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1 'THE LA CROSSE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1911 ANGLO-GERMAN REBUILDING OF WEST SLEM IS GOING RAFIDLY POLITICAL FUR FLIES If DEBATE I ft if WAR IS GERTAIf (Continued from Page 1) MAY HELP WIN TWO PENNANTS Don Cameron Home for a Week, After which He Will Join the Oak- land Team W. E. Barber and Senator i in Otto Bosshard Discuss Merits of Taft in Hot Terms General Manager of United Press Sums Up Present Crisis Among European Powers THE ISSUE MUST BE DECIDED The only theatre in La Crosse proper showing licensed pictures, offers PROGRESSIVE LAUDS "BOB" FROM YOUR SAURY deposited with. thl3 bank weekly will not cause you to be without money will not deprive you of many pleasures BUT will, if kept up steadily, build a Bank Account in your name that you'll be proid to have. Start account at Our Savings Department with a dollaror more today increase the amount whenever you can 3 per cent Interest Present Strained Relations Between France and-Germany Not Real Question But Barber Declares He's Self-centered; Taft the Real Scream, Thinks "Bill" "AN INDIAN'S APPRECIATION" Cowboy Indian Western.

"A FAIR EXCHANGE" A Selig Mexican Drama (very exciting). "JUDGE SUMPKINS SUMMER COURT" AND "THE TRASIflP ARTIST" Two exceptionally good Comedies. Iwill be paid, on all savings. -THE SECURITY SAVINGS BANK 110 North Fourth Street Xa Crosse Wisconsin g''ffl jrc jjjji THE NEW Don Cameron, the only pennant winner in La Crosse, returned last night from Terre Haute, where he spent a few days after the close of the Central league season. "I had a good season," said Mr.

Cameron today. "Dayton was off in the lead and never was stopped after the first ten days of the season. There is something inspiring about being on a pennant winning team, and with the good start we got the team was on the bit all the way." Today Mr. Cameron Is visiting with old friends here. He relates that eight of his team mates went up at the close of the season.

He will spend two weeks in La Crosse, after which, he will go to the coast to finish the Pacific Coast league season with the Oakland team, which is close up in second place and is making a hard fight for the pennant. Should Oakland win, and the coast sporting editors pick them, Don will have the distinction of having covered the first sack on two pennant winning teams in a single season. Mr. expects to winter on the coast. "If Oakland wins the pennant," said Don, "my two pennant winning teams in a single season will not be the record.

Archie McClelland, now with Harrisburg, a third baseman, was on three pennant winning teams the same year. "Mac started with Reading, and with the pennant cinched early in August they sold him to Wheeling in the Central league. They won the pennant, and Mac then went with the El Centro team of the Imperial Valley league of California, which also won the pennant." If Mr. Cameron plays ball next year he will be with Oakland, to whom he still belongs. 000 is being expended in the rebuilding of West Salem.

This means merely the amounts put into new building in the destroyed business section. The "improvement fever" has struck hard everywhere however, and little betterments to property are going on all over the city. Kcign of Concrete Concrete and tile is the reigning form of construction and "fireproof" is the watchword of every builder. West Salem was caught by fire once, but "never again" is the declaration of every merchant, business man and property owner. A Splendid Building What will be one of the finest buildings when completed is that of Miller Drecktrah.

This enterprising firm of hardware dealers are erecting a two story, modern brick and tile building that will equal anything of its size in this section, it is asserted. The lower floor of this building will be occupied by the hardware company, while the upper floor will be turned over to the La Crosse Telephone company exchange. The estimated cost of this building is to be $8,000. J. II.

Gilfillan Co. are building a one 'story white brick plumbing store that is calculated to suit their needs for some time to come. It is prettily finished and is to be modern in every respect. It will cost in the neighborhood of $1,400. The new blacksmith shop of Gus Redling is to be of concrete block construction and will cost about while William Bradley has made additions and improvements to the H.

