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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
6
Railroad officials announce a passenger fare rise effective December 11, covering intra state traffic and Wisconsin border routes. The 3.6 cent increase per mile raises passenger revenue by about twenty percent across railroads within Wisconsin and on trains serving the state.
The president calls for immediate tax law simplification including personal and corporate taxes, stronger funding for medical care and rehabilitation for veterans, and a comprehensive public program for vocational training. He advocates cold storage controls, agricultural promotion, and transparent pricing to aid interstate trade and producer transparency.
An unclear report notes a person on a road who shot at a rabbit and wounded none. The fragment references a chase into trees with uncertain names and missing details.
The damaged text references a commissioner from the United States and urges independence for Philippine issues. It mentions stable currency since a congress session and a pledge by a committee to support a preservation of island peoples. The fragment includes confessional lines and honor in the context of loyalty to American ideals.
Fr. J. Kelley alias Sump River Kelley and George Smith were arrested at Chippewa Falls after a chase with gun fire. They were escorted to a United States commissioner in Chippewa and then held in jail in La Crosse awaiting the federal grand jury's action in session there.
President-elect Harding indicated determination to call an extra session of Congress to push through required appropriations. He said he asked Senators to proceed with the necessary legislation as speedily as possible to clear the docket for a special session. Senator Marlin/Marling said it would be called as soon as possible after March.
Public galleries filled as Senate considers farm aid and war finance measures. Debates on price supports and meat packing regulation paused. committees study appropriation bills and immigration controls as leaders seek stabilization for commerce. President Wilson addresses allied policy with Mrs Wilson present.
A local school event features girls leading cheering duties with Tec Teak Jetson and Gertrude Wills among the leaders. The program highlights student involvement and school spirit.
The text presents a jumbled stock market close with fragmented company names and stray phrases. It mentions numerous firms, likely from a 20th century newspaper page, but names are garbled. A single coherent event or conclusion is not discernible from the readable fragments. The stray line references Queen Elizabeth’s age and a claim about never working, which does not align with the market data.
AP reports the declared war between the Quaracra regency of Fiume and Italy will not proceed. D Annunzio’s headquarters say a note from the Italian minister shows General Davigli’s order was not an ultimatum. A special committee of Treviso deputies sought a solution to the crisis in Rome.
Retroactive wage increase approved for packing house workers covering five months from Mon to Sat in December. The decision by the mediator upholds the workers claim of justified higher costs, granting a 5 percent raise for the period.
War saw reports a Lithuanian mission by the Leacuf Commission has completed without incident. The international army under Colonel Chardon will remain in place to enforce instructions and maintain reach in the area.
Frances Pifads pleads not guilty to gambling in police court after preliminary information from central station. The case is adjourned to a later date. week after the hearing, the judge sets a new date.
A photograph shows the lower end of Pitts witsh’s land ostacler near the mountain gate to the terminal of the undelide. Steam shovels and 21 machines clear buried tracks in the Pennsylvania mailyard area while debris is removed. Grorse W. Goethaus, builder of the Manama Co, and PA Railway engineer FL A. Riche discuss slide stabilization and potential strap plans.
Washington reports detail tangled conferences among Harting and advisers on the league issue. Drafters, reservists, and representatives from various factions, including Searrr Spencer and Toknson, weigh options amid political reluctance and shifting alliances.
Joseph Riilas, proprietor of the Milwaukee cafe on Third Street, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with offering 37,000 to Henry Strum of the Milwaukee office of the Bureau of Investigation. Riilas, previously arrested on a similar charge, surrendered at the federal building after being brought in. His arrest ends the preliminaries on the prior charge before U.S. Commissioner Kellogg.
Two men involved in a mail robbery in Iowa received prison sentences of ten and thirteen years after pleading guilty. The defendants, identified as Bes Aomnes and Town-Frai, appeared before Judge Martin at Lerrenwordh State Court on Monday, as the district prosecutor outlined the case.
Four remastered merit prinicies contents stolen Monday night from a trunk near the slow and Wiion station are being traced by postal inspectors. Police report pouches were torn from a myomobile and carried miles away across the city amid a disrupted mail distribution.
In Milwaukee on Tuesday judge Handel decides the life will of Theodore W. Johnson. Mrs. L. C. Hale was named principal beneficiary in an estate valued at $90,000 but takes nothing under the will. The ruling states she was among the long witnesses for the instrument.
Federal court in Pittsburgh charged Charles Anderson a city council member and twenty-three others with irregularities linked to the primary in the thirty first congressional district. The indictment lists charges of fraud and conspiracy in the district court proceedings.
Washington reports Secretary Baker was summoned by the house military committee to explain why the War Department has mobilized over 280000 men. Captain Cook criticized the Friendly Islands voyage as diverting ships from the war effort amid reports of ferocious natives.
Six committees including finance health liquor licenses and police schedule a joint session Thursday in the city hall. Items include electric rate increases by Wisconsin Minnesota Lightland Power Company bids for police car public works cost data water mains expansion and nurse salary adjustments.
A sub committee of the joint Trades and Labor Council and Building Trades Council meets this afternoon with Eliw. Sefinze owner of the Yeomen Jatz and leaseholders to negotiate leases on parts of the building. J Verdera R G Knutson and Sam Johnson with Jones Thomason as counsel lead the labor group. The sub committee convenes again during the evening at the full committee meeting in the Tribes and Labor Council rooms.
Washington The house committee reported Tuesday a special rule limiting debate on the immigration bill to a short period. Two minutes of minority report preparation were allowed and Chairman Capper of Kansas announced he would order the rule in effect for consideration Thursday.
A city sewer cleaning method uses a machine scaffolded by a rope system to span sewers and scrape the bottom. The device includes end-keeps for recovery and operates within a narrowed annular space to limit flow and guide debris.
The federal grand jury is speeding toward completion this week. United States District Attorney Wolfe plans indictments to be returned next week, with Judge Landis presiding. Pater Barris of Necedah, Wisconsin, arraigned on a charge of carrying a stir and moonshine, released pending grand jury action.
Henry Thomas a thirteen year old pupil at Holy Trinity School fractured his knee while playing with other children on Monday. Dr Egan’s examination confirmed the fracture and he was taken to his home near Brodd. Washington reports lawmakers consider federal action to relieve rising unemployment with a plan to establish a general conference of state governors and federal representatives to determine the facts, Mason estimates two million unemployed.
John Skeltor Williams of Richmond Virginia was nominated by the President to be Comptroller of the Currency. His name appeared in a list of about 17,000 nominators and messages from recess appointments, including roughly 15,000 army promotions. Many major appointments had already been announced.
A fragmentary local note reports Norwegians from Minnesota headed to Chicago for holiday visits. The brief item mentions a group described as three hounds and references a person named Wiser, with incomplete details on route or schedule.
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