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THE KOCK ISLAND ARGUS. 3IO.VDAY. A Pit XL 20. TH1 1. 8 MOLINE'S SECTION OF THE ARGUS Day's News Happenings in Rock Island's Sister City .DfirU ICLANTt IU. Iil!?V -Co? i : t - : I . ff ' V f i 150 MEN READY TO ENLIST IF WAR IS DECLARED BY U.S. Threatening Crisis in Mexico Prompts Many to Apply for Service. NAVAL RESERVES PREPARE HEADS FEDERATION" OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Drills by Local Companies Practiced in Order That Men May be Ready if Called. 3w 9 ESCAPE DEATH IN A HEADON CRASH Automobiles Speeding on Coun try Road Come Together in Cloud of Dust. Captain R. E. Will! of Company F. Illinois National Guard, when inter viewed today, declared that the com pany is ready for the call to arms. After the dispatches regarding Huerta- refusal to salute the I'nited States flap; were mad pyblic last eve ning. seTeral young men made appli-1 cation to Captain Willis to enli.-t in the local company. r'ir!nK the past j few w-eis many applications have' been received, some from men hare seen service in the Spanish American war. Has Naval Reserves. Moline is also the home of one of the 10 naval reserve f l"f'y 1 . I .. SJ. 9 S0C Mrs. Percy V. Pennjbmcker. Illinois. These will undoubtedly be called into service in case of war. Mr?. Tercy V. Pennybacker. presl- i . . . . v. ,.r.o.il roiliim) inn of "ho... . , , ,. I Uomrnl t-l'ins. will prriiuw uin . sessions of the 12th biennial meeting to be held in ChiraRO June 9-18. Mrs. Pennybacker Is the widow of Percy V. Pennvbacker of Tyler. Texas, whom companies of! she married in 1SSI. She is the daugh ter of Ir. J. n. and Martha Ilardwfcke and was born in Petersburg. a.. May MACHINES BOTH WRECKED John Bollen, Farmer, Suffers Serious Injuries Dr. Bailey Escape With Bruise. The local division is under the com-( jv;i. she Is the author of a history mand of Lieutenant W. C. Jirdinston. cf Texas and since 191 has held of an old time naval officer, who has , flc(.s' ja women's club. brought, the Moline Reserves up to a state of the blithest efficiency. In his earlier days in the nary. Lieutenant J Jirdinston cruised in Mexican waters and he is thoroughly familiar with the) lay of the land and harbor conditions in both Vera Cruz and Tampico. as well as other c:ties along the Mexican j esst coast. I -We hare been hampered in our j drills here, said the lieutenant in an interview this morning, "by lack of equipment. The boys, however, are in excellent condition and can cope with any other company in th2 and make a splendid showing." SOCIALISTS STIR UP THE VOTERS The larcest vote polled at a school cl'ctlou in Moline for 16 years was I cat Saturday and incidentally the so- c-i-iliMs were overwhelmingly defeated. nate ; While it was Intended tna: tne election T1PJ shculd be a non-partisan affair, the so- In a headon collision of two auto mobiles on a country road near Moline late Saturday afternoon. John Bollen. a farmer residing near Orion, and Dr. Bailey, a veterinary surgeon of that village, narrowly escaped death, both being Injured. The cars were demol ished. Mr. Bollen was returning from a trip to this city and was running his car at a rapid rate when a sudden gust of wind blew up a cloud of dust, lie did not slacken his speed, though he could hardly see ahead, and the re sult was that he crashed headon Into a car being driven toward the city by Dr. Bailey. The two machines piled up In a wreck and both occupants were thrown to the road. Suffers Broken Rib. Mr. Bollen suffered a broken rib. his chest was bruised, his lip cut and several teeth were loosened; he may have been Internally injured also. Dr. Bailey was badly bruised and shaken, but sustained no serious Injuries or broken bones. Dr. E. B. Gilbert was summoned and Mr. Bollen was re moved to bis home. Dr. Bailey was able to return to his borne without assistance. facturlng company. He was one of the organisers of this company. Another Institution in which Mr. Swan sou was Interested was the Mu tual Fire Insurance company. He was also