No Immediate Relief for Frigid Citizens Says Utility Chief
Public hearing in La Crosse on the Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power heating service heard complaints of poor regulation, overloading, and inadequate insulation. The Consumers League was formed to monitor heating, gas, and lighting service. Manager Moncreiff said repairs were deferred due to money tightness and that no immediate relief is planned. changes expected next summer.
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Tall
Burroughs
Irvine
T. Bb. Lawrence
James Schwebach
Col. Copeland
Bishopric
Schwebach
Dan G. MacMillian
Gas & Electric Company
MacMillian
la Crosse
Refused Quarter and Fought to the Water’s Edge
A Canadian newspaper report notes the German fleet under Admiral von Spee faced superior British forces off the Falklands. The battle involved an eight-ship British squadron. German ships reportedly misjudged the engagement and refused quarter, fighting to the water's edge.
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Inven
Falklands Battle Report Shows German Squadron Destroyed
A full account from Punta Arenas relays German daring at Falkland Islands as Admiral von Spee pressed a British squadron. British ships Invincible Inflexible Kent Cornwall Carnarvon Bristol Glasgow attacked after three miles. Cornwall suffered minor waterline damage. others escaped.
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van Spee
Invincible
von Spee
Frederick Sturdee
Cornwall
Germans Raid Stops Traffic On British Coast
German raiders mined the British coast causing halt of traffic and naval disruption. The action involved use of mines to block routes and threaten vessels, according to wartime dispatches.
Three Ships Lost as German Mine Threatens North Sea Traffic
London reports three ships struck mines off Flamborough Head and Hartlepool. Elterwater sinks with six missing crew. another vessel and the Princess Olga also go down. German mine layers were seen at work as heavy bombardments occurred yesterday.
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London
Admiralty
Flamborough Head
Newcastle
Elterwater
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Relations Between Porte And Greece Grow Strained
Athens reports relations between Greece and Turkey worsening as a Greek naval officer serving in Constantinople is sentenced to death after a Turkish request for surrender is refused. The incident escalates diplomatic tension between the two nations.
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Porte
Greece
Athens
Turkey
Constantinople
Daylight Bandit Shot After Bank Robberies in Ohio
In Cincinnati patrolman Knau was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with an automobile bandit who had earlier looted Provident Savings Bank branch and Liberty Banking and Savings Co. two daylight robberies totaling about 13 000 dollars. The bandit was also shot and expected to die. both robberies involved a stolen car.
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Cincinati
Ohio
Knau
Provident Savings Bank
Eighth Street
Freeman Avenue
Liberty Banking and Savings Company
Liberty and
Edward Hughes
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company
Hughes
Derinti e Sink Reported as Sinking Off Turkish Coast
The Russian Black Sea fleet sunk the German steamer Derrintie off the Turkish coast. Derrintie was a Levantine Line steamer.
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Petrograd
Black Sea
Derrintie
Deriitie
Citizens Aid War on Tuberculosis With Red Cross Seals
Post office nurses sell Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis battle and local visiting nurse programs. Twenty five dollars raised yesterday under supervision of Mary K Buck and Mary S Regan. Nurses Mary Olson and Marie Johnson assisted this day in La Crosse area.
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Red Cross
Board of Trade
Mary K. Buck
Mary S. Regan
la Crosse
Mary Olson
Marie Johnson
U S probes religious cult in flying roller colony
Federal investigators in Benton Harbor Michigan opened a probe into the House of David sect led by Benjamin Purnell. Two affidavits from women members allege immoral conduct by Purnell with women and girls, citing Scripture to justify actions and referencing a compromising photograph.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
H. S. Whitney
Purnell
Lena McFarlane
Whitney
Edith Clark
Benjamin
Motorman Speeds Through Smoke on Wabash Avenue
A Chicago elevated train roared through a blazing cloud of smoke and flames on Wabash Avenue as the motorman opened full speed, sending about 200 passengers into a state of alarm.
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Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Take Trenches With Sold Steel
Paris reports several German trenches seized in Flanders at bayonet point. The war office bulletin notes continued French gains near Verma il les and heavy artillery duels across the line from Tracy le Val to the Argonne and Verdun.
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Paris
Flanders
War Office
Vermeilles
Tracy le Val
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Verdun
Sea
Bullets Cross Border Into Naco Amid Tense Border Rules
Reports say more bullets crossed the border into Naco triggering security concerns as gunfire and tensions escalate. Local authorities and federal agencies coordinate patrols and help at the frontier while residents seek safety and clarity on regulations.
Mist Shrouds German Pursuit and Mexican Crisis Rise
At Naco and in Mexico a sharp U S stance emerges with General Bliss authorized to shell cross border gun positions if bullets cross into U S territory. President Wilson joins War Department talks as Villa Maytorena tensions flare. In Europe a German squadron evades British patrols with heavy civilian casualties in Hartlepool and nearby towns.
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Washington
United States
Naco
Sonora
Bliss
Arizona
Hugh Scott
el Paso
Pancho Villa
Villa
Scott
Gov
Maytorena
General Bliss
Wilson
State Department
Canada
Vera Cruz
Senor Ramirez
Puebla
Carranzanists
Zapatistas
Mexico City
Milk Producers vote to fund fight against cattle disease
In Elgin on December 17 members of the Milk Producers' association representing about one third of Chicago dairymen voted a 100000 assessment to combat the slaughter of herds infected with foot and mouth disease. Each member will pay 25 cents per cow.
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Elgin
Milk Producers’ Association
Chicago
Unsettled December Weather With Snow For Midwest And Severe War News
Forecasts warn unsettled weather tonight and Friday with light snow across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa and rising temperatures with southerly winds. In the eastern lake region light to heavy snow has fallen and coastal rains spread to Texas. Reports from Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby describe heavy civilian casualties and a large recruiting surge following German bombardment, with multiple fatalities and wounded including families wiped out in Hartlepool.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Eas Lake
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Sheridan
Wye
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Northwest
California
Scarborough
North Sea
John Hall
Hartlepool
Whitby
War Office
West Hartlepool
Admiralty
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Consumers League
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Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co
Moncrieff
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PP. Co
Ladeeiva Dons
Falklands
Gneisenauy
Buenos Ayres
Falkland Islands
Oriza
Punta Arenas
Stephen Martindale
U. S
Flying Rollers
Michigan
English
England
Helgoland
Hardlenoo
Berlin
Hague
Germany
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