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- r THE ROCK ISLAND "ARGUS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1910. 1 8 NEW PLANT HERE TO MAKE MOWERS Lorenson Manufacturing Com pany Secures Site in West Part of the City. Capt. McDonald is to Continue Postmaster f WILL EMPLOY FIFTY MEN Concern to Have Capitalization of $55,000 New Foundry to be Erected Immediately. Rock Island has acquired a new fac tory that gives promise of meaning much to the future industrial develop ment of the community. It is the Lorenson Manufacturing company, which is to build a patent field mower. aa improvement on present machines on the market. The company is to have a capitaliza tion of $55,000 and will begin manu facturing as soon as it can get its plant equipped. A lease for & long term of years has been taken on the building at the corner of Third avenue and Fourth street, formerly occupied by the Peaslee Shoe company factory. Fifty men will be given employment at the start, and this force will be I gradually increased as the machines lare marketed. The officers of the ompany are: President Carl Lorenson. Vice president Frank Juhl. Secretary John Lorenson. Treasurer A. N". Nelson. Btaay Unsolicited Order. All of the officers are residents of Davenport. Carl Lorenson is the in '. ventor of the new mower, or, in other words, of the attachments that make it an improvement of competitive ma- cnines. For the past three years he ! has been manufacturing the mower on a small scale in a shop in Davenport. Its practicability has been proven and ; its marketability is shown in the fact that Mr. Lorenson. has orders for sev ! eral hundred of the mowers from dif j ferent parts of the country, all coming to him unsolicited. Mr. Lorenson was ' induced to locate in Rock Island be cause of its superior advantages in ' shipping facilities and convenience of ! site. He had the cooperation of the ' Rock Island Industrial commission in securing his location, etc., although ho did not ask or receive any financial as sistance from the commission. How ever, there still remain 144 shares of the company stock to be disposed of, ; and Mr. Lorenson is desirous that It 'be taken by local people. Large blocks of the stock have already been subscribed in the tri-cities. "W". C. Jen nings, 1016 Fourth avenue. Rock Isl and, is in charge of the sale of the company stock. To Build Foundry. Adjoining the building on Fourth street a foundry of dimensions 40x60 is to be erected at once, a permit to be asked of the city council at its meeting Monday evening. ' "I have perfected a mower that I am satisfied will be a big winner," Mr. Lorenson said. "I am a practical me chanic, and I have devoted years to the machine. It is simple and durable and has many advantages over ma chines now on the market. It sells It self. It needs no salesmanship argu ment. The retail price will be about $55. The world is our market, and I do not doubt that within a few years we will be operating a factory whose magnlture will be an eye-opener to those who are observing our initial efforts." ' "ii. f FilURDER i .1 A Y END JEALOUS ATTACK Charles De Winter Drives Carv ing Knife Twice Into Wife's Body in Moline. THEN TURNS ON ADMIRER in Planned to Kill Both and Then 8ui- cide by Hanging Woman flll Probably Die. 11 Washington, D. C, Jan. 15. (Spe cial.) President Taft will send the name of the Rock Island postmaster to the senate about Feb. 1. Indica tions are that H. A. J. McDonald will be reappointed. .There are no other applicants. Many letters have been received from democrats as well as re publicans endorsing the present post master. Postmaster McDonald's reappoint ment has been conceded for sometime, the consensus of opinion being that he is entitled to it from a political stand point as well as in recognition of pub lic services, and would prove advan tageous in view of the improvements to be made in the postoflice wlih which he is familiar. Ke has made a capable postmaster, and inasmuch as the office is to remain in the hands of a repub lican, there has been no reason to think that Congressman McKinney would name anyone else. ' STERLING PUTS LID ON IMMORAL SHOWS Mayor- Witnesses Performance "Gay Morning Glories" and Order Follows. of Sterling Gazette: Mayor A. R. Hen dricks this morning instructed his po lice to cause the curtain to be lowered on the next show that appears at the Academy of Music that is in any way immoral, or suggestive of immorality. The mayor sJso informed Manager W. F. Lipp of the Academy of Music that he had given the above instructions to his police. Mr. Lipp told the mayor that he would instruct the stage man agers to comply with any order Issued by the police, and cause the curtain to be run down on the performance if the police objected. According to the orders issued by the mayor, the Ster ling police are to be the censors of all shows that appear here. Mayor A. R. Hendricks was present at the appearance of the "Gay Morn ing Glories" last night, so were 500 other men. The mayor, however, at tended the show in his official capa city, and for the purpose of investigat ing the rumors that had been current in regard to the moral character of the performance. The mayor remained at the perform ance about 15 minutes, and that was sufficient for him to determine that a censorship was necessary