Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-30
MOLINE

New Bank Opens Feb. 24.-Hope Of
Nelson H Greene, vice president and
cashier Of the Peoples Savings bank
and Trust company, Is that the in
stitution will be housed in its new
quarters and open for business there
Feb. "a. Accordingly, he has set Feb.
% as a tentative date for reception
to the general public in the handsome
new home on Fifth avenue and Fiji
teenth street He has been given as
surance that all work will be conclud-
ed before that time. AS the 22d is a
bankers holiday-anniversa OF
George Washington's birthday-busi-
ness Of the bank will not be halted
out of the ordinary to allow for re-
moval from quarters on Third avenue.
Further, all bank clerks and attaches
will be able to devote the entire day
TO aiding officers and stockholders in
conducting visitors through the bank
rooms.
Breaks Leg; crawIs to Room.-Axel
Benson of 312 Twelfth street, while on
his way to work at the Deere plant
yesterday morning shortly before z,
slipped on the walk near his home and
in falling broke his left leg at the knee
| joint and below. Unable to attract at
tention or TO walk, he crept back to
| his rooming house and up to his room.
A physician was summoned to set the
| broken bones. Benson was taken to
| the city hospital.
Company Starts Reprevin Action
Replevin action was begun in the circuit
court yesterday by the Midland Motor
company against the Remey Electric
company and the Chicago, Burlington
| & Quincy Railroad company. The
company seeks to secure possession
of "a Remey magnetos, and coils and
cable, valued at $1,000. Bond in the
sum of s2,400 was filed, and the writ
was delivered to the sheriff's Office
for service.
Discharged for Petty Thefts.-For
continued theft from the Arsenal
Lunch association, Colonel G. w Burr,
arsenal commandant, has dismissed
two shop wOrkmen from government
service. Names of the discharged en-
p,oyes are withheld as nothing further
will be done in the matter. For the
last several weeks those in charge
of the commissary of the association
had been aware that petty thieveries
were being perpetrated almost daily
The last offense resulted in the catch
ing of the thieves. They had pur
Joined some milk. All the thefts were
but to keep the arsenal discipline al
its high standard the men were dis
missed as a means of punishment.
O.
City Hall to House Fire Company
For a matter of several months dur
ing 1913 Mo.ine's present city hal
building will answer the double pur
pose of a center of municipal admins
tration and a central fire station, re
turning thus for a brief period to its
original use. After vacation of the
building by the city offices on com
pletion of the new municipal building
rising at Sixteenth street and Seventh
avenue, the building now in use. as
/, was planned last year. will become
permanent headquarters for the cen
trail fire department. This arrange
ment will necessitate a complete re
modelling and Commissioner E. L
Eastman and Fire Chief ]. Q. Hawl
have commenced work on the plans
Commencement Of the construction
work on the new Manufacturers hOte
building on the former city property
at Fourteenth street and Fifth ave
nue. at an early date will necessarily
hasten the time for vacation of the
building used for many years as the
headquarters for the city's central fire
company.
Obituary Acknowledgements Eliza
beth Scott, 5-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Scott, 434 Fourteenth
street, East Moline, was laid to RESI-
in Hampton cemetery Tuesday after
noon after services conducted by the
Rev. ]. M Osborne. The little CIR
was stricken with scarlet fever las
Friday and the end came Monday
night. Two sisters are i'll at home
with fever at the present time.
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