Trust Company Becomes Central Issue in Bank Authority Debate
Wisconsin officials see federal reserve action allowing national banks to serve as trustees as unconstitutional and prepared to sue. Local banks, including Batavian National and National Bank of La Crosse, have not sought commissions citing lack of need and interest in La Crosse Trust Company. Attorney General and state banker commissioner view the move as overreaching and plan United States Supreme Court test.
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State Bank
A. E. Kuolt
Federal Reserve Act
State Banking Department
Reserve System
Kuolt
Batavian National
National Bank of la Crosse
Trust Company
la Crosse Trust Company
Wisconsin
Hisiness Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
American Bankers’ Association
United States Supreme Court
Christmas Trees Light German Trenches From Flanders To Serbia
Berlin reports millions of tiny Christmas trees with lighted candles will line the German trenches from France to Poland and into Serbia tonight. The trees, fixed atop Christmas packages, carry candles and were sent forward with a Berlin shopkeepers’ hint to light them on Christmas Eve after removing contents. Toys shops show soldiers and war toys for boys, with few peace items, as children face a militarized Christmas amid the war.
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Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Berlin
Amsterdam
France
Poland
Serbia
von Hindenbergs
von Klucks
Germany
Red Cross
Opposes Birth Control Says Economics Not Basis
Dr. Frances Dickinson, trustee of Mary Thompson hospital, rejects birth control advocating restriction as absurd. She argues wealth redistribution and higher wages for workers improve family happiness, and that men facing low wages should not rely on birth control. She adds that responsible workers are better suited for parenthood than affluent men managing large enterprises.
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Chicago
Frances Dickinson
Mary Thompson Hospital
One Dead In Wreck In Galena Kansas
A Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf passenger train struck a Frisco train standing at the depot in Galena causing one fatality and twenty eight injuries. A blinding snowstorm hindered the Gulf train engineer from seeing the stationary train. The injured are being treated in local hospitals.
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Galena
Kas
Turkish Cruiser Formerly Breslau Reported Sunk
Rome dispatches report the Turkish cruiser Midirli formerly Breslau sunk in a naval battle in the Black sea. The Turkish dreadnought Sultan Selim formerly Goeben damaged. both ships had eluded capture earlier in the war and were later renamed after sale to Turkey.
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London
Rome
Midirli
Breslau
Sultan Selim
Goeben
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Turkey
Greatest Big Gun Battle Alsage Has Seen Being Fought
German and French forces exchange heavy artillery on Hartmannsweilerkopf as infantry clash on snowy slopes. Swiss reports note shells at forty to eighty per minute with over 15 000 total French and German losses in five days of fighting. Greek furloughs shock observers amid invasion rumors. Albanian mountains see three day Serb Bulgar combat near Elbassan.
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Alsage
Zurich
Alsac
Hartmannsweilerkopf
Treck
Athens
Persi
Germany
Salonika
Albania
Rome
Elbassan
Alexis Karageorgevitch
Aged Clergyman Breaks Arm on Icy Walk
Rev. G. B. Caple, a 75 year old retired minister, is confined to his home at 02 North Eleventh Street with a fractured arm after slipping on an icy sidewalk at Ninth and Main streets Wednesday evening. He is reported progressing nicely.
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G. B. Caple
North Eleventh Street
Ninth
Main Streets
Caple
Kaiser Reports Throat Cancer Recurrence
Zurich dispatches from German sources state the German Kaiser again suffers throat cancer. The illness mirrors a condition noted last year and is reported as affecting his health while he governs Germany from Berlin and travels duties remain uncertain.
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Zurich
Grafters' Witnesses Granted Commutions by Governor
Christian Jan Bertsche and Charles P Crane alias James Ryan, whose testimony led to police graft convictions in Chicago, were given sentence commutations by the governor on the state board of pardons recommendation. The sentences now expire December 24.
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Springfield
Christian Jan] Bertsche
Charles P. Crane
James Ryan
Chicago
State Board of Pardons
Recommendation Sent for Indiana Federal District Attorney
Washington December 24 Recommendation was sent today by Attorney General Gregory to President Wilson for the appointment of L Ert Slack as federal district attorney at Indianapolis.
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Washington
Gregory
Wilson
Hot Springs
L. Ert Slack
Indianapolis
Russia vows to persevere in war to victory
Premier Sazonoff told the Duma that Russia will fight to a successful conclusion, rejecting peace rumors. He cited Entente unity and reported Russian advances in Persia capturing Hamadan and Kum, and noted Greece frontier relations after Salonkika fortification.
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Petrograd
Sazonoff
Duma
Russia
Persia
Hamadan
Kum
Greece
Salonika
British Embargo on Red Cross Aids Stirs State Dept Protest
Washington reports cite humanitarian and legal concerns over Britain's embargo on hospital supplies and its seizure of Austro German mails from the Rotterdam. Officials seek reasons and precedents while negotiating potential policy adjustments with London and clarifying mail immunity under postal rules.
