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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
4
Police in International Falls link a recent blaze to editor George P. Watson who has led a campaign against blind pigs gambling dens and disorderly houses. Watson reports $15,000 in losses.
Berlin reports the submarine merchantman Deutschland completed its second trans Atlantic round trip under Captain Paul Koenig. The vessel arrived off the Weser mouth at noon Sunday after leaving New London on November 21 at 2:30 PM.
Rose Grove circle No. 4 has elected officers for 1917 with Alice Foley as Guardian Minnie Saley as Advisor Anna Ryan as Clerk Anna Sieber as Banker Anna Ziezelmaier as Chaplain Jessie McDonald as Attendant Mabel Brown as Inner Sentinel Amelia Knutson as Outer Sentinel Augusta Reed Margaret Cary Margaret Cagel as Managers Emma Knebes as Past Guardian and Dr G Lueck as Physician.
In Athens King Constantine protests the Allied blockade and demands the release of 1,600 Venizelist prisoners. Diplomatic baggage of Entente ministers has been sent to Piraeus while Greece readies for possible German-Bulgarian alignment and a foreign-authenticated dispute escalates.
In Bagley Wisconsin the Eastman and Bagley teams played two games at Shrake's Opera House. The school team won 7 to 0 and the town team won 20 to 6. The Chautauqua Entertainers will headline December 20. The M E Ladies Aid bazaar and supper netted a large sum.
P. J. Watrous, youngest state officer and secretary of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, resigns after seven years of service. He will enter the advertising business in Chicago starting January 1, amid administrative changes since the commission's 1911 creation.
Dr Harvey Wiley advocates municipal and state takeover of all food supplies to distribute to consumers at fair prices. He says federal control has failed and urges citizens to act, criticizing American cooks as wasteful.
A reflective saying notes that people often plan or promise greater effort for the future, implying ambition and procrastination. It frames a daily striving mindset and the idea that tomorrow holds potential beyond today.
Mrs. O. C. Baldwin broke two bones in her right arm when a buggy tipped after a strap remained hooked, as her husband unhitched the horse. A group of cowgirls and cowboys performed at the hall, a Presbyterian bazaar and supper was held, and Galesville beat Onalaska 28 to 19 in a boys basketball game. Lester Klandrud, son of Charles and Mrs. Klandrud, with pneumonia, may be brought home from Madison if his condition permits.
Edison five part feature drama "The Cossack Whip" heads for the Majestic theater next Tuesday and Wednesday. Viola Dana stars in a tale of bloody Russia on frozen plains produced by Klein Edison Selig ESS. Written by James Oppenheim the film promises a sumptuous production and novelty for filmdom.
Community items from North Side including O'Neil Shoe Store Xmas kicks and church group meetings at the Presbyterian lecture room and Tabernacle Baptist parlors. Notices of visits from Makoti North Dakota to friends in the area, recoveries from illness, and local motor trips to Stoddard.
At the International Livestock Show in Chicago on Saturday a champion Hereford bull named Woodford VI sold for 15000 dollars. N J Camden of Versailles Kentucky purchased the prize animal.
Rome reports Italy aims for a vigorous 1917 war push with two key moves. Class 1898 called to colors one year early, and parliament votes confidence in the government 376 to 45. Distribution of opponents not disclosed, suspected socialists and Giolitti followers.
German newspapers report the French destroyer Yatagan was sunk in a collision with a British transport. It becomes the fifth French destroyer lost in such incidents during the war, as of Berlin via Sayville Wireless on December 11.
The national conference on marketing and farm credits in Chicago closed its session with secretary Charles W. Holman noting aims to straighten food product channels, create producer and consumer benefits, and reduce the high cost of living by eliminating marketing delays and waste.
Berlin dispatches say Germany awaits a major statement by Chancellor Betthmann Hollweg when the reichstag meets Tuesday. The Vossische Zeitung reports a secret political declaration, and all state ministers were summoned to Berlin for a confidential conference Monday.
New York December 11. R G Dun's weekly review reports wholesale prices are forty percent higher than before the war. Eggs, western firsts average forty-three cents a dozen this week amid boycotts and probes. creamery extra butter is quoted at 38 1/2 cents versus forty-two cents a week ago.
Emperor Karl of Austria Hungary visited the German grand headquarters and met the Kaiser in the presence of Field Marshals Hindenburg and Conrad, via Sayville Wireless on Dec 11.
After twenty five hours and fifteen ballots a Red Oak jury found Senator F F Jones not entitled to damages from Burns detective J F Wilkerson who had accused him of backing the axe murder of Joe Moore and seven others in Moore’s Villisca home on June 9 1912.
A Pallas Paramount photoplay titled The Intrigue shows a brutal chastisement scene aboard an ocean liner en route to America. The plot centers on secret services of warring European nations and an American inventor of a phenomenal X ray gun delivering punishment amid espionage.
Shake rugs by the sides to loosen dirt. If possible spread them wrong side up on grass and beat to remove dust. Brush off remaining particles and hang them to air dry.
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