Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-26

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/ Plans for Press Visitors.-W. A.
Meese has received word from the
Rock Island passenger agent in Chi
|cago relative to the Chicago Press club
which comes Saturday. There will be
about 200 members Of the club and
their wives who will make the trip.
The special train which the Rock Is
land has provided will be composed of
five coaches. one of which will be a
buffet smoker The train will leave
Chicago not later than a. m. Satur-
day as the second section of No2o. 1t
will arrive in Moline about ] o'clock.
The visitors will be taken to the Man
ufacturers hotel, where they will be
entertained during their stay III Mo-
line, which will continue until Monday.
The entertainment which is provided
for the guests will be started Saturday
afternoon and the visitors will not be
given an opportunity to get lonesome
while in the city.
Two Heavily Fined.-Wife beating
seemed to be the popular diversion
Tuesday evening, two men having been
arrested on this charge. Albert Van
Zelle, residing at Nineteenth avenue
and Tenth street, was arrested on COM
plant of his wife, who stated that her
husband had beaten her shamefully.
He was arraigned before Magistrate
Gustafson, and in default of the fine,
which was $3.50, he was sent to the
county Jail The other offender was
Henry Denhardt of East Moline. He
was arrested on warrant charging
him with abusing his wife, but this
charge was dismissed when arraigned
in police court. Another warrant was
served, however. on complaint of John
Finkler who charged him with disor-
derby conduct 1t seems that Denhardt
fought with Finkler, and during the
progress of the assault, Finkler was
bitten quite severely on the leg. The
charge might have been mayhem, but
Finkler did not care to be too severe.
Denhardt was fined 500, which he
could not pay, and was sent to the
county Jail.
War; Never Drew Money With
each day of the hearing of testimony
before Master in Chancery B. ID. Con
nelly, the affairs of the Moline Build
ing, Loan and Savings association take
on a more tangled aspect. Sol Hirsch,
treasurer of the association, was called
to the stand Tuesday afternoon, in the
hope that his testimony would show
how the proceeds of the patent notes
issued by ]. w. War; reach the asso-
citation treasury. War; never drew
money personally from the bank, and
money taken by him for his own pur-
poses must have come from the cash
drawer in the association offices. War;
always drew the order promptly for
any party when stock matured, but he
usually persuaded the party to endorse
the order and take patent note in
place of the cash. He then endorsed
the order, turned it in to the bank and
credited his own account with the face
of the order This is supposed to have
been the proceeding though Mr.. Hirsch
could not swear to Wars Office pro-
ceedings. There is approximately
$4,000 in the banks payable to the
order of the defunct association. c. S.
Kerns as receiver can draw no more
than , per cent for his services, &C
cording to state law. The association
fund is drawing per cent interest, so
that there will be more than $4,000
to be divided when the amount is f.
nally distributed. which will not likely
be within the next three years, judg-
ing from the progress so far made
Adding to Foundry.-An extensive
addition is being built 10 the Moline
Foundry plant on Sixth street which
will increase the capacity of the plant
about 80 per cent and will enable the
TO increase it's force of men
by about one-third. The addition will