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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
1
Congress opened with clashes over measures to curb living costs. Proposals include embargoes on certain exports and price relief plans, while lawmakers debated storage regulation and cheaper parcels. Speakers pressed for rapid action as sessions began amid high public scrutiny.
Describing Villa’s withdrawal with 123 Carranza troops escort marching toward western Chihuahua after looting Chihuahua City. Reports say U S officials sought word on Americans and foreigners in the city. vast booty valued at over $200,000 and several guns were seized as government troops retook Chihuahua City.
Former soldiers push a guard of honor for the border veterans as they muster out. Spanish War vets and ex militiamen organize under William Sheldon and Lt. William Ruplin. A meeting to coordinate the escort is planned this week at the city hall with Captain Taft C. Smith confirming the likely gathering.
Federal officials state on Monday that Jack Johnson, the former heavyweight champion, is in the United States and that his arrest is expected soon. He is wanted for jumping bail after a white slave conviction in Chicago.
Ottumwa Daily Review transfers management from H L Cowell formerly of Madison Wisconsin to former owner and publisher A Jay Stump. New management already in possession.
The Supreme Court on Monday held the constitutionality of ice cream laws of Town and Pennsylvania, upholding state standards that reserve a specified percentage of butter fat for ice cream. The decision effectively supports similar regulations across the country, enforcing fat content rules.
A December warm spell boosts La Crosse coal dealers by allowing replenishment of hard coal at about 13.50 dollars per ton and soft coal from 6.50 to 9 dollars, while car shortages persist. J D Moore of Cargill Coal predicts further price rises as supplies tighten and a coal snap may drain stock quickly.
Premier Asquith announced in the house that King George approved the reconstruction of the government. The plan aims to restore Belgium and subdue German militarism while preserving wartime policies. The scope of the reconstruction remains unclear and sparked intense parliamentary interest.
Alfred Engler twelve is confined at home after a milk wagon from Crosse Hygienic Dairy struck him on Mormon Coulee road near the city edge Saturday morning. Driver’s name not provided. Boy suffered a broken shoulder and severe bruising to his head and left arm.
Five workers were on a scaffold when a three ton cornice block shifted and crashed. Robert Mortensen of La Crosse died at the scene, with Arthur Kruger of Mankato dying later. Others injured included Louis Bang of Rochester and Andre Crawford of Chicago. Coroner orders inquest. Mortensen leaves a widow and infant daughter. Burial planned in New Lisbon after services in La Crosse.
James A. Everett and his son Sibley Everett, both prominent Indianapolis figures, were sentenced to eighteen months in Atlanta federal prison after pleading guilty to using details to defraud. The former presidents of the American Society of Equity and the Farmers' Society of Equity faced the court on December 4.
The U S Supreme Court on Monday effectively upheld the persistent offender clause of Kansas liquor law, dismissing Briggs of Topeka appeal. The court ruled it had no jurisdiction and affirmed the conviction of William Briggs as a persistent violator of the liquor statute.
Wu Ting Fang, former minister to the United States and newly appointed foreign minister of China, via cable from Peking, announces his policy: maintain the closest relations with the United States and boost commercial ties.
La Crosse village engineer George Bradish uncovered an old corner post under maple roots near Leonard Street, shifting the Bradley alley dispute’s location. Authorities say the post, planted in 1859 by early settler Wariner Bills, confirms the alley lies farther east and may affect Bradley’s warehouse setback.
Berlin dispatches claim the battle of the Argesu in Rumaniain was won by German forces, Kaiser orders church bells to ring in celebration as bombardment of Bucharest purportedly begins from eleven miles. Reports from Ackerman and Petograd note German advance within ten to eleven miles of Bucharest while Russian and Bulgarian forces press in Dobrudja and Wallachia.
Goon Valley resident Thton Matthson smashed into Vincent Tausche’s automobile at Third and State streets Sunday afternoon. Matthson, westbound on State, cut the corner and hit Tausche’s southbound car amidships, damaging a tire fender and front axle. He was arrested by a passing policeman and fined $17.50 for driving while intoxicated by Judge C. W. Hunt on Monday morning.
London December 4. Chancellor Reginald McKenna announced in the commons that the proposed issue of British treasury notes has been withdrawn. He said the plan, originally to be handled through J. Morgan & Company, was halted after the American Federal Reserve Board warned banks not to accumulate such securities.
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