Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-19

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pardon.
On Fire inspection.-Fire Chief
Peter Denger made an inspection of
local garages and discovered several
instances where oil-soaked waste was
! lying in dangerous places on the
! floors of the buildings. The chief Or
dered the waste kept in a safe re-
ceptacle and threatened to make ar
rests if his orders were not complied
with. The chief has also been as
/ sisting State Building Inspector Bye
| in investigating local buildings that
are said to be not equipped with fire
escapes in compliance with the state
law. The building inspector has IS
sued orders 10 property owners TO
comply at once with the state fire
laws or stand consequences.
Issue One Marriage License.-A
marriage license was issued Yesterday
by County Clerk Harry j. Mcfarland
to Gottlieb NJ. Wiedenhoeft of Gene
SEQ, Ill, and Bertha E. STANCE Of DAY.
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Police NeWs.-Eight followers of the
circus were arraigned in police court
yesterday morning charged with vag-
rancy and released on their promise to
leave Davenport within an hour. The
men gave the names of Arthur Fetch
er, Joe Williams, Robert Johnson,
Thomas Smith, Eddie Tarte, c. J..
Martin and Ed Henry Montford. Sen
fences Of Is days in Jail were sus-
pended over the men in case they fail
to make good in their promise to leave.
/, The Davenport police have been re-
quested to locate Leonard and Lester
Arwiies Of Chicago, who left that city
for a vacation trip in this vicinity a
few days ago, and whose mother be-
came seriously Ill. The boys live in
1900 block on Winthrop avenue in
Chicago. Efforts TO find the two in
Davenport have been futile.
VlctimizIng the Public.-Palming
themselves off as representatives of
the Davenport barracks of the Saliva
ton army, two young men, Carl and
Andrew Long, have been victimizine
the people in the suburbs for the last
few days. The matter came to the at.
tentton of Captain P. ]. Strickland in
charge Of the local corps recently
and he notified the police to be on the
lookout for the smooth crooks. The
mode of operation of the grafters is
simple. They visit homes together
and make strong door step plea Tor
, charity. Credentials are presented, il
, called for, from the army, with which
the pair were once connected.
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I Postoffice Receipts.-The reports OF
S the Davenport postoffice for the fisca
y year ending June so, just completed
by Assistant Postmaster w. N Bragg
e show very appreciable increase il
j the receipts Of the local Office over tbs
I preceding year. The increase amount
ed to s24,677OS.' The receipts of the
Office sent TO the treasurer at Wash
a ington were S13S,95392.
/ Obituary Record.-A large circle O
[ friends were shocked TO learn of thu
a sudden death at 1920 o'clock yester
e day morning of Paul Andrew Aepli a
: the family home, 1909 Perry street
Y The fatal ailment was bladder trou
{ BILE. The deceased, who was assistan
I secretary Of the L. N Roberts com
r pany and the Gordon-Van Tine CON
pany, left his desk Tuesday Afternoon
feeling slightly indisposed and re
a paired TO his home. His illness wa
t not considered serious by his famil
70 and friends and his death was une,
II pected. Mr.. Aepli was born in d.
It buque, Iowa, Oct. %. 1870, and was 4
z years old at the time of death. II
n was formerly connected with the Fal
d ley & Loetscher Manufacturing con
N pany Of Dubuque and IL years az
t. came TO Davenport and identified hin
e self with the L. n. Roberts compan,
4. He was a prominent member of tn
a. First Church of Christ, Scientist, an