Tomorrow Race Card Greatest in Fair History
Attendance surpasses the 1912 mark as the fair reports record turnout for the tomorrow race card. Officials note crowds exceed last year's Wednesday visitation at the grounds.
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25 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
1
Premium sleeping rooms scarce as racers take La Crosse fair stage
Visitors must seek accommodation in Bangor or West Salem due to scarce sleeping rooms. Racing day at the La Crosse fair features a five race card starting at 1 39 with rain causing yesterday’s events to be postponed and continued today. The track is being prepared and nine heats expected to finish the 2 14 pace along with 2 13 trots and paces removed from the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Fair
Airline
B. m
Dick S
B. G
Legal Heir
Lady Rollie
S. m
Peter Chimes
B. S
King Alton
Frank Starr
Bessie Hal
Bik. H
Aplomb, Jr
Bonnie Oliver
Autowitch
Alice McGregor
Hokolo
Johnny G
B. H
Penn
Mce- Ginty
G B
Chance
Star Elect
Tom King
S. G
Col. Robinson
Earl A
C. G
Billy J
Jerry H
Anderwich
Grey Eagle
Matie W
Judge Mason
Bobby B
Ceskona
Mark Hain
Melero
Record crowds at La Crosse Interstate Fair exceed last year
About 7 000 people attended the La Crosse Interstate Fair yesterday, roughly a thousand more than last year. Visitors crowded the grounds by noon despite threatening skies, with many traveling from distant towns. Hotels and rooming houses filled. residents opened their homes to accommodate sleepers as rail traffic brought crowds into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Dong Anne
Rilroay
The
Bee
Bangor
Rotary van Auken
Wealthy patent lawyer regains memory in Indianapolis
John R. Stoney of Los Angeles, a patent lawyer, spent a night under police surveillance at the Pentecost Shelter in Indianapolis after recovering memory of his lost identity a week after being struck in Syracuse. He missed 375 dollars and pawned items, including a ring and a watch with Toledo records, while awaiting word from Mrs. Stoney believed to be in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Syracuse
N. Y
John R. Stoney
Los Angeles
Cal
Pentecost
Stoney
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Marshal killed as five Greeks ambush miner camp
Bloodhounds and posses pursue five Greeks blamed for killing Robert Lee, marshal of the Segunda Coal camp near Trinidad Colorado. Officials say the gunmen were armed and sought Lee as he warned them off a bridge construction site linked to the Southern Colorado coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Col
Robert Lee
Segunda
Here
Peonage Alleged in Calumet Copper Strike
In Calumet Michigan 33 illiterate foreign immigrants brought by Quincy Mining Co allegedly labored under near peonage to force them into strike work. Twenty quit. others remain as strike breakers. Union officials say a federal investigation may be requested by President Moyer. Copper Range Consolidated Co seeks eviction of striking miners from company houses. other firms threaten action before cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet, Mich
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet Copper
Quincy Mining Company
Miles
Federal Investigation Commission
Copper Range Consolidated Company
Impeachment Court Opens Full Evidence on Sulzer Funds
Albany dispatch reports the New York impeachment court removing barriers to evidence about nearly 100000 dollars raised for Governor Sulzer and spent, with judges allowing broader inquiry beyond the impeachment articles. friction among judges surfaces as demands grow to compel witnesses Sarecky and Colwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edwin Nevin
United Press
Albany
N. Y
William Sulzer
High Court of
Sarecky
Louis A. Sarecky
Sulzer
Frederick A. Colwell
Executives Back Holding Firms to Boost Cities Industry
At the eighth annual convention in St Paul executives from U S and Canada nearly unanimously supported forming a large holding company of businessmen. The aim is to invest in manufacturing firms needing backing and viewed as sound bank risks to keep cities on the industrial map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
United States
Canada
St. Paul Hotel
Albanian assault repulsed at Prisrend by Servians
Albanian forces attacked Prisrend but were repulsed by Serbians and defeated for the first time since crossing the frontier. Mountaineers hold Djakova and Dibra as fierce border fighting continues with reports of no quarter from either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Prisrend
Djakova
Dibra
Belgrade
Senate OKs lottery substitute for land entry plan
