Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-18
DAY IN DAVENPORT

School Teacher Reslgns.-The resig.l /
nation OF Miss Gertrude W. Dawley
OF the high school was announced 10 ,
the students in her classes yesterday |
and was received with much regret !
Her request for release had been liz I
the hands OF the board Of education /
FOR some time but was not accepted |
until a successor had been secured.
she leaves 10 teach in the new Mich.
sblas Sem high school in Chicago. This
new position is a good advance over
the local high school, as It has big
increase in salary. She has been
teaching in the. local school for four
years and has taught Latin all the
time. The successor to the position
will be Miss Anna Beyers. who is a
graduate OF Indiana university. She
took her masters degree at the Uni
yersity of Chicago. She has taught
for the last few years in the New
Hartford high school in Indiana and
comes highly recommended to the
local school
FNObOGo OSfSOO FFCs-A gang
OF hoboes starting a fire in a box car
in the west yards yesterday afternoon
was the cause of the complete loss
by fire OF one car and slight damage
10 two others. The cars were the
property of the C., r. l. & P. railway.
Damage is estimated at about $4,000
il is thought that the members of the
great army Of the unemployed" we're
within the car and had built a small
fire. When the department arrived the
car was a mass of flames. It was
and efforts we're directed to saving
the two adjoining box cars.
Sues for Divoree.-Petition for d.
voroe was filed yesterday by James H.
Cox against his wife. Ethel Cox, alleg-
ing statutory grounds. The couple
we're married Dec 2s. 1906. according
to the petition filed by Attorney NJ. V.
Cannon for the plaintiff.
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, Chief Denser Back on Job.-Fire
Chief Denger. who has been laid up
for the past two days at his home,
suffering with a torn ligament in his
leg as the result OF a wrench sustain.
ed when he ran up a terrace. is back
on the job. While the muscle is still
swollen, the chief can navigate about
the station house. although his condi.
ton is not such TO enable aim 10 at.
tend fires.
Issue EStradltion Pspers.-Extradi
ton papers we're made out yesterday
morning for Harry Clark, now under
arrest in Milwaukee, Wis., and charg
ed with having burglarized the Me.
mand jevelry store on West Third
street two months ago. County At
torney Fred Vollmer sent the papers
10 Governor Francis McGovern Of Wis
consin yesterday morning. Detective
Patrick ]. Phelan left for Milwaukee
TO bring Clark back 10 Davenport and
10 investigate the case from every
angle there. Over $500 in watches
diamonds. jewelry and silverware
were stolen from the Niemand store
Clark when arrested in Milwaukee is
said TO have confessed to having com
mitted a jewelry store robbery in
Davenport and it is believed that the
Niemand robbery is the one referred
70.
Girls Debating Team.-The call foI
candidates for public speaking FOL
girls was issued last evening a. tbs
high school and seven girls reported
TO try for the position OF represent
ing the local school at the girls de
clamatory contest in Rock Island earll
next year. Several of the girls hav,
tried before at the high school to viii
this honor and are known 70 be gooC
speakers. The following are the girl
that reported last night: Helen Brown
lee, Margaret Amos. Kathryn Paden
Rhea Wable, Esther Keller. Myrtl,
Brennan and Gladys Steagall.
Licensed to Wsd.-A dispatch from
Chicako states George Patterson anC
Ella Weider, both of Davenport, wer.
united in marriage in that city Thurs
day. Mr.. Patterson is the well know
master mechanic at the Rock Islant
arsenal. His bride was formerly
saleslady at the J. II. c. Petersen
Sons store.
= Both with hair whitened and face
wrinkled with 50 years. John W. Dot
and Sarah Yohn, both OF Princeton
we're married Thursday at the Offic
~ Justice w. r. Names. II was tn
second ceremony for both OF the age
participants. both Of whom have live
at Princeton for many years, bein
among the oldest settlers there. Tn
aged couple was accompanied by Far
nle F. Kerr and Emma Martin, both Q
Princeton.
Two couples were united In mai
rage at the once OF Justice w. F
haines. Ned Treffz and Anna Brodel
son, both OF Davenport, and William
Schmidt, Jr., and Anna Eggemann Q