Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - September 6, 1923, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin TRIBUNE TENTH 3110. WISCONSIN THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1923. PRICE THREE CENTS Today Greatest of The After Other Great If Men Would By Arthur JAPAN COUNTY HIGHWAY PROGRAM READY FOR COMMITTEE NEW EAST AND WEST ROUTE WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT DEMAND AT HEARING HERE TOMORROW A new state trunk highway Wood county from east to west and connecting with a proposed new in Jackson county to Black there is talk of one or two smaller Falls and Merrillan will be the Japanese islands having disappeared i request laid the entirely beneath the of the committee of the state legislature THE Japanese earthquake es in horror all authenticated ties in the world's from and which men bring upon The history of Japan is a history of earthquake Those ing remember some of In 1891, were In 1896, a tidal wave caused by an earthquake ed The disaster of the made horribly deadly by modern tion of by gas mains and their flames unknown in the oid days surpasses all It is learned that half a million have perished and Millions are and the nervous effect upon the survivors of the are when it meets at the court house morrow This was the deci- sion of the special Wood county com- delegated at the mass meeting here to outline a highway program for the almost as serious as the earthquake The consisting of A. E. Insanity follows town of spinal and other and R. Wisconsin and superstitions worse than disease F. Pied are awakened by fear of the S. L. land Port The most deadly of upon five totalling Yokohama In Flames in history is the one that in Lisbon on the first of 1755. A terrific shock in an instant re- the city to a heap of The shock was followed by a gigantic tidal wave that wrecked the shipping and drowned fire 77% which will be placed before the committee for Territory Now Unserved Sentiment was practically mous that the county's test was an outlet to the The load selected to meet this running I his the hie 8000 homes in Yokohama several years ihe eye must scene many a picture of the havoc and tidal in Yokohama and combined destroyed close Port Edwaids to City Point in to lives and one hundred w ood a distance of 27, lion dollars in property a vast sum and a horrible and from City Point to Black Falls and would open up a large territory hitherto unnerved by a made trunk and it is the number of well-known men that I ed that the state committee have written about called forth an 1 to give very favorable complete display of Oration to this j Aek Pive New Roads Many of the English A brief of the d clergy based upon it solemn sermons to be asked of that Lisbon was destroyed tee WARNING POOR COAL ISSUED because the Portuguese were The Protestants did not have a monopoly of For the 1. Commencing at Port Edwards on 13. and west to City a distance of 27 2. Commencing at Catholic survivors of the earthquake j decided that they had been punished t. f on county line foi allowing a few Protestants to live COUnty f of among and those Protestants i-J weie all promptly baptized Catholics in Juneau 3. Commencing at a point on The world at large knows how what thence west to an earthquake is. The hot at village of Nekoosa connecting with 13. a distance nf OFFERS OF FUEL AT PRICES LIKELY TO IN- FERIOR CARK ED the cold on the settles VERY SLIGHTLY on as a cake just taken from the oven settles in the It is almost imperceptible taking the earth or a cake as a Highway 13, a distance of mately 8 4. Commencing at Pittsville and running thence west to the county line on county trunk line an tto The earthquake the of 9% miles adjustment to its environ J at as in these a of Section 33, town of anese volcanoes thence northeasterly about 3 mjr into violent life make the calamity two mi thence ing east one mile to connect with highway in a distance of about 6 Submit Whole Program While the committee felt that the But fne and tidal and em buildings of a construction erous in do more to destroy life than the demands outlined in its petition aie I perhaps greater than the county is And worse even than actual loss to be awarded at this it of is the dreadful the t was considered advisable to present a mental suffering inflicted upon program commensurate with the j ty's needs and permit the state late dispatches fiom to decide for itself which are contain of most of immediate action frenzied men and overcome The entire with excitement and tei it was pointed mad and themselves into already in excellent condition river while the shocks were and over half of it is so that Fear is most dreadful no burden would be placed upon the The rivers are said to be clogged state in making it a state trunk wit h the dead I i The legislative committee headed by Superstitions that have Senator which is con- for years will come back to life among ducting hearings throughout the state the levs intelligent of the Japanese upon roads to be included in the state trunk highway extension Influence of Western I voted by the last is lack of for the ancient gods ing at Black River Falls