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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
2
Mrs Debs awaited word from her husband after his release last night. Flowers, books and Christmas presents filled the dining room as citizens and professionals prepared to greet Gene Debs, four time presidential candidate, at the station.
At a city council meeting a DeKalb Sycamore Interurban Traction ordinance was introduced to remove tracks from the Lincoln Highway and halt car service. Vote on acceptance passed. start of rail removal not known.
In Dublin, December 24, supporters of Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith hailed a likely Anglo Irish treaty victory as Dail Eireann adjourned to January 3. Public mood tilted toward ratification though some pessimism lingered over the adjournment outcome.
Chicago December 24 Part of the Aurora Elgin and Chicago railroad held by a receiver since 1919 was ordered sold today by Federal Judge Evans. The 40 miles of Fox River valley track will be offered for sale after residents failed to present a saving plan.
English railways faced a dispute after a passenger with a can of live bait was charged excess luggage fare for fish. Rail officials argued the canning of small fish counted as ordinary luggage and the passenger paid the fare, prompting protests from anglers and associations across England.
G H Withrow of Baltimore swore before a Georgia senator he saw Major H O Oakie of Staunton Virginia shoot a soldier during action in the Argonne in October 1918. Withrow said he borrowed a gun from an enlisted man and fired, corroborating Henry L Scott’s testimony to the senate committee. Oakie denied the charges and Scott testified to two soldiers shot.
For two weeks Martin Thorsen has circulated a paving petition among Lewis and Fourteenth streets property owners. About 75 percent on Fourteenth and all Lewis street owners have signed. The American Steel and Wire Co owns much of Fourteenth street. signatures were sent to Cleveland for steel officials. Once returned, the council will vote.
London dispatch reports a St Andrew's banquet at the Savoy when the Scottish delicacy haggis was misrouted to the laundry by a kitchen attendant who mistook it for soap. The dish was rescued in time to appear at the table, though it did not join the course lineup.
United Press reports a cyclone near Clarkindale Arkansas killed eight Negroes and one white man and left the town practically wiped out. Relief teams from surrounding towns assist the injured and search for bodies as residents cope with the disaster amid harsh weather.
National Guardsmen arrived in Newport Kentucky to quell days of labor unrest. Four companies were sent at the request of Governor Morrow after clashes between steel workers and strike breakers amid a week long disturbance.
Street car crews reported multiple drifts on the line between here and Sycamore. A sweeper was deployed in the early hours, but steam-line service lagged. Western division trains were late with some not arriving until near ten o'clock.
In Geneva on December 24 the Austrian exchange rate disrupts Swiss unemployment districts near the frontier. Workers cash 6.50 francs daily unemployment pay and convert to Austrian kronen, yielding about 7000 kronen per day, enabling comfort at first class hotels across the border.
Four men suspected in the $15,000 Iuka State Bank robbery were arrested at Salem near here. Police refused to divulge the suspects’ names as of December 24.
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