Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-28
MOLINE

Claims He Was Held Up.-Henry
becomes, resident of East Moline,
was picked up by the police at the
| corner of Thirteenth street and the
Bluff road at an early hour yester-
day. He. was severely bruised about
the head. the wounds being caused
by contact Of the head with cinders,
according to opinion of the doctor
who was called. becomes was par
TALLY under the influence of liquor.
He told the officers that he had been
held up and assaulted by thugs, but
he had only a bemuddled recollec-
ton of the nights doings. He was
unable to say how much money they
took from him, and the police were
not ready to accept the mans story.
Breaks Leg I'm FalI.-Jonas Peter
son, employed by the Moline Wagon
company, was seriously hurt yester-
day when he fell into a 12-foot Gals
son, where one of the new Deere
| buildings is in course of construc-
ton. A compound fracture of his
right leg below the knee resulted.
He was walking over the ground
watching building operations. He
| looked upward as he walked along
and stepped into the caisson. He
was removed to a physicians Office,
where his injuries were dressed. At
terward the injured man was taken
to the hospital.
Socialist Branch Formed-Seven-
teen Swedish-Americans of Moline
have banded together and formed
new branch of the Rock Island local
Of the socialist party in America.
The new branch will ask the county
organization for a charter, and will
elect permanent officers when that
document is secured. A distinctive
feature of the Swedish-socialist or
ganization in Moline is that all for
NAL deliberations and meetings of
the branch will be conducted in the
Swedish language. A number OF the
society's members were socialists in
Sweden and they desired to continue
with the same political belief here,
but have not yet learned to talk or
read the English language.
| Boy Breaks Arm.-Olof Larson, aged
IL, fractured both bones of his right
forearm Immediately above the wrist
while at play yesterday afternoon at
| the Irving school He was on the
circular swing when thrown to the
ground.
DiphtherIa in the CIty.-There are
a dozen cases of diphtheria In the city
at the present time. This doesn't
mean that a dozen houses are quar-
antined or that there is an epidemic
of alarming proportions Health
Commissioner Arp says that there
are two or three cases in some fam
lilies and that the contagion is scat
tered over the city. There hasn't
been a death from the disease and
DR.. Arp says that the attacks have
been growing milder in recent years.
! He Is unable to account for this con-
dition, but says that this is true of
scarlet fever too. None of the cases
are considered serious and every eff
fort possible is being put forth to
prevent any spreading Of the dis
ease.
| Wedding Secret Six Years.-Married
six years without even her parents
or sisters being aware of the fact is
the unusual record of Mrs. r. w.
! McKutchan, formerly Miss Nolo
Wright of Moline. daughter of c. w.
| Wright of the Wright Buggy COM
pany. During the worlds fair at st.
Louis in 1904 Miss Wright and Mr..
McKutchan, who was the agent for
the Adams Express company here
for a number of years, eloped to st.
Louis and were married by Rev. Gun
bingham. Returning to Moline, both
played their part we'll, and neither