Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-22
MOLINE


deacons of the Swedish Lutheran
church met Monday evening and dis
cussed the city market question. A
committee composed of F. A. Landee,
]. F. Freeman, E. l.. Nordgren and c.
H Godehn- was appointed to hold
conference with city commissioners.
An effort will be made to effect COM
promise, and it is understood that the
church people will ask that the inJunc-
ton be dissolved providing that the
city agrees to remove the portion of
the Burlington freight shed and agree
to vacate the corner on or before
March 1, 1918. The church people I'M
derstand that the city market is to be
an experiment, but if it is to become
permanent fixture, they do not want
it continued so close to the church
property.
East Moline Declares War.-Auto-
mobile drivers who are being held
down to brass tacks" when it comes
to over-exerting the speedometer on
the streets of Moline are warned
against succumbing to an attack of
"speeditis" after crossing Fifty-fifth
street into the corporate bounds of
| East Moline. The city council Of the
| suburb to the east, in session Monday
night, ordered a strict enforcement
of the motor speed ordinance, and
! n mn fharn I'M
ceasing vigilance to prevent, so far as
| is possible, a reckless breaking of the
law with its attendant dangers. Auto
mobiles are not allowed to travel at
rate of more than 10 miles an hour
| in East Moline
Non-Partisans at War.-Warring fac
tons of the Non-Partisan Voters
! league of Moline locked horns again
Monday evening, the only accomplish
ment of the session being the declar-
ing of the office of president vacant.
! ]. B. Oakleaf, elected head of the
league at the previous meeting in Tur-
ner hall, was a republican precinct
committeeman at the time, and under
the bylaws, if this post may be con-
sidered a public Office, he was ineligi-
BILE to serve.
Open Y. NJ. c. A. Lunch Room
This morning at $50 the cafeteria
lunch and meal service in the base
ment of the Y. NJ. C. A building was
formally opened. The aim of associa
ton officials will be to give the best
of service at reasonable prices to pa
irons of this feature, which will be
under the direct management of Miss
Minnie Albert, dormitory matron
While employed in the same capacity
in Dayton, Ohio, Miss Albert served
on an average 1900 people a day il
the Y. NJ. c. A. lunch rooms. Break
fast will be served between the hours
of and 8; dinner from 1870 to lis
, and supper from $50 to 1880. The
only time during the entire week tha
the cafeteria will not be in operation
will be during each Sunday breakfas
| hour.
Husband Makes Threats. Johr
Clough was arrested Monday night BY
the local police on a warrant sworn
; out in Justice G. P. Nissen's court
, Rock Island, and was yesterday moor
turned over to the authorities of tina
city. The complainant is his wife
who charges him with having threat
ened to kill her. The threats, the DO
lice state, are in the nature of revenge
which the husband seeks because hi
was compelled to serve a 20-day jai
sentence some two months ago. Ht
claims that his wife had unjustly Sc
cured his arrest at that time on
charge of assault and battery. He
had been living with his wife at 61}
Fourth avenue, this city, until tina
time
Obituary Record.-Charles Orsas,
Greek tailor aged As, died at the cit
hospital at yesterday morning from
a complication of diseases which start
ed with pneumonia a little more thar
two months ago. He came to this cit,
about March 1 from Clinton.
Wouldn't Act a Lie.
Theater Manager-You say you OBJ
tect to having real food on the table II