Governor Small Conspiracy Trial Ends in Acquittal Ruling
Waukegan Illinois June 21 Judge Claire C Edwards refused to remove the case from jurors and ordered acquittal as requested by the defense. The court struck nine points of the defense motion to erase evidence and held that testimony on stock purchases and Illinois Central stock for Mrs Small and Mrs Sterling would be stricken. The defense had argued to dismiss the case alleging a conspiracy to defraud the state of money.
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Br United Press
Waukegan, Ill
Smail
Claire C. Edwards
Ridgley National Bank
Springfield
Illinois Central
Small
Sterling
Edwards
United Press
Waukegan
Ill
Defense Today
Len Small
C. C. le Igee
LeForgee
Vernon Curtie
Fred Sterling
Orphans Save Dorcas Home From Fire
Orphans at the Dorcas Home for Children in Highland Park formed a bucket brigade and saved the building from a blaze that started in the coal cellar. They extinguished the fire before equipment arrived, with boys entering the basement to fight the flames and two tons of coal removed. Older girls cared for the infants as the alarm rang.
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United Pr
Chicago
Dorcas Home For Children
Highland Park
Girl Thrown From Auto After Fight in Chicago
Evelyn Schnable aged 18 described to police that she was beaten and thrown from a moving car early today on 72nd Street. She said companions in the party were intoxicated and her nose and body suffered bruises. She was taken to Lagrange hospital for treatment.
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Chicago
Evelyn Schnable
Bombardment of Canton Imminent Warned by U S Official
United Press dispatch from Washington reports that American Minister Schurman in Peking informed Rear Admiral Strauss that Canton could face bombardment and that American life and property may require immediate protection, per the State Department notice.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Canton
Schurman
Peking
Strauss
Asiatic
State Department
Seven Harvest Hands Die in Santa Fe Rail Accidents
By United Press Kansas City June 20 seven harvest hands traveling to fields near Wichita and Newton were killed in Santa Fe railroad accidents. An eighth man was fatally injured in the incidents as the wheat harvest season begins in Kansas.
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Unites Press
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas Wheat Fields
Wichita
Newton
Santa Fe
Youth Expiates Crime in the Electric Chair
United Press reports Columbus Ohio June 20 John Henry Gegkesbach 21 Franklin Pa was executed in the electric chair for his part in the killing of John Boone in Marion last February.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
John Henry Gegkesbach
Franklin
John Boone
Marion
Youth Run Down by Priest Driver Fatal Injury in Illinois
A 10 year old boy was fatally injured when struck by an automobile driven by Rev. Theodore Siegemeyer, pastor of the Lutheran church of Earlville, Illinois, in Saint Louis on June 26. The incident remains under investigation.
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United Press
St. Louis
Theodore Siegemeyer
Lutheran Church of
Earlville
Boy Scouts Theme Highlighted for Teachers Meeting
National Educational Association section on Boy Scouts and the Public Schools gathers in Boston in July with speakers from Boy Scouts of America and leading school officials. Frank Cody of Detroit chairs the July 6 session featuring Dr. George J. Fisher James Beveridge Edwin L. Miller and Albert Shiels.
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United Press
Boston
Mass
National Educational Association
Boy Scouts
Frank Cody
Detroit
Michigan
George J. Fisher
Boy Scouts of America
James H. Beveridge
Omaha
Nebraska
Edwin L. Miller
Northern High School
Albert Shiels
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
New York City
Invite Russia to Hague Conference for Genova Basis
The Hague June 20 Russia is urged to send leaders to the Hague conference. Allies draft a communication to the Soviet government outlining preliminary decisions and commissions while seeking a spokesman by June 26 to discuss the Russian problem. Britain objects to fixed terms, fearing an ultimatum. Foreign Minister Van Karnebeek forwards the invitation.
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The
Hague
Holland
Russia
van Karnabeek
Netherlands
Gland transplant operations amid high society
Medical authorities disclose large scale purchase and transplantation of glands from young men to rejuvenate aging men. Surgeons in major cities have long conducted experiments with gland transfers, including Harold F. McCormick who reportedly received glands from a young donor.
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United Press
Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
McCormick
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Giant Ford Tire Shipment Arrives in DeKalb at Sawyer Store
A freight car delivers 500 Diamonds tires in Ford sizes to the Sawyer establishment on East Lincoln Highway DeKalb marking a likely record auto tire shipment. The large stock supports Sawyers big special sale announced in a separate column. Norma Talmadge stars in Smiling Through tonight.
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Ford
DeKalb
Sawyer Establishment
East Lincoln Highway
Sawyers
DeKalb Welcomes Gollmar Bros Circus Parade
DeKalb hosts Gollmar Bros Circus with a morning pony birth named after the city. Denver the pony stands about two months old as the parade winds through Lincoln Highway, Seventh and Pine streets, drawing large crowds and promising crowded afternoon and evening performances.
