Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-27
MOLINE

i MOLINE
Slashed As He Steps from a Saloon.
An unknown Belgian was taken to
Dr. G. F.. Johnson's office in East Mo-
line bleeding profusely from a knife
cut on the back Of his right w:ist.
Some of the veins wa;e Sc ESrs1 and
the man was weak from the loss of
blood He said that rs he emerged
! from saloon on First avenue in East
Moline some stranger struck him with
knife. The injured man would not
give his name.
Wagon Struck by car.-Al Johnson,
delivery clerk for Adolph Hoglund, the
bluff grocer, had a close call from in
jury when an Elm street car coll1ded.
with a wagon in which he was riding.
He was driving west on Fifth avenue
and the collision occurred as he cross
ed Fifteenth street, the car hitting
the wagon broadside. The wagon pole
was broken and the team ran west on
the avenue. Johnson escaped unharm-
ed and assisted in moving the wagon
off the tracks so that the car could
proceed. The horses collide1 with 4
telephone pole at Thirteenth street
and were caught.
Women In Street Fieht.-Two mar
ried women and their male escorts, not
either woman's husband, created
small sized riot at II o'clock Saturday
night on Fourth avenue and Thirteenth
street. Not that their husbands ap-
peared on the scene and raised a rum
pus, but. the two women actually en-
gagged in a fight with a number of
pedestrians. AS a result several men
are wearing marks inflicted by hat pins
and finger nails. The women and their
| escort had been drinking. When they
left the place where the beer was
served they were unsteady and the
manner in which they travelled attract
ed attention Of persons on the street.
At the aforesaid corner a crowd Of
men had eongregated and as the wo-
men passed remarks to which the wO-
men took exception were heard. Seiz-
! Ing a weman's favorite weapon-a hat
pin each woman sailed into the
crowd. They jabbed and scratched as
many of their termenters as they could
reach The tgmult attracted 200 to
900 people, who eireled around the wo-
mef forming the vortex. An officer
was called aud 1t was with difficulty
that he reached he center of attrac-
tion. One of the women saw him mp
preaching and she leaped over a fence
and escaped through an alley. The 9TH
er woman was taken to the police sta
ton She was followed by a man
who had felt the effects of her wrath.
The woman explained what led up to
jured did not care to prosecute the wo-
man and she was released.
Obituary Record.-Oscar Anderson,
residing at 2O24 Sixth avenue, passed
to his rest yesterday after an illness
Of five weeks with rheumatism. He
was born in Sweden March Ii, 1858.
Surviving relatives are the WIDOW, one
daughter, Gladys, aged 10 years, and
are Gust. John and Joseph in Moline,
and Julius in Montana. The sister re-
sides in Sweden. He was a member
of Manufacturers lodge, No. 4S5, 1. o.
o. f, and of King Philip tribe, No.
.9i, l. o. R. NJ.
Howard Leslie, youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Shelley, 2311 Fiji
teenth street, died at 9:35 Sunday
4, er'ng at the family home following
an illness of one week with pneu-
monia. He was born March Is, 1907.
in this city. and on the s1G,h side he
was regular attendant at Sunday
school in the Second Methods, church.
Beside the parents, a brother, Everett,
aged -, and one sister. CLAWS. aged
10, survive The funeral service viii
be held at 2:3O Wednesday afternoon
from the home. Burial will be in Riv-
erside cemetery.
Alhambra. Cal, papers bring ade-
quate obituary notices Of the late
Mrs. Estelle Hartzell Jaques, formerly
of this city, and who was 2 sister of
Bishop J. c. Hartzell Mrs. Jaques
was in her 54th year. She had many
friends in Moline, where her girlhood
days were passed; also in Alhambra,
CAL where the last IS years of her
life were spent. She. leaves, beside
her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Lewis
Bassett, and two little grauddaug
in Pasadena, CAL; two sous, Duane
and Frank, at home; also one brother,
Bishop J. G. HartZell of Africa, and
five sisters; Mrs. Margaret Holt and
Mrs. l.. L. Mccoy of Moline; Mrs. A Il.
Drury of Hampton: Mrs. Sierra Wallace
and Mrs. Eva Hays of Kansas City,
Kas
John Peterson, resident Of Water
town, died after a weeks illness of
pneumonia. He is survived By his wi
dow, two daughters and one son