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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
12
Bright money for Christmas presents climbs to an all time high signaling robust holiday shopping. Families plan larger purchases with confidence as retailers report strong demand and seasonal discounts.
Wilmington Del December 21 The du Pont Powder company announced that the 20 percent bonus it has paid to salaried employees will rise to 30 percent starting January 1. The bonus for plant payroll workers will also become part of regular pay in 1915.
Fond du Lac authorities say two men held in La Crosse on fur thefts may be part of the same gang that recently stole several hundred dollars worth of furs in Fond du Lac. A detective could be sent to La Crosse to question the prisoners.
Dr. W. F. Montgomery of Eau Claire pleaded not guilty in federal court here to violation of the Harrison drug act. His case was continued to the January term. He is charged with failure to account for drugs required by the act.
After two weeks of practice the Normal basketball squad led by Dr. Carl B South prepares for a Friday night alumni game. The 1915 alumni champions of Wisconsin loom as a tough past foe as South hopes to unveil his new lineup against the returning stars Weisse Strum Byers Meinert Wachter and Jackson with Ralph Bradish refereeing.
Premier Lloyd George cited Abraham Lincoln in the House of Commons, arguing Britain and its allies fight to abolish Prussian militarism. He said the war was accepted for a world object and should end only when that object is achieved under God.
In New York the Christmas money mood continues with bonuses and dividends. R M Grant & Company awards a ten percent yearly bonus to NY Chicago and Boston staff. J S Bache & Company gives a twenty percent bonus. Garfield National Bank announces a three percent quarterly dividend plus a ten percent employee bonus. Atlantic Steel pays a one percent extra dividend. Equitable Trust declares six percent regular and six percent extra. Brooklyn Trust offers five percent regular and fifteen percent extra. Pan Handle Railroad posts three percent on preferred and five percent on common stock an uptick. Regular dividends include Vandalia four percent American Telephone two percent quarterly Great Northern one and three quarters percent quarterly Lehigh Valley two and a half percent quarterly Interstate three percent semi annually.
President Wilson left the White House on Wednesday and visited Mississippi Senator John Sharp Williams at his Sixteenth Street home. Williams, who was ill, refused to discuss the meeting, saying only that the president had called to consult on certain matters.
Green Bay Elks will host the annual Christmas festival Saturday afternoon at the clubhouse for the city’s poor children. The event provides gifts to youngsters in need through the charity drive and community effort.
In Rome on December 21, Foreign Minister Sonnino told the chamber that central powers proposals lack concrete bases for negotiations. He warned against discussing separate peace and urged unity to avoid division, stressing a lasting peace needs balance, justice, and humanity.
Chicago observers forecast Christmas shopping in the city to top $160 million, a record for the middle west, with John W. O’Leary of the Chicago Association of Commerce predicting about $160,000,000 in gifts and spending.
Petitions circulating among Beloit College faculty and students call on President Wilson to take vigorous action for humanity against alleged Belgian enslavement. The effort reflects campus involvement in the Belgians' plight during December.
Surgeons state men are slightly more subject to appendicitis than women. La Crosse people should know that a few doses of simple buckthorn bark glycerine etc as mixed in Adlerika often relieve or prevent appendicitis. This mixture removes such surprising foul matter that one spoonful relieves almost any case constipation sour stomach or gas. The instant easy action of Adlerika is surprising Hoeschler Bros druggists.
Ottawa dispatch reports four United States servicemen named in the overnight casualty list. Died of wounds Private R. Coonney from Domingo Newport VI. Died Private J. Burns Quincy Mass. Died Private H. Hempstead Tacoma Wash. Missing Private M. Brown Harrisburg Pa.
The Racine common council bans singing and dancing in cabarets and allows only instrumental music as part of a reform drive. Catarrh cure ads follow, promoting Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a reward offer and circulars.
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