Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-23
WILL PUT ON LID
Rest of State Preparing to do
Things to Davenport as
Result of Fight.
CAPT. KULP1OBE PROSECUTED
Herman Says He will Retire from the
Ring for Good-Mc Farland Not
Ready for Cans.

The following from q last nights
Des Moines dispatch indicates an In
tention ON the part OF the state au
thorities of Iowa to make the fistic
program carried out Thursday evening
in defiance of orders an occasion for
an attempt to screw the lid down upon
Davenport, whether that city wants it
put on or not:
THE civil officers of Scott county
are to be brought to an accounting
for their failure to stop last nights
prize fight in Davenport. Captain O..
w. Kulp was placed under military
arrest today and will be tried by court
martial within eight days.
Governor Cummins has appointed
Major Johnson of the SD regiment at
Maquoketa as judge advocate general
of the courtmartial. The court will
sit at Des Moines and probably its
hearings will be public, this point to
be determined by the court.
Captain Kulp will be served with
written charges, which Governor Cum
Minis has directed Colonel Logan, as
sistant adjutant general, to prepare.
| 1t is expected at the governors office
| that some citizens of Davenport will
appear to complain against the sheriff
and mayor of that city for not enforc-
| ing the law.
VIII Remove from Office.
"In case such a complaint is lodged.
Attorney General Byers will proceed
| TO the work of removing the accused
men from office for not stopping the
fight. Proceedings of this character
will be brought before the presiding
judge of the district.
ct is understood that Captain Klup's
prize fight in Davenport. 1t is the
position of both Governor Cummins
and Adjutant General Thrift that the
contest was a fight, but that whether
it was or was not, their orders to Klup
permitted no discretion on his part
| but demanded implicit obedience
Indignation in the state bodies i'll
for Davenport for. its defiance Of the
laws of the state. Governor Cummins
has received already many assurances
| of support for policy intended to
make an example of those responsible
| for last nights events
Making Political Capital.
The whole state has been consider
ably agitated recently over conditions
prevailing in Davenport and the gov
ernor is being spurred on to go the
| limit of his authority in chastisine
the naughty DayenpOrters. His repub-
lican enemies are making political cap.
ital out of his attitude of nOn-interfer-
ence thus far. Newspapers refer sar-
castically to Scott county as ''the state
of Scott The calling out of the mil
tia Thursday night was the first occa
sion in 10 years when the troops have
been on duty within the state.
Placed Under Arrest.
Captain Kulp was arrested by tel
eSraph today. the message stating
that he should consider himself under
restraint pending orders to report foI
the hearing coming from Adjutant
| General Thrift at Des Moines.
Herman Ready to Quit.
Kid Herman on returning to Chicago
Yesterday said he had underestimate
| McFarland's prOwess and was not suff
ciently prepared. He said he would
now quit the game for good. McFar
land claimed he could have delivered
a knockout punch but feared arrest
He also stated that he. is not ready
to meet Joe Cans at present but will
be content to dispose of some of the
other Glass A men and work to the
top by easy stages.