afternoon will be And there will re- and will be at Neillsville the old Japanese belief that cording to local men interested in the earthquakes are caused by a gigantic highway extension support of living under turning the Poit River Falls and causing calamity when plan has been assured in Jackson Our own Christian ancestors be- and a recommendation very similar heveil in Grange beneath to that favored by the Wooil county paKe committee in its first was lo be presented at Black River Falls THE WEATHER Unsettled with local this afternoon and possibly tonight cooler Friday partly cloudy cooler east and south Hold Funeral Services for Charles Greengrass Today I Funeral services for Charles Winnebago Indian who died yesterday the age of 41, at the home of his Ed on the Lester marsh in the town ol were held Burial was in the Indian cemetery on lock Sept. 6--The state department of markets a mg today advising the people of the state to be careful in placing then coul to purchase of fuel of low attention of the department has been called to the lecent tions and of so-called m the coal the ment inn uo coal where at jr irrespective of giade or quality tt to some unsuspecting agent 01 who lias been enough to tie an with the the time a under il names making pi omises in the way of financial re- turns to those who will handle then This company was enjoined a few years ago by the trade commission from doing Fond du and ether have been flooded with literature of the soliciting this company 01 a and in Wisconsin can and will its and sell the sin at a better price Wisconsin are selling foi is no but the wise foi the to adopt is to sure that he is going to get a good gride of merchantable coal at the If he neglects to do this he is without lecourse of kind in the of GREEK WARSHIPS AVOID ITALIANS American Aid Is Rushed To Quake Scene New Sept. than a dollars of Japanese u- lief funds were raised yesterday in John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spellman of the lei foundation each gave Scores of other subscriptions ranged from to Relief Plea Sept Hie the Red forward foi the earthquake GATHERS FORCES TO REBUILD CITIES AND AID STRICi OP 13 COMPLETELY DE- 30.00U DEAD MO Associated The Japanese by what is the greatest ter of the modern turns bravely to the tasks her to cor the hundreds of thousands who fei from and fiorn hunger that the appeal foi a I laying the foi the ot- her mined Yokohama is a city of A message fiom Kobe received the state department in Washington con- the word that great poit of Japan has been completely de- with tremendous loss of The city streets with One dispatch says that three or four houses Fond du Sept. A. A. Bennett of Wisconsin ids has been elected present Cession of the of the Methodist ing hei e The F. J. piit of the Janesville of the Methodist has been elected a member of the executive committee of me minions of the of committee will act in the of union in localities to l of i ho Congregational and ORDERED TO RETIRE TO ESCAPE POSSIBLE MENT SEEKING SLAYERS OF ITALIANS fund to be the was meeting a aid quick response the No estimate obtainable of tne amount of the contributions local Ked Ci o-s chapters but a flow of on to t Meanwhile of the As fleet aie believed American aid to the Dispatches to the navy ment Admiral mandei the indicated the of destroy 21 s at Yokohama to Sepi a threat to stop a boxing program last Mayor Edwin J. Blown forced the to listen to a speaker ing foi of the earthquake sufferers al voices from the balcony u led The harbor is practically of 110 value to relief ships as the floor has been torn and hght with few Bank Funds Safe Sept money in the bank of Japan vaults was saved destruction in the fire which the earthquake and tidal it came known here his ultimatum Badger Klansmen Urged to Attend Rockford Festival systematic state ide campaign is being launched by the Ku Klan to bring a large Wisconsin attendance the Mid- West festival of the Klan at ford on Sept. 7 and S. Klansmen from Wisconsin and Illinois will be at the Special Ku Klun are being arranged for to bring Klan from all Milwaukee Ku are also sending out state-wide invitations for festival be held at Valley on Bossert Company Completes Grand Avenue Pavement Contract for Big New Madison Hotel Awarded company of Chicago has boon ed the conti act for the of new Piper hotel here to cost The building is to be by next Correction In the Wednesday evening in. Tribune was m error in quoting W. F. Whitrock with regard to the build ing proposed and at the council It is to this F. J. not W. F. was the speaker who declared that theie thousands of local citizens opposed to the proposed W. F. rock stated at the meeting that he had resided in cities than consin Rapids there was such an ordinance and it was opinion that this city was too small to have such regulatory building although it might bo worked out here without great expense to the home builder although he had Announcement was made today of u new around the newly laid concrete on which will eliminate the of the old Instead of touring off Grand at Fourth the off avenue at Twelfth and con- north on Hint street to High it turns and