The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 1

I Evening Edition EIGHT PAGES Full Leased Wire News Report of the Associated Press aumdl ILeadlerfFSSS Member of the A adit Bureau of Circulation PRICE THREE CENTS LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,. 1920 HARDING PROMISES ERA OF BUSINESS -STABILITY IN U. S. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL MEN AMERICAN LEGION AT GUESTS OF CLEVELAND MEET LA CROSSE HAD INFANT DEATH RATE OF 54 PER THOUSAND DURING 1919 MADISON. Sept.

25 --Marinette and Madison. rank among the cities of the United States where babies have the best chance," according to the annual statistical report of the American Child Hygiene association, Baltimore, covering the year 1919. Only eight of the 269 cities in the United States covered by the reports had infant mortality rates under fifty per 1,000 population. According to the organization quoted, these cities and their rates were: Brookline, Mass. 40 Everett, Mass.

.47 47 4g Alameda, Calif. 49 Madison, Wis. Piqua, Ohio Berkley, 44 Marinette, Wis. 45 Aberdeen, Wash. 45 The rates for thirteen Wisconsin cities are quoted as follows: Be loit, 74; Eau Claire, 67; Fond du.Lac, 135; Green Bay, 109; La Crosse 54; Madison, 47; Manitowoc, 105; Marinette, 45; Milwaukee, 891 Osbl kosh.

61; Racine, 123; Superior, 110; Wausau, 79. Only when, the number of reported births was furnished by the health officer was the cijy included in the table. -In 1918 a law was passed authorizing the president to present a medal (shown above), in the name of congress, to a soldier who shall in action, involving actual conflict with an enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously, by gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." Two of the seventy-eight Americans, who were awarded this Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry during the World war were Sergeant G. Gumpertz and Sergeant Benjamin Kaufman. Sergeant Sydney G.

Gumpertz (left). Company Sergeant Benjamin Kaufman (right). Company 308th Infantry, took out a patrol to attack an enemy machine gun which had checked the advance of his company in the Forest of Argonne, France, October 4, 1918. He became separated from his patrol and a machine gun bullet shattered his right arm. Throwing grenades with his left hand, he charged the enemy with an empty pistol, scattering the crew apd bringing the machine gun and one prisoner to the American lines.

132nd Infantry, was with the American troops at Bois de Forges, France, Sept. 26, 1918. When the advancing line was held up by machine gun fire, Gumpertz left the platoon, of which he was in command, and started with two other soldiers through a heavy barrage toward the machine gun His companions were injured by bursting shells. Gumpertz went on alone and jumped into the nest, silenced the gun and captured nine of the crew of Germans. CLEVELAND.

For the first in history, the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor will be brought together when the American Legion holds its convention in Cleve- land on September Seventy-eight fifty-four survive, medal. The living honor, the idea of immortalize their 27, 28 and 29. Americans, of whom were awarded the will be guests of the legion being to deeds of bravery. i PROBE FINANCING OF SOLDIER PUEUCmUfi Secretary of Finance Director' Questioned by Committee WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.

The ab- sence of witnesses having halted its inquiry into implied charges that Governor Cox in 1918 received a concealed campaign contribution of $5,000 from the Dayton, Ohio, Metal Products company, the senate cam-1 paign investigating committee turned its attention today to the financing of the Stars and Stripes, 'a soldier pub-, li cation. Chairman Kenyon indicated that the committee would meet next on October IS at St. Louis. Mrs. T.

M. Parks, assistant and se-; ere tary to W. D. Jamieson, director of, finance few the democratic national committee, was questioned as to the! financing of the Stars and Stripes. She told of negotiations opened' with the national committee by Jo- seph Heffernan, secretary-treasurer of the Stars and Stripes Publishing com-' pany, and said that she had undertaken to underwrite $48,000 for tbe publication.

Of this sum, she said she furnished $10,000 and she obtained the remainder from friends. May I states the witness said,) that the democratic national committee. nor any member of its as much as ever contributed a dollar to tlie paper or lent me a cent. I had an intense desire, like most other men and women, to do something for ex-soldiers. I tried to help.

Asked who were the friends who loaned her money, Mrs. Parks said: I dont care to say. That is my personal business. I think this is persecution, directed towards my own personal business when there is no connection between the paper and the national committee, or the campaign financing. There have been innumerble implications against it.