C. Heider Hardware company's building that will total over $2,000. The latter is a one story brick building. The lumber and feed elevator ofF. I.

Bolles, is modern in every detail. It is of monolithic construction and was built In a little over 3 0 days. The cost of the building, or warehouse, was approximately $2,000. The A. C.

Coleman elevator and lumber storehouse is another new building that is to be modern throughout. With a capacity of bushels of grain it is safely and sanely constructed. Concrete is used for flooring throughout and when completed it will have cost the owner something over $2,500. Fireproof Rank The La Crosse County bank, totally destroyed with the exception of the vault, is to be absolutely fireproof, according to the assertion of the builders and the only wood work in the entire building will be the counter and the inside doers. The estimated cost of the building is to be $8,000 and it will be ready for occupancy within the next six weeks.

It is constructed of concrete JEFFERSON HOTEL LA FOLLETTE APPROVE MORRIS' STAND ON FIGHT Wi La Cro isconsin se. TAFT FIGHT IS ON Uninstructed Delegation to Convention May Be Result of Contest in Minnesota Methodists at Annual Conference Pass Resolution Commending Action in Stopping Bout Hie Best $2.00 a Day House in the City Frank Kohn MANAGER ZEISLER-LAUTZ SUPTIALS THURSDAY THE ELLIOTT ST. PAUL, Sept. 15. An uninstructed delegation may be the outcome of the contest already started between the friends of President Taft and Senator La Follette for the votes of Minnesota in the republican national convention, according to some of the republican politicians who are interested in the outcome.

That Minnesota is debatable territory is recognized by the leaders of both sides. The La Follette forces do not assert that they will carry the state and the Taft men will not concede that they will lose a single district, yet the former maintain and the latter admit that more than half of the nine congressional districts cannot positively be put down for either one side or the other. The annual conference of Methodists of Western Wisconsin "at Sparta, yesterday passed unanimously a resolution day passed unanimously a resolution commending Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris for his stand on the Wolgast-McFarland fight in Milwaukee. The resolution was passed after several strong speeches had been made In favor of the acting governor's action. A telegram com-mendiDg Mr.

Morris for his action was also sent. The morning session of the conference was devoted to listening to reports on district superintendents. Including that of Rev. W. H.

Vance of La Crosse. The bishop devoted half an hour yesterday to a talk on the recent Maine election, at which the state went wet. He declared that the reason the people of the state voted for the saloon was that they did not know what its real character was. Admission of a large class of pro-bationaries to communion occupied a large part of today's work of thH conference. Delegates were also elected to the general conference, which will be held in Minneapolis next May.

LOEFFLER CO. WHOLESALE WINES AND LIQUORS Imported and Domestic Mineral Water, Ginger Ales, Club Soda, Bass Ales, Dublin Stout, Etc. Miss Ida Zeisler, daughter of Geo. Zeisler, 13 21 Main street, was married at the home of her parents yesterday evening at 6:30 to George Lautz, a former resident of La Crosse, now living in Missoula, Mont. The ceremony was performed by Rev.

J. T. Gamm, pastor of the West Avenue German Lutheran I church. Miss Emma Zeisler, a sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Arthur Ruplin was best man. Only immediate relatives and friends of Mr.

and Mrs. Lautz were present at the ceremony. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion with cut flowers and ferns. Mr. and Mrs.

Lautz left last evening for their future home In 'Missoula where Mr. Lautz is ngaged in the government forestry service. and fireproof brick, made doubly By a vote of two to one the Franklin Club last night decided, in a debate the hottest which has been staged at the club for many months, that the progressive republicans should refuse to support Taft in the event of his nomination. The debate resolved itself into an argument on the respective merits of the policies of the progressives and the standpat republicans, and more particularly on the respective merits of the leaders of each faction, President Taft and Senator La Follette. The feature of the evening's discussion was a hot argument in defense of the president by W.

