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The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • 6

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Saturday, February 10 TRIBUNE AND LEADER-PRESS PAGE SIX HP. RF.UF.VES IN SIGNS PARENTS IN BADGER CITY HEAR DAUGHTER PLAY IN CALIFORNIA LA CROSSE BOY SCOUTS WILL FEAST TONIGHT IN DOWN TOWN PUCES All Members of Organization to Enjoy Banquets in Lodges and Hotels Oh Itoy! Second Class Scouts of the city cat tonight. if you should go around to the K. of 1 Hall, corner Fourth and Jay streets at 0:30 tonight, you will see seated. 81 Second Class Scouts and Officers, of troops 12.

13, 10, 17, 20 and 21, with a K. 1. seated at the side of the Scout, as the scouts guest. Jeputy tVumnissione-r Henry Spence the toastmaster and Deputy Commissioner A. I Fierce leads the sous festive.

Then move over to the Elks hall, ana vou will see 181 second j-lass BIG TIME ACTS ON VODVIL PROGRAM AT THE RIVOLI SUNDAY mm mi i 1 Eight Orpheum Acts Booked for Bill Which Opens Sunday for Three Days The La Crosse Theaters company has booked one of the biggest vaudeville shows for the Rivoli theater, beginning Sunday, that has ever been staged in the city, according to an announcement by the management Saturday morning. Eight high class Orpheum acts, all of which have been on higlme circuits all over the country during the past seaspn-, are included in the bill. Some)! the acts have already been seen by officials of the company, and have been classed as top-notehers. The bill The Crescent Scouts" and of iciaigT from roops 1, 2. i Comedy Four in a knock-out comedy 4 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 10.

18, and harmony skit that is said to be at the i RHINELANDER. Wis. The I modern radio with its newest achieve-' meats could never mean what it did to Mr. and Mrs. S.

1. Gary, of Rhinelander. who Friday night were awarded a piano concert by their daughter Mary, who played In the broadcasting station of the Los Angeles Times. (lathered -around the new radio machine. the folks heard the announcer tell of a piano concert about to lx played by MKs Gary of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Tlicir excitement was further Increased when they heard the announcer in a clear tone say: "We, sincerely hope that this young womans folks at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, are listening in. Remaining in for flirt and a half hours tho family heard the strains of tlic piano as played by their daughter. KARAT IS DENIED A DIVORCE DEGREE BY JUDGE HIGBEE Refuses to Grant Freedom to Husband Who Re-wed Wife He Divorced 28 Years Ago Frank Knbat. who remarried his former wife, after they had been divorced years, was denied a second divorce from Anna Kabat in cir-emt court Saturday morning. Kabat is 01 and his wife 33., Judge 1 light told them there was no need for a divorce; that they were old enough to know better and also that Kabat should have known what he was about When he remarried his former wife.

They were first married Feb. 10, 188 1. ami divorced on Iw. 10. 1801.

They remarried Jan. 10. 1022. In his last complaint Kabat assorted boy. that lie couldnt get along with his wife, that she had too much temper.

Airs. Flossie- Belling was granted a divorce from August Rolling. a butcher. Mrs. Rollings complaint, was that Rollings treatment of her was such that her nervous system was wrecked.

Ir. Callahan was a witness for Mrs. Rolling, testifying as to her nervous condition. troops 27. with among to about with As many supper there has was a 22, arrayed in battle formation with knife and fork to attack the enormous feed that is being put before them.

Deputy Commissioner W. S. Seullin is the toastmaster, and everything is set for a feed not to be forgotten. At 7:30 meander over to the Stoddard Hotel, and yon will find'So second Class Scouts and Officials from 11. 14.

10, 23. 24,23. 20. and priped up in their best uniforms Callaways Novelty orchestra furnishing music and Deputy Commissioner W. Rossitcr.

