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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
1
Walter Parker of New Orleans argues that the river should guide the valley and endorses commercial use and development of the Mississippi as vital. He stresses river-based faith and economic potential for regional growth.
A jury verdict in the plot trial is anticipated to set a legal precedent for upcoming cases involving propagandists. Legal observers expect the ruling to influence how courts treat disseminated material and its potential impact on public opinion.
Walter Parker of the New Orleans Association of Commerce urged neutral river regulation and fixed channels to boost river traffic and river–rail terminals. A. C. Everhart called for a concerted effort to promote river transportation to Congress. Other speakers pressed paved highways and dock plans across Minneapolis to New Orleans.
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Friday across La Crosse and vicinity with rising temperatures. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect generally fair conditions, warmer in eastern regions tonight, with Friday turning warmer in most areas. Snow is noted in Buffalo and Pittsburgh with rain in eastern Tennessee and western Oregon.
A year end report shows emergency levy collections totaling about 250000 dollars for the district. Officials note the funds fund wartime and public services, with the total reflecting countrywide tax measures and local expenditures.
Federal emergency levy on wines and cordials, stamps, beer and tobacco raised $250 423 88 in the second Wisconsin district with La Crosse as headquarters. Tax amounts span Nov 23 1914 to Nov 23 1915 and include beer at 50 cents per barrel plus other duties totaling over 260 thousand dollars.
La Crosse postmaster Olaf R. Skaar marked his 57th birthday in a social gathering this afternoon. A longtime Wisconsin Democrat, he has led the state land office and served as city clerk and attorney in Viroqua before moving to La Crosse in 1914. Born in Norway, Skaar studied at Volden Seminary and the Maribogaden Latin school, earning a Royal University degree in Christiania. He arrived in the United States in 1883 as a newspaper correspondent and later earned a L L B from the University of Wisconsin law school in 1856.
The Providence Journal says its reporters presented Washington with evidence that C. C. Crowley, jailed for Pacific coast explosions, planned to hijack bombs on munitions ships via the Russian ambassador's wife. The paper also claims German Consul General F. Bopp has received $40,000 in two months for propaganda on the coast.
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve reports record favorable trade conditions across the region with widespread optimism noted in the Northwest business sector. Analysts cite robust activity, rising demand, and improving inventories as drivers of the upbeat outlook.
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve reports best ever conditions in the Ninth District covering Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota Montana northern Wisconsin and northern Michigan. It highlights Duluth steel plant start up rising ore trade grain and milling strength lumber improvement and favorable agricultural outlook with only car shortage noted if traffic rises.
Dr Hexamer of Philadelphia and president of the national German American alliance will lecture at Germania hall tomorrow evening. The topic was not announced but a discussion of the European war is expected. He was due to arrive in La Crosse this afternoon.
In St Paul Dr J S Gilfillan conducted his own appendectomy with local anesthesia aided by his partner Dr W A Dennis. He rested comfortably at St Luke's hospital after the procedure and reported little pain.
Mrs F M Collins of Sioux City Iowa rushed from a train and kissed Dinah Brown a Black porter by mistake. The inappropriate kiss caused Collins to faint in Joliet Illinois and police reports note the incident.
Secretary notes cautious optimism as peace party signals progress with sailing near. Ford administration cautions that trenches are not expected to be cleared by Christmas, tempering earlier expectations.
A report notes Bulgarian stance on the Greedgeis issue raises concern as a possible sign of broader agreement without formal capture of the monastic dispute. Diplomats warn the posture may ease tensions or mask concessions.
At the Hotel Biltmore in New York Ford's peace mission rushes to depart as 100 delegates arrive. Ford and aides discuss an international court at The Hague to arbitrate peace while admitting doubts about Christmas-day troop withdrawal.
A plan is underway to connect Washington Island in Door County with the mainland by a ferry. The nine mile water bar between the island and the shore is notoriously treacherous and has claimed many vessels, earning the name Deaths Door.
A concise maxim notes that marriage shifts from seeking romance to forming a lasting domestic partnership. It reflects social viewpoints on marriage as a transition from romantic pursuit to stability and duty within Matrimony.
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