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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
1
Twelve or more deaths are reported across Texas and New Mexico after a brutal blizzard. About 72 automobiles are snowbound in a canyon while railroad and auto traffic remain blocked as relief and food are rushed to stranded travelers.
A German relief committee meeting is planned for Saturday with leaders outlining aid efforts and donation drives. Local volunteers from the Red Cross and community groups will discuss current relief needs and organize shipment plans to assist refugees and towns affected by the crisis.
A Madison resident has been named state president of the Carpenters union. The announcement notes service in local chapters and emphasizes leadership, solidarity, and ongoing work with trade alliances statewide.
The piece describes a bipartisan stance against insurgent tactics in Senate and House power struggles over the transportation act and committee seat distribution. It notes Radicals and conservatives across parties debating railroad rate protections, rule liberalization, and leadership choices amid intra party tensions.
The article describes a Senate deadlock over chairmanships in the May Use Club of Patronage dispute. A plan to elect a new chair and leadership is discussed amid party infighting and strategic vetoes as blocs push for control before the election of Senator Culimbes. The piece notes the political maneuvering around the Michigan congress and a tense, fractious atmosphere ahead of the upcoming vote.
New York Hamlet staged by Harryvisre seen by Police Sergeant Stewart De Witt who found the performance free of immorality. He attended from eight to the closing line where Prince Sperke Wie dies. De Witt watched closely, noting nothing worse than prior performances.
A sprawling case links Leo Koretz and the Bayano River Trust swindle to a web of offenders who drained millions from investors. Federal inquiry flagged over La Crosse gear licensing and irregularities. Prosecutors describe Koretz as a cautious promoter who avoided outright cash demands while drawing funds from friends.
Mrs Geotre Stade, daughter of James J Thi, a railroad chaufier, died in New York at age 14. Her mother Mrs Pash and her sister were with her at the time. The death occurred after a brief illness and the family planned funeral arrangements.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin a nine year old boy James Hineash suffered a fatal chest wound when a pair of falling scissors toppled from a table. With parents away at Christmas the incident occurred at the home where six siblings were present. Investigations follow.
Raymond Bell, a graf ter posing as a magazine writer, was arrested in St Louis for swindling locals by selling magazine subscriptions. He allegedly operated in La Crosse during a prior campaign and repeated the same ruse in other towns. Mrs Coglidge wins prize canary at the Cleveland exhibition.
Santa tells a lithe girl he will bring many gifts if she stays well by drinking a big glass of milk daily. He already has placed a dresser a large doll a bubbly story book and a dish set with edge pictures and a small play room table in her home. Many children are asked to pledge daily milk to avoid illness.
Wisconsin Tax Commission appoints James B. Keizer as Trempealeau County income assessor effective January 1, consolidating districts from 40 to 31. Nine assessors eliminated. Pepin Buffalo Eau Claire Trempealeau districts reorganized, with Pepin and Buffalo joining Eau Claire and Trempealeau shifting to La Crosse office. Officials cite lack of funds and emergency measures, while noting no blame on the commission.
Coast guard continued search Friday for Lawrence B Sperry the American aviator after his airship plane was found in the English Channel three tiles off Rye. Detective Inspector Milton noted the engine was running loudly before the plane disappeared as Sperry attempted a landing then turned oceanward.
The Chamber of Commerce seeks to reopen the Matthews plant by luring an outside Chicago corporation to set a branch factory in the former Matthews facility now under receiver. Negotiations with several firms failed, but a large Chicago company may visit next week to assess locating here, potentially employing about 500 workers if the plant is secured. The Matthews plant, a near‑new wood working facility with its own yard and switching, remains under receiver.
Fresno police arrested Callaude Ray Kohl, 17, a Walton graduate, who claimed a six months leave from Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He allegedly held up Arremus P. Sheppard and family at dinner, thrusting a revolver at Sheppard and taking seventy six cents.
Bill Chamberlain was released from the county jail on Friday after serving a 20 day sentence for contempt at court connected to the Kleinertz liquor case before Jadze Highe. Spassborlain was sentenced on Nov 14.
Detectives recovered 3900 from a west side bank in Cleveland tied to John Parent arrested in Warren Ohio for the Republic State bank robbery in Republic Michigan. Police say the money is part of the loot from the September heist of 10000 dollars and Parent is charged with the robbery.
The Tribune issues a special edition featuring the St. Rose convent fire stories with pictures on the first page. Copies may be obtained at The Tribune office.
German officials welcomed American participation in reparations talks as a potential turning point in European politics. The move is seen as shaping the outcome of the international commissions on Germany’s finances while urging witness-like expertise from U S delegates at the negotiating table.
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