Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-22
DAVENPORT

SONS winch tne DdN6npul City Souh-
ell has ever held. 81 saloons were Pc;
out OF business After two solid days
had been spent in an effort tn agree
on the proposition. the counctmen
came TO an open rupture and Mayor
Mueller was forced to personally vote
| out every thirst parlor by casting tine
! deciding ballot. the democratic an re
publican aldermen coming TO a dead
lock in each instance. II has been al
legged by those who claim TO be relia-
bly, informed that 25 democratic sa-
looms were cast into outer darkness,
while on the other hand, but six repub-
lican thirst parlors were chopped on
| the list. 1t may also be of intel est to
note that the Germans in the west end
| were hardest hit by the republicans
| selection, saloons being grabbed out of
| their territory in a wholesale manner.
But seven saloons were removed from
the territory east of Harrison street.
or the 81 saloons to retire from busi-
ness on July /, II owe their allegiance
to the Davenport Mailing company. six
to the Independent Brewing company,
five to the Rock Island Brewing COM
pany and one to the AnheuSer-BuSch
interests. Five of them sold both Dav-
export Mailing and Independent Brow
ing company's beer. Five saloonkeep-
ers in the list owned their property.
They are H. p. Christensen, John
Schmidt. w. H. Kay, H. E. Mennen
and John Roeschmann. The republi-
cans attempted to win popular sympa-
thy by claiming that the democrats
got cold feet by refusing to show up
at the afternoon meeting. The repub-
licans ATTEMPTED to show that their
colleagues were towards, attempting
to shift responsibility on the other
side of the house.
Saloons voted out of business:
John Alger. 424 Perry street.
Louis Abendroth, 1877 Mound street
J. NJ. Barghols, 1908 Harrison street
fireman Bergert, sos West Second
street.
H. P. Christensen, 1880 Rockingham
road.
Pat Denahy, 427 East Fourth street
John T. Eckmann, 230 West Front
street.
Edward H. Ehlers, 1880 Washington
street.
Carl Fersch, 1917 West Fourth
street.
Charles Gallagher, 229 Perry street
A. G. Glenn, 1927 West Third street
Julius Goettsch, 72O Harrison street.
Henry Jaeger, 1902 Rockingham
road
w. H. Kay, sol Marquette street.
William Rooster, 400 West Second
street
William Mennig, 7O7 Marquette
street.
H. T. Mennen, 331 East Third street. |
Anthony Mey. 212 East Third street |
John F. Meyer, $50 West Fourth |
street.
d. T. Maven, 300 Main street.
William Nienstedt, 115S West Third
street.
]. H. Pohlmann. 702 West Second
street
John Roeschmann, I'll West Second
street
Albert Rostock, 1904 Bowditch
street.
John Schmidt. 1902 West Fourth
street
John F. Sohn, 4S2 West Second
street
Matt Timothy, 514 Harrison street.
Herman Weiss. 1902 Rockingham
Dad.
G. NJ. Witherspoon, 7O2 West Third
street
Carl ziebarth. 9O2 West Third
treet
Walter Bahls, Ill Harris street.
o.
Scott County Wins Big Sufficiently
Attorney Vollmer was elated when he
eceived news THAT Scott county had
5on victory in the case of Scott
ounty VS.. Frank c. Townsley, which
'as tried last February before Judge
Villcockson at Washington, Iowa, and {
S result of this decision the sum of !
bout $500 was awarded to Scott /
ounty. July 20, 1895, before the Scott '
ounty commissioners of insanity, Mrs.
'mma j. Townsley was declared in
ane on the application of her hus-
and, and she was sent to the hospital +
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, for treat >
lent. She remained there until the :,
resent time with the exception of an
lterval or about one month, when she
as out on parole. The defendant
usband, Frank Townsley, 1t was al.
'ged on behalf of the county. was
orth about $4,000, having property
JEFFERSON county, Washington coun-
and in Kansas, but although he was !.
ell able to contribute to her support
the institution, yet he refused and
to do so. and the whole bur-
en- OF supporting his wife was upon
colt county, which made the pay
ents as they fell due each month. u
In 1908, Townsley attempted to pro- e
ire divorce from his wife in Qua II
aloupe county. New Mexico, on the \
Jumped up ground that she had de- {
erted him. The court refused to aid r
I'm In his plan and refused to set the "
sal OF its approval on his attempt to
efraud his poor. insane wife. In 1913.
Hughes county. Oklahoma, the de- i
ndant again applied for a divorce, al "
ging cruel and inhuman, treatment q
/ the part of his wife prior to the ad- Il
dication of insanity. Here the hus- c
n a IL, | a