E. Barber, who seized the opportunity to attack Senator La Follette and the rest of the progressives in impassioned terms. "President Taft, he asserted, "has done his best for the country. He set in running order the governments of Cuba, Porto Rico, Panama, and other dependencies and possessions of the United States; he prosecuted the sugar trust, the Standard Oil company, and the tobacco trust, and he did all this with the progressive republican bloodhounds yapping at his heels ever since he entered into the office." "Bob" Inconsistent Mr. Barber also declared that Senator La Follette had been inconsistent in his support of the tariff commission by supporting the free list bill.

Senator Otto Bosshard opened the debate for the affirmative with a brief history of the trend of political sentiment in the country in the last ten years. He stated that ten year3 ago it was considered the greatest political crime for a man to bolt his party, regardless of the principles of the party or the action of party representatives in office. He stated also that the man most largely responsible for the present change which makes it desirable for a man to vote for principle first and party second, was Senator Robert M. La Follette. "The greatest reproach of the stalwarts against Senator La Follette," he declared, "is that he bolted the party when they broke their platform promises.

People Hoodwinked "President Taft," he continued, "was elected under false pretenses. It was only the moral support of President Roosevelt that elected him, and he promised faithfully to carry out the Roosevelt progressive policies. He spoke before his election in favor of tariff revision downward, but as soon as he entered office he allied himself with the standpatters. He supported before election a federal income tax law, but he substituted for this a corporation tax, which only passes the burden on to the consumer. By virtue of his fraud upon the people, President Taft does not deserve re-election." Senator Bosshard also touched on the grab of coal lands in Alaska by the Morgan-Guggenheim interests in the Controller Bay affair, -and declared that Taft vetoed the free list bill because it hurt the manufacturers.

Should Refuse Support 'By his record of duplicity in public dealings," he concluded, "we have no right to assume that he will change. It is the duty of every progressive republican to refuse to support him." Paul T. Schulze for the negative declared Taft's administration has been as difficult as Lincoln's and that it -was the minority that was opposing him. "He is a true progressive," asserted Schultze. Dr.

Kempter for the affirmative accused Taft of betraying the people in the Controller Bay "matter and that the progressives are the only ones entitled to the name republicans. Father Ambrose Murphy followed him with the declaration that the progressives are nine-tenths of the noise of the party and one-tenth of the votes. He excused Taft by claiming congress is responsible for staunch by the interlacing of steel. FILL LINE BAB GLASSWARE PLANS COMPLETED FOR "DRY" MEETING BOTH PHONES 1S2-222-2I PEARL EXAMS INCLUDE RUNNING TESTS TAFT'S STAND FOR WILEY HITS CABINET NEW YORK, Sept. 15.

Charles P. Stewart, for' the last four years general European manager for the United Press, returned to New York today after a tour of France ana Germany during whfrch he made a careful investigation into the relationship between the two countries Avith a view to ascertaining the real density of the present war cloud. The following is his size up of the present crisis: (Copyright 1911, by the United Press associations.) "Nominally, It is between Gar-many and France that relations are strained. Really, it is between Germany and England. To predict early hostilities would be going too far.

There is a possibility of them no more. "But that England and Germany will have to fight out their differences sooner or later is reasonably certain. English and German interests are in hopeless conflict. This conflict cannot be ended by arbitration. One country or the other must be reduced to second place.

Neither is willing to be that one. One of them will have to be beaten into it. "England has recognized this for a long time. Ever since Germany became a formidable power it has been, the English policy to band the rest of the old world nations together against it. At present the line up is England, France and Russia, on one side, and Germany, Austria and Italy on the other.

Russia is a rather uncertain ally of England and France. Italy is suspected of disloyalty to Germany and Austria. France and England however, are real allies. Austria and Germany are so closely bound together, so far as international policies are concerned, as to be practically one country. "Just as It is to England's interest to unite as many nations as possible against Germany, it is to Germany's interest to break these combinations up.

