Lloyd George Wins Backing From Three Leading Parties
Lloyd George gains formal support from the Liberal conference and long held allies in the Unionists and Labourites to form a wartime government. The Irish Nationalists’ stance remains unclear as Asquith receives public praise for leadership while Lloyd George demonstrates rapid, decisive authority and conciliatory skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
United Press
London
Liberal Party
Commons
Stregt
Asquith
Reform Club
Pall Mall Gazette
Gazette
Bluff Fire Devours Acres Near City
A Thursday afternoon blaze swept about twenty five acres near Coulee Park and Millers Coulee north of Bliss road toward Grandad bluff. The Hixon cottage area was briefly threatened as spectators gathered to watch the fire. Roy Ouerhammer mobilized five woodchoppers to help contain the flames, which gradually moved north and caused limited damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee Park
Millers Coulee
Bliss Road
Grandad Bluff
Hixon Cottage
la Crosse Country Club
Roy Ouerhammer
Coulee
Grandad
Olson and Crowbar Threat Claim Sparks Divorce Case
Christian Olson brandished an iron Tower to threaten his wife Hanna Olson over marital troubles. The wife filed a second divorce complaint after the first action was withdrawn. The couple married in Norway in 1899 and have five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Olson
Hanna
Seris
President Pardons Four Labor Leaders
President Wilson granted pardons to labor organizers Frank Ladvinka James Oates Hiram Stephens and Fanny Sullens who had been convicted on the West Virginia coal mine strike of 1914. Their sentences were commuted to expire at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Ladvinka
James Oates
Hiram Stephens
Fanny Sullens
West Virginia
Wilson
Burglar Uses Lights to Loot Home on Main Street
A bold thief turned on most house lights to aid in a burglary at Frank W. Sisson's 1511 Main Street home. About $200 in silver and jewelry vanished, with items including a gold watch and opal rings. Neighbors saw activity but assumed family was present. police have no clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Sisson
Main Street
Sisson
Lavalliere
E. H. Derr
Derr
Central Powers Offer to Greece Reported by Wireless
Rome Dec 8 Germany and Austria have offered to reopen land communications to Greece if Greece declares war on the Allies. The dispatch from Switzerland says reopening would mean the removal of all allied forces from Bulgaria toward Greece and possibly from the Macedonian front.
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Central Powers
Greece
Rome
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Macedonian Front
Meat Prices Seen Following Other Foods Down
Chicago December 8 meat prices were expected to drop after subpoenas issued to meat jobbers by U S District Attorney Charles Clyne. He will probe packers and jobbers for collusion and price fixing evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Charles Clyne
Clyne
Fire Department Assists in Rise Of Beef Thursday
A cow fell ten feet into a rear hole at the Law residence 435 South Fourth Street Thursday afternoon. Three Central fire station members used block and tackle to raise the cow back to level, with no effect on the cost of living.
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la Crosse
Law
South Fourth Street
Central Fire Station
Iowa Militia Ordered Home From Border muster out
Washington December 8 six thousand national guardsmen will be sent home from the border at once for muster out General Funston selected units from New York Delaware Iowa and others to form the withdrawal The move signals administration judgment that Villa raids pose no immediate danger and that General Pershing’s forces may soon join border patrols This is the largest homeward order issued since the border deployment began
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Washington
Funston
New York
Eighteenth Infantry
Pennsylvania
Utah
Field Artillery
California
Missouri
Massachusetts
Idaho
Iowa
District of Columbia
Kansas
Villa
Pershing
Official word of death of American at bandits hands
Washington reports that Dr. Fischer an American was killed by bandits at Santa Rosalia. Officials note the killing occurred days earlier and mark earlier border reports of other Americans killed as wild. Relatives and U.S. agents receive messages of massacres and outrages in northern Mexico as Villistas conduct raids and looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Fischer
Santa Rosalia
Gray
Foster
Snyman
Chihuahua City
EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
United States
United States Department
Villa
Villistas
Will Snyman
W. D. Snyman
San Pablo de Mogqui
Torreon
Department
Howard Weeks
Howard Gray
Donald Gillis
Howard Snyder
Forest fires menace towns in Hopewell area
A powerful forest fire driven by strong winds swept six miles of timber land and crops at the Hunterdon Somerset county line and destroyed farm houses while threatening villages along its path.
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Hopewell
Hunterdon
Somerset
Esch Invited to Welcome Returned Troops in La Crosse
Local council committee plans a large homecoming for La Crosse guardsmen from Fort Sheridan. A telegram to Congressman John J. Esch asks for a national speaker. a parade and reception follow detrainment at Northwestern station. Ten thousand spectators expected along Vine and Main streets.
