Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-23

Two Taken in Raid on Rooming
House-Detectives made a raid on a
rooming house at Second and Rock Is
! land streets, two prisoners being
caught in the dragnet. They gave
| their names as J. w. Kuhlis and Ruth
Williams. Both were charged with
leading an immoral life.
Wants Will Set Aside-Seeking to
have set aside the will of the late
Ernstine Brandt, Mrs. Frances Shields,
daughter residing in California, has
filed a petition in the Scott county dis
trict court. 1t is alleged that the will
admitted to probate was not the last
will and testament of the said En-
slime Brandt, deceased, I'm that the will
was procured by undue influence
operating on the mind of the testator
previous to and at the time of the
making of the will. Emma C. Brandt
and Clara L. Brandt, executives under
the terms of the will, are made de-
PENDANTS.
Five-Year-OId Child Has Appendi-
citis-Mae McFall, five year old
child, underwent a successful opera
ton Friday afternoon at Mercy hos
pital for appendicitis. The youthful |
patient withstood the ordeal well and |
is now reported to be out of danger. |
She is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. L. McFali, 231S Hancock avenue.
Banker Presents Children With
Costly Observation-Disclosures Shuler, pres
ident of the Iowa National bank, own
er of several coal mines and connected
with other Davenport industries. gave
three of his children a little present
last week. Each received an electric
In order that his wife
might not feel sighted, Mr.. Shuler also
bought her an automobile. The ma
chimes go to Mrs. p. A. Bendixen and
Mrs. Reed Lane of Davenport, Mrs.
Hugh Shuler of Des Moines and Mrs.
Charles Shuler of Davenport. One of
the machines cost $4,000 and the other
three $4,000 each.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young Sail for Ber-
Pennington Young, the
we'll known newspaper man, and Mrs.
Young, who will be remembered as
Miss Beatrice LeClaire of Davenport,
sailed Saturday from New York for
Bermuda on the steamer Arcadian, Mr..
Young, writing under recent date from
lis home in Waterbury, Conn, to an
I'D friend In this city, referred en-
to having secured one
II the finest residences in Cheshire. /
Built by a wealthy judge, who later l
hanged his plans of making his home I
here, it offers all the improvements L
4 the modern home in a beautiful
ouse and fine stables, with over an 4
ere of adjoining grounds laid out in c
ardens- Mr.. and Mrs. Young expect II
o return from Bermuda about April 8. "
o.
Asphalt Plant In operation-Street g
Mcmahon has an q
ounced that work of cleaning the s
utters had practically been complet- II
d, and pavements are now being T.
leaned by the mechanical sweepers. II
'lushers will be placed in the service,
ccording to present plans. Three o
angs of men have started grading a
perations on various streets. the work 81
eing done under the supervision of
ne street department. Commissioner II
IcMahon announced that the asphalt al
liant would be started today. II
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Dies In Active Service.-After risk oil
lg her life hundreds of times by iC
Dnstant association with victims of m
Dntagious diseases, Sister Mary Je- Ia
,me. who had charge OF ST. Roberts vi
hospital for many years, III
led at Mercy hospital Saturday morn fr
& from an Illness resulting from n u
Did. She was 55 years of age. For
Ter decade Sister. Jerome was in 81
large OF the contagion hospital and oi
as almost daily associated with IA ~
lily contagious diseases. During the l.