Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-02

"ousnt Too TechnicaI.-Rudolph
frahm entered his saloon, 1915 Rock
; ingham road, after 10 O'Clock and was
pronpuy placed under arrest by De-
ecIIFe Schlueter and Officer Meyer
LOT violating the closing hour law.
he was released on 500 bonds TO an
pear IN police court. An inyestiga-
tIon' however, revealed the fact that
frahms place was not open for bust
ness after the prohibited time and
tnat IN view OF the fact that his sa-
loon was permanently cIosed by ac-
: uon OF the council, the man had a
( rlgnt TO remove his goods. II appears
) that Frahm had asked the nolice
whether he could give liquor away
10 ms friends after 10 o'clock provid-
= ing ne Sold nothing. He was Informed
Vat ne might do so but that he could
noI make the donations In his place of
business after the closing hour. The
Two Officers had been detailed to
watch the place. Frahm closed his
= doors sholfiy before 10, but a few
mihutes efterward he entered the
salo9A and took two bottles of beer
o2side. 1t was then that he was ar.
/Tested. Mr.. Frahm severely condemns
the police for the rough manner in
which they handled him, after he had
exclaimed, 81 am an American citi.
zen and have my rights He states
his shirt was torn by the rough han
ding Of the officers and that in the
alteration, s92 which he had in the
shirt pocket disappeared So far nc
trace has been found Of the money.
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3. LeVee Commission lnspection.-The
E: Davenport Levee Improvement com
mission made a personal inspection OF
the work along the river front after
Z the meeting of that body yesterday
? morning. The commission first Wis
: tied Renwick pier at the foot of Fed
~ eral street, where much of the filling
% in has been done. The commission
is more than gratified with the i'm
4 provements already made along the
, harbor and discussed in a genera
manner the work to be accomplished
3 this year. Until the controversy will
the Milwaukee railroad is settled the
: work along the harbor in the vicinit,
3 OF the bridge will be deferred. 1t il
planned to complete the construction
OF the railing along the permanen
!. seawall west of Main street and t.
install lighting system this year.
q Policemen More Comfortable
g While Davenport may not enjoy thu
+ distinction of having "shirt-waist'
or 1,
many days before "straw-hat officers
will be a common sight in this city
In a letter to Chief Schramm, reat
TO the officers at roll call, Mayo
Mueller called attention the resolu
ton passed by the city council sug
costing that a lighter uniform bC
wowrn by the policemen during III
heated term. The mayor urged a dis
cussion by the officers along the line
suggested and asked the chief to as
certain whether the men desired
lighter uniform for summer weaI
This would be an additional expense
1t was pointed out, so the men agree
that If they were permitted to wea
straw hats instead of the regulation
helmet it would help materially
Chief Schramm has asked for san
pies of police straws," from whic
the official bonnet for summer wea
will be chosen.
Marriage Licenses.-Marriage
censes were issued by County Cler
Harry ]. Mcfarland as follows: Juliu
II. Geertz and Paula Louise Ankel
son, Davenport; Edmund Davis an
Pearl Murphy, Davenport.
Father Flanagan Host.-The boy
of the choir of the Sacred Heart Ct
thedral were the guests of Very Re-
Father Flanagan at a very delightfl
treat of Monday, their entertainer
taking the form of an outing at Blac
Hawk Watch Tower. Here some
of the boys, accompanied by Re-
Father Barron. spent the day in tn
enjoyment OF the various amusement