Milwaukee Rages Postponed Today
Weather delays are forcing Milwaukee events to be put over until September 4. Rain hampers plans and causes a halt in scheduled activities for the day.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
1
Accident risk casts shadow over today's race event
Preparations are under way for the Challenge Trophy race as drivers including Frank Kulick Ray Snyder George Mason John Heber Harry Endicott and Joe Nickent prepare. The Blue Ribbon Trophy race features contenders such as Spencer Wishart H L Hastings Mort Roberts and others as organizers address safety amid injuries potential.
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Frank Kulick Alee
Ray Snyder
George Mason
John Heber
Harry Endicott
Joe Nickent
A .T. Rooney
Tae Spencer Wishart
H. L. Hastings
SW & Oe
Mort Roberts Seuse
Dek Puller
Herman Trussell
Hughey Hughes
Vanderbilt Cup postponed as rain delays Wisconsin races
Besse Pardington announced postponements for the Vanderbilt Cup and Pabst Blue Ribbon races to September 24, with the Grand Prix moved to Monday. Persistent rain and poor track conditions kept crowds waiting as officials prepared for updated running times amid safety and medical precautions.
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E. Wis
Besse Pardington
Sond
Burses
Officer Found Dead in New York Hotel Room
Ost on Sept 20 police investigated death by illuminating gas. Ma McNeely of Albany Y general of the third Srhemiae' bane New York was found dead in a room at Hotel Thorne a small hotel in the west end. Medical Examiner Matt said he could not determine if the death was accidental or self-inflicted.
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Oston
Bos- We
Australian government opens talks to keep US beef trust out
Urne Australia Sept 20 The American effort to maneuver into the markets of the entire world faces resistance as Australia decides not to be included in the plan. The government begins negotiations with various administrations to secure passage of measures to exclude the trust.
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Urne
Australia
Austral
Schoolboys Strike in Baltimore Surges to City Hall
Baltimore students went on strike and marched to city hall demanding action. They then occupied the school headquarters as the board prepares a decision on their demands.
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Baltimore
Suffragette Mary Transferred to Prison Hospital in Dublin
Sept 20 Mrs Mary the suffragette hunger striker was moved from her cell to prison hospital in Dublin as a result of forcible feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Mary
Bride Starts to Earn Her Living
Mrs Washburne formerly Miss Helnese Chandler begins self supporting life under a contract signed before marriage. She will illustrate for the same magazine as her husband and half the home expenses, while her mother travels from Philadelphia to visit. The couple cite broad approval as support for their “higher morality.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Washburne
Helnese Chandler
Charleton Washburne
Philadelphia
Traffic Held Up by Happy Driver Motorman
A traffic disruption occurred as a streetcar operator, nicknamed the happy driver, held up traffic near the depot. Police investigated the incident and coordinated with city transit officials to restore flow.
Smooth Driving Sparks Street Car Confrontation on Causeway
An infuriated motorman and conductor pursued Lucien Giroux for half an hour to force him off the causeway tracks. Giroux resisted with slow driving and speed, horses balked at the pace, and police arrested Giroux near Mill street after the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Giroux
Giroux
Alois
Fred Yehle
Mill Street
Diamond thief sentenced to year in state prison
Louis Birkland was sentenced to one year in the state prison by Judge John Brindley after pleading guilty to theft. He was arrested after taking valuables totaling over $100 from the Corcoran Hotel and attached a Mrs. Amanda Louis suitcase found at Burlington depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Birkland
John Brindley
Birkland
M. Britton
Corcoran Hotel
Corcoran House
Amanda Louis
Winona
Burlington
Brindley
Rioters Clash As Superior Struggles With Street Car Strike
After swearing in 200 deputies Sheriff Edward McKinnon vows order in Superior Wisconsin following a night riot between a mob and authorities. Dozens injured by flying glass and hits. several street cars damaged. police use armored automobiles to rescue non union workers. service resumes slowly on the Wisconsin side as cars stay guarded.
