Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-14

Meyer Not to Resign.-'Under no
conditions will / resign from the city
council This is final" With this
statement Alderman Arthur II MA
jor) Meyer fatty cOntradicted state
ments which he had made prOmiscu-
ously prior to yesterday 1t was un-
derstood Monday that Alderman Meyer
had taken a position at the Rock Is
land arsenal Officials of the employ
ment department Of the arsenal said
Monday that he had not only taken
position bur that he was at work Mon
day morning However, the Third
ward alderman cOutradicted this state
ment yesterday. Had he gone 60 work
for the government on the island he
would have been forced to resign from
the city council under a federal law.
Mexican's Story Discredlted.-A
Mexican giving the name Of Joe Morez
walked into the Office of Dr. BenadOm.
His head was cut and face badly bruis-
ed To the doctor he represented that
he had been slugged and robbed. Dr.
Benadorn took the man to the police
station Here it was found that me
had a roll of money in his pocket He
admitted he had been drinking in Rock
Island AS there appeared to be no
foundation for the story that he had
been siugged and robbed, he was sent
on his way after his injuries We're
dressed
Plans $4,000 Home. - Plans for
modern and spacious home are being
drawn for DR.. Kuno Struck, local ply
stefan, who will erect the new resi-
dence on q lot adjoining his present
home. 1907 South street. at a cost said
TO be around $50 600. DR.. Struck stat
ed that he may build i'm the spring
although IL may be one or two years
before the contract is let Architects
here have been working on the plans
for some time. They are making d
special effort to make possible The
erection Of a residence even more
beautiful than the present home Of DIT.
Struck
Young's Estate to Wiie.-According
to tAe terms Of the viii of the late j .
3. Young, hled by Wilson. erik &
Wilson, the estate of the deceased is +
left 10 the two children. j Charles
Young and Mrs Jessie j. McCandless. F..
1t IS to be held by them in trust for
the widow. MRS. Betsy A. Young. After
the demise OF the widow the estate Of
the late Mr. Young is to be divided .
into three parts One each VIII 90 10
the children. Mrs McCandless and j. i
C. Young, and the third is bequeathed
10 the heirs Of a deceased daughter, /
Mrs. Ella r. Sissou The son and .
laughter are named executors Of the .
property without bond.
Licensed 60 William kennedy
and Leila Essler. both OF Davenport
Ralph Pratt and Mae Fowler of Mus
eatine, and Bernard Hickey and Mary
Miller. both OF Muscatiue
viii Probably Rebuild Mill-The
WOODEN mills building. partially de-
itroyed by the boiler explosion and
ire Monday morning, probably viii be
according 10 a statement from
/. L. Sears yesterday Only the center
part OF the structure is destroyed No
accurate statement OF the loss has yet
been given by contractors. The chlro-
Jractic table manufacturing firm OF a..
L. Griffin viii be removed 10 1870 West
1fth street No location has yet been
.ecided upon by the Bannon Wet Wash
aundry or the MIynark Auto Wreck
ng company. The Tri-City Chemical
COMPANY, the other concern which 0c-
.upies the building. was not damaged
by the blaze.