This is the explanation of its persistently hostile attitude toward France. Of France alone, Germany is not afraid. It would even like the republic as an ally of Its own, but as England's friend it is very much opposed to it indeed. "At the present time the English navy being something like twice as strong as Germany's and England being an island, it is impossible for the Fatherland to get at its archfoe. But it i3 not impossible for it to get at France, which lies across no more serious obstacle than an imaginary line with a defensive army almost as much weaker than the German as the German navy is weaker than the English.

"Accordingly the German game is to annoy England through France. With each blow dealt from Berlin at French interests or French pride, the kaiser glances an invitation toward England to come to its ally's aid. He is convinced that England dare not do it, for the English army is microscopic even compared with the French and for a continental campaign such as the Englisa must engage Into protect France, of course, the English navy is of no use. "Sooner or later the Germans are convinced that France will grow tired of her ally. England uses France, but when France needs aid does nothing at all.

When this time comes Germany will undoubtedly say to France: 'Why. not have an ally that Is worth something come in with "If France goes, Russia will certainly do so too and England will be left alone with Germany at the head of the strongest alliance that Europe has ever known. Will Have to Fight "But before this happens England will have to fight whether it wishes to do so or not. And there is a strong party among the British which opposes waiting until the last moment for a declaration of hostilities. Logically this party has a strong argument.

Germany is building warships at such a rate that it is gradually overhauling the English navy. Not to be overhauled very soon, the English are compelled to build on their own side at a terrific rate. The burden of this growing armament is crushing the country nearly to death. 'Will it not be ask the militarists, 'to demolish the German navy before it is as strong as our own? To do it will not only be a measure of safety, but will relieve us of the expense of maintaining our "Aside from her political activities, Germany absolutely must have room to expand, England has all desirable pre-empted. With Germany determined to obtain possession of a part of England's possessions and England determined to keep all it has got, the outlook for Indefinitely continued peace between them is not bright.

WASHINGTON. Sent. 15. That I 113 pi COlUUlll UCl'lutU 111 LUC 1 ley case will result in a breach in PRICES ARE CUT AT STATE FAIR GROUSDS MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15.

Leaden skies and low hanging clouds menaced the crowd attending the state fair today. As a result the fair board decided this morning to cut the admission price to twenty-five cents tomorrow with an effort to induce the largest crowd to the grounds. Business men are urging the fair to hold over on Sunday, and have appealed to local citizens to turn out and make the fair a success. Yesterday's racing program, because of a wet track, was held this morning. The examinations for deputy state game warden which will be held during the week of October 14, will contain a test in cross-country running according to the announcement of the civil service department, Madison.

This will count as one of the ten points of the examination while target practice with revolvers will count another point. The oral examination counts two points while preliminary paper and questions on duties of game warden and game fish will count the remaining six points. Chairman Needham of the prohibition district committee announces that the arrangements for the second annual picnic to be held in Myrick park tomorrow from 11 a. m. to 5 p.

m.t are now completed and that a record breaking crowd is expected. The exercises will start promptly at 11 o'clock with an address by Mr. Will C. Dean of Madison and will be followed by music, drills and other amusements. From 1 to 2 a sociable will be enjoyed, after which Alfred B.

Taynton, secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee will address the gathering. Attorney J. Burritt Smith, state chairman, Is also expected to be present. Mr. Needham was most agreeably surprised yesterday to learn that the celebrated chalk talk entertainer, Prcf.

G. E. Weaver of Indiana, will be present at the picnic and give one of his irresistibly funny and helpful entertainments. Arrangements are now being made for Prof. Weaver to appear at further meetings in La Crosse on Sunday.

A general invitation is extended to all to attend the picnic. Those going should provide their own basket of eatables. his cabinet was the jiredlction made in every quarter of officialdom here today. The president's exoneration of Dr. Wiley, it was believed, is the forerunner of the retirement of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Attorney General Wiekersham.

