Wreck inquiry stalls as Miller silent on Wallingford crash
August B. Miller engineer of the White Mountain Express and Charles H. Murray flagman remain jailed without bond in New Haven as investigators prepare an inquest into the Wallingford wreck. Officials claim Miller may have worked two men’s hours and insist on secrecy. the interstate commerce commission will later hear whether signals, torpedoes, and fatigue contributed to the disaster that killed 21.
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New Haven
Conn
United States
Wallingford
Charles H. Murray
Miller
Murray
Mix
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bar Harbor
Chicago
Pullman Company
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Regions
Yesterday's high 79 and low 64 with .18 inches of rain. La Crosse area forecast Fair tonight and Friday with slightly warmer temperatures. Wisconsin generally fair with warmer Friday and variable easterly winds. Minnesota fair with showers northeast tonight or Friday and warmer east. Iowa fair tonight and Friday with warmer east and variable winds. Overall pressure highest in the lake region and light temperature changes. rain in the north Pacific and Atlantic regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Lake
Montana
North Pacific
Lake Region
Middle
South Atlantic
Beauty Jury Verdict for Bachelor in Joliet Case
George Martin, a handsome bachelor, won a $20 verdict in Joliet after a jury of eleven unmarried women and one persuaded juror rendered a verdict. Martin stated he is willing to have feminine jurors in all his lawsuits. He sued John Vardo, an older married man. The jurors' ages and the playful courtroom tone are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Ill
George Martin
Martin
John Vardo
Huerta Pressured to Step Aside as Wilson Sees Pace
President Wilson receives briefing from Dr. William Bayard Hale in Washington. Hale reports Huerta seeks graceful capitulation and may resign if a friendly successor can be found. Bryan attends the conference amid optimism for a policy success as refugees flood the Esperanza liner and Vera Cruz port.
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Washington
Wilson
William Bayard Hale
Mexico City
John Lind
Hale
Huerta
Gamboa
Bryan
Union Pacific to swap wooden Pullmans for steel cars
A. L. Mohler president of the Union Pacific says the government will soon pass a law mandating steel Pullman cars for all roads. He states the railroad is replacing wooden Pullmans with steel cars as fast as possible and will have steel cars only soon.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
A. L. Mohler
Union Pacific Railroad
Board meeting confirms Dineen and reassignments
The fire and police commission confirmed Chief Webber's appointment of Dan Dineen as detective to succeed the late John Taylor. John Wendling becomes night sergeant replacing William Horschak, who resigned. The commission also considered several applications for patron positions.
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Fire and Police Commission
Webber
Dan Dineen
John Taylor
John Wendling
William Horschak
Bold bandits rob Newburg saloon in daring midnight theft
Robbers entered A T Chopiewski saloon at Newburgs Corners after midnight carried off the cash register and fled in a car with fifty dollars. Sheriff Webber leads a posse scouring the countryside for clues as tracks and a broken door window indicate a swift getaway.
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A. T. Chopiew- Ski
Newburg’s Corners
John Webber
Webber
Two Fatally Burned in Cohasset Explosion
In Cohasset Minnesota dated September 4 a married couple Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson likely died from severe burns after Mrs. Anderson set a kerosene can on the stove and sparked a blaze with a match. He nearby tried to smother the flames and suffered serious burns that may prove fatal.
Milwaukee youths jailed for luring girls to Racine
Two Milwaukee youngsters Albert Sands and Peter Barth were sent to jail for ten days for enticing two young girls to Racine. They were found in West Park after midnight and arrested.
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Racine
Wis
Milwaukee
Albert Sands
Peter Barth
West Park
Indianapolis man held for assault on 15 year old Moody
John Sherlock of Indianapolis was arrested on September 4 charged with criminally assaulting 15 year old Mildred Moody of Hoopestown, who is mentally defective.
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Danville, II
John Sherlock
Indianapolis
Mildred Moody
Hoopestown
Bankers’ role questioned as Wade testifies in Washington
Festus J. Wade of St Louis tells Senate Banking and Currency Committee that American Bankers’ convention speakers came to give a patriotic warning, not to speak for bankers. He urges a central reserve bank with gold backed notes and a government represented board to manage reserves during stress. He also backs depositing all national funds in the Central Reserve Bank to act as fiscal agent under government oversight.
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Washington
Festus J. Wade
St. Louis
American Bankers’ Convention
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wade
Central Reserve Bank
Farmers Day planned in La Crosse by Retail Merchants
Secretaries of the Retail Merchants association announced the Farmers Day program for October 16 1913 in La Crosse. Rural residents will be hosted by local merchants with entertainment from dawn to night and visitors from surrounding areas expected. Multiple committees led by Ed Dittman N Scott C Krebaum and others organized arrangements finance advertising entertainment prize reception rural advertising and more.
