Rock Island Argus., April 16, 1914, HOME EDITION, Page 9, Image 9

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I'fjOTORCYCLIST IS
HIT BY AUTO AND
FATALLY INJURED
fred C. Myers of Moline Vic
tim of Accident at Danger
ous Intersection.
THE ROCK ISLAND AllGUS. THURSDAY. APRIL 10. 1914,
SKULL CRUSHED BY IMPACT
rt-.rstio" Performed In Futile At-;
tempt t Save Life. Death Com
ing in 10 Hour.
of
. .it r Ai m-hon hi mniorrv. . rnininid
kf KkU.l. "C- -..t...;,.
mhich he a ridina as strut k I PiirvlvirB are
the ciaah. Ai soon as the car ti as
i topped he jumped out and assisted
to extricate Myers from the wreckage.
The automobile a not damaged In
the collision, but the motorcycle waa
completely deraollahed. Mra. Wenks
and her daughter are prostrated over
the tragedy.
The house at thla Intersection are
built unusually close to the corners,
making It extremely difficult to net a
ciear view of the side streets. George
c. uauey and Don Shaw were hurt In
a similar accident at this same spot
last fall, and liie narrow escapes since
that time hare been many. .The acci
dent yesterday, it appears, was una
voidable. Born In Molina.
l Charles Myers was born in
Moline. July 10. 1890. and had lived all
of his life in that city. After gradu
ating from the public schools he took
up the trade of im(ttfar af -
employed by the Moltne Plow com
t e. pany for a time. He was a member of
3; oo the Rock Island Naval reserves be
fore they disbanded, serving In the ca
pacity of bugler. He waa a talented
In-
rred C. Mers. C3 years
,-.ifW in MoUne. died a
o'clock this morning at St. Anthony's '.
tp:tal. a the result of a fracture of mus,Han. b).!nK maner of ,ererm,
his parents. Mr.
and
v-
.nfon-.obile at Fourteenta-and-a-1 -" - iers. jiai fourteenth
, ' . tenue, Moline. two sisters Mrs Sam
?rc,t ,ni Ele,-e,.tl. ,es- Rymoa of nock Isand .nY ,
terday ::emoon . ma .Myers, who is a nurte at the Wi
j rift er. th street
to his home today
ankle and severe
tertown hospital.
Private Funeral.
The funeral service, which will be
private, wiij be held from the home
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Kev
H. S. Haney of the Second r'nnrr.i
lPerxoor.
valine toroed to visit Avers I
on r II- Tinwu. t.tiii- Kuprauoa ai
u jurnumiii: (inr.iirK in -MO line
who was riiiing
wn on the motorcycle at the
t-'me. is confined
miti a fpraiced
tra'..e. j
Jyer l ad been vliting at the home I
. . , - - - - f m n It VMfslin iass r 1
" . ' r,f ,h, accident, during the i "J'urch will official. Burial will
1 c .... M In I hinnlnrinrk.lr s.n. At
and before returning to nis rr " " , .
coroner s inquest is being he'd
tecth street, where the latter U em
Avers had a Dackaee to do
i..-r Mvers consented to assist ; a verdict of accidental death.
vim in delivering it. The boys left
... rfrur store on a tandem motorcy-1
rie coicg aet on Eleventh avenue.
Myers driving. A they approached
lie intersection at the corner. Ay era ;
noticed a large touring car bearing !
don on them, from t'ie north, and I
shouted a warring. Myers apparently
did cot hear and kept on going.
novd wenks. of Andaius-.a. ho was -txiuDition to Be Presented at
CLEANUP OF CITY
STREETS STARTED
Department Starts Its Force at
Work on Lower Fourth
Avenue This Morning:.
TAKES UP THE ALLEYS NEXT
Work Being Dona in the Usual Way
and It May Take Three Weeks
to Cover the Town.
. ! The jury win in all probability return
a verdict of accidental death.
BOY SCOWSWILL
PUT ON A DRILL
r
driving tiie auto, made a frantic effort i
to stop the heavy car. and swerved to j
the west in an effort to avoid the col-1
liiion. but to no avail. The right i
front beel of the auto struck Myers. !
The motorcycle a dragred a di-j
tance of ten feet, with the unfortunate
Exhibition to Be Presented
the Y. M. C. A. April 25
Debate Is Held.
The Easle patrol of boy scouts held
a meeting last n'glu at the borne of
Koland Haines. 1020 Fourteenthand-
Probably never before in the city's
history were so many people engaged
lb making a general cleanup of the
city as yeeterday, and results were all
that had been hoped for. However.
If anyone failed to get the work done
to his liking there probably will be
t'me to complete the undertaking.