The Senate approved a house bill permitting a legal lottery to replace the traditional race to claim public land. The measure targets 300000 acres returned to entry from the North Platte reservation in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
North Platte Reservation
Nebraska
W C T U Delegates Denounce Fashion Staples in Chicago
In Chicago on September 25, about two hundred W C T U delegates praised a sharp critique by Mrs A lmena Parker McDonald, head of the Cook County group, railing against the X ray town slit skirt and low neck ballroom gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Almena Parker McDonald
Taft disputes Lincoln Memorial commission reshuffle
In Washington on September 25 Professor William H. Taft jokes about a push by Representative Borlind to replace Lincoln Memorial commissioners including Uncle Joe Cannon with Democrats. He denies rumors of losing eighty pounds, clarifying the weight as sixty while attending a commission meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Taft
Representative Borlind
Joe Cannon
Lincoln Memorial Commission
Taft
Roosevelt
Start Fund for Ulster Widows Organizing Fight If Home Rule Wins
Sir Edward Carson leads a $50,000 contribution toward a $5,000,000 fund to indemnify families of Ulster volunteers killed or wounded if Irish home rule passes. A provisional Ulster government may form a parliament like the Ulster volunteer committee of 85 leaders. Subscriptions reached $1,520,000 in one day as nationalist doubts linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Edward Carson
Ulster Volunteers
Ulster
Ulster Volunteer Committee
Charles Beresford
Claude Hamilton
Robert Kennedy
Ulster Plans In Ireland Clash Warned By OConnor
Vichy reports T P OConnor says Ulster will fight but trouble will be city bound with clashes over inflammatory speeches by Carson and others. He predicts a Dublin parliament within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Ulster
T. P
Tay Pay) O’connor
Edward Carson
Dublin
Bill Introduced To Raise Rural Carrier Pay
Representative Woodruff of Michigan introduced a bill to raise rural mail carrier pay due to increased work from the parcel post. The measure proposes higher compensation for rural routes amid expanding mail volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodruff
Michigan
Weather Summary for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Yesterday temperatures ranged high 74 and low 50 with .36 inches of precipitation. La Crosse area expected fair tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures and frost. general statewide outlook cooler and frost with moderate westerly winds. A storm moved into the upper lake region bringing rain from Texas to northern Michigan while western high pressure brings clear cool conditions. Freezing readings reported in western Nebraska South Dakota and Rocky Mountain districts. River conditions noted as present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Upper Lake Region
Texas
Michigan
Atlantic States
Plains States
South Dakota
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Socialist mayoral candidate Russell returns from Europe
New York dispatch reports Charles Edward Russell, socialist candidate for mayor, has arrived back from Europe today after his overseas trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Edward Russell
Europe
Teen shoots sister accidently at home in Racine
Clarence Gutzman a high school student was target shooting with a rifle at his home when his sister Elsie fourteen was accidentally shot through the right lung the bullet lodging below her heart where it remains she is not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Clarence Gutzman
Elsie
To Extradite Slavers Bill Aims at White Slavery
Washington action reports a bill introduced by Representative French of Idaho to extradite slavers to make white slavery an extra ditable offense. The measure seeks stricter penalties and cross jurisdictional enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
French
Idaho
Twin Crooks Only Theory Of Police
Police admit no progress in the murder of clothing merchant Joseph Shalansky in Indianapolis. They suspect two young men named Joseph Ellis and Fred Brokaw, twins in appearance, used same robbery method and alibis. Brokaw identified as Shalansky's killer linked to Pittsburgh robberies. a suspect in San Francisco arrested as Brokaw later identified as Roy Anderson by a Danville girl whose husband shot himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Joseph Shalansky
Joseph Ellis
Fred Brokaw
Want Brokaw
Pittsburg
Shalansky
Brokaw
San Francisco
Cal
Roy Anderson
Audra Baker
Danville