Jr. as toastmaster. Council Officials will be scattered the three places, and it is hard believe that a year could bring such an array of yonng the common purpose in view of developing themselves so ato bo better prepared to help others. one mother said, there will he a home without its hoy for tonight, and next year. I hope will lie many more, for scouting made a wonderful change fn my CHICAGO BOY SHOOTS COMPANION IN ROW OVER GAME OF CARDS CHICAGO.

Robert Rutknwski, 13. arrested in the railroad yards in ehtim -r. in a dispute over a cani game. The lad was said to bare boarded freight train from the city. In the absence of his parents, Rob- ert called Walter Melovitz, a neighbor boy, and with the formers two brothers they, played a game known as Sixty-Six.

A dispute arose and Robfrt was said to have produced a revolver. 1 Whos wrong? Robert was said to have demanded. Aw it wont go off. Walter was said to have replied, smiling. There was a shot and Walter fell dead.

Robert in terror, fled from the house. BONDING ORDINANCE FOR STREET WORK IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL i (Continued from page one) stairs lobby of the city hall was referred to Tiie offer of $4,800 hy the heirs of Cornelius Lynch for the'sale of lot block 7, of Stevens addition for an addition to the Lincoln school site was accepted. The election of a successor to the late Andrew Ihnc was voted to be put (over until the new council convenes on the third Tuesday in April. STOCK MARKET CLOSE Closing prices: Allied Chemical and Dye 76 Allis-Chalmers 4 8 American Beet Sugar 47 American ('an 89 American Car and Foundry, 184 American Hide and Leather pfd 69 RV fWF.R MOVE RE-HEARING OF DELANEY CASE IN FEDERALT)OURT Exclusion of Affidavit from Former Trial Made Basis of Appeal MILWAUKEE, Wis. A motion for a re-hearing of the ease of Thomas A.

Delaney former Federal Prohibition Director, convicted of conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act. will be made- before- the United States Court of Appeals Mr. Delaney s-aid. while in Milwaukee late Friday. The courj) recently denied Delaney a new trial.

He said that Judge Baker of the Court of Appeals lmd indicated that F. A. Geiger. District Judge, should not have excluded fromnbe case an affidavit by a newspaper man regarding something said by Judge Geiger when the conr.t stenographer was not present. Thi Delaney said, xvas to be the basis for the motion for a rehearing.

THAW MAY BE FREED TO VISIT HIS MOTHER PHILADELPHIA. Ia. Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, who is oonfinenl to the Pennsyl-ania Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases in West Philadelphia, will visit his meitlier in Pittsburgh next week, if a court order is grantetl permitting him to leave the institution. RE-OPEN MINE BESSEMER, Mich.

The Asteroid mine xvill open at Ramsay, Michigan, Monday after being closed for more than a year. More than 200 men will be re-employed. CARD OF THAMvS We. the undersigned, xvish to thank all our friends for the flowers and Holy Masses offered to our son and brother. Anton, xvho gave his life for our flar.

in the United States Marines. Wo especially thank Father Riesterer. the American Legion and the ex-service marines who acted as pallbearers. MR. AND MRS.

O. N. DAG KXDISJbL FAMILY AND RELATIVES. LYNCH CALLS UPON ARMY TO PUSH WAR FOR IRISH FREEDOM Cease Activities Till Ire-- land is Recognized as Republic Says Proclamation nrnMX. Liam Lynch.

republican chief nfVtnff. Saturday Issued a proclamation declaring that the war will go on until the Independence our country la recognize! by our enemies, foreign and domestic, and calling ou the army to continue activities with rigor. The rejection hy Liam Lynhli the pence initiative-taken by Liam liensy haa caused disappointment, but there is a disposition on the part of commentators to regard the sit nation as having made progress in a pacific direction. The reject ion does not make any more difficult the task that lay before the Irish people and the government, says the Freeman's Journal. On tho contrary both have shown readiness to pursue pence If possible, by methods of statesmanship.