Republicans have come to me and said in a threatening way that we would be put out of business unless we give it up. Mr. Richard Waldo for one, Mrs. Parks replied. He said he represented himself nd some other interests, lie said we could never get any advertising from the Big Four advertising agencies.

He wanted you to come out against the bonus plan? asked Senator Reed, democrat of Missouri. He did. Mrs. Parks replied. Our position always has been to print the opinion on these subjects of the boys themselves, as the letters come to us from them.

MLWAUKEE APPEAL FOR REDUCED GAS RATES DISMISSED MADISON, 5. The Wisconsin railroad commission on, Saturday dismissed the application of the city of Milwaukee for a reduction of gas rates in that city. The com-l mission found that while the corn-, pany had been making an average earning daring the past eight years of about nine percent on the valua-i tion of the plant, that daring the last, six months, due to increased costs of operation the net earnings had dropped to 4.6 per cent. The commission found that this, latter earning was not excessive and. therefore dismissed the complaint.) The highest gas rate in Milwaukee is, now 75 cents and the city was asking! for a reduction to 50 cents per 1,000 cubic feet.

t.BsgT WHITE SOX INDIAN GAME DRAVS RECORD CROWD AT CLEVELAND LEAGUE PARK, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 25 A record breaking crowd estimated at 33,000 was present when play started in the third and final game of the crucial series between and Cleveland. An overflow crowd was allowed in both left and right fields, the only space, being in front of the scoreboard, in center field. Claude Williams, left-hander, was1 assigned to pitch for the White while Stanley Covelesfcie was relied, upon by Cleveland to hold the India nsin the lead. Todays game was called at 2:30 p.

m. to allow Cleveland to catch a train for St. Louis for tomorrows game. MADISON HAS UNIT IN STATE GUARD MADISON. Sept.

25. The first national guard unit to be mustered into the guard since camp will be the Madison divisional troop of cavalry which will have its federal insjieotion tonight. The next unit will probably be Dodgeville. which now only lacks one man of an infantry quota, although the Green Bay battery may be mustered ahead of DodgeriIe. The Madison troops will be the seventy-first unit to be federally inspected in.

the Wisconsin guard. CHARGE COX WITH RECEIVING SECRET CAMPAIGN FUNDS; Candidate Implicated in Con-j cealed Contributions from Ohio Concern Candidate Tells Traveling Men that Nation Needs Business like Government TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL DECLARES SENATOR Advocates Change from One-Man Policy of the Present JJJARION, Ohio, Sept. -An era of business stability and of business like government was promised by Senator Harding today a front porch speech to several thousand commercial travellers who came from all parts of the conntry under the auspices of the narding and Coolidge Traveling-mens league. The business methods of the democratic administration were denounced by the republican nominee as meddling and autocratic" to a degree threatening industrial chaos. He out lined a policy of common counsel in contrast to one man and pledged himself to an idealism based on such sense that it does not treat the nations business with suspicion and contempt.

i I believe that everywhere, said Senator Harding, there is the opinion that we have had enough of government excessively centralized in executive powers; enough of autocratic government unwilling to heed counsel, and advices; enough of government which Ignores the representative branch and its close contact with the popular will. I watat it understood that my election means complete change from the one-man policy which has characterized our national government the past seven years. Payrolls Too Bulky I believe the people need not be told that they pay the bDls of administrative government whose distension for war still remains over-distended for peace. It has become common knowledge that there are between seven hundred and eight hundred thousand persons on the payroll of the United States who will be kept there unless we have a new government. The people know only an intelligent opposition prevented the present administration from making an expenditure of over eleven billion dollars in a peace year.

These people know when the war tame American business was facing disruption and the American workingman unemployment, and thaf another year of folly now would mean Industrial plants cold in idleness and laborers walking among them looking in vain for tbe joy of a days productive work. Headed Toward Chaos ifi good sense and in good conscience. it has been necessary for all of us to recognize that we have been dragged toward chaos. A nation which prides itself upon its business sense has been forced to see its government twisted into a monstrosity of waste and slipshoddiness. From that unfortunate picture we must turn away.

We have great tasks before us and my first principle of performance in. any task is to summon the best counsel that can be drawn from any activity or any quarter of America. I look forward to a. government which will have the sense to keep out of activities which good, old American genius and initiative can do better. I want to see the American government a friend and a partner of American business.

