Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-18

traveller and scientist of Chicago,
spent Sunday in Davenport. He came
here to look over the archaeological
and chronological collections in the
Academy of Sciences museum. He
has been a frequent visitor to Daven-
port since the early days of the mus
cum, but it has been several years
since he was here last. He was very
much interested in seeing the c. A.
Ficke connection of Peruvian pottery,
especially the Nazca ware, which is
very rare and of which the Davenport
museum has one of the few large col
lections outside of Peru. He also ex-
amined carefully the objects secured
by the exploration of the mounds near
Albany, H., by the academy several
years ago. Prof. Starr made num-
Der of suggestions as to the rearrange-
ment of certain portions of the acad-
emy's collections, which is now in pro-
gress.
Valuable Mail Pouch StoIen-Gov-
eminent secret service men are in
vestigating the theft of a valuable mail
pouch stolen. either from the local post
Office or from the depot platform here
last week. The postal authorities re-
fuse to discuss the theft or to say
whether a clew to the robbers has yet
been obtained. The pouch is known
to have contained drafts amounting to
several hundred dollars payable to
Pleasant Valley and LeClaire mer-
charts. The bank through which the
money was forwarded has been noti-
fed of the robbery and has stopped
payment on the checks.
O.
Reckless Driver Still at Large
Driver of the automobile which struck
Mrs. G. Flambo Saturday night is still
at large although the number of the
machine is known to the police and
apprehension is expected. The accident
occurred about $50 Saturday night
a short distance out of the city on the
Jersey Ridge road. The machine cat
apulted into the buggy in which Mrs
Flambo was riding, throwing her into
the bushes at the side of the road, but
the driver did not stop his flight to aid
the victim of his recklessness. Mrs
Flambo is not dangerously injured.
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Mcclellan Heights to Have Paving
~ IilC iCAI lAlSSllllS VI Tic CITY COuI-
Gil the petition of the Mcclellan
Heights property holders for new
paving will be acted upon favorably.
This decision was agreed upon at
meeting of the paving committee and
members of the board of public works.
Steal 200 Cigare-Burglars with a
craving for high class tobacco satisfied
their wants Saturday night by break
ing into the cigar factory of NJ. Raph-
ael & Sons company. 312 Harrison
street, and helping themselves to over
200 choice smokes" An entrance was
by means of window open
ing onto the roof of the second story.
The thieves thoroughly ransacked the
premises, but apparently were not
looking for money.
Seeks Divorce-Marian Either has
filed suit for a divorce from her hus-
band. William, in the district court. |
Adultery and habitual drunkenness are
the grounds. The petition states that
they were married in Rock Island Nav
l, 1912. and lived together until May
/, 1914
In District Court.-Claim OF dam
ages due the Western Implement COM
pany has been brought by William !
Waterman, trustee, who asks judg- |
ment of S3.S12.5O and interest since |
May. 1914, from the Dakota Tractor |
& Implement company and Herman i
Heesch, A. A. Laisy and F. w. Scham- |
Der. partners, doing business under |
the name OF the Dakota Tractor & I'm |
plement company. 1t is declared that |
a traction engine given this concern |