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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
1
City officials at a late session adopt a moonlight lighting schedule shutting street lights at midnight to conserve coal and electricity amid shortages. Mayor Wagley orders blackout in DeKalb and urges strict enforcement of wartime fuel rules to protect essential services and water supply.
A dazzling two hour art experience billed as three weeks of vacation in two hours. D W Griffiths Chinese Romance Broken Blossom stars tonight at the Star Theatre with showings at 7 30 and 9 10. Critics hail it as America’s supreme art creation and a new era in cinema.
The Hart and Page Construction company prepares a large steam road roller for shipment to Rockford, its headquarters, with the roller loaded on a flat car as workers block wheels. Additional equipment will move by motor trucks after completing a county contract, then Kane county road work begins next spring.
Citizens discuss Elizabeth Van Renssler Schyler as the city’s most sought after partner of mischievous Cupid. The piece highlights how women worry over her appeal and social prominence.
Senator Fall of New Mexico introduced a concurrent resolution in the Senate directing President Wilson to sever all diplomatic relations with Mexico and withdraw recognition of Carranza. The measure backs the state department action in the Jenkins case and cites forthcoming evidence to surprise the nation. Mexico's government maintains its position on Jenkins, with Hilario Medina saying relations remain delicate but unchanged. The Fall committee plans to report on possible armed intervention, as Mexico has not yet released William C. Jenkins and further notes are expected.
The weather man reports a sudden rise in temperature as Old Sol returns, breaking the recent severe cold period. Forecasters predict a fair, warmer 24 hours with light winds, despite last night recording the coldest reading of the year and ongoing coal concerns.
The city court jury was excused for the rest of the term after the Monday docket. Two cases were continued, five settled by agreement, and four were dismissed by the plaintiff’s motion with payment to the court.
DeKalb Post of the American Legion is coordinating the final homecoming celebration for soldiers sailors and marines who have returned since July 11 1919. The committee asks anyone with knowledge of a veteran’s name and address to notify Dr. John P. Kane H. D. Fisk the Daily Chronicle or Daily Independent. The celebration date will be announced later.
DeKalb residents who met Lieut Lloyd Taylor of Libertyville recall his exhibition and commercial flights with Lieut Erol Drake of Belvidere. In Danville on November 18, Taylor fainted at about 150 feet with a passenger. The plane crashed, injuring both, with Taylor badly hurt and a fractured leg. He was taken to Jane McAllister Hospital in Waukegan, where he remains recovering.
Washington December 3 1938 the Senate ordered immediate investigation of the Ford Newberry Michigan senatorial election of 1938. The vote followed debate after adoption of the Pomerene resolution calling for a sworn inquiry into the primary and regular campaigns of Senator Truman Newberry and Henry Ford the latter facing indictment over campaign charges.
The Reverend Victor Hoag from Chicago will speak at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Hunt 317 South Fourth Street this evening about the Nation Wide Campaign. St Pauls church members and others are invited. The address begins at 2 30 oclock.
A council meeting discussed fuel saving as coal supplies strain city power and homes. Mayor cut ornamental street lights and ordered midnight shutdowns. Officials cited public noncooperation and 20 percent unburned coal in ashes as waste. Bills were reviewed and minor petitions referred for action. Washington buzzed over Wilson third-term endorsement amid health doubts.
The closing meeting of the Sunday school Board and Forward Movement Conference in Joliet is tonight at 7 15 in the city Methodist church. Rev G Franklin Ream will speak on The Supreme Investment and Rev T K Gale will give the benediction. Chaplain James V Thompson spoke this afternoon, with others including Rev William S Bovard and speakers from Epworth league. A literature display by a Methodist publishing house complements the program. Delegates will depart after tonight’s sessions marking the rally’s end.
Two American members of a Smithsonian and Universal Film Company expedition were killed in a railroad wreck at Engo in East Belgian Congo South Africa. Several others were injured according to a cablegram from Edward M. Thiery.
Comedy actress Madge Kennedy appears at the Princess Playhouse in Leave It To Susan. Showtimes are 7:30 and 9:00 with adults 22 cents and children 1 cent after taxes.
In a coal producing state and across the middle west the famine reaches an acute stage. Scores of cities close schools and power plants shut down as thousands shiver in cold and darkness with no relief in sight.
In the Midwest coal crisis, Kansas volunteers begin supplying strip pits in Pittsburg region while Illinois and Chicago face severe shortages. Governors and miners argue over wage scales as public utilities cut hours and schools close. Narrows to Kansas production with Missouri troops sent to Bartonville amid ongoing stalemate.
Secretary Glass estimated a June 30 1919 deficit nearing 3.0 billion dollars and a 1.5 billion dollar shortfall for the next year. He warned figures are forecasts and noted the need for strict economy to keep an optimistic fiscal outlook.
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