Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-26
DAY IN DAVENPORT

Mt Joy Grange Has Annual Elee-
tion-The Mt Joy grange held rs an
nual meeting and election OF caceTs
Tuesday night at the school house,
when the following were cAcsen lot
the year. Master. John 7. Hansen :.
overseer. Joseph T. Gaukler; steward.
Edwin HaTer; lecturer. Miss Carrie
Cook; gstekeeper. Carl Nogt: assist
ant steward. Frank Thompson chap
lain. Richard Runge; treasurer, @ K
Freund: secretary. r g. Hauer. Ceres
Miss FTCreEce Hansen. Pomona, Miss
Norma Mchr: Flora, Miss Hilda Nogt.
lady assistant steward, Miss Lillian
Freund. The installation will be held
Jan. Il a. the school house, the public
being invited for that occasion, as l.
viii be an open meeting.
IN Police Cour1-Joha Davis. the
possessor q an ugly looking revol-
Yer. was arrested for carrying con
cealed weapons The gun was not
loaded. Davis claims h secured the
weapon a. z local pawnshop, where It
had been -'hccked." The ticket, he
said, belongs TO a man nov In the
county jail.
Charged with creating a disturbance
on a Bette1dorf street car bound for
Davenport. ]. A. Jackson, Joe Jackson
and Clarence Trip we're arraigned
before Police Magistrate Louis 2. Rod
dev-ig. The car was the scene Of
much frivolity IN the shape OF vocal
selections, football yells ard other
cries Of the wild The trio was releas-
d with I5-day suspended sentences.
sul. fer $4,000 Disrnissed.-Thes suit
fo- $4,000 brought against J. II. Mumm
by Harry II. Quinn has been dismiss
Cd in district cour.. The defendant
confessed judgment IN the sum OF 81
ana rrtracted certain g;Rtemsnts which
he made derogatoTy TO the plaintiff
and which were the cause OF action
Georse ". Scott was attorney for the
plaintiff.
Forusd Cheek Presented At Bank
4 forged check for $685. was deposited
Tor collection Tuesday n the Iowa
National bank. The dspos!tor return
ed In the afternoon 20 draw 1900 and
when he was refused the man prompt
" left the bank. no has not boon
seen since. A well dressed stranger
walked into the bank and placed for
collection tho forged Instrument
drawn on the Irving Cigar Co. III
South LaSalls street. Chicago. Ill The
check was made payable 70 p J. Cor
coran and bore the signature OF q. r.
Lyons. EecrctaTy-tTeasUreT IL was
marked payable ~ tie II. Dearborn
National bank. Chicago. The check
was also counterzigned with the name
II y. r Meade. president Of tho cigar
company. Il With to deposit this Tor
collection" said the stranger - he
handed the paper % the teller The
bank immediately wired the Irving
Cigar Co. and tho II. Dearborn Ma
tional bank and was advised that the
instrument was a forgery. In the aft
ernoon the stranger again returned To
the bank and desired To draw $500 on
the strength OF the check lie was re-
fused and hurriedly LEFT the bank. The
Davenport police were then notified
OF the forgery but II was too late To
Rpprehend the stranger. Lieut. Frank
J. Lew and several detectives immed-
lately started on the trail Of the
stranger after recsiyiug description
Of the man. u Is beloved he left the
city. Bank officials have been notified
that this game IL tried ali over the
country at the present time and is
believed 10 be the work % an organ
feed check gHRE-
Banquet for Retiring OffieiaIs-Guy
Salisbury. chief test board manager
Of the American Telegraph q TeIe-
phone Co. and =. G. Brsinard. district
traflc chief. will he guests Of honor at
y banquet 10 be given by their friends
and employees OF the company 81 the
Commercial club this evening At $50
O'Clock. Mr. Salisbury Is being trans
ferred from Davenport TO Chicago and
Mr. Braiuard from Davenport To Bur
lington-
Auto 5trlkss SuGsy-An automobile
driven by Irwin Walters while round
Ing the corner at Third and Perry
streets Tuesday night struck a buggy
In which dr. and Mrs FritE Ramm
were riding. The buggy was wrecked.
No one was injured. The car belongs
TO the Sieyfn Taxi company. 10 was
being driven 80 moderate rate of
speed and the accident seems 20 have
been unavoidable. The driver took
Mr.. and Mrs. RaHm 10 their home
north OF the city. Mr.. Sievin agreed
% pay Tor the repSirs to the vehicle.
Burglar Gets One Year-Harry
Clark. sslf-coufessed burglar. was SEN
fenced 10 one year in the county Jail