Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-11

MOLINE

Lump of Coal Crushes Foot--Elmer
Grafton of 1921 Fourteenth street pain
fully injured his left foot when large
lump of coal fell on the member. Mr..
Grafton will be laid up for several
days.
First to Pay Taxes.-FTank Stolten-
berg was the first resident of Moline
to pay his taxes this year. The books
were opened Tuesday morning in Dan
ielson & Furgies parlors and Mr.. Stol-
tenberg was on hand early with his
amount. The tax money is being paid
fairly lively, approximately $1,000 be-
ing received Tuesday. The amount
Thursday was approximately as large.
The deputy collector believes that the
books will remain here until the 18th
of March.
"Bshop" Pope Exposed. - John A.
Pope, a well known colored resident
of this city, who resigned his position
as porter with the Rock Island road
to engage in the wider and more clas-
sic field of educational endeavor, has
struck a snag in Des MONIES, where
he was received with open arms on
his first arrival in that city, supple
mented with the announcement that
he was about to establish an indus
trial college for negroes there. Con-
corning the latest developments yes
terday's Register-Leader says: with
a laurel wreath of honor still fresh
upon his brow and with his hand ting
ling with the congratulatory grasp of
Mayor A. ]. Mathis and Councilman
John MacVicar, Rev. John A. Pope,
who was installed as president Of the
new industrial college for negroes
Monday evening, was yesterday morn
ing summoned to Chief of Police Mil
ler's sanctum and commanded to give
up his idea of establishing the college
in DeS Moines. He must forsake MS
newly gained title of president and
confine his energies to the ministry,
for Chief Miller has an edge on him
in the shape of a concise account Of
the divine's past history. Rev. Mr..
Pope formerly was a railway porter,
working on the Rock Island out Of
Moline. z Much ado has been made
over Pope during the weeks he has
negro churches of good reputation
have called upon the police and re-
quested that some action be taken 10
stop Pope's work here. The first nc
ton taken by the police was to send
for Pope's record at Moline. Davenport
and Chicago. The next move, before
the information came, was when Pope
was picked up by the detectives in re-
Spouse to claim that he had secured
about $25 by false representation, but
this matter was settled. The man
continued, the police claim, to solicit |
funds for the building of a children'3
home which he talked of erecting in
the vicinity of East Fourth and Court
avenue. Yesterday Chief Miller re-
ceived letters from the chiefs of police
at Moline, Davenport and Chicago and
Immediately decided to stop Pope's
activities"
The Battle of the Barrymore.-An-
other theatrical war has cropped out
in Moline. 1t is not a battle between
the theatrical trust and any so-called
trust busters" but is family row
between H. A Sodini lessee of the
Barrymore, and his father-in-law, Jo-
seph Carey, who has been serving as
manager of the house. Carey was dis |
charged as manager of the theatre by
Sodini. but it required the efforts Of |
two or three officers with laxative |
powers of a Demosthenes to convince |
Carey that surrender in a peaceabIe |
manner would be the better part Of |
valor. The drama, which bordered on |
a tragedy, was enacted at the Barry |