Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-21
MOLINE

| MOLINE /
Call New PASTORAL meeting #
the congregation of the First Unitaria |
church Thursday evening. held at the
home of p. NJ. Price, Rev. Mr.. Ram
sey, who has succeeded Rev. a. n.
Judy of the First Unitarian church
of Davenport, was called to succeed
Dr. Hedley Hall in Moline.
Wanted at South Bend.-Camicl
Schalstraet and Mrs VanLakin who
came to Moline few days ago an /
went to housekeeping at Twenty
fourth avenue and Fourth street, were
arrested yesterday by the Moline pa-
lice on complaint of the officials II
South Bend, Ind. The couple were
indicted by the grand jury there for
grand larceny but got away before
| they could be arrested. They wera
| thought to have come to Moline Il"
the police We're communicated with
| and the arrests followed.
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| Solicit for Road.-The committee on
the building of a road from Moline
into Rural township through Coal Val
ley townships held preliminary meet
ing Thursday evening, and put unde"
way it's first work The main prob
lem which is faced by this committee
is the raising of $4,000 with which
TO build the road. OF this amount Z
certain portion must be raised by IS
early date as possible in order to
get the project under actual headwa!
Man Is Mssing-Eugene Swank,
well known house mover residing at
$40 Seventeenth avenue, has disap-
Ipeared and relatives and friends are
much worried by the possibility of his
having met with foul play. The po-
lice of the three cities have been APP
pealed to by Mrs Swank, and they
ARE working on the mystery of his
disappearance
WIN dSb iOT OSIrSOl'-1. IL. Loren
zen was Thursday awarded a contract
to build the proposed school house }
be erected on lot II on Eighteenth
street i'll Warmers addition. This
site is east of the WATERFOWL road
and between the Rock Island and But-
lington tracks, and it will secure its
pupils from territory which has
grown so rapidly i'll population tn L.
better school facilities are necessary
The bid of Mr.. Lorenzen was Sl,052,
and according to the terms of his con
tract the building must be ready TO-
occupancy in 80 days.
| Chickens Were Undrawn.-Charlcs
Patch driver for A. Booth & Co. o.
Davenport, was arrested yesterday
forenoon at First street and Third
lavenue by DR.. A. H. Arp, health com
missioner, just as the man was en-
tering the city Six undrawn fowls
in his possession were confiscatc !
and the man was charged in police
court with violation of the city ordi.
nance which prohibits the sale of uu.
drawn fish and poultry game. etc. He
was released on his own recognizanc1
to appear at preliminary hearing sci
for next Tuesday at p. m.
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Held Up on Street.-The third holi
up in Moline in as many weeks has
just been reported to the police. SwaI
Johnson, residing at Twenty-fiftf
avenue and Seventh street, was the
victim of an attack by three men o.
4 South Seventh street about $50 Wed
nesday night. He was on his way
home at the time and the thugs as
saulted him after he had passed Nina
teenth avenue and had reached the
loneliest part of Seventh street John
son was thrown to the ground and his
pockets were rifled, the men obtainin@
' $40 in cash. Johnson parted with hi
cash only after the hardest kind of {
struggle. One of the men had rocl
swung i'll large handkerchief witt
which he attempted to hit Johnson o:
the head. This weapon Johnson sue
ceeded in wrenching from his assail
ant, and the men then beat a-retrea
|
\ Conneli Is Surprsed.-D. w. Con
nell, retiring superintendent for tn,
Veiie Carriage company, was the viz
tim of a surprise by the shopmel
Wednesday afternoon. one of thos'
spontaneous, sure-enough taking baci
for the target of the plotters. Nj
Connell was incidentIy Iured into e
A ro,b
sion. The signal for the shopmen wa
the shop whistle, and so fearful wa
Mr.. TarboX that Mr.. Cornell woul,
hear the signal and take it TO be
call for himself, that he fairly scream
ed what he was saying. Maybe Their
was mute protest in Mr.. Connell'
face against being suspected of defeci
q i've hearing blt he was Ton nOIite "A