Navy Secretary Orders Admiral Simms Home Promptly
Secretary of the Navy Denby ordered Admiral Simms to return to the United States immediately and report to the secretary of the war. A cablegram demanded Simms acknowledge the command and explain remarks about Irish sympathizers before the English Speaking Union. Naval officers cite anger over delayed replies and ongoing speeches as the trigger.
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United Town
Washington
PD. C
Denby
Simms
United States
Navy Department
Two Artists to Perform Benefit Concert in DeKalb
Through ES Raw worth Apollo Pi ano company two artists Madame Christine vocalist and Madame Sturkow Ryder pianist will give a benefit concert Tuesday evening June 1 at the normal auditorium for the Better City plan. Tickets priced at 1.00 each. The program includes a reproduction piano number and promises a premier musical event in DeKalb's history.
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Es, Rawworth
Apollo Piano Company
Christine
Sturkow Ryder
Rauworth
Apollo
DeKalb
EB. S. Rauworth
Perki
Jeanette Christine
Metropolitan Opera Company
Chicago Opera Company
Galli-Curci
Madame Sturkow-Ryder
Chicago
United States
America
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Kalb
DeKalb vs Peters Giants Draw Big Crowd at Pershing Park
A large crowd of 1200 to 1500 is expected tomorrow at Pershing Park for the DeKalb team against Peters Giants. Hager, long a DeKalb pitching favorite, will take the mound, adding to the day’s entertainment as Binham provides a vaudeville show between innings. First pitch is scheduled for 2 50.
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Pershing Park
DeKalb
Peters’ Onion Giants
Peters’ Giants
Chicago
Binham
Hager
Body of Matilda Russe Found in Cabin Near Moorstown
June 11 report states the body of Matilda Russe, a Negro child who vanished June 4, was found buried in the dirt floor of Louis Liely’s home. Liely is being sought in southern New Jersey swamp lands. the child’s body was found horribly mutilated near her parents, Mr and Mrs Michael Russe.
Open Sessions Will Not Be Adopted in Senate
Washington June 11 The senate rules committee today ordered an unfavorable report on Senator Harrison Mississippi resolution abolishing all secret sessions of the senate Under the resolution all presidential appointments and treaties would be considered in open session The measure faced expected rejection
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Washington, D. C
Senate Rules Committee
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate
Senis
Chicago Taxicab War Flare Reignites Across City
Chicago reports renewed clashes between yellow and checkered taxicab drivers. Four incidents occurred today injuring two men including a passenger seriously. One crash saw a cab forced off the street and crushed into a curbstone amid street confrontation.
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Reytera
Neo
Chicago
Democrats Sense Plot Against Civil Service Postmasters
Washington June 11 Democrats in the senate allege a Republican scheme to transform postmasters into life jobs and bypass Senate confirmation. They cite President Harding's postoffice vacancy order as a move to oust Democratic postmasters and replace them with Republicans, aiming to classify postmasters under a revised civil service plan via the Townsend bill.
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Washington
DD. C
Senate
Townsend
Senat
Civil Service
Babe Better From Surgery In Big Hospital
Joy returns to the Still family as reports from Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago indicate the month old son of Mr and Mrs Perrie Still is recovering after a Strauss operation. He had not received nourishment for several hours before surgery but is expected to regain health.
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Chael Reese
Chicago
Girls wanted for sewing machine knit goods department
Job listing from Vassar Swiss Underwear Co. seeking female workers for the sewing machine knit goods department at plant location 1594f. Specifies hiring of girls for production duties with likely hourly wages and shift details not disclosed in the fragment.
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Vassar Swiss
Underwear Co
Wrangel Army to Fight in the Far East
Report from Washington June states about 4,000 Wrangel anti Bolshevik forces from Turkey may be sent to Siberia or Vladivostok area under allied guidance. Officials say only a small portion of the old force could be deployed and deny far eastern action with Japanese support. The move appears as refugees face hardship amid the Siberian situation.
