Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
MOLINE


Observation-Disclosures Of the Moline club
Tuesday evening voted one applicant
| for membership into the club, giving
an active membership of 800. A wait
/ ing list is now established and the
names of some is men who desire to
/ join the organization will be posted at
once on the bulletin board. Action on
these applications for membership will
be taken in the order received as va
cancies in the club occur.
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Deserter Surrenders to Officers.--
John H. Williams entered the police
station and surrendered himself to the
police, announcing that he was de-
serter from the United States army.
Williams said that he deserted Jan. 6,
| 1909, and that he hadn't had any luck
since. According TO his story his
home is in Cullman, Ala, and he en-
listed in the infantry in July, 1905, in
Knoxville, Tenn. He served two years
in the Philippines and one year in the
United States. He was discharged in
Kansas City July, 1908, and reenlisted
that month at the Jefferson barracks.
He was transferred from the infantry
to the artillery and stationed at Fort
Constitution, New Hampshire, shortly
afterward He didn't like the artillery
and for that reason deserted, he said.
Williams was turned over to the au-
thorities at Rock Island arsenal. He
is 80 years old
Bank Increases Capital Stock.-At a
meeting of stockholders of the Peo-
pies Savings Bank & Trust company
it was voted to increase the capital
stock of the institution by $4,000.
Present capitalization is $500, 900, and
when the new stock is subscribed the
bank will be capitalized at s250,00O.
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Seniors to Pay Damages.-Seniors
of the high school, who entertained
members of the 1910 football squad
in the domestic science department
of the manual arts building Dec. %,
have decided to appropriate funds
sufficient to pay damages to furni-
ture alleged to have been done on
that occasion. At the manual arts
school it is stated that discovery of
damage was made Monday when the
schools resumed operations after the
Christmas holidays. The banqueters
made use of the domestic science
rooms without consulting manual
arts authorities, it is said. and the
matter of their making good the |
damage was taken up with Principal
E. P. Nutting of the high school. |
Leaders in the senior class confer |
red and decided to appropriate the
nominal fund necessary. The allie
cation is that the top of one of the !
polished tables in the sewing room |
was stained with frappe and that |
other similar violations OF good |
housekeeping occurred. One report
had it that dishes borrowed from the |
domestic science cupboard were |
broken. but this report is emphat- |
ically denied. After all, the dam |
age will amount to little more than |
"a dollars worth but those in |
charge at the manual arts building |
intend to. accept payment when the !
seniors present the change, the |
claim being that the principle in
volved-that of making use Of the /
manual arts rooms without permits
sion from thorities-cannot be
overlooked.
White Rock Rooster Is Dead; !
Weighs IA Pounds.-A White Rock /
rooster. 8 years old, and owned by /
Mrs. Mamie Dice. died Tuesday, and /
is the heaviest rooster of this species |
known to local bird fanciers. Nor /
NAL weight for White Rocks is nipe |
pounds. The heaviest of roosters is /
usually the Brahma, and this bird |
has a normal weight of only 10 |
pounds.