Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-26


Starofsky, on a charge of larceny.
Last June he stole from the Rock ISL
and freight depot several bottles of
wine and other property belonging
to the system and then disappeared.
Later the local authorities received
word that he was wanted at Avoca,
Iowa, on a charge of forgery. He was
| bound yer to the amount of $1,000
to the grand jury on the charge of
grand larceny.
The cantata. a Waits Christmas"
given at the Second Congregational
| church by the pupils of the Sunday
school under the supervision of Miss
| Ednah Creutz. was a big success and
was attended by several hundred peo-
| pie, taxing the seating capacity of the
| church to its limit. Preceding the
cantata, the Misses Ednah and Mabel
Creutz played Il piano duet which was
we'll received. The cantata chorus
consisted of about 80 voices which
showed careful training. At the con-
clusion of the cantata bags of Christ
mas candy were presented to the MEM
bersl of the Sunday school, accom-
panied by little silken bookmarks.
| The schedule Of assets and liabilities
of j. w. War;. the defaulting publish
er. has not yet been cast up, but the
| bulk of the assets. outside of the plant.
the farm and East Moline lots, con-
sists of outstanding accounts. The
plant is listed at $4,000, much less
than some of the figures that have
been heretofore suggested as the pro-
| bable value. Burton X. Wheeler. stu
dent at the University of Michigan at
| Ann Arbor. has brought suit in the cir
cult court TO recover $500 from c. 5.
kerns. receiver for the Moline Build
| ing. Savings and Loan association. the
association itself and the trustees of
the association. The facts in the
case are somewhat different from
those of other claim holders involved
in Mr.. Wars financial dealings.
| Wheeler alleges that he deposited
something like 5000 with Mr.. War;
some time in October. The association
in its answer to the application for a
receiver for the association states that
| the directors were acquainted with
Mr.. Wars financial shortage as early
as the first of October. wherefore
| Wheeler has reason to believe that the
association is liable for the money he
deposited. NJ. j. McEniry is Wheel
er's attorney.
Stockholders of the Mississippi Val
| ley Traction company. declare that
they are not frightened by the suit
for receiver started by L. p. Hord and
+. Y. Keator. They think that the lit-
CATION is simply a bluff whereby the
always interesting colonel and his
partner hope unload their holdings
at good round figure to the majority
owners.
Moline tribunal, No. p. Fraternal
Tribunes. held its last meeting of the
year Wednesday evening. which was
largely attended and Of unusual inter
est. Six candidates were initiated.
the work having been put on by the
district deputy. :. +. Van Noorden.
| In the future the tribunal will meet
the second and fourth Fridays of each
month in the Industrial home. The
| following officers were elected: Chief
| tribunal, Mrs. Hannah Freeman; vice
chief tribunal. Mrs, Nellie +. Abel:
| I
urer. Mrs. Albert Freeman; sergeant-at
arms, James McElhattan. .Ir.; guard.
| Warren O'Neil; sentinel, Walter John
son; trustees. {. W. Gleason II. II.
Albrecht; keeper of decorations. Will
liam O'Neil.
When the moJders of the Moline
Pump company's factory went to
| their benches Wednesday to start on
their days work they were surprised
to find their tools missing. and
search failed to reveal them about
the factory. Fifty OF the tools used
| by the mOlderS had been stolen dur
ing the night and for while it seemed
the molders would take an enforced
vacation. But enough tools were
| picked up about the factory to
allow the men to resume work as
usual. The company is at a loss to
know who absconded with the tools.
| Quite frequently hobos call at the Of
| flee to sell molder's tools and it is
thought that some member of this
| profession might have been respon-
sible for the disappearance of the
Pump company's property. The value
of the tools stolen is about $50.
The following is the text of the
| petition presented 10 the city
council at its meeting. praying
for permission to keep open Sunday
the various bowling alleys of the city:
ITO his honor the mayor and city
council of the city of Moline: The
undersigned citizens of the city of
Moline do hereby respectfully petition
your honorable body to permits the
bowling alleys in the city of Moline to
! remain open ON Sundays. believing as
we do that there is nothing in this
healthful recreation that in any way
would interfere with the observance
of the Sabbath. nor anything harmful
in the use of bowling alleys to those
who desire to do so. We would re-