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DeKalb
Gollmar Bros. Circus
Denver
Gollmar Bros
Sterling
North Western
Lincoln Highway
Seventh Street
Pine
Johnson Greenhouses
Gollmat Bros
St Marys Graduation Exercises Tonight At Hall
St Marys holds its annual graduating exercises for the class of 1922 tonight in St Marys hall with an all school produced play. Rev P J McGuire will award honors and Rev Edward A Cerney will deliver the address. The hall is expected to be filled to capacity as the program proceeds with a cast featuring Frank Smith William Roche William Archer Burdette Murphy Leo MecCarville Eugene Klemm Francis Faye Everett Redmond Martin Concidine Charles Powers John Gent and others as listed with detailed roles.
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St. Mary's Hall
P. J. McGuire
Edward A. Cerney
St. Mary's Hospital
Caesar’s Creek
John Middleton
Frank Smith
Dick DeSmythe
William Roche
William Archer
Burdette Murphy
Burrows
John -Joseph George
Toby” Fisher
City Boys
Leo MecCarville
Mader Guilty on Graft Charge in Chicago Trial
Pred Mader, president of the Chicago Building Trades Council, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to halt construction on the Drake hotel and to extort money by strikes. He faces one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. a new-trial motion is pending. Mader is already indicted with other labor leaders in murder related to a police gangster war.
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Find Mader
Chicago
Pred Mader
Chicago Building Trades Council
Drake Hotel
Mader
States
Crowe
Police Stop Wedding of Young Woman at Waukegan
Catherine Bramen 25 of Jefferson Wisconsin and Joseph Greenlee of Milwaukee arrived by train for a wedding in Waukegan. The bride-to-be said her father wanted her to work on the farm and that she acted on love at first sight. Police halted the ceremony pending the father's arrival.
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Waukegan
Catherine Bramen
Jefferson
Wis
Joseph Greenle
Milwaukee
Katherine
Greenlee
Great Parade of Floats for Coming Everit
A report from the county farm advisory indicates fifty floats from as many county farm bureaus will appear at the Farm Bureau Decennial Celebration on Friday June 30. Each float will highlight a key agricultural achievement such as soil testing limestone crushing hog vaccination nitrogen management seed wheat and farm accounting. Counties have invested heavily in preparing these exhibits.
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Wundy Agrcultural Association
Tom Roberts
Farm Bureau
No Asphalt Delays Wilwood Addition Pavement Work
Officials in charge of Wilwood addition pavement report no asphalt until next week. Only Trinidad asphalt is used, causing delays in material delivery. If the shipment arrives by the first of the week, the street should be near completion by Pageant Day. See It Tonight.
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Wilwood
Trinidad
De Kalb Leaders Named for Farm Bureau Pageant
De Kalb county residents named as leaders for the Forward Home Bureau pageant to be held in DeKalb on June 24. The event, directed by Miss Nina Lamkin, dramatizes a decade of Farm Bureau growth with a cast of about 2000 farm folks from thirteen counties rehearsing for a final dress on June 24.
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DeKalb County
Forward
Home Bureau
DeKalb
Farm Bureau
Edith Bond
Marie Cabiel
Tr ‘A Johnson
Marbelle Letherman
Maud Nicholson
Mercedes Fairfield
Sarah Garner
Elizabeth Kutzner
Mary Howison
Nettie McCleary
R. J. McAllister
H. Perguson
J. Howison
F. B. Kirkpatrick
N. B. Westlake
Louis Lloyd
Henry H. Parke
Marie Peterson
Lester Marshall
W. G. Eckhardt
C. M. Kirkpatrick
J. Steadman
S. E. Bradt
W. B. Lyons
Will Minnegan
James Stone
C. C. Logan
A. J. Plapp
Elsa Larson
Naomie Larson
Caroline Countryman
Marian Bradt
Louis Tyler
Mary Johnson
Rose Ahblin
Peak Dancing School
American Legion
Nina Lamkin
Illinois
Henry Parke
Genoa
Miss Lamkin
Setler
Ford Offer Attacked in House Report
Washington D C June 2 five members of the house committee file a report calling Henry Ford s offer for the Muscit Sh Ala nihale and powder project a fraud and an outright attempt to rob the government urging Congress to authorize the secretary of war to call for new offers The report entitled the Truth about the Ford offer is signed by Representatives Kearns Frothingham Crowther Morrin and Orato all Republicans with Rumsey and Parker expected to sign later
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Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
House Today
House Committee
Congress
Secretary of War
Kearns
Ohio
Frothingham
Mass
Crowther
N. Y
Morrin
Orato
Rumsey
Parker
N. J
Contestant vote standings shown in district update
The Campaign Manager tallies votes each evening and shows changes in the next edition. District No. 2 covers territory south of Lincoln Highway excluding DeKalb, with listed contestants including Malta, Shabbona, Hinckley, and Waterman figures such as Gladys Hard Malta at 223,906 and others around 100k to 225k.
