The Daily Chronicle from De Kalb, Illinois • Page 1

ITT" iw ti SEVENTEENTH YEAR NO. 274 DEKALB, ILUkOIS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915. PRICE TWO CENTS i 4 1 -AY u. MEN WILL MEET1 ODD FELLOWS TO MANY AUTOES Ifl REVIVALS ARE ROBBERS AGAIN FAMOUS JUDGE IS DEAD TODAY HEAR POIITIAC ALLIES START Oil NEW ROUTE LAND TROOPS. AT ENOS AND SEIZE A RAILROAD LEADING TO TURKEY.

STILL FIGHT IN SERBIA Germans Are Not Making Very Rapid Progress In TheirDrive to Reach Constantinople and i Straits. (BULLETIN) (by Lulled Italy, Oct. 18. The allies landed trcops at today accord-ing to reports reaching here and have te'ized the neighboring Dodehagatch' railroad. Enos is on the gulf of Zeros in Turkish territory opposite the Galli-poli peninsula and the railroad refer, red to is likely to be needed in operations In Turkey and Bulgaria.

England, Ict. 18. The allies are pressing forward in Bulgaria 'i he Teutons are marching southward through Serbia at the same, time but the piogrees of the allies is swifter lias that of the Germans. The Serbians are still resisting des perately. The Bulgars have cut the CELEBRATE ON ANNIVERSARY The Odd Fellows lodge will have a big celebration tonight In honor of the 61st anniversary of the granting of a charter to the local lodge, The charter was granted by the supreme body on the 12th of October 1S31.

After a short business session this evening a fine banauet will he served to the members and their wives and families. After the banquet and the after dinner talks the gue'sts' will re pair to the main lodge room where a new dance floor has but recently been put down and they will dance un til a late hour. BIG BOILER IS UPON JOURNEY TO THE NORMAL Jack Cook and his gang of men are making very rood progress wiljj the big Job of moving the new Karma! school boiler out the schooL It was off the car Saturday afternoon and today started -on its slow and draggy Journey to the school. The boiler is a monster and looks like a couple of big twin howitzers mounted ready to send a couple of big shells screaming "for miles into the country. What looks to the bystander to be an awful job Is being handled with ea.ie and dispatch by Mr.

Cook and his men. Horseman Is Injured in Railroad Wreck Mr. O'Donnell, the horseman, who is here to spend the winter, is carrying around a bunged up hand these days as the result a railroad wreck while he was on his way fom Michigan to this city. The wreck was near the Michigan border and was caused by shunting a carload cf sand against the car In which the horseman was. For tunately he was not seriously injured.

The Weather. For Illinois Unsettled and" sliphtly cooler Monday, probably preceded by showers; Tuesday partly cloudy. Sunrise, sunset; 5:04. Moon- set, 2:36 a. m.

Tuesday. PAYING WRECK SUNDAY SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY. NONE IS YERY BADLY HURT Luckily Most cf the Injuries Are of1 Miner Nature and No One Ja Killed or Fatally Hurt, If." G. Holding, proprietor of tbn White Jtowe Laundry, was run Int yesterday morning while driving bU car east of the city. Some damage was done to the car but no one was Injured.

Mr. and Mrs. Bclding and one', of Charles Bropshlon's children were on their way to Katavia where they were going to spend the day and when they were between Cortland and Maple Park it was necessary to take the side road on account of the spreading of fresh gravel on the main road. As they were pulling up out of this low road about a milewest of the Park a ear from Chicago came speeding toward them and grazed one side of their car doing some damage ta the fenders. The offenders did not stop to seo what damage had been done but sped ivar from the place.

Mr. Bclding stopped in at a nearby farm house and telephoned'ta Chief, of Police. Frank Riddelltand asked him to arrest the three In the" carwhen It arrived In DeKalb. They soonarriyed and weiA put under arn-st. The radr in the party bo who was doing the driving explained mat ir.ey naa io uwi n.

ss soon a possible and made ar- rane-ements to be released and re- appear Tuesday of this week: They will have to pay for the damage done and the matter then no doubt be dropped. Mr. It. Vcale of Malta met with an accident yesterday whlch did considerable damage to his fine new Bulck touring car. lie' was turning the corner of Second street and Lincoln Highway and the- car skidded Into the curbing wrecking the two wheels on the left side of the car.