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Superior
Wis
Edward McKinnon
Duluth
Fourth Street
Ogden Avenue
Bay
Wisconsin
Local people inherit $25,000 from Tourtellotte will
The will of the late Dr. Jacob F. Tourtellotte, of Minneapolis, filed yesterday, bequeaths $25,000 to the children of Mills Tourtellotte, including Lillie Bennet, August Tourtellotte, Wallace Tourtellotte, and Nathaniel Tourtellotte. The sum is split among heirs after the widow’s death, with other bequests totaling $101,000 for a memorial school and $88,000 for relatives’ children. The estate, valued at $200,000, is left to Harriet Arnold Tourtellotte in trust, with executors and trustees named from several banks and firms.
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Jacob F. Tourtellotte
Minneapolis
Mills Tourtellotte
Lillie Tourtellotte Bennet
New York
August M. Tourtellotte
Wallace L
Nathaniel M. Tourtellotte
Tourtellotte
Valparaiso
Chili
Winona
Harriet Arnold Tourtellotte
Hilton Ballard
Thompson
The
Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Company of
Hartford, Conn
Rev Anna B Shaw to Speak on Equal Rights in La Crosse
Rev Anna B Shaw president of the Woman's Suffrage Association will speak in the La Crosse theater tomorrow night on equal rights for women. She arrives at 12 20 pm and will be met at the depot by La Crosse suffrage leaders then escorted to Miss Ann Paul's home at 1137 Cass street for entertainment.
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Anna B. Shaw
Woman’s Suffrage Association
la Crosse
Dr. Shaw
Ann Paul
Cass Street
Ex King Manuel Pinched In Paris
In Paris on the Champs Elysees a youth wearing a Legion of Honor rosette is challenged by police who question his rank. He reveals he is ex king Manuel I of Portugal and is taken to the station before being released amid lingering jokes of possible retaliation.
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King Manuel
Paris
Champs Elysees
Legion of Honor
Commissary of Police
Manuel I
Portugal
Four Die In Cross-Border Prohibition Fight
In Coffeyville Kansas on September 21 the deaths of Rev. Lockett known as Fighting Parson and Lenapah Oklahoma City Marshal W R Mayfield raised the death toll to four from yesterday's clash between Kansas and Oklahoma officers and bootlegger suspects as they targeted illegal liquor traffic amid the prohibition era.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Rev
Lockett
W. R. Mayfield
Lenapah
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ambush Kills Two U S Marshals in Coffeyville
Two federal and local law officers die and two others gravely hurt in an ambush by bootleggers. A patrol automobile was attacked while enforcing liquor regulations and the attackers fled in a stolen car. A posse pursues into the Osage mountains with a hard escape prospect. The dead are I L Bowman Tulsa United States marshal and Fred Mehring Dewey United States marshal. The dying are W R Mayfield Lenapah city marshal and Rev Lockett South Coffeyville deputy marshal.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Osage Mountains
I. L. Bowman
United States
Tulsa
Fred Mehring
Dewey, Ok
W. R. Mayfield
Lenapah
Rev. Lockett
South Coffeyville
Farmers Appeal to Commissioner
A petition signed by thirteen freeholders of Shelby requests changing a road near Oehler's mill. County Highway Commissioner Hintgen granted the appeal under the 1911 state aid law, routing road questions from town boards to the county commission. A second appeal proceeds to the state highway commission.
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Shelby
Hintgen
State Highway Commission
Oehler
Austria Hungary May Be Sundered
A terse report notes tensions within Austria-Hungary as the empire faces internal strains that could fracture its unity amid regional disputes and political pressure.
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Austria Hungary
Parliament Row Expected Over Hungarian Franchise Fight
Budapest agitators from the universal franchise movement prepare to join delegations in Vienna for a joint meeting. Tensions rise as Hungarian demonstrators vow to continue the fight, risking clashes with Austrian authorities and potential secession attempts if interference fails.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Budapest
Universal Franchise Party
County Gains by Income Tax Law Brings Higher Revenue
La Crosse county is projected to surpass last year's revenue under the new income tax law despite exemptions for some personal property. Tax commission members say city personal property produced about 35 000 last year while local income tax exceeded 29 000. After offsetting one third by personal property taxes, 20 000 remains from individual property tax locally. Commission notes corporate tax yet to be tallied should exceed individual city tax, ensuring county gains overall.
