Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-22
MOLINE

Several Small Houses Threatened
by Blaze. - Several houses in the vi
cinity of Seventh avenue and Fifteenth
street were endangered by fire yester-
day afternoon when a blaze broke out
in small house at the rear OF 1928
Seventh, avenue. The blaze was dis
covered by Gust Bergman, who was i'll
in his room in the house at the time.
Peter Melin and family live in the
house at 1923 and seven young men
have been rooming in the house that
caught fire. They are Fred Nelson,
John Johnson, Andrew Swanson, An
ton Johnson, Gust Bergman, Gunnard
Odberg and Charles Eastman. Know
ing that Bergman was ill in his room.
Mrs Melin started a fire in the heat
ing stove. 1t was an hour or so after
ward that the alarm Of fire was sound
ed. The blaze was confined TO the
attic and was made more stubborn to
fight because the roof was covered
with tin. The roof was destroyed, but
the chief loss will be to the furnish
ings owned by the Melins and the
clothes owned by the young men. Joe
UIlmann owns the property
Health Department to Prosecute
Health Commissioner A. H. Arp, speak
ing for the health department. has is
sued a statement to the effect that par
ents allowing their children to attend
school, after being exposed to infec-
ton, will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law. There have been VIC
lations of the law in this regard. &C.
cording to Arp, and after this children
who have been exposed to infectious
must either be Guaranteed or go to
the pest house, he declares. The par
ents will be legally dealt with. The
health department is of the opinion
that the public schools are the means
by which yiolators Of the law either
ignorantly or Intentionally promote
the spread of infection. The health
department has learned of cases where
contagion has manifested itself in a
family and the unaffected children
have Immediately been carted OFF to
relatives, and thus enabled to continue
their school attendance in spite of ex-
posture.
Ross Heads New Bank.-Directors
of the Manufacturers State bank Of
East Moline met in Offices of the East
Moline Land company and elected the
following officers: President, George
". Ross; vice president. Rufus Walk
er, Jr.; cashier, w. I. Taze. The as
sistant cashier has not been named
The bank will occupy temporary quar-
tiers Dec. l in one of the three new
buildings now being erected on First
avenue. If any one of the structures is
completed by that time. Sites for a
new building are being considered.
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Two False Fire AIarns.-Two false
fire alarms made needless trouble for
the fire department Sunday The first
alarm was at 4:05, at a time when it
was raining, the call being from the
Woline Wagon plant. It was received
over the A. D. T. wire at the Western
Union office. The operator immediate
ly communicated with the Central fire
station by private phone There was
no blaze. Effort to discover the cul-
failure. The alarm registered eight
distinct times at the Western Union
office. The second alarm was at $40
and was from box %. The ffremen
found the glass in the door of the
alarm box broken. but there was no
blaze in the neighborhood Some one
with a mania for seeing the horses run
is suspected of sounding the alarms.
Obituary Record.-Andrew NJ. Jordan
died Saturday at the home of his niece,
Mrs. Gilbert Griffin. in Bowlesburg.
He had been suffering with dropsy for
10 months, which, combined with an
attack Of pneumonia, caused his death.
His brother, Nelse Jordan, died last
October. Andrew Jordan was born
Jan. 3, 1S49. in Sweden, and he came
to America 13 years ago. His only
surviving relative is his niece. The
funeral service was held at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Rev. l. o. Moth
stein officiating. Burial was in Bowles-
burg cemetery.