Sunday Afternoon Fire Threatens De Soto Village
A stove caused a blaze in Joseph Spears’ apartment over Theodore Hanson store, threatening De Soto thirty miles south of La Crosse. Three businesses burned with about $20,000 loss. villagers formed bucket brigades to save others as water was scarce and the post office was saved by onlookers and roof action. The Hanson and Colonel Ingersoll buildings, among others, suffered severe damage but the town’s effort kept the fire from spreading further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Spears
Theodore Hanson
de Soto
la Crosse
Burlington
K. G. FB. Andrew
Fred C. McGlachlin
Anne
Louis Olson
Theodore
Ingersoll
Postoffice
de Soto Postoffice
Argus
Hanson
Byron QC
J. W. Caldwell
F. McDowell
L. A. Larson
Esch Cannot Attend Welcome Back Event for Militiamen
Representative John J. Esch will not deliver the welcome speech to La Crosse militiamen returning from the border. He cannot leave Washington for the occasion and suggests several alternative speakers. The plan will be reviewed by Chairman B. Smith and the welcome committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Esch
la Crosse
Esch
B. Smith
Washington
Smith
Gigantic Swindle in Worthless Stocks Exposed in Philadelphia
United States postal inspectors halted a massive stock swindle in Philadelphia, arresting several men once respected in business circles. The probe named eight companies, led by the International Gas and Electrical company, which allegedly sold 1.5 million dollars of worthless stock to about five hundred victims, with most proceeds arriving as funds from widows and orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J. Rufus Wallingford
United States Postal
International Gas and Electric Company
Bach & Co
Bank of Independence
Logan
Pennsylvania
Zhe Gas Company
Concord
Suburban Gas Company
Syracuse
N. Y
Gaston Gas Company
Gaston
Georgetown
Smith
Lloyd George forms war cabinet and ministry
London dispatch reports David Lloyd George assembling a war cabinet and unified ministry to govern with full powers. Milner Henderson and Curzon Law prominent, Devonport named food controller, meatless days expected, and a push for economy and prohibition on spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Lord Devonport
Robert Bannatyne Finlay
George Cave
Home Department
Arthur J. Balfour
Walter Hume Long
Earl of Derby
Austin Chamberlain
India
Baron Rhondda
Local Government Board
Albert Stanley
Board of Trade
John Hodge
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Christopher Addison
Robert Cecil
Baron Devonport
Joseph Paton Maclay
Rowland E. Prothero
Board of Agriculture
Herbert A. L. Fisher
Board of Education
Alfred M. Mond
Frederick Cawley
Duchy of Lancaster
Albert Illingworth
George N. Barnes
Frederick E. Smith
Gordon Hewart
K. C
Thomas B. Morison
Scotland
Baron Wimborne
Ireland
Henry E. Duke
Ignatius J. O’brien
Roger Bannatyne Finlay
West Bridgehead at Cernavoda Claimed by Sofia
Allied reports describe a Bulgarian force crossing the Danube to seize the Cernavoda bridgehead in Romania near Silistria and a separate success in regaining positions on the high road from Ploesti to Mizilu. The notice also notes renewed attacks in Macedonia and air raid details on Belgen and Scobba.
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Cernavoda
SOFIA
Danube
Rumania
Silistria
Lalapasi
Macedonia
Suhodol
Lower Danube
Constanza
Mejidie
Bucharest
Thalia
Dobrudja
Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Belgena
Soobba
Vauquois
Argonne
Meuse
Verdun
Petrograd
Ploeshti
Mizilu
Second burglary echoes Sisson case at Schwalbe home
Police link Sunday break in at Arthur Schwalbe 325 South Seventeenth Street to the prior Sisson burglary due to similar method. A diamond and pearl lavalier valued at 35 dollars and 5 cents in change were taken. robber fled when James Patrick returned and spotted a broken window.
