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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
6
August Krueger told police five hens and a rooster were stolen from his chicken coop at 1014 Pine Street last night. The theft was reported this morning.
New York dispatch details Carranza accusing Villa of relying on Huerta loyalists and Cientificos while Villa pledges to fight without rest until Mexico’s principles and peace are secured. Carranza says Gutierrez is a Villa tool. Zapata remains aligned with Huerta remnants in the south. Villa asserts unwavering support for the Aguas Calientes convention government.
Two La Crosse youths are called back to active service after border tensions flare. George Galster, on fur lough, reports to Naco Arizona where Mexican bullets are said to strike U.S. soil. William Dornbach, an artilleryman, also recalled today.
A man believed to be a professional dog thief for a circus was arrested as he stepped from the 12 35 Northwestern today after Bangor reported a hound pup stolen from F C Witt. The arrest follows police tips and connects the suspect to the canine theft ring.
Vienna reports Archduke Eugene succeeds Gen Petiorek as commander of the southern Austrian army after the Servian campaign. The official statement says troops were withdrawn due to immense difficulties but were not beaten. It notes serious losses in men and war material and denies Servian casualty claims.
At a regular Eagle meeting a resolution to employ all physicians who are members as aerie physicians was passed with members allowed to choose their doctor after January 1. The grand lodge ruled against Bartenders Union involvement, threatening to close the buffet if stewards joined. Fifty seven members were initiated.
Chief of Police John B Webber Mayor Ori J Sorensen and police seek understanding of the Bertillon system of criminal identification to be presented at the Majestic. Detective Cowdrey explains how identification bureaus curb criminal entry and how cities like Wausau share costs to operate such bureaus.
Tokyo reports Parliament refused the cabinet’s request for larger military appropriations. The cabinet may dissolve parliament and seek a popular election as the country fears the added financial burden and possible dispatch of troops to Europe to aid the Allies.
Ly man H Howe presents a Travel Festival featuring land and sea thrills and vivid scenes from Europe Asia and the ocean floor. The program includes new animated cartoons and a run on a runaway train with a matinee Sunday at 2 30. Howe appears Sunday and Monday December 7 and 28 with a 2 30 matinee.
O. M. Terry of Chicago, former roundhouse foreman at Burlington shops and later fuel inspector, was killed near Bagley Minnesota by an accidental rifle discharge while hunting. He was thirty, unmarried, and had connections with Burlington trainmen. he had been in La Crosse in 1904 and 1905.
Princess Ka an acclaimed oriental dancer tops the Majestic bill this week following Gertrude Hoffman and Ruth St Denis styles. The holiday lineup adds vaudeville on Thursdays through Saturdays along with other acts including Bert Cowdrey Hertillon Wright and Davis The four Regals Heary and Miller and European novelty performers.
Morris Craigen, 19, and Knudson, 18, pled guilty to stealing from Eberhart Coal Co. Craigen was sentenced to two years in state prison while Knudson received one year at Green Bay reform school. Craigen showed distress at sentencing. authorities suspect Craigen influenced his accomplice.
Christian Maseeger 66 died at his Brownsville home this morning after stomach cancer. A native of Switzerland and former La Crosse resident, he was a river improvement contractor with headquarters at Fountain City. Surviving are his widow and four children Mrs. Elsby Milwaukee Mrs. Billigmeyer McClusky N D and E J Maseeger San Francisco. Funeral services set for Monday 2 PM at Miller Brothers chapel led by Rev. Julius Gamm.
James Burwick of Two Harbors Minnesota known as Railroad Jim will address the La Crosse Rescue Mission on The Greatest Liar in La Crosse. He spoke to a large crowd yesterday, assisted by Mr and Mrs George Crane. Burwick and Crane work as freights train men on the Duluth and Iron Range railroad in summer and evangelistic work in winter. Burwick departs tonight for Chicago to begin a series of meetings at Olivette Memorial church tomorrow morning.
Twenty five baskets of dinners for La Crosse poor families are being sent out by the Associated Charities with some toys for children. School children assist in distribution. Good Fellows of La Crosse provided names of families and arranged care after taking names from the charity list. More families than expected have applied and organizers work to see none go without tomorrow.
Chicago December 24 Mrs Julia May Gifford Fitzsimmons testified in a divorce suit that former heavyweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons was not a good husband. She accused him of drunkenness bottle throwing leg kicking threats and hair pulling. Judge Walker took the case under advisement as she sought restoration of her maiden stage name.
The La Crosse post office ran smoothly this morning amid a flood of parcel post packages. Forty extra clerks are assigned to sort mail for home delivery and ensure all mail arriving before midnight is distributed tomorrow, though one delivery remains pending.
Carranza assured the constitutionalist agency he is not fleeing Mexico and is inspecting troops in Atazaco Vera Cruz. He said enemies hope he leaves the country and urged the press to stop reports of his departure. Villa remains in Mexico City with no forced movement reported.
A brief sentiment asserts a wife’s belief in her husband as the best man on earth, celebrating loyalty and admiration within marriage. The remark frames devotion as a yardstick of happiness in domestic life.
Paris reports gifts arriving for soldiers in forward trenches as heavy cannonading continues. France approves about 1.7 billion dollars in war credits, bringing total credits to 3.04 billion. Deputies vote by proxy from occupied districts and hostages amid advancing French and British lines four to eight miles, with defenses reinforced against counterattacks.
Park Superintendent John H. Ferrer announced the North Side and Hood Street skating rinks will open for the public. Work on the West Avenue playfield rink will not be completed until next season.
Washington reports a Christmas forecast with a white Christmas in the cold regions as Santa checks the weather and orders out his reindeers. Snow falls east of the Mississippi with heavy gulf and southern rains, while the Great Lakes and mid Atlantic see ongoing snowfall.
London will ban war news for thirty one hours starting at 2 pm as the war press bureau closes and censorship remains. British papers pause on Christmas Day while measures to aid troops in France Belgium and at sea continue. Princess Mary led a fund surpassing 500000 dollars for gifts to soldiers.
J W T Mason analyzes Austria's Servian campaign defeat and suggests Austria cannot resume in Servia. He posits Austrian reinforcements to Galicia and a new Russian push in the Carpathians to keep Hungary calm. A Budapest threat and Cracow Warsaw moves imply a Carpathian offensive with Hungarian aims as Russia’s main effort.
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