Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-08
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

son by President silberstsin o. the
Davenport TuruErmeiute following a
Telegram recommending this action
from Natioaai Turner President
Theodore s;smpfui % Indianapolis.
.
Aate Burusg Loss Totals Over 500
The engine % the automobile owned
- A. 8. German backhrsd Monday
~VFrinE and q iDEa % almost 500 Vas
sustained before tts blaze. which en-
sued. uas eKfinsuished The aiaEm
sas turned Ga az ssz5 o'clock SIX gal
Ions % chemical eNtiuEuiahsr Wcrs
used iH smothsrius the aamea. The
EsFaEF ukrFc che Gre occurred is to-
Gated 81 Zoe East Tsuth street
Heuss Barns % Grouna-whiic
tse hgm~ % 90. Foster a. gslz Boycs
street Waa being rapidly destroyed By
faass Sunday afternoon. th~ FIRE
chief uas riding Ga his new Marmou
siE. rFariy three miles distant. looking
for ttT Gre. ~ff vas the fault Of the
operator. said Chief DruEer The
alarm was tgrued in a. 1885 o'clock
ana given Co che nrsmsn BY the Cane
veil operator a. fremont and Court
streets. Speedily che chief embarked
Oh his car. with al % bis Babcock cx-
tirEgishers attached % The side With
a roar TIRE motor isft the station and
with siren screaming. sped east on
Fourth street. stopping a. Grand
Court ard fremont avcnue. the chief
iraps4 out % TIRE car. There vas no
HaHaa -
couit ~ seen. Then another alarm
came IN over the automatic system. II I
vas from a box On ERE western parf %
ihe city. The chiefs car and other 4
IRE apparatus left on che hnai three. /
nile dash 60 the Ere. They arrived q |
short time later. the big car breaking 1
All speed limits. but too late. The .
house had been completely consumed.
The Gre originated IN sparks from 4
The stove ayinE on q curtain Mr. Fos-
Ter attsupigd 90 smother the blaze
BY throwing water upon u. but q had
sained too great a headway. By the
line the IRE department arrived the
house had burned 90 the ground. The
iaivaEs consisted % q sewing ma
.hirs. Foster owned the house. but
.arrisd no Insurance.. II was a total
oss. fie had not been working for
several months. Re IL homeless. The
oss ~iii b. about $500
Obituary Rseord-A; his home In
Sunday occurred the death
q Harry G. Ryan. n former we'll
iuowu Daveuportsr. His death fol-
owed a two weeks iliness. the fatal
ii1ent being diabetes. Mr. Ryan was
be son % the late James A. Ryan and
nephew % ?. ". Ryan OF this city.
rho vas Nth him At the time OF
cath Deceased was born in Dav-
upo-t. Jan -. isss. and had spen,
ss greater part OF his life here. For
runb~r % years he vas q member .
the Smith q Bur6ick company.
'hoissels krocers. The remains ar
wed In Davenport yesterday. Burial
as made 10 oakdais cernefsry mi.
iteru0oa
John ~. 3 struvc. AGED 1s years. q
sss@d away ~ his hone. 1906 West y
bird street. after an illness OF two u
rars' duration. Mr. Ssrsve Was born g
Davenport Jan ~. 1871. and has re- D
ted here ever since. lie received :
i education IN the public schools
"a AZ ths oif Dancau business col
So. In October % 1909 he vas
aised IN marriage 90 Miss Alice
lehoias. vho Survives. BE - sur
we'd ~ MS wife. Alice. one daughter.
abel. snd three sisters AT Of pax-
iporr. Hiifa. Anna II. and Mrs KF
suinsr. Burial ~as In Fairmount
ts astsraoo-.
jsanis Weber % i.onE Grove. Iowa.
81 yesterday as the h0rns % " r.
Nsiii 90 Lonx Grove after n iinFsr-
: fffress- Sh~ was born In ssