Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-30
MOLINE

ARRESTED Tor TreSpaSS on tenants
lcompIaInts.-George Miller, who con
ducts a restaurant on Fifteenth street
south of Eighth avenue, worked a
smooth ruse to get family out of the
rooms over his place. The rooms are
Occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Peter
son. Miller wants the rooms and he
says that the Petersons would not va
cate. While Mr. and Mrs. Peterson
were absent yesterday afternoon NIL
Ter entered the rooms and moved all
of their belongings into one room. He
then locked the doors OF the other
three rooms. When Peterson discov-
cred what had occurred he caused Mil
ler's arrest for trespass. When the
lpolice magistrate learned the facts he
dismissed the case, Miller paying costs.
The Petersons have agreed to vacate
at once.
Last of the Free Lunch.-The last
"hand-out' became a thing of the past
at $50 Saturday evening. The change
of program was not brought about as
result OF orders from city or state Off
Gals. but was a result of an agreement
among the proprietors of saloons. A
little over two years ago salOonkeep-
ers here abolished the free lunch sys
! tenn and a number of them immediate
/ " began serving lunch and charging
| reasonable fee. This custom was fol-
lowed for sometime, but gradually the
! free lunch commenced to come back"
and in a short time III was running
/ in full blast again. Some of the sa-
| loonkeepers continued to serve lunch
and charge a fee. but they never have
broken into the free lunch business.
Saloon men who are opposed to the
practice of serving free lunch believe
that the present action means the
One saloonkeeper in discussing the
matter said: II am opposed to serv-
ing free lunch: not from the standpoint
of expense you understand, but for
other reasons. II il impossible to keep
your place in as clean condition as
you like when free lunch is served.
Then, too. free lunch is a trouble ma
ker. BY this mean that a man may
come into my place and buy one or
two beers. He eats two or three sand
wiches. He arrives home to find that
his wife has prepared a fine supper.
He isn't hungry and doesn't eat. His
wife becomes Disguised and trouble
follows" One saloonkeeper admitted
that his free lunch cost him on an
average of 80 day, which is no small
amount at the end of a year, when 1t
is known that it is served 313 days in
the year.
Red Men Tribes Mereed.-With the
last meeting in the old hall the three
Red Men tribes of the city Friday evez
ming effected consolidation. The merg- |
ing marks a new epoch in the history |
of Redmanship in Moline. Friday there |
were three tribes here-King Philip, !
Tecumseh and Fox. Today there is on |
1y one-King Philip. The action ia |
ken by the Red Men gives Moline the |
largest tribe in the state. 1t is unus-
ual, perhaps, but the membership is |
an even 600. The exercises were wit |
messed by $50 braves a number OF Wis
itors attending. G.. Walter Thompson,
past great sachem of the great reser-
walton of Illinois, had charge of the
exercises. He was given authority by
the great sachem TO fill that office.
His assistants were Emil Johnson,
great chief of records; Victor ShaIIene,
first sannap, and George Kemmerling,
second great sannap.
w. r. Gross to Lecture on Christian
Science.-Willis F. Gross, c. s. B.,
will give a lecture at the Moline next
Thursday evening, under auspices Of
the First Church of Christ, Scientists,
Of Moline. This lecture will be free #,
10 the public. Mr.. Gross subject will
De Christian Science, the Gospel of
Obituary Record.-News comes of
he death of a former Moliner, Herbert I
=. Taylor, which will interest many old ,
soldiers and other friends of deceased
here. Death occurred at his home in
3rattleboro, VT, Jan 13, of neuralgia
If the heart. {