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Washington
England
Red Cross
America
Rotterdam
State Department
Red Crows
London Foreign Office
Falmouth
Czar Nicholas Receives French War Cross Honor
Paris reports Czar Nicholas II of Russia awarded the French war cross for service at the front. General Paul Pau, the one armed French commander, presented the decoration at the Russian front yesterday.
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Paris
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Paul Pau
Ford Gives Up Plan To End European War And Sail Home
Bergen reports President spreads Christmas joy to children on Washington road near the country club as a White House car delivers toys and fruit. Hoover greets the tots, and the president’s grandchildren await a Yuletide at the White House. the staff takes home a turkey as the president honeymooned in Hot Springs Virginia.
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Ford
Bergen
Washington
Washington Road
Washington Country Club
Virginia
Lern
White House
I. N. Hoover
Ellen McAdoo
Francis Sayre
Santa Claus
Spriggs
Christmas Joys Reach 250 Needy Families In City
Christmas charity across La Crosse spread joy to 250 families this season. Associated Charities and religious groups coordinated gifts and baskets, aided by post office efforts and Santa letters guiding social workers. The Good Samaritans and North Side Boy Scouts assisted, with about forty families aided on the north side.
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Associated Charities
Santa Claus
Olaf R. Skaar
Thomas
Good Samaritans
North Side
Boy Scouts
Peacemaker Sets Sail Aboard Norwegian Liner
Madame Rosika Schwimmer joins the voyage on the Norwegian liner It is Understood as the program continues. Marquis accompanies him, and Ford is said to have realized the futility and will depart.
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Peacemaker
Rosika Schwimmer
Ford
Henry Ford Leaves Bergen for America Amid Peace Efforts
Henry Ford quits the peace mission citing illness and sails for America aboard the Bergensfjord. Louis P. Lochner remains with the delegation as Ford’s aide. a five member committee will carry on the program from Stockholm.
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London
Henry Ford
America
Bergensfjord
Bergen
Oscar SA
Mmeschwimmer
Women’s International Peace Congress
Ford
Louis P. Lochner
Stockholm
Marquis
Dean S. S. Marquis
Norway
United Press
Peace Party
Lochner
Death of Noted Nevas County Farmer Novotony
Langlade Pioneer reports John Novotony a wealthy farmer and long time resident of the county died at his Nevas town home. He had lived in the country for thirty years.
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Antigo
Wis
John Novotony
Nevas
Novotony
Weather Outlook and Temperatures for La Crosse Area
Unsettled with probably snow tonight. Saturday generally fair with no large temperature change. For Wisconsin snow tonight and colder east portion. Minnesota cloudy and colder tonight. Iowa unsettled and colder with snow east and central portions. A lake storm has moved out, high pressure builds east, and temperatures trend lower overnight with cloudy skies.
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Sell & M
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Arkansas
Kansas
Central States
Plateau
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific Coast
Upper Lake Region
Gulf States
Judicial Ditch Hearing Delayed to February in Caledonia
The Root River judicial ditch hearing in Caledonia Minnesota was adjourned until February 1. Judge Quinn will again hear arguments for and against the farmers drainage plan in the Root River valley. Attorney W F Wolfe opposing faction returned to La Crosse last night.
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Caledonia
Minn
Quinn
Root River Valley
W. F. Wolfe
la Crosse
Cruiser Driven Off by Forts at Dardanelles
Constantinople dated dispatch reports a hostile cruiser was struck and forced to retire by Turkish batteries at the Dardanelles. The action was officially announced today.
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Iconstantinople
Via
Berlin
Dardanelles
Retreat Costs Run To Near 6000 In British Losses
London December 24 British casualties since the retreat from before Bagdad to Kut El Amara 100 miles southwest total nearly six thousand A previous statement put losses in the retirement from Bagdad at nearly five thousand.
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London
Bagdad
Kut-El Amara
Two Turkish Barks Sunk Near Constanza By Russians
Russian warships sank two Turkish barks bound for Constanza with benzine cargoes and captured their crews, according to dispatches received today.
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Petrograd
Constanza
Yestarday
Snow makes real Christmas for Kansas City kids
Snow overnight turned bushes and trees into white Christmas trees and brought joy to thousands of children in Kansas City as they woke to a real Christmas morning.
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Kansas City
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Pug
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Johnny Salvador
St. Paul
Edward Daley
Portage
Milwaukee Railroad
Entente
Daley
Brindley
Harry Butler
la Crosse Hotel
Salvador
Jess Willard
Butler
Milwaukee
Exchange Telegraph
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