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

Secure Expert Poultry Judge.-Ser-
vices Of D. T. Heimlich of Jacksonville,
ILL.,. one of the foremost poultry au-
thorities in the state and a judge OF ma
tional reputation. have been engaged
to superintend the judging Of birds at
the next annual show of the Missis-
sippi Valley Poultry and Corn associa-
ton, an event set for Dec. to Z, 1918.
1t is believed that this decision to hold
the show four weeks before Christmas
instead OF seven days before, as was
the case in 1912, will insure a greater
attendance than i is possible to draw
during the holiday rush.
Power Company to Enlarge Plant
Contracts have been let by the Peo-
pies Power company for installing an
other 1850 kilowatt unit at the power
plant a. the foot of Fourth street, this
city. The unit is to have a maximum
rating of 10000 horsepower, and it
will be 80 per cent larger than the
5000 kilowatt unit installed recently
and now in operation. The addition of
the new engines will make necessary
some considerable extensions of the
building, and the increase in the ca
pacity of the plant will mean a big
task. With the building changes nee
essary, the installation of the unit will
mean an expenditure of about 100000
Er-f iC vnlannp1 n
the work completed this summer and
the new machines in operation by Jan.
l, 1914.
Held on Burglary Charge. - Frank
Taylor, alias Frank Maxwell, was held
to the grand jury in bond of 5000
Thursday afternoon for an alleged eff
fort to break into a store room in the
Plambeck building on Fifth avenue
Maxwell was caught by Chris Terkel-
son, merchant patrolman, as he was
tampering with a window in the rear
CT the building. A fact, which did not
develop at the preliminary hearing
Thursday afternoon, but which may
be used before the grand jury, came to
the notice of the police yesterday. A
porter employed at the building swears
that he saw the man who was arrested
lettering about the building the after
noon of the day he was arrested
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Army Collects $133 in KettIes.-For
two weeks prior to Christmas men,
| bers of the local corps of the Saliva
ton Army did faithful duty with their
kettles on two corners at the intersec-
, ton OF Fifteenth street and Fifth ave
nue., and in that time total of $133.9O
was contributed, most of it in coins OF
small denomination, quarters, dimes,
nickels and many pennies. OF the
amount received last month. S10S.34
was used TO provide for the Christmas
dinner baskets, clothing and remem-
brances that were distributed to wor-
thy families of the city.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Harriet A.
! Ferguson died yesterday morning at
$50 in the city hospital, death follow,
ing an illness Of years of organic heart
trouble. A few days ago pneumonia
set in and FASTENED death. Mrs. Fer.
guson was born "A years ago in Ohio
and had lived in the twin-cities since
she was 2 years old She was the
widow of the late Orrin F. Ferguson
TWO daughters, Miss Florence Fergu
son and Miss Ruth Ferguson, survive
She also leaves three sisters.
Jules s. Craig, known to Moline PEG
pie as a former resident of Carbon
Cliff and in his railway capacity OIL
one of the fast trains operating on the
Rock Island road through the tri-cities
and out of Chicago, died last Monday
of heart trouble as he was preparing
to take up his duties on the road. Flu
neral services were held Thursday al
ternoon at his residence, 256 West
Sixtyfourth street, Chicago, and inter
ment was in Mount Hope cemetery
Jules S. Craig was born in Thorntown
Ohio, Oct. %, 1854, and when years
old he settled with his parents in Car
bon Cliff. Miss Frances Jamerson anC
Mr.. Craig were united in marriage il
March of 1879 To this union were
born three children, all of whom sur
vive, with the widow. They are Claude
and Miss Stella of Chicago and Mrs
Lillian Dinwiddie of Cincinnati.
Matthias CHASER, 2511l Thfrty-sixtl
street. died Thursday evening at Gil
after an illness of seven years o
Bright's disease He was born Feb. II
1863, in Pickway, Ohio, and came her,
seven years ago. He followed hi
trade as painter in the shop Of the Nc
line Automobile company in East No
line. He leaves his widow and sil
children, Walter, Edwin, Arnold ant
Antoinette at home, Mrs. Ed Weigant
Of Davenport and Mrs. Nael Ryan o
Moline.
Victor Anderson, 120 Thirty-fiftl
street. died a. $3.50 Thursday evening
after an illness of walking typhoid fe
yer lasting over a period of tire,
weeks. Mr.. Anderson was born Il
Sweden June l., 1871, and had reside,
in Moline many years. He was en-
. ployed as watchman by Dimock, Goul,
& Co He leaves hiss widow and tw,
daughters, Agnes Victoria and Signe
; a brother Axel in Moline, and another