Wild geese circle La Crosse city at night mystery deepens
Flocks of wild geese over La Crosse last night baffled residents as the birds roamed the city from dusk until dawn. Sightings across the south to Grand Crossing described ghostly white shapes and honking overhead, later believed to be a lost marathon fly that stayed within town limits. Hunters searched edges of the city at dawn but found no sign of the flock.
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la Crosse
Grand Crossing
Main Street
Southland
Interstate Commerce Board OKs Paper Rate Change
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a two cent rise on one grade of paper and a two and a half cent cut on other grades. The changes apply to shipments from Milwaukee and Manitowoc to Kaukauna Wisconsin.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Kaukana
Wis
Unsettled Weather With Snow Flurries Across Midwest
Yesterday's storm moved to the north Atlantic coast as a moderate low covers the Pacific slope and west plateau. Southeast Wisconsin saw measurable precipitation while plains temperatures softened and the Mississippi valley cooled. unsettled conditions continue tonight and Friday with probable snow flurries and small temperature changes.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Central States
North Atlantic Coast
Pacific Slope
West Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Faith Destroyed Loses Even Ring
In Pittsburgh on October 30 a jury heard that Paul Feldstein owned the ring and Miss Jeanette Adler said she lost faith in even a woman's romantic rights after he ran off on their wedding day. Feldstein later entered her arcade shop, took the $210 solitaire from the sink while she washed her hands, claiming he needed the ring to indemnify the woman who made him break the engagement, leading to her lawsuit.
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Pittsburg
Paul Feldstein
Jeanette Adler
Feldstein
Miss Adler
Mayor Sorensen Blocked From Police Orders Again
Judge Higbee barred Mayor Sorensen from issuing police orders pending a re hearing on whether the mayor is legal head of the La Crosse police. Attorneys for Chief Webber seek to reopen the case after rules for the department and a 1889 council provision were cited. Affidavits may be filed, with arguments set for November 10.
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Ori J. Sorensen
Police Department
E. C. Higbee
Circuit Court
la Crosse
A. H. Schubert
Webber
Tarbell Praises La Follette Vote On Tariff Measure
Miss Ida Tarbell praises Senator La Follette for supporting the tariff bill in Madison Wisconsin. She commends Wisconsin as enlightened and credits the university extension work for progress while endorsing President Wilson’s tariff action as a step toward downward revision.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Ida M. Tarbell
Wisconsin
Wilson
Milwaukee Cars Stop Milwaukee as 100000 Walk to Work
Milwaukee Morning Chaos as transit halts between six and seven thirty. Interurban and street car traffic were at a standstill due to an unnamed cause, with officials suspecting a break in a trans river cable.
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Milwaukee
Pankhurst Lecture Sold Out Auditorium Plans Lower Box Prices
Militant suffragists report all main floor seats sold for Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst Sunday lecture at the Chicago Auditorium with box prices likely cut from five dollars to about one fifty due to lack of demand for boxes.
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Chicago
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mrs Henning Collapses During Cross Examination
Mrs Josephine Henning, principal state witness in the Funk conspiracy case, collapsed again in Chicago while preparing to resume cross-examination after testifying in the Lorimer investigation. The incident occurred Oct 30 as she stood to return to the witness stand.
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Chicago
Josephine Henning
Clarence S. Funk
Lorimer
Attorney General bans certain alcohol service in lodging venues
Madison, Wis. October 30. The attorney general rules that a keeper of a hotel, restaurant, or boarding house cannot serve in or out of season any alcohol except kinds exempted in section 4, 58d-E of the statutes.
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Madison
Wis
Owen
Pruning Knife on Appropriations Hits City Budget
City budget debate tonight as Alderman Mahoney urges cuts in health department funds and park projects. He proposes trimming streets and sharing costs, while two water ordinances loom large as residents attend the meeting to hear how the new plant will be run.
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Paul W. Mahoney
Mahoney
Health Department
North Side
Board of Public Works
Italian worker killed on platform by passing train
In Racine Wisconsin on October 30 Tony Brunca a 22 year old Italian laborer attempted to ride a North Western train by clinging to the baggage car steps. At the station he was brushed off by a heavy truck near the tracks and his body was cut in two in view of horrified passengers.
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Racine
Wis
Tony Brunca
Northwestern
Fire halves spread as wholesale grocer fire wrecks two floors
A blaze at Campbell Brothers & Wilson wholesale grocery in downtown Winnipeg confined to two floors. The loss is estimated at 56,000 dollars after a high pressure water system halted further spread. Firefighters contained the fire to the building early this morning.
