreasonable freight charges from New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and other eastern points compared with rates to St Paul Minnesota.
John N. Cowley was seized by a U S marshal as he carried a tray of whiskey to seven expectant Indians behind a saloon on Pearl Street. He was jailed awaiting grand jury action and faces possible prison time. U S Attorney Gordon ordered no bail. Police caution liquor sellers to restrain Indians from obtaining alcohol.
National Purity Congress at Burlington elected officers and changed the group name to The American Purity Federation. B. S. Steadwell of La Crosse Wisconsin was chosen president with Floyd Tompkins of Philadelphia as first vice president and Ren Lindsay of Denver as second vice president. Secretaries include Minnie L. Skinner of Cedar Rapids and Julia A. Morrow of Spokane, with Charles A. Mitchell of Cherokee Oklahoma as treasurer.
Berlin October 21 A circular from the interior minister shows the Kaiser aims to outdo President Roosevelt in public health policy by promoting birth rates. Emperor William will act as godfather to the eighth child born in any family, signaling state intervention after census data showed a slight fall in German births.
Friends of William C. Lilley a well known business man and temperance leader in the Presbyterian church fear foul play after he went missing September 29 and has not been found since. Local authorities and Lilley’s associates search for traces and raise concern over his disappearance in Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Baptista Garibaldi, on the French liner La Bretagne sailing to Havre, is described as violently insane after giving birth to a girl. The San Francisco husband, poor, cannot prevent her deportation under immigration rules that ban insane newcomers within two years of arrival. The infant remains with the husband. Garibaldi, from Italy two years earlier, married in San Francisco.
DuPont officials deny a powder monopoly accusation as a congressional investigating committee holds hearings this afternoon. The dispute centers on competitive practices and potential market dominance affecting industry and consumers.
The government's probe into the DuPont powder monopoly continued with Pierre Dupont testifying that there was no current monopoly and that a prior 1904 gun powder association existed only briefly. He noted Dupont's dividends since 1902, a $12 million cash balance, and a $41.6 million total capitalization with $13.6 million preferred stock.
At Elgin Illinois October 21 a heated opening to the Illinois Mayors Association session featured a resolution endorsing state legislation to allow cities to adopt the commission form of government. The measure sparked sharp discussion but sentiment showed favor for adoption.
Mrs Priscilla Anderson, 18, wife of Hjalmer Anderson a Fremont brewer, died after delivering an 18 pound girl in Fremont Nebraska. The infant lived only a few hours. This marked a repeat tragedy as Anderson’s first wife also died in a similar birth.
The jury in the Theodore Rizza murder trial for Theresa Procopio and Ferdinando Infusino recessed at 11 10 today in Utica New York.
Washington D C reports that more arrests will follow within days in connection with the closing of the First National Bank at Mineral Point in October.
A report from Aneta describes a fiendish act where a small boy was burned by blind piggers. Authorities investigate the incident as a possible hate crime and appeal for witnesses.
Kenneth McKenzie 12, son of butcher Simon McKenzie, was set on fire in Aneta North Dakota after being assaulted in the park by two men. Oil from his lantern was poured on him and flames spread as passersby restrained him and he was taken to St Johns hospital Fargo. The crime is blamed on liquor elements opposing the reformist father.
Rome October 21 Papal Secretary Merry Del Val is recovering after an overdose of an obesity cure caused violent convulsions last evening. The pope and Del Val were alone when the attack began and the Vatican physician treated him for about an hour until relief was achieved.
Warden J. E. McCook and his sister Mrs. John New found their mother Mrs. W. H. McCook garroted and robbed at home in Little Rock after returning from an inspection trip on a road project linking the state farm with Warner. Authorities report the suspect is a negro trust y.
Delegates to the national W C T U convention gathered in Omaha Nebraska and spent the day in prayer at the First Methodist church ahead of the opening at the Auditorium.
Forecast calls for fair weather in Iowa tonight and Friday with a slight cool down. River stage remains nearly stationary with small changes noted at St Paul and Reeds Landing. official readings show minor rises and unchanged levels across the system.
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