ROCS to and then south to Grand and tit ate load A crew of the Bossert Construction the High street cf the which is now to in excellent Associated Sept. fleet has received instructions to retire to the of Volo to avoid contact with the Italian it was today on Trail Assassins Sept. Popolo oigan of Premier has a dispatch fiom from sources the news that the Greek is on the tiack of the sins of the Italian Many suspects have been attested at and also along the Among them aie two of the assassins and the authorities aie ing the others and hope to ar- iest let tbe fight go on The of the and fne areas then climbed the lopes and j showed Yokohama as its extending and south about 100 and east and 1JO that Big Hotel Destroyed 40 weie killed when the earthquake in Receive No Word Madison Man in Japan of Forrest of the Japan destroyed the famous Vama hotel and wiped out the of are anxiously cent village bf in ing some from Japan of to the of both he and his wife Mr. Midaleton has been in I hama for the past thiee years as a of the Westinghouse Electric company Mrs Middleton has j been engaged as a teacher in I W. E. of declared on Wednesday that he ed that he would hear from his son as soon as communications were again Woman Who Killed Infant Held Mentally Incompetent Flossie Richland who admitted smothering her two year old infant to death as she sat in a tion at was sent to the Southern Wisconsin home at Union Giove by Judge Ole A. Stolen in court on An examination by doctors ed that the woman was mentally in- The a for two has four children Officials claim that she killed hoi in- fant because of the fear of public scorn should she to her home with the Federal Agents Request More Money Ic Fight Wets Sept. of for federal work in the enforcement of tion next an of 000 last has been of the budget bureau by Prohibition Commissioner Weather Conditions Are Favorable at Retiring G. A. R. Commander Speeds Sept. W. retiring commander in chief the national Grand Army of the Re- in concluding the report of his here today declared his of service to the organization had been the happiest of his He ranks are the year notices of the death of I fiO past depai commanders been the current year approximately of our in the G A. R. and other ans of the war of ithe rebellion have to that bourne from whence no traveler Dogs and Wolves Make Sheep Raising Profitless sheep in of Lincoln county continues to the handicap of unrestrained dogs and Some of the men who appreciated the 1oi and mutton production have been driven out of the business be- cause of prowling cms and the sible danger from Among this number is Frank Claik regarded as one of the most progressive ers of this lie has been very in raising sheep but dogs ind v caused him to close out his According to telephone information received this by the the been ideal at field the sin State Fair is now in Up until noon today no lain has fallen since opening of the fan and all events have been held as Harding Among Possible Winners of Noble Prize Associated Sept. name of President Harding is included in the list of about thirty persons who are being proposed as recipients of the Nobel Peace says the tiana Aften Americans jn the newspaper's list were Jane Adams and Secretary Heavy Shuns the Rapids by Barely a Mile i While this had only a slight j drizzle at intermittent I a vei j heavy stoi m sti Port Nekoosa and the tiy just south of One caught on the road be- tween Nekoosa and Poit Edwards when the storm the deluge to be one of the heaviest in so short a period as he had ever seen in this of tow r said that the stoim misled the by barely a Marshfield fair officials called up this city this morning saying that the town had had little rain and the race tracks were m fine condition foi the races this Last Band Concert v The city band will its regular weekly conceit at the Courts lawn evening at eight Tins will he the last concert of the The program will consist of standard and popular selections and several jazzy numbers and the diny to a Renter's dispatch from Theie volcanic eruptions in the same Island Has Sept. police of Chiha at the coiner of Tokio Bay a new island Izu while they saj the island of which contains an active is and it is feared that it has gone down with 10.000 or moie There is still no news fiom the Boran islands rind change's theie Dead in Tokio San Sept Radio Corporation of to the Japanese home today took the step towam lo clear up the confusion in legal d to the of dead and in tne and fii e at Tokio w hen it v as ed that theie wete JO 000 000 homeless the Japanese Inmate of Asylum Attacks Inflicts Knife Wound an attendant at the Wood county is m St. Joseph's hospital fering a knife wound in stomach at the county lum when he tered in a scuffle between two of tht who gives his as heArd of fighting ami went into tlie one of the rvo in at Bond with an open knife in his hand the attendant at the belt thrusting the blade into the vp the The ambulance called and the injured man was rushed to the city hospital whose is about is now confined in the city Mussel Shoals Purchase Plan Renewed by JM resumed 'the and tor's power plant by ono I fee with I Pi
