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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1911
Page
10
Odore Kronshage of Milwaukee president of the state board of normal Regents and law partner of Governor McGovern is in serious condition at Madison General Hospital after a sudden gall stone attack yesterday afternoon.
Isaac A. Cohen, 30, of Minneapolis, reportedly blew out his brains late yesterday after placing a looking glass and a New York death clipping on his desk. His body was found in his office chair by the cleaning woman early today.
Former Ohio congressman John J. Lentz told Milwaukee Democrats that William J. Bryan is the only Democrat who meets the requirements for president, praising La Follette’s insurgent stance and suggesting Bryan could win the White House with progressive votes. He named possible vice presidential candidates and warned Taft’s renomination may split progressives toward Democrats.
Walter S. Drew, secretary of the National Erectors' association, declared there is no reason to doubt Samuel Gompers, AFL president, and said he knows thirty men with guilty knowledge of dynamiting outrages but has no evidence against Gompers. Gompers dismissed Joseph Ford’s claims of a nationwide dynamiting plot and urged arrests if such evidence exists.
Friends of Germaine Thirion appeal to Emperor William for a pardon after she was sentenced to eight months in prison in Leipzig. The trial did not confirm reports she was a French secret service agent.
There is an invitation extended with the condition that payment is due on arrival, leaving attendees to expect a settled transaction at the door. The note emphasizes a clear expectation of payment before entry.
In Superior Wisconsin on December 5 two hundred men desperate for food and shelter gathered before the stevedore office on Tower avenue for four available dock jobs. When the fourth ticket was released it triggered a melee as fighters surged to claim the slip that meant work and meager wages.
J A Kemilainen, secretary of libraries for Finland's National Society for Popular Education, tours American libraries from New York to Madison. He cites Finnish restrictions under Russia and notes Finland's lack of initiative and referendum, adding that women's suffrage would help Finland.
City park commission seeks to raise funds by selling school board lots to cover playground needs while the board weighs a $4,000 purchase. Janitors gain pay raises from 50 cents to 2.50 per month. Emma Phebes high school pay up to 40 dollars.
Most defendants in the government suit to dissolve United States Steel filed appearances as individuals when the clerk's office opened. John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. along with Edmund C. Converse did not appear and face contempt charges unless they appear by close of day.
A local ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for frostbite troubles and a wide range of ailments. It claims the product heals burns boils piles cuts sores bruises eczema and sprains and sells for 25 cents at O T Erhart.
Charles A. Davy, a South Bend attorney, convicted in a federal court of tampering witnesses, was sentenced to one year in Leavenworth Prison Kansas and fined $1000. He was also disbarred as an attorney.
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