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la Crosse
Texas
John J. Esch
Esch
Hixon
Fort Sheridan
Burt C. Smith
Funston
Illinois
Frank H. Fowler
Council
Sparta
Husky
John B. Webber
Vine Street
Third Street
Fifth Street
Fifth
Main Street
Pearl
Pearl Street
Fourth
Market Square
Bentley
French Warship Suffren Declared Lost With All Hands
Paris reports the French battleship Suffren officially classified as lost by the minister of marine. She left Gibraltar for Lourent on November 24 with about 730 crew aboard, an eight knot 12,750 ton vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gilbraltar
Lorient
Embargoes Hit Roads Into West Philadelphia and Beyond
On December 8, embargoes were announced by the Pennsylvania railroad restricting freight traffic to only roads trains coal and government orders. The measure covers lines east and west of Pittsburgh and takes effect immediately. New York reports rising freight prices and congestion as merchants rush to stock up. Chicago notes widespread embargoes by major eastern railroads except the Baltimore and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
New York Central
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Disciplining of Greece Expected by Allies Friday
Allied plans to begin the punishment of Greece with a Friday blockade of Greek ports. France to formally announce measures restricting movement of vessels from harbors, cutting the kingdom off from supplies. Athens dispatches note only Italian colonists remain in the capital as Venizelos adherents are moved to prison amid jeering crowds.
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London
Greece
Athens
du Fournet
Venizelos
Parliament House
Avreoff
Love suit goes to jury in Caledonia court
Mrs Ellen Sanders of Houston seeks $20 900 from Mrs Anna Rank widow of La Crescent for the loss of her husband s love. Jury in district court at Caledonia was to decide the case after defense testimony concluded and closing argumentsFriday afternoon. A quick verdict was believed probable by onlookers.
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Ellen Sanders
Houston
Anna Rank
la Crescent
Caledonia
Boat houses may be barred from La Crosse levee
Proponents of a Black River recreation center argue War Department rules could force removal of motorboat houses from navigable waters. Officials warn enforcement could scatter the La Crosse harbor colony along Copeland Park and along the levee. Walter S. Woods notes boat owners seek slips in a municipal garage to replace scattered boathouses damaged by returning river traffic.
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Black River
Common Council
War Department
Rock Island
River Service
Onalaska
Copeland Park
Woulde City
Walter S. Woods
Channel
Paul Wieland's Foraging Scheme Lands Him in Cells
A 34 year old European man named Paul Wieland offered to manage foraging for front line soldiers and was arrested by La Crosse police. Officers found six wrapped handouts and enough food to feed a dozen men in his possession while operating in the Fifteenth and Main streets area. Police wonder if he serves as a commissariat for a band of bohemes lodging nearby.
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Paul Wieland
Police Department of
la Crosse
Paul
Fifteenth
Main Streets
Commissariat
Romanian Retreat Intensifies German Push Near Bucharest
Berlin and London reports detail Romanian army divisions retreating under German and Austro Hungarian pursuit. Romanian capitals and key towns fall under German control while prisoners and losses mount. meanwhile French and Serbian fronts repulse German and Bulgarian attacks on Hill 304 and nearby positions.
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Berlin
Sayville
Bucharest
Romania
Trnava
War Office
Rumania
Danube
Ninth Army
Ploesti
Predeal
Altschantz
Meuse
Duena
Visey
London
Moldavia
Russia
Dobrudja
Paris
Cerna
Starasina
West Front
Dr Gunderson plans home on river island near Pettibone Park
Dr Adolph Gunderson has purchased the small island north of Pettibone park and is considering building a summer home there. He has hired a contractor to fill the island with dirt and teams are hauling material this week to create a connecting road to the La Crescent turnpike near Barron's island. He has not decided on building but tests land for suitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Gunderson
Pettibone Park
Gunderson
la Crescent
Barron’s Island
Teachers Institute Planned Here in Shawano
PLAN TEACHERS MEET SHAWANO Wis Dec 8 A teachers institute will be held here on Saturday with Prof Mitchell and Miss Alicia Pieters of Oshkosh as conductors.
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Shawano
Wis
Mitchell
Alicia Pieters
Oshkosh
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F. W. Sisson
Fire Department
Hiram Johnson
Hiram W. Johnson
Lifornia Progressive Republic
Johnson
Posemenense Seceres San Francisco
Aign
Gover
West
LA Crosse Levee
Alr
DR. Gunderson
River Island
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