on shows of that kind and character. It appears that what was supposed to be jokes were of such . a nature that it would not be tolerated in print, and some jokes . were sprung that would cause lots of trouble to a newspaper if they were printed and sent through the mail. Mr. Lipp informed the mayor that there was more money in shows of the "Gay Morning Glories" class than the high class attractions. About 500 men witnessed the performance last night also some boys. These men did not go for the purpose of making a report on the same to city officials, neither did they go for the purpose of reporting the merits of the show to their families. is 6 ELECTRICAL MEN ELECT AND FEAST F. W. Ruck. Rock Island, Chosen President of Tri-City Lodge Last Evening. "I was never able to use my real ability to advantage until I learned to distinguish between what was good and what was bad for me to eat and drink leaving the bad alone and using the good. P0STUM solved the to drink." question of what Forty members of tri-city lodge of the International Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers elected officers and banqueted at Rock Island Turner hall last evening. Edward Love conducted the ceremonies of installation, the of ficers chosen for the year being sis follows : President E. W. Ruck, Rook island. Vice president Carl Clough, Rock Island. Financial secretary J. C. Meade, Davenport. Recording secretary William Stad den, Davenport. Foreman George Ruck, Rock Island. Chief steward C. A. Pierson, Dav enport. Trustees C. A. Pierson, Davenport; Lester Chrisman, Davenport. Inspector Ralph Thomas, Daven port. The feast followed the election. Tnere were a number of toasts hap pily responded to, all of which had reference to the encouraging outlook for the trade in this vicinity. Jealous of another's attentions to his wife, Charles, De Winter of Mo line yesterday determined on a dou ble murder and suicide but his plans miscarried, although his spouse lies at the point of oeath in the city hos pital from knife wounds inflicted by her husband in a murderous assault committed at their boarding place. De Winter, on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder, is held a prisoner in jail in default of $5,000 security. The physicians are doubtful of the woman's recovery. De Winter arrived in Moline five months ago and secured employment as a laborer with the Moline Plow company. Two months later he sent for his young wife to join him. They boarded at 709 Seventeenth avenue. Triphon Heye, also a laborer at the plow company, was a boarder at the same place. Heye is unmarried. De Winter noticed an unusual friendli ness between his wife and Heye. He constantly reproached his wife for her conduct, but she insisted thai there was nothing wrong in her ac tions with Heye. De Winter made numerous threats. - Thinks Injury a Rase. A few days ago Heye sprained an ankle at his work and was obliged to remain at his boarding place. De Win severely injured as he Dretended to be i I and that he was using his accident as j a ruse to be close to Mrs. De Winter ! during the absence of her husband at j his work. So De Winter laid off to i be on the scene if there was any at- 1 tempt at clandestine love-making. Thursday night, after witnessing; demonstrations that he claimed con vinced him that his wife no longer : cared for him, De Winter declared that she would not live to see another : day; that he proposed killing her and j Heye and then hanging himself. De ! Winter returned to his boarding place I yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock and ordered his wife to prepare a lunch for him. She did so. Stab Her Twice. As he sat at the table, and while her back was turned, he attached her with a 12-mch carving Knire, ourying me blade twice in her body, once in the left side of the cheek and neck and again in the lower part of the abdo men. Heye and other boarders were in an adjoining room, and Mrs. De Winter, bleeding from her wounds, ran towards them for protection. Heye seized De Winter, and they engaged in a fierce struggle for over half an hour, during which the enraged man sought to bury the weapon into Heye's body. In this he failed, and, instead, during the tussle, the blade was run entirely through the fleshy part of his right leg. Throw Knife Amy. De Winter, still i Announcement Extraordinary We take this means of announcing to our patrons and the public generally that we have pur chased from Louis Funkenstein the entire remaining stock of The R. I. Suit and Skirt Co., consisting of Suits, Coats, Skirts, Dress Goods, trimmings, etc. We were able to secure this stock at a remarkably low figure and it is our intention to let the public share in our" for tunate purchase. We are now moving and arranging the stock in our new daylight store and Monday morning we will place on sale some of the most sensational suit ,coat, skirt and dress goods bargains ever offered in the tri-cities. Be on hand early Monday, morning and get first choice. liomii j9 Department Store, 1613-1615 2d Ave. bloody weapon, ran from the house and towards the business section cf the city. He threw the knife into a snow drift, where it was afterwards found by the police. He was arrested at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. rived here last evening. The remains will be shipped to Peoria tomorrow morning over the Rock Island road, and burial will take place there tomor row afternoon. Mn. Sarah Mayer. Mrs. Sarah Mayer passed away ul 3:40 this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sol Levi, 1230 Second avenue, after an illness of heart trouble lasting since the first of No vember. Deceased was born in Ger many Aug. 28, 1840, and came to the United States with her parents In hsr childhood. The family resided in Caa- clinging to the ton. 111., for a number of years and "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Company. Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich. PERSONAL POINTS. Lee Davis of Chicago is visiting with his parents. J. T. Stafford returned this morning from the west. James Montgomery has returned from New York. Albert W. Ehleb has gone to Chi cago for a brief visit. Mrs. Amanda Reynolds has gone to Elsinore and Los Angeles for an ex tended visit. Mrs. J. J. Tubbs of Omaha has re turned to her home In Omaha after visiting in Rock Island and Silvis. John Sherman, president of the De troit Vapor Stove company. Is spend ing Sunday with his cousin, Mrs. Harry Van Duzer, on his way home from Kansas City, Mo. Morning Star Frozen In River. The Morning Star, which is expected to be added to the Carnival City Packet company's list of steamers, is reported frozen in the Ohio river. An ice gorge has formed and the boat is rendered helpless. It is believed that much damage will be done when the ice moves out and the boat may be completely disabled. W.F. FREEMAN DIES Never Regained Consciousness After Apopletic Stroke of Thursday Night. END COMES AT HOSPITAL Long-time Burlington Employe to Be Buried at His Old Home in Peoria. Walter F. Freeman died this morn ing at 3:15 at St. Anthony's hospital as the result of an apopletic stroke. Mr. Freeman was stricken at 10 o'clock Thursday night while walking from the Rock Island Club, where he had spent the evening, to his room at the Rock Island house. He was found unconscious on the walk in front of-the hotel and was carried to his room. Physicians were summoned and after working over him for several hours he was removed to the hospital. He never regained con sciousness. Mr. Freeman had been stricken some time ago and had never recovered his full strength. Native of Peoria. Deceased was born in Peoria 53 years ago and later moved to Burling ton with his parents. After receiving an education in the schools of that city he went west and took a position in the claims department of the Union Pacific road, with headquarters at Og den, Utah. In 18S1 he came to Rock Island and became connected with the Burlington road as claim clerk. He was made chief clerk and several years later he was transferred to Davenport as local freight agent He served in that capacity for three years and then was promoted to commercial agent. He retired from the Burlington In 1902. He served for a few years as clerk at the Rock Island Club. He retired from active work after suffering his first stroke of apoplexy. Bar la 1 Tomorrow at Old Home. , He is survived by a sister, Mrs. W. P. Goldthwaite of Burlington, who ar- J later in Chicago. After the death of her husband. 22 years ago, Mrs. Mayer came to Rock Island and since that time had made her home with her daughter. Mrs. Mayer Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mollie Mayer, Dowagiac, Mich.; Mrs. Sol Levi,' Rock Island, and Miss Ida Mayer, Chicago. The family requests that flowers be omitted. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from the home of Mrs. Levi. The services will be conducted by Rabbi W. H. Fineshrlber. The re mains will be taken to Chicago to morrow noon for burial. SCOTTISH RITE LODGE PROPOSED Sixty Apply for Membership from Rock Island and Sur rounding Cities. pleases, and his parents have no con trol over him. Judge Olmsted ordered him committed to he St. Charles school for boys. The charge against the younger lad was dismissed, as it was believed he was not beyond the stage where he can be taken care of by his parents. $10,000 FOR A LIFE Burlington. Road Sued by Ad ministrator of Estate of .. Tom Krekos. MEETING TO CONSIDER Amos Pettibone, Illustrious Deputy for Illinois, Confers With Local 3Iembers of Fraternity. MILWAUKEE LOCAL FREIGHTS RESUME Suspended During Storm Period, Small Towns Suffer Shortage ' of Provisions. Train No. 98, a local freight on the Milwaukee running from Davenport to Savanna, which had been cancelled since Jan. 3, was put back in service today. The other local freights also resumed their runs today. The heavy storms and cold weather during the first few days of the year made the local freight runs an impossibility for the Milwaukee and some of the other roads. The engines would freeze and a great amount of trouble was experi enced. For that reason the local freights were cancelled and all atten tion was turned to the through freights from the southwest and to the pas senger service. . Because train 98 did not make its regular run several of the smaller towns along the line were left without their usual 6upply of provisions and the situation had become serious. Pure in the can- Pure in the baking. Never Fails. Try it A meeting of Masons from Rock Isl and, Moline, Aledo and Geneseo lodges was held last evening at the local Ma sonic temple. Amos Pettibone of Chi cago, illustrious deputy for Illinois Scottish Rite Masons, was present for the purpose of ascertaining the wishes of the members in regard to establish ing a lodge of perfection consisting of the fourth to the 14 th degrees of An cient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons. H. C. Clevenstine presided. It was at the invitation of the Masons th.it Mr. . Pettibone was here. Application for' membership in the proposed lodge has already been signed by CO local Masons.. The sentiment expressed was almost unanimous in favor of a lodge of perfection in this vicinity, and the matter will be taken up for future consideration.