Harbor board to be led by Dr Anderson
Mayor Sorenson will appoint a new harbor board to guide river transportation. A tentative list includes Goetzmann, Torrance and Ott, now favored by the city executive for leadership and planning of future harbor enterprise.
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DR. Anderson
NEW Harbor Board
Sorenson
Strong Body
Future of River Transportation Enterprise
Goetzmann
Torrance
Ott
Dy. Wendell A. Anderson
Willian Torrance
Will Ott
A. N. Goetzmann
City to form harbor board plan for docks in La Crosse
City council moves to adopt an ordinance creating a harbor board to supervise docks and terminal work linked to water traffic enterprise. Major Sorensen backs a five member panel and engineer George Bradish has tentative plans ready for submission.
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Bradish
J. Sorensen
la Crost
Sorensen
Hatendt
Connel
Maryor Sorensen
Ron i
Harlor Board
Eorge P. Bradil
New Storm Expected Across Wisconsin and Midwest
Weather forecasters warn of unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with snow or rain and warming. The storm, now over the state and heading toward La Crosse, is expected to bring rain or snow, with stronger southerly winds across Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota. Railroad warnings go out as the system moves northeast after origin on western coastal ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Crosse
Warner
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wheat futures surge to new high amid riot at Chicago board
May wheat opened at 1.62, fell to 1.563 4, then soared to 1.65 1/2 as traders roared on the floor. July futures climbed to 1.41 3/8 after reports on Dardanelles, Russian crops, and New Zealand imports spurred volatility.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Patten
Dardanelles
New Zealand
Canada Seizes Contraband Grain for U S
Canadian authorities seize contraband grain destined for the United States at Niagara border crossing. Officials report confiscation as part of import control efforts and warn of further seizures to curb illegal cross border trade.
Grain seized at Niagara as contraband of war
Nine carloads of grain shipped from Fort William by a western Canada milling company were seized near Niagara Ontario as contraband of war. The grain was bound for New York and Baltic ports. Messages from Winnipeg suggesting further investigation imply the affair occurred near Toronto and that a censor forbids further telegrams on the matter.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fort William
Western Canada Milling Company
Niagara
Ont
New York
Baltic
ST. Paul, Minn
Toronto
War tax stamps drive La Crosse revenue figures
The La Crosse revenue district cites totals since Oct 24 for beer and other tax stamps. Beer tax amounts to 43933.75 with overall beer taxes at 131801.25, plus 2114.98 on wines and cordials and 6690.48 for documents.
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United States
la Crosse
Theodore J. Ritter
Second Revenue District
Wisconsin
Monroe
Juneau
Trempealeau
Buffalo
Vernon
Adame
Dynamiter case probes extradition and neutral rights
U S State Department weighs British request to extradite Werner Van Horn, who claims immunity and calls his act a war measure. Maine warrant expected for Van Horne on railroad bridge destruction, as officials weigh charges and international precedent amid tensions with Britain over shipping notes.
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Washington
State Department
Spring-Rice
Vanceboro
Maine
Canada
Werner van Horn
Werner van Horne
United States
van Horne
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
England
Dittman to Quit Liquormen's Job
C H Dittman secretary of the La Crosse Retail Liquor Dealers Association will resign at a 2 30 pm meeting tomorrow at the Eagles lodge rooms. He is also secretary and manager of the Eagles and cannot oversee liquor interests. No successor yet. Annual election planned and S P Parker from Interstate Publicity Co St Paul will speak on Why Prohibition is Wrong.
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C. H. Dittman
la Crosse Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Eagle’s Lodge
Dittman
The
Eagles
S. P. Parker
Interstate Publicity Company
S‘*. Paul
Eighteen Vessels Frozen In Lake Michigan
Eighteen steamers are frozen in ice along Lake Michigan near LudingtonMichigan as ferries halt after severe weather. The ice blockade stretches from Manitowoc to about ten miles off shore near Chicago and no arrivals or departures have occurred for 36 hours.
