Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
DAY IN DAVENPORT

, gan. House, who is a brother of Carl
House, formerly an officer on the DAY.
EXPORT police force, was reported as
creating a disturbance. Deputy Sher-
iff Marinan was sent TO place him I'M
der arrest and at the officers appear
ance House attempted to make resist
ance. He was overpowered and when
searched a large revolver with all
chambers loaded was found on his per-
son. He pleaded guilty to the charge
of carrying concealed weapons.
Holds Important Office in School
Work-Dr. Z. II. Schroeder. who was
elected supervisor of the child welfare
department of the Davenport public
schools at a meeting of the board OF
education, has been a practicing ply
stefan here for several. years. The
office of supervisor was created over
year ago and since then the work of
examining school children for possible
physical defects has proven to be one
of the most important activities of the
local schools. Children have been
found suffering with dangerous dis
eases of which their parents had no
knowledge while others have been
discovered whose progress in school
was handicapped by physical defects,
which, when remedied, allowed them
to become leaders in the class room.
Sign Up for Traffic Bureau-Signing
up of 20 Davenport manufacturers and
businessmen under the new contract
system of the traffic bureau of the
Commercial club indicates that the
bureau of the Commercial club
will be successful in secur-
ing so members, the num-
Der which Traffic Commissioner f. j.
banner has set out to interest. Most
of the firms which have come in I'M
der the new arrangement formerly
called in Commissioner Danner to
audit freight bills and quote rates be-
fore the department was placed
on a contract basis. The ap-
pointment of an assistant, R. V. Pow
ell of Peoria, will give Commissioner
Danner time to personally consult and
explain the benefits of the bureau to
other local business houses.
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Navy Men VIII Attend Funeral
and the station at Moline will be closed
the later part of the week so that the
men on duty may attend the funeral
OF Frank DeVorick, who was killed in
the taking of Vera Cruz. DeVorick's
body has arrived in New York and
will be taken to Blakesburg. Iowa,
where 1t will be buried. His home was
at Abba, Iowa. Quartermaster j. II.
Brady OF the Davenport Office received
orders from the head Office at Des
Moines, granting him and his assist
ant. Z. Grimes, leave of absence TO at
tend the funeral, the time of which has
not been definitely settled. Ii Will be
either Friday or Saturday. Quarter
master Brady Immediately advised the
Des Moines office that he. Mr.. Grimes
and b. r. Kinkhead, in charge of the
Moline office, will attend the funeral.
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Loses Money; Would Suieide-Va- !
sile Kurkorian. laborer at the Bet. |
tendorf car shops. was laid of recent |
ly. He had saved roll OF some sac /
or $50. Monday he fell into the com !
pany of group of foreigners who !
were better gamblers than he was. |
They persuaded him to stay in their |
game until all his money was gone. |
With HIS money went Kurkorian's hope |
of going back to the family he had left !
in far-off Roumania. He went home |
AID decided to take his life. Whiting |
and scraping the heads of a box OF