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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1911
Page
1
Shubert, Morris, and McConnell push for a complete cleanup of the force with petitions presented to the judge today. Rumors swirl of resignations among prominent men as tension rises over the probe and graft allegations.
Witnesses for City are told they will be arrested if they testify to bribery. A petition to call a grand jury to investigate graft in the police department is signed by city leaders and mailed to Judge Higbee in Baraboo. Names include A H Schubert and Tom Morris with others listed.
In Vicksburg Mississippi a church floor collapsed during a funeral after Rev Oscar C Williams warned that anyone could die at any moment. Forty five people were injured ten seriously as the congregation dropped into the cellar, leaving a badly disfigured body recovered from the wreckage.
Business interests in Los Angeles sacrifice to block socialist victory as an election nears. Observers warn that if Harriman wins tomorrow, the struggle could abruptly end.
LA report on the McNamara case and Los Angeles politics analyzes how business and reform factions weighed Harriman versus Alexander in the looming mayoral race. It details Steffens proposed solution, the compromised position of Fredericks and Darrow, and the lingering bitterness as the election nears.
Chicago dispatch reports Steffens, founder of the Golden rule movement, says public sentiment in Los Angeles has shifted to blood and war after the McNamara settlement. He blames Captain Fredericks and his faction for turning a potential labor concession into a victory over labor.
A historical notice reports calls for federal troops amid uprisings by Black communities during wartime. The piece notes tensions, possible clashes, and responses from authorities as unrest spreads across cities.
In Manford Oklahoma a race clash leaves two whites and two black men dead with a mob hanging one suspect and threats of further violence. In M'Elroy Louisiana a similar race battle leaves one white man and two black men dead prompting urgent calls for federal troops to restore order.
Federal officials surveil prominent union leaders in a vast explosives plot probe tied to the McNamara confession. Burns Agency detectives prepare for indictments, with 10 to 12 leaders likely to face charges for interstate explosive transport. Ryan of the Iron Workers remains missing as the investigation accelerates in Indianapolis.
Senator Crane of Massachusetts urged President Taft to deny writing the letter cited by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as from a prominent senator offering support for Roosevelt’s presidential nomination. The confrontation centers on the authenticity of the inscribed communication and its impact on party loyalties.
For La Crosse and vicinity generally fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Wisconsin generally fair to tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures. Minnesota fair and warmer tonight Tuesday with increasing cloudiness. Iowa fair tonight and probably Tuesday warmer tonight and east portion Tuesday. Generally fair with higher temperatures overall.
Ten million air e packers of Chicago asked the Supreme Court to stay their trial set for Wednesday in Chicago on charges of promoting a meat trust. They attack the Sherman anti trust law as inoperative and void and also request release on bail pending appeal.
Harry Schilling a socialist sues Mayor elect A R Turnbull in Canton Ohio seeking to stop Turnbull from taking office January 1 alleging illegal voting after a tied election resolved by lot. The suit claims improper voting and challenges the election outcome.
James Fairbank of St Paul was removed from St Francis hospital to the baggage car of the fast mail in Dr R E Flynn’s care. He had just recovered from diphtheria and, deemed beyond recovery, wished to die at home. Physicians feared death before reaching St Paul.
Samuel Gompers president of the AFL rejects the charge that unions backed dynmite. He says accusations lack concrete proof and cites Los Angeles case as an example of unions repudiating violence. He refuses to answer detective Burns’s claims and explains his transfer of conference duties during Darrow’s telegram.
Los Angeles reports reveal Mrs Bain admitted taking 500 dollars as earnest money to influence her husband. District Attorney Fredericks presses for further confessions before arrests while framing continued attempts to drop the bribery matter. Franklin trial delayed a week as probes widen.
In Rochester New York on December 4 the eight western governors party and other distinguished guests were to be entertained at Kodak Park.
Mrs. Bain wife of the first permanent juror admits receiving 500 in connection with a bribery plot. Darrow is under suspicion as a prominent figure from the trial is identified in photos linked to the case.
Conductor William Rearden and Vance Kellar were killed in a rear end collision between two Erie railroad freight trains near Kent Ohio. Four other trainmen were injured.
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