- Officer la Banqueted. Mr. Pettibone arrived in Rock Isl and yesterday afternoon from Chicago. A banquet was given in his honor last evening at 6 o'clock at the Rock Island Club by the officers of local Masonic orders and the officers of Doric lodge 310 of Moline. Covers were laid for 20. Mr. Pettibone left this noon for Chicago. LAD OF 11 YEARS IS SENT TO ST. CHARLES Alfred Asa Is Declared Delinquent ly Judge Olmsted Case Against - Hrother Dismissed. On a petition signed by Miss Dina Ramser, probation officer, Alfred and Walter Asa, children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Asa of this city, were brought before Judge R. V. Olmsted in tho county court this morning charged with being delinquents. Alfred is aged 11 and Walter is 5. The former has shown signs even at this early age of becoming a full-fledged criminal and he has spent some time in the police station. Several days ago he stole a watch and took it 'to a second-hand store to sell it. While he was dicker ing with the proprietor as to the .price of the watch a police officer arrested him. ' He is Incorrigible, as he comes and goes and behaves generally as he DAVENPORT P. 0. ADDITION Pennsylvania Firm Awarded Contract the Job to Cost $59,200. Washington, Jan. 15. (Special.) Harmon Bros., builders of Williams port, Pa., today were awarded the con tract for the building of the planned addition to the postoffice at Davenport, Iowa. Work is to commence immedi ately. Their bid was $59,200. N. A. Mclick, the government inspec tor in charge of the construction of the new postoffice at Moline, 111., s directed to act as inspector on the Davenport improvement. CLOTHES AND THE MAN. Good Appearanco Waits Upon tho Way Garments Are Worn. "Ton can talk all you please about clothes making a man," said a Walnut street tailor, "but I want to say right now that the smartest clothes in the world can't make a man 'natty' if he is not naturally so. There is an old, stoop shouldered doctor uptown that I have been tailoring for seven years, lie buys four and sometimes five suits a year, and yet, except for a few days after he has brokeu in each new suit, he never looks nice. The trousers bag at the knees, the coat fails away iu front, and the shoulders begin to look sloppy. The man's drooping figure and the poor care he takes of bis clothes furnish, of course, the explana tion. "Did yon ever notice the average college man's clothes? Almost in variably he looks neat and correct despite the easy swiug with which he walks. But you'll notice that he car ries his head hi?h, his shoulders fairly erect, and his trousers never 'break' at the shoes, so that the crease is al ways preserved. All classes of men go to college rich and poor. Few col lege men take more than fair care of their clothes. It's oil the way they wear their clothes, I think. Notice the young lawyers and doctors around town too. Few of them can afford the very best In tailor mnde clothes. That they usually look nice Is due to the fact that they have picked up the dis tinguished way to wear clotbes. I might call it. Clotbes make the man, but only when the man is willing to help." Philadelphia Record. KILLED IN MOLINE YARDS Car Bumped by Fncine, He Is Knock ed Off and Caught Under Wheels and Fatally Injured. The praecipe in a damage suit v $10,000 was filed this morning in th office of the circuit clerk by Attorney B. S. Bell of Moline. The complainant in the suit Is John F. Roso, adminis trator of the estate of Tom Krekos, deceased. Kregos lost his life Dec. 18 of last year while working for the C, B. & Q. railroad, and the road Is named as tu- defendant In the praecipe. Fa I la Isdr Wkrrla. The deceased was at work unload ing a car in the yards in Moline. An engine pushed another car into tho one on which Krekos was worklg and the shock kocked Krekos to the ground. He fell under the wheels ;f the car which was attached to tho engine and was fatally Injured, dyinj shortly after the accident. False Fire Alarm. A false alarm was turned In to tho fire department this morning at 4 o'clock from Nineteenth street and Second avenue. Some stranger saw flames darting from a chimney and thinking that the town was afiro turned In the alarm. Tho Barrier. Elobbs No: I shr.ll never marry Slobbs But you don't seem like a wo man hater. In fact, you seem very fond of the fair sex. Blobbw Yes. and I talk In my sleep. Exchange. .Clinton Licensed to Wed. Sylvester M. Enrjih Miss Esther Anderson James Jerome O'Connor. .Rock Island Miss Merle Hirst... Rock Island RUPTURE TOU PAT FOR MT TT"D 17 T TREATMENT when j J iV 1 v I No knife, no Injection or detention from business. 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