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Winnipeg
Man
Campbell Brothers & Wilson
Wilson nominates new U S marshal and patent official
President today named John Q. Newell of Oklahoma as U S marshal for the western district of Oklahoma and James T. Newton of Georgia as assistant commissioner of patents.
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Washington
Oklahoma
John Q. Newell
James T. Newton
Georgia
Druid Fancher fined for minor wine sale in Racine
Dr F S Fancher druggist in Racine was fined five dollars and costs in municipal court after his helper sold two bottles of wine to minors who were later arrested for drunkenness.
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Racine, Wis
Fancher
Yankees Do Not Play Polo at Polo Grounds
London readers learn from the Daily Graphic that crowds gathered at the New York polo grounds for the World Series, mistaken as polo. Police were overwhelmed by the rush as gates opened and many spectators entered without paying.
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Polo Grounds
London
The
Daily Graphic
New York
Cow Kicks Bucket At Tango Strains Show
Penelope a thoroughbred Ayrshire cow failed to tango on the farm and kicked the bucket at the National Dairy show. The incident disqualified John D. Nichols of Cleveland who had won first prize in the milk ing contest, with Edward Schiverick of Buffalo, New York awarded the big leather medal for the highest milk yield.
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Chicago
Penelope
John D. Nichols
Cleveland
Nichols
Edward Schiverick
Buffalo
N. Y
Many Die as Moroccan Gale Hits Four Ships
On the Casablanca coast a fierce storm wrecked four vessels. The Greek steamer Misso longhi and the German Martini were lost with all hands. Spanish Syria and French Carabelle broke apart on rocks as rescuers struggled in rough seas.
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Casa Blanca
Missolonghi
Syria
Morocco
American W C T U Convention Opens In Asbury Park
About 2000 delegates travel to Asbury Park New Jersey for the annual Women's Christian Temperance Union meeting running through Thursday. The executive committee of roughly 1590 members has arrived from the World WCTU in Brooklyn. Lady Dorothy Howard of England, daughter of the Dowager Countess of Carlyle, will be a principal speaker.
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Asbury Park
N. J
United States
Women's Christian Temperance Union
World’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Brooklyn
Dorothy Howard
England
Countess of Carlyle
World’s Association
Immigrant Arrest in Milwaukee for Deportation
August Kornelius, 33, a German, is detained in Milwaukee after being ordered deported as undesirable. Katrina Kemling, said to have fled Germany with Kornelius, left behind her husband and nine children.
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Milwaukee
August Kornelius
United States
Katrina Kemling
Kemling
Germany
Kornelius
Blast Kills Salmon on Fraser River, BC
A blasting accident near a Fraser River tributary dislodged rock and killed about one million salmon before spawning. The U S Department of Agriculture advised artificial propagation in Washington and British Columbia to offset a looming fish famine.
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Washington
Fraser River
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Warden Fends Off Timber Wolf in Ashland Duel
Warden George Buchanan fought a 98 pound timber wolf in Ashland Wisconsin on October 30. With only one cartridge left, he was wounded but used a hunting knife to dispatch the beast after a fierce struggle that left him with injuries but saved by his heavy hunting togs.
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Ashland
Wis
George Buchanan
Admiral's Widow Freed of Charge in Poison Case
Jennie May Eaton, widow of Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, is acquitted after seven months in jail on a murder by poison charge. The defense argued the admiral was a drug user and Mrs Eaton testified to her life serving her husband and children, with jurors accepting her story before dawn.
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Jennie May Eaton
Plymouth
Mass
Joseph G. Eaton
Eaton
Assinippi
Dorothy
Virginia Harrison
Aiken
Court House
Porter
Mrs. Eaton
Morse
More
State board to meet Madison meeting Monday
The state board of public affairs will hold a meeting in Madison Wisconsin on Monday. The session aims to address public policy and regulatory matters with officials from the board in attendance.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Public Affairs
Diamonds and jewelry stolen from Rhinelander mansion
Diamonds and jewelry valued at $50,000 were taken from the Rhinelander residence at 36 West Fifty second Street sometime in the past two days. Police reported no clues as detectives investigated the burglary this afternoon.
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New York
T. J. Oakley Rhinelander
West Fifty-second Street
Mrs Jensen moves furniture and hurts husband in stairs incident
In St Paul on October 30 Mrs William Jensen began rearranging furniture in the upper hallway. Her husband, home earlier, stumbled on a toppled top-knot and collided with a what not, nearly breaking his back before neighbors and doctors freed him from bric a brac at the foot of the stairs.
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ST. Paul
Minn
William Jensen
Owen Sues Blodgett Hotel for Child Labor Violation
Madison Wis Oct 39 Attorney General Walter C Owen filed suit against the Blodgett hotel at Marshfield alleging violation of the child labor law.
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Madison, Wis
Walter C. Owen
Blodgett
Marshfield
White House wedding invitations reveal simple elegance
The presidential couple invite guests to the November 25 1913 White House ceremony for Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Mr. Francis Bowes Sayres at four thirty in the afternoon. Mrs. Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow Bowes shopped in Baltimore for wedding outfits.
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Washington
White House
Jessie Wilson
Millionaire Bookkeeper Embezzler Is Sentenced
John Schildknecht, an eighteen dollar a week clerk at Washourn Crosby Flour, was jailed in Tombs Prison for embezzling nearly fifty thousand dollars. A young woman claimed to be his wife and lived in Garden City in lavish style while parties marked the season. Schildknecht said most funds went to her and urged police to arrest the girl.
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New York
Milllionaire
John OC Ochilaknecht
Washourn- Crosby Flour Company
Schildknecht
Tombs
Garden City
Grand
Brooklyn
Labor Secretary Probing Strikebreaker Charge
Secretary of Labor Wilson said he is thoroughly investigating charges that Colorado mine owners may hire Mexican strikebreakers, some said to have smallpox. Agents are surveying Eagle Pass and other sites as officials weigh enforcing laws against aliens afflicted with loathsome disease.
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Washington
Wilson
Colorado
Thomas
Eagle Pass
Texas
Fire Inquest To Startle Milwaukee In Goodyear Blaze
Milwaukee district attorney Yockey says five experts will probe the Goodyear fire ruins where eight people died Sunday night. The inquest will reveal startling findings. The funeral of Captain John Doyle was held today.
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Milwaukee
Goodyear
Yockey
John Doyle
McReynolds to Argue Harvester Trust Case in St Paul
Attorney General McReynolds will travel to St Paul to present the government's case against the Harvester trust on Monday. He will also provide the Treasury with his view of the 5 percent subvention clause in the tariff law before departure.
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Washington
McReynolds
St. Paul
Harvester Trust
Treasury Department
Mayor Heim Proposes Municipal Slaughter House Plan
City residents rally behind Mayor Heim as he unveils a project to cut living costs by establishing a municipal slaughter house in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Heim
Hidalgo Seized by 300 Federals in Rio Grande Action
Laredo Texas October 30 federal forces seized Hidalgo forty miles up the Rio Grande from the constitutionalists after a rapid assault. The capture indicates a significant shift in control during the ongoing conflict.
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Laredo
Texas
Hidalgo
Rio Grande
Forges Ready for Active Service in Mexican Republic
War footings ordered as quiet instructions direct preparation for immediate deployment. Workers and engineers fasten shipments and conduct drills to keep metal for military needs ready.
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Mexican Republic
Final Effort to Lose Huerta Forces Reach Galveston
Oct 30 Galveston Texas Col. Frank West commands the Second cavalry at Fort Bliss ordered to Galveston with his unit. Horses stay behind as the regiment boards transports in port. Destination uncertain but Vera Cruz or New York mentioned, with Vera Cruz favored. Second division readied for rapid action.
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Galveston
Texas
Frank West
Fort Bliss
Vera Cruz
New York
Wilson Hopes to Avoid War as Forces Ready
Army and navy stand ready for active service in Mexico. President Wilson relies on moral suasion to secure peace, hoping the move will not be necessary.
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John Edwin Nevin
United Press
Washington
Army
Navy
Mexico
Wilson
Diaz to be Transferred to Merchant Steamer at Sea
Acting Secretary Roosevelt, after conferring with President Wilson, ordered Admiral Fletcher to transfer Diaz to the New York and Cuba mail steamship northbound after its last Mexican port call. Diaz will be sent north on the Tacoma after the merchant liner departs Progresso.
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Washington
Deiards
Felix Diaz
Roosevelt
Wilson
Fletcher
Diaz
New York and Cuba
Tacoma
Progresso
U S Plans to End Huerta Rule in Mexico
The Wilson administration weighs force to restore order in Mexico as allied fleets near Mexican shores. Huerta must be eliminated, with potential armistice and elections discussed. Envoy John Lind to push talks, while European powers are urged to back U S policy. Carranza recognition treads a risky path.
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Vera Cruz
South Carolina
Mexico
Wilson
Rio Grande
Mexico City
John Lind
Huerta
Bryan
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