Not one of the occupants was injured and the car was dragged Into (Continued on Page five.) BY CHECK NishSaJonica railroad near Vardina. The niliea are not yet strongly oppos-. c-d. This is the sum total of the in the Balkans today. Tha Saldnlca-Nish railroad is in con-trol of the allies for a distance 50 miles north of Salonica.

The fall of 'fjumnitza has given' the allies a big (idantage. It is also reported that the till lea are moving westward and It is jtiVjught that they are preparing to Strike at Sofia. A Htilfbattle Is expected with the Bulgars at any advancement. News 'that Field Marshal Mackenzenr. com-uianding the Austro-Germans in Serbia I has called for more men has given much encouragement here.

Although it. is admitted tfiat he is advancing, military experts are sure that he, him- OPERATE HERE USUAL THE BURGLARIES COME WITHIN FEW DAYS AFTER HORSE SALE. LASTED OVER' TWO DAYS Tried to Get Into the Boston, Store but Were Driven Away by the Presence of Police Officer There. The Boston Store in the east end came near being robbed for the sec ond time last Anight and but for the fact that the police were on their beats the probalities are that the burglary would have1 been caried out The robbers.lthere being three in the party, escaped in their automobile and when last seen were going through Geneva at about CO miles per hour. About two, o'clock this morning Stanley Goukas.

was standing at the nov ell Drug store corner rnan came up and got a drink at fountain He remembered about havlcg to drink water in a dry town then he jwalked south on Sixth street" and disappeared In the dark; The police officer went over around the depotnd returning to the Lincoln Highway when he saw the same fellow hanging around the cor ner again. He started toward the fellow but le ran south along the building fo I 1 1 1 1- 1 he ran south along the building Olrard street where he jumped Into a big auto and with two companions raced away. The police department had in the meantime been notified that a big auto had backed up at the rear rfoor of the Boston store and it looked as If something was up. In vestigation showed that the bars at one of the rear windows had been pried apart by a heavy concrete fence post and a piece of timber. The window (Continued page 5.) NORMALS LOST HARD GAME BY VERY BAD LUCK The score of the football game at Wheaton Saturday was 37 to 3 with the local normal school on the three end of the score.

The reason for this Is that theJocal team was very badly outlucked by the visitors. Several of the-DeKalb players were Upjured and compelled to retire from the game and End Smith was not able to go over at all. Every break of the game reemed to be against the local players and one touchtown that they did make was taken from them through the mistake of the referee. The boys will go down to Kankakee next Saturday to play the team St. Vlateur college In that city and another hard game is looked for.

I SOUGHT CROOK III DEKALB FOR SWINDLE PLAN The police the other day had a narrow escape from catching a crook for whose apprehension a reward of $25. has been offered. Hisl name -aa given as S. E. Ford and he has been work ing a magazine solicitation game.

lie was wanted in Des Moines. Iowa, and the other day the officers were miormea inai a man or mat name had been operating a game of the same nature here. Unfortunately the Te port came in a' little late and Ford had evidently left town as he could not be located. Tourists Leave Cars IVy United Press), Pontine, Oct. --Funeral -r-rangenients were made today forthe burial of Nathanial K.

'Tilsbury. prominent Illinois jurist, who died of age infirmities at his home here Sunday. Tillsbury was elected a member of the Illinois constitutional convention in 1869. He was elected a' judge of Lhe old thirteenth circuit, comprising Livingston, Kankakee andFord counties, which now, "with McLean, comprise the eleventh district. He served eighteen years as circuit judge and was one of the first appellate judges serving from 1877 to 1887.

TICKET OFFICE ON RAILROAD IS SCENE OF THEFT 1 The ticket office at the Chicago and Xorth Western depot at Nelson was burglarized some time Thursday night and it is reported that about $40 In cash and a suit of clothing and an overcoat were stolen. Railroad detectives are at work on the burglary. piece of work inasmuch as the thief or thieves forced an entrance to the office and worked within fifty feet of the interlocking switch tower west of the depot. The towerman was in his tower jduring the entire night but saw nothing unusual. Entrance to the office was gained by cutting a glass from the east wjn-dow, and the cash drawer was easily forced.

FARMER IS OUT THIS WEEK FOR CURRENT MONTH The October number of the DeKalb County Farmer, the little monthly pub lication of the DeKalb County Soil Im provement Association, is this morning in the hands of the farmers of this county. to be expected the current issue is largely tnade up of foot-and mouth disease information and hints about the seed corn dilemma. The publication seems, to get better every month and there are scores of farm ers.who have saved every one of them sine It started. SCHOOLS CLOSE HERE THIS WEEK FOR BIG MEETING Several of the schools will be closed this week to allow the teachera to at tend Illinois teachers meeting in Rockford. The day of closing will probaoly be Friday.