They demanded merely guarantees that would secure pence when it was won. Llnm Lynch, who owes his liberty to tho Irish generals too trustful acceptance of his word of honor, insists that the fratricidal war shall continue until IK Valeras vision of extermination is fulfilled. We have conviction that ixith these war makers will he disappointed. Liam Itoaay has rendered this great service to his country He lias enabled Its people to distinguish between real republicans and mere destroyers. The distinction may be only moral one, but eveu in Ireland today morality wins.

It will not be defeated by war upon unarmed civilians and undefended homes nd it will vlndlcnte'itself, by I he agency of good and brave men. over the organ which the ordained spiritual leaders of Ireland have plainly denounced as murder, loot and Incendiarism. X-RAY DISCOVERER DIES IN MUNICH BERLIN. Professor William On rad Itoenlgen. discoverer of the Roentgen Rays, popularly known as X-rays, is dead at Munich.

William Onrnd Roentgen was bern In Irnnep, Prussia, on March 27, IStr. rwejvtvl Ills early education in Holland uhd then studied at Zurich. Switzerland, where he took his doctors degree In 1 Stitt. After service ns professor of physics at various Herman universities he went in 1KS." to Wurzburg, where In lS'Ci he made llic discovery for which his name was chiefly known, thnt of the Roentgen or X-ray. It as while experiment ing with a highly exhausted vacuum tube on tho conduction of electricity through gases that he first produced the rays, which because of tlicir great tenotration and their power of passing through various substances which are opaque to ordinary light have become of the greatest value in science, especially to the medical profession.

PINED FOR FAILURE TO SUPPORT AGED FATHER CHICAGO, III. Failure to contribute to the support, of his 10 year old father resulted in a Jail sentence of 3(1 days for Samuel Fine, in county court Saturday. Fine declared he was unable to pny $2 a week to his father as ordered hy the court. ARMORY BURNS PORT WAYNE. Ind.

Forty thousand rounds of high powered rifle ammunition exploded here today when fire destroyed tho Temple Theater Building. The loss wns estimated at. $100,000 The third floor of the building was usrd for an armory hy the NaUonal Guard. PATIUCK HO NFS Word haa been received by Mr. Ieter Gortnertv of the death of her cousin.

Patrick lloynes, of Chicago, last Thursday morning. Mr. Hoynea born In La Crosse and spent his boyhood hero. The family formerly lived In a house on Jav street, the site of which is now occupied hy the parochial school of St. Joseph's cathedral, lie Is also survived by two brothers.

Prof. William llovnos, Clean of tho law tsculty at Notre Panic university, and John lloynes of Chicago ThD body will arrive In La Crosse Monday morning. Tho funeral will bo held Monday at 9 a. m. at St.

Mary's church, the Rev. Dr. Robert Condon officiating. Mil, Mil. HUGH IKItlMIKK Mrs.

Mildred llarmacck of Austin, Tssseil away In I.a Crosse at o'clock Friday afternoon after an Illness since last August. She was born In Itohemia November 12th. 18X2. and has lived tho greater part of her lift In America. She Is survived by her husband.

Charles llarmacck, of Austin. Mlnnosota, two sisters, one brother and father living in Bo-hernia. Funeral serylces will he held Sunday afternoon. February lit tv, at the home of Frank Hammock, 1.133 Johnson street, at 2T.0 o'clock. Rev.

W. S. Slewart will officiate and Interment at tho Oak Grove cemetery. xiii. cauoi.im: himtioff Mrs.

Caroline Htschoff. town of Hartford North Ridge, Minnesota, passed away at her home at Frida afternoon after a brief illness. She was horn In West Prussia. Germany, February 17th, 18(x. and lived tho greater part of her life In the town of New Hartford, Minn.

Her husband preceded her tn death August liili of last year. She Is survived by four sons, Kdward and Herman at home. Freni Hisehoff of Wltoka. and Charles Hisehoff of Lansing, Iowa. Funeral services will he held Mon dav afternoon at the homo at North Ridge, at 11 o'clork and at the Herman Lutheran church at Nodlno.

at 12 oclock. Rev. A. C. Kch-nian will officiate and burial at the Lutheran cemetery.

