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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
1
Kaiser leaves Berlin to rejoin his forces at the front accompanied by Ministers of War Navy and Foreign Affairs in a show of unified leadership as German operations resume.
Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm has returned to the front claiming complete recovery and intent to remain with his troops through Christmas despite physician opposition. German war office statements say Indian trenches were stormed and taken with prisoners, while French attacks were repulsed and gains reported on the Argonne. Allied forces steadily push forward from a few yards to five miles along the line through Flanders and northern France toward Alsace.
Meryl Mueller, secretary at the Heileman rescue company, who recently operated at Lutheran Hospital on South South Street, is today greatly improved.
Yesterday's high 18 and low near 0 with precipitation not recorded. Fair in Wisconsin tonight with colder east and warmer northwest, Tuesday more clouds and fresh west winds. Minnesota partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with similar temperatures, Iowa partly cloudy with warmer west, strong winds, and 4 to 7 inches of snow in some areas. Central lake region storm brings rain and snow with high winds. low pressure to southwest. extensive cold and widespread snow east of the Rockies.
Thursday afternoon the Soldiers Relief Corps will meet at the G A R headquarters in the courthouse to distribute the monthly allowance to dependent G A R members and widows. Distribution is set for January 3 with the funds issued Thursday to feed Christmas needs.
New City New York December 21 Twelve jurors found William V Cleary not guilty after hearing his daughter's tale of alleged seduction by Eugene Newman son-in-law and husband of Newman’s wife Anna Cleary Newman.
Midway farmer Peter Border of Midway Wisconsin used a spavin cure on his mare to remove spavins and later treated his own corn with the same remedy. The mare shed the spavins, and Border’s pedal digit was severed by a La Crosse surgeon. The farmer declared the razor would be his future aid.
Reported supreme effort to raise the Przemysl siege as garrison sorties toward Birceza engage Russians. Warsaw defenses strengthen with Grand Duke Nicholas commanding over 1,000,000 men and a continuous front from the Vistula to the Pilica amid cold weather and heavy fighting.
Completed figures show a 356 thousand four hundred seventy four rise over last year as corporations pay 2.72 million dollars. The totals include four million one hundred forty thousand five hundred seventy one dollars and eighty six cents to bi sum collected on badger incomes.
Anna Cleary Newman testified she was about to become a mother, a detail cited in court that led to the acquittal of Eugene Newman, the 18 year old son-in-law accused of killing her father.
John P. Bird received word from Congressman Esch that La Crosse winning a fight for a government fish hatchery. The Agriculture Department has approved the petition and the Curlew steamer crew will supervise operations from Copeland Park hatchery this year. Water supply and staffing plans to expand as work grows.
The legislative vice committee finds abolishing segregated districts reduces street immorality. In La Crosse and Superior, closed policies correlate with better street conditions, while open policies show more vice. Officials, social workers, clergy and educators advocate repression and vigilance.
The dispute over who first crossed the Mississippi ice road this year centers on Walter Fisher and George Holzhammer versus George Trayer. Trayer claims the initial crossing on December 15, carrying a chunk of ice as evidence, while Fisher asserts the honor, with Holzhammer having observed at the bank.
The Supreme Court reverses a federal judge’s habeas corpus ruling and denies relief for the person accused in the extradition dispute. The decision upholds the government’s position and sets new limits on extradition appeal grounds.
The Supreme Court reversed a New Hampshire ruling and ordered Harry K. Thaw to stand trial for conspiracy to escape Matteawan. His extradition to New York hinges on state authorities, with further habeas corpus actions looming. Thaw’s famous case traces to the 1906 Madison Square Garden murder of Stanford White and years of legal battles.
Atlanta December 21 Leo M Frank faces possible execution January 22 after Judge Newman refuses to certify his case to the United States Supreme Court and allows one more appeal to the high court remains possible.
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