Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-04

MOLINE

Examiner Mccormack Securing EVi.
dence.-Walter e. Mccormack OF Wash
ington, D. c., special examiner for the
interstate commerce commission, is IN
Moline to secure evidence In the case
of the Moline Pillow company against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul and
| two other roads for overcharge. Mr..
Mccormack will file his report with
the commission In Washington and 1t
is there that the decision in the case
will be announced. J. NJ. Custer, as
sistant traffic manager, is presenting
the company's evidence in the matter.
Work to Resume Tomorrow.-Work
in all departments of the Deere & Man
sur company will be resumed to NOR
row. Some of the men in each depart
ment were laid off a part of last week
to permit of repairs to machinery.
Swedish Statesman Coming.-Dr. P.
Waldenstrom, world famous theologian,
statesman and organizer, who is In the
United States for his fourth and prob
ably last visit on American soil-as
the noted Swedish churchman is now
nearing his S0th year-will visit Moline
July and 7, and while here will be en-
tertained in the summer cottage Of
Rev. Albert johnson, pastor of Mission
tabernacle, this city, on Campbells is
land. On his present visit to this coun-
try DR.. Waldenstrom is acting as rep
resentative of the Swedish government,
having been sent here by the king. He
is travelling on a liberal appropriation
made for the occasion by the Swedish
riksdag. He represented the kiLg and
Swedish parliament at the celebration
in North park, Chicago, June Il and
%, of the 25th anniversary of the
Swedish Evangelical covenant of
America. Local Swedish-Americans
will consider the visit of DR.. Walden
strom a rare treat, as he intends to
visit only a few of the larger Ameri-
can cities before returning to Sweden.
On the evenings of both days he is in
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Thursday of
this week-Dr. Waldenstrom will speak
at the Swedish Mission tabernacle. He
will speak on a biblical text the first
evening and on Faith, Dogma and
Morality the second evening.
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Obituary Record. - Mrs. NJ. Arthur
Cook passed away Saturday at her
home, 610 Twenty-ffth street, after a
lingering illness with stomach trouble
Size had been i'll II weeks and was
belfast all of that time. Lily z. Wal
Their was born Feb. 90, 1885, in Coe
township, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles G. WaIther. Her early life
was spent at home on the farm and
she attended a nearby country school,
graduating from the eighth grade. She
entered the Port Byron high school and
was graduated in 1908. That fan she
attended Browns Business college in
this city, finishing her course in the
spring of 1904. She had made her
home in this city since that time. She
was married Oct. 81, 1909, to NJ. Arthur
Cook of this city She Joined the Yuma
Methodist church in 1897 and always
had been active in the church and Sun
day school work Besides her husband
and parents she leaves two brothers,
Edgar at home and Clarence who is at
tending school at DeKalb, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Bert Shafer of Yuma town
ship. The funeral service will be held
at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from
the residence here. Rev. Edward Nor
ton of Hillsdale and Rev. F. E. Shut
of Rock Island will of1ciate. There
will be a short service at the cemetery.
When the stomach fails to per-
form it's functions, the bowels be-
come deranged, the liver and the