Crownhart Seen As Willing Republican Governor Candidate
Charles H. Crownhart of Superior Wisconsin, chair of the state industrial commission, is viewed by William R. Foley as a willing candidate for governor. Foley, returning from Madison, says Crownhart would run when the party rank and file support him, though he is not actively pursuing a bid. Local politicians treat this as an implied announcement.
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Superior
Wis
Charles H. Crownhart
State Industrial Commission
William R. Foley
Crownhart
Madison
Foley
Dies at Christmas festivities in Stoddard
Henry Lae deke of Stoddard died suddenly from heart failure at 7:30 last night while with family during Christmas celebrations. Born August 19, 1835 in Germany he lived in La Crosse county for 55 years. He leaves a widow and seven children: Henry and Frank in La Crosse and Moline Illinois Emma Heinkel in this city and Carl John Bertha and Meta in Stoddard. Burial planned next Sunday afternoon at the German Reformed church on Mormon Coulee road with Rev. Andreas officiating.
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Henry
Laedeke
Stoddard
Germany
la Crosse County
la Crosse
Frank
Moline
Lll
Emma Heinkel
Carl
John
Bertha
Meta
German Reformed Church
Mormon Coulee Road
Andreas
Former Local Man Walter D. Egan Dies in Superior
Walter D. Egan once a leading young business figure in the city died at a hospital in Superior Wisconsin on Christmas Eve. He was acting president of the Superior Stevedore company and a well known dockworker on the Great Lakes. Egan served in the State legislature in 1909 and was active in political and fraternal circles in Superior. He had commanded a merchandise dock in the twin port for two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Egan
Superior
Wis
Egan
Superior Stevedore Company
Great Lakes
Supersoft
Ohio suffrage campaign launches with petition drive
In Columbus Ohio on December 26 suffrage headquarters issued blank petition forms and instructions for suffragettes to start gathering signatures January 1 for a spring referendum on a constitutional amendment. The effort targets 110000 names with experts and speakers from across the country assisting the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Health Baby Boy Clears His Mother in Court
Rex Palmer six months old lay naked in the yard as his mother Mrs. Alice Palmer faced a cruelty charge. Neighbors saw the baby with fresh air and sunlight and led to the defense showing the infant in good physical condition. Mrs. Palmer testified Rex enjoyed outdoor air and was not harmed.
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Portland
Ore
Rex Palmer
Alice Palmer
Alex
Huerta Faces Bread Riots as Free Grain Is Distributed
Free grain was handed out in Mexico City to avert bread riots amid growing discontent with Huerta's regime. Rebels advance on several cities including Monterey Tampico Mazatlan and Saltillo as the government fears a broader uprising and a looming bank holiday ends January 2.
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United Press
Mexico City
Huerta
Mexico
Monterey
Tampico
Mazallano
Saltillo
Washington
San Luis Potosi
State Department
President Plays Golf at Pass Christian Coast Club
President participates in a Mississippi coast round at the Pass Christian golf course overlooking the Gulf. He is greeted by the club caddies chief, who recalls serving Jefferson Davis during part of the war. After the game, the president naps before luncheon at his cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Calumet
Wilson
Washington
Mississippi Coast Country Club
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Sound
Lees Davis
Jefferson Davis
Fierce Atlantic Storm Strikes Jersey Coast and New York
One of the season’s worst storms swept the Jersey coast during the night causing losses over 1 million dollars and leaving about 150 persons homeless. It reached New York today threatening ships and inflicting heavy damage with numerous small craft driven ashore and at least one fatality feared.
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New York
Jersey
Chews Opponent's Finger in Fight in Minneapolis
F J Corbett of Minneapolis is held at central police station after a Christmas Eve brawl in which he allegedly chewed the finger of Henry Brant of La Crosse. He had been in long session with Uncles Tom and Jerry beforehand.
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F. J. Corbett
Minneapolis
Central Police Station
Henry Brant
la Crosse
Corbett
Tom & Jerry
Praught Foils Escape From Belleville Jail
Jailer Herman Hause and deputies halted eleven youthful prisoners who were digging a hole through the jail wall in Belleville Illinois. The offenders used a shoe buttoner two spoons and a scaffold belt as tools and had created an opening near the ceiling from a hammock.
