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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1915
Page
14
Greek forces face rising doubt as allied pressure increases and retreat deepens. Reports indicate meetings with envoi diplomats halted while Greek army units head to confer with their commander on strategy and defense.
The French cruiser Descartes stopped the steamship Camp from New York en route to San Juan and removed two German residents of New Orleans. The Descartes fired four blank shots and two solid shots during the halt and boarding.
Forecast notes fair to partly cloudy conditions with a mix of snow and rain in southern Wisconsin and eastern regions. Temperatures today yesterday and outlook show slight cooling tonight into Sunday with unsettled conditions in Minnesota and Iowa and a broad system moving from Manitoba to Texas.
Fire department calls it the most disastrous blaze in years at the La Crosse Knitting works. Damage estimated between 25000 and 40000 dollars with figures not yet confirmed. Cause uncertain with spontaneous combustion considered. incendiary theory rejected. Fire started about 245 pm in the carding room third floor.
In a landmark Wisconsin ruling Judge E C Higbee overturned a jury award of 700 for George Morrison and gave verdict for defendants Dr A W Henke Dr B W Mast and La Crosse Hospital association The court held the hospital negligent but physicians not responsible citing its charitable status and set a legal precedent on hospital liability in Wisconsin The decision analyzes the nurses care and the burns claim while leaving the case to continue on page four.
Clifford Skinner, 21, a chauffeur, confessed to the Western State bank raid in St Paul carried out by four youths. Leader Jay Allen, 25, is still at large. About $3,000 vanished, with police tracking the gang to their route toward Chicago. Skinner, arrested on a train, yielded details along with an accomplice.
United States faces possible severance of diplomatic ties with Austria over the Ancona attack as Vienna silent. France dispute over shelling of the steamer Coamo grows, while Britain eyes embargo relief and Germany recalls attaches. Baron Zwiedenek risks recall amid forged passport evidence.
The piece profiles Sylvia Pierce of West Salem and Odin Peterson as notable young contestants in a local election. It notes Sylvia's parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pierce and Odin’s Viking-name heritage, with families eager to support their children as popular local figures in the contest.
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