Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

MOLINE


Twenty-sixth street and Eleventh ave-
nue.. in the role of Santa Claus repre-
senting the people of Moline George
Crawford and family, who lost their
home in a fire last Wednesday. are
being sheltered at the White home,
and 1t was to tender to Mr.. Crawford
substantial Christmas greetings from
the people that prompted the alder
mans visit. Mr.. Douglas presented
Mr.. Crawford with 1904 20. There is
a fund of $44.75 still to be turned over
to those having the canvass in charge,
and several subscription lists are still
in circulation. The work will be com
pleted and the balance turned over to
Mr.. Crawford probably Thursday Of
this week.
Would Have Officer "Canned."-
George Auwarter and John Behnken,
two Rock Island young men, who
tried out their fists in an encounter
/ Sunday night at the local Rock Island
depot. found out that the strong arm
of the law does not listen to threats
and the result was that they were ar
!
each. 1t happened like this: The Of
f1cer of the law saw the young men
/ fighting. He reprimanded them but
did not intend to arrest them. The
young men become boisterous and told
the officer that they would tell the
mayor and that that official would
have the officer of the law canned"
/ And then they did get arrested
To Talk Local Option.-LocaI Cd
ton will be the topic to be discussed
at a mass meeting of men in the First
Congregational church at o'clock
this evening. The meeting will proba-
/ bly, result in the formation of an or
gahization to place before the voters
at the spring election the question:
Shall Moline be made local option ter
ritory? All men interested in law and
order and in local option are invited
! to attend, with whatever church
affiliated, on without church affiliation.
/ Obituary Record.-Frank P. Holm,
employed Tor a number of years by
/ Deere & Co. died Saturday at his
/ home 1911 Second avenue, of CON-
plication of diseases. He was born in
/ Sweden May IL, 1852. He came to
America in 1888 and settled in this
city He secured employment at Deere
& Co.'S plant shortly after his arrival
and had been employed there ever
since. He is survived by his widow
and the following children: Axel,
Charles F. and Hannah d. OF this city.
The funeral was held this afternoon
from the home and burial was in
Riverside.
Elsie, 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Johnson, 1908 Sixth ave-
nue., died Sunday at the city hospital.
Death resulted from a complication of
diseases. She was born in this city
Aug. 8, 1906. Her parents and two
brothers, Herman Edwin and John
Michael. survive The funeral was at
2 o'clock this afternoon from Daniel
son & Furgie's parlors. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery.
| Ella, 5-yearold daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. P. Simmons of 5301a Fifth
avenue, passed away yesterday after
an illness of but a few days. The
family moved here recently from Mis-
souri, She is survived by her parents
and seven brothers, two in this city,
one in Kansas and four in Missouri,
and three sisters in Missouri.
Mrs. Charlotte Anderson sister of
Mrs. F. A. Sand, 752 Fourteenth street,
this city died Saturday at her home
one mile north of CISCO. Death was
caused by pneumonia. Mrs. Anderson
was 76 years of age. She had often
visited in this city and had number
/ of friends here. She also leaves one
brother and one son.
/ John James Brown, 3119 Fourteenth
neutrality-suspicious. street died Christ
mas morning after an illness of sew
! eral weeks with quick consumption.
He leaves a widow and five children.
! This is the third death in this family
within the year. He leaves four sis
tiers and three brothers. The brothers
are Lee Brown, William Brown and
| Harry of Moline.
| A c. Stevens, a well known retired
| farmer of Green River, died Sunday
at the home of his brother in Wiscon-
sin He had been in poor health for
several years and went to Wisconsin
| in hope of finding relief. He was 76
years of age and was born in Moline.
Mr.. Stevens farmed in the vicinity of
Green River for so years. After dis
posing of his farm he removed to Sill
Wis where he resided nearly two years.
He went to Wisconsin last September.
! He leaves two daughters. Mrs. Bert
Crist of Green River and Mrs. May
Williams of Briar Bluff, and son,
| Charles Stevens, of Geneseo. The
funeral was at 1O:30 this morning
from the Methodist church in Carbon
Cliff. Burial was in Bowles cemetery