Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-24
MOLINE

Saloon Cases Continued.-Continu-
ances were taken again Saturday in
the cases against B. Z. Johnson, w
E. Schmidt and E. w. Wolstencroft,
charged with violation of the Sunday
saloon closing ordinance by MRS.
Emma Jones. Changes of venue were
taken from Magistrate Gustafson's
court to Justice Wheelock. Mrs. Jones
preferred that the cases be continued
to Wednesday, SO that arrangement
was made. Magistrate Gustafson fined
Edward Vandaele $50 and costs. Mrs.
Jones then smiled and was satisfied
for the time being. Attorney Axel
Kohler announces that the case will
be appealed and that evidence will be
introduced which will tend to prove
that Mrs. Jones was not in the sa-
looms, did not see the proprietors and
had a motive in the discharge of her
husband from a city job in filing the
charges to endeavor to cast a shadow
upon the present administration. The
cases promise to prove interesting.
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Plans of the Turners.-Active and
ladies' classes of Concordia-Germania
Turnverein, organized for the season
at a meeting in Turner hall. The ac-
tive, or young mems classes, chose
Professor Adolph Oppenheimer as its
chairman, elected Walter Hansen sec
rotary and Christ Oberlander treasurer
The Turner classes decided to give
musical in the near future and to fol
low up with presentation Of play on
Turner hall stage. Competitive sports
for the winter are to center around
series Of basketball games for the Tur-
ner championship of the tri-cities.
The active class will select a five to
participate in the series and Daven-
port and Rock Island teams will be
met. The three Davenport teams to
participate in the series include a
ladies' five. A silver cup, the gift OF
a Davenport man, Will be the prize to
the victor. During the winter the &C
tive class will meet twice a week for
gym work and the ladies' class once a
week. Then, once month, there will
be a joint meeting when the classes
will enjoy an hour of athletic instruc-
ton. to be followed by a business meet
ing and refreshments and dancing.
Carpenters Scarce.-It Is learned
that scarcity of carpenters has caused
the temporary abandonment of at least
one good-sized house-building project
in this vicinity. The report has it that
the project has been financed but will
not materialize till next year a the
earliest on account of shortage of
workmen. While there are as many
carpenters in this community as in any
other city of the same size building op-
erations are booming and labor is at a
premium. At the present time 80
carpenters are working for East Mo-
line house-building syndicates alone.
Carpenters are always scarce in a
growing community, they are especial
" so in the autumn-but they are su,
perlatively so here where both the
above mentioned conditions. together
with phenomenal effort, are found.
In addition to houses being built by
the syndicates between so and 20 resi-
dences are being erected on individ-
ual contracts in East Moline.
Reject Sick Benefit PIan.-Lincoln
camp, No. 81, WOodmen of the World,
was host in Turner hall to the degree
team of tho Rock Island w. o. w.
lodge, which came here with Deputy
Downs to initiate a class of five candi-
dates. The principal action during
the business session was a decision on
the part of Lincoln camp against the
proposed sick relief feature which is
being adopted by many individual W.
o. W. camps. Rock Island lodge, on
the other hand, has accepted the sick
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