Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-11
MOLINE

! ihree Held for Larceny. - VICTOR
Buysse, Henry Buysse and Rene b.
gaert of East Moline we're bound
over to the grand jury yesterday
forenoon by Justice Cartwright on
charges of larceny. Bail was placed
at $500 each. The men are accused
of stealing goods at a fire Jan. 6,
which destroyed the building owned
[ by Henry Carpenter at First avenue
and Tenth street.
Thrown of Ricycie.-Emil Gustaf-
son, aged 16, was seriously injured
at $3.50 Thursday evening while rid
ing his bicycle on Sixteenth avenue.
The front wheel struck a brick and
| he was thrown over the handlebar,
landing ON his head and shoulder.
His right collarbone was broken and
he was unconscious several hours
after the accident. He was taken to
his home, 1907 Twelfth avenue.
| Barracks Assured.-Moline's Saliva
ton army is assured of possession of
a permanent home in property at
the southwest corner of Fifth ave-
rue and Eleventh street The corps
will incorporate and the transfer will
then be executed, the deed being for
warded to the owner in California
for signature. Price of the property
is 5000 and the corps here has al
ready raised S2,717 by subscription.
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| Breaks Both Wrists. - Jim Dennis
iron, living at 1921 Second avenue,
this city, fell from a street car at
1922 yesterday noon while on his
way home from Rock Island. The
| accident happened near Twenty-third
, street, Rock Island. Dennistron broke
! both bones of his left arm at the
wrist.
Boys to Learn Swimming.-Before
the end of next week there will be
at least 500 boy students in the pub
| lie schools of Moline and East Mo-
line who will have been converted
| from non-swimmers to active, conf
dent practitioners of the natatorial
art. For the conversion they will
thank G. H. Corsan, swimming ex-
pert, who will conduct the swimming
campaign, reaching all classes of
men and boys over the age of II
years, all next week in the Y. NJ. C.
A. pool. The association officials and
especially F. E. Pierson, physical di-
rector, are kept on the jump these
days in receiving registrations and
arranging a schedule of classes. just
announced.
Buried AIive.-GeoTge Stickley and
Charles Lindquist, laborers employ
ed by the Moline Heating and Con-
struction company, were buried
alive at 1:10 yesterday afternoon
when one side of a trench in which
they were digging caved in. 1t is es-
timated that the men were buried
from eight to ten minutes and that
they escaped with their lives and no
broken bones is a miracle. Stickley,
Lindquist and four other men were at
work in the trench, which is at
Eighth street and Eightenth-and-a-
half avenue. The trench is II feet
deep and the cave-in came so sud
denly that the two men had no
chance of escaping. A strip of earth
fully . feet long gave way.
Obituary Record.-Alvar NJ R., G.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs Axel
Carlson of $50 Fifteenth avenue, died
at the home at $3.50 yesterday
morning. Death was due to diph-
iberia, with which the lad had been
i'll only four days. Brief services at
the grave was in charge. of Rev. A.
NJ. Johanson. Burial was at 4:30
yesterday afternoon in Riverside
cemetery.
The remains Of John Ripping ar
rived at a. m. yesterday from
Rochester, Mimi, and were taken to
the home of his mother, Mrs. John
Ripping, S3S Sixteenth avenue. Fun
eral services will be held Sunday
forenoon at 8 in the home and at
$50 in st. Mary's church. Father
Kelly will officiate and burial will be
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