Rock Island Argus., 1911-04-19
MOLINE

Man Killed by Street Car Studied
Law Here. Charles Wilson, aged 35
years, former Moline man killed Sun
/ day by a street car in Minneapolis,
left this city in 1898. going to Mime
apolis to read law. He studied law for
1 a time IN the office of ]. B. Oakleaf
when that lawyers Offices were in the
old postofice block This was IN 1892
! e3 He spent six months in the office
and then went north.
Red-Hot Steel Falls on Workman's
| Foot-Walter S. Burke Of S01 Forty
second street. Rock Island, met with a
painful accident yesterday forenoon
while at work at the plant Of the Re
public Iron & Steel company. A piece
of red-hot steel dropped on the top of
his left foot, burning a cash three inch
es long. Several stitches were requir-
ed to close the wound. He was taken
to the city hospital
Mans Death Taken Up by italian
Consulate.-JosephH H. Nieolai, with the
Italian consulate stationed in Chicago,
is here investigating the death of Pos
quale Conzoneri, who was killed by a
Rock Island engine at the cinder pit of
the Silvis roundhouse Feb. IL of this
year ConZoneri leaves a family in
Italy and it is in the widows behalf
that Nicolai is called into the case.
Salaries Increased. - Salary boosts
were declared by East Moline officials
at the regular meeting of the city coun-
ell Monday evening. An ordinance
was passed providing that the remun-
Grafton of mayor shall be increased
May 1, 1911, from $50 to $500 per an
mum, and that second advance shall
become effective May I, 1912, when the
| salary shall be fixed at $500. A new
scale of pay for the aldermen was de-
cided on. At the present time East
Moline's ward representatives are re-
ceiving s1.50 per meeting; beginning
Jan. l, 1912, they will be paid double
that amount This sum, SO per meet
ing. is the price which prevailed in Mo-
line up to the time the old aldermanic
system was tossed into the discard.
New Superintendent-W F. Evans
has been elected superintendent of the
plant of the Moline Wagon company.
He takes the position made vacant a
little more than a year ago by the cleo
ton of A. l. Moore to be general man.
eger of the plant Since that time the
institution has been without an active
superintendent. Mr.. Evans has been
employed by Deere e Co. and has been
in the city only short time.
Saloons Must Obey Law. - Saloon
keepers of Moline are purchasing new
semi annual licenses, for which they
are paying the sum of $500 each, also
81 each, which is considered in the
light of fee to the city clerk, but
which really goes into the city treas
ury. Incidentally the program at the
city hall, in which the proprietors of
the saloons participate, is somewhat
longer than usual Before the new Ii
censes are delivered each proprietor
visits the Office of Mayor Carlson and
has a chat with the chief executive of
the city municipality. During the
course of these talks the mayor calls
attention of the proprietors to the fact
that certain regulations are printed on
the saloon licenses. He instructs the
saloon keepers to read these regula-
tions and requests them to govern
themselves accordingly. Among the
regulations referred to are these: That
the saloon proprietor shall live up TO
the letter of the state law and the city
ordinances; that they shall keep quiet.
orderly places of business; that they
shall. close their saloons between the
hours Of II p. m. one day and a. m.
the next day; that they shall close their
establishments all day on the first day
Of the week commonly called Sunday.
The majority of the saloon keepers. in
replying to the mayors remarks, say
the instructions received are what they
expected. They state that their inten-
tions are right and intimate they will
live up TO the mayors requests.
Nurse for schooIs-The board OF
education passed 2 resolution accept
ing the offer recently submitted By
the Moline circle Of Kings Daughters.
who expressed a willingness to pro-
vide and recompense q graduate nurse
for service in the schools OF this city,
said term Of service to begin next fall
Under the new plan It is expected that
cases OF contagious diseases will be
reduced to q minimum, as It VIII be
the duty Of the nurse TO keep in con-
slant touch with all Of tie schools, 70
conduct examinations, isolate cases,
and prescribe for minor ailments that
visit the youngsters. She VIII also per.
form the duties OF an Instructor In hy.
giene.
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