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la Crosse
Harry Taggart
Retail Merchants’ Association
la Crosse Mercantile
Ed Dittman
Joseph Felber
A. Rose
Peter Newburg
N. Scott
Henry N. Boehm
A. W. Langenbach
V. Tausche
E. C. Josten
Odin J. Owen
C. A. Krebaum
M. Locke
J. J. Poehling
Wm. Strauss
J. S. Arentz
Frank Doerre
A. Hussa
Adam Kroner
M. F. Bauman
Hougen-Hole
Nels Thompson
Bover-Farber Company
Paulson Shoe Company
Rural Advertising Committee
A. R. Nelson
Frank Burgess
F. G. Cowles
H. Watkins
A. Dittman
Harry Newburg
Tramp Arrested After Repeated Attempts to Sell Ring
Thomas Tighe was arrested on Third Street this afternoon by Detective William H. Fitzsimmons after trying three times to peddle a gold ring. Tighe, in an intoxicated condition, first approached the detective and was warned to leave town. The ring was not counterfeit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tighe
Third Street
William H. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Resolution to delay currency bill as unfinished business
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts introduced a resolution in the Senate directing that the administration currency bill be treated as unfinished business of the current session and be subject to being called up in the Senate on December 2, the opening day of the regular session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Abolition of Wooden Passenger Cars Proposed
A bill to require the removal of all wooden passenger cars in the United States within five years is being drafted. Representative A. G. Allen of Ohio and Representative Stevens of New Hampshire, chairs of the safety appliances subcommittee, lead the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
A. G. Allen
Ohio
Stevens
New Hampshire
Interstate Commerce Committee
France and Peru Quarrel at Camp Perry
An incident at Camp Perry during the international rifle tournament saw a French team member slap a Peruvian contestant. A potential duel was quelled by U.S. army officers as tensions rose between the two sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Perry
Ohio
United States Army
Former King Manuel Marries German Princess in Sigmaringen
In Sigmaringen Germany on September 4 former King Manuel of Portugal wed Princess Augustine Victoria of Hohenzollern at Castle Sigmaringen. The ceremony was Catholic officiated by Cardinal Netto with royal guests from Europe present, while Manuel’s claim to the throne keeps European rulers distant.
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Manuel OF
Portugal
Sigmaringen
Germany
Augustine Victoria of
Prince William of
Coburg
Infante
Infanta
Spain
Alfonso
Genoa
Aosta
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Duke of Montpensier
Bourbon-Orleans
France
Cardinal Netto
Lisbon
Manuel
Europe
La Follette May Join Democrats Over Tariff Bill
Milwaukee dispatch reports Senator La Follette plans to vote for the tariff bill when final passage nears and that he could shift to the democratic camp if Roosevelt fails to unite the Republicans. The article notes daily talks with Democratic finance committee members and influence on the Wilson Underwood measure.
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Milwaukee
la Follette
Senate
Washington
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
Wilson-Underwood
Stafford Accused of Lobby Group Ties by Mulhall
Colonel M M Mulhall testifies that Representative Stafford aligns with the National Association of Manufacturers. Mulhall faults Stafford for pressing NAM interests beyond prior limits and claims Stafford acts as a strong attorney for NAM in the house lobby probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulhall
Badger Representative
Washington
Stafford
House
National Association of Manufacturers
Wisconsin
M. M. Mulhall
N. A
Littlefield
Melrose Couple Weds in Morning Ceremony
Melrose Wisconsin couple Howard P. Huntington a 24 year old farmer and Elsie M Schlifer 21 of Melrose were married this morning by Judge Leonard Kleeber. The newlyweds plan to reside in Melrose Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Huntington
Farmer
Elsie M. Schlifer
Melrose
Wis
Leonard Kleeber
Reformed Theological Seminary Site Review Under Way in La Crosse
National board of the German Reformed church met at Rev. E Vornholt’s Parsonage to decide on moving the seminary to La Crosse. They inspected a twenty acre Losey Boulevard site offered by Henry A Salzer and the Tillman brothers and will meet local business leaders after 5 PM to announce their decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of the
German Reformed Church
la Crosse
E. Vornholt
The
Reformed Church
Vornholt
Great Northern plans second steel dock at Allouez bay
Plans released by the Great Northern Railway show a $100,000 steel and concrete dock to replace the No. 3 timber dock at Allouez bay Superior. Construction will start next fall and run through the winter and into the following spring.
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Superior
Wis
Allouez Bay
Great Northern Railway Company
Woodrow Wilson and T. R. Sweep at Minnesota Fair
At Minneapolis on September 4, Woodrow Wilson beat Teddy Roosevelt for the top prize in their class and then led their team to sweepstakes in the draft-team contest. The geldings are four-year-olds from Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm in Bushnell Illinois, after Iowa awarded T. R. a prior first prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
Truman
Pioneer
Bushnell
Ill
T. R
Minnesota
Sorensen Has the Commission Stands Behind Executive to a Man
At the meeting last night the commission declared unity behind the executive, with members pledging their support to him fully. The vote formalized a solid front as tensions within the council settle.
Mayor Issues 24 Hour Order to Chief Webber Over Police Board Power
Mayor Ori J Sorensen declares control of the police department in a bid to reassign officers and determine who heads the force. Chief John Webber may face insubordination charges if he does not comply within twenty four hours, sparking a broader clash with the Fire and Police Commission and legal opinion on mayoral authority.
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John Webber
Ori J. Sorensen
Sorensen
Webber
Fire and Police Commission
Police Commission
J. E. Higbee
Higbee
Paul W. Mahoney
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Chicago Railroad Official Laws Company
St. Pau
Crosse
Pr. du Chienne
T. Louis
Rivisional
Vera Cruz
Galveston
New York
Vista Hermosa
Fletcher
Mexico
Vt.s
Dineen
Chopiewski
Peru
Washington Dispatch
National Board
Woody and
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