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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
1
The miners union voted to end the labor war under Wilson terms adopted late last night at the convention. Dramatic scenes marked the vote as nationwide tensions ease. Troops are expected to depart soon as federal detachments enforcing order may be withdrawn by Christmas.
The article notes U S artillery units depart Fort Bliss near El Paso and Gen Bliss is dispatched to the border. The White House maintains no policy change, citing cautious measures and continued watchful waiting as a precautionary step.
In Denver the fourteenth month coal miners strike ends as a special federal mediation commission led by Seth Low is slated to take over. President Wilson renews efforts for a three year truce while troops may withdraw before Christmas, operators expect to rehire only if violence is absent.
Reports describe French artillery gains at the Lys Argonne Meuse heights and Le Pretre forest. German advances toward Warsaw and ongoing battles near Przyszysz Cra cow Piotrkow. British Indian and Canadian forces join westward push. Breslau cruiser repelled off Sebastopol. Russians retreating near Lodz pursued as Galicia engages stubbornly.
Attorney Oldrich Appearing Before Supreme Court for Paul Husting asserts recount law does not apply to the Senate. Timlin notes Michigan case supports the argument that the state copied the statute in full. The discussion also references a man damus writ and a ruling that the prior decision is being replicated.
M B Olbrich argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court that the Dane Douglas and Milwaukee recount status has no bearing on the U S Senate contest. Governor McGovern's side urged quashing the writ while arguing the board need not finish by December 10. A decision was expected the following day.
London announced the German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig of Admiral Von Spee s squadron have been sunk following the battles that destroyed the British ships Good Hope and Monmouth. The three vessels were rounded up by the British fleet and sent to the bottom.
City Sealer E H Derr appeals to the Wisconsin railroad commission to force Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power to provide adequate heat. Complaints rise as a cold spell grips the city with many residences far below seventy degrees. Derr explains he has flats with insufficient heat and awaits action, stating he pays the price and deserves proper service.
General Christian Frederick Beyers, longtime South African rebel commander with General DeWet, was killed while fleeing loyalist troops on the Vaal river. His body was not recovered after he was shot from his horse and swept downstream in the swollen current.
The war office communique describes artillery duels along the entire line from the sea to the Lys river and along the Aisne. French artillery held the advantage in the Aisne region while in the Argonne the Germans blew a trench but the French generally held the upper hand.
An account of Luftwaffe air raid activity over Dover England reveals bomb drops and cross channel attacks. The report notes censorship and guarded information as details leak out today about the raid and defense responses.
Five German bombs were dropped on Dover near London by aviators Karl Kaspar and Richard Otto after a raid long denied by London officials. The blasts caused little damage and no casualties as British forces failed to shoot the aircraft down.
Dispatches from Amsterdam report Kaiser Wilhelm II is seriously ill with pneumonia and headaches worsened by exertion with his troops since the war began. Berlin sources say he is irritable with advisers and cannot return to the front. He has traveled by auto with staff doctors, visiting East Prussia and the Czenstochowa front.
Street islands have been placed at Third and Main and at Fifth and State streets to prevent risky turns. Donated by A. Grams, flour and feed dealer, they were accepted by Mayor Ori J. Sorensen and city council members. Similar signs are used in many larger cities.
Early bulletin reports the German ruler in satisfactory condition but a later notice indicates the emperor’s illness may be more serious than first believed. The change affects anticipated visits to Army commands and regional activities.
Gustave Hellmich, 35, was sentenced to 18 months in state prison at Waupun for stealing a horse valued at $150 from George Hoeth of Shelby and a buggy from neighbor Fred Kramer by Judge John Brindley. Hoeth urged leniency, noting Hellmich’s ignorance of local ways. Hellmich, speaking broken English, said he had been in the country five years.
Yesterday’s highs near 40 and lows around 22 with 0.0 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for light snow tonight and Thursday in La Crosse area and unsettled weather across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with light snow or rain, colder conditions, and fresh northerly winds. Some stations report subzero readings in the northwest with Winnipeg at 12 below.
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