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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
1
A mass meeting is scheduled for eight tonight to argue for a sound business basis in city administration. Speakers plan addresses and MacMillan supporters urge a thoughtful, not a cut and dried, approach to management and policy discussions.
A large crowd is expected at the Bi jou theater tonight to consider Dan MacMillan as mayoral candidate in a nonpartisan drive. Backers urge tax restraint and modern city government, with plans to organize a vigorous campaign and nominate a committee to lead the effort.
City officials discuss appealing the State railroad commission ruling on the Rose street Viaduct. The $50 900 project costs place about $30 000 on the city for approaches plus damages to property. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad will cover most of the balance. A committee meeting tonight may decide to pursue an appeal.
Temperature in La Crosse over the last 24 hours ranged to a high of 38 and low of 28 with .16 inches precipitation. Rain possible tonight or Wednesday, with warmer temperatures in parts. Wisconsin and Minnesota forecasts show snow or rain and colder pockets tonight or Wednesday. An Atlantic low moves off, another low over the west, and a high pressure system in the Mississippi Valley influences conditions.
Ninth Ward's noted reformer passes this morning after infection in his face. The death ends a long public service career marked by local civic leadership and steady municipal work.
Lieutenant Governor O Hara predicts moves to regulate song lyrics in cabarets and cafe acts and to require stage costumes to meet liberal decency standards. The proposals would back the existing bill for a minimum wage law for women, arising from the senate inquiry into white slavery.
Washington March 11. Secretary of War Garrison and Major General Leonard Wood denied reports that soldiers stationed at Texas City near Galveston suffered from unhealthy camp conditions. Wood cited General Carter's report showing about eight sick per thousand in the Fifth brigade.
Indianapolis March 11 state newspapermen reported alarm at the Soaring amendment to the corrupt practices act signed by Governor Ralston. It subjects any person who falsely writes or publishes a statement or cartoon intended to influence voters to a fine of 300 to 1000 dollars or up to one year in prison. The act takes effect on publication of the assembly acts.
Washington March 11 The public health service began initial experiments with Dr Friedenmanns culture for tuberculosis treatment. Surgeon Anderson returned from New York with culture supply but no instructions from the Berlin physician on method or preparation for injection. Friedenmann says exact methods are necessary for efficacy.
In Chicago on March 11 Federal Judge K M Landis overruled defense objections and admitted documentary proof of filing entries in the $10 million land fraud case. Albert C Frost and four associates are charged with using dummy entries to obtain Alaska coal lands.
A report from Saloon Fight Begun Two Years Ago in the Council Car ried to Mietary in the Supreme Coast details a long delayed victory, with Laf Larson named among the figures and a sense of untimely triumph prevailing amid the murky colonial setting.
Alderman George B. Marvin has died at La Teele hospital as news reached attorney George W. Bunge that the Supreme Court upheld Higbee’s ruling. The court declared the Rose Street saloon license void as a public nuisance under chapter 188, allowing relocation by licensees but barring non qualifying possessors. Chicago observers report on wage practices tied to alleged white slavery profits as state lawmakers plan further action.
A city hall child welfare exhibit draws crowds with lectures and motion pictures on infant mortality causes and prevention. Highlights include a flashing lamp with the message Every time this lamp flashes a baby dies and a device showing one baby out of seven born. Sober portrayals of slums, proper baby care, milk supply talks by S J Dufner, and films on tuberculosis accompany educational panels and vivid images designed to urge better infant care.
Washington reports a nationwide surge of appeals from all sections urging Congress to act on a minimum wage for women and girls as the Chicago revelations spark a heated debate. Local officials warn that state rights objections could complicate any broad bill.
Barratt O'Hara leads Chicago State Street merchants in a women's rights protest criticizing business leaders for a lack of conscience about girls' struggles. The event highlights storefronts and voices urging action, with public appeals and organized demonstrations downtown.
A dozen locomotive engineers and firemen testified before the arbitration commission on March 11 in New York, urging wage increases for firemen on roads east of Chicago and north of the Ohio River. They agreed the work is extremely hard and sustaining families is difficult amid high living costs.
Washington March 11 President Wilson is keen for Richard Olney former secretary of state in Cleveland's second cabinet to become American ambassador to Great Britain Representative Peters of Massachusetts said Wilson expressed the wish. No word had arrived from Olney by press time on whether he would accept the post.
Madison March 11 the senate concurred with the Roessler bill raising weekly state appropriations to counties for the care of insane patients from 3 to 3.50. The move reflects the high cost of living affecting state institutions.
Disclosures in a Chicago probe fuel national debate over federal minimum wage law and state rights. Legal observers warn the issue could test the balance of federal authority against state sovereignty amid renewed scrutiny of enforcement practices.
Columbus government news reports Senator L. P. Cook introduced a bill in the Ohio legislature fixing the minimum wage at 20 cents per hour for the first eight hours and 40 cents for each additional hour for all workers except farm laborers.
Members of the Equal Suffrage Association in La Crosse county urge all women suffragists to register so they may vote for state and county superintendents of schools in the spring elections. The message stresses the value of limited suffrage and that taxes largely fund schools. If you do not register you cannot vote. Signed Kate E. Russell, President.
The Tribune calls on all women to register, arguing they are deeply concerned with schools and better qualified to vote on the subject. Women who wish to vote must register at the regular polling place today, the last registration day, or they will be barred on election day. The editor notes this should motivate them.
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