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Belleville
Herman Hause
Ferris thanks McGovern in Calumet panic aid note
Madison Wisconsin December 26 a reply to Wisconsin Gov McGovern thanking for aid in Calumet panic victims was received Ferris Mich governor W U Ferris sent gratitude and said assistance would be accepted if needed
Mexican Killed in Holiday Riot in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on Christmas Day Rafael Adames, a Mexican, was shot by Policeman Koenigheim as crowds dispersed after a speech by labor agitator Pete. Police were called to the plaza to quell a riot. thirty people were injured. The coroner plans to open an investigation into the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rafael Adames
Koenigheim
Plaza
William Brown
Pete
H. W. R. Kriege
I Walked New York and Saw Bank Power over Government
The narrator tours Manhattan landmarks from Fulton to Wall Street and reflects on banking influence. He criticizes bank credit dominance, accusing banks of controlling money and leveraging crises to seize assets, calling Morgan Building a symbol of a new government under bank trust slavery.
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New York
Joseph
Fulton Street
West Street
Dock
Battery Park
J. Pierpont Morgan Company
Bank Trust
United States
Morgan
Miss Elizabeth Storer Dies in Lausanne
Word came that Elizabeth Storer 63 sister of Ballamy Storer former ambassador to Austria Hungary died yesterday in Lausanne Switzerland. She had been in the Alps for her health and was sister in law of Mrs Maria Longworth aunt of former Congressman Nicholas Longworth.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Lausanne
Switzerland
Elizabeth Storer
Ballamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Alps
Storer
Maria Longworth
Nicholas’ Longworth
Beachey Circles Loop the Loop Record Flight
Lincoln Beachey set a new height and repetition record at the Exposition grounds in San Francisco. He completed five consecutive loop the loop maneuvers from a height of 750 feet, following a 300 foot double loop, marking a milestone in aerial acrobatics reports.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Exposition Grounds
No Federal Probe Into Calumet Panic
President Moyer claimed a Citizens alliance member influenced the alarm while Secretary Wilson ruled out federal or interstate involvement. Wilson said the disaster falls under state police powers and sent the department's solicitor to Calumet to assist local authorities.
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Moyer
Citizens’ Alliance
Washington
Calumet
Mich
Labor
Wilson
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Congress
John B. Densmore
La Crosse Official Decorates Deeds Office For Holidays
Register of deeds Andrew E. Thompson decorates the office where real estate records are kept turning it into a bower of beauty assisted by his stenographer Miss Nora Johnson.
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Andrew E. Thompson
Register of Deeds
la Crosse County
Thompson
Nora Johnson
Warning on Radium Cancer Cure Limits
A warning from the American Society for the Control of Cancer in New York states radium has only cured superficial localized non malignant cancers so far. It cautions that recurrence timing is not yet known and effectiveness remains uncertain.
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New York
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Christmas Program at Norwegian Lutheran Church
A Christmas program, with songs and recitations by Sunday school pupils, is scheduled for 7 15 this evening at the Norwegian Lutheran church located at West Avenue and Division Streets.
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Norwegian Lutheran Church
West Avenue
Division Streets
Correction Fixes Miss Emma Miller Surgery Credit
An error in a prior report wrongly named Miss Emma Williams. Miss Emma Miller, pianist at the Casino, underwent an operation Wednesday for acute appendicitis at St. Francis hospital.
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Emma Miller
Emma Williams
St. Francis Hospital
Local men spend Christmas in big cell
George Clark and Steell Con rad, after a Christmas Eve street brawl on Third street, fled to a bowling alley where Sergeant Wendling and Patrolman Rick confronted them. A brief but fierce struggle led to arrest and a station hold. Judge Cronon fined them twelve dollars and costs.
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George Clark
Steell Conrad
Central Police Station
Third Street
Wendling
Rick
Judge Cronon
Wilson Plans Broad Attack on Interlocking Directors
President Wilson will address Congress amid plans to target interlocking directorates and stock ownership in major insurers. He will discuss separating eggs before they are scrambled, aligning with Jackson Day remarks and a mix of economic and legal strategies. Louis D. Brandeis, the people’s lawyer from Boston, will be consulted on breaking up financier power.
