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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1911
Page
2
Dec 4 reports say revolutionary troops attacked Shai Kwan near Nankin. Gen Fong Kwo Chang reportedly escaped or surrendered under terms. Rebels display flags nationwide amid Joy. Admiral Sah's fleet holds river positions near Lion Hill fort and may join Hankow rebels to assault the city.
County Clerk Charles Rawlinson released tax apportionment figures totaling 236 369 93. The breakdown lists items including county school tax 33 485 85 and state loan tax 710 34 with several smaller line items such as special bridge aid 5 874 00 and illegal and uncollectable 181 04.
Local committees pace the anti tuberculosis drive with growing funds. About 200 letters sent to business leaders request they retain seals and use them in the effort. In mid December school children will assist by selling seals to those not yet approached.
The Madison Saturday Lunch Club, a city and state leadership group, will resume semi monthly dinners on December 16. The topic will be The Presidents Recent Annual Message, to be submitted to Congress this week. Speakers include Thomas S Adams state tax commissioner Joseph E Davies Wisconsin Democratic committeeman Rev F A Gilmore and John T Kenney former Ohio legislator. A general discussion will follow.
Madison Wis December 4 Secretary of State Frear projects U S action against Canadian emigration practices He notes Americans face limited access to ready made farm colonies and Canada plans to open more in 1912 The piece cites Elliott Flower endorsing Frears warnings and projecting large American emigration to Canada over the next two years with rising percentages and Canadian Pacific ready made farms open to British immigrants first.
A man at 1547 Caledonia street left his front door unlocked and woke to find a gold watch stolen during the night. Police were notified and searched the home, but no trace of the robber was found by late evening.
Albert Underwood died in hospital after being shot during a hold up at the Missouri Pacific freight office in Kansas City. Police seek a white man who blacked up as a negro and his accomplice who fired the fatal shot.
Secretary Frear urges independent newspaper coverage of immigration as a national issue. A reader claims publicity cannot change the debate but Frear notes newspapers have exposed Canadian methods in Wisconsin and suggests Congress may be asked to curb Canadian emigration.
An advertisement promotes Pinex Cold Tablets as a quick remedy for colds and la grippe. It claims two doses relieve symptoms within 20 hours without opiates or coal tar depressants, costs 25 cents per box, and offers a money back guarantee. The Pinex Company of Fort Wayne Indiana is cited as maker.
An American Federation of Labor statement denounces the McNamaras for outraging labor confidence and calls for punishment. Charles H. Moyer argues individuals, not unions, are on trial, stating labor stands for law and order despite setbacks. The remarks frame defense money as misguided support.
A J Philips of West Salem will speak at the forty fifth annual Minnesota State Horticultural Society meeting in Minneapolis on December 5 6 7 and 8. His Thursday morning talk covers Possibilities for Minnesota in Apple Raising by Top-Grafting. He shows twenty four varieties of apples top-worked on Virginia crab. LeRoy Cady will discuss a visit to Philips orchard.
Samuel Gompers announces the A F of L executive council will review the McNamaras at a Washington meeting on January 8. He would not reveal potential outcomes or measures to be taken.
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson, recently acquitted of murdering her husband in Denver, heads toward Sandoval Illinois to escape notoriety. She travels with Chicago detective J J Hocker as authorities consider charging her with carrying concealed weapons under a new law.
A generator blowout at the Lyn Union Gas company in New York yesterday caused fourteen injuries, two of them serious, as crews battled damage and fires at the scene.
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