Some of the schools will be closed a day next week instead, the teachers attending the meeting In Aurora. Second Hand Sale for Drama Circle The members a Drama Circle will hold a second hand sale for their charity work on Friday and Saturday of this week in the store vacated. by Newton Barrett on East Lincoln Highway. All sorts of useful articles will be sold cheaply and it will be 'a fine chance for The sale will commence on Friday afternoon and will be open Saturday from 9 until, 9. THIS EVENING TO HEAR TALK There will be a most interesting meeting for men tnls evening at St.

Paul's Episcopal church tonight when the men of the parish and, any one else who is interested will gather in ihe parish house to listen to an ad dress F. H. Spencer of Chicago, who will speak on "Trie Church and its Work." The meeting As at 8 o'clock and Is for the purpose of stimulating Inter est In a layman organization. St. Spencer Is a good talker and every one who attends will enjoy hinj thor- oughly.

CLUB SEEKING SECRETARY TO WORK ON RATES The establishment the credit rating bureau in connection with the work of the commercial club will ne cessitate the securing of a secretary for the club In the Immediate future and already there have been a num ber of applications for the place. The, directors will be called to gether in the course of the next few days to act upon the matter and some one jvlll be engaged to take up work at once, with openiag', of the the campaign for the establishment of the new bureau FOOTBALL MAN IS BADLY HURT ON SATURDAY Jlr. Schultz, oje the players on the Normal school football team, was quite gainfully injured in. the game of Saturday at Wheaton. In almost the first scrimmage of the game he( was thrown' heavily and it was discovered that he bad sustained a broken collar bone.

The-injury was given prompt at tention and the young man -is resting fairly easily today although he is probably out of the game for the rest of the season. GOOD TEMPLARS -HAVE MEETING AT DAVY'S HALL There was a big celebration of the DeKalb Good Templars yesterday In the Davy hall. A delegation came over from Rockford and furnished the greater part of the program and waa most enjoyable. Rockford Is a strong town for the Good Templars and there are several flourishing lodges there. The meeting Of yesterday was for the purpose of stimulating the interest in the local lodge and it seems, from all report to have been very successful.

Family Jar Stopped By the City Police The police were called down to a home on South Second street this norning to quell a family jar that was a cause or greai annoyance 10 me miehbors. It seerns that a. mother and laughter became Involved In a jangle and got to using, language that was not very n. to listen to and one of the neighbors called the police. Officr Rowe quelled the riot.

Dr. Riley Is More Comfortable Today Dr. J. JL Riley who is having a serious tlms of it more tomfortable this afternoon: la condi tion has been alarming for the last week or so, but it is believed that he Is gaining Mrs. Moulton Sinking at Her Home Today News from the ham of Mrs.

Lewis Moulton was not very encouraging this afternoon. It la doubtful ir she survives the day through, i The Methodist laaies will give a sup per Wednesday evening at the church from Eve o'clock on. The public is cordially invited. "75 1 BEGUN SUNDAY SPECIAL SERVICES TAKE PLACE AT THE SWEDISH BAPTIST yT CHURCH. ATTENDANCE IS VERY GOOD nteresting Series of Meetings Is Looked for and Young Revivalist Starts Out Very Welt.

The opening of the evangelistic campaign yesterday at the Swedish Baptist church under the leadership of Rev. C. Ivar Johnson proved very successful. There was a gocd attendance at both preaching services. Rev.

Johnson gave a short talk also at the Sunday school session. During this week services will be held at the church every evening at 7:30 o'clock, excepting tonight and Saturday, when no service will be held. It Is anticipat ed that an increased interest will be shown throughout; the, week. 'All Scandinavians are especially Invited, as an services De neia in me Swedish language. I Rev.

Johnson preached at the fore noon service from me topic: Tne Possibility of Losing Jesus." This topic was drawn from the narrative in Luke II 41-46. The points which were especially emphasize, being: The need of a prayerful life. 2 Diligent heed should be given to the study of God's Word. 3 No' comprom tse should be made with the world of sin. 4 We should be active In the service, of Christ.

