Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-02
MOLINE

Bond Issue Taken.-It is announced
by White. Weld & Co., OF New Yori
and Chicago. that they have purchas
ed from Deere & Co. Of this city an IL
sue of 100000 i've percent seria
gold notes, due IN from one to i've
years. This In the second larges,
bond issue ever fioated by Deere q
Co., Peabody. Houghteling & Co.. some
years ago having purchased $4,000.
600 issue Of bonds
years ago there was circulated In Mo
line q report that the Moline Pillow
company had sold its plant and bust
ness to the International Harvester
company. There was absolutely no
foundation for the rumor. Since that
time reports have been periodically
circulated that the International peo-
pie have purchased the local plant
I and each time there was nothing on
which TO build a rumor. Fresh reports
of a sale last week were circulated
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Moth
| ing to the reports" is the assurance
given by pillow company officials. The
plant is being operated, though not
with full force, despite stories to the
effect that all departments would be
closed today for the summer. AS Is the
rule in every implement factory the
working force Is gradually diminished
in spring months till time for the an
nual shutdown for inventory and re-
pairs to machinery.
Auto Hits 8usgy.--E. NJ Kunkel
manager of the Davenport office Of the
Tri-City Electric company, crashed in
to a one-horse rig occupied by three
East Moline men as he left the arsen-
al end of the Davenport bridge at
$50 Sunday evening. The rig, owned
by Watertown liveryman, was badly
damaged and the horse had to be TAX
en- TO a veterinarians hospital for
treatment. The men in the rig, all of
whom escaped injury: E. J. Seibke,
East Moline jeweler; Charles Parrot,
assistant postmaster in the East Mo-
line Office; Milton Pershing, son of an
East Moline grocer. Mr.. Kunkel slow
ed his machine down to a speed of
about two miles an hour as he left the
bridge, the rain having made the pave
ment too slippery to permit Of faster
driving with safety. It is to this, prob
ably, that the men In the buggy owe
their escape. They were driving on
the wrong side OF the avenue and Mr.
Kunkel, apparently, was not RESPONSE
BILE for the accident. He picked up
the three men and took them in his
auto to Rock Island, where they board
ed street car for home.
Obituary Reeord.-Mrs. Alice c..
Swinburn died at the home, 744 Tween
ty-fifth street, this city, at 80 Satur-
day afternoon, following an illness of
two weeks with complication Of all
ments. Alice Kramer was born in
Coal Valley Dec. u, 1854, where she
lived till 16 years of age. She moved
TO Davenport in 1880, and after five
years there returned to Coal Valley
for three years. In September Of 1891
she was married to Thomas Swim
burn, and she came to Moline to re-
side Beside the husband five chill |
dren, Elliott, aged 10, John aged II,
Alice aged Is. Grace aged II. and Bar
bara aged II, survive. The funeral |
took place this afternoon.
Frank E. Warren passed away Sun
day forenoon at at his mothers
home in Silvis. He was employed at |
Bettendof car shops till three weeks |
ago, when the fatal illness began. De
ceased was born in October, 1881. on
mis- fathers farm at Warner Crossing.
His marriage to Miss Margaret Nc
Mann OF Moline occurred September
II, 1901. He was a son of the late e.
". Warren, who died two years ago.
Relatives who survive are the moth
IT, Mrs. E. W. Warren OF Silvis, three
sisters. Mrs. Ethel Warren Skinner,
Yrs. Grace Warren Crawford and Mrs
Belle Smith, all of S1lvis. There are
survive the widow. q son. Morris War
en-, aged 8, an uncle. Byron Warren OF
Hampton, an aunt. Mrs. z. W. Hubbard
II this city. The funeral was held |
his afternoon.
Mrs. Kajska Jacobson died Sunday
{ o'clock at the home of her daugh-
er, Mrs. e. L. Nordgren. Death was
ue to infrmities Of age, Mrs. Jacob
on having passed her sgd milestone.
he was born March z. 1929, In Swe-
en-, and she came to this country
18th her husband and children in !
sci. They came TO this city IN 1878. I
he had been q member of the Swed-
h Lutheran church during her resi-
eence In this city. She leaves the
blowing children to mourn her
cath: Mrs. z. L. Nordgren, ]. o.
thompson and A. C. Jacobson. The