Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-14
MOLINE

May Neeessitate Special Election
Failure to quality Dy two socialists
and one progressive. elected consta-
bles and justice of the peace, respect
Ively. at the recent township voting,
may cause the holding Of a special
election and the expenditure Of $500
more. Town Clerk G. NJ. Gould, in
looking over the statutes OF Illinois,
has found that those who fail to quail
fly within 20 days of the election, TAX
ing oath and giving bond, shall not be
permitted to do so thereafter, but the
Office shall be considered vacant and
filed accordingly The law specific
ally states that the vacancies must be
filed by special election If the term
of Office so vacated has more than a
year to run. In the present instances,
of course, the terms are for four years.
For periods of less than one year the
county board may appoint.
100000 for Depot Improvement
One hundred thousand dollars, exClu'
sive of the sum that was spent for
realty, is the appropriation that has
been made by the Rock Island road tc
provide Moline with a new passenger
station and to park the ground that
will surround the new structure. De
tailed plans are yet to be prepared, but
assurance is given that the building
and it's surroundings will be Of char
acter that will inspire admiration.
Struck by Train; lnjured.-Niss Ma
RE Adams of Geneseo. while crossing
the Rock Island tracks at Tenth stree
in East Moline Friday evening on he
way to the Rock Island depot to boart
train for the return trip home u
GeneseO, was struck and painfully in
jured by the Rock Island work trail
that operates between East Moline
and Rock Island. Miss Adam
was walking west along the track
with a companion when the work trai
on its return trip from the factorie
approached from the west. The nois
of the slowly moving train was drown
ed by the exhaust of a large freigh
engine on an adjoining track and Mis-
Adams was unconscious of her dan
! ger until she was hurled from tn
track. She was removed to the hosp
tai in this city, where she was foun
to have severe Commissions of the hea
and body and a slightly sprained bacl
The injuries, while very painful al
not serious. Miss Adams companio
was clear Of the track and was NJ
harmed.
Ordered to Clean Up.-As a result {
the inspection of officer KemmeTliI
into the condition of the coffee house
owned and inhabited by Greeks, GU
Grievas and John Baladaras, owners
the building at pa Third avenue, wei
ordered to clean up Immediately /
Commissioner Eastman. The beddir
found in the house was burned, as
was considered too filthy to be an
where near sanitary. This is on
the first Of a series Of investigation
as it is planned to improve the co
ditions Of all the Greek coffee house
in that neighborhood. The investig
ton was started when the dead boo
of John Lieles was found in the hou.
at pa Third avenue Later inQuirit
lshowed that his death was proba b
not due to the conditions, but the i
vestigation is proving to have sple
did results.
Robs Theatre of s10o.-Proprieto
of the Bio moving picture theatre {
Fifth avenue, near Sixteenth stree
were the victims of q bold robbel
Friday night. An unknown thief hel
ed himself to a small sack of mont
> containing between $75 and 800. tt
robbery was committed some time {
ter the closing Of the theatre. II
the belief of the police and A.
Woodyatt, the proprietor, that the
truder attended the last performan
Of the evening, and, taking advanta
Of the semi-darkness of the orchest
pit, secreted himself under the fro
seats while the crowd was leaving I
theatre. Emerging after the buildh
had been closed for the night, {
thief attempted to enter the box of1C
and finding his entrance impeded by
: door, proceeded to kick in one Of t
> panels At this point his project W