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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
1
The state department indicated the United States might need to join peace enforcement pacts if negotiations require guarantees. Officials suggested linking with Pan American nations and possibly with select European powers, though Secretary Lansing cautioned such issues are premature.
Postmaster Olaf Skaar announces Sunday morning parcel and letter mail delivery in La Crosse with post office windows open 1 to 11 AM. Drivers will deliver bulk parcels as the rush peaks, aiming to clear the office before Christmas morning.
In bitter weather German forces press the Dobrudja front against Romanian and Russian defenders. Outnumbering the czar’s troops, they force retreats but face heavy resistance along the line. Reinforcements shift to Dobrudja as Teutons aim to flank Romanian Russian forces near the Barila area.
The piece likens Klan imagery from a spring viewing of Birth of a Nation to volunteers aiding a moral crusade. It highlights the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association pushing Christmas seal sales to curb tuberculosis with Madison Racine La Crosse all boosting efforts and a sale running through January 1.
W Philip Simms reports from the field in France that Christmas spirit lights the trenches as supply lorries ferry gifts to troops. Santa in khaki leads munitions and parcels along the lines, ensuring no Tommy is forgotten. Daily, about 25,000 bags of letters and parcels reach France, with mail flow and post operations described in detail.
The state tax commission announced preliminary 1916 valuations for Wisconsin utilities, showing more than nine million added to electric lines but keeping local street railway and Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power holdings at 1915 figures. Key valuations include Wisconsin Gas and Electric at 4 million and Wisconsin Public Service at 2.7 million, with total tax rising from last year’s 825,764.
On December 23 at Pocantico Hills the John D. Rockefeller estate awarded ten dollar gold pieces to more than 200 employees as a year end bonus.
Ferdinand Burrows 70 a Milwaukee engine wiper was found dead in the yards between the north side station and coal sheds. Officials note no equipment bears marks of a crash and speculate he crawled under freight cars as an engine moved. Coroner notified and an inquest ordered.
U S District Attorney W F Wolfe says investigators in the Western District of Wisconsin find no evidence of illegal price manipulation or Sherman Act violations here. He cites coal car shortages and crop losses as main causes of high prices, with federal agencies monitoring the situation to prevent a coal famine.
Entente powers will not deliver their reply to Germany’s peace proposals for about ten days. Delays stem from the need to coordinate among allied powers on wording and from awaiting Wilson’s response.
Three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Edmunds perished when their residence burned Saturday in Bismarck North Dakota.
Britain told the State Department the Arabia was not in admiralty service when torpedoed and had never been such a transport. Britain noted government passengers were aboard as ordinary packet passengers at government expense, with no Asiatic workmen soldiers aboard. Germany admitted sinking the ship and claimed the commander thought it a transport. Secretary Lansing weighs whether to share the incomplete note with Germany amid pending submarine matters.
Rotterdam dispatches report serious food riots in Dresden where police and troops quelled a protest by around one hundred women. The demonstrations occurred Sunday Monday and Tuesday, with three policemen seriously wounded on Tuesday during clashes as shops were stoned and the crowd demanded food.
General Robert Nivelle's rise to the post once held by General Joffre marks Briand's new ministry injecting new blood into wartime command and strategy.
London newspapers debate President Wilsons peace note with hopes of secret Germany intel guiding a possible settlement. Editors suggest the note may reflect information or a bluff as they express fear of a strategic blunder and a hidden aim to avert or provoke war.
El Paso Texas December 23. Final action on the Eighth Ohio National Guard protest against camp conditions and food reduced sergeants and corporals in ranks for signing the round robin. Army inspectors found charges without foundation and no discipline will be applied to more than 560 escapes.
Reports say Villa forces seized Torreon, a key railway hub, with 1 000 to 3 000 government troops evacuating. Carranzistas offered brief resistance before retreating as Villa advances through Gomez Palacio and Lerdo toward the Coahuila metropolis. Americans flee Aguascalientes as Salazar positions near Chihuahua City. Continued on page six.
Judge Higbee orders Mr. George Gerbig to retain the kitchen and Mrs. Gerbig to have the rest of the house for a set period while their divorce proceedings continue. She is denied a decree on cruelty after reconciliation evidence.
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