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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1921
Page
1
The city plans extensive street improvements early this year with hundreds of thousands of outside funds. Crews work on repairs as asphalt and other materials arrive, aiming to complete most tasks within the year amid bids for a five to six mile project and a $450,000 appropriation.
Eleven individuals face indictments in a probe linked to building material and labor combines. Authorities pursue alleged collusion behind strikes, with investigations conducted by a federal or state attorney general office along with labor agencies.
In WALTOWITZ Silesia insurgent leaders impose harsh measures against looting with firing squads. Six men executed at once as Poles riot, rob food convoys, and a German Friday victim is beaten. Food scarcity grows as babies die from milk shortage amid increased armed Poles along roads. Poles claim they will not fire on the British but will not surrender arms without German disarmament.
Boston reports Thomas A. Edison predicts cars within a few years will carry individual stills to produce fuel. He told graduates that self-contained distilleries could run vehicles by heat and motor-generated motion, using petroleum and by‑products to offset maintenance costs.
Nicu tomutit Cael Neumann, once in command of a German submarine, was formally acquitted after a procedural stay when his wife testified. German authorities said the acquittal showed Neumann's innocence, stating he acted under superior orders as Dover Castle was not in the designated channel.
Construction on the north half of the Jupiter High School site is delayed as the tote phone company refuses to remove wires from poles near Team 1452 Avon Street. Lewis Doten, contracted for moving the building, must post a deposit to cover removal costs before wires are cleared.
The French Island pig case was moved from Judge Hunt's court to Justice Cleekomay's court amid an affidavit of prejudice filed by defendants Straces Kasambalis and Sotec Calinas. The replevin action involves DY Martin Chapko vs Stratey and Noloe over a pig and cow, with an agreed transfer proceeding.
Ice formed thick on lakes and streams across northern Wisconsin Friday night with a notable eight eighths of a nine inch layer reported. Weather officials caution that condition remains dangerous for travel. Local reports indicate severe damage to a wild trust facility amid ongoing ice formation.
The naval ministry in Tokyo announced the withdrawal of the garrison from Yap and other South Pacific islands, with several destroyers remaining as guardships. The move follows talks on settling the Yap dispute with the United States, endorsed by Italy, Britain, and France, and aims to end the controversy under the peace treaty provisions.
Chicago hosts a big Western Conference track meet with about 250 athletes from Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Chicago and outside schools. Favorite teams include Wisconsin Michigan and Illinois while records loom as HB Hoffman of Michigan set a new conference javelin mark. The meet starts at 2 p.m. local time with eliminations and finals to award conference records.
A fragmented notice reports Badger named to the board of the National Lutheran Church with LSA indicating evangelical alignment. It lists officers including Carlton Carlson of Royal as vice president, A. We Lund as secretary, Janse as treasurer, and C. D. Racine as member, noting debate over Dan College’s delegate location and TH reference.
Congress adjourned for the weekend as the Senate and House paused sessions on Friday. The deficiency bill carrying a funding total near 1.156 billion dollars faced passage, reflecting increases over prior allocations. The shipping board received an appropriation boost of about 60.9 million, aligning with the House's larger funding package.
Forecasts for the week starting Monday indicate cool conditions with normal temperatures across the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Expect fair spells early, increasing cloudiness with showers later in the period and cooler nights.
The Normal School staged Martha Morton’s Batchelor’s Romance with deft interpretation by senior students. David Holmes, Sylvia Sonnis, Rosse Rippe, Harold Reynolds, and others delivered strong performances as the production drew praise for acting and comedy.
Babe Ruth again held for speeding in New York City as a second offender. Richard Witting Yeokee was summoned Saturday and fined previously this season. Ruth was ordered to appear next Wednesday.
A party of masked men boarded the steamship Mitenen io at Point Comfort and attacked the crew, injuring eight badly and several others lightly. Four naval detachments responded for help, but the assailants escaped before reinforcements arrived. The attackers claimed to be striking to avenge strikebreakers.
An old German passenger liner formerly known as the Raiser has been renewed and issued wartime mail service branding under President Harding. The announcement confirms continuation of mail运输 duties despite postwar changes.
QYER reports that about three hundred business firms will return to standard time on Monday morning after a petition drive led by committees completing its circulation. A handful of eight to ten manufacturers may keep daylight saving. outcomes are to be decided early next week.
In Wisconsin the striker committee and officials from Julin Hoberg mill and Green Bay Paper & Wibee company planned talks but no meeting occurred in time. Leaders Frank Hobert and Toba Welsh away from the city, with a likely session slated for early next week. A 2 percent wage reduction is cited as a discussed settlement point while Northern Paper mill resumed operations after a Friday strike, with more mills expected to start by Monday.
New York Frank Tannenbaum, once a mob leader and radical artist, graduates from Columbia University this year as an honor student and wins Phi Beta Kappa key. He served a year in the US for leading a mob against Arabs in 1920 and was convicted. He has since renounced radical views, adopting liberal positions in economics and sociology. Entered Columbia in 1916, left for shipyards at war start, later sergeant at a Georgia camp. He is 33 and married.
A teen girl, described as a tramp, was held in Milwaukee for questioning over a series of robberies. She rode from Chicago on a railroad line and claimed to be from a farm near Marionette, Wisconsin, saying she had worked in Milwaukee for seven months. Her companion, Gust Som eich, 25, fled at Georgo while the pair were pursued. he was later arrested in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
A 12 foot constrictor named Svengali was found sleeping in the hold of the steamer Coppename at Hoboken after shipwrights removed planks during repairs. The largest snake ever caught in Hoboken, it was moved to safety, with speculation it entered through a port bolt or tree-root as the ship docked.
Vets and allied groups in Minot North Dakota oppose Kate Richards O'Hare's appearance at a public event. The note cites her past sedition conviction and federal penitentiary term, ended by a presidential pardon, with strong opposition voiced at a Legion post meeting and by allied organizations.
Reading indicates a historic cyclone across eastern and central Colorado, with heavy emphasis on severe weather impacts. The article notes broad storm action without clear local outcomes.
Wisconsin grand lodge and Rebekah assembly announce their 75th and 56th annual sessions in Milwaukee and Millcath. Delegates include P. W. Mahoney L. J. Karsgaard Jal ward Bey and John Hull not as delegate. Mrs. Carl Brown leads La Crosse Rebekah delegation with Laura Beirdman William Owen Minnie Callaway also attending.
Oliver Lodge, noted scientist, predicts a greater quota of sunshine for Earth due to solar eruptions and brilliant auroras. He suggests a stronger monsoon could improve the Indian harvest and that solar particles may aid vegetation while reducing atmospheric rust.
Attorney General Daugherty ordered a general inquiry into the race riots at Tulsa. The announcement came Saturday from the Department of Justice. Also noted is F C Van Dusen of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce opposing the Capper-Volstead grain-exchange bill for limiting trading volume and potentially depressing prices for farmers.
Pueblo suffers severe flooding after a western Colorado storm system. Arkansas River floods inundate the city and nearby towns. hundreds displaced, major damage to homes, businesses, and crops. Colorado State Rangers under Col Hamrock deployed to Pueblo to prevent looting and establish shelters.
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