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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1914
Page
1
Retail merchants oppose the removal of a carrier train that left here at 8 30 P M Residents from Milwaukee who do business here must wait late to return home due to the stoppage The protest centers on the impact of the train removal on local commerce and travel plans by residents and merchants alike
La Crosse retailers and residents protest the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad for removing Train No 2 which previously left at 6 30 p m and stopped at West Salem and Bangor causing a long wait for the eastbound C N W at 11 05 p m The Retail Merchants Association will file a protest to retain the train.
John Gund of the John Gund Brewing Co. reported a blaze in East Grand Forks Minn that totally destroyed a $35,000 company building. The fire caused $100,000 in losses and also destroyed four structures and 120 feet of the bridge linking Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
Four witnesses, two men and two women, testified in a private John Doe hearing into the death of Peter Mirgeler the wealthy farmer killed when struck by a car on the Janesville road the night of November 5.
Unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday with likely snow. Minnesota also expect unsettled conditions with warmer temperatures tonight. Iowa anticipated rain or snow with warmer conditions tonight.
Mrs. Huldah Potter-Loomis denounces the Chicago morals court as a plot by clergymen lawyers and doctors to control women’s bodies. She claims women alone decide whom to share favors with and that the state has no right to interfere with consent beyond the age of 18.
In northern Poland the German offensive resumes threatening the Russian right flank. The German advance extends about twenty five miles beyond the Lautenburg Neidenburg line into Russian territory while Petrograd confirms that Mlawa has fallen again to German forces.
Berlin via wireless reports a renewed enemy assault from Nieuwpoort with ship bombardment killing several in Westende. Allied defense says St George hamlet attack failed. south of Ypres a trench was captured with dozens of prisoners. Western fronts see repelled assaults near Arras Verdun Sennheim. eastern theater sees Vistula sector activity.
Petrograd reports crushing Austrian defeats in the Nida and Dunajec valleys with thousands of prisoners and advancing on Hungary. Vienna confirms slight Austrian withdrawals and failed enemy attacks while noting Serb positions hold along the Drina.
Reports from Paris describe two days of heavy cannon fire along the Vosges front with signals of deep German and French artillery duels. A French aviator reportedly conducted a reconnaissance flight over Mulhouse, directing artillery fire. The official update notes gains near Lens and incursions near Hollebeke with trench advances, while other sectors show mixed progress and intense artillery duels near the Aisne, Champagne, Rheims, and Perthes.
Madison Wis Dec 28 The total assessment of express companies operating in Wisconsin was fixed at 781000 and their taxes at 10835 by the tax commission today The Pullman Sleeping Car company was assessed 2200000 and its taxes at 30522.88 Both classes are taxed more than last year.
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 28 a crisis in the eastern Ohio mine district nears January 1 as mine owners promise to evict striking miners from company houses and run the mines with non union labor.
The semi annual tax payment proposal advanced by Barber and approved by Philipp was vetoed by McGovern as impracticable. State officials opposed the measure, noting it would revolutionize the state's business system but fail to provide contingencies.
General Iturbide vanishes after being released on United States demand amid Zapata’s demands and ongoing turmoil in Mexican leadership.
The fragment notes a life villa and a person delaying actions in professions related to the United States. It hints at a hope that saving kinemy remains a focal point amid the hesitations.
A bill for semiannual tax payments, backed by William E. Barber and endorsed by Gov elect E L Philipp, was passed and vetoed by Governor Francis E McGovern on advice of State Treasurer Henry Johnson and Secretary of State John Donald. Officials argued the plan would add cost and confusion, disrupt busy rural seasons, and require wide statutory changes.
Reports from Mexico and Juarez claim General Eduardo Iturbide Huerta ally may have been abducted or released with safe conduct to the United States. Villa and Zapata factions demand his return while General Scott seeks to end cross border firing near Naco. Leon Canova is credited with saving Iturbide by locking him in a train stateroom en route to El Paso.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin Mike Horatio a laborer ate a full meal and then drank carbolic acid. A physician said the poison was diluted by food and would not prove fatal. Horatio then said goodbye to his family before collapsing, but recovered.
In Rome on December 28, Dr Fiore and customs official Castrignano were arrested on allegations they offered a bribe of 30000 to secure export permission for cereals to Germany and Austria.
In Vosges fighting rages as France advances in Flanders forcing a new German line near Ypres. Allied trenches near Hollebeke reportedly lost while Lens remains under German control. Heavy shelling hits Aisne and Champagne as Britain notes fear of bombs from bases. Russia claims Austrian collapse south of Warsaw and German occupation of Melna. Serbia stands firm in Bosnia. Turks march with volunteers toward Bagdad. Germany praises naval vigilance against British bombs.
Canadian patrol along the Niagara River near Fort Erie reports deaths of American personnel as tensions rise. The British naval force conducted an attack on a German harbor facility but withdrew after countermeasures.
Walter Smith a Buffalo lake fireman is dead from a head wound after being fired on by Canadian soldiers as boats neared the Niagara River shore near Fort Erie. Charles Dorsch, also of Buffalo, is hospitalized with a chest wound. Details are scarce but the incident is linked to a recent ban on transporting firearms into Canada. both men were in Canadian waters.
Constantinople reports the Turkish fleet led by the Hamidieh engaged a Russian squadron of five battleships two cruisers ten torpedo boats and three mine layers. The Turks sank two mine layers Oleg and Athos and damaged the battleship Rostislav while Batum was bombarded. Two officers and thirty Marines were captured. Russia claims Hamidieh torpedoed. denial issued.
German admiralty announced that eight British ships plus hydro planes and balloons attacked the Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven area and were driven back. Two British destroyers were damaged and a convoy suffered a fire. Berlin says no ships hit. London calls the raid England’s answer to Tirpitz and claims Zeppelin prestige was shaken.
The State Department said the Canadian patrols shooting at American duck hunters on Lake Erie will not be officially considered until protests and an official report arrive. If the incident, which killed one hunter and likely wounded another, is brought to Washington, officials expect apologies from Great Britain.
The Hamidieh sustained heavy damage after hitting a mine in the Black Sea on December 4. No further details on casualties or exact location were provided.
Miss Ella Brockhausen and Hornell Hart secretary of the City club have drafted a personal wedding rite for New Year morning in Milwaukee. Hart says the ceremony omits wifely obedience and father giving away, focusing on the marriage's social impact.
Justice Lamar of the supreme court granted Leo M. Frank of Atlanta Ga review of his Mary Phagan murder conviction. The action automatically stays Frank's January 22 execution.
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