Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-18

campaign and assist In al state oeNel-
opment projects. The new association
will be along the general lines OF the
| Greater Davenport committee work. To
provide for the erection OF the Iowa
building at the exposition and OF the
temporary expenses of the state pro-
motion work $4,000 was appropriated
| OF this amount s2s.500 will be used IN
the erection OF an Iowa building. The
| committee has at its disposal 100000,
raised by popular subscription among
| the business men of Iowa. To this
Davenport contributed $1,000.
Purchases Forty Acres.-Fred Kram-
beck has purchased from Miss Mary
Ellen Jones a choice unimproved 40
! acre tract of land near Argo. The
price was $205 an acre, and consider
ing the high quality of the land, is
regarded as reasonable.
Two Smallpox cases-The and
12-year-old daughters of Mrs. Adella
Hartkop, s22k West Eighth street
were discovered to be victims of small
pox, and the home was placed under
quarantine.
Check Mystery Battles Police-The
Davenport police are confronted with
battling mystery. Fragments or
torn check were found on the floor OF
the auto patrol. They were placed In
the hands of Lieutenant Frank Lew,
who Immediately did little high class
sleuthing. The pieces were pasted to-
gether on a blank sheet of paper, and
although some of them were missing,
enough remained TO identify the check
as one drawn on the New Farmers
State Bank of Mason City, Ia The
check was for SIS and made payable
to the order of Verbene Berguer. 1t
was signed by the Mason Lumber &
Coal company, per o. F. Weber There
was no endorsement on the back. The
supposition is that the check was de-
stroyed by one of five men picked up
near the Milwaukee depot last night. |
One of them was booked as c. Cham |
burger, and the police believe that he |
is the man who destroyed the check, |
in addition to giving fictitious name. |
1t is believed that Chamburger forged |
the check in Mason City and had in
tended to pass it in Davenport When
he feared prosecution, and
destroyed the damaging evidence
while on his way to the station. All
Of the five men taken, including Cham
burger, were dismissed and ordered
out of town, so that there is but slight
chance that the man will be appre-
lended. The police have communicate
ed with the Mason City authorities
With a view to obtaining more infor-
fiOn on 10 Snhfanf
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Bootleegers Arraisned in Davenport
Seven bootleggers, six men and a
woman, have been brought before Uni
ed States Commissioner A. G. Bush in
Davenport on the charge of selling
liquor without license in Muscatine.
The woman, Mrs. T. r. Truemphy, ap-
reared before the commissioner and
waived her preliminary examination.
She was placed on bonds of $500,
which were furnished, and her trial
Till take place next week. The six men j
in court. They are Otto Gun +
rum, William Walker, Delmar A. I
Paddock, George Baker, Neal Myers I
nd Richard Anderson. Each in turn
Iaived preliminary examination and
ach was placed under a bond of $500. L
ne case OF Grunuum was SET Tor June Il
s, that of Walker and Craddock for
une "a, that of Baker for June &c,
Iyers for June q and Richard An e
erson for June 20. Each furnished T
onds and was released. 1t is likely s
lat each of the defendants will be v
epresented by attorney when the !;
asses come up for trial. h
Launch Thief to Appear in Court IL
a. p. Wilkins, the man who was ar l!
'sted here some time ago on infor- il
alton from authorities of North Nc W
regor on a charge of stealing o
unch. has decided to enter a plea of t,
iilty and will appear in district court Il
'ilkfns was arrested by local detec- az
We after he had gone over 100 miles h,