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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1921
Page
1
The piece reports a series of near accidents at Seventh with Cass and Seventh with Main, urging drivers to slow and pedestrians to use crossings. It notes a Washington debate on a general inquiry of agricultural conditions moving through both houses.
Police recover 46 dollars and identify Jenson as the bandit known as the hold-up man at the Old Style Inn. Thomas Autcelt of Stoddard had alerted authorities, leading to a rainstorm arrest at Genoa rail yards as he sheltered under a box car. Clarence Shisler, owner of the Old Style, identified Jenson, who claimed an alias and declined to discuss details.
Secretary Denby ordered Rear Admiral Sims to cable the Navy Department about his June 7 London luncheon address to the English Speaking Union. Reports say Sims urged Britons and Americans to ignore dangerous propaganda from enemies and criticized "American hyphenates" and Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States.
Washington demands a treaty of amity and commerce where Mexico guarantees American property rights and resists retroactive confiscation under the 1917 constitution. Secretary Hughes outlines a policy pressuring President Obregon for a firm pledge, tying U S recognition to Mexico’s safeguards for prewar foreign holdings.
A Chamber of Commerce arranged program welcomes over 100 Milwaukee businessmen visiting for a trade tour. The timetable includes a Riverside park band concert, a downtown lunch, theater events, and a guided train arrival with officials awaiting them. The delegation will tour Winona and return by special train, ending with a farewell address by Mayor Bentley.
The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks in La Crosse urges keeping the daylight saving law, calling the repeal by a small minority an undue override of voters will. The group asks the Common Council to uphold the majority decision and oppose repealing the ordinance. A Catholic procession is planned for the bishop's funeral in La Crosse, with services at the cathedral and a solemn requiem.
The body of Bishop James Schwebach lies in state at the Cathedral of St. Joseph as Catholic societies including the Knights of Columbus prepare to march to the cemetery. A solemn Requiem and funeral Masses begin Thursday with a guard of honor and continuous viewings from morning.
Announcement by Father Pape outlines Thursday events at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. Priests and Catholic societies will enter and seat, public admission follows. Office for the Dead chanted at dawn with Fathers Riesterer and Fries as chanters. Organ loft restricted to Cathedral choir. Solemn requiem mass to begin in the morning on standard time.
Chief of Police J B Webber asked traffic avoid Main Street between Fifth and Seventh on Thursday morning due to the Bishop Schwebach funeral crowds. Cars should not park on Main Street between Fifth and Sixth until the procession departs the church and drivers should use alternate routes to prevent accidents. Arch V and Bishop Patrick Metro are among attendees.
Three large tax bills face likely defeat while a two percent auto privilege tax is proposed to relieve property taxes for highways. The finance committee estimates expenditures of about 44.19 million and receipts near 44.18 million, yielding a small deficit that balance the general fund aims to cover. The report urges postponing the Dahl Arnold Severson income tax bills and supports state expenditures across universities, normal schools, and departments.
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