23 Oct 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1913
Page
1
A mine explosion at a New Mexico colliery entombs 280 miners with little chance of rescue as after damp endangers rescuers. Authorities warn the danger is extreme while teams work to reach the men.
Fire and aftershocks threaten miners still entombed after an explosion at Stag Canon mine No 2 near Dawson New Mexico. Officials report twenty three rescued, six corpses recovered with many workers still trapped. rescuers struggle through debris under heavy damp and dangerous conditions.
Yesterday’s high reached 41 and low 30 with no rainfall. Forecasts call for generally fair and warmer conditions in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with brisk south west winds. Rain totals include Springfield Missouri 1.48 inches St Louis 1.80 Cairo 1.00 Galveston 12.18 and Weston 11 inches in the last 24 hours.
Milwaukee leads an $209000 overall increase in corporate income taxes for 1912 across eleven counties, with Milwaukee contributing the largest share. Other counties such as Dane Douglas and LaCrosse show smaller gains, while the tax rolls were certified by the state tax commission.
Henry Spencer plans an insanity defense in the murder case of Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, a Chicago tango instructor. Dr. Frank P. Percival, former head of Nebraska state insane asylum, began evaluating Spencer.
Mrs Charles W Fairbanks wife of the former vice president lies at bedside in Indianapolis fearing death hourly. She is sixty years old after a week long sudden pneumonia illness.
On October 23 suffragette arsonettes burned the university sports pavilion in Bristol England. Militant signs and literature were scattered around the blaze.
In Calumet Michigan on October 23 a fierce street battle in the Red Jacket district left at least half a dozen wounded before state militiamen dispersed the mob. Women joined in the fight as guards and gunmen attacked a strikers parade. fourteen arrests followed, with rioting also reported at Allouez and Rumbletown.
Harry French a Burlington railroad freight conductor from 1525 Kane Street faced arraignment in Cassville on a charge that he caused the death of Tom Murphy a tramp by kicking him from a moving box car on October 15 near Cassville. Witnesses say French kicked a man on the ladder and stepped on his fingers as he left the car.
London October 23 David Lloyd George chancellor of the exchequer declared this parliament will not grant woman suffrage but he predicted a bill granting women parliamentary suffrage will pass soon.
Judge Elbert E. Gary chairman of United States Steel says reports of production curtailment and plant closure at Gary Indiana are news to him and he has not seen any such plan.
Military dispatch reports General Huerta orders Diaz to depart. The action follows a standoff over authority in the capital, with no immediate resistance reported as Diaz complies and exits the area.
General Felix Diaz defies Huerta by delaying departure to Havana to contest the presidency. Diaz and his aides are under arrest threat as they wait in Mexico amid a planned move to France. Four battleships sail soon to Vera Cruz, while Italians suspected of anarchist ties are detained.
Fifty Chicago residents with Mexican property interests gathered at the La Salle hotel to draft a petition for President Wilson seeking a shift in U S policy amid the Mexican situation.
Grand jury in New York issues a blanket indictment charging Harry K Thaw Richard Butler Michael O Keefe Roger Thompson and Eugene Duffy with conspiracy in the Matteawan escape plans. WITNESSES examined by William Travers Jerome. bench warrants issued. extradition possible. Moe Grossman argues the case cannot convict Thaw.
Mrs. Sarah Ruhlin, widow of boxer Gus Ruhlin, travels in New York with an urn of his ashes to attend political meetings and oppose Otto Gelbke's bid for re election as alderman. She accuses Gelbke of aiding Ruhlin's brother in an attempted will breach.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin Mrs Emily Montague Bishop declared suffrage is a question of educating women to want to vote and use the ballot to achieve reforms. She said the ballot would enable enforcement of pure food and child labor laws among others. Four hundred thirty one delegates registered for the convention, the largest in the event’s history.
At the closing session in Indianapolis on October 23 the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs adopted resolutions backing woman suffrage. A separate resolution condemned the segregation or legalization of vice in the social order.
In Chicago on October 23 three men and a woman were taken into custody at Desplaines street station as suspects in a robbery and three killings at J. J. Thompson Jewelry in Grand Rapids Michigan on September 18. Roy Blackburn is partially identified by a Grand Rapids man. Wives and accomplices Kittie, James Mills and George alias Skidoo Franklin await Grand Rapids detectives arrival later today.
Alfred O. Crozier, currency expert, told the Senate Banking Committee that the administration and Aldrich plans would place private banks in control of the public money supply. He urged eliminating the regional reserve banks and expanding the Federal Reserve Board powers to issue currency. Crozier warned that under the bill the central banks would wield price and credit power, harming local banks and raising living costs.
Daniel H. Tolman known as the "King of the Loan Sharks" must serve six months in jail after Justice Pendleton denied his appeal. Tolman was convicted on October 9 of usury. he operated offices in sixty three U S cities.
President Wilson used his first veto of his administration to defeat a congressional bid to reinstate Adolph Unger of Ohio at West Point. The message to Congress disapproved the move on October 25.
Chicago figures from the association of commerce show residents drink about 300 million beer bottles each year, averaging roughly 150 bottles per person. The data highlight per capita beer use among Chicagoans.
Lawmakers led by M'adoo move to amend an existing bill as cities prepare to respond. The measure targets municipal governance and funding, with debate focused on scope and impact for urban areas.
William Gibbs McAdoo says Owen Esch plan will pass with amendments to satisfy bankers. Ek M Wing reports that country bankers back changes while city banks lose some deposits. Wing criticizes Boston bankers attacks as counterproductive, while Esch argues government control is key and bankers overreached.
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