JNMHN llltXIIIUIlY Word has been received from Mrs. Emily Farnam of the death of her father. Mr. James Rradburv. for many years a resident of this cly.

The body will be hrnukht here for interment. Funeral announcements later. OTTO HOW NI.KHS 7TXKRAI, The funeral of Otto Kowalke will he held from the 1303 South Sixth street. Rt 5:30 Tuesday afternoon and Interment will be In tho Catholic cemetery. FREOUFS GEORGE SCHWEIZER IS GANDIDATE.FOR TREASURER OFFICE 1 Present Incumbent Announces Saturday that He Will Again be in Running GEORGE SCHWEIZER, present in-eumbe-nt, Saturday morning announced his candidacy for the office of city treasurer at the spring primaries.

Hclrweizers announcement is the first to be made for this office for the corning election. I Mr. Schvveizer said in an interview Saturday: Ever since my election to the office of city treasurer it has been my aim and purpose to give tbe citizens of Tar Crosse the very best of service possible'. Important changes iu the conduct of the office have been inaugurated, which I am sure have, improved conditions and have been appreciated by the taxpayers. I submit my candidacy for the consideration of the electors.

STEAL PAYROLL CHICAGO, 111. Three bandits partially masked in aviators helmets followed the cashier and an assistant of the HAMcFarlane Cojnpany, auto body makers, from a bank Saturday-anfd robbed them of the payroll of in front of the companys plant and escaped. MILWAUKEE PASTOR DEAD MILWAUKEE. The Reverend Nicholas I). J.

Becker. (17. pastor for 20 years of St. Marys Church. Broadway and Biddle street, died at St.

Josephs Hospital Friday night after an illness of several months. SNOW IN KANSAS KANSAS CITY, Mo. A blanket of snow covered western and northern Kansas Saturday. Farmers are rejoicing, as wheat has been badly in need of moisture. Bowling on the green is one of the oldest games in existence and dates back to the ancient Egypt.

WINTHER COMPANY AT KENOSHA FILES BANKRUPTCY PLEA MILWAUKEE. The Whither Motor Company, Kenosha, manufacturer of automobile trucks, eartli Imriug machines and gasoline railroad trains. Saturday filed a petition in bankruptcy estimating its liabilities at $033,031 and assets Of the liabilities. $303,703 are listed as unsecured. The largest unsecured creditor is the First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee, $108,302 which also is secured to tho amount of $04,000.

The company owes employes wages to the amount of $20,341. To the government is owed taxes amounting to $12,000, and to the city of Kenosha taxes to the amount of $24,410. The largest item among the assets is merchandise worth $516,042. Real estate is appraised at $270,451, machinery at. $212,980 and accounts receivable at $39,246.

The companys real estate is mortgaged for an aggregate of $71,750. Of the machinery $96,000 worth has been put up as collateral as a-result of notes given-by the company to the First Wisconsin National Bank having been endorsed by William Hin-richs and Martin P. Winther. FAIR STOCKHOLDERS ANNUAL MEETING ON FRIDAY NIGHT HERE (Continued from page one) head of its class; Johnson Brothers and Johnson, old time minstrel favorites who have taken the choicest bits of minstrelsy and incorporated theth into a vaudeville act; Roach and McCurdy, who star in a rube comedy act. These two performers were the original Hi Holler and the constable in Way Down East.

Jack Lipton appears on the bill as a musical salesman, ancj Newton and Wolfe, billed as a Pair of Deuces, present an act call A case of mistaken identity. Inez Hanley entertains on the piano, and Scott, Thomas and Rae have a bit of black-face comedy to offer, while Harry and Edith Jarvis wind up the program with an offering which they call Everything. In addition to this, the late release feature picture Dark Secrets, starring Dorothy Dalton, will be shown. FOOD COSTS SHOW DROP IN JANUARY U. 5.