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Gladys Hard
Malta
Bana Byro
Guy Housewirt
Corti d
J.F. Farrell
Dek
Mary Jane Slade
DeKalb
Pearl Frost
Grove
L. H. Solberg
Fhni
Alvira Benson
Curtis
Hilda Wahlgren
Hinckley
Thos. Hart
Edith Pennington
Margaret Gleason
Mildred_ Lindgren
Ida Nordlund
Myrtle Lindgren
Florence Farb
Olive Dietrick
Mildred Vanderbeek
Berniece Backus
Edith Garman
Lincoln Highway
Jessie Spencer Waterman
Elmer Shoop Malta Jr
Rose Carpenter
Lin Hwy
Territory North of Lincoln Highway Notices DeKalb Area
Public listing enumerates property holdings north of the Lincoln Highway excluding DeKalb City. Names include Mrs. Harry Love DeKalb F.160,100 and Francis Henigan Sycamore .158,900 with others in Kirkland Clare Sycamore Esmond Map Pk, Genoa and Kirki'd areas. Figures range from about 106,000 to 160,100 across multiple residents and counties.
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DeKalb
Harry Love
DeKalb F
Francis Henigan
Sycamore
Alice Carlson
Kirkland
Ruth Bomp
Esmond
Mathew Coffey
Clare
Hazel Weaver
Mable Anderson
Mis
Ray_J. Hychaner
C. O. Goding
Genoa
Hyelyn Paulson
Fine Concert Heard From DeKalb Fire Station
A large DeKalb crowd gathered near the fire station to hear concerts broadcast over the station’s radio. The chief logged stations heard including Madison Wisconsin, Cleveland Ohio, Chicago City Hall, Westinghouse, KYW, and the Detroit Free Press.
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DeKalb
Wireless
Fourth Street
Madison
Wis
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago City Hall
Westinghouse
KYW
Detroit Free’ Press
Chorus Tickets On Sale For Pageant Final Rehearsal
Chorus members who missed last night’s rehearsal can obtain chorus stand tickets by applying to F W Green away at The Chronicle office. About 100 attended the steel company hall rehearsal. several who missed prior sessions were not present. Those present received tickets and learned two or three new songs. Singers planning to join the chorus and present for the 24th final rehearsal may apply for tickets.
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F. W. Greenaway
Chronicle
Steel Company
Hale Leading in Reports of Vote in Maine
Augusta Maine June 206 Senator Frederick Hale was renominated for the United States senate on the Republican ticket at vest primary by a large plurality returns from 535 of the 635 precincts in the state showed today. The vote with 100 precincts missing was Hale 28840 Gurnsey 13398 Davies 4815. Bonus Bloc in Senate Loses Preliminary Fight By United Press Washington D C June 21 The bonus bloc in the senate was crushed today when it challenged the action of the Republican majority in delaying action on the soldier bonus. By a vote of 51 to 22 the motion for immediate consideration of the house bill was laid on the table which is equivalent to defeat.
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Uineoore Augusta
Frederick Hale
United States Senate
Vest
Hale
Gurnsey
Davies
Senate
United Presst
Washington, D. C
Will Unite for Strike Across Unions and Miners
Cincinnati reporters say railroad workers and allied miners plan to unite for defense if a nationwide rail strike occurs. Leaders anticipate possible government court action to block the strike or to prevent union funds from financing it. M. Jewell and John L. Lewis expect further discussion and a continuation on page six.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. Jewell
John L. Lewis
Campaign urges gold prize for subscriptions in three districts
The edition notes withdrawals of candidates with under 100000 votes and invites nominees to reinstate themselves with enough votes. It promotes a $30 gold prize for the most one-year subscriptions during June 19 to June 24, plus guidance on a vote scale and second payments. Nomination blank withdrawn from the paper.
Nelson attends funeral of DeKalb county’s oldest undertaker
Harry Nelson of North Third Street visited Sandwich for the funeral of Jacob Burkhart Sr. a prominent DeKalb County undertaker and early furniture store founder. Services in Sandwich were held under the Masons and described as very impressive.
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Harry Nelson
Sandwich
Harry A. Nelson
North Third Street
Jacob Burkhart
DeKalb
Burkhar
Masons
Bullets Strike Ulster Premier's Belfast Building
Bullets hit the home of Sir James Craig Ulster premier and his wife in Belfast Ireland last night details scarce. Also a want ad seeks bricklayers rough carpenters for township high school wages 9.00 and 5.40 dollars per day Ross P Beckstrom Co 169 Last Times Tonight Princess.
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United Press
Belfast
Ireland
James Craig
Ulster
Ross P. Beckstrom & Co
Miss Evodia Magnusson Recovering After Visit
Miss Evodia Magnusson daughter of Rev and Mrs E W Magnusson was at home when a hurried trip to relatives occurred. Later the patient was brought to her home and is today reported making a very satisfactory recovery.
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Evodia Magnusson
E. W. Magnusson
Norma Talmadge in Smiling Through Tonight
Passing It On advertises a fiber rug sale with high quality, inching prices at least one third below regular. The listing highlights 8 by 3 by 10 and 6 by 9 sizes priced at 12.50 and similar, plus Jane Cowl and Norma Talmadge stage and screen mentions and Princess Tonight showtimes at 7:30 and 9:05.
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Jane Cowl
Norma Talmadge
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