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Iy Eine
Washington, Db
Wrangel
Turkey
Vladisvostok
Sibe
Constantinople
Staf
Wrangel General Staff
Siberia
Siberian
Eastern
Flood Scenes Enacted in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City June 11 floodwaters of the North Canadian river have claimed one life and damaged several hundred acres of farm land in northern central Oklahoma. An infant daughter of J W Murphy near Beale drowned after being swept by flood along the riverbank. Communication lines were crippled in the affected area.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
J. W Murphy
Beale
Harvest Hands of Kansas Ready for Harvests
Salina Kansas June 11 Kansas day mobilized a great offensive on the eve of the opening of the wheat harvest Thirty five thousand men from all parts of the country will be given work for a month in taking care of the new crop estimated this year at 115 000 000 bushels Sufficient labor is now in sight to handle the crop with minimum delay Harvest bands are being moved from place to place in price schooners on account of high passenger rates on train.
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Salina
Kas
Kansas
Scandal Mill Takes a Rest Until Monday
Chicago June 11. The alimony dispute between Peggy Joyce and her third husband Stanley Joyce was put over until Monday. Testimony in the murder case of Mrs Cora Orthwein against Herbert Zeigler was set to begin Monday after the jury adjourned late yesterday.
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Ao Untenom
Chicago
Peggy Joyce
Stanley Joyce
Cora Orthwein
Herbert T Zeigler
Pueblo telegram brings relief to DeKalb family
Walter Patch of North Fourteenth Street learned that relatives in Pueblo are safe after a devastating disaster in a Colorado city. He awaited a telegram from his father for over a week, hoping for word and planning to inform Red Cross or authorities if needed, as DeKalb residents shared in the anxious wait.
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Cole
Walter Patch
North Fourteenth Street
Nin
Pueblo
Witter
Patch
Dekalb
Amx
Colorado
Fire department trucks display state license plates
The citys motorized fire trucks and ambulance now show state fire notes and wheel tax numbers. The Seagrave truck bears life number 66,561 and wheel tax 991, ladder truck 66,560 with wheel tax 998, while the ambulance and police wagon carry 66,559 and 997 respectively. License plates were issued after securing public liability insurance for all city equipment.
Request for Chronicle issues February eighth and twenty eighth
Notice requests anyone with copies of The Chronicle dated February 8 and February 28 to bring them to the office where they will be paid. The note ends with a page number 163.
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Chronicle
Chicago Man Urges Universal Revolver Disarmament at Home
John R. Thompson, Chicago millionaire restaurant owner, calls for disarming revolvers citing their use in crime. He offers $1,000 for a reason to keep revolvers legal, arguing they have no useful purpose and should be banned, urging disarmament to begin at home.
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Unit Press
Chicago
John R. Thompson
Farge
America
Thompson
Chicago Gone Dry Sudden Beer Shortage Shocks Saloon Patrons
In Chicago the city has suddenly become dry as 6 percent beer vanishes from bars. Patrons ask why and receive no explanation while officials offer no clarifications. The puzzled crowd waits as beer supply dries up over the bar.
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Chicago
Windy City
Jeeony Prontis
Decker Given Life for Killing Pal in Warsaw
Virgil Decker aged 19 began life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his 18 year old friend Leroy Lovell to pass off the body as his own for life insurance. Decker’s mother and brother are to face trial next for alleged participation in the crime.
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Warsaw
Virgil Decker
Leroy Lovell
Decker
Lovell
Landis Returns as Arbiter in Chicago Building Lockout
Kenesaw Mountain Landis was chosen to act as arbiter in Chicago’s building trades lockout that has left 30,000 workers idle and halted $20,000,000 in construction over five weeks after workers refused a 20 percent wage cut. The federal judge and baseball commissioner takes the role as the dispute escalates.