FIGURES SHOW WASHINGTON. The retail cost of food in 16 of 10 representative cities of the United States decreased between Iecember 1 5 and January 13 the department of labor announced Saturday. The decline in St. Paul was two tier rent. For the year period which ended I creases ranging from less than five I tenths of one pre cent at Omaha to six per cent in Cleveland.

compared with the overage cost Mn ypar 1613. the retail cost of foort January 15 ranged from 2 i per lnt higher at Salt Dike to fifty per crnt higher at Richmond COURT OF HONOR RAISES BOY SCOUTS TO SECOND CLASS A Court of Honor was conducted by Scoutmaster William Herbert, with Tqop Commissioners W. F. Goodrich, G. Van Steenwyk, J.

O. Easton, also William Torrance. O. L. Raldwin, A.

F. Hsperson. If. J. Tfirsh-heimer, B.

IT. McCormick and Salem Markos of Troop No. 0 at Christ Episcopal (ffiurch on Friday night at which Scouts Kenneth Wolff, Richard Schilling, George Kachel, Jack Spafford and Cyril Packman were examined and presented witb Second Class Scout Cards. QUESTIONS RIGHT OF RATE BODY TO ISSUE EMERGENCY ORDERS CINCINNATI. Ohio.

The constitutionality of the law from which the interstate commerce commission derives its power to issue priority or-1 dors during an emergency was questioned Saturday by Federal Judge John Weld Peck of United States district court. WEATHER OUTLOOK WAS II I NGTON. Weather outlook for the week Iteginning Monday: Region of (treat Iakes: Much cloudiness beginning and again about Wednesday or Thursday, temperature normal or slightly below. LOCAL MARKETS Floor and Feed (A. Grams Sons) Wingold" Flour, 98-pound cotton vicks, per barrel 8.40 Wingold Flour, 49-pound cotton sacks, per barrel 8.60 Wingold Flour.

i 24 -pound paper sacks, per barrel 8.50 Wingold Flour, 12 -pound paper sacks, per barrel 8..70 Wingold' Flour, 5-pound paper sacks, per barrel' 9.30 Mill Feed Bay State" Bran, in 100-pound pound sacks, per ton 31.00 Bay State Std. Midds. in 100- pound sacks, per ton 31.00 Diamond Lowgradc, in 100- pound sacks, per ton 37.00 Buffer fl mi F.ggs (Quoted by MiUer-ltose Company) Buter 48-49c Bgg-s 30c Fruits Face and Fill Jonathans, per box Fancy Delicious, per box. 3.00 Grape Fruit, per box Calif. Navel oranges 4.25-4.50 Onions, pound 2c Oysters, gallon 2 00 Cheese, Twins, pound 28 Cider, Clarified, hf.

bbl 5.00 Bananas, pound gc Cranberries, 50 lb. box 5.00 Rutabagas, pound lc Bulk Dates, pound 9o Tackage Figs, box 350 Celery, dozen Lettuce, pef box 5oc Lemons, per box 6.75-7.25 Strawberries, quart 50c Scbam.H Bros. Hogs $6.50 to $7.75 Lambs to $9.00 Sheep to $4.00 Steers $4.00 to $6.00 Heifers- to $4.00 Cows $2.00 to $4.00 CVfe (Quoted by Henry Anderegg) Fall creami brick cheese Full iream block Swiss Full cream long horn 26-2Sc Limburger cheese Hand cheese, per box $1.25 American Twin 4-2Sc Prim ost or slightly bejow. 137S I Upper Mississippi and lower Mis- 52VjSouri Valleys Considerable cloudl- ness, probably snow over north and 36 snow or nun over south portion at American Ateh ison Atlantic Gulf Raldwin Locomotive Raltiniore ami Ohio Bethlehem Steel 'B Canadian Pacific. Central Leather Chandler Motors Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago, Mil.

and St. Paul Chicago' R. T. and Pag. Chino Copper Colorado Fuel and Iron Corn Products Crucible Steel Drie Famous I'la yers-Lasky General Asphalt General Kleotric General Motors Goodrich Co.

