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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1911
Page
6
Milwaukee police report a 45 year old man Stephen shot three times at his home early today by a mysterious assailant in darkness. A second 45 year old, Nagel, was arrested nearby on suspicion. investigators say Nagel was on friendly terms with the deceased’s wife and a motive is not clear.
Washington dispatch notes Governor Harmon of Ohio will attend the Gridiron Club banquet at the White House and press for tariff reform while urging Democrats to seek voter accountability for tariff laws.
A proposed policy by irrigation congress members envisions wrapping population centers with garden homes as a means to reconfigure settlement patterns and promote water management. The plan emphasizes compact development and controlled growth near urban cores.
In Chicago the National Irrigation Congress approves William E. Smythe's Little Landers concept and endorses a New Lands bill to galvanize a $500 million reclamation push for desert and swamp lands. The group will campaign nationwide and meet next in Salt Lake City with Senator F G Newlands as president.
The article describes jurors and packers in a courtroom scene with J. Ogden Armour among ten wealthy packers. Armour allegedly engaged in a wheat deal on the board of trade from the defendant’s row as messengers circulated documents. Court adjourned until Monday.
The town debates placing road improvement funds on this year's tax roll or proceeding with no money for 1912 road repairs. Supervisor H A Jacobs notes 1911 road tax would be taxed again if added to this year’s roll, while a shift from labor to cash funding aims to curb low worker output.
Dec 9 dispatches report all Italians expelled from Smyrna with property confiscated as part of a sweeping action. The move follows broader hostilities and impacts Italian residents and businesses in the city.
The first workers compensation claims in La Crosse County were filed for the deaths of Oscar M. Nelson and John L. Mackey after a fall at the county agricultural school. Wives Katherine Mackey and Millie Nelson filed for compensation. DA James Thompson will advise the county board, with action expected at the December meeting. Professor Balmer questioned the claims, citing lack of safety precautions and snowy, slippery roof conditions.
Recommendations from the board of public works call for the causeway improvement and brick paving on Mill street from the Mill street crossing south to the Monitor Brewery. Also planned are cleansing and repainting the Mississippi wagon bridge at 1500 dollars and a permanent bridge approach at 500 dollars.
The Wisconsin water power case faces argument Monday with state counsel Russell Jackson and George Lines possibly joined by special counsels Kronshage and Corrigan who are ill. Opposing side names include Goggin, Jones, Wilcox, Ruger, Hooper, Brown, Parker, and Hambrecht.
The New York bank statement shows excess cash reserve up 560000, loans down 40804000, specie down 10595000, legal tenders down 169000, net deposits down 48888000, and circulation up 32000, with total loans at 1859650000 and bank surplus at 4671500. The stock market rose as professionals covered speculative commitments, with traders awaiting Congress, the railway commission report, and the cotton estimate due Monday.
Albert Harper of Washington United States commissioner was agreed upon today by the committee of prosecutors and defense for the three defendants as a special examiner to take testimony in the contempt proceedings against Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell under an order by Justice Daniel Thew Wright in Washington.
In New York on December 9, reports say W. E. D. Stokes faces a serious condition and possible immediate operation. Court testimony suggests Stokes killed Al Adams, the so called policy king, provoking wide sensational talk as DA Whitman pledged investigation. Stokes' attorney called witnesses who claim Adams was alive the morning of his death, challenging Miss Graham's midnight arrival claim.
The Road and Bridge Committee invites sealed bids December 21 1911 for quarried and crushed rock to lay macadam along numerous county roads in Onalaska Holland Barre Hamilton Burns Bangor Greenfield Shelby Campbell Farmington and other areas. Specs require hard clean limestone with size limits and weights. bonds due. bids due at County Clerk. committee may reject any bid. Also notice lost spectacles between 13 South Seventh and 113 South Second answer phone 1055 M.
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