Supreme Court rules on state tax and utility cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirms a long list of rulings affecting state tax refunds and utility operations. Decisions cover Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance tax case, damages to Anna Guillaume’s greenhouse, a trade name dispute between J I Case entities, a libel case against Milwaukee Leader, and Menasha city right to buy a public utility serving Appleton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Guillaume
Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company
Supreme Court
Guillaume
Madison
Wis
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wisconsin
Insurance
Northwestern Company
Winslow
Northwestern
J. S. Case Plaw Company
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
J. I
Threshing Machine Company
Peter F. Lueck
Victor L. Berger
H. W. Bistorius
Milwaukee Leader
Berger
Menasha
Appleton
Address praised by senators as president’s message
Washington December 7 Democratic senators praised the president’s message as stirring and heartening for the nation. Republican leaders and several key figures offered silence or partial comments while figures like Clark and O’Gorman voiced support. Old line Republicans Smoot and Gallagher and progressives Kenyon and La Follette remained noncommittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Clark
O’gorman
Pittman
Letter From Your Wife Urges Contact From Jack Devine
A wife in Chicago writes the La Crosse police asking her husband Jack Devine to return. She describes his appearance five feet eleven inches tall with black hair and eyes, notes his baseball knowledge and a large sum of money, and mentions their two babies and her illness. She says she is hard pressed since he left October 20 from 608 South Oakley Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Devine
la Crosse
Chicago
South
Oakley Boulevard
Jack
Normal Basketball Tour Opens Soon For Normal Team
The normal school basketball team prepares to start a four state tour with at least fifty percent win expectation. Captain Weisse Meinert Strum and Wachter lead a list of six selected players chosen by lottery and judges. Two exhibition games are set this week including a free admission clash with a north side team and a later game against a city team captained by Ralph Bradsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Weisse
Meinert
Strum
Wachter
J. R. Moore
F. C. Lewis
Dr. South
Ralph Bradsh
Lansing Backed by President in Important Move
The piece notes German agents under investigation and claims Berlin would handle matters directly with Washington via American Ambassador Gerard. Attorney General Gregory says information is being gathered but nothing highly significant has emerged yet regarding German activity in Mexican affairs and the acute situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington
Gerard
Gregory
Fear Fire Smolders in Vessel Hold Aboard Minnesota
San Diego reports fear a fire may smoulder in the hold of the crippled freighter Minnesota as a mutinous crew blocks the captain from wireless updates. No word has come since a message said all sixteen boilers were out of service and the ship drifted toward islands off Lower California. The vessel’s cargo of foodstuffs for the allies remains at stake while no replies are received to inquiries about a supposed plot to sink her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Minnesota
Lower California
IGC approves higher grain freight rates on rail routes
Washington Dec 7 The interstate commerce commission allowed increased grain rates from Great Northern points in Minnesota and South Dakota to Kansas City Southern points in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma and to Union Pacific points in Kansas. Rates were found justified and may become effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Union Pacific Railway
Wilson Addresses Congress in Momentous Session
President Wilson spoke before a joint session, drawing full galleries as 565 admittance cards were issued and quickly filled. He outlined preparedness plans, stressing essential first steps for army and navy, while critics noted the lack of applause for the preparedness portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Capitol
Clark
H. N. Couden
United States
Army
Propagandists Targeted as Nation Seeks Loyalty
The president denounces propagandists as disloyal and calls for lawful purge of corrupt distempers. He warns that grave threats to national peace come from within and urges immediate action against those he deems malignant. He says few in number but dangerous, and vows to use power to silence them.