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Diew
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Building Trades
Children’s Day Program at Swedish Mission Church
The primary department of the Swedish Mission Church will present a program tomorrow evening at 7.30. An excellent program has been prepared with special singing by the choir and a ladies’ chorus. The public is cordially invited.
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Tor Swedish Mission Church
Supreme Court Rules Howatt Must Serve Term
The Kansas Supreme Court upholds the state court ruling that Alexander Howatt, head of the Kansas Coal Miners union, must serve one year in jail for violating a Crawford county district court strike injunction.
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Supreme Court
Howatt
United Press
Yopeka
Kan
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
State Supreme Court
Alexander Howatt
Kansas Coal Miners’ Union
District Court of
Crawford County
Father Kills His Son While Under Delusion
A 50 year old father in Des Moines Iowa shot his sleeping son Myron with a rifle entering the bedroom. He was judged temporarily insane due to illness and committed under a neuro-psychological strain. Public notices note the crime and imply a pending judicial action.
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Dlotted Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Myron
Clash in Silesia as British Forces Engage Polish Irregulars
United Press dispatch from Oppoln Upper Silesia reports British troops and Polish irregulars clashed near Malaplane, with a British detachment ambushed but fighting free with unknown Polish casualties. Allies plan mutual reinforcement to clear the plebiscite zone, ordering Poles and German irregulars to retire.
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United Press
Oppin
Upper
Silesiia
Malaplane
Mainplane
Oppoln
Korfanty
Upper Silesia
Cleiwitz
Herbert Rohr Run Down by His Own Truck
Herbert Rohr a former rendering works truck driver in Aurora was seriously injured when his own truck rolled backward over him near Aurora as he prepared to resume work. He was taken to St Charles hospital with back injuries and may be released in two to three weeks.
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Herbert Rohr
Rendering Works
St. Charles Hospital
Aurora
Rohr
Kane County
Vacant Lot Offered as Forty-Car Parking Spot
Reports from multiple sources note the vacant lot beside Fisk garage has been handed to the automobile club to convert into a busy day parking area. Officials estimate space for at least 40 cars, 20 per side, with seven feet per vehicle, and city hall hopes the club accepts the project.
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Fisk
Automobile Club
Workman Pierced Palm by Rusty Nail at Lathe
O. B. Muzzey, at his lathe yesterday, stepped on a loose board causing a long rusty nail to pierce his palm. He endured considerable pain and doctors feared a possible bone injury in the hand.
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O. BE. Muzzey
Muzzey
Carpenters to Build Tables at Camp Grounds
At a meeting of the Carpenters' Union focal No. 965, it was agreed that the carpenters will build six long tables for picnickers in Annie's Woods. They will furnish the material and begin work Saturday afternoon next week with completion likely that afternoon.
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Carpenters’ Union
Annie's Woods
Peerless Ice Cream Firm Buys New Two Ton Truck
Peerless Ice Cream company adds a two ton International truck from Carlson and Anderson Implement Co to boost delivery of its products. Mr and Mrs Ralph Roberts of Sycamore welcome a newborn son born Monday night at Sycamore hospital. Chronicle Want Ads get results.
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Peerless Ice Cream Company
Carlson & Anderson Implement Co
Roberts
Ralph Roberts
Sycamore
Sycamore Hospital
DeKalb Man Praised for Agricultural Leadership
Sycamore True Republican highlights N. P. Clausen of DeKalb, a Farmers Cooperative Marketing Co. executive with Illinois Agricultural Association ties. Born in Denmark in 1863, he arrived in 1890 with two dollars, learned English, started in Elgin, then built a career as a creamery and farming leader.
