Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-14
MOLINE

Swedish Republicans of County,
The Swedish American Republican
club Of Rock Island county will hold
| its annual meeting next Thursday eV-
ening at Turner hall. Officers for the
year will be elected and delegates cho-
! sen to attend the state meeting to be
held at Galesburg. After the business
luncheon and smoker will be held.
| Seeking Runaway Wife. - Henry
Tschirgi Of Grundy Center. Iowa, is in
the city in search Of his wife and two
children. who left home last May. Ac-
cording to the Iowan, his wife ran
away with Henry Frertchs, wealthy
coal dealer Of Grundy Center, and took
her two children with her. The hus-
band has been searching for them
since and recently he received infor-
nation that they we're in the three
cities. He believes that the children
are in some institution and that his
wife and Frerichs are living together
here. Mrs. Tschirgi is % years of age
and good looking. Frerichs is 35 years
of age.
Interurban Ordinance Changed. -
Copies Of the ordinance covering fran
chise rights sought by the Tri-City
Railway company have been sent out
to all the aldermen that they may have
an opportunity to study the situation
and become familiar with what the
company asks in the way Of conces-
stons, thereby assuring themselves
that all the compensatiOns demanded
by the city in exchange for privileges
are set forth IN the ordinance. A
change has been made in the ordin-
ance, the section covering the interur-
ban road and its operation specifying
that right of way shall be given only
on Fifteenth street. The original re-
quest was for a right Of way to the
west limits of the city, over the Third
avenue line. 1t was feared the COM
pany was seeking to make Moline only
a way station on interurban roads
which might enter from the east. The
change in the wording Of the ordin-
ance makes clear that Moline will be
the terminal city for all interurban
systems coming from the east.
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After-Dinner Club Tonight.-One of
the very best programs in this years
calendar is provided for this evening
by the After-Dinner club The speak
ers will be w. L. Ross, vice president
of both the Chicago & Alton and the
st. Louis & Western railroads. Mr..
Ross's subject will be From the Rail
road Mans Standpoint" and his talk
will be along the line of the operation
of railroads as viewed by a practical
man in the harness.. The second
speaker will be George Huff. physical
director at the University of Illinois,
and his subject will be university
Athletics"
Wears Stolen Cape; Exposes Hus-
band.-Clyde West has been arrested
on a charge of larceny preferred by S.
Baker of the S. Baker company. Ac-
cording to Mr. Baker. West entered
his place recently. after all of the
clerks had gone. and asked to look at
ladies' capes. West gave the name of
Arthur Johnson. While looking at the
capes West removed his overcoat, and
later departed from the store carrying
his overcoat on his arm. The follow
ing morning Mr.. Baker missed a cape.
A few days later he saw a woman on
the street wearing the cape that had
been stolen from his store. Baker
communicated with the police, and in
vestigation revealed that she was the
vr-ifn Of a NO nd
admitted that he took the cape by
placing it inside his overcOat and car
rying it away. Mrs. West informed
the police that she thought her hus-
band had purchased the cape with
money secured from the sale of rifle.
This information set the police at
work on another clew. On Jan. Z
young man giving the name of Harry
Johnson visited the shooting gallery
on Fifth avenue and purchased a rifle,
taking it home on approval. The gun
evidently met with his approval, for
Johnson never returned it or called to
settle. When questioned West adj
mitted that he took the gun and sold
it at a second hand store. The gun
was recovered by the police. Repre-
senting himself as Arthur Johnson. /
West also secured other articles at
another business house, but failed to
make payment for them. He also adj
mitted taking a pair of shoes from a
young man who rooms at the same
house that he does. Vests friends |
are trying to get him out of the trou
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Obituary Record.-Mrs. John Hedges /
died Friday night at her home, 2911
observation-disclosures avenue, fol
lowing the birth of a child. The baby