Wagons were sent out this morning
under the direction of R. R. Reynolds,
commissioner of streets and public Im
provements, and It will take perhaps
three weeks to cover the city.
It waa decided to clean the streets
before starting work In the alleys. The
force waa sent to lower Fourth avenue
today. Mr. Reynolds was unable to
say what thoroughfare would be tac
kled next. The same general plan of
cleaning will be followed this year as
last, the business streets being flushed
and all of them sprinkled and swept
as occasion requires.
Appropriation Available.
Not until yesterday was the appro
priation for the work voted to the de
partment of streets. Only a limited
St. Louis, and William of Omaha, two
daughters. Mrs. E. Heltter and Mrs.
Thomas Lynch of Rock Island. Four
teen grandchildren also survive.
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Bias.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Blass
was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
from the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Herman Tantel. 1638 Twenty-ninth
street. Rev. F. J. Rolf of the German
Evangelical church had charge of the
services. Interment was made In the
German Lutheran cemetery.
HERBERT GOPP IS
1ST GLASS SCOUT
Member of Local Brigade Has
Filled Exacting1 Require
ments for Title.
Herbert Copp nas the honor of being
the first boy scout in Rock Island to
gain the rank of first class scout. With
in the last few days he has passed his
final tests, and has been admitted to
his new rank by H. M. Craig, local
scout master. Herbert became a
a tenderfoot last fall, and has worked
faithfully ever since at his scoutcraft,
with the result that he is now
at the head of the list. He Is a
member of the Eagle Patrol, of Troop
one.
It may be of Interest to the publio to
know something of what a scout has
to go through in order to become a
first class scout. The requirements
for entrance as e. tenderfoot are sim
ple, 'and many boys have complied with
them. To become a second class scout
a boy must pass an examination in ele
mentary' first aid, signaling and boxing
number of men, teams and wagons is th compass: he must follow a trail
man nr!ar If onrl n.fisn fhs rar l n a I
Mopped Mvers was lying acainst the j one-haIf street, to discuss plans for the
ru.-bicg at the southwest corner. The exhibition ariU to be given at the Y. M.
injured man was extricated from the A- April 2o. Talks were made by
wretkage, and two physicians called. ' H- JI- ra!g of the boys department
When they arrived he was bleeding at the "V and V. H. Leidig. assistant
from the nose and mouth, and uncon-' secretary.
scious. He was removed to the Iios- ! A debate was held during the even
pltal in t.'ie city ambulance. j Ine end a violin solo was given by
Skull is Fractured I Ro and Haines and a piano dpet
After a hasty examination It was ! v. CPP a,nd "?Jya
.'.u. th.t he was suffering from con-i McN("U1' T1,e next meeting of LaSle
c3.f ion of the brain, and his skull was i patrt: wlU be ,,elJ Ai,ril 30 at
badly fractured in several places. An , hc,ne cf John Gustafson. 1122 Twenll
rsersiion was performed in an effort i el!l street-
to save his life, but he died at 3 o'clock 1
ttis morning.
tecil Ayers. when interview
morning, stated tliat the motorcycle
as not going more than 15 miles an
lour when they approached the cor
ner according to the speedometer.
Wfcon he fi.-H saw the Wenks car up- ' .
preaching from the north, it was about i ' , , . ,
10fetaay. After shouting a warn-1 T&7 and Thad Taylor Enroute
t o clock
-'LOCAL BOYS ARE
ON BATTLESHIPS
at the disposal of the department, the
usual force employed in the spring
cleanup every year. The equipment
Is that of the department of publio
health and safety snd must keep the
garbage gathered aid disposed of
while doing the cleaning.
The cleanup day yesterday was ar
ranged by the street vigilance commit
tee of the civic department of the Wo
man's club, and the commissioners ap
preciate the assistance that has been
given and expect to be able to make
fc. more thorough job of the work this
spring than ever before.
OBITUARY
ir.g to Myers, he stuck out hU right
limb to lesea the impact of th col
lision, and he wan thrown a distance
of ten feet. clar of the machine.
S anisr.ung on tils len side. The liga-
1"nnt in his r-eht ankle were badly
torn, with severe bruise on the left
Tiie fact that he stuck out his
foot pror.ab!v saved his life. Avers I-:
confined to hi home, completely un-
n rtrer by the tragi- f-.te of his c-.rr.. i
pan ion.
Th
to Mexican Waters on Presi
dent Wilson's Orders.
He automobile which floured In tl
rcidint ! tiie property of C. 1
nk of Ar.-iulala. Mr. and Mrs.
wnk. a daughter. Miss Krnia. and
on. Floyd, who wan driving the car.