Great Northe.rn pfd Illinois Central Inspiration International Harvester rt. Mer. Marine pfd I i V- OFFERED QUARTER MILLION TO BACK BILL SAYS WOMAN MINNEAPOLIS. Mrs. Thomas Winter.

president of the General Federation of Womens clubs, Saturday repeated charges, made Friday before the session of the state federation here, that she had been offered to go to Washington and work for a certain bill. Mrs. Winter said she had an offer in writing, but she declined to say who had made it or what the bill was about. Besides offering her $250,000 she said today the unnamed individual tried to bribe the whole federation with an offer to finance the erection of a general federation headquarters building in Washington. Oldest Known Garment, A woolen garment discovered by peat cutters in Gerum Fen, near Sbara, Sweden, is one of the oldest ever found In Europe.

It lay only a few feet under the surface of the peat, but the preserving qualities of the fen water kept it intact, scientists believe, for about 3,000 years. The garment resembles a cloak and is said to be the first complete garment ever found. Aint It Grand There are some great moments in this life. There are. and I sometimes think the greatest thrill of all conies to the former village xvag who returns to his home town as the startf a minstrel show.

Birmingham Age-Herald. Hardly Fair Play Sea I otters are generally killed while asleep, either on the ice or the top of tho water. The animals sleep on their backs xvith their young otters in their paws. Steps Frim Library to Public How to put over the public library through nexvspaper stories and other mans is now taught to student librarians of the Wisconsin Library school. Madison.

76 258 36 (p 131 79 13 88 46 .187 1 37 77 ,.112 34 9ri 4 1 International Paper 563, 1 nv incihle HI Kelly-Springlield Tire Kennecott Copper Louisville and Nashville Mexican Pet roleunv, bid Miami Copper, bid Middle States Oil ldvale Steel Missouri pacific Now York Central N. N. H. and Hartford Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Oklahoma Prod, and Rer. Pacific Oil Ban American Petroleum Pennsylvania, bid People's Gas Pure Oil Ray Consolidated Copper Reading Republic Iron and Steel Royal Dutch.

N. Y. Sears-Roehuck Sinclair Con. Oil Southern Pacific Southern Railway Standard Oil of N. Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper, but Texas Company Texas and Pacific 17 73 38 141 .265 ..274 11 29 ..186 96 22 ..116 ..179 3 4 376 80 46 92 31 14 80 r.4 r7 91 34 92 33 40 .119 11 49 24 Tobacco Products 81 71 Transcontinental Oil Union Pacific Uiited Retail Stores P.

S. Industrial Alcohol United States Rubber United States Steel Utah Conpetv Westinghouse Willys Overland Chicago and N. XV Maxwell Motors Consolidated Gas. new 1 2 1 1 40 75 67 61 .107 6 76 62 7 8 16 66 $34,572.38 Treasurer's Report Receipts: Cash on hand January 1, 1922 986.09 Bills payable 6,000.00 Ticket sales 12,191.60 Grand stand tickets Privileges Commission on shows Score card sales Stall rent State aid 1921 Entrance Money Premium list adv. Score card ads.

Donations Boys and Girls Calf and Pig Club and National Breeders associations Miscellaneous receipts 2,100.00 2,964.50 1,095.92 93.00 227.50 6,000.00 901.00 740.00 180.00 1,251.67 342.40 Total receipts $35,073.68 Total disbursements (orders paid) 33,935.02 -Cash on hand December 31, 1922 1,138.66 Recapitulation: Orders outstanding Dec. 31, 1922 1,264.18 Treasurers balance Dec. 31, 1922 1,138.66 125.52 4.50 Error check No. 79 3 Secretarys balance (deficit) 1 21.02 New. building account 1922: Receipts: Bills payable $10,000.00 Disbursements 8,665.50 Cash on hand Dec.

3l 1922, new building account 1,331.50.

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