Cox Not Unfriendly 'NEW YORK, Sept. 25. George White, chairman of the democratic national committe, declared today the pilgrimage of a delegation of republican traveling salesmenv to Senator Hardings front porch at Marion. made pertinent, a statement disproving what MU. White asserted was an attempt by the republican national committee to represent the democratic presidential nominee as unfriendly to commercial travelers.

Mr. White therefore issued a statement in which he said that six years ago Gov. Cox bad made known his belief that traveling had made possible the present development of Americas commercial markets. The immediate occasion for this estimate of tbe part traveling Salomon have played in our supremacy in world trade was Governor Coxs disavowal of an editorial derogatory to traveling salesmen published in tbe Dayton News in August 1914. without Governor Coxs knowledge, said Mr.

White. The editorial was full of exaggeration and entirely out of line with the proved sympathies of Governor Cox, who promptly telegraphed the managing editor of the News demanding immediate retraction cf the editorial over the signature of the writer of it. This? was done. Although the editorial writer severed his relations with the Dayton News immediatelv after his public apology, the republican national committee has reprinted the offending editorial in an effort to misrepresent Gov. Coxs attitude toward the traveling salesmen of tbe country.

Mr. White aded that this was but another example of the propaganda of misrepresentation carried on by the republican national committee. FALL FROM CHAIR PROVES FATAL FOR WOMAN AT HOLMEN Mrs. Karen Libakken Dies Three Hours After Tumbling from Invalid Chair WIDELY KNOWN IN COUNTRY SURROUNDING THE VILLAGE An Invalid for Twenty Years, She Has Many Friends A particularly sad fatal accident occurred in Ilolmen, at five oclock Friday afternoon when Mrs. Karen Libakken, aged 68 years, fell from her invalid chair off the front porch at her home, the chair falling on top of her.

No one knows how the accident happened as she was alone at the tima Though no bones were broken, Mrs. libakken sustained severe injuries from which she died three hours later. It is not thought that she had a stroke, as she was conscious to the last. Mrs. Libakken was a pioneer in that community, having lived there practically all her life.

She was badly crippled from rheumatism, and has been unable to help herself for nearly twenty years. She has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ida Ev-jen. who has untiringly cared for her during her many years of helplessness. Mrs.

Libakken was widely known for her beautiful crocheting which she continued till the last, and through her generosity, nearly all of her friends possess some of her hand work. Her hands were very badly crippled, and crocheting was her only means of passing the hours during these many years. Mrs. Libakken was born in Dane County in 1850. She was the widow of Ivor Libakken who death occurred in 190S.

She is survived by seven children, as follows: Mrs. Ida Evjen and Manley Libakken, of IIol-men Adolph of Pigeon Falls George. Oscar, and; Mrs. Elmer Evenson. of Whitehall; and Mrs.

Conrad Wall, of She is a sister of supervisor John Rkogen and Anton Skogen, of Onalaska. Other relatives are Ben Skogen and Theodore Skogen, Hoimen brothers; Mrs. Ivor Johnsop. Pigeon lulls, Mrs. Ole TVvrson, Whitehall, and Mrs.

Andrew Carta-cross. St. Paul, The funeral will probably be held on Tuesday afternoon from the Luth-cran church In Hoimen. THE WEATHER RECORD For La Cross ami vicinity Probably showers tonight or Sunday. Warmer tonight.

Cooler Sunday. For Wisconsin Probably showers tonight or Sundav. except fair in east Portion tonight. Warmer in southwest portion tonight. Cooler west portion Sunday For Minnesota Fair west: probably showers in east portion, tonight or Sunday.

Cooler. For Iowa Fair west; probably showers in east portion tonight or Sunday. Cooler Sunday and in west portion tonight. TODAYS TEMPERATURES a. m.

57 10 a. m. 82 7 a. m. R3 11 a.

m. 80 8 a. m. ......70 12 m. ........86 9 a.

m. 78 1 p. 88 RIVER BULLETIN Stations Flood Height 24-hour Stage change St. Paul 14 2.7 0 0 Red Wing 14 1.7 0.1 Reeds ..........12 1.8 0.0 Winona .....16 2 6 0.1 LA CROSSE T2 2.2 0 0 Dubuque 18 3 0 0.0 Keokuk 15 2.0 0.0 RIVER FORECAST There will be no material change in the river stages during- the next 48 hours. NATION-WIDE RECORD Low Yes--last terdays STIR UP OFFICERS TO REVIVE TRAFFIC ON THE UPPER RIVER New Organization to Promote Waterway Transportation Past La Crosse Formed LOCAL MEN ARE PROMINENT IN MINNEAPOLIS MEETING Conference for Many Cities to be Held in November With the purpose of bringing about a revival of commercial traffic on the upper Mississippi in order that the Father of Waters may be utilis'd to its fullest extent as a transportation highway, the Upper Mississippi Valley Waterways association was organized at a meeting in Minneapolis attended by W.

