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

Dance at New Warehouse.-Em-
ployes OF the Root & Van Dervoort
Engineering Co, East Moline have
completed arrangements for a house
warming next Saturday evening, the
occasion of the opening Of the new
four-story warehouse that has just
been completed at the engine plant by
Contractor H. W. Horst OF Rock Is
land. T event will take the form of
a danceSon the second floor of the
big new structure. There are no, di-
viding partitions on the entire floor
with result that 800 couples can be &C
commodated. Two days have been
spent in carefully waxing this floor
and Freed's 10-piece orchestra will
furnish music for the dance.
Three More candIdates.-Three
more candidated for commissioner yes
petitions asking that their names be
submitted to the people at the primary
election. They are Peter Langbehn,
Jr., II. F. Claussen and Albin H. An
derson. This makes seventeen an
nounced candidates.
.
Boarding House 5attIe.-That per-
picking question which continually
worries campers-Who's going to
wash the dishes? is what led 70 the
trouble Monday night in the Greek
boarding house at 1719 Third avenue,
resulting in the arrest of three men.
Georoa Kocepor conducts n rastaur-
ant on the cafeteria plan. His rules
vary a little though, for beside help
ing themselves to the layout, the
boarders are supposed to clean up the
dishes. This is what one of the board
ers failed to do and a fight followed.
Kocenos informed Peter Andronopou-
lous that he must wash the dishes. One
word led to another and soon the pair
We're clinched. In the melee Kocenos
received jolt above his left eye. cut
ting cash. Andonopoulous and Peter
Demos were arrested. When they ap-
peared for trial they We're accompan-
led by Tom Marrelas, who was to tes-
tify. IN the course of the hearing ii
developed that Marrelas, was the fell
low who had struck Kocenos, so he
was arrested. He was fined $3.50
for assault and battery, while Andono-
poulos paid s11.S0 on similar charge.
Demos was dismissed.
Vandals Cut Wires.-Vandals used
an axe Tuesday evening, cutting a
four-foot length out of the main cable
of the Central Union Telephone com
pany at Fortteth street and Fifth ave
nue. Rock Island. The cable, carrying
60 wires, established telephone com
munication between Moline and Rock
Island and Moline and Davenport and
it was not till yesterday morning that
connection with either city could be
established. BY that hour the dam
age had been repaired by linemen.
Uniform 0uarantIne.-Unifor quar-
antine regulations in East Moline, Sill |
Wis. and Watertown are desired by the |
boards OF health of the three munich |
palities and first steps toward accom- |
plishment of this aim were taken at a |
held in the offices of DR.. ]. |
H. Ellfngsworth in WATERFOWL. There |
is an epidemic OF measles in the three |
towns to the east of Moline, and doc |
tors find il difficult matter TO check a |
spread of the disease with members |
Of families of those stricken mingling |
with the people in schools and other
public places. The present quarantine
Regulate only in cases of
scarlet fever and small pox
meeting of members of the |
three boards is to be held this evening,
when ordinances to be presented TO
the East Moline council and the Sill
Wis and WATERFOWL village boards will
be drawn. They will provide for quar-