Frame up rights claimed in Price case in Minnesota
Charles T. Etchison signed statement said to be made in Chicago to Assistant County Attorney Armstrong alleging Frederick T. Price conspired to kill Mrs. Mary Fridley Price on November 28, 1914. Price called the statement a frame up as County Attorney Rees awaited Etchison arrival and contents of the telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis, Minn
Charles T. Etchison
Chicago
Armstrong
Frederick T. Price
Etchison
Mary Fridley Price
Price
Rees
Detective Lieu confirms confession in embankment death
Chicago dispatch reports detective Lieu confirms that Charles D. Etchison of Washington and Frederick T. Price of Minneapolis confessed to throwing Price's wife over a fifty foot embankment. The incident is linked to Price as the victim and Etchison and Price as suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Larkin
Charles D. Etchison
Washington, D. C
Frederick T. Price
Minneapolis
Price
Houghton Sells Interest in the Westby Times
Joseph Houghton, long partner with J. T. Hayes in the Westby Times, sold his interest to Hayes and launched a new venture, purchasing the Boyd Times Herald in Chippewa County. He takes possession immediately and plans to move his family this week. Art Skar suspends Coon Valley Herald after four years as foreman moves to join Westby Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
THE
Westby Times
Westby
Wis
Joseph Houghton
J. T. Haye
Boyd Times- Herald
Chippewa County
Coon Valley Herald
Art Skar
Skar
Raid on East Seventy-Eighth Street Narrows to Three Austrians
Detectives acting on Secret Service information raided an East Seventy-Eighth Street apartment in New York. They seized enough explosives to wreck the building and arrested two Austrian men and a woman. Authorities also recovered mechanical equipment and wire fit for bomb making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secret Service
Flynn
East Seventy-eighth Street
Bulgars Attack French Forces in Montenegro
Berlin reports Ipek the eastern Montenegrin city has fallen to Austro Germans after Bulgarians pressure forced a French retreat. Athens dispatches note fierce Balkan fighting with Bulgarians striking the French right wing as Serbs and Montenegrins retreat under Albanian skirmishers.
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Berlin
London
Ipek
Montenegro
Athens
Balkans
Salonika
Mackensen
Valandovi
Rumania
Tuckerton
N. J
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Ford to Flash Peace Message to Champ Clark
Henry Ford aboard the Oscar II plans to send the first peace message via wireless to be read in Congress. The message is addressed to Champ Clark and will be transmitted once the OSCAR II can establish a line, avoiding Canada, from Siasconet Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart
United Press
Siasconet
Mass
Henry Ford
Champ Clark
Congress
Canada
Ford peace expedition sails with twenty delegates
NEW YORK, Dec. 7. The second section of the Ford peace expedition, including twenty peace delegates, college students and newspaper correspondents, boarded the liner Frederick VIII for sail the next day. Passports for the party were expected to arrive by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Washington
Cape Race
New York
French submarine Fresnel Sunk. Crew Taken Prisoners
Paris December 7 report says the French submarine Fresnel was sunk by an Austrian warship Sunday. Two officers and twenty six crew members were captured and made prisoners, according to a ministry of marine report.
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Paris
Fresnel
Ministry of Marine
Organization Postponed Meeting at Stoddard Hotel
The National Association of Life Insurance Underwriters branch meeting at the Stoddard hotel was postponed for a week due to the absence of National Secretary A C Larson. The meeting will be held a week from Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Asociation of Life Insurance Underwriters
Stoddard Hotel
A. C. Larson
Becky Ellen feigns illness in scheme over husband
New York on December 7 Mrs Becky Ellen pretended to convulse after painting her lips and claimed she had ingested iodine to distract her husband Harry from attending to female grocery customers.
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New York
Becky Ellen
Harry
Severe quake rattles Illinois City
Cairo Ill Dec 7 a severe earthquake shock rattled windows and in some sections of the city shook houses. The tremor lasted about a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ill
Fighting and recapture in Champagne and Auberive
Paris reports lively cannonading and a local clash near a French advance post south of St Souplet. Berlin announces German forces recaptured 250 yards of trenches east of Auberive following the French offensive movement in Champagne.