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Sisson
Arthur Schwalbe
South Seventeenth Street
Lavalliere
Mr. Patrick
Schwalbes
Stoddard
Patrick
Carranza Signs Protocol For Border Place
Laredo Texas December 11 The protocol from the Mexican American joint commission met Carranza approved as a whole but the first chief suggested minor changes in phrasing before his signature. Alberto Peni Mexican member en route to Washington refused to confirm signings or reception pending conferring with colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Texas
Joint Commission
Carranza
Alberto Peni
Washington
Emma Van Sickle Buried Among Five Husbands at Private Cemetery
Emma C Van Sickle lies buried on her farm near Mc Gregor with five husbands already laid to rest. Headstones erected by Emma mark each grave, including a verse on Clinty and a dedication from Emma to Peter, while the widow’s grave has no marker.
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M’gregor
Emma C. van Sickle
McGregor
Emma
Peter
D. C. Vv
P. D.C
P. E
Briand Said to Plan Cabinet Shakeup After Briand's move
Paris reports Premier Briand expected to reorganize the cabinet along Lloyd George lines. British reconstruction model may include a five member war council and broader civilian department changes with unknown military shift.
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Paris
Briand
David Lloyd George
England
Lloyd George
Villa Vows to Drive Americans From Mexico or Force Fight
Francisco Villa declares in an interview printed in the New York Evening World that he will drive the Americans out of Mexico or compel them to fight. He details plans to widen the gap between the two nations and recalls actions at Columbus and Guerrero while noting his injury and limited forces.
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New York
Mexico
Francisco Villa
New York Evening World
Thorkel Flood Mortensen
Villa
Quinta Luz
Chihuahua City
el Paso
Cientificos and
Hippolitome Hermano
Pershing
Wilson
Agua Prieto
Carranza
Slocum
Columbus
Big Plains
Salazar
Guerrero
Heavily Armed Steamship Sighted in Mid Atlantic Lane
A heavily armed steamship equipped with torpedo tubes was spotted about 500 miles north of the Azores in the central Atlantic travel lane. A wireless warning was sent to Entente merchant vessels by a British or French cruiser off Sandy Hook.
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New York
Azores
Supreme Court limits Detroit fare ordinance reach
The Supreme Court reversed a Michigan ruling and held Detroit’s three cent workmen's ticket plan by Detroit United Railways does not apply to distant suburbs annexed after the ordinance was adopted, excluding those areas from rush hour fare coverage.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railways
Chamber's Farm Sign Board Gains national attention
La Crosse Chamber of Commerce sign boards are drawing inquiries after being featured in agricultural publications. The American Thresherman and Farm Power and The Farmer praise the idea, with comments from The Boston Chamber of Commerce and The Country Agent calling for town country cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
New York
James R. Kinslee
la Crosse Chamber
Farm Power
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court limits ICC power on tank car orders
The Supreme Court ruled that the Interstate Commerce Commission lacks authority to compel railroads to supply special tank cars to corporations using their lines. Dec. 11.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philipp denies full pardon for Cameron Dam hero Dietz
Governor Philipp refuses a full pardon for John F. Dietz, the Cameron Dam defender, citing mercy as possible only if the Board of Control approves home treatment under prison custody. The governor notes Dietz’s heart trouble and dropsical condition and discusses witness credibility and jurors’ sympathy in the context of executive clemency. Continued on pay six column six.
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Madison, Wis
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
Waupun
Philipp
Dietz
Board of Control
Attoreneys, Nabor & Wheeler
Mayville
McGovern
Britton
Jack Britton
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Citizens Save
Bucket Brigade
LA Crosse Tribune
Cabinet and War Council
Lord Curzon
Bonar Law
Lord Milner
Arthur Henderson
Milner
Henderson
Sia
Seves
Kalapasi
Vienna
Constantine
Reuter
Sisson Joe Schwalbe
Emma van Sickle
Sharpe
Aristide Briand
Dec
State Department
Poincare
Chamber’s Farm Sign Board
Agricultural Bureau
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