W. West, traffic commissioner, and William Torrance, representing the Chamber of Commerce of La Crosse. All interests of the upper valley will be called together for a confer ence in Minneapolis November 9 and 10 to launch a campaign for restoration of water traffic. Seventeen business and civic or ganizations of the river cities north of St. Louis were represented at the organization conference.

Mr. West was one of the eight traf fic commissioners attending the conference. Mr. Torrance was appointed a member of a special committee of three which drafted the plan for the new organization. Officers were elected as follows; W.

P. Trickett. Minneapolis, president; Herman Mueller, St. Paul, vice president; A. R.

Ebi, Moline, vice president; J. Roy, Hannibal, sec retary and treasurer. These men, with L. B. Boswell of Quincy, IIL, make up the executive committee.

This transportation conference was called as a result of the conditions which present themselves to the people of the upper river, valley with respect to transportation by water under the 'terms of the transportation act. The government has already extended a fleet of modem steel barges which is operating on the lower river between St. Louis and New Orleans. Barges are now being built for the upper river, and several have been launched, but none has been placed in operation. It is understood that these barges are to be used for the transportation of coal up river and iron ore down river.

In order to secure this necessary additional transportation facility, shippers must become active so that congress and all others concerned will understand their insistence upon having service for the upper river equally as effective as that accorded by the government to the cities on the lower river, says the report of the committee of which Mr. Torrance was a member. MEXICAN WORKERS THREATEN GENERAL STRIKE NEXT WEEK MEXICO CITY, Sept. 25. Leaders of the Communist Federation of the Mexican Proletariat voted last night to call a general strike October 1 unless disputes between employers and workers are settled before September 30.

It was stated this action was taken in conjunction with similar organizations in the United States and Canada, the movement being fostered by Industrial Workers of the World, with the intention of making it effective in the three countries. Upon receiving news of the strike vote, the presidential office, issued instructions to push peaceful intervention measures for the purpose of settling industrial disputes before the end of the month. SONS OF VETERANS TAKE POPPY AS THEIR FLOWER INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25. The Sons of Veterans at their convention yesterday adopted the red poppy as the flower of the order.

Tbe action was taken in compliance with a request of President Milerand of France it was announced. General Marie Emile Fayolle, who had chargtJ, for the French army, of American movements in France dur ing the war, will represent the French government at this convention. High American officials will also attend. INTERSTATE FAIR FINANCIAL SUCCESS SAY THE DIRECTORS Stock Premiums, Race Purses and Entire Payroll Paid and Have a Balance The 1920 Interstate fair was a financial success, according to announcement made this morning by Secretary C. S.

Van Auken and the board of directors. All stock premiums have been paid, the racing purses turned over and checks drawn for the entire payroll, according to the secretary who says there will be a substantial balance left. The aeroplane exhibition and parachute jump were contracted for two days but yesterday afternoon Captain Norman Moll gave a complimentary exhibition at 3 oclock. We want to thank Mr. Moll, said Mr.

Van Auken this morning. His flying was the best of anything Ive seen at fairs and the directors of the fair appreciate his donated exhibition yesterday. Harry Procter, who made the parachute jump on Wednesday and Thursday, left yesterday for the Twin cities. FRENCH DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT PARIS. Sept.

25. By The Associated Press. The chamber of deputies, after a debate on interpellations concerning the foreign and domestic policies of the government, voted confidence in the government this afternoon, 507 to SO. Premier Leygues then read a decree adjourning the extraordinary session of parliament. MILLS TAKES PLACE OF MOEHLENPAH ON U.

S. RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON. D. C. D.

C. Mills. Cleveland. Ohio, has been appointed a member of the federal reserve board in place of Henry Moehlenpah, Wisconsin banker, who resigned recently. Mills is a republican while Moehlenpah was at one time a democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin.