"w s.ioj.p.ng during the iay and
returning
Two sons of Samuel Taylor, 9'iS
Twentieth street. Fay and Thad. are
! hound, respectively, cn tiie Hancock
i and Arkansas battleships for the Mex-
iran border, following the call of Pres
ident Wilson that ships be sent there
to await his orders.
Previous to the call of the president.
Fay had been stationed at New Orleans
and Thad was located at Hampton
Roads. The former had been at New
Orleans since the MarJi Gras. going
there from Phadelphia. Thad Taylor
had been stationed in target practice
IiOtTI. HltAn Hi. m ft-I
Iot occurred. Mr. Wenka ti. at Hampton Roads for some time.
not going ovrr 10 miles an hour! Taylor received several letters
iiea thv app-carh th come- The ! from both sons prior to the call for the
mat the houses at this point are
6fl.it so close to tho corner obscured
Tie" ' avenu. and tiie motor
nti shot out in front of the ma-r-ine
before he was aware it was com-
;ie md
the heavy ,r
ships, saying that they expected to go
to the border at any time.
frantic efforts to stop
throw ine on hoiii t1
"ot and eijje, f-r-r.cv br.ks .inl f'iut I
off the r. at the same time swerving
toward the west In an effort to avoid
MANY PRESENT
AT EAGLES' FAIR
Miss Gladys Palmer.
News was received this morning by
Mrs. W. L. Klteman, 901 Forty-third
street, of the death of her sister. Miss
Gladys Palmer, which occurred last
evening at Littleton. Colo. She had
been suffering with rheumatism
which affected her heart,
Misa Palmer was born In Morrison.
111., 21 years ago. but had been living
here with her sister since she was a
voune girl. After graduating from
the Longfellow school she attended
the high school here for several years,
and. was forced to discontinue her
studies because or poor health. She
left this city last June, and had been
making her home with her brother,
Charles, at Littleton, Colo., since. She
was very popular among her fellow
students and leaves many friends here
to mourn her passing.
She is survived .by one sister, Mrs.
W. L. Elteman of Rock Island, and
two brothers. Charles of Littleton,
Colo., and Hilding of Morrison, 111.
' The remains w ill be brought to Mor
rison and funeral services held there
tomorrow afternoon. Burial will be
made in cemetery at that place.
Melcher Streed.
Melcher Streed. 70 years of age. a
retired farmer, died at 12:30 this
morning at his home. 1115 Sixth ave-
nue. after suffering Tor a weeK witn
oneumonia. Mr. Streed was born July
a. 1S43. in Sweden, and came to this
country In 1849 with his parents, set
tling in Cambridge, 111. He was en
gaged in farming at Cambridge up
until four years ago. when he retired
and came to Rock Island, where he
had made his home since. He was
married to Miss Christiana Nye In
1S70 at Cambridge. His wife preced
ed him in death many years ago.
Surviving are four sons. Fred of
Rock Island; Benjamin. Paul and
George of Orion, and Ferdinand of
He Moines: three daughters. Mrs.
for one-half mile, go a mile in 12 min
utes at "scout pace," understand the
use of hatchet and knife, build a camp
fire, using not more than two matches,
cook meat snd potatoes, and earn and
have in a savings bank at least one
dollar.
In order to become a first class scout
the second class man must pass the
following tests: Swim 50 yards, have
two dollars in the bank, make a seven
mile trip on land or water, write
a report of It. making a map to show
all details of the trip, be able to send
16 letters a minute by one of the sig
naling codes, and cook a substantial
meal on camp fire. He must under-!
stind advanced first aid, be able to
make and read maps, judge distances
and weights, and be up on various
lines of woodcraft, such as birds, trees.
rocks, streams, etc. He must present
to the' scout master evidence that he
Las fulfilled the scout law, and -must
enlist and train one boy for scout
craft. All of these tests have been met
creditably by Herbert Copp. Several '
others have already passed a consider-j
able part cf their tests for first class!
scouthood. and before the end of thei
si'mmer Rock Island can boast a good
ly number of these.
ROYAL NEIGHBORS
HOLD CONFERENCE
Members of Five Camps
Session to Plan for State
Gathering: May 18.
1 . xt:v, Af.a.ta T.n rtre : George A. Osborn of Rock Island;
jupemuB ":'"-' . Walter SamUelson of Sears and
Watch
Reliability
Ton cannot examine the works
of watch when you purchase;
oti must take the seller's word.
Por 44 years Ratnser's name
has been the final word for re
liability. .
