Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-27

commission on the sale of blank cart
ridges by the merchants of this city.
One accident has already been re-
ported young lad having burned his
hand so badly few days ago that he
may lose the member. In order to
as far as possible prevent other &C.
cidents of a like nature, the mer-
chants have been asked to refrain
from selling such explosives TO chill
dren. They have been so notified by
the police department. One merchant
in particular was found to have o
considerable amount of the tabooed
cartridges in stock. 4. result the
small boy must be content with only
the harmless ways of celebrating the
anniversary OF the Declaration of In
dependence. He will be allowed the
use OF the comparatively harmless
small firecracker the same as usual
Cruiser Goes Through Loeks.-The
gasoline cabin cruiser Polly passed
through the Moline locks yesterday
on her way up the Mississippi. The
Polly is an all-steel boat screw pro-
PEELED. 1t Is the largest boat of her
kind that has ever passed through
local waters, being a vessel Of rs tons
displacement, and was about $50 feet
in length. The master of the boat IS
Earl Wyen of Wauesha, Wis. The
boat is from the port of Louisville,
Ky. 1t appeared to be built not only
| for comfort, but also for speed. A
| feature of the equipment of the cruis-
er is the electrical equipment A COM
| plete lighting system, operated by the
boats own plant, adds to the comfort
of the passengers. Fourteen state
rooms accommodate those who are
fortunate enough to be on board. A
crew of six men is required to man
age it.
Canoe Upsets; Boys Escape Drown
| ing.-Two bedraggled young men in
scanty attire landed in Moline Thurs
day after having rather unpleasant
experience. The boys, Ed Borcherdt
and Ralph Smoke of Davenport had
been in canoe and had a large sail
up. A gust Of wind caught the can
vas and turned the boat around. Be-
fore the frail craft could be righted
one of the young men had lost his
balance and the canoe was over
turned. Both were in swimming suits
and as their clothes was in the bot
tom Of the boat they were not suffi
GENTLY attired to see the sights Of
Moline. They had quite time swim
ming to shore and dragging their
boat after them but finally landed al
the foot of Fifth street. They were
none the worse for their experience
however.
Laborer Breaks Lea.-Dan Hef
quiro, laborer, suffered a broken LEI
: yesterday in the Rock Island yards
at Silvis. No one witnessed the &C
cident and as the man is unable Il
speak English it was impossible Il
discover exactly how the accident oC
Cured. He was found lying near ;
partially overturned handcar, how
ever, and the superstition is that h,
| attempted to place the car on thu
( tracks and in some way it slipped
3 and fractured his left leg. Hefquirt
was removed to the Moline city hos
I pital.
5 Pays S25 Fine; ReIeased.-Charle
: Pappas, who was bound over to tn
D grand jury in the sum of $500 70
3 stealing watches and some none,
3 from Greeks living in New Shops ad
dition, was released after a fine O
: S25 and costs had been paid. He wa
D kept in the city Jail since last Frida,
= night and was glad to get his release
4 He is only II years of age and h
s promi-ed the court that he would be
: have himself in the future and woul
o never get mixed up in such a scrap
e again. Charles Lundy of Moline,
|. youth only Is years of age, who wa
D mixed up in the same affair. was ais
l. relea-ed from jail by his parents an
j. taken to Moline.
Obituary Record-Mr. and Mrs. Wn
!. Lingner, living at 1927 Sixteenth ave
nue., East Moline, were called upo
: to experience the sad affliction du
to the death of their son, Joseph Car
who died at the family home Wednei
day of pneumonia. The son was
year and six months of age and ha
been i'll for several days. The funers
services will be held Saturday at tn
home, with burial at Riverside Gem,