Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-13

VIE leIt thursday evening on RocI
Island train for Holbrook, Ariz.
where they will make their home. l.
Holbrook Mr.. Cox will have position
with a wholesale house. B fore TAX
ing his departure Mr.. Cox disposed OF
his interest in the Moline City ex-
press.
I. Y. Sherman to Speak. - L. Y
Sherman, president of the board o,
administration of state charitable in,
stitutions, has been invited to SPEAK
ar the February meeting of the After
Dinner club. AS the meeting falls Oh
the 12th-date of the birthday o.
Abraham Lincoln - the subject will
concern the martyred president Mr.
Sherman has not filed his acceptance,
but members of the board of directors
are confident that he will be here.
The board met Thursday evening and
it was announced that R. T. Salisbury,
a professor of geology at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, will speak before the
club at its March meeting. His talk
will have to do with some of the
newer conceptions concerning the
formation of the earth.
Coal Famine Hts.-Plant of the
Barnard & Leas Manufacturing COM
pany was shut down at noon yester-
day for an indefinite period, lack of
coal being direct cause for suspension
n A..
said that work will not be resumed
till Monday, and not even then unless
relief comes in the shape of a con-
siderable shipment of coal. We have
little coal on hand, but not sufficient
to make it warm enough to keep the
workingmen comfortable. Therefore
We thought it best to shut down till
Monday, hope being that there will be
letup in the cold spell by that time.
AS to whether there is any likelihood
Of our receiving more coal-well, you
will have to ask the railroads about
that" said President Bennett
Though the coal supply at some of
the other plants is running low, there
is no word of it being necessary for
any of them to shut down. At the
Deere plant it was stated there is an
ample supply of coal and no danger
whatever that it will be necessary to
suspend work even temporarily.
Obituary Record.-The 4-days-old
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Ron
CLAN, 395 Third street, died Thursday
evening.
Funeral of the late Mrs. L. NJ.
Woodruff, who died at her home in
this city Monday, was held from the
Methodist church at Colona Thursday
afternoon. The services were in
charge of the Colona lodge, Order of
Eastern Star, in which deceased had
been prominent member. There
was profusion of flowers. The re-
mains were laid to rest by the side
of both departed parents in Dayton
cemetery, near Colona. Those who
served as pallbearers were Harvey
Baum, Amos Baum, John Baum, CLYDE
Fowler and Frank Fenno.
j. e. Bradford, a resident Of Mus
catine for more than 80 years, who
moved to Moline in October, 1911, to
make this city his home, passed away
Thursday night after an illness ex-
tending over two weeks. Death oc-
CURED at the residence, 1904 Seventh
avenue, where Mr.. Bradford lived
with his son, Raymond Bradford. and
daughter Miss Florence Bradford.
the sole survivors. Decedent was a
Civil engineer by profession and he
had followed that line of work for
nearly half century. Mr.. Bradford
was native Of Rhode Island, and
was born in the city of Kingston Aug.
8, 1887. Remains will be forwarded
TO Muscatine, where burial will take
place Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,