Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

, ing for the cause of Germany. During
the year 1910 Mr.. Stein visited Ger
many and on his return to Davenport
was accompanied by Mr.. Westhooven.
! The latter was a bright and highly
| educated young man of IS years. Up
on reaching Davenport he accepted a
clerkship in the Hansen hardware
store. He remained here over a year,
making his home with Mr.. Stein dur
ing the time and then returned to
Germany. AS soon as the war started
he was made a sergeant and stationed
at Prenzlau and Zossen. His duty
there was drilling the troops After SIX
weeks of this service he went to the
front and was killed while fighting for
his country in the trenches at Dix
nude. He was buried on the battle
ground. When the war was declared,
all soldiers who so desired, were given
two days in which to be married. Mr..
Westhooven availed himself of this OPP
portunity and married his sweetheart
in Berlin. Now she is left a widow
of a few months.
Cause for Divorce-"He wouldn't
y
her coffin" is one of the grounds for
divorce in the petition filed by Fannie
Rubbing against her husband, Charles
Rubbing. The aggrieved wife places
this line in her petition to show the
adamant qualities of her husband, and
to show the strained marital relations.
II was stated in the amendment to
her original petition that they were
married Aug. II, 1895. Her husband,
she claims, has been guilty of a series
of cruel and inhuman treatment, and
she also charges him with intoxica-
ton. She claims that the real estate
owned by them is valued at approx
imately $4,000. and she asks the court
for an equitable division and sufficient
alimony to sustain her.
o.
Five in Family Have Smallpox
Several days ago Paul Ashcroft, Ere
mont street and Diehn avenue, con-
tracted smallpox and was removed to
St. Roberts hospital. The health au-
thorities advised other members of |
the family to be vaccinated immediate |
ly, as there was danger of the con- |
tagion spreading, but their advice was |
unheeded. Saturday Health Officer !
Mullen was notified that five other |
members of the family were suffering |
with we'll developed cases of smallpox
and the home was placed under quar-
antine. Another smallpox patient was
taken to st. Roberts when the Bet
tendorf health authorities reported a
case in that town.
Take Pedagogue as "NeedIe MAN.
Mrs. j. Eta Heslop of Webster City,
Iowa, who created a real sensation
few days ago when she exposed the
alleged operations of a poison needle"
gang and enlisted the aid OF the police
IN an effort to run down the white slav-
ers, CAME upon a red hot clue Satur-
lay. She pointed out a school teach
or. D. E. Copen of 4301a Brady street,
20 the police and branded him as a
member of the gang which she be-
ieves is making a business of kidnap-
ng Davenport girls. Mr.. Copen, whose
character is above reproach, was taken
o police headquarters after Mrs. Hes
op had insisted, but soon proved his
innocence and was released. Not so
With Mrs. Heslop, who was ordered
AIKEN to the house of detention. Her
eleased was secured by Attorney c.
/. Murphy after she had promised to
leep away from the postoffice. Post
'ffice authorities here have complained |
o the police regarding the woman's
ctions. They claim she has made the
General delivery window her head :
uarters for almost a week and has {
men patrons by stepping up T,
n them and looking them over from
cad TO foot Saturday morning she {;
rallied Mr.. Copen from the postoffice :
D the Lane building and upon seeing :
,fficer Carl House. rushed up to
i'm and cried, do you see that man :
yer there? / demand his arrest as a
lember of the poison needle gang" :
o.
Huot in $4,000 Damage Action
gorge F.. Huot, for injuries which he
lainued he sustained when he was
truck by the automobile delivery of ;
ne a. ]. Wiley grocery, has entered X
lit against the proprietor of that n
oncern for $4,000. Huot was con- s
ned to his home several weeks as /
esult of the injuries sustained. He q
tates that II was through the negli- "
ence of the driver that he was struck. i
he accident occurred on Sept 10. 81
mother suit for $4,000 will be filed n
y Caspar Conklin against Arthur el
oenne for injuries sustained. N
Licensed to Wed.-Rudolph \. Kuhl a
Davenport and Laura Schneckloth
Eldridge fe