Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-24
MOLINE

10 DlNioe belongings ana Live
APart.-After having her husband ar
rested for assault and battery, Mrs.
( Joseph DeCoster of Ninth street and
/ Twenty-first avenue, asked the court
TO dismiss the charge, but she did not
make the request till after she and
/ her husband had agreed to separate.
According to the woman's story her
husband kicked her viciously Friday
night during a quarrel. The police
say they have agreed to separate and
that they will divide their belongings.
kemmerling to Retire. - George
Kemmerling, lieutenant of the Moline
division of naval reserves, has filed
an application with Adjutant General
Frank S. Dickson, asking that he be
placed on the retired list Immediately.
Mr. Kemmerling will not explain the
action, other than that conditions in
the local division are not satisfactory
to him at the present time. Had he
remained in the division till May he
would have rounded out II years in
the service of the state in the Hi
nois national guard and naval re-
serves. The law provides that after
10 years service a man may be plac-
ed on the retired list if he requests
that such action be taken. He will be
retired with the rank that he holds at
the present time. If, after his retire
ment, at any time the local division
should he without a commander, he
can be detailed TO take command for
period of from so to 80 days.
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Given One Cent Judgment.-Horse-
shoes not always bring good luck!
Judgment for one cent was allowed
by Justice Entrikin in the suit filed
by John Weideman against Robert
Hartman for the value of twelve old
hOrseshoes. The courts decision did
not satisfy the complainant and he
announced that he would appeal the
case to the circuit court. The appeal
bond has not been filed, but Justice
Entrikin expects that it will be done
in day or so. The suit was warmly
contested. Twelve old hOrseshoes
were brought into the court room.
Weideman contended that they were
not the shoes which he had left in
he didn't think they were either. The
case was given a thorough airing
and Mr.. Hartman testified that old
horseshoes are valued at 30 cents per
100 pounds as junk. After hearing
this evidence Justice Entrikin decid-
ed that - old shoes we're worth one
cent, but the decision was not popu-
lar with Weideman and notice of the
appeal was entered.
He'll WithdraWs from Race. H.
He'll superintendent of schools in
Morgan Park, Chicago suburb, and
former principal of the Moline high
school, has withdrawn his application
for the Office of superintendent of Mo-
line schools. His withdrawal comes
when the board of education expects
TO select B. =. JacksOn's successor.
Breaks Leg in FaIl.-Carl Lindberg,
employed at the Moline Pillow company
shops, while on his way to work yes
terday, fell on a slippery walk between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets on
Sixth avenue and broke his left leg be
tween the knee and the ankle He was
taken in the ambulance to his home,
1416 Third avenue. He will be confin-
ed at least month.
Two Cars Communicative. presum-
ably started by some hobo who had
spent the night in one of the freight
ers, yesterday morning set a string of
over 20 box cars afire ar Thirty-eighth
street. The firemen were unable to
check the blaze because the lack Of
water. Word was sent to the Rock
Island yards at Silvis and a switch en-
CINE was fastened to the scene. With
the assistance of the crew, the firemen
succeeded in combining the blaze TO
two cars. Both of those burned to the
trucks and were total wrecks.
Obituary Record.-Caesar Monti, an
Italian laborer, died yesterday in the
city hospital. Death resulted from
asthma and pneumonia. he was %
years old and had lived at 151919 Sec
ond avenue