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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1910
Page
1
Eau Claire county officials and citizen Moncena Dunn push for a coupon ballot. County Clerk John H Nygaard endorses the plan as a superior voting method with improvements to tally sheets and counting efficiency.
In Washington DC on December 17 Mrs. James Bennett formerly Florence Bennett of Flint Michigan known as the Badger girl spoke from jail about a blackmail plot targeting Harry Rosenthal a local merchant. She described her early life poverty and the choice to pursue good food and clothing over charity. Her brother Floyd Bennett arrives to aid her defense as she and three male accomplices await arraignment next week.
A member of the Sixty-second congress meets before adjournment to select a Ways and Means Committee and set a tariff policy chart. The aim is to align current Democrats with Champ Clark and his lieutenants to guide the coming session and ensure actions fit a consistent Democratic program.
Washington December 17 direct election of United States senators by the people threatens to overshadow issues of the session. Old guard leaders discuss blocking the movement while Root of New York backs delay. Indications rise that a constitutional amendment for direct election may pass with enough state legislatures. Declared support exists in Arkansas California Minnesota Utah Kansas Texas Illinois Indiana South Dakota Idaho Washington North Carolina Tennessee Wyoming Nevada Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Oregon Louisiana Colorado Kentucky Pennsylvania Nebraska Oklahoma.
In Winnipeg on December 17 900 men and women conductors and drivers took to sleighs buses and hacks to cripple the street railway system. They charged five cents a ride and the city saw few cars running with many passengers preferring sleighs over the usual tram rides during the strike.
The government resumed testimony in the dissolution case against Great Lakes Towing Company in Detroit. District Attorney Day for the government expects the best testimony at another hearing after more port testimony is taken.
The Newark jury found Montella Watha, a Haitian, guilty of man slaughter in connection with the recent lynching of Detective Etherington. The verdict was returned at 7:39 this morning.
The fragment mentions Citizens Aid Dunn and Mr Dunn not claiming full credit for improvements. It references election officers and Mr August Brand of Bangor who suggested a step ladder totals idea.
Father Odenbach of St Ignatius College described a long earthquake last night lasting over an hour. The shock could not be located but seemed to come from 6 900 to 9 000 miles away and resembled a damaging Java quake from years past.
December 17 report says Longshoremen, denied demands for a closed shop and higher wages, plan a strike starting January 1. Local unions vow unity as the labor action gathers pace nationwide.
Wisconsin political figures react to W P Connor claim that over 114000 was spent in the stalwart primary to back J T Fairchild for governor. National committees spent 102144, or 12 000 less than the Connor group, while leaders debate legality and disclosure of contributors.
Officials of the Seattle Star Publishing Company announced they would take the cases of Leroy Sanders and Hugh Allen to the U S Supreme Court if needed after they were sentenced to jail for alleged contempt of court. Sanders received four months and Allen thirty days for criticizing a temporary injunction against an electric railway company, which the court said could prejudice the public mind regarding the case.
Police uncovered a tunnel from a Cutler Street house toward Henry Harris jewelry shop in Houndsditch. The raid wounded five officers and left two dead as the burglars, believed to be a continental gang, prepared to breach a vault containing about 100000.
Lloyd Peary aged 15 is hospitalized with serious burns after his Santa Claus suit and whiskers caught fire while descending a chimney at Mrs. E. P. Griffin’s home in Creston.
Coldest reading in La Crosse at 20 degrees and a high of 32 with light wind of 4 mph. Forecast to 7 PM Sunday calls for generally fair weather in La Crosse and vicinity with little temperature change. Wisconsin expected to grow cloudier and unsettled while Minnesota remains generally fair with moderate winds. Iowa may stay cloudy and unsettled with little temperature change.
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