Million Dollar Irrigation Deal Closes in Conrad Montana
A million dollar irrigation deal in Conrad Montana tied to the Cargills and Withees of La Crosse closed today. About 165000 acres are involved with 65000 purchased and 100000 under irrigation law, enabling investor land transfer to homesteaders at about fifty cents per acre. The promoters expect a town site and W. S. Cargill will return home Saturday.
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Cargills
Withees
la Crosse
Conrad
Mont
W. S. Cargill
W. W
Theo
Haskell
Withee
Aerial Warships Threaten Naval Doctrine
Washington dispatch notes Wright aircraft could render battleships obsolete as aerial targets are tested at Fort Omaha and in Germany. War department experts study destroying high altitude balloons and enemy air fleets to shift naval power away from costly battleships. Orville Wright cites predictions of improving aircraft fire at height.
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Washington, D. C
Wright
War Department
Signal Corps
Fort Omaha
Germany
Orville Wright
Abe Raymer on trial in Springfield riots case
Abe Raymer, a Russian Jewish man, is tried in Springfield for the murder of Donegan, the Black man lynched during riots last month. Jury pool exhausted as talesmen showed prejudice toward the white killer. a special venire is summoned for tomorrow.
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Springfield
Abe Raymer
Donegan
Police form kidnapping squad to pursue missing women
Chicago police chief Shippy orders a special kidnapers squad to hunt for fourteen missing girls and young women. Investigators believe some have been enticed into city dives as part of efforts against white slave traffic.
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Chicago
Shippy
Rich Woman Gifts Government Island Marked with a Cross
Mrs Russell Sage formally gifts Constitution Island in the Hudson opposite West Point. Roosevelt accepts for the government at a price of 175 000 dollars. The 23 acres upland and 50 acres meadow hold historic ties to West Point with 10 breastworks begun in 1775 and part of a protective chain. The island will join the military reservation and be occupied by West Point cadets.
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Russell Sage
United States
Roosevelt
Constitution Island
Hudson River
West Point
Congress
Hudson
Continental Congress
West Point Cadets
Brutal Farmer Trial Opens with Severe Abuse Claims
Adolf Hubert, suing Carl Mundstock for injuries from beatings at Mundstock's farm, sees damning testimony from County Judge Brindley about the boy's battered condition. Witnesses describe scars, welts, and a bloody photograph while Mundstock admits striking the boy as a defense. The trial moves toward a possible jury verdict later today.
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Adolf Hubert
Lo] Burdick
Carl A. Mundstock
Mundstock
Brindley
Hubert
Otto Bosshard
W. A. Pryor
William Rosine
Gompers Testimony In Buck's Stove Range Case
Gompers spent most of the day on the stand amid the Buck's Stove Range contempt proceedings. Attorney Davenport, for the company, conducted a grueling cross examination with limited success.
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Washington, D. C
Gompers
Buck's Stove Range Company
Davenport
Fog Envelopes Chicago Causing Fatal Wrecks
In dense fog, Chicago experiences multiple railroad wrecks with two dead and over a score injured. Don Peterson, a railroad laborer, is among the dead after a Northwestern train strikes a gang of thirty workers. Rose O Linn, in a fog filled room, falls from a third story window and is mortally wounded.
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Chicago
Don Peterson
Illinois Central
Peterson
Northwestern
Rose O'Linn
Golden wedding dinner ends with four children each receiving four million
Pittsburg reports W H Singer distributed sixteen million dollars among his four children at a golden wedding dinner. Each child found four million in checks bonds and deeds on their plate at the 934 Western Avenue home. Wealth estimated at fifteen million remains after the gifts. The son William Henry Singer faced a threatening letter and fears of the Black Hand drove his wife to insist on foreign travel.
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Pittsburg
W. H. Singer
Allegheny County
Singer
Western Avenue
Allegheny
Singer, Nimick & Co
William Henry Singer
America
Roosevelt Invites Neighbors to Sagamore Hill Reception
President Roosevelt again invited nearby residents to Sagamore Hill and held a reception. Business was suspended as all attendees shook hands with the president.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Gore Tomorrow Speaks in Towns About La Crosse
Democratic managers plan a rural district tour with Gore Oklahoma's blind senator to address La Crosse crowds at the Auditorium tomorrow night at eight. He is praised as entertaining and forceful and historically linked to La Follette's 19 hour filibuster against the Aldrich bill.
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Gore
LA Crosse
Fourth
Jay Streets
Oklahoma
Statesman
Denver
Bryan
Wisconsin
la Follette
Aldrich
Gumshoe Bill
Fairbanks
Gore to Campaign Swing Through West Salem and Bangor
Democratic leaders arrange a tour for Senator Gore of Oklahoma with stops in Madison Portage Bangor West Salem La Crosse and a banquet and band concert at the Hotel Stoddard in La Crosse. Gore will address local Democrats and the public at multiple stops along the route.
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Doherty
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
West Salem
Bangor
Madison
Milwaukee Road
Portage
E. J. Kneen
Assembly
la Crosse
Stoddard
Three More Die in Windsor Powder Blast Toll Rises
Three additional victims die after Tuesday's explosion raising total fatalities to twelve in Windsor Missouri. Names include Ernest Igo J C Hall and A F Herschberger as the latest dead while injured John Wesley and others contest who tossed the match that ignited the carload of powder.
