Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-17

Mitchell Dies In Burlington. - ser
geant Roy V. Mitchell of the Daven-
port recruiting station died in the Bur
! lington station. He had been suffer
| ing of late from abscess of the kidneys
and was taken to the hospital, where
he died after a short confinement. Mr..
Mitchell was 80 years of age. and was
| born in Appanoose county, Iowa. He
is survived by his father and mother,
| two brothers and one sister, all living
| in Mcpherson, Kan. The body will be
shipped to Mcpherson for burial.
Deserving Wife Sought. - Claiming
that his wife has disappeared and that
| a search of four months has been fruit
less, Albert Debus asks help TO find her.
He claims that he has done every
thing in an effort to get into communi-
cation with her, and although he be-
lieves that she is in the immediate
neighborhood, she is completely lost
to him. Debus says that his 13-year-
old son also went with his wife. I'VE
had little trouble he said, land I'll
admit that it was part of my fault.
heard that she was out in Walcott and
couple of weeks ago l went out
there and inquired around, but they
told me that she had left, and il is sup
posed that she came back to Daven-
port. I've looked all over Davenport,
but have not found her" Debus claims
that his wife had found employment
in Walcott and had become independ
ent. He said that they had been mar
ried over Is years and had lived for
some time in Chicago before coming
to Davenport. He states that his son
is unusually talented and plays the
violin. Debus is an upholsterer and
takes private work.
Reseues Her Sick Husband-Mrs. H.
E. Dell, 2O24 College avenue, was awak-
ened shortly before 1 o'clock yester-
day morning by the sound of some
thing falling on the floor of her hus-
bands room. Fearing that her hus-
band, who has been sick for some
time, was in need of attention, she has
tened to his room. She opened the
door and a flood of flame blinded her,
and the smoke drove her back. She
pushed her way into the room again,
made her way to her husbands bed.
He was still sleeping. She awakened
him with difficulty. for the smoke had
dulled his senses. and it seemed an
age before she could make him under
stand. Finally she reused him, and
with what little assistance he was able
to give her. she was able to drag him
from the room. The fire department
was summoned immediately, and the
fire was extinguished without much
difficulty. The walls and ceiling of the
bed room were burned but the flames
were cut off before they had a chance
to spread. For a time IL was thought
the fumes OF the smoke and the shock
of the affair would add serious compli-
cations TO Mr.. Dell's condition, but he
is recuperating better than was expect
ed. AS far as can be ascertained, the
fire was the result of spontaneous COM
bustion.
Says Foundation Is Joke.-Claiming
the paving job on North Harrison
street from Park Lane to the city
limits to be an outrage. James w Boil
linger last night appealed to the coun-
ell to withhold the tax levy until an
80 'S0NAeheAOh bdu OCcn MI. boil
hnger represented property holders
interested, and at the conclusion of
his talk. Alderman Waterman moved
that the tax levy resolution be with
drawn until further action could be
taken on the protest. Mr.. BolIinger
stated that he had been informed that
the concrete foundation was not over
three or four inches thick instead of
the five inches called for in the speci- |
hcations. He claimed that the con-
tractors had failed to put the proper
amount OF cement in the mixture and !
stated that other contractors had des-
lgnated the foundation as "a joke" |
Property holders claim to have been |
able 70 scrape on the material with |
their feet just before the binder was
laid. The pavement in question was |
laid by the Mccarthy Improvement |
company and was accepted by the city
engineer and the board of public