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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
1
A detailed Western Roads filing to the U S Board claims union statements aim to divert public attention from wage issues. The document cites alleged railroad pressure and political context, arguing the wage question centers on management and labor costs.
Fragmentary weather note reports near normal temperatures and unsettled conditions for the vicinity. It mentions Sunday expectations and hints at minor regional variations with limited readable specifics.
A chaotic scene at the Bester Jones Book Company box office leads to a customer’s frenzied questions. Miss Frieda Kathury calmly reveals the main attraction, the evening’s comedy Which One Shall I Marry, hailed as one of the era’s lightest stage successes. The inquiry ends with the patron ordering four Sunday seats for the performance.
A Chicago jury case reveals a unique fraud scheme where a group of individuals posed as beneficiaries in life insurance policies. Insurers uncovered the plan after a man died and alleged swindlers collected payouts, exposing the conspirators through affidavits and forensic proof.
The Agricultural Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce invites all members and the board of directors to join an automobile tour. Members will meet Monday morning at US M. GA, then proceed with Kiwanis Club observers to the Totstent sale. An official investigation into Miss Mary Jane Ganghler's death in Illinois continues with evidence from Chicago, where an autopsy on Miss Vieree’s body suggests poisoning as a possible cause.
Inter State Oil Company reports its pumping house at the corner of Sumnerland Island streets burned over Saturday afternoon. Loss estimated between 7000 and 8500 dollars, with insurance covering all. Fire likely started by overheated electric motor or defective wiring. some fuel stored nearby intensified the blaze. Fire department confined flames to the building, preserving remaining facilities.
Edison argues that replacing textbooks with motion pictures in primary education would accelerate civilization by ten centuries. He criticizes current schooling as dull and low quality, claiming visual learning captures children’s attention. He notes college applicants in his plan show remarkable ignorance, blaming weak early education rather than the curriculum.
In Toledo Ohio seventy five Moose from Jacksonville Indiana and Alabama plan travel by horseback and horse drawn gear to attend the Royal Order of Moose world meeting this week. The Florida delegation wears Ku Klux Klan style outfits according to local reports.
In Wis town of od Lb a land in 1560 marks a notable anniversary. Obastian Bert, long part of the community, is tied to the event as the tale traces a golden wedding era and local entertainment over many years.
Recognition of a 44 hour week has been agreed upon by pressmen employers and union members in Des Moines. The union said today the men accepted the compromise after warning of a possible demand for 48 hours if the longer week persisted in neighboring cities.
A group of youths on a Friday night used a cap pistol to threaten a motorist and trigger a puncture prank. The scene unfolded near Listh and King as a car passed, a rear wheel was punctured, and bystanders watched with mixed reactions while laughter followed.
Victor W. Arnold of Madison initiates a petition for impeachment of Governor Blaine, saying Blaine refused a ten minute interview on a Sunday about the bond issue. Arnold asks the legislature to hear evidence, alleging the governor blocked access and violated citizens rights.
Fred Hartwell travels for a labor mission visiting the Twin Cities and Billings. He plans to go first to Minneapolis then to Billings, Mont, with an itinerary of about ten days to two weeks.
Retired speaker Cannon, holder of the American record for service in Congress, celebrated his 86th birthday Saturday by attending an appropriations committee meeting on the deficiency bill. The house was not in session, but Cannon refused to adjourn and joined the proceedings.
The Harding administration will send an unofficial representative to the supreme council and the council of ambassadors in Europe. President Harding, after Friday’s discussions, authorized a note to allies to arrange the action. Harvey and Herrick will act as personal representatives, with no mandate to bind the United States to any world government. Ambassador Harvey will be the president’s envoy, while Wallace and Boyden resume roles as unofficial observers on reparations and the ambassadors council. Instructions were issued to U.S. officials before the London arrival next week.
Reports from Berlin say President Ebert has tapped Wilhelm Mayer to form a new cabinet. Mayer seeks time to consider. Rudolph Schwander is repeatedly cited as a potential chancellor candidate, a former Alsace Lorraine governor and current head of Hesse Nassau, leaning toward the democratic party. He may be acceptable to Gustav Stresemann if his party joins a new government. The center party position remains a key question as centrists may back a socialist majority cabinet to meet allied terms and avoid occupation. In Britain, Lloyd George urged that if Germany disarms under Versailles they may press for Poland’s disarmament and expressed hope Germany would comply, while noting Ireland’s leadership talks as hopeful signs.
Allies urge immediate suppression of the Polish uprising in Upper Silesia. Reports describe moves to finalize boundaries with Germany and tensions rise as refugees flood the area. German and French authorities discuss troop increases and potential incidents amid claims of Polish brutality and Polish forces readiness.
Milwaukee Wis J Rillisa Subwerts former general night yard master of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad and tipster for boxcar raiders was sentenced to three to five years in state prison at Wilepun. Schwantz received two sentences one of tenures years for advising to commit a felony and another of five years on an embezzlement charge. Consecutive sentences run concurrently.
A Riga dispatch says a pending German Soviet trade agreement has been signed and received locally but lacks official confirmation. Novoy Pa reports the signing occurred Friday in Berlin, with no corroborating sources yet.
Ced ar Falls Iowa Cedar Falls. Gabieno Tabuusi of Western Normal Illinois won top honors at the interstate meet held in Warrensburg Missouri Friday night. Competitors from Kansas Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa attended for state honors.
The Senate agreed to a final vote on passage of the emergency tariff bill next Wednesday with amendments to be considered at noon. Separately a whiskey case in Chicago involves Sunnybrook distillery officers, Ley Mayer representing defendants, with a continuance to May 20 in the US Commissioner court amid an alleged conspiracy linked to 1,000 cases of whiskey.
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