Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
MOLINE


management of the Peoples Savings I
Bank & Trust Co. expects to have /
the financial institution housed in .
the new beautiful home on Fifth ave /!
nue. during the first week in Feb |
ruary. Completion of the interior or /.
the home is expected by the first of |
the month and the contractors are |
expanding every effort to this end.
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Another Smallpox case.-One more
case of smallpox has developed in
East Moline. DR.. E. Don Taylor yes
terday placed the residence on Rock
Island street, in which lives Marshall
Thorep, under quarantine. Three 9th
ers are made prisoners in the place
with him. Thorep is a carpenter who
has been employed on construction of
the Deere harvester plant. Opinion
Of the physician is that others in the
boarding house, where "a are under
quarantine, viii be stricken before the
disease can De stamped out in that
city.
Released From Bogus Check Charge.
After having been held in police
custody since Monday afternoon on
two counts of passing bogus checks,
C. w. Brown of Chicago was released
yesterday morning when compliments
in the cases-D. S. Mcdaniel and E.
w. Schieberl-failed TO appear TO
press the charges 1t is said that
| Brown received funds from a Chicago
| concern with which to make good
the paper cashed by the plaintiffs sew
eral days ago. The amount involved
was 500.
Ring Awarded to Defendant.-Jus-
tice William Carstens yesterday after
noon ruled in favor of Miss Minnie
| Oberlasder, defendant in the replevin
suit brought by H. c. Thompson, for
recovery of a diamond ring valued at
| $685.. Appeal was taken by Attor-
ney w E. Whiteside, counsel for the
Plaintiff Suit was brought on the
ground that the ring rightfully belong
ed to Thompson because of the break
ing of an engagement.
O.
Steel Plant Doing Big Business
That a prosperous. year has opened
up for the Sylvan plant of the Re-
public Iron & Steel company is in
dicated by the fact that the mills of
the company are operating full and
earnings are on the increase. It is
estimated that the company in the
last half Of 1912 showed net profits
equal to full seven per cent dividend
on preferred stock. The company
has. sufficient business to keep its
plants in operation for the next six
months.
Patient Returned to Watertown.-
Clark Adams, a patient who escaped
from Wateetown hospital, was caught
in Davenport and returned to the hos
pital. Adams had a ticket for Gales
burg and said he was on his way
home.
Fails to Appear to Press Charge
E. H. Snyder, Rock Island man who
/, swore TO a charge against Nels Mel
son, proprietor of the Arlington no.
tel in this city, to the effect that Mel
son had violated the woman's work
ing law, compelling Mrs. Snyder TO
work 16 hours a day as cook in the
hostelry, failed to appear Wednesday
afternoon to press the case. Nelson
was on hand. Mr.. Nelson says he is
not a driver" as the charge
! would imply. He says his wife is
doing the cooking at the Arlington;
that Mrs. Snyder was employed for
two weeks and that during that time
her husband remained at the hotel
No charge, says Mr.. Nelson, was made
for the mans board and keep during
that time, but when it became neces-
sary to request him to leave Snyder
= retaliated by swearing out a warrant
Mr.. Nelson says Snyder first wrote
, him a letter telling him to pay IS
! overtime This Mr. Nelson declined
to do. He says the woman prepared
breakfast for herself and husband be
fore taking up her days duties as
hotel cook