Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-06

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en- into a quantity of waste paper and
started a fire. This was extinguished
with no damage. The department was
called to 1888 West Second street, but
the alarm proved to be false. Twenty
minutes later they were called to 1893
East Fourteenth street, where the roof
had caught fire due to skyrocket.
The worst fire of the evening was that
at the home of John German, No. 4
Arlington court, where fire had broken
out in a closet as a result of sponta-
neous combustion. A number of books
were destroyed, and other furniture
was destroyed by the flames, the total
loss of which will be in the neighbor-
hood of $500.
Roberts Dead in Washinston.-R. F.
Redfeld, principal of Madison school,
has received copy of the Washington,
D. c., Star, telling of the death in that
city of Henry H. Roberts, a former
principal of the Davenport high school.
The article follows: Henry H. Rob-
erts, a teacher in the Business High
school of this city for the last decade,
Takoma park, after an illness of three
months. Mr.. Roberts was born in Rock
Stream, y. Y, in 1852. He was a grad
uate of Cornell university. in the class
of rs. Immediately after his gradua-
ton he took up the profession of teach
ing. He was at one time principal of
the high school in Little Falls, n. Y;
of the hign school in Middletown, N
Y, and later at Fort Dodge and. Dav-
export, Iowa. He came to Business
high school in 1904. He was a mem
Der of Trinity 'Takoma church, where
for many years he served as vestry-
man. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Louise Roberts, and three sons,
Harry, Reginald and Alan Roberts.
City Mecca For Auto Tourists.-Sev-
eral hundred automobile. tourists were
in Davenport Saturday. having come
here to spend the Fourth of July or
enroute to eastern or western points. |
A great bulk of these came from points |
in Iowa and Illinois, while others came |
from more distant points. Among |
those coming from the more distant
points were parties from Denver, Kan
sas City and Cleveland. At the Hotel |
there were 100 tourists in |
25 cars. Forty OF these came from |
Cedar Rapids and eight others from |
Fairfield. At the New Kimbail there |
were reported 80 people in 20 cars.
coming from various points in Iowa
and Illinois. There were also others
from more distant points. A large
number of the tourists did not go to
The hotels. but called on friends here.
They spent the day at the parks and
amusement places in and about the
.hree cities.
Congregational Picnic July s.-The
annual picnic of the Edwards Congre-
sational church will be held all day
Thursday of next week. The excur
Iionists will leave here at O'Clock
L the morning on the steamer wv.
w." and go to Linwood, where a picnic
Inner will be served and races and
James arranged for the boys and girls.
rhe committee in charge of the event
$ composed of J. II. Tappert, chair
nan, Mrs. c. a. Moore. Leon Meyer,
Harold James. Mrs. w. r. Moore. Rev.
!. A. Parr and G. A. Fuchs.
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Blue Coat Saves Babe From Death.
But for the prompt action of Motor
ycle Cop Blickhan, the 2-year-old son
{ Mrs. Helen Evans. 221 West Sixth
treet. would undoubtedly have met
cath under the wheels of an east
ound Fourth street car. The little
Lap had run away from home and
vas playing in the center OF the car
racks in front of police headquarters.
'fficer Biiekhan rushed into the street
nd carried the little one 10 safety.
he anxious mother arrived at the sta