Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-12
MOLINE

Butterworth Made Director.-At the .
18th annual business session and ban ,
que. of the Illinois Manufacturers as
ISOLATION held Tuesday in the Hotel /
LaSalle, Chicago, William Butterworth, .
president of Deere & Co, was chosen /
one of six directors to serve for two
years. Other executive offices, for the /.
most part, went 10 Chicagoans. The |
banquet was attended by 500 members !
of the association. at which the princi-
pal speaker was Colonel George Har-
vey of New York, editor Of Harper's
Weekly, and recognized oracle of pro-
gressive democracy.
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Mothers Given PensIons.-Mrs. Car
RE O'Connor, the city missionary, APP
peared in county court Tuesday before
Judge Bell 20 advise on several appli-
cations for mothers pension. Five
pensions were allowed and decision on
one was withheld until a further inves-
legation One case in particular was
especially deserving. Mrs. John NJ.
Nordstrom of 1921 Twenty-third ave
nue., was given So monthly for each of
five children. Her husband is paralyz-
ed and entirely helpless, and it has
been with great difficulty that she has
succeeded in securing even the necessi-
ties of life. The court decided the
state should pay her $25 month
Asks Police to Find Husband.-Mrs.
William H. Fox of Freeport has writ
ten to Moline police for aid in locating
| her husband. who disappeared from
| his home seven weeks ago and who is
though TO have come to Moline. Mrs.
Fox describes her husband as short
about feet inches in height-weigh-
| ing 135 pounds. He has brown hair
Fear is that he has met with foul play,
inasmuch as he has sent no word home
since his disappearance.
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Union Electric Looks to Release
After a prolonged silence, a voice hav-
ing authority in the defunct Union
Electric Telephone company has been
heard in Moline. Bondholders in the
east are anxious to get their hands on
real money, and with all appreciate
assets exhausted with the exception of
property holdings in the tri-cities,
which have remained unmolested since
the franchise under which the COM
pany was operating became dead
one, an avenue is being sought for dis
posal of these holdings F. L. Beatty
and l.. J. Wolfe of Harrisburg, Pa, at
torneys for the bondholders, have spent
two days in informal conference with
the city commission relative to a dis
tposal of the company's interests in Mo-
line, which consists of the exchange
building on Sixth avenue and other
tangible assets, such as poles, wires,
conduits, etc, over which the city has
held police control since repeal of the
franchise This is the first visit of the
attorneys here since late in the sum-
mer, when several propositions were
advanced for a grant of permission to
dispose of property in Moline to sat
isfy bondholders.
Italian Is Deported Cas-
setta recovered from his delirium
Tuesday and was perfectly rational in
every way. He told the Moline hospi
tai authorities that he ran away from
the police station Sunday morning be
cause he feared he would be locked in
one of the cells. His long railroad jour
ney in which his sleep was fitful and
gave little rest, his experiences in his
effort to get get food, his subsequent
trouble at the police station, and his
exposure to the elements later in the
day temporarily crazed him and led "a
tendants to believe him insane. WheI
1t was found that Cassetta would be
able to continue his journey without
peril, authorities made arrangements
with the Rock Island road for his anG
his sons transportation to Chicago
They left Tuesday night He will be
cared for by the immigrant inspectors
on his journey to his home and family
in Palermo, Italy