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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1923
Page
1
A torrent of storms, heat, and damaging winds sweeps the Northwest, leaving four dead and heavy property damage as gales rage. Milwaukee reports seven prostrations from heat on Sunday amid the tumult.
Storms cooled a blistering stretch across Minnesota and North Dakota after a long heat wave that hit Chicago and nearby areas. Strong winds and rain caused damage, toppled trees, and disrupted utilities, with reports of street debris and damaged infrastructure across multiple cities.
Wisconsin highway commission invites proposals for 45 miles of road surfacing from La Croft er to Whitehall. Bids due Tuesday at Division Ne offices in the Batman Bank building. Project aims to complete state road surfacing and improve spring mudholes and ruts.
A frail record shows Gund Furniture Company votes to dissolve. The meeting held January 18 had about six hundred shares represented. Penny Ligand serves as president, with Hones nd as secretary and treasurer in a formal dissolution notice recorded with the register.
The Supreme Court today affirmed a circuit court ruling in favor of the State Bank of Georgia Crosser in the Peterson versus bank case. Samuel Birmingham, a real estate operator, had sought to recover the amount of a debt from the bank but lost in both courts. Nearby, the steamer Caraquet ran aground near Bermua, with passengers evacuated as preparations began to assess damage.
New York report claims a large bid for a shipping project was a publicity stunt. John rides himself as Tip asserts the prank drew attention to a property set for sale, with quotes suggesting inflated value and involvement by Tenry Ford figures questioned.
Three automobile accidents occurred in the city over the weekend with only vehicle damage. A salesman from Essen and Philips jammed into a car on Vine near Third, another collision at Fourth and Pearl damaged both vehicles, and a third on Mormon Corner involved a Maxwell losing a front wheel. no injuries were reported.
Madame Schumann-Heink arrived from California to perform for American Veterans of the World War in Minneapolis. She will sing throughout the week to support the veterans, with additional aid promised for thousands of veterans during the convention.
George Maxivell, president of the Authors Publishers and Composers Association of America, indicted for writing poison pen letters to Allan A. Ewan, a New York financier. He has returned abroad and will surrender at once, announced Monday at the criminal courts docket.
Britain cannot protest action in U S waters Baldwin says British wartime policy allows U S authorities to seal and seize liquor aboard ships approaching American territorial waters. The Associated Press reports U S officials plan to seize liquor exceeding medicinal allowances from vessels docking over the weekend as Britain warns on sealing rules and enforcement.
Marquette Michigan dispatch reports an escaped state penitentiary convict named George Natehoss was shot and killed by deputies under Delta County Sheriff Carney. After evading capture for a week, he was spotted near Perkins and was fatally shot at close range as he tried to flee. He died shortly after being rushed to a hospital.
The board of public works announced the city bath house will remain open on holidays this summer. Previously the bath was closed on the Fourth of July and Labor Day last year.
A caravan carrying visiting newspaper correspondents with President Harding's special train crashed over a 75 foot drop in Bear Creek canyon near Denver. Sumner Curtis and Tommie French died. Donald A. Craig and Thomas F. Dawson were injured, Dawson later died. Harding pressed on with his schedule as Henry C. Wallace joined to continue the Alaskan itinerary.
Curtis family in Gateway City mourns Sumner Curtis a 54 year old newspaper man and former Washington correspondent killed in an automobile accident near Deweer Sundar. He served as a special agent for the State Department in 1916 and later with the Red Cross war effort before joining the Republican National Committee. His survivors include father Joseph Curtis and brother Harry M. Curtis.
Jesse James Kempton, a Bangor mail carrier, shot himself at his residence. Coroner Raymond Dwyer arrived after the body was found by family. Kempton, 33, left a wife and three children aged 21, 3, and an infant. No clothing details were reported. A separate note reports postal receipts at Tomah post office rose sixteen percent lower than the prior period.
Federal agents charged Harry Palmer and Clarence Shisler with illegal liquor possession in The Alderman's Store on Malin Street. Judge C W Hunt dismissed after arguments citing a Supreme Court Bantle precedent and lack of proof of possession or licensed operation.
President Harding declared the federal government will enforce prohibition even as enforcement costs rise for states and localities. He warned against New York style nullification and urged shared duty, noting dangers of a federal takeover of policing and the need for national policy backed by public opinion and administration.
Dublin University conferred an honorary degree on Dr W J Mayo an American surgeon. He will attend the Charter Day dinner of the Irish College of Surgeons with Governor General Heaty as guest of honor Monday in Dublin.
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