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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
1
Community teams are urged to decorate their blocks for next Thursday’s homecoming parade along Locust Street to Lincoln Highway and First Street. The event honors all veterans, with Red Cross serving coffee and doughnuts, and aims to welcome every service member from any era.
Allen Buckaloo manager of Vaile and O Malley store suffered a serious leg fracture last night after slipping at Brush Point during a Drama Club picnic. He was taken to town for X ray examination and faces months of recovery as friends wish him a rapid cure.
Construction crews continue to shift the Hardi Ca e project on Gin Lincoln Highway with 250 to 300 workers expected as tractors and horses toil beyond the viaduct. Machinery arriving daily. cost of equipment projected between 100 000 and 200 000. Meanwhile Mrs Roy McDaniels dies after long illness in DeKalb. husband Roy and young son James LeRoy survive with parents and siblings holding funeral arrangements.
Major Goodison of Camp Grant informs The Chronicle that all local boys have been discharged and will be returning home soon. He expects the 5:10 train from Rockford to arrive at 6:45 on the North Western, with some families awaiting them by auto. All discharge is complete and nothing remains to keep the men.
The senate unanimously voted to investigate the peace treaty leak and then passed the Johnson resolution demanding immediate public disclosure of the treaty text by the State Department.
Publican house leaders and members of the military affairs committee reached a about per cent reduction in the war department estimates for the army appropriations bill for the next fiscal year. The bill would carry about 700000000, down from 1117000000. The committee plans to base army pay next year on an average a 40.00 men.
Kishwaukee to visit Sterling for a basketball game rescheduled from Thursday to Tuesday. Team members planning to attend should notify Allen Tyler at their earliest convenience.
Navy men Oscar Oskson and William Powell, who have run the navy for some time, are expected to renew acquaintances with home relatives and friends as they return.
Night program offers Her Code of Five Ladies a society drama with gowns and homes plus Hello Trouble comedy. Matt and Jeff present Landing An Heiress. Performances at 7 45 p m with adult 20 cents child 10 cents war tax.
Washington reports say July 4 demonstrations are being circulated by government circles. Officials brace for May Day outbreaks and June bomb plots as authorities tighten security while immigration reforms discussed in congressional talks. Paris and Berlin proxies weigh modifications to the peace treaty amid criticism of opacity and potential resignations. In township news, twelve seniors at the Town ship high school earned diplomas with seven earning high honors and the ceremony highlighted by Mendelssohn and Mark Twain topics.
Fire Chief McEvoy and crew rushed to box 25 at North Second and Pine streets after an alarm was turned in. Investigating minutes later, the chief deemed it a false alarm from a prank and warned violators face a minimum $200 fine. The crew returned to the station.
A grand jury returned indictments against Adolph Swanson of Chicago for grand larceny after stealing about $21 from an agent at Cortland and being caught at Maple Park. Three DeKalb youths Munson White Nelson face burglary and larceny charges for a Taish engine room and Cinecel store break in. Shabbona accident report details a head on collision between a big car and a handcar injuring Knute Carlson who is hospitalized with serious injuries. crossing west of Shabbona noted as dangerous with prior fatalities nearby.
One of the happiest homes in town today is that of Mr and Mrs Frank Biagini Their son Lewis who has been in service for many months arrived unexpectedly last night and Frank Cortopassi of Company A is expected here in a few hours Both boys have been in Prairce though not together
Captain Thomas Murray announced medals from captured German cannon will be awarded to those who aided in Liberty Loan work. The United States Treasury Department issues the medals, and their value is expected to rise over time. The Chronicle also notes rag and knit cotton recycling offers.
Elvin Carlson of Vaile and O’Malley reports the Alfred Decker Cohn airplane express will arrive next Thursday for welcome home exercises. A large consignment from the Society Brand house will arrive, giving locals a chance to see a second flying machine. Carlson is seeking a landing field and space suitable for the aircraft. The machine is expected to land in Dixon and Rockford the same day and a firm landing site may be announced tomorrow.
Returned soldiers sailors and marines are urged to attend the eight o clock meeting at city hall to discuss forming a World War veterans organization to be known as the American Legion Murray is in charge of the meeting at eight o clock tonight at city hall.
Star Barrymore headlines a powerful drama based on E. Phillips Op penheim's The Malefactor. Performances at 7:30 and 9:00. Adults 22 cents incl tax, children 11 cents. Also announced are Thos. Dixon play The One Woman and Norma Talmadge in Life's Greatest Problem.
Washington hearing reveals Postmaster General Burleson still controls the wires, with Kingsbury calling his order flim flam and a buck passing tactic. Senators Kellogg and Watson challenge the move while Congress drafts legislation to define private control versus public authority.
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