Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-01
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

ly they will be arraigned in police
court. The Johnson woman told the
police she bought the pool room from
the Harveys for $3.50, paying down
500 in cash. She is roming with the
Harveys, and accuses them of entering
her bedroom and stealing the SOS
which she had secreted under her bed.
Increase Big for School Work-A
total of S439,972.S0 will be required for
the upkeep of schools in Scott county
in 1915, according to estimates sub
mitted to County Auditor Edward Col
Inns by the secretaries of the various
boards of education. This is an In
crease of $751; over the last coun-
ty school budget, which amounted to
S423, 223. The amount which will be
needed for the teachers fund next year
is estimated at $271, 27OS0; for the
contingent fund, s112,05S, and school
house bonds fund, $56,644. The total
levy for the Davenport independent
school district will be 27.7 mills, an in
crease of seven-tenths mills over the
previous levy.
Boy Arrested for Cursina-Charged
with cursing and abusing an aged cou-
pie without the slightest provocation,
Walter Light, a young man scarcely
81 years of age, was arraigned in po-
lice court yesterday Officer Schroeder
testified that Light used the most in
decent language. The young mans
abuse was directed at Mr.. and Mrs
L, l4v- I'LL rini1 -tr
Justice Phil Daum, who is acting as
police magistrate during the absence
of Louis Roddewig, ordered Light to
apologize to Mr.. and Mrs. Sommer and
suspended a 15-day sentence.
Watch and Money StoIer. In Depot
Albert J. Kroeger, 10S Grand View
avenue, Muscatlne, entered the Rock
Island depot to wait for a train. He
sat down on one of the benches and
about 3 o'clock in the morning he be-
came drowsy and fell asleep. He
awoke with a start at 8: 80 and felt for
his watch. 1t had disappeared to-
gether with a pocketbook containing
about $50. Kroeger reported the rob-
berry to the police, but thus far there
have been no further developments.
The authorities attribute the work to
professional pickpockets.
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Japanese Student viii Speak Here
Hajimi Inadomi, a Japanese student,
will deliver an address in English re.a-
tive to the social life and missionary
work in Japan Thursday night at s
o'clock at the Danish Lutheran church,
Sixth and Warren streets.
To Build Warehouse-The Mccarthy
Improvement company took out a
building permit for the construction
of a $4,000 warehouse for the Purity
Oats company at Faxon and Pine
streets.
Seven Thousand in Enrolment
Seven thousand pupils trooped back to
their tasks in the Davenport public
schools yesterday. From the early
registration the number will be larger
than ever before In the history of
Davenport. Several hundred add
tional names will be added to the list
viEin the next few days. Kinder
gartens in all the Is districts will al
low for hundred more little tots than
were enrolled last year. In the high
school the freshman class is larger
than ever before with 201 registered
up to noon. Total enrolment in the
high school is already over the 900
mark says Principal George E. Mar
shall. Superintendent Smart, Secre-
tary McCollister and the big corps of
teachers were busy from long before
school hours with the countless details
that come from the first day of school.
Glasses were dismissed at noon.
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Highway VIII Soon Be Ready for
Use-Improvement OF Davenport Lee
Claire road for a half mile east of
Pleasant Valley will be completed the
latter part of the Week, according to