Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-20
MOLINE

Find Stolen Stuff-A Macomb Off
Ger. who went to Industry Wednes-
day, secured from sister of Forrest
Mccoy, the Moline barber who is I'M
der arrest for several thefts, the suit
case sent to her by Mccoy. The suit
case proved to contain the articles
missing from the Beach home in No,
line and has been sent back here for
further Identification McCoy's sister
readily gave UP the stolen stuff.
Sleeping Under Car.-Charles Hegge
of Walcott, Iowa, had narrow escape
from injury and possibly death yester-
day because he picked out the Bur
lington railway yards between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets as a place
TO sleep Wednesday night. Hegge had
been seeing the sights and having Il
time, and when he was looking for a
place to sleep he found nice cool
spot under box car in the yards
He had been trying to make Moline a
dry town by consuming the supply on
hand In the morning a switch engine
backed into the yards to pull out the
| box car. and just as Louis Dorman.
| the switchman, was about to signal
the engineer to go ahead, he sad
Hegge's leg sticking out from under
| the car. Hegge was pulled out and
given some good advice and started
for Walcott.
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Bring Foreigners Here.-Twenty for
eigners have been imported from Chi
cago to work in the Sylvan mills of the
| Republic Iron & Steel company and
others will follow. Probably as many
as so more men could be used at com
mon labor-which is the class of worl;
offered the imported men-if they Car
be secured There is a scarcity oil
men for this class of labor. The Syl
van mills are turning out more work
than ever before in the history of the
plant, orders being unusually heavy
indicating long steady run for thl
coming season. Both mills at th,
lnight-between 800 and 400 men being
employed-and there appears to be
little likelihood of any change beini
lordered, in the near future at least.
Plan Booster Club.-The Molin,
ization which will probably be formed
Thursday evening of next week at tn,
Moline club rooms. Elmer f. Morgan
has been talking 1t up among the bust
ness men and citizens in general am
there has been much interest shown
by everyone The plan is to hold :
mass meeting next Thursday evenin.
and every citizen whether bushes
man or a mechanic in the shops /
urged to attend and help push 70
Greater Moline. At the meeting al
engagements will probably be made TO
the purchase OF 900 buttons on whici
will be printed Moline Boosters an
every member of the CLUB will D
asked to wear one. 1t will cost yo
nothing but your time to belong +
the club and it is a duty every citiz 81
owes to his city.
Beating After Arrest.-Alex Helta
living at 1929 Seventh avenue, paid
fine yesterday of $2l.55 to Magistrat
Gustafson for striking Sol Meyers al
, ter he had been arrested and release
on bond. Helta became engaged in a
argument with Sol Meyers over tn
sale of some junk near his home an
, in scuffle that followed, Meyers wa
slightly injured. He ran immediatel
5 to the police station and procured
, warrant for the arrest of Helta. Helt
: followed him to the station and 5.
cured bonds for his release He the
, gave chase to Meyers and met hi
near the corner of Fifteenth sire.
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