Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-15

pany and all of the ice companies.
building as previously planned. Mr..
Boudinot was asked 10 draw up plat
and suggest changes with a view to
centralizing various departments. Yes
terday he announced that he had COM
pleted the work and that he would rec
ommend that the present arrangement
be retained Every change suggested
has met with a storm of protest" said
Mr.. Boudinot. Everyone is satisfied
with their present Offices and so
am l."
Leaves Home in Search Of Work.
Mrs. r. Tom, 4 woman so years of
age, has mysteriously disappeared
from her home at 1913 West Seventh
street, and the aid of the police has
been enlisted in an effort to locate her.
Despite the fact that she had a good
home and was supplied with every
luxury she crrvcd Mrs. Tom has for
some time past labored under the
lCsion that the family was in financial
straits. She believed that 1t would
he necessary for her TO secure work
IL order to keep the s!olf from the
door, and every day scanned the want
ad columns of the local newspapers.
Saturday afternoon at = o'clock she
surreptitiously packed up a few of her
belongings, which she placed in a
paper bundle. 81 am going down
town for a short time" she said. Mem
bers of the family have not seen or
heard from her since, AMI fear she
may have wandered about in the cold
until death ended her suffering.
Coin Indicted by Grand Jury-"Nic''
Coin, we'll known Davenport confec-
toner. was placed under arrest as a
fugitive after word had been received
by the police that he was wanted by
the sheriff at Oskaloosa, Iowa. Detec-
tive William Bishop took Coin into Gus
tody at his place of business. At head
quarters a $1,000 bond was furnished
and the prisoner was released Coin
was recently indicted by the grand
jury at Oskaloosa on a charge of fraud
by embe2zlement." The case is an old
one involving the purchase of several
hundred dollars worth of butter, which
Coin never attempted to pay for. &C
cording to allegations made. The Dav-
exporter was arrested a year ago as a
result of the deal, but the matter was
believed to have been settled. The
Oskaloosa parts evidently were not
satisfied and brought the matter before
the grand jury few days ago.
O.
Four New Babies-The arrival of
a daughter at the home of Traffic Of
ficer William Waack, 214O West |
Fourth street, was chronicled at the |
city hall, the birth occurring on Dec !,
5. Other birth registrations wero as |
follows: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Suh,-e-
PETE, Nevada avenue, boy; Mr.. and !
Mrs. Emil Petersen. SO Marquette
street, girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Warn
ken, 9151S West Fourth street, boy.
Licensed to Wed-John H. McClain
of Hillsdale, Ill. and Elva NJ. Hodges
Of Silvis, ILL.,; II. Pau Fleming of Dav-
EXPORT and Mary Z. Bruner of Cedar
Rapids.
Obituary Record-Mrs. Rose Ball. a
ormer resident of Davenport and
mother of Mrs. Mary A. Groves and
hrs. S. J. Russell of this city. died at
he home in Stuart, Iowa, at the age
II So years, according TO advices re-
.eived here. Mrs. Ball was born in
he county OF Lolgford, Ireland, and
anne to America when a young wom-
n. She was married in Albany, N Y.
n the year 1855 the couple came to
davenport and resided here until 1880.
Il that time they moved TO Stuart,
)wa, where they conducted 4 farm
)r many years. Her husband died 10
ears ago. She is survived by seven
lildren, 20 grandchildren and six
reat grandchildren.
Miss Ellen Henehan. ~ years old.
led Sunday morling at her home 91S
ipley street. after a brief ;llpess She
as born in Davenport and has resided
ere ever since. She had never mar
ed. There survive. three nieces and
rec nephews of this city. and Charles.
rancis aid William Bayles of Los
ngeles, Cal.
While sitting at the breakfast table
lnday morning. Fritz Lansfeldt. ca
ears old, fell from his chair, stricken,