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Paris
Champagne
St. Souplet
Berlin
London
Auberive
Big attendance expected at the boards supper
About 150 to 200 members of the La Crosse board of trade were set for the quarterly supper at the Y M C A, tickets returned in high numbers. The Bangor delegation, arriving from Milwaukee around 5 pm, includes 25 listed guests led by reception head E S Hebberd and Bangor Commercial Club secretary Frank B Gessler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse “Board of Trade
Banger
Milwaukee Road
E. S. Hebberd
Frank B. Gessler
Bangor Commercial Club
E. J. Wiles
E. Richter
L. Seidenberg
Louis Merlo
Jesse Brown
H. Enckhausen
M. E. Brand
Adolph Teppel
C. E. Bradley
Committee heads named at caucus
Washington dispatch lists committee chairmanships assigned by the House Ways and Means Committee. Names include Adair Indiana and Earnhardt Indiana on expenditures agendas, plus Clark Florida on public buildings and grounds, and many others across industries, departments, and programs. The piece ends with a reflective line on love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Adair
Indiana
War Department
Adamson
Georgia
Alexander
Missouri
Ashbrook
Ohio
Bailey
Pennsylvania
Justice Department
Earnhardt
Bruckner
New York
Commerce Department
Burnett
Alabama
Byrnes
South Carolina
Cantrill
Kentucky
Clark
Florida
Dies
Texas
Coughton
North Carolina
Agricultural Department
Ferns
Oklahoma
Finley
Fitzgerald
Flood
Virginia
Foster
Illinois
Glass
Goodwin
Gregg
Hammill
New Jersey
Hamlin
State Department
Hardy
Navy Department
Hay
Helm
Henry
Houston
Tennessee
Hughes
Johnson
District of Columbia
Jones
Key
Konop
Wisconsin
Lazaro
Louisiana
Lever
Lewis
Maryland
Lloyd
Lobeck
Nebraska
Treasury Department
Maher
Labor Department
Morgan
Louisia
Morrison
Poll
Rucker
Sabath
Stackleford
Slayden
Smith
Sparkman
Stephens
Mississippi
Stout
Montana
Interior Department
Taverner
Postoffice Department
Watkins
Webb
Judiciary
Santa Claus Letters From a Lively Small-Town Mailbox
Postmaster Olaf Skaar reads aloud Christmas letters addressed to Santa with many unsigned kids asking for simple toys and meals. Some notes name families or hint at identities. others request specific gifts like drums rubber boots and toy tools. Skaar forwards letters to charitable groups or theater managers for help in fulfilling the wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf Skaar
Santa Claus Union
Saint Nick
Santa Claus
Santa Skaar
Santa
Bob
Mary
M. Santa Claus
Alaska
North Pole
Roland
Paul
Russell
Coulee's Oldest Resident Dead
Mrs. Margaret Abnit aged 80, the oldest inhabitant of Sand Lake Coulee, died at her daughter Mrs. H Trader's home 512 North Sixth Street. Born in 1835 in Bern Switzerland she came to America in 1860. Husband died thirteen years ago. Eight children survive. Funeral services set for 1:30 Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Trader's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Abnit
Sand Lake Coulee
H. Trader
North Sixth Strete
Abnit
Brne
Switzerland
America
Trader
Thirteen teams tie early in six day race
Thirteen teams raced into the second day of the six day bicycle race in New York as the field bunched at 705 miles. Sullivan and Anderson the Irish Danish duo stood at 704 miles nine laps behind the leader while Sutter and Nadonna were one lap back and Kopsky with Wohlrab trailed the pack with Aida Russe and Leon Van Derstuyft also at 704 miles six laps.
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New York
Sullivan
Anderson
Sutter
Nadonna
Kopsky
Wohlrab
Aida Russ
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Horlick
Lansing
Cutive
Persia
Panama
Salvador
Sweden
Triangle
MR. Earl Metcalfe
Miss Ormi Hawley
Cowboy
F. J. McWilliams
Mer
Grace Cunard
Francis Forde
Elsie Alberts
Nestor
Ethel Barrymore
Metro
Herald
Miniature Arsenal
Cholas Records
Carl B.noelke
Lacrosse
QUAKE
Illinois City
War Office
Bangor
Robb
Skaar
Coulee
Sterling
W. T. Irvine
Main St
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