Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-15

MOLINE

Doctors Office Robbed.-Dr. j. w.
Morgan was victim of thieves Thurs
day night and he is minus considera-
Bile wearing apparel. When the doc
tor arrived at his office in the morn
ing he found the door of his operating
room standing open. On closer ex-
animation he discovered that someone
had visited his Office during the night
Investigation revealed that his over
mittens and two pairs of kid gloves
were missing. 1t is thought that the
marauder picked the lock of the oper-
ating room door. Tallow drippings on
the floors suggest that the visitor"
searched all Of the rooms. Nothing
but the clothing was disturbed. The
only clue the police have to work on
is the candle that furnished light for
the thief. The candle belongs to DR..
Morgan.
Lucy Sharp Summoned.-Miss Lucy
A. Sharp, more than 80 years of age,
died at the Old Ladies' home in Peoria
Thursday. At the time that the Old
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up some years ago. she was one of the
two inmates who were cared for up
to the time Of its closing, and who
were then transferred to Peoria Miss
Sharp was long time resident of Co.
Iona in Henry county, settling there
in 1856. R. A. Smith of this city was
postmaster in Colona from 1864. Dur
ing several of the latter years of his
service in the Office Miss Sharp was
his assistant postmistress. When Mr..
Smith gave up the Office in 1888, Miss
Sharp was made postmistress, and she
retained the place till old age inca
pacitated her.
Former Moline Man Dies.-Word has
been received of the death of Charles
Johnson, former resident of Moline,
who removed Is years ago to Sioux
City. The end came in Deming, N. NJ,
where ne had recently gone in the
hope of recovering. During his resi-
dence in Moline he was employed as
a plowfftter by Deere & Co. He was
a native of Sweden and about 81 years
of age. He is survived by his widow
and eight children in Sioux City. His
father, August Freed of this city, and
three sisters. Mrs. Gus Anderson of
this city, Mrs. Smith of Cambridge
and Hilma Johnson in Sweden also
survive. The funeral service was held
yesterday afternoon from the family
home in Sioux City and interment was
in one Of the cemeteries of that city.
Veteran FIagman on Retired LIST
James Kelley, flagman for the Rock
Island Railway company at Warmers
crossing, is another of the veteran en-
ployes of the company that i,as re-
ceived notice of his retirement under
the pension rule He Iin receive a
pension based on average monthly
earnings for the last 10 years, the
amount to be not less than $40 month
ly Mr.. Kelley is IS years of age. He
has served the company faithfully and
his friends will receive with pleasure
the announcement that his reward has
come He has been continuously IN
the service of the Rock Island road for
AZ years.
IS Greeks Taken While Gambling
Thirtyf1ve Greeks were arrested
Thursday night for gambling in East
Moline They were rounded up in
two raids conducted by Officers
Schlueter and Rasmussen. Informa-
ton was filed with Mayor Johnson by
a Greek that gambling was being in
dulged in and officers were put to
work. The first place visited was a
boarding house conducted by Peter
Kafskallas in the old Dunbar hotel
The game was in full blast when the
officers arrived and % violators were
caught. Dan Skrivanos' place on Sec
ond avenue and Eighth street was next
visited where IS gamblers were
punched" They were arraigned in
police court yesterday and the bunch
fined a lump sum of 800 and costs.
Farm Tractor Is PRACTICALLY ma
chine which has just been turned out
by the Moline Pump company and
which bids fair to revolutioniZe farm
ing on a large scale and at the same
time insure another industry for Mo
line, has just been completed and is
being shown by Manager Killinger at
No REASON FOR TT