Osborne to Leave Sing Sing in Warden Shakeup
Albany reports state prison superintenden t Riley offered the Sing Sing warden post to George W. Kirchway of New York, aiming to replace Thomas Motto Osborne who faces dismissal on Westchester grand jury charges of negligence and immorality. Osborne pled not guilty and was released on $2 000 bond. Friends vow aid in defence of democratic principles tied to his Sing Sing tenure.
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Albany
N. Y
George W. Kirchway
New York
Sing Sing Prison
Riley
Kirchway
Thomas Motto Osborne
Westchester County Grand Jury
Columbia Law School
Osborne
White Plains
Sine Sing
Platt
Robert S. Brewster
Mount Kisco
Weeks
Friends Promise Aid
Friends of
Possible Peace Terms Under German “Feeler” Reported
London dispatches cite a Zurich printed Swiss summary of suggested terms including Belgium evacuation, a Polish kingdom under German influence, indemnities to Germany of about 3.6 billion dollars, and Belgian guarantees against alliances with Germany’s foes. The plan also envisions Russian payments to Germany and German garrisons in Belgium, while Alsace Lorraine claims are omitted. German chancellor may seek talks in Vienna to discuss peace.
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Berlin
Geneva
Germany
Wolff Bureau
Wolff
Neue Zuericher Zeitung
Zurich
Belgium
France
Russia
Alsace-Lorraine
Geneva Tribune
Vienna
Amalgamation Proposal for Four Lacrosse Clubs
A proposal to amalgamate four lacrosse clubs is discussed by officers. The secretary and a stenographer are named with suggested salaries of 2000 and 500 dollars per year respectively as part of the plan.
Alleged Huerta Plot Probed in Labor Case
David Lamar known as the wolf of Wall Street and Jacob C. Taylor, vice president of the Labor National Peace council, surrendered in New York and pleaded not guilty to conspiracy indictments related to alleged peace council activities. They were freed on $5,000 bail as grand jury probes begin into alien conspiracies over the past sixteen months.
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New York
David Lamar
the Wolf of Wall Street
Jacob C. Taylor
Labor National Peace Council
Hand
Peace Council
Texas
Huerta
Federal
United States
Franz von Rintelen
London
Lamar
von Rintelen
Department of Justice
Fluerta
Frank Buchanan
Illinois
Fowler
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
Henry B. Martin
Anti-Trust League
Washington
Herman Schulters
Multi-branch indictments tied to Mexican plot and labor rings
A sweep of federal indictments targets an alleged Mexican revolutionary plot tied to Huerta and labor conspiracies. Eight conspirators named. a new grand jury will review alien plots from the last sixteen months. Congressman Buchanan and others face further West Coast probes.
Quarantine Criticisms Rise Over Illinois Foot and Mouth Case
Witnesses before Senator Kenyon report general dissatisfaction with how federal and state officials ran the Illinois foot and mouth disease quarantine. Theodore B Holterstein of Cambridge, Illinois, a stockman, says county and state inspectors were incompetent.
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Chicago
Illinois
Kenyon
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Theodore Hbolterstein
Cambridge
Ill
Fire Threat Hurts Ladoga Business District
Fire damaged Ladoga Indiana causing an estimated 106000 in losses before it was brought under control at daybreak. The blaze at the end of December threatened the entire business district.
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Ladoga
Ind
City skating season opens for 1915 16 at Copeland park
Copeland park and Adams street playground rinks are ready for the skating season. City park commissioners announced this morning that scores of boys and girls who waited opened the 1915 16 ice season. Other city rinks will be ready in a day or two.
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Copeland Park
Adams Street
City Park Commissioner's
Train and Avoid Conscription Says Solon Chamberlain
Washington December 29 United States may face military conscription unless citizens receive military training, says Senator Chamberlain chairman of the senate military committee. He argues conscription should be a last resort and distinguishes it from compulsory citizen training proposed in his bill.
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Washington
United States
England
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Ford Improves Aboard Bergenfjord Homeward
Detroit December 29 Henry Ford is feeling better and enjoying the trip according to a wireless message from the Bergenfjord where Ford travels homeward as a passenger on the steamer. The message calms rumors of his condition and notes he is both mentally and physically well.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
RE. G. Siebold
Ford
Madame Schwimmer quits peace party rumor in Stockholm
Unconfirmed reports say Hungarian peace advocate Madame Rosika Schwimmer has left the Ford peace delegation. She with Ellis Jones and Florence Holbrook went to Copenhagen to arrange for the delegation's reception. Rumors say she quarreled with Ford after his vow to return to America. United States Minister Morris declined to cable passport extensions to Germany, citing Lansing's prior refusal.
