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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
6
The Wisconsin Highway commission warns no improvement under current methods. It says $80 million will be spent in eight years with little change to 61 000 miles of rural roads unless reform is adopted. A direct mill tax for roads is likely to be proposed.
The La Crosse Federation of Churches with fourteen congregations plans a city Bible study and Sunday school institute. One evening weekly for twelve weeks will be open to all denominations, announced by FH Scofield, president. Mrs. J C Buchanan of Minneapolis will visit in January to discuss Training for Sunday school Service.
Florence La Badie, appearing at the Casino theater in a Pathe Gold Rooster production, rose from the Biograph background to major film fame. She began with Thanhouser and Olcott in Ragged Ronin, now under long-term contract at Thanhouser’s New Rochelle studio. An outdoor Canadian with blue eyes and blonde hair, she is a motorist, swimmer, artist, and dog lover, known for grit and daring.
Mrs Mary J Blanchard aged 4 years died at home and will be buried from 12 Ros street at 2 pm Thursday. Rev J H Benson pastor of Caledonia Street Methodist Church will officiate. Interment at Oak Grove cemetery.
Christmas exercises of the Sunday School at Our Saviour's Lutheran church Sixth and Division streets will be held Thursday evening. The Norden band led by J M Bridgham will play a large part. Peter Peterson local violinist will appear as soloist. A rehearsal for participants will be held Thursday morning.
La Crosse plans to challenge the tax valuations of the Wisconsin Minnesota Light and Power Company properties after hearings on statewide utility valuations open January 2. City officials note the local utility’s value rose by 159000 over 1915 despite nearly half a million dollars in improvements in 1916.
Carranzista garrisons at El Oro and Magistral in northern Mexico revolted on December 21 looting towns and heading toward Villa. A messenger from Magistral brought word to the border and the last Americans fled Magistral for Torreon before its capture by Villa. Seven Americans, all mining men, were in the party.
The steamship Maryland, about 540 miles off Sandy Hook, was reported sinking but no trace or word has been heard since Tuesday. Coast guard cutters Gresham and Acushnet, and revenue cutters, search the area while former captain Timothy Kelley recalls his 15 years aboard the ship.
A county tuberculosis sanatorium proposal led by Supervisor Walter Winter and Chairman Richard W. Davis is to top the county board's December meeting agenda. The board will also hear a report from a committee on whether to discontinue the La Crosse County School of Agriculture at Onalaska, tying both items to the agitation over the agriculture school.
In a small Minnesota town the local barber and actor involved in a confrontation faces jail after county officials found four gallons of alcohol and numerous bottles in his shop. The sheriff investigated the incident tied to John Barleycorn.
Rev. W. H. Rolfing former pastor of the First German Methodist church will preach during midweek services Wednesday evening. He is spending the holidays at the home of John P. Salzer of Sioux City Iowa.
New York reports Woodrow Wilson won the 1916 presidential contest by a 689,465 vote margin over Charles Evans Hughes from a total of 15,477,465. Wilson 8,038,464 to Hughes 7,393,549 with broader gains in multiple states and increased national turnout.
New York December 27 railroads will ignore the Adamson eight hour law in payrolls and work schedules until the Supreme Court rules on constitutionality. Formal notices posted in yards shops and offices. Negotiations with the Big Four brotherhoods are off as sessions scheduled for tomorrow are canceled.
Masons of Frontier lodge and their families will attend a 6:30 dinner at the Masonic temple Wednesday evening. The dinner will be followed by the lodge’s annual installation of officers.
The Burrows family thanks friends and neighbors for assistance during their bereavement. Special thanks to Rev. J Gamm the pallbearers and all who sent flowers. Mrs Ferdinand Burrows and family.
Firefighters battled a still burning cache of fifty tons of soft coal stored in the Cameron House basement after a Sunday morning blaze. Crews planned a temporary station and waiting room at Second and State as debris removal and railroad bids proceed amid uncertain long term plans. A fireman recovered a gold watch a rosary and a brooch from the hotel ruins and will return them to the owner upon ID.
Clara Williams stars in The Criminal with William Desmond as Triangle Pictures presents a dramatic tale of an Italian girl driven from her homeland to New York. The film, described as fiery tender and grand in scope, leads to moral tests and city temptations. The program also features thirty minutes of Keystone comedy.
A La Crosse report notes Swift & Co. seeks to lease cold storage plants including Michel, via William Lehr, a former Langdon & Boyd inspector. Packers aim to store surplus meat due to high grain prices and strong foreign demand, with existing storage deemed inadequate to avoid market overload.
Alfred Hensel, youngest son of Mr and Mrs FE F Hensel, died Sunday at age 13 from pneumonia after a virulent flu attack. Born December 31 1902 at Blair he moved with his family to Whitehall in 1904 when his father became Trempealeau county district attorney. He attended the eighth grade and was known for ambition and intellect. He is survived by his parents and a younger sister. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the M E church with Rev Upson and Rev Doody officiating and burial in Lincoln cemetery.
The First Wisconsin infantry and headquarters prepared to leave San Antonio for Fort Sheridan to be mustered out. The regiment travels in three sections over the Southern Pacific via New Orleans with the first section leaving Camp Wilson at 2 p.m. Brigadier General L T Richardson and staff depart with the third section. Adjutant McCully remains as a major of the Second Wisconsin infantry. The unit has been in Texas since July.
National guardsmen in the El Paso district faced the worst sand storm in months on Christmas Day, disrupting operations and challenging crews operating in harsh winter conditions.
Illiodor the mad monk of Russia claims Rasputin, backed by the czarina, presses for a separate peace with Germany. A Petrograd power struggle pits Rasputin against opponents, influencing whether Russia stays in the war. Sturmer’s alleged pro-German stance and Trepoff’s premiership are cited as blows to Rasputin’s influence.
Chicago becomes the first major American city to adopt military training in its schools. Captain E Z Steever will head the instruction after War Department assignment, with plans to launch work immediately.
Texarkana Arkansas December 27 Arthur J Gurley elected sheriff on a reform ticket took office a month ago He was arraigned in court on a gambling charge after a raid on a craps game Proceedings show Gurley faces a case stemming from the officers raid on a local gambling operation
S J Bolton commissioner of the Traffic Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce argues current freight facilities are cramped. He says railroads must use passenger depots for expansion, advocating a union station to provide needed freight handling capacity within a few years.
A La Crosse theater visitor praises The Little Girl Next Door for its art and lesson. He notes the film offers drama without brutality and a moral warning without vulgarity, showing vice sessions with honesty and no glamor.
Dr. Dan S. MacArthur, retired major of the Third Wisconsin Sanitary Detachment, received a finely engraved gold wrist watch from officers and medical department members of the Third regiment. The presentation was conducted by Dr. R. H. Gray, lieutenant of the detachment.
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