Wickersham is hardest hit by the decision, for he declared Dr. Wiley jjierited condign punishment. Secretary Wilson, it is under- stood, is blamed by the president i fcr permittln a situation which ordinary have been dealt with in the department, to break out into an issue which has seriously barrassed the executive. DIRECTORS COMPARATIVE MARKETS These Quotations Show the General Trend of Prices for the Previous Week. WILL HOLD MEETING PUBLIC TOWELS TO BE ABOLISHED HERE one for the village there are many of the leading men there who claim, that while great loss was Incurred, It made possible a remodeling of the village that would never have taken place otherwise.

"When the work on the new buildings ijS completed," said one business man there yesterday, "we will have a village that Is the equal if not the superior of anything for its size in the middle west. Our buildings will all be modern and up-to-date. "I believe a great future has been opened for West Salem and that it is bound to thrive. Located in the center of one of the richest farming communities to be found in the state, there is nothing that stands In the way of. success for those interested in the village." The design of the bank is to be most tasty the front being terra cot-ta.

Fancy windows will be in the front and doors and bars will be eliminated by a modern system of constructing the windows. Even the window and door frames are to be of steel, eliminating all chance of lire. The building owned by William A. Bradley and occupied by Hancock McMann, barbers, which was partly destroyed by the fire, has been remodeled and improved at an expense near to $600. Three Saloon Buildings The Hussa Brewing company of Bangor, is constructing three buildings for saloon purposes in the village.

The building, designated as "Hussa No. 1," is to be of tile and brick, one story In heighth and will cost about $2,000. Building No. 2 will cost in the neighborhood of and is to be of tile and brick. Building No.

3 is to be of brick and tile, will cost about $3,500 and will house a meat market and saloon. The Gecrge McDonald livery stable is to be two stories, solid stone construction, and will cost about $3,000. Charles Knudson is erecting a garage and a sales stable by the monolithic system, the total cost of the two buildings being approximately $8,000. Both buildings are handsome structures and are strictly modern and fireproof. Nonpareil Office The home of the West Salem Nonpareil, the newspaper there, is to be a one story brick and tile' building that is.

modern throughout and will cost the owners about $1,500. As soon as it is ready for occupancy a new and modern printing and newspaper outfit. will be Installed. Adolf Kuehn is the owner of the new building. The Roberts building, owned by M.

II. Roberts, is to be a two story structure of brick and tile. It will cost about $8,500 and will be modern and up-to-date in every detail. B. B.

Mercereau undertaker and furniture dealer, will occupy it. The second floor is to be a mammoth dance hall that will in all probability be fixed up to serve as an opera house. La Crosse contractors secured a generous share of the work of rebuilding and the La Crosse Construction company was unusually fortunate in landing contracts. F. A.

Phif-er, Edgerton, formerly of La Crosse, is the contractor representing the construction company and is in active charge of the work on all of the buildings being erected by the La Crosse concern. The monolithic system of erecting buildings is wonderful, and has never before been tried out in this section. The speed accomplished by the use of the system is remarkable. The plan of walls is mapped out and forms made on the ground. The cement is poured in, the same as in constructing a sidewalk, and is allowed to settle.

After it has hardened sufficiently it is raised on a set of automatic jacks and put in place. The directors of the La Crosse Baseball association will hold a ecial meeting tonight for the pur-e of inspecting the financial ling of the association. Al- it is known that the assocla- Tot money during the past season, he standing of the financial condjlons will not be known until all the bills are in and a statement fljade by Secretary Raw-linson. Metns for raising the LIVE STOCK YESTERDAY. UNION STOCK YARDS, 111., Sept.

14. Hogs Receipts, market steady; mixed and butchers, $6.80 to good heavy, $6.65 to rough heavy, $6.65 to light, $6.85 to $7.37 ya; pigs, $4.60 to $7.10. Cattle Receipts, market steady; beeves, $4.90 to cows and heifers, $2.25 to 6tock-ers and feeders, $3 to Texans, $4.40 to calves, $6.25 to $9.25. Sheep Receipts, market strong; native, $2.15 to western, $2.5 0 to lambs, $4 to western, $4.25 to $6. i amount or ice aeiiciency wm also Vbe discussed.