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Chicago
Wilson
Congress
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Frisco Officials Face Suit Over Feeder Line Profits
Smits authorized by Judge W Hanborn to recover profits made by Frisco officials as syndicate members in building and selling feeder lines. Rulings cover two requests by receivers and by Bridget Duffy stockholder and by W W Niles another Frisco stockholder.
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ST. Louis
Smits
Frisco
W. Hanborn
United States Circuit Court
Bridget Duffy
W. W. Niles
New York
Man Bites Banana Cargo Boa Constrictor Sent to Zoo
In Belvidere Illinois Andrew Alf a wholesale fruit dealer suffered a tarantula bite on his right hand while a five foot boa constrictor was mailed in his banana crate. He ate Christmas dinner with his left hand as his right healed in turpentine. The constrictor was sent to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
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Belvidere
Ill
Andrew Alf
Alf
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Salesman Loses Legs in Train Accident at Sioux Falls
Abram E. Rodebaugh traveling salesman from Bancroft Nebraska was thrown under a Northwestern passenger train while alighting in Sioux Falls at dawn. Both legs were severed and he was not expected to survive. he remained undiscovered for about two hours due to the early hour.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Northwestern
Abram E. Rodebaugh
Bancroft
Neb
Dewey Calls For Peace On 76th Birthday Message
Admiral George Dewey on his seventy sixth birthday warns the nation to stay peaceful yet vigilant saying he sees no signs of war in the future and that the United States must remain on guard.
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Washington
George Dewey
Manila Bay
United Press
Fatal self harm attempt ends in hospital death
Chicago report details Mary Metz er aged 42 who used a revolver to attempt suicide amid illness. She fired three times with two misses, a graze to the abdomen, and burning clothing from the fire. She died an hour after arrival at the hospital.
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Chicago
Mary Metzer
Sees Bright Year for 1914 Business
Chicago December 26 Harry A Wheeler president of the National Chamber of Commerce declares conservative optimism for 1914. The outlook he says is better than fair as merchandise stocks run below normal and liquidation improves the general business mood. He notes tariff and currency bills affect public opinion more than actual effects.
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Chicago
Harry A. Wheeler
National Chamber of Commerce
Currency Bill Seen Legitimizing Money Monopoly
Senator La Follette argues the currency bill consolidates financial power citing Pujo testimony. He cites Morgan and Standard Oil controlled banks and insurance firms with hundreds of directorships and nearly seven trillion dollars in assets. He notes an amendment to bar reserve board directors from bank posts failed 43-28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich-Vreeland
Pujo
la Follette
Morgan and
Standard Oil
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank
Miss Hermann to play at St Pauls Universalist program
Rev George R Longbrake announced a repeat of Christmas music from St Pauls Universalist church next Sunday morning. Florence Hermann the noted violinist will perform several numbers while spending holidays in La Crosse and taking lessons in Chicago this winter.
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St. Paul’s Universalist
George R. Longbrake
Florence Hermann
la Crosse
Chicago
Sailor safety reformer resigns from US at sea conference
Newport Wales Dec 26 Andrew Furuseth resigns as United States representative to the international conference on safety at sea. He cables President Wilson arguing the forthcoming report would lower safety standards instead of improving them.
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Newport
Wales
Andrew Furuseth
Wilson
United States
Thieves Strip Overcoat in Broad Daylight Theft
Clevelanders warned to button coats tight after Elliott Farminoff is seized from behind and robbed of his new overcoat. Police chase ends with the capture of Harry Harper and John Watts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Burglars Loot Fair Store of Sam J Adler in Omaha
Burglars broke into the Fair store on Farnam street in Omaha last night and stole 5300 in cash along with over 2000 in diamonds and other jewelry. This marks Adler's twenty third robbery of the year.
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Omaha, Neb
Fair
Sam J. Adler
Farnam Street
Adler
Toledo Man Fined For Sleep At Undertaker Shop
Edward Sifton of Toledo told Municipal Judge Fricke in Cincinnati he was tired when he entered an undertaker shop, took a coffin lid from a slab, set it in a corner and slept on the slab. He was fined the costs.