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Ludington
Mich
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc
Chicago
Senator McCumber Celebrates 57th Birthday
Washington February 3 Senator McCumber of North Dakota today celebrated his 57th birthday anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator McCumber
North Dakota
Oscar Anderson Dies After Paralyzing Stroke in La Crosse
Oscar F Anderson commercial salesman and longtime figure in La Crosse highlighs, dies at 49 from a paralytic stroke in his Fifth Street apartments. Found by housekeeper Mrs Jennie Wasley, death appears instantaneous. He had warned friends of a possible death and had endured years of partial paralysis and pain.
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Oscar F. Anderson
la Crosse
Northwest
Knights of the Grip
Wisconsin
Oscar Anderson
South Fifth Street
Jennie Wasley
Senators Clash Over Ship Purchase Bill Defeat
In Washington on February 3, Democrats and Republicans agreed to send the ship purchase bill to a hostile committee. Seven Democratic bolters O Gorman Hitchcock Hardwick Bankhead Camden Vardaman and Clarke faced harsh denunciation from Senator Stone who accused them of treachery. O Gorman demanded Stone be restrained, Stone apologized and continued his attack with a Caesar reference.
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Washington
O’gorman
Hitchcock
Hardwick
Bankhead
Camden
Vardaman
Clarke
Stone
O'Gorman
Missouri
Mark Antony
Caesar
Icc dismisses overcharge freight complaint on potato shipments
The interstate commerce commission on February 3 dismissed a complaint alleging overcharge freight rates on potato shipments from Wisconsin to Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
Wisconsin
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Grocers Probe Bread Price Rise Amid 1914 Turmoil
La Crosse Grocers Association plans a probe into the rise of bread prices from five to six cents a loaf by La Crosse bakers. The meeting voiced dissatisfaction with the increase and backed ratings to guide credit, noting a prosperous year and optimistic outlook for 1915.
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la Crosse
la Crossé
Rating Bureau
Racine
la Crosse Ratings
James B. Murray
Grocers’ and Butchers’ Association
Battle Creek
Mich
Mississipp Wagon Bridge
Chicago
New York
Federal District
Cline
Kaiserhof Hotel Fire Forces 300 Out
A blaze at the Kaiserhof hotel in Chicago drove about 300 guests into the street from an eight story building. Firemen contained the flames with the adjoining eighteen story annex spared. damage neared $50,000 before it was controlled.
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Chicago
Kaiserhof
Jackson and Clark Streets
Reinforcements Leave Lisbon for Angola Campaign
Reinforcements have departed Lisbon for Angola as German colonial troops now occupy much of the territory on the west coast of Africa. New advices received indicate the bulk of Angola is under German control.
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Berlin
Lisbon
Angola
Africa
Algerians Hit by Rapid German Charges at Soissons
French forces claim the advantage after repelling German assaults near Soissons as outposts were driven in. Algerians suffered a rapid series of charges from German troops, with French counteractions described as effective in the report.
German Onslaught Along Aisne Drives to Soissons Front
Fierce hand to hand fights along the Aisne near St. Paul and Soissons mark a German attempt to force passage toward Paris. French Moroccan troops repel several German charges, later counterattacking and pushing back the attackers. Artillery duels continue near Ypres and Lens with French guns silencing German batteries while fog slows operations in the Vosges and Alsace.
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Paris
St. Paul
Aisne
Soissons
von Kluck
Cruoy
Flanders
War Office
Ypres
Perthes
Argonne
Vosges
Alsace
St Francis Opens Beds to Fritz Aged Cattle Buyer
Charles Fritz an elderly cattle buyer despaired at city hall but St Francis hospital opened its doors after G A R veterans intervened. Ambulance brought him in following refusals by other institutions. His condition improved today and his daughter stayed at his side as Wilson Colwell Post G A R members attended to him.
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Charles Fritz
City Hall
Grand Army
Fritz
St. Francis Hospital
Wilson Colwell Post G. A. R
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Papa
Grandpa
White House
Francis Sayre
Francis Bowes Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Master Sayre
U. S
LA Grosse
Dynamiter
Britain
International Bridge
U.S
State Department of
Association
Big Eagles
Fifth Street
Retailers’ Association
Teuton
ST. Francis
BOLRS
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