Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-17
MOLINE

Found in Car Without Food.-AfteT
having been driven from his lodging
house because he was out of funds
with which TO pay his room rent, Pete
DeBaets, a Belgian, spent three days
and three nights in a box car on Syl-
van island, and was removed from it
just in time to save him from ex-
posture to the wintry blasts of March
weather. He was taken to the police
station and was later removed to the
city hospital During the three days
he was without food.
Reservoir Tank FiIIed-Prediction
from certain sources that there would
be trouble when pressure was exert
ed on the city watermains to fill the
new elevated tank reservoir on the
bluff were not fulfilled Saturday even
| ing when the first official test was
made. Normal pressure Of los pounds
| based on the tank elevation of 243
/ feet-was sufficient to induce a per-
| feet raise of water and this was done
even with one crippled engine at the
waterworks plant. 1t was intended to
only fill the 100000 gallon tank half
| full on the first trial and the flow was
stopped when the 12-foot gauge was
reached.
Store Entered, SIS Taken.-John
| Wahlstrand's grocery store at 402
Fourth avenue was entered some time
Friday night and an inventory of stock
! taken showed that a quantity of food
stuffs and several cigars had been
stolen. A window on the west side
4 of the building was broken and the
marauders entered the store through
it. Value of goods taken amounts TO
approximately SIS. No money was Sc
cured by the robbers.
Loosely Heads Firm.-Oficers elect
ed at the annual meeting of the Fisk
&, Loosely company. proprietors of
the Fifteenth street department store
are: President, G. NJ. Loosely; vice
president, E L. Nordgren; secretary
r. P. Scott; treasurer, J. H. Nessley
A. P. Fisk, one OF the organizers of
the business, has disposed of all his
stock and holdings in the company and
no longer has any interest in the
growing concern. His place as presi
dent, held for so many years, is now
to be filled by Mr. Loosely. Reports
for the IL months ended Dec:)31, were
presented at the meeting this week
and they tell of the most prosperous
year in the history of the company.
Run Over by Auto: Uninjured.-
Fred Flick. 12-year-old son of Mr.. anC
Mrs. G. H. Flick. 415 Eleventh street
demonstrated that being run over b!
an electric automobile is not neces
sarily serious performance. While
playing in the yard the J. H. Muc::tte1
electric runabout approached and hur
.ying to the street he jumped TO the
running board. missed his hold on the
handle of the door and fell to tht
ground. Before the machine was stop
ped a rear wheel had passed over thu
boys right leg just above the knee
I His lusty screams attracted severa
= people 70 him. Examination showed
: several abrasions, but no serious hurts
D First Transfer of Property.-Durini
D the last week nearly all property OF
+ Fourth avenue between Eighteenth
J. end Nineteenth streets was turnet
I oTer by former owners 10 the ROcl
Island road The first of the trans
fers 10 be recorded through the reg
ular channels is that in which Mrs
Augusta Margraf 1902 Fourth ave
8 nue., conveys her holdings to the trans
portation corporation in exchange 70
q $4,000
!. Organize SIlvis Bank.-The work 0
? organizing the State Bank of Silvi
, will take place in a few weeks as tn
stock has been nearly all subscribed
about $4,000 remaining unsold. OF tn