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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
1
The Tribune announces a Guess Who's Here contest with a cash prize. A brisk anecdote follows about a pig raffle and family antics, ending with the Shuster Persian crisis reports and U S protection measures for W Morgan Shuster in Teheran.
A concise report notes England shifting focus toward Persian affairs with yesterday’s diplomatic moves. Officials indicate a recalibration of policy as tensions in the region remain in focus.
A fragment notes a Rae plot described as deadly and solitary with implications of fatal intent. The readable lines suggest threats aimed at Rae and an isolated scheme without further context or names.
Local organizer John Rae denounces the Los Angeles Times bombing as one of the most awful crimes and says the McNamaras acted alone. Labor leaders decline comment while unions in La Crosse rally support for the defendants and endorse defending them at the state convention.
Flooding by the park commission has laid a solid base for city park skating rinks. Officials plan another flood as soon as temperatures drop to create good ice for winter use.
Madison reports state Treasurer Dahl received a check for 233.87 from Wausau school children labeled for Black River Falls. In days, about 1300 was raised for the flood struck city and the Black River Falls relief fund topped 29 000 dollars.
Madison reports on December 5 when the state board of control meets in Wisconsin to formally receive the resignation of Rev. Daniel Woodward the recently appointed permanent warden at the state prison in Waupun from the board.
The newly created cardinals received a telegram from President Taft praising their election and promising a personal welcome upon their return to America. The pope named Cardinal Farley to the consistorial propaganda of faith, a high‑importance post.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a figure parades a captive down the street to the delight of cheering crowds on both sides. Three delighted babies and a very exasperated woman watch as the episode ends with a quip about the Watch Charm finally getting “the sow by the ear.”
Madison Wis December 2 The state insurance department issued a license to Bankers Life Company of Des Moines to operate a general reserve business in this state.
The McNamaras plead guilty to dynamite outrages in what is described as America’s greatest labor fight. The U.S. probe continues in Indianapolis with more indictments possible. Pleas avoid a federal trial for years.
Indianapolis reports United States Attorney Miller vows continued federal probe despite pleas by John J. and James B. McNamara in Los Angeles. Chicago detective Burns says vindication for union leaders while Denver judge Hilton doubts acquittal if trial had proceeded. Debate frames broader anti dynamite case across initials.
Clarence Darrow argues in defense of the McNamaras that they saw themselves as fighters in a class war and did not feel they were murderers at heart. He contends they believed property destruction would aid the labor cause.
Clarence Darrow explains why he represented the guilty McNamaras in the Los Angeles dynamiting case. He says his aim was to save their lives and that the men believed they fought for the poor in a conflict with capital. Darrow credits Lincoln Steffens for helping bring about a settlement between labor and capital that led to the pleas.
James faces potential life term while John seeks 14 to 20 years as M Manamaras case hinges on Bordwell ruling. M Manigal to plead guilty. confession linked to labor leader’s downfall expected to yield lighter sentence.
James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Los Angeles. His brother John J. McNamara also pleaded guilty to dynamiting Llewelyn Ironworks on Christmas Day 1910. The confessions link the Times explosion of Oct. 1 1910 killing 21 at First and Broadway. Sentencing set for Dec. 5 with possible life terms for James and 14 years for John.
In Los Angeles the McNamara brothers sit in a guarded jail cell as Clarence Darrow and James McNamara acknowledge the confessed crime behind the Times disaster that killed twenty one and left James facing a possible life term in San Quentin.
The McNamara brothers await their fate before Judge Walter Bordwell with J B McNamara facing life imprisonment and John McNamara eyed at 14 to 20 years. Ortie McManigal’s forthcoming guilty plea looms as Burns detectives’ case hinges on his confession.
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