Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-31

! ordnance. arrives for annual I'm
spection of Rock Island arsenal.
| 10. E. John Nelson. 40, hungry and
discouraged, throws self under
wheels Of Milwaukee train fin Mo-
line
| New Masonic lodge al East Moline
instituted.
II. Three-Eye league transfers the
Springfield franchise to Rock Is
land with understanding that il
team is not supported league vii!
withdraw from territory.
Silvis stock yards iof Rock Island
road disinfected to stamp out foot
and mouth disease among cattle.
-. Henry Wright of Milan, aged 81,
crushed to deatk.by car in barns
of Moline, East Moline & Water
town road in Moline.
Ernest o. w. Carlson of Moline,
aged "a, commits suicide at st.
Anthony's hospital by cutting
throat.
John Jemeland of Moline, aged 80,
fatally injured when run down in
Rock Island by automobile driven
by Fred Muttera, Davenport. Nut
terra later held to grand jury for
manslaughter.
10. William w. Rolley of Davenport,
aged 43. browns in Mississippi
when launch is capsized by
steamboat
IA. Rock Island high school eleven
celebrates resumption of athletic
relations with Moline after three
years suspension by defeating
Plow City, II to o.
Is Rock Island independents suffer
first defeat in three years at
hands of Moline Red Men, to 0.
10. Tent No. 81. Daughters of Veter-
ans,J instituted in Rock Island
with 30 members.
II. Bribery charges against L. NJ. Ma |
gill, former states attorney, and |
DR.. George Johnson, former may
or 0EEast Moline, fail when Spe- |
cial Prosecutor George w. Wood |
abandons case after Judge Ohm
sted refused to compel Sheriff o.
L. Bruner to answer question.
Marks lend of two years effort To
convict two defendants and Sher-
if Bruner of irregularities in Of
flee.
Is. Bert B. Huntley, cashier of Port
Byron State bank, suffering from
nervous breakdown. disappears
from home. Body later found in
Mississippi.
10. Damage of $4,000 caused by fire
in Clark Corbin building, Silvis.
Trustees of Geneseo Collegiate in
stituts vote to raise endowment
fund of $4,000.
20. Benjamin F. Stevens. prominent
farmer, aged 6s, suffocated in gar
age at home near Orion.
Il. Victor Storage Battery company,
100000 capital, Incorporated, to
begin business in Rock Island
y. Finding in Sears of clothing OF
Leander Carlson of Moline, aged
80, missing two weeks, leads tor
theory of suicide.
5. Vernon Gilman, Hampton. 26, dies
as result of being shot in hunting
accident Nov. IS. 4
4. Annual poultry show of Missis-
sippi Valley Tanciers' association
opens in Coliseum. Davenport. =
Government fleet taken into Henne- .
pin canal for winter quarters.
D. State nolle presses murder charge
against Charles Johnson, Moline,
. accused of having caused death )
of John Lindgren, crossing watch :.
man, through an assault.
Mrs. Harry Peacock of Moline. aged '
%. kills self by drinking poison. .
Domestic trouble :
). Davenport high school defeats 5
Moline, 6S to o, in final game for
tri-city championship. q
:. Annual state conference of older s
boys of Y. M c. A. opens in Rock >
Island with 800 attending. In SEES
sion two days, Bert Metcalf of =,
Rock Island being elected presi =
dent. =
. Rock Island County Bar associa- Z
ton rejects officers, S. R. Ken y
worthy being president. .
Mrs. Caroline Helander of Moline, -
aged 80, fatally burned in expo 3
sion of stove polish.
Corner stone of First Church OF q
Christ, Scientist, laid. q
Rock Island Independents lose =
game for state independent foot z
ball championship to Evanston
North Ends, 10 o. q
Work started on $4,000 mauso- =
leum at Riverside cemetery, Mo- 2
line, first structure of kind in
this vicinity. q
DR.. C. G. Craig, city health commits y
sioner for three years. resigns. Z
DR.. A. N Mueller later chosen as
succaSSOr ~