Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-04

MOLINE

Will Keep Contract.-Klaw & Er-
LANCER, the theatrical booking agency,
has assured H. A. Sodini. lessee of the
Barrymore, that they will furnish him
with attractions according to terms
Of their contract. With the dove of
peace resting peacefully with Klaw &
Erlanger and Chamberlain, Harrington
& Co., Mr.. Sodini was fearful that
Klaw & Erlanger might attempt to
br ak their contract with him. He
wired the booking agency Office and
received the following reply: I'VE
have always fulfilled our contracts"
Mr.. Sodini has been promised several
high class attractions, and among them
is "Graustark," dramatiZed from
George Barr McCutcheon's novel of
that title. The date of the play has
not been set. AS soon as the other at
fractions and their dates are known
they will be announced.
Company Is Ceneured. I'VE, the
jury, sworn to inquire into the death
of James Hayes, on oath do find that
he came to his death by being crushed
between two interurban cars owned
by the Mississippi Traction company,
while performing his duties as conduc-
tor of one Of the cars about 6 p. m;
Dec. 80, 1909, at a point between First
and Second streets, East Moline. The
jury finds that said Mississippi Valley
Traction company has not been taking
proper precautions to protect its pas
sengers and employees from injury, by
running cars too closely together, by
not carrying proper tail lights, and by
not having cars equipped with ordin-
airy appliances for using sand in emer
gency cases. T. I. Stanley, Fred Graf
lund, ]. " CLAIR, A ]. Brown. Swan
Dahlberg and Charles Rodelius."
The above verdict censur. ng the Mis-
sissippi Valley Traction company was
returned at o'clock yesterday after
noon by the coroner's jury investiga-
ting the death of James Hayes. The
case was reopened at o'clock yester-
day morning and four witnesses were
examined. Richard Rosencrantz, an
employe of Root & VanDervoort COM
pany, testified that in the last two
years he had ridden in interurban cars
that had figured in three rear-end col
lisions. On one occasion a young man
named Wilson was injured. On an
other occasion two cars were put out
Of commission at Fifty-second street,
and the passengers, all Of them shop
men, were obliged to walk to the fac
tories in East Moline. George Will
liams, who witnessed the tragedy of
Conductor Hayes, Fred Jordan and
George Brady, motormen, also were
examined
To Have Mems Society-Only three
hours were consumed in transacting
the mass of business of the First Swed-
lsh Lutheran church at the annual
New Years afternoon Dur
ing that time reports were heard and
adopted from a dozen or moe societies
within the church. besides the pas
tors yearly report and that of the dea-
cons and trustees. All the reports re-
1ected an active and f1ourishipg con-
1ition in the various activities One
If the most important transactions of
he meeting was a decision to organ
re Mems society within the church.
men at the meeting sig
1ified their willingness to become mem
oers of such an organization, the pur-
pose of which will be to take an active
part in the affairs and management of
he church. 1t was decided to hold
Meeting the third Tuesday in January
o take the preliminary steps to per-