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Charles P. Stewart
United Press
Stockholm
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Henry Ford
Mme. Schwimmer
Ellis Jones
New York
Florence Holbrook
Chicago
Copenhagen
Ford
America
United States
Morris
Washington
Germany
Lansing
Train makes fast time in fruitless race with death
A Burlington special carried Dr. B. W. Sippy from Chicago to Minneapolis in eight hours as a futile bid to save Tom Shevlin a millionaire famed football star and coach. The train passed La Crosse at nine and reached Minneapolis at 11 53. The Savannah to Minneapolis leg took 5 35 with an average speed of sixty miles per hour.
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Burlington
B. W. Sippy
Chicago
Minneapolis
Tom Shevlin
la Crosse
Savanna
Pneumonia claims Truman M. Turner at 59
Truman M. Turner died last night at a local hospital after a short illness with pneumonia. Born in La Crosse, he lived there before moving to Rushford Minnesota a year ago. He leaves a daughter Mrs Earl Cell of La Crosse and a son Asa S. Turner of Winona. Funeral Friday at 2:30 from Tetley Sletten Dahl parlors with Rev George R Longbrake officiating. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Truman M. Turner
la Crosse
Rushford
Minn
Turner
Earl
George R. Longbrake
Oak Grove
Woman assaulted in well lit street near Lutheran church
Miss Lund was slugged on the head by a man who chased her after a casual encounter. The blow occurred in a bright area on Twelfth Street near Division and was described as severe but not fully explained. Doctors treated her and she was taken to hospital as police investigate a possible case of mistaken identity or a demented attacker.
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Division
Twelfth Streets
Miss Lund
Steinmetz
Christianson
Lutheran Hospital
B. J. Lund
the Tribune Today
Local Man Starts Woolen Business in Merrill
Lewis H. Stickler of 1127 Berlin Street has incorporated a woolen manufacturing firm in Merrill. He has bought a Merrill building to produce yarn batting and woolen blankets and will also undertake job work, per La Crosse relatives.
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Lewis H. Stickler
Berlin Street
Merrill
la Crosse
Morg Declines Postmaster Job Offering Leisure in Wisconsin
Gustav Morg a retired farmer at Green Lake Wisconsin said in a letter to federal officers today that he will not accept the offer of a postmaster position at 1500 dollars a year because he plans to enjoy his retirement and leisure.
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Green Lake
Wis
Gustav Morg
Sam
Storms disrupt ships and communications on East Coast
Storm warnings extend from Gulf of Mexico to Eastport Maine as gale conditions push ships to shelter and sever rail and telegraph lines. Greek steamship Thessaloniki with 300 aboard fights the worst of the gale while Ohio Ohio telegraph and rail networks face freezing sleet and snow.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Eastport
Maine
Thessaloniki
Nantucket
Pennsylvania
ST. Louis
Indianapolis
Ohio
Cleveland
Mrs Felzer Files Suit for Divorce
Mrs Margaret Felzer files for divorce from Jerome Felzer in circuit court claiming abuse including a black eye. The action seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
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Margaret Felzer
Jerome Felzer
Funeral for Miss Helda Amundson Held Tomorrow
The ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Amundson died after a short illness of diabetes at their home 402 North Twenty fourth street. The funeral is set for 1:30 PM from the Amundson residence and 2:00 PM at the Norwegian Lutheran church at West and Division streets with Rev. O Myrhe officiating.
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Helda Amundson
Theodore Amundson
Amundson
North Twentyfourth Street
Norwegian Lutheran Church
West
Division Streets
Rev
O. Myrhe
Chicago clothier nabbed for hiding trousers
John Dubsky, a Chicago clothier, reported a customer who appeared to have gained rapid weight. Police found four pairs of trousers concealed beneath the man's coat and he was jailed.
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Chicago
John Dubsky
Roosevelt Arouses Warites for Moral Security
In a Washington address Colonel Roosevelt argues that the only way to oppose wrong is through the might of right and urges preparedness. He warns that militaristic nations are checked by nonmilitaristic neighbors to safeguard moral and social values.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Sociological Society
Kansas Sees Second Biggest Crop Year In 1915
Secretary J. C. Mohler reports Kansas farm values for 1915 at 341,561,439 dollars, marking the second largest crop year in state history but about 35 million less than 1914. The crop summary notes the year’s total value reflects agricultural output across Kansas.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
J. C. Mohler
Mohler
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