Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-06
MOLINE

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High School Site Decided.-Decislon
was reached by the board of educa-
ton at a regular meeting to utilize
the old site for the proposed new
high school building. a petition will
be prepared and placed in circulation
asking voters to sign, giving authority
to the board to call an election for
a bond issue of $780, 600 TO take care
Of the new building. Plan of the
board if the issue is voted is to use
the present high school for centralized
eighth grade work, thus relieving con-
gestion in grade buildings by rear
rangement of district Illness.
Emulates Fire Eaters; Burned
While endeavoring to emulate the
trick of the fire eater of circus fame,
Walter Carlson of 1920 of Ninth street,
Monday afternoon seriously burned
his face Not only is he suffering
from the loss Of skin on his cheeks
and lips, necessitating the wearing of
/ bandages, but he is obliged to re-
spond to the new nickname, Fire
Eater" applied by many of his friends.
| Carlson was staging a vaudeville stunt
for the entertainment of few favored
! spectators. He filled his mouth with
gasoline and then lighted a match.
Holding the Pickering stick within a
| foot of his face, he exhaled the fumes
OF the infiammable liquid. The vapOr
was kindled and instantly the flames
were conveyed to Carlson's mouth.
Before the gasoline supply had been
| exhausted, his face had been scared
and blackened by the flames. Carlson
intends to confine his theatrical en-
deavors to less burning stunts in the
future.
Henry HiIIberg Village President
Henry Hillberg was named by the
WATERFOWL village board in monthly
session Tuesday night to fill the uneX-
pired term of the late George Allsbrow
as village president. He will serve
until a successor is named at the
spring election. He himself is a can
didate for office. Resolutions lament
ing the death of Mr.. Allsbrow were
drafted and passed by the board.
EmpIoye Loses Three Fingers
J. Ralph Andereck, an emp.oye o.
the Moline Pillow company, met with
a painful accident yesterday afternoon
that cost him three fingers of his
4eft hand. He was sitting on a keg
feeling in a cylinder to see if it was
smooth when the keg turned and he
fell The shears caught his fingers
although he tried to jerk them out
and mashed them badly 1t was found
necessary to amputate the middle anC
ring fingers back of the first join
and the little finger at the first joint
Or
Horst Gets Contradictory w
Horst of Rock Island was, yesterday
| awarded the contract for rebuilding O.
, the plant of the Peoples Power com
= pany in Moline, a job involving al
expenditure of $4,000 for construC
| ton alone. improvements in the wa!
, Of new cranes and other equipmen
will make the total outlay larger
Part of the building will be disman
, tied and the improvements include {
! new concrete foundation, brick wall!
. and new concrete roofs. Contractor
Horst has already put men On the jol
: and work viii be completed early il
: the summer.
Boost Officials salaries.-Being {
, village official in Silvis will not b.
undesirable from a pecuniary view
point as result of an ordinance passed
by the board Tuesday night increasing
r the salaries of the president, tn
l treasurer and the trustees. Hereafte
: the president will draw 800 a year
/. which is just double the present sun
allowed the head of affairs in the thriv
ing village; the treasurer is to b.
boosted from s25 TO $50, and the hal
dozen trustees viii in the future b.
entitled to Sc month or S72 a year
! This provides for attendance at tn,
, two regular meetings of each mOntl
as well as any special session tina
J may be called. The present schedul
/ calls for SO a month.
Obituary-August Hamerlinck die
! at II o'clock yesterday forenoon a
I the home of his son-in-law. Arthu
1 VanderVennet. He was born in Be
cy{uro Nav is 1SA9 and came 10 thi