BALL COMMISSION MEETS MONDAY TO ARRANGE SERIES CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 25. Tbe national baseball commission will meet in Chicago, Monday to arrange for the worlds series games, John E. Brnse, secretary of the comm is -sion announced today. DECIDING SERIES IN PENNANT RAGE ON AT BROOKLYN Brooklyn Team Needs Two Victories to Cinch National League Title BULLETIN New York r.

-3 oooio Brooklyn ooo oox EBBETS FIELD, BROOKLYN. N. Sept. 25. Brooklyn and New York met here today in the first game of the series that will, definitely decide the championship of the National league.

The teams will play five games in all. To clinch the flag Brooklyn needs to win two games of the series, or one of this series and their final game of the season with Boston, October 3. It was an ideal baseball day and a capacity crowd was on hand. The lineup; New York Burns, If; Bancroft, ss; Young, rf; Frisch, 3b; Kelly, lb; King, cf; Doyle, 2b; Smith, Barnes, p. 1 Brooklyn Olson, ss: Johnston, Sb; Griffith, Uf; Wheat, If; Myers, cr; Konetchy, lb; Kilduff, 2b; Miller, Grimes, p.

Umpires Rigler and Klem. NELSON HEADS VOSSEL-AGET MADISON, 25. William Nelson' of Deerfield. was elected president of Vossriaget at tbe concluding badness session of the natives of Voss, Norway, here this morning. The other officers are; Senator R.

A. Nestos of Minot. N. vice president; K. Rene of Madison, secretary, and John Glimme of Chicago, treasurer.

Meetings will be held annually, it was agreed, and a history of Vossin-gerne in the United; States will be published. CLOSE BOSTON BANK BOSTON. Sept 25 The Cosmopolitan Trust company of this city, with a savings and banking department and agencies abroad, was closed by Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen today. The Cosmopolitan is the fifth bank to be closed by Commisioner Allen in the last five weeks.

The first was the Hanover Trust company, which went to the wall with the collapse of the get-rich-quiek scheme of Charles Ponzi, its largest individual depositor. The Prudential Trust company was closed later, as were two smaller private banks. Have you a good memory? What do you know about the presidency? Turn to Page Three and test yourself. PEAGE PARLEY IS DELAYED BY DEATH OF SOVIET OFFICER Sessions Suspended Following Death of Russian Mill- tary Expert POLES SURROUND GRODNO AND CAPTURE IS IMMINENT Wrangel Gains Brilliant Victory Over Reds in South RIGA, Sept. 25.

Belief that an important step toward the elimination of differences between the Russian soviet and Polish peace delegations had been taken at todays meeting was expressed by M. Dombiski, head of the Polish mission. RIGA, -Sept. 25. The Russo-Polish peace conference sessions here were suspended today because of the death of Gen.

Alexis Polivanoff, aged 65, military expert of the soviet delegation. Gen. Palivanoff was Russian minister of war in 1915. Surround Grodno WARSAW, Sept. 25.

By The Associated Press. The Poles in their -northern advance have surrounded the important town of Grodno, eighty miles southwest of Vilna and its capture is expected, says an official statement, Soviet Forces Fleeing SEBASTOPOL, Sept.24. By The Associated Press. General Baron Wrangel, antibolshevik leader in South Russia, in a series of daring moves, has captured or destroyed the major units of the Thirteenth soviet army. The remnants of the soviet forces are fleeing to Yekatertaoslav, or across the Dnieper, where they are being stacked in the rear.

ANNOUNCE RAISES IN PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS CHICAGO, Sept. 25 Tbe Chicago Dailv Journal teday announced that on Monday its retail price will be increased from two to three cents. The Journals anouncement says: The change of price occurs as a necessary resnlt of the higher cost of everything into the publication a The Journal is the fourth of Chicago six English dailies to go to three cents. The News, afternoon, and Tribune, morning, remain at two cents. Boost Prices at Des Moines Dfts MOINES, Sept.

25. Increases from two cents to three cents a copy in price of the Des Moines Tribune and the Capital, evening papers, on all street sales in Des Moines and vicinity, were announced today. Bismarck Chicago Denver Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City LA CROSSE Madison Memphis Medicine Hat Milwaukee Miles City Kew York Hew Orleans an Diego San Francisco Paul Minneapolis Washington. I.