We sre watch Inspectors for
three railroads; that means we
e.'l the beat watches made. Ask
Uie ra.lroad men about
"Ramser's Watches"
Our line f bracelet watches
is the largest la this vicinity.
Prices:
$12.00 fo $75.00
Three expert watchmakers
keep your watch tuned up. A
g(od reason for having your
tch attended to here.
J. Ramser Sons
JEWELERS
Audience Parade Through
Streets a Feature.
: The annual Eagles' fair at the rink
I opened last evening In a blaze of flre
i works and a monster parade. All tb
lodge members. accompanied by
! Bleuer's band, the el'y commissioners
i and police force. left the hall at Twen-
ty-first street and Fourth avenue at 8
i o'clock. , The procession, nearly four
' blocks long, proceeded through the
I downtown business streets to the rink.
! many of the marchers carrying blaz
ing red lights.
The attendance at the rink exceeded
' all expectations, every nook and corner
1 of the large ball being filled to over
j flowing. The good-natured crowd en-
Joyed themselves to the fullest extent.
All of the attendants at tne ainereni
booths and raffles were kept busy all
evening, and considerable money
changed hands. Many took ad
vantage of the excellent mu
sic and danced, although it was,
made somewhat laborious by the Im
mense crowd. The proceeds of the
fair .will go to the building fund for
the new home.
Labor Men to Meet.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Tri-Clty Federation of Labor
will be held this evening at the In
dustrial hall. Various committees
will mike reports and a large attend
ance is expected.
Mrs. John Swanson of Moline. Three
sisters and three brothers also are
living.
Peter Coons.
Peter Coons. 24 years of age, died
at 3 o'clock this morning at his home,
729 Ninth street, after suffering for
several months with a complication of
diseases. He w as born In 1RS9 In Hol
land. He immigrated to this country
two years ago. and had been in Rock
Island for the past six months. He
was employed as laborer by the Rock
Island Tool company. He was single.
Surviving are a sister and brother,
living In Wisconsin. They have been
notified of his demise.
Mrs. Cslia Shean.
Mrs. Celja Shean, 77 years of age.
and a resident of this city for the past
60 years.-died at 3 o'clock this morn
ing at her home, 310 Fourth street, of
infirmities of age. Mrs. Shean was
born March 23. 1837. ia Westmoreland
county. Pa-, where she spent the early
years of her life. Her maiden name
was Cells Noll, and she was united in
marriage with Daniel Shean In 1856 in
Pennsylvania. They came to this city
In 1864. and she had lived here since.
Her husband preceded her In death 25
years ago. She was well known
among the early residents in this vicin
ity and leave a large circle of friends.
Surviving are four sons. Daniel and
Royal Neighbors of five camps in
Rock Island met at I. O. O. F. hall j
yesterday afternoon to form plans j
for the Initiatory work to be given j
more than 200 candidates at the meet-j
ing of the state camp in this city May;
IS. Another meeting is called fori
Saturday afternoon. j
Mrs. Bell Newton of Peoria, special
deputy for the order, presided at the
meeting yesterday afternoon. She Is
assisting the local camps In securing
candidates. A special staff to do the
degree work at the coming state camp,
which was to have been selected yes
terday afternoon, will be chosen at
the meeting of Saturday.
MOTIONS TO QUASH ARE
MADE IN OLD ACTIONS
Motions to quash in the cases of
Abraham Katx and Morris Lefstein.
charged with burglary and larceny,
were made yesterday by Searle fc Mar
shall in circuit court. The Indict
ments were returned in January, 1910,
while L. M. Maglll was state's attor
ney. Social Events
SOCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The monthly coffee of the ladies of
the First Baptist church will be held
tomorrow afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Lawrence McDonald. 1032 Four
teenth street. The hostess will be as
sisted by Mrs. J. A. Shadinger. Mrs.
John Titterlngton ana airs, rorest
Young.
The ladies' auxiliary to the Eagles
will hold a card party tomorrow after
noon at the Rock Island rink. Cinch
and BOO will be played and the games
will begin at 2:30 o'clock.
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MRS.
PECK.
An Impressive service was held yes
terday afternoon at the Davenport
Unitarian church In memory of the
late Mrs. Maria Purdy Peck
by the Hannah caiaweu cni
ter daughters or the Ameri
can Revolution. of which she
was regent for ten years. Fort Arm
strong chapter of this city and the
Moline chapter were represented on
the progrsm by Mrs. O. O. Craig and
Mrs. Harry Alnswortn respectively.
Dennis of Rock Island. James of East leach paying beautiful tributes to th
tONS
at 39c i
APRONS
Special
Designed for
service coven
tbe entire figure.