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Windsor
Ernest Igo
J. C. Hall
A. F. Herschberger
John Wesley
Lees' Father Better After Illness In Alma Wisconsin
Attorney Les Lees returns from Alma Wisconsin where his father Judge Robert Lees was ill last week. He reports his father somewhat better but not yet out of danger.
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Les
Alma
Wis
Robert Lees
Sage of Danville Lacks Summer Home
Danville the Sage of Danville known as Uncle Joe rarely spends summers away from his Danville residence. The home sits in a scenic city area, costing about eighteen thousand dollars, reflecting a democratic simplicity associated with the speaker of the house. He has made many political enemies over his career.
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Danville
Ill
Joe
House of Representatives
Carrie Nation Confronts Taft at Judge's Home in Cincinnati
Carrie Nation arrived in Cincinnati and tried to confront William Howard Taft at his home. She accused him of representing the liquor trade and declared she would oppose him and the Republican Party. Taft declined to discuss the issue, citing national matters.
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Cincinnati
Carrie Nation
Taft
George Hamell
Carrie
Taft abandons front porch campaign in Cincinnati
Taft's front porch campaign is officially abandoned as railroads' refusal of cheap rates keeps delegations from appearing. Dixon, chair of the speakers bureau, says Taft is eager to go to the people. Taft plans to leave Cincinnati September 23 ahead of Bryan's Lincoln visit October 1. Carrie Nation is in town aiming to meet Taft.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Dixon
Bryan
Lincoln
Chicago
Carrie Nation
Lightning Strikes Dynamite Train Wreck Costs Lives
M Ales ter Oklahoma September 17 One man was killed and ten injured when lightning struck a powder house at Samples Mining Company two miles north of M Ales ter The blast exploded two carloads of dynamite and two carloads of powder Dead is Arthur Richards of Monroe Louisiana Injured are all women and children except one
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M’alester
Okla
Samples Mining Company
Arthur Richards
Monroe
National Association of First Class Postmasters Meets in Chattanooga
The convention closed in Chattanooga with Toledo Ohio chosen as next meeting site. Hendy Blun Jr of Savannah Georgia elected president. Vice presidents include G R Sizer of Lincoln Nebraska. A secretary will be appointed by the president.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
National Association of First Class Postmasters
Toledo
Ohio
Hendy Blun, Jr
Savannah
G. R. Sizer
Lincoln
Neb
Catholic Review Suspected Modernism Edict Shuts Publication
The Catholic Review of New York edited by Fathers Driscoll Brady and Duffy suspended and may not resume after Pope ban over Rev E A Hanna articles The Human Side of Christ. All copies in Catholic libraries worldwide ordered destroyed. Rome may issue instructions to editors against Modernism and affect the Catholic Encyclopedia on absolution.
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Washington, D. C
Catholic Review
New York
J. F. Driscoll
John F. Brady
Francis Duffy
E. A. Hanna
Rome
Roosevelt Willing to Act If Campaign Crisis or Prodded
Cincinnati Sept 17 Roosevelt will not stump the campaign unless a crisis signals Democratic success or assaults on him push his fighting nature beyond endurance. He will act independently of the national committee, though that possibility is seen as probable.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt
National Committee
Cholera to be wiped out before fleet arrives
Manila reports Acting Health Officer McLaughlin says the cholera epidemic will be controlled in ten days, three days before the American fleet reaches the port. Twelve new cases today on the Sheridan but no further spread on board. Fleet delayed due to coal loading. departure pushed to tomorrow.
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Manila
McLaughlin
Sheridan
San Francisco
Albany
West Australia
Corner Stone La Crosse Normal School Sealed With Papers
City officials and prominent citizens witness the laying of La Crosse normal school corner stone at 4 pm. The stone will seal copies of The Tribune and La Crosse papers, city documents, budget reports, and an 1858 municipal note. Senator Morris and Mayor Anderson attend this ceremonial sealing for future generations.
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New
la Crosse Normal School
la Crosse
Thomas Morris
Anderson
Tribune
C. G. Hanscome
C. W. Marshall
W. W. Ustick
Delagrange Fails to Top Wrights in Paris Flight
At Issy Paris on September 17 Delagrange flew 30 minutes before landing short of the French record set yesterday by Wilbur Wright. In Le Mans Wright repaired his aeroplane after two attempts and plans to contest for $5,000 in prizes including the Aero club and Mitchell awards for long and fast flights. Orville Wright expects a speed flight tonight if the wind greenlights a favorable direction.
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Paris
Isay
Delagrange
Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
Wright
The
Aero Club
Washington
Orville Wright
Weather summary from La Crosse and national extremes
La Crosse reporting 58 degrees cooling to 78 at warmest with 0 rainfall and wind to 4 miles. Phoenix, Arizona hits 106 degrees the nation’s peak. River levels steady with La Crosse at 2.2 feet and Prairie du Chien at 2.4 feet. Forecasts: Wisconsin partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday. Minnesota partly cloudy with possible showers. Iowa partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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la Crosse
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
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