Thebe four points should be fundamental in the life of every Christian. By heeding them we will always live in close harmony with orr Saviour. The subject. for the evening sermon was: "Tee Cross or Cnnst.7 special reference was made to the sufferings endured by Christ and their signific ance for humanity. WEST AURORA IS VICTOR 111 THE FOOT BALL GAME DeKalb high school football team got pretty badly licked by the We6t Aurora team Saturday afternoon in the game here at the local field.

The team fromAhe big1 Aurora school was a little "too heavy and a little too fast for the local boya and the DeKalb lads are expressing great thanks today that they were able to hold the score down as well as they did. The visitors got the jump on the locals early in the day and trampled all over the home team, bunging some of the boys up In' pretty bad shape but not Inflicting any serious Injuries The contest was the hardest one of the year for the local team. JONES WILL BE BURIED HERE; ON TOMORROW The funeral of the late Oliver O. Jones, who lived in DeKalb and served on the police force for many years. will be held at the Baptist church on Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock.

Mr. Jones lived here for about 19 years and was prominent Injodge and municipal circles in that time. He was the brother-in-law of A. Austin of the city and has also a number of rela tives living afound Kirkland who will be here to the funeral. Local Barber Is Sent Back to Manitowoc A young man who has been- work ing here in an east end barber shop under the assumed name of John Shearer, was arrested by the police here today on the request' of the police of Manitowoc, and turned over to Sheriff ScotL He 1 charged with wife and child abandonment.

Godrow Girl Is Able to Return to School Fredericka Godrow who was. 11 by a mad dog In August. in Chicago, waa able to resn school duties today. She sr St. school here'lait well known in DeKalb, Leo and Ed Gallagher -era a -veral days' st If, cciislders hid progress too slow for safety.

Markenxcn's line near Belgrade is 50 miles long. It is repulsing the Serbians hit by bit but its progress is very slow, 1 The Bulgars are onthe offensive in places all along the Serbian front and across it here and there, down as far as Strumnitza where the allies are in Much of the fighting is in the" mo'intalria and the weather is' very bad. Berlin, GernfCny, Oct. IS. Progress or at least the1 repulse of the enemy was reported today in the w-ar office statement from the.

fighting in France and Russia, while in Serbia the Ger- mans and their Austrian and Bulgarian allies are reported to be still ad vancing. have repulses repeated efforts to capture our: treiiches, west of Ver-nillyes," said the well as efforts of the French at Tahure. The enemy has been unable to capture a single foot at Schratxmanele. Our aviators dropped 60 bombs at Belfort. On the eastern front good progress has been made south of Ftlga.

West of Illutx we have captured nearly two miles of the, nemys outposts. Ia the region south of Cmorgen we have repulsed repeated Russian attacks. Prince Leopold's troops have broken down-Russian assaults in bath: sifles of the LJach railroad, near Pizarevac "In'Seima we have captured Boce- ch.ico, about 30 miles south of the frontier made other important advances. To the east the Bulgarians 'have occupied the heights of Mulenlril and other positions. South of Belgrade we are advancing and the enemy is re tiring hastily." Parts, France, Oct.

18. French artillery and infantry repulsed the Ger man In threeattacks in the- Vosges I region announced the war office today. Continued fighting and successful (Continued on pe.3.) people from necessity, receive aiid pay out money. Theyv fhould have a checking ae-' count, eo they may know just where their money goes. A peteon who doe not pay by check te apt to become careless and is pre at certain to have losses in different, ways.

Thlsfbank will be glad to have you call and think the matter over with us IK -i Iirst National Bank and FirstTrust Savings Bank DeKalb. Illinois 1' I1 1 ar J-fW L-1 In DeKalb Last NighKratber In6nc corner of our stbrq we Have a Mother's Savings Bank It is ruri an the economy; basis and 100 per "cent of its earnings are made on Special Sale on B(D))K aaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMBaaaaaaaaBBMaaaaMaMBiaaaaaBBaaaaHaaaaaawaa ICO copies while thgy last at 10 cents At least two auto loads of tourists from Dixon were forced to abandon their cars here last evening following jthe rain and make the rest of their journey by rail. The rain made tbera 'desperately afraid of the bad spots in the road between Roc belle and Ash- ton. Pythians in Session at Springfield Now i Clyde Holderness left this morning for Springfield, where he will attend the state convention of Pythians. He 'met Pythians from Aurora and Maple Park and they' were to make the trip together.

He will be out of tows ser-crnl days. Vkosieky Ir -ure with Tc.Ibot..