Made of excel
lent quality per
cale, buttons
down side front,
and trimmed
with solid col
ored bandi, 39c
THE ALWAYS BUSY STORE
TKCrr TRADE AT HEADQUARTERS IT'S SAFE 1
r $1.49
Kimonos,
98c
Women's Plioee
Crepe and Ser
pentine Kimo
no with border.
Empire styles,
$1.49 valses,
Friday, 98c
An After Easter Sale of Silk Dresses
$098 $-fl fl75 $-
U sww
-LL JUL
These are all new with the spring season,
such styles as women of refinement prefer.
Though they are Frenchy.nough, there are
none of the fadish extremes just charming
and beautiful creations copied from models
by the best Paris designers. The panier hip
drapery and bustle effet by Premet, the
godet drapery, the many soft ruffles and tunic
styles are all represented in the assortment.
Chiffon taffeta, crepe de chine, charmeuse
and silk poplin are included.
Black, navy, blue, Copenhagen and-Holland,
blue, wisteria, a number of bro-wns, olive
green, mahogany, Nile green, apricot and
lemon share their interest rith very beautiful
floral Bilks and many handsome two-tones in
the taffetas.
There are any number of styles for both
evening and daytime wear. Every dress is an
unusually attractive model at its sale price.
SPECIAL ABOUT 80 DRESSES AT
$5.98 Odd numbers taken from our stock of
stock of silk dresses. Some of them formerly
selling as high as $15.
Compare these $18.75 Suits
With the Higher Priced
Ones They Copy
you'll see very little difference, for they're
modeled very carefully after the originals,
the'materails are out of the ordinary and the
tailoring of great merit.
The suits are beyond any others we have
had this season at this special price, $18.75.
Come and examine them thoroughly as to
style, making aud materials and you will then
realize what treasures they really are!
Shepheed checks, small and medium sized,
and country club checks are excedingly smart
with trimmings of black taffeta and moire
silks. So are the French serges, the gab
ardines, the many crepe weaves. As for col
ors, you may have black, navy and Holland
'.blues, grape, wisteria, greens, orange, tanger
ine, and so on. The season's beautiful color
ings are so well represented that most any
thing you want is here. But even the goodly
showing we have now will not be here forever
the values are too good!
SILK SUITS A very special showing of
moire and taffeta silks at $19.75 and moire,
with the finer, one-of-a-kind suits REDUCED
10 percent to 25 percent.
- - ft.
JfSv a-x.-. r;)r : rjv.wi i .tr.it. . .,J
, " r ? r ?f ? UVk j
- t r rM - d, at
feels?: L 1
Wv:"4 c"""-
V
r.ir '
ew-a3e
Tunic, Tier and Cape
Skirts ; Exclusively
Grossmanian $4.98
These are clever styles, decidedly,
and we have been fortunate enough to
have them confined to us in Moline. Tho
materials are full value for the price, and
some of them are especially worth while.
SILK SKIRTS AT $9.98.
These are usually tunics or ruffles in
Chudda, moire and taffeta. The silks
are of beautiful quality, and the styles
most effective.
After Easter Sale of Coats
$9.98
It is not oten you can purchase
Grossman's Quality Coats or such a
small amount, and we know that these
coats will not last long. Buy tomor
row, while the selection is best.
After Easter Sale of Coats
$18.75
There i8 an appeal in every line of
these Coats. The quality is the best,
the styles are the newest and tb.3 .!
ors are varied. Every kind and style
of coat ib awaiting you here for a price
which is one-third of that you would
pay elsewhere.
Women's and Misses' Blouses
A wonderful showing of blouses in all the latest designs. A wide
range of styles at extremely moderate prices ,
98c to $9.98
AFTER EASTER UNDERMUSLIN SALE
Gowns,
Combinations
98c
Drawers,
Skirts
A special purchase of dainty trimmed Underwear, Slipover and
Empire Gowns, Combinations with straight and . knicker drawers,
dainty Chemise and trimmed Cambric Skirts. y-:
life of Mrs. Peck. Mrs. H. R. Howell
of Des Moines, regent of tbe Iowa D.
A. R.'s gave the principal address of
the afternoon and other speakers were
Mrs. E. W. Boyolon of Davenport and
Dr. Genevieve Tucker. Mrs. Dixie
Cornell Gebhardt of Knoxville. state
secretary.of the D. A. H. and Mrs. D.
W. Bushnell of Council Bluffs, ex-
vice president general of the D. A. R.
and Iowa's condidate for the office of
honorary-vice president general at the
Continental congress to be held this
month " at Washington, were dis
tinguished guesu ot the afternoon,