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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
6
Madison reports on assembly passage of a highway regulation measure. If signed, roads would be classified A or other, limiting trucks to seven tons on class A and twelve tons on non A routes, with restrictions during spring thaws and wet weather. The bill drew farmer support and opposition from truck and tire manufacturers.
County officials beat the city team at the annual county picnic at John Richmond's farm French Island on a sunny day. Batteries Rabat and Carr for the county. Wirtenberg and Didtsch for the city. Music by Joseph Dillaway with an intensifier lets the crowd hear the strains of Mnammy. The longest drive by Walter Winter was noted. A London cleric and two maids named Kat o sparked a lighthearted aside.
Trading ends with mixed results as major automakers General Motors and Studebaker move. metals and energy shares slip while copper and petroleum firms show uneven gains. Several global players including Royal Dutch Shell, Kennecott and American Sugar report small adjustments amid ex dividend activity and sector-wide volatility.
Market notes show varied quotes for Wheat Flour in sacks and barrels from Parrel and parral consignments, with multiple sizes and sack types. Orange prices list Sunkist boxes in several sizes, and beef quotes for Western Steers and Limburger indicate fluctuating livestock and dairy values across United States markets.
Rural District youths will attend the Chamber of Commerce dinner on Saturday June 13 at noon to receive prize pure bred pigs from the Merchants Bureau. Parents teachers and siblings are invited. speeches by C. L Van Auken and other officials will precede the pig distribution and group photo with the prize animals.
McConnell, chair of the local relief group, announced that La Crosse has abandoned further fund collection for China famine relief after contributing 1,002.43 dollars. The total sent to the relief headquarters may include other channels. A separate item reports Charles Assareson, 42, Milwaukee, a steeplejack, dying when he slipped while painting a church steeple in Chicago.
Madison reports the Wisconsin Senate passed and sent to the assembly measures funding the normal schools and the University of Wisconsin. The university program totals about 9.07 million annually for the next biennium plus a million revolving fund. normal school funding is about 1.9 million annually. The measures, totaling 13.8 million with revolving funds, faced narrow votes and potential tax amendments as they move to concurrence.
The report details alleged improper dealings around wartime leather purchases led by Col. Goetz and associates. It describes a 1920 option to dispose surplus government leather goods, the formation of United States Harness Co, officers’ big salaries, and a Triton States Harness plan taking a large share of receipts.
A fragmented session fails to concur with Senate amendments amid a deadlock. The record names many legislators as opposing or abstaining, reflecting tight party lines and procedural delay. The piece notes contrasting notions of speed from physics, citing light at 186,000 miles per second and a fingernail's growth.
La Crosse shows strong interest in a concert featuring Ralph Toland, praised by critics and Italian forecaster Mureca. Jan Grasse backs local talent and the Druid club reports solid advance sales, urging patrons to reserve seats as a real musical treat unfolds Friday night.
Washington reports issuance of beer regulations by the Internal Revenue Bureau as treasury officials say the Volstead act will be awaited in Congress. Brewers indicated no desire to start medicinal beer production amid possible resistance and delay.
Langsster Wisconsin reports a verdict likely tonight in Circuit Judge Sherman Smaley's trial on corrupt practices charges. Prosecution sought dismissal on grounds not proven. the judge may face vacancy and possible commission of a successor as supreme court action looms.
At the closing session of the Wilawallee r convention 1925 officers were elected with Burton M. Smith of North Lake as president J M Smith of Shell Lake as vice president Henry Fetzer of Sturgeon Bay as treasurer and F N Bacon of Racine B W Barney of Sparta named to fill one year vacancies for the executive council Three year terms went to BR Estberg Waukesha I X Bodden Milwaukee and L Albert Karel Kewaunee The committee on resolutions opposed any tax increase and endorsed T H Penlicher of Milwaukee for the American Bankers Association presidency Attendance reached 592 delegates the largest state bankers meeting yet held.
The American Federation of Labor called on the U S Senate to back the La Follette Bill for a federal probe into a nation-wide seamen strike. The Seamen's Union resolution alleges ship owners aided by the U S Shipping Board hindered Americans from participating in overseas trade and Atlantic power. The convention also urged a congressional inquiry into cotton mill conditions in the South, pledging support to United Textile Workers striking over 16,000 workers in the mills.
Oshkosh Wis There was a sad gathering Thursday for Frank Sherback pioneer circus performer and merry go round operator He died of heart failure in a vacant lot at age 74 His wife who turned 72 birthday and his son in law Harry Weydt found him dead Sherback formerly sword swallower and circus performer gave joy to many across two continents He once wowed crowned heads including the Kaiser of Germany and the czar of Russia before returning to Oshkosh to run a merry go round business for years
C W Lechleidner of Milwaukee visited old friends in La Crosse this week with his son Sidney. They stayed at Mrs C S Kelly 221 Mill Street with Mary Lechteidner and Mrs Ballard of Milwaukee also present. Lechleidner was once a La Crosse Press reporter and later a printer on the La Crosse Chronicle. He left La Crosse about 30 years ago and for 25 years has led Marquette University publications and taught in the university’s journalism school.
U S customs agents and federal investigators seized more than five hundred modern machine guns and hundreds of spare parts aboard the steamer East Side at Hoboken, bound for an Irish port. Officials pursue how the weapons were placed aboard and who intended to ship them, with Frank Williams named in a search warrant. Williams says the guns were stolen from him. The seizure followed changes of crew and is part of a broader inquiry into the shipment.
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