Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-25
MOLINE

| Dischargedi Goes Gunnln9.-Angered
because he was discharged from his
work at the Moline Plow company,
Joe Grenavitch, a Lithuanian, armed
| himself with a 3S-calibre revolver
and returned to the plant and threat
ened to get some one" Grenav1tch
was discharged at noon Tuesday, and
| it was late in the afternoon when
he returned with blood in his eye"
/ He was drunk at the time, but his
threats frightened some of the men
and the police were notified. Grena-
witch was arrested and a 3S-calibre
revolver was found in his possession.
/ Every chamber of the weapon con-
tanned cartridge, and box of cart
ridges was found in one of his pock-
| cts. Grenavitch was charged with
carrying concealed weapons and was
sentenced to 40 days in Jail. Grena-
witch was arrested once on suspicion
that he was a counterfeiter. Abso-
lutte proof was lacking and he was
released, though a defective mold
was found in his room.
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| May Change Pay Day.-A movement
has been launched to have en-
ployes of the factories of Moline and
East Moline paid on Fridays or Sat
iurdays each week, instead OF on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays as is now
the rule. Boosters for the new plan
contend that paydays late in each
week will do much to make the We'd
nesday night closing plan satisfac-
tory to all people in the city. Mer-
60 eciT Of boom
ing open their stores but one night
a Saturday-and without loss
of trade. Bankers may close their
institutions Wednesday evening, and
with little inconvenience to custom
ers. A majority of merchants are
already following the Wednesday ev-
ening closing plan, and the banks
will operate under the new rule be-
ginning with the first Wednesday in
September-the 7th.
Aged Man Hit by Auto.-A. NJ. Dahl
strom, 1914 Twenty-third avenue, an
aged man, was the victim of an ap-
parently unavoidable accident when
a touring car driven by DR.. j. w.
Seids struck him as he stepped from
the curb in front of the Kerns build
ing on Fifteenth street. DR.. Seids
was driving his machine south on
Fifteenth street and had it well I'M
der control, with intention of stop
ping at the entrance to the Kerns
building, when Mr.. Dahlstrom, who
did not see the approaching vehicle
stepped into it's path ad was car
ried off his feet. The front right
hand wheel of the vehicle passed
over him. Those who witnessed the
accident ran to the sceHe and Mil
ton Stone of South Rock Island pick
ed up the PROSTATE form. Mr.. Dahl
strom's injuries were minor, how
ever, and he was able to get to DR..
Seid's office, where he was given at
tention, after which the physician
took him home in the>automobile.
: Contract for Church Let.-Contrac-
tor Henry TaPpendorf of Rock Is
land, who built the new Eagles home
in this city, was awarded a contract
to erect a new church edifice at the
corner of Thirteenth street and
Twelfth avenue for the Moline Swed-
ish Methodists at a cost of about
10, lUU. ne GULL was 1SL ny
the building committee following
competitive bidding in which five
contractors, two of Moline, one of
Chicago, one of Rock Island, and
one of Kewanee, participated, Emil
Anderson of this city was the high
est. The bidding was close and the
terms finally agreed on with Mr..
Tappendorf are acknowledged to be
better than the building committee
had dared anticipate.
Obituary Record.-Theodore Francis,
infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Bossche, $50 Seventeenth avenue,
died Tuesday. The funeral was at
$3.50 yesterday afternoon from Sa-i
cred Heart church. Burial was in
East Moline cemetery. The parents
and these brothers and sisters sur
vive: Ida, Martha, Mary, Rosie, Leo,
Harry and August.