Ill
W. R. Anderson
Laury Anderson
Ellis Cheboygan
Mich
Joseph Schalasky
Justice of the Peace
William King
King
Police say Indianapolis murder suspect not Ellis
Richmond Virginia police report no criminal record for Joseph Ellis, the youth sought for murder in Indianapolis. They say the circular from Pittsburgh police bears a strong resemblance to Ellis based on the photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Joseph Ellis
Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Fred Brokaw
Ellis
Fairchild to Testify in House Lobby Probe
Representative Fairchild will testify next week as the house lobby probe closes with the New York congressman's evidence. Fairchild denies receiving financial aid from the N A M, and Col Mulhall, a former N A M lobbyist, states what he did in his district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fairchild
Col. M. M. Mulhall
Garrett
House
New York
Funeral services for Mrs Layer Friday at home
Mrs John Layer died at her home at 1002 South Eighth Street. Funeral services will be held at the residence tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock conducted by Rev John H Klaus. After services the body will be taken to Lansing Iowa for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Layer
South Eighth Street
John H. Klaus
Lansing
Iowa
Co operative Grain Firm Formed In Will County
The Plainfield Grain company of Plainfield bought Kersten and Smiley elevator interests at Joliet. The Plainfield firm increases capital from 25000 to 75000 dollars and will run seven elevators in Will county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
United States
Plainfield Grain Company of
Plainfield
Kersten & Smiley
Plainfield Company
Will County
Bank Chief Backs Veal Bill in Farm Cattle Drive
E. W. Decker president of Northwestern National bank endorsed a veal bill as a step in the right direction. He backed a campaign by northwestern bankers urging farmers to raise more cattle and supported the Adamson bill introduced in the lower house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
E. W. Decker
Northwestern National Bank
Northwestern
Adamson
Gunmen threaten Tennessee legislature amid Goebel echo
In Nashville a tense session followed a viva voce adjournment as gunmen in the gallery drew weapons after a written resolution on Hooper force bills. Guards searched all lawmakers while calls grew to arrest John Yeaman and John Garrett for alleged gun training against regular Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Stanton
Fisher
House of Visitors
Parmich Smith
Representative Bejack
Smith
John Yeaman
John Garrett
Senate confirms Decker as Wyoming surveyor
In Harry Washington on Sept 25 the Senate confirmed Charles L. Decker as Wyoming surveyor within two hours of receiving his nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Charles L. Decker
Wyoming
Gruesome Find In Old Clinton Mansion
In Clinton Illinois on September 25 workers tearing down Col. Thomas Snell’s forty year old mansion uncovered the remains of a child buried in a starch box within the walls. The corpse was concealed and later buried in the public cemetery after the coroner was notified. No evidence explains how the body reached its hiding place amid the mansion’s history of a sensational will dispute and alleged improprieties involving a minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ill
Col
Thomas Snell
Col. Snell
Pilot Neglects Engine Dies Causes Fatal Drop
A pilot loses engine power and plunges from 7 400 feet as his aircraft descends through mist at over 90 mph. He finds field by accident during the perilous descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
Engine Stalls At Great Height On First Flight
Charles F. Niles climbed to 7 400 feet at the interstate fair to avoid rain and nearly crashed when his Curtiss biplane experienced motor trouble. He described climbing through dense clouds, then a sudden drop and a hard landing in the enclosure. He blamed water in the magneto and carburetor for the failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Niles
Grand Stand
Niles
Grandad Bluff
Earth
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Pace
Tom Riley
Earl
Wilde
Tommy Woodford
Sally Cline
Luevy D
Colorado
Frank Hayes
Miners’ Union
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Segundo
Ammons
Brake
Lee
Purgatoire River
Fred Herrington
U. S
Morris Tekulsky
New York Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Cullen
Hiscock
Gov. Sulzer
Jacob
Start Fund For
St Paul Es
Red Wing
Ste
Layer
Co-Operative Grain
Goebel
Kentucky
Frankfort
Hooper
Harry
Snell House
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