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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
9
Local commissions threaten city governance as debates intensify over proposed amendments. Officials and residents split on oversight, with key figures arguing for streamlined control and others warning of reduced democratic accountability.
Wisconsin cities anticipate adopting the commission system within a year. The Whitehead bill, passed by the senate and approved by the assembly committee, would replace common councils with a three member board for six year terms. Voters may petition 25 percent to decide the change.
Policeman James Lambert, gravely injured, recalled that he saved his daughter by diving for the bridle as a runaway horse hurtled down Fourth Avenue. He clutched the reins and the child, dragged for blocks until another officer aided, then collapsed on the street.
A Smyrna to Mersina letter published in the Evening News accuses government troops in Adana of prearranged extermination of Armenians and Greeks. It claims massacres occurred in several locations with troops aiding or permitting killings, and cites casualties and churches burned including a French school hospital tragedy.
Madison Wis May 14 Special Believing funds in the state treasury will not warrant hasty construction nearly ten amendments have been offered to the bill introduced to accomplish that par
The measure becomes a special order for next Tuesday as the capitol building bill likely stays in force. Assemblyman Merlin Hull proposes an amendment to strike a $1,900,000 annual outlay to accelerate building construction.
A fragmented price list shows various tea sets bread trays cake baskets and china pieces with prices from 9.50 to 87.50. Items include Haviland Co. Theo Haviland china plates platters cups and saucers sugar creamer sets and carved carving sets with multiple brands and piece counts. The document resembles a historical showroom or catalog pricing page.
Paris observers report strain on the strike as the chamber of deputies backs government policy toward labor and limits on government employees right to strike. The defeats cited yesterday deepen the setback for strikers and widen government stance.
In Elizabeth New Jersey on May 14 nine year old Mildred Wenke suffers two bullet wounds inflicted by her mother Mrs George Wenke who then dies by her own hand in the hospital. Mildred’s older sister recovers from an appendectomy in the same ward unaware of the tragedy.
Rome May 14 The Duke Litta sent an Italian emigration inspector to his Manatee river estate in Florida to study economic and hygienic conditions for a proposed colony of five thousand earthquake sufferers. He offers to let refugees farm on shares after Mesina Reggio quake devastation.
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