Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-18
MOLINE

Hand Injured on Steel Cable
While operating an engine on one OF
the Moline Sand company boats Fri,
day evening at 5 o'clock, Walter Craw-
ley of 500 Perry street, Davenport,
caught both hands in a winding steel
cable and suffered painful injury
Crawley was employed as engineer on
the boat and was assisting in docking
the sand company's barges when the
accident occurred. He wore a pair OF
gloves ana it was because of this fact
that the injury occurred. The gloves
caught in the cable and pulled his
hands into it before the engine could
be stopped. The index finger of the
left hand had to be amputated below
the second joint, while the third digit
on the same hand was broken. Fin
gers on the right hand were slightly
lecerated.
City Employs Filtration SuperInten
dent.-Moline is to have an official fol
which there has long been a demand
city chemist and superintendent Of
filtration at the waterworks plan, a pc
sition similar to that held by R. w
Sharp in Rock Island. The city has
engaged L. A. Fritze, recently with
the American Waterworks Guarantee
company of Pittsburgh, Pa, where he
was employed in the chemical and bac
THEOLOGICAL laboratories of the con
Germ. Mr.. Fritz, who arrived Satur
day and assumed his new duties to
day, comes highly recommended. He
was graduated as chemical engines
from the University of Illinois in 1911
He will be placed in charge Of al
chemical Investigations and analyses
which the city may require.
o.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs at Con
vention.-A delegation of at least six
teen Moline Odd Fellows and Rebek
abs left today for Peoria, where the.
will attend the 18th annual encamp
nent of the Illinois grand lodge o
Odd Fellows. The convention open
| today and will be in session four days
During this time the various brancl
lodges will be in session and the gath
ering promises to be the most sue
cessful in the history of this grea
organization. The grand encampmen
session will be held Monday and tn
grand lodge Tuesday. The grand as
scmbly of the Rebekahs will also be
feature of the four days sessions. Tn
meeting last year was held at Spring
! field.
Hear Testimony on Lay Shooting
! Five boys, ranging in age from sevel
to twelve, were star witnesses SatGl
day morning against two other lad
but little older when the Lay shootin
scrape had it's first hearing. William
Lay, a chap of IL, pale from hi
wound and long confinement, sat 70
an hour answering questions of tn
states attorney and the defense's al
torneys telling his story, in his boy
| ish way, which remained unshake,
by the queries of the lawyers. Ev
dence has been entirely submitted an
the case continued ten days when tn
attorneys will argue the legal end O
| the matter before Justice Williams.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Leah Bobt
resident of Moline for rs years, pass
Ell away from the home of her daugt
! ter, Mrs. Bertha Truxell, 2102 FIT
avenue, at AIS Friday Afternoon
Death was due to pneumonia, wit
which she had been i'll for the las
eight days. Leah Gardner was Dor
in Petersburg, Pa, Feb. 25, 1874, an
was married at Carlisle, in the sam
state, to ]. w. Bobb. His death OF
CURED 20 years ago. She had sine
made her home with relatives and wa
we'll known and respected among tn
older residents of the city. Survivor
beside the daughter are sister, Mrs
]. F. McManus of this city and
brother, Harry Gardner, of East s.