STOCKADE GROUND SHOPS According to state law public towels of all kinds must be abolished In hotels and other public places and individual towels substituted. One of the provisions, however, is to the effect that special permits to keep the public towels may be granted by the state or local boards if they see fit to do so, but that placards stating the fact must be hung up. This law will effect local hotels as well as other places, and the health department plans to take the matter up with the board soon. Hotel proprietors here afe generally in favor of the law a bollstiing public towels, but they ask for a lilttle time to look around for suitable individual towels to supplant the others. They are willing, however, to get individual towels as soon as they can get some which will serve the purpose.

The health department is not In favor of the- provision which says that privileges to keep the public towels may he granted, for they assert that if one is given that concession that all others have a right to expect the same favor. many of the unpopular measures that are blamed to Taft. The progressive movement has grown, through the opposition to Taft and not through Taft was the declaration of Prof. H. G.

Hayden. Prof. Harry Spence defended Taft for his action in the Controller Bay matter. The jury was composed of A. Fig-gie, Aid.

Paul W. Mahoney and Harry Robinson. LOS 15. Working in shifts of 12 hours, 500 carpenters are rushing to completion an eight foot stockade around the shops of the Salt Lake railroad here. When this Is finished they will begin work on a stockade around the Southern Pacific shops.

Cots and bedding are being carried into the tlv in nreDaration For The Fall Weddings Silver Deposit Sandwich Plates Marmalade Jars Creamers and Sugars Salt and Pepper Sets Vases Coasters Lemon Sets Decidedly moderate in price. i for a strike by the shopmen. As IAVESTOCK A WEEK AGO UNION STOCK YARDS, Sept. 7. Hogs Receipts market steady to higher; mixed and butchers $6.75 to good heavy $6.60 to rough heavy $6.80 to light to pig3 $4.75 to $7.20.

Cattle Receipts market steady to strong; beeves $5.00 to cows and heifers $2.25 to stockers ahd feeders $3.00 to Texans $4.40 to calves $6.25 to $9.00. Sheep Receipts market strong; native $2.00 to west- ItLUmX WILL HUN sistant General Manager Randolph of the Salt Lake line declined to discuss the situation. LINER STOPS FOR OPERATION MADISON, Sept. 15. (Special.) Senator H.

C. Martin of Darlington, is a candidate for the republican nomination for secretary of state. This announcement was made today. POSTAL AUTHORITIES GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 15.

The Roy- sal Mail liner Tagus was stopped at while surgeons performed a cap-i: "operation upon R. E. Cropley of 100 IKGS ATTEND FUNERAL 'it, N. who had been acci- in the abdomen. SAN FRANCISCO.

Cal. Sept. 15. One hundred dogs followed their mistress, Miss Jennie Crocker, behind the bier on which reposed two deceased prize winning Boston terriors valued at $100,000. Inspector Nichols cf the postal savings bank department has.

been spending several days at the local postoffice giving Instructions in the management of the postal savings bank which will be opened here Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Everything is now in readiness for the new system which will doubtless prove popular with the people of La Crosse. Grain Yesterday. Week Ago. WHEAT Sept 92 9214' Dec 96 97 CORN Sept.

68 Dec 64 63 OATS Sept 43 43 Dec 45 Va 4 64, A wall, almost any size, can be form-, jyVjARE exchanged iAAV L. Sept. 15. A 1 will complete an ex-in rVtween N. A.

Grif-" Spodick. The two MILK CASE ADJOURNED The case of Fred Haas, charged with having sold milk containing less than the required eighteen per cent butterfat, was adjourned until next Friday at 2:00 o'clock. Majestic Building. ed and put in place within four days is the assertion of the contractor at work in West Salem. While the fire was a disastrous It is worth while to be acquainted with two kinds of sauce.

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