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Sycamore
Clausen
DeKalb
Farmers Co-operative Marketing Company
Illneis Agricultural Association
St. Louis
Farmers’ Milk
Wisconsin
N. P. Clausen
Denmark
America
Chicago
Elgin
Elgin Board of Trade
Ed Delaney
Cortland
Delaney
Odd Fellows to Hold Memorial for Departed Members
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its branches plan memorial services for departed lodge members. If weather allows, services will be at Oakwood cemetery. otherwise in Odd Fellows hall with four city lodges attending. Rev W R Yard will give a brief address and Miss Marjorie Davy will read a fitting selection.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Oakwood Cemetery
Odd Fellows
W. R. Yard
Marjorie Davy
Kaber Case Trial Near. New Suspects Charged in Murder
In Cleveland and Sleveland Ohio two more women face murder charges in the Kaber case. The so called Sandusky midwife faces alleged murder before the fact for supplying the poison medicine. Mrs Eva Katherine Kaber and daughter Marian Meardle plead not guilty as trial set for June 28.
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United Press
Sleveland
Ohio
Kaber
Mary Brickel
New York
Raber
Cleveland
Eva Katherine Kaber
Marian Meardle
Dan F. Kaber
Lakewood
Marvin Nears 500000 Plate Mark With 599365
A. W. Marvin received his annual license plate this morning and it is 599365, the closest to the 500000 mark among local issuances. The event highlights a routine renewal season in the area.
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Marvin
A. W. Marvin
Snyder Erects Refreshment Stand During Dockworkers Strike
Harvey Snyder begins building a refreshment stand on the Flush lot along Lincoln Highway while awaiting settlement of the eastern dockworkers strike, expressing frustration at perceived delays.
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Snyder
Harvey Snyder
Lincoln Highway
Tonight's Theatre Picks: Gilded Lies and Dining Room
Eugene O'Brien stars in Gilded Lies alongside Educational Comedy Dining Room Kitchen and Sink. Performances begin at 7 00. Princess Chronicle Want Ads offer quick results.
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Eugene O’brien
Princess
Vote Today Upon Peace In House Action
Washington dispatch reports that after six weeks delay since the Knox resolution the Porter peace resolution, a Republican substitute, is to be voted on in the house today under an airtight rule. Democrats oppose it, claiming it could imperil American rights and invite German refusals to honor Versailles terms. A clause on withdrawal of the American army may be debated as talks with the senate continue.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
House
Germany
Traffic officers to direct Lincoln Highway traffic tonight
Traffic policemen with stop and go signs will be stationed at Third and Second streets on the Lincoln Highway tonight. It is the first use of such signals here, so some difficulty is expected. The chief of police, the mayor, and others will monitor the scene to quickly resolve any tangles. Pedestrians are urged to use regular crossings and avoid jay-walking.
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Steets
Lincoln Highway
Big Meeting at Sycamore This Evening
A pig district meet ing tonight at Ellwood Encampment 1.0.C.F. at Sycamore brings camps from Barlville Paw Paw DeKalb and Sycamore. The Oregon degree team confers the patriarchal degree while DeKalb team handles the golden rule degree and a Elgin leant confers royal purple. Rebekahs serve supper and a good time is promised. At seven o'clock the Grand Encampment degree will be conferred on past chief patriarchs entitled to receive it. Many from DeKalb plan to attend.
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Ellwood
C.F
Sycamore
Barlville
Paw Paw
DeKalb
Oregon
Elgin
Alderman Hanway Hurt by Slivers in Hand
Alderman Harry Hanway a carpenter contractor suffered a minor hand injury when small slivers embedded into his fingers. Initial swelling led to surgery on two fingers. he felt easier afterward. He previously had a serious hand infection and recovery is hoped to avoid further blood poisoning.
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Harry Hanway
Hanway
Strike stalemate noted among craftsmen and laborers
Reports show no change in the strike situation with craftsmen trades teamsters and laborers. A meeting between laborers and contractors was said to occur last night but no settlement progress was observed. Special meeting scheduled for Monday with Blue Lodge to confer the third degree at 7 30 followed by lunch and smoker.
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Blue Lodge
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