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Cincinnati
Dee
Edward Sifton
Toledo
Fricke
Sifton
Inmate Escaped Indiana Reform School Expected Back
Will return to Penitentiary in Jeffersonville Indiana for Christmas day after escaping Wednesday night. Officers expect Herbert Eschenfelder to come back today as he left a note promising his return.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana Reformatory
Herbert Eschenfelder
Saloon Licenses Targeted In Joliet Sunday Law Case
JolietIllinois December 26. State's Attorney issued citations against 122 of Joliet's 142 saloonkeepers for alleged Sunday closing law violations. They must appear in court to show cause why their licenses should not be revoked.
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Joliet, Ill
Martin
Joliet
Wisconsin Sees First Real Winter Weather
Milwaukee reports a swift cold snap after a springlike Christmas with a clear sky. Temperatures fell to 22 degrees by 10 o clock and are expected to drop further as a cold north wind continues.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mercury
Harold Striker Returns to Visit Between Trains
Harold Striker a former local baseball player and musician was seen in the city visiting friends for a few hours between trains yesterday evening.
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Harold Striker
Bishop Skips Christmas Mass at St Marys for First Time
For the first time in forty four years Bishop James Schwebach of La Crosse did not officiate the Christmas service at St Marys. He missed due to a severe cold after recent travels to Caledonia and Chippewa Falls for relatives' funerals, breaking his long custom on doctors orders.
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St. Mary’s
Robert B. Condon
James Schwebach
la Crosse
Father Schwebach
St. Mary’s Church
Caledonia
Chippewa Falls
Victim Befriends Enemys Family After Attempted Killing
Three children of Frank Klimek the man who killed himself after failing to kill Attorney Charles Alling sent Alling a note of thanks. From his hospital bed Alling replied with a Christmas greeting to Klimek’s widow and children.
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Chicago
Frank Klimek
Magseur
Charles Alling
Alling
Milwaukee Christmas eater proves holiday appetite
Robert Emmet Kowalsky a 16 year old Milwaukee youth ate heartily at Municipal Christmas celebration three Sunday school trees and three settlement dinners and was rushed to Emergency hospital after falling ill but enjoyed post festival meals, a happy end to his feast day.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Emmet Kowalsky
Robert Emmet
Notorious Crook Dago Frank Lewis Fatally Wounded
Chicago report says Dago Frank Lewis, famed underworld figure, was mortally injured in a hotel altercation with two officers. He wrestled a revolver from Policeman Charleton and was clubbed unconscious before Policeman Ed Thomas fired three times, with a chest wound proving fatal.
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Chicago
Dago Frank Lewis
Ivory Hotel
Lewis
Charles Charleton
Charleton
Ed Thomas
Supreme Court fines allow lumber firms to stay in Missouri
State officials say the ten domestic and one foreign lumber companies fined and ousted by the Missouri Supreme Court may continue business if they pay the fines and promise future compliance with state laws.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Missouri
Woman sought in train robbery and murder case frontier
Police continue search for the woman in the case connected with a Southern Pacific train hold up near El Monte and the death of Passenger Agent H. E. Montague. Believed motive linked to financing a love affair and the robber is still at large.
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San Francisco
Cal
John Bostick
Southern Pacific
Elmonte
H. E. Montague
Louisiana official dies in hotel tub accident
R G Millsapps secretary to Governor Hall of Louisiana was fatally scalded at a New Orleans hotel when he turned on boiling water in a bathtub. He fell and could not rise as his back was burned in the incident.
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New Orleans
R. G. Millsapps
Hall
Louisiana
Millsapps
Explorer Ernest De Koven Leffingwell Safe in Arctic Winters Quarters
Friends report Ernest De Koven Leffingwell and his party are safe in winters quarters on Flaxman island with the Canadian Arctic expedition members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Ill
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
Flaxman Island
Wisconsin Offers Aid After Calumet Panic Disaster
Governor McGovern of Wisconsin telegraphs Governor Ferris of Michigan offering full aid to Calumet disaster victims. The message expresses sympathy for Michigan’s hardship and readiness to assist those affected in the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Francis E. McGovern
Wisconsin
Ferris
Michigan
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Pegoud
Sidney Drew
John Drew
Jerry
Biograph
BIG Cell
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the Jeweles
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Tive
Louis Brandeis
Andrew
Dewey
U. 5S
van Warden
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