Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-04
DAVENPORT

Fire Of lneendlary oriein-The
woodshop of Koltzau & Myers, 1914
West Second street, was damaged TO
the extent of about $500 yesterday
afternoon by a fire which both the
partners believe was Of incendiary
origin. When one of the members of
the concern went into the barn at the
rear OF the place about l o'clock he
found everything in order. A few mo-
ments later he saw smoke emitting
from the place. The fire had been
started in a small quantity Of hay at
stbe manger and spread to other parts
OF the long building Quite a large
amount OF lumber stored in another
part of the building was destroyed
Neither OF the members of the com
psny was able to give a clue as to
the man or men suspected Of starting
the fire.
First Clue Of Bandit.-The first clue
which the police have discovered in
the search for the youthful bandit
who held up and robbed three men on
n Third street car near Schuetzen park
Tuesday night, was found Thursday
evening when Conductor Fairalrs
money changer was picked up near the
mile track. The discovery was made
By Mrs. Epping. who found the
changer lying in a cornfield near the
roadway. No further trace has been
discovered Of the robber. It is thought
that after holding up the occupants
of the street car the young man fed
rorth-ard and cut across fields until
he reached Locust street. The police
are OF the opinion that he either left
the city on an outgoing freight or
turned east on Locust street and re,
turned to his home in the city. Con.
ductor Fairall and Motorman Glenn
mems today made statements of the
holdup to the police. According to the
story told by Conductor Fairall he lost
1921, all but SIC being his own His
greatest loss was a diamond ring and
a diamond stud, both valued at s215
He claims that he did not know that
the car was being held up until after
II had stopped and he had gone to
the front end Of the car TO investigate
Motorman Clemmens in his statement
claims that he discovered a railroad
tie lying across the track and as he
stopped the car the robbed showed a
gun in his face and ordered him tC
hold up his hands. The robber ther
lined both of them and JShn Heeney
the lone passenger, up in the corner
and ransacked their pockets.
Interpreter at Scott County Bank
Owing to the large number of foreign
speaking patrons the Scott County
Savings bank has installed an inter
prefer, who in addition to English
will speak French, Italian. Greek anC
Bulgarian. He will be the first clerl
of the kind in any of the local banks
Julius Demetrius is the name OF the
Interpreter. He is a young man o.
foreign parentage born in New YoS
and educated I'm the United States
having graduated from a college here
The Scott County Savings bank, a,
several other OF the local banks, haj
large number OF accounts from for
e.gners. mostly laborers, who are un
able to speak English. The patrons
oftentimes fail TO understand just how
much money they have TO their credit
how to send money home to the father
land. the interest due them and tn,
many complicated details Of the bank
ing business.
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Infant Found on Ooorstep-An in
FAINT OF seven days has been found an,
the police are at a loss as to its dis