Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-08
DAY IN DAVENPORT
FEELS q co. PHILADELPHIA

Furniture Company incorporated
The w. S. Holbrook Furniture com
pany was incorporated with a capital
of S65, 700. This head of the company,
W. S. Holbrook, has for many years
conducted a furniture business at
1911 East Second street and is now
changing the business to a corpora
ton. w. S. Holbrook is president and
treasurer of the Incorporated company
and Julia NJ. Holbrook is vice presi-
dent and secretary. The officers are
also the incorporators. The new COM
pany is to cary on the same line of
business as the old organization.
Local Men Form Mining Company
Several Davenport men have formed
company, the Wisconsin Mines & De-
velopment company, to develop cop
per properties in northern Wisconsin.
The company has a capitalization of
$40, OtC and is incorporated under the
laws CT West Virginia. The Daven-
porters interested in the new mining
enterprise are Charles S. Simpson.
Jacob Volger, V. E. Hayward, w. B.
Robertson. D. J. Ryan, P. A. Bendixen,
Oswald Becker, Leon j.. Zoeckler and
Carl Lambach.
Boy Robber Gang Taken BY Police
With the capture of four boys, ranging
in age from IA to 10 years, the police
believe they have run to earth the
parties responsible for the wholesale
list of robberies perpetrated in the
city during the past year. The men,
bers of the gang are George Foster,
Harold Wiley, Eddie Burke and Dan
iel O'Neil (colored). The boys are
now being held at the Juvenile Home
for completely in the robbery of the
W. B. Wiley grocery store, 207 Brady |
street, Friday night. A rear window
was priedi open with a jimmy and !
about a peck of smoking tobacco |
taken. Detectives found the loot, |
of scent packages, secreted |
In an old stove pipe in the alley at the
rear of the establishment. The police
have had members of the gang under
for some time past and
claim that the boys, although of ten
der years, are old in the ways of
crime and have given them consider
able trouble in tine past The boys
have made a partial confession. They
we're separately put through the third
degree, and although all of them
avUwed their own inno-
cence. they wete rothing loath to shift
he blame upon the pals =" according to
he police. The Foster boy claims that
lie heard the other members OF the
gang framing up the Wiley robbery.
Burke was the last of the gang to be
captured. He was having the time of
lis life at Rev. Ned Lees picnic on
Suburban Island when he was taken
INTO custody by Deputy Marshal Matt
lamb. The other arrests were made
,y Detectives Phelan, Bishop Kinney
md Brady and Officer Jannsen.
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Break Ground for CoIIseum-Work-
men Saturday started excavations for
he new Coliseum building on West
fourth street. Contracts were award
ID TO Vim. Strive & Son as general
under whom John Fey has
he concrete, excavating, brick and
ezra Gotta work. The structural
teel work was awarded to the Rock
sland Bridge and Iron works. Walther-
Iogler company will supply the wir-
ng and electrical fixtures, which will
'e a very extensive piece OF work,
here being about 500 light openings
n the building. The Sanitary Plumb
ng & Heating company will supply \
he plumbing and steam heating ap-
'aratus. The building will be fire
'roof and extremely well provided
With fire exits and will be finely adapt
d to the holding of concerts. lectures,
etc, as the main floor
viii seat $500 people. II has been the
i'm of the architect to obtain the very
est acoustics and very wide elabo-
ate orchestra shell has been provided. /
he building is to be completed by
october l, 1914. TIE Iowa Coliseum II