Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-05
MOLINE

Deposits Exceed s1oooo, ooo-state-
ments on the condition Of Moline banks
at the commencement Of business Nov.
26, as submitted to the auditor of pub
ter deposits have been held above the
mark Of $4,000, OO0-reached for the
first time in the history of banking in
this city last September.
Holocaust Possible in SchooIs.-There
is work ahead for the proper authori-
ties in remedying conditions of con-
struction and equipment in the II Mo
line public school buildings to safe
guard pupils from fire peril. That
there Is need for immediate improve
ment In the way Of more modern fire
escapes and arrangement Of doors and
entrances in the majority of the school
buildings is emphasized in the report
Of J. H. Wood, city building inspector,
who last week completed an inspec-
ton Of all school houses. This inspec-
ton IL the first since the city's new
building ordinance went into effect.
Before adoption OF the building ord
nance there was no standard or au-
thoriZed regulation of fire escapes, exits
and general protective scheme of school
building construction.
Hand Crushed; Finger Amputated.-
Arlie Goar's left hand was crushed in
a Deere & Mansur shop machine Tues
day afternoon and parts Of it serious
ly lacerated. Goar was taken to the
Office of a physician and his thumb was
amputated at the second joint. Other
fingers are badly cut and bruised.
Goar resides at 1880 Eleventh-and-
three-fourths avenue. He was taken
to the Moline city hospital.
Held for Forging checks.-A stran-
ger giving his name as Roy McLane
and his most recent occupation as that
Of farmer near Danville, Des Moines
county, Iowa, is a prisoner held to the
grand jury on a charge of passing
forged checks in East Moline. The
Iowan came to town Tuesday and es-
Morgan hotel. In payment Of his bill
he presented check for $25 made out
on a Moline Trust & Savings bank
blank and signed with the name Fetch
er. The check was honored at the
hotel and he then went to the saloons
Of G. Carpenter and Henry Wander
Meersch. A bartender in the latter
place suspected a fraud and notified
the officers. AS soon as he knew that
the game was up, McLane tore up the
checks and submitted to arrest. Yes
terday morning before Magistrate
, Cartwright McLane waived examina-
ton and was held to the grand jury un-
der $1,000 bonds, which have not yet
been furnished. McLane explained to
the court that he was out of his mind
when he carried on the transactions
and that Fletcher, the supposed signer
of the checks, was a fiction.
SiIVis Pays $4,000 Paving Debt
Final payment of its debt TO the Tri
City Construction company for the paw
ing of First avenue for a stretch of 16
blocks was made Tuesday evening by
the Silvis board, in regular SESSION
Members of the board and citizens OF
the village in general are more than
pleased with the job undertaken and
completed within the time limit. Cost
of the improvement Appropriated $50,
600.
Real Estars Transfer Involves S25,
ooo.-R. s. WOODBURY. yesterday pur
chased from c. |. Josephson business
property on the east side of Fifteenth
street, between Fifth and Sixth ave
nues, now occupied by the Grand thea
tire. The site Mr.. Woodburn acquires
has frontage on Fifteenth street o.
% feet, and the price paid was in ex
cess Of $4,000.
Obituary Reeord.-George Papaschi
els, aged 81, died at the city hospita
at $50 Tuesday night after a brie
illness of septic poisoning. He haC
been in this country only a month anC
leaves a widow, two children and {