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la Crosse County
State Tax Commission
City of
la Crosse
Tax Commission
Dog Returns Master After Court Warning
Thomas Brennan a janitor was delivered home by his dog Pete after a trip through the station house and police court on a charge of cruelty to his wife. Officers could not drive the dog away and the judge released Brennan with a warning.
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New York
Thomas Brennan
Pete
Brennan
Legal custody fight over Chicago aviator's infant heir
Seven months old Paul Peck Jr., orphan son of an aviator killed in Chicago last week, becomes the center of a custody battle as paternal and maternal grandparents sue for his possession.
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Washington
Paul Peck, Jr
Chicago
Alibi Attempt Fails in County Court Over Missing Watch
An alibi attempt collapsed in county court after railroad records showed William Murphy left Genoa on July 22 and collected a check July 23. He is jailed for theft of a $10 watch owned by Harry Potter of La Crescent and awaits circuit court action after failing to post a $1,500 bond.
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Genoa
William Murphy
Murphy
la Crescent
Genius Accident Says Hutchinson
Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York told the National Health Association that science cannot birth geniuses but can prevent defective births. He said geniuses are exceptional but biologically accidental, families often deficient, and about five percent are geniuses and five percent defectives. Society should curb reproduction of defectives, he argued, not genius.
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Washington
Woods Hutchinson
New York
National Health Association
Hutchinson
Roosevelt backs recall of presidents in speech to 15000
In Denver Roosevelt declares he would welcome presidential recall if leaders lose popular support. He says power depends on public backing and would prefer to resign if he cannot rally the people. Earlier in Hastings Neb crowds, mostly children and townsfolk, show limited enthusiasm for third party candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Presidnt
Hastings
Neb
Holdridge
Board Lets 39000 Contract For City Water Pipe
The board of public works awarded a 39 763 contract to Thomas Woolley for laying 20 000 feet of pipe for the new water system. James Day says 16 and 20 inch pipe west of West avenue will be installed this fall and crews will move to blasting on the bluff when needed. Work to serve the reservoir should be completed by July 1 and shipments were ordered to allow immediate start.
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Thomas Woolley
Board of Public Works
James Day
West Avenue
Yuan Shi Kai appoints Chao Ping Chun premier
Sept. 20 Yuan Shi Kai names Chao Ping Chun to lead the government as premier in a formal appointment reported from Peking. The move marks a shift in the cabinet as Yuan seeks new leadership for his administration.
Arbitration to Settle Strife Between City and Wisconsin Pearl Button
The city and the Wisconsin Pearl Button company will settle their land dispute via a three engineer arbitration board. The panel comprises W A Thompson W J Ferris and W S Woods following a council meeting and negotiation with the mayor city attorney and D W MacWillie. Other actions include paving Vine Street and oiling with No 6 road oil next summer a $100 restoration of city scales and purchase of a ten ton wagon scale for up to 295 with three other scales to be repaired. A $1000 sidewalk project on St Andrew Street and a $70000 Hixon annex donation to La Crosse high school were noted. A saloon license election tally showed 4752 votes with 1272 yes and 3480 no.
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Wisconsin Pearl Button Company
W. A. Thompson
W. J. Ferris
W. S. Woods
Board of Public Works
Special Street Improvement Committee
D. W. MacWillie
la Crosse Stone Company
Vine Street
Howe Scale Company
St. Andrew Street
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Board of Education
F. J. Hixon
Hixon
Mr. Hixon
George B. Marvin, Jr
Ed Neuman
F. J. Roth
Tribune
Drunkenness Leads to Fines for Connor and Deacon
George Connor was sentenced to seven days in the city jail by Judge Cronon for drunkenness this morning. Henry Deacon pleaded guilty to a like offense and paid a $3 fine.
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George Connor
Weather forecast for La Crosse region and Midwest
Cooler tonight with likely showers and frost in some areas. Saturday expected to be generally fair with cooler temperatures across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Rain and snow in the Rocky Mountain and Atlantic regions, high pressure systems influence the cooler trend with a slight river fall expected in the next 48 hours.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
Lake Region
Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Plateau
Middle Atlantic States
Texas
Lower
Prairie du Chien
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Beef Trust
Bride
Causeway
Sister City
Mills Tourtelotte
Benest
T. R
Day
Twelfth Street
Fatee Roe
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