active in politics, serving the First ward as alderman for one term nnd the county as supervisor for one term. The deceased was married In 1873 to Miss Elizabeth Swanson, who sur vives in addition to four (laughters. Mrs. J. II. Wood, the Misses Olga and Anna Swanson of this city, and Mrs. G. M. Sparks or Chicago. Funeral services will be held In the home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Itev. I. O. Nothstein officiating. Inter ment will be in Riverside cemetery, with the Prej lodge having charge of the services at the grave. F0R&1ERALDERMAN DEAD IN EXETER local reserves now number about DO. . c.ia .sta put up a candidate for presi dent cf the board and four members. I In the arly morning the socialists were conceded victory, but the after noon rtior"3 changed the color of the situation. The to'.al number cf votes cast was 2.225. Of Ibit number 1,I71 were mad"? at the Woodyatt mubic store and i D5i at the Wi.Mard sihool building. ! H. W. Cooper was reeIo?ed presi dent of the ehool hoard wl'h 1.025 votes. W. C. Wilson, his socialist op icnent. received but r.V votes. The fellow i?:g Members were elect ed: Albert C. Hufva, 1.U54 votes: Os car T. Ilohman. l.M:i votes: Gus Und- al!. l.Zi votes: II. S. Henne't. 1.311 i voles. J. W. Sexids. tne only Inde- j jendent caadi-iate not clcctej, hSd 1 ."-"IT vote?. imp Burn, II' J . i . 1 1 J L T V, .. MULinE. vru.? HURTIN RUNAWAY Mrs. J. W. Carlson Trampled by Horses in Accident at Bureau Saturlay. Mrs. J. W. Carlson of this city was seriously InjirreJ ia a runaway acci dent at Bureau. IlU Saturday aft r nocn. being run down by a team cf horses and traaip'.ed beneath their feet. S'je was walking with her hu- band when the horses came rushin-? BURGLAR WINS A GAMBLE FOR LIFE Culprit Makes Escape in Spite of Bullets From 32 Calibre Revolver. . C. Grout, Civil War Veteran, Well Known Here, Dies in New Hampshire. IS CAUGHT WHILE AT WORK Net Known Whether K. I. .Willis Struck His Target or Not At tempts to Rob House. .h curb and Mrs. Carlson f?'l benea'a the uoofs of the frightened ajim;!s, and w-as seriously injured. : Mr. and Mrs. Carl.on were enrouto to visit the latter's mother at Lacon. 111., and having a'mo.-t an hour to wait for a ! votes: Ralph Lake. 2'.7: ;. A. Swan- ecu. 410; Uosf? JlEa, ail; A. A. Sath- r. IT,:,. Examinations On May 9. K::3ininat!or.s wHl be held In Kast Moline irfisloITiee on May 0. train In Bureau they deeded to the position of mall clerk. Any the for i-iti- a!k aro:md the town. Mrs. CarLcjZen between the ues of IS and 45 will be brought ti-jht. back to t-iis city fo- ears Is rubble to take tne examination. Lind Advises Bryan and President .;??A a. ' - . - J E r &rzhi m'- - 1 Facing arrest and certain imprison ment for larceny cn one side, and with a chance for freedom even though he risked his life, on the other side, a burglar took the latter chance early Sunday morning and fate smiled upon bis efforts. K. I. Willis. 2129 Seventh avenue. caught a burglar at work at his home. making an effort to force an entrance to the house. He was aroused from hU slumbers by the scraping noise made as the would-be robbers attempted to force open a window. Securing his 21. calibre revolver the captain de scended upon the marauder and ord ered him to throw up his hands. Takes Desperate Chance. The burglar dropped his tools ar.d responded to the command without parley. The police were telephoned for and the two men stood- there be side the house awaiting the arrival of thj patrol. The wagon came down tho street a ftw moments later. The burglar turned and saw It rapidly approaching. The desire for freedom overcame fear and he fled into the darkness. Mr. Willis emptied chamber after chamber of the revolver In the direction which the fleeing culprit had taken, and was rewarded upon hearing a grunt or a j j moan. However it could not be learn- ! ed whether the man had been hit or j not. At any rate he managed to make A. C. Grput, a Moline alderman dur ing 18S4 and 1883. organizer and first commander of the R. H. Graham post of the G. A. R. is dead at his home in Exeter. New Hampshire, at the age of SO years. Long time residents of this city will mourn his passing. He organized Graham post in 18S3, with 34 charter members. Of these 14 are dead. Of the 22 members who have commanded the post since Mr. Grout's service 11 are dead. Mr. Grout enlisted for ser vice in the civil war Dec. 29, 1863. and was honorably discharged July 12, 1865. Mr. Grout served as ticket agent on the Burlington lines here for several years, being succeeded by 11. S. Fris toe. Mr. Grout then went west, taking up fruit growing in Colorado. Later he moved to Exeter. N. H., where he has since resided. He is survived by his widow and one son, Harry Grout of Exeter. JEALOUSY CAUSE QF NEAR MURDER AT EAGLE DANCE New York Salesman Attempts to Strangle Girl Amidst Crowd of Roisterers. IS DANCING WITH ANOTHER Arthur Kraecker Rushes Into Hall Grabs Woman and Almost Chokes Her to Death. SATURDAY STORM DAMAGES MOLINE Property Lo3s Not Great But Narrow Escapes From Ac cidents Are Reported. The wind Etorni which swept the vitinity Saturday did quite a bit of damage in Moline. Monetary loss was not great, but numerous escapes from accidents are reported, while there were two or three accidents of a ser ious nature, diretcly due to the wind. At Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street a heavy cable was torn from its fastenings and foil across the street railway trolley wire. Sparks flew in all directions for a few moments and men who attempted to remove the cable were in imminent danger of ele trocution. The work was finally ac complished, however, witnout any one being injured. O.i Seventh avenue and Nineteenth street a large tree was snapped at a distance of 10 feet from the ground by the heavy wind. No one was injured although several people were in the vicinity at the time. The large elec tric sign of the Grilk Furniture com pany on SiNth avenue was torn from Its fastenings. his escape. W. J. Bryan (at tha left; and John Lind. Washington, D. ' C April 20. Ac cording to the beat information In the capital Special Envoy John Lind baa urged President Wilsoa and Secretary of State Bryan that the time baa come to abandon the policy of "watchful waiting" and to substitute more ag- It is under- emphatlcally gresslre methods. Lind stood, indorses Just as the position taken by President Wil son that under no circumstances, not even short or intervention, shall the recognition of this government be ex tended to Mexico so long as Huerta remains president of that republic, ill OBITUARY RECORD II Miss Viola Miles. Miss Viola Miles, aged 24, resident of Feorla until four months ago, when she came to Sllvls, died yesterday af ternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lund, lie Four teenth street, Sllvls. after an opera tion. Funeral services will be held at the Lund home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with burial in Rock River View cemetery. Decedent was born in Moline Nov. 6. 1SS9. She was the daughter of 'Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miles of Peoria. Miss Miles gained her education in the Mo line schools, after which she went to Peoria to become a hairdresser. She resided with her parents at Peorlu. Her health broke down four months ago and she came to Sllvls to live with Mr. and Mrs. Lund and to recuperate. Andrew Swanson. Andrew O. Swanson. a pioneer of this city, died at his home. 620 Fifth avenue, at 6:40 this morning, after an Illness of four months with dropay. Deceased was born in Sweden in 1832. and came to this city when 14 years of age, entering the employment of Deere & Co., where he remained for a period of 25 years. He then went with the Moline Plow company, where he remained for 15 years. Nearly all of this time in these two factories was spent as a plow fitter. About five years ago he left the plow company and en tered the service of the Moline Manu- OY ON BICYCLE STRIKES A POLE Richard Seim Hurt in Coasting on Thirteenth Street and May Not Recover. The Saturday evening dance at the Eaglo hall came near breaking up in a riot, when Arthur Kraecker, a New York salesman, prompted by jealousy, rushed among the gay dancers, seized a girl from her tangoing partner, and crying, "I came here to kill you," closed hlg fingers about ber throat and came near strang'.Ing her to death before any of the crowd had recov ered from the surprise enough to in terfere. Kraecker was hauled into po, lice court this morning before Justice Entrikin and fined $12.05. The girl. Miss Minnie Monicke, was almost unconscious when rescued. Kraecker was seized and carried struggling, screaming and vowing ven geance and declaring that he would Yet kill Miss Monicke. Things might have gone badly with the New Yorker, as there were mutter- ings among the crowd, but a policeman interfered and he was removed to tho city jail. Fined on Promise. The climax to the drama occurred in police court this morning when Kraec ker was arraigned, and upon his prom ise to leave the girl alone, was fined ?10 and costs, totalling J12.05, which he paid. The girl in the case bad also been taken into custody on a cliarge of disorderly conduct, and was re leased on payment of $1 and costs. In court this morning Kraecker de clared that Miss Monicke was his promised bride, and vowed that she should never marry anyone else. Kraecker's promise to leave the girl alone was short lived. When Miss Monicke left the city hall following the arraignment she found her former fin nee awaiting her at the door. "You will marry me yet,'' cried he. according to the girl. At that moment, however, a police officer appeared on the scene, antl Kraecker allowed the. girl to proceed o:i her way. Afraid of the Man. Miss Monicke declares that she is afraid of her former lover, and when he asked her to accompany him to pietnre show Saturday she accepted for t"iis reason. She claims that he has previously threatened her life. Jti the semi-darkness of the theatre she says that he removed a revolver from his pocket, sho'ved it to her, and Faid he would kill her if she refused to :uarry him. "I pleaded for time to think it over says Miss Monicke, "and he al'.owed me a few hours He then left me, and determined never to see him again in fuite of my fear. I went to the dance at tiie Eagle hall, thinking he would not show up there, but 1 was mistak en. I do not know how he found' out where I had gone." The girl claims to have known Kraecker for the past three yenrs, and says that his suit 13 favored by her parents. Fof this reason she was forced to leave her home. Kraecker, on the other hand, declares that the girl is engaged to him. and says that he has given her jewelry. "I am a ruined man." he asserted in court this morning. A young lad, who gave his name rs Richard Selm, narrowly escaped death about 10 o'clock this forenoon, when he lost control of a bicycle on which he was riding and crashed into a tele phone pole at the foot of the Thir teenth street hill, going at terrific spwd. A severe concussion of he brain resulted, beside minor injuries. He was taken to the Moline city hos pital, where he is lying in a critical condition. For several hours the boy was unconscious and his name could not be-learned, so that relatives could bo notified. The boy was coasting down the hill and when about half way down he lost control in some manner. Opens Office in City. K. I Mc Kenle, formerly with the Swanson & McKenzle company, will go back to his first love, that of writ ing show cards and trimming windows, and he has opened a studio iu this city lor that purpose. JOSEPH DAIN IN ARIZONA IMPRESSED BY PROGRESS According to an item in the Tucson, Arizona. Citizen, Joseph Dain, vice president of Deere & Co. of this city, who is making a business trip and incidentally taking a few days' vacation, is singing praises for that state because of its rapid progress in agriculture. The Citizen says that Mr. Dain announced that the company Intends to strengthen its branches there. Advertise With Balloons. A unique method of advertising East Moline and its business places has been adopted by the Liusitu-ss Men's as sociation of that city. Paper balloons bearing large printed advertisements of the city will be sent up at certain Intervals and can be read for a long distance. GENESE0 MAN IS INJURED. William Crull, Carpenter, Suffers Broken Bones. William Crull, a carpenter of Gen- eseo, was Injured there Saturday aft ernoon when a large shed which lie was erecting at the John Guild eleva tor collapsed and caught him beneath the falling debris. The collapse of the shed was due to the strong wind, Mr. Crull sustaining a broken bone in the ankle and a sprained foot. The McCabe Linen Section always seems the busiest place in town. If you observe closely you can know the reason. Note this: Tuesday all day ycu may buy any of the magnificent assortment of' Towels at just 25 per cent discount; all kinds, Turkish Bath Towels, Huck Towels, Damask Towels, Guest Towels, Embroidered Towels. Yes! Any or all of our towels from 10c to $1.00 or higher, a quarter off for cash. Come Tuesday prepared to buy all you want, Sale begins at 10 o'clock. Settlers' Fares to Points in North Dakota, Montana, Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan on sale each TUESDAY in April. Will be glad to tell you about the train service and furnish you with interesting- literature if you will call, telephone or write. MISS D. ODEX, Passenger agent r. A. RID DELL. Ticket agemt. Phone R. I. 680 ANNOUNCING w The New Typewriter E ANNOUNCE AN AMAZING MODEL The Oliver No. 7 a typewriter of superexceUence, with auto matic devices and refinements that mark the zenith of typewriter progress. A marvel of beauty, speed and easy action. Typewriting efficiency raised to the nth power. The OLIVER No. 7 embodies all previous Oliver innovations and new self-acting devices never before seen on any typewrit er. A leap in advance which places The Oliver ten years ahead of its time. So smooth in action, so light to the touch, so easy to run, that experts are amazed. A model that means to the typist delightful ease of operation. A model that means a higher standard of typewriting, long er and better service. ' The No. 7 is now on exhibit and sale at all Oliver Branches and Agencies throughout the United States. Morgan Speaker. Klmer K. Morgan, real estate dealer, has been engaged to speak at tho regu lar weekly luncheon of the Moliae Commercial club next Wednesday.- The new model has more improve ments, refinements and new uses than we can even enumerate here. The "cushioned keyboard" with "an chor keys" and the new automatic features mean less work for the hand.- less strain on the eyes, less manual and inental effort. With all of these masterly mechan ical Improvements we have made the machine more beautiful and symmet rical. From every standpoint Tho Oliver No. 7 attains superlative excellence. Nothing you could wish for has been penny. We shall even eontlnos force our popular 17-xents-a-day PK chase plan, the same as on prervioui Oliver models. . The OLIVER No. 7 equipped the famous Printype. if desired. out extra charge. You owe it to yourself to see the ne machine before you buy any ,'Pe'".' er at any price. Note its beauty, speefl and easy action. Its wonderful auto matic devices. Try it on any wori that is ever done on typewriters. Try it on many kiuds of work that other typewriter will do. It Is a significant fact thai me 'J Fund is Crowing. Late additions to the city beautiful campaign fund now being raised have swelled to $187.40. CHARLES HARRIS, TRANSFER AND EXPRESS 252 R. I. A. J. D. Moeller Livery, Household Moving a Specialty. 1V omitted. The new device. refinniiintn- writer that introduced such epocw Improvements and conveniences found maklny innovations as visible wr'tiBf' on the No. 7 represent an enormous visible reading. Printype. etc., h0"; outlay and vastly increase its value be the first to introduce automat' the price has not been advanced one methods of operation. The OLIVER Typewriter Co. OLIVER TYPEWRITER BUILDING CHICAGO TrI-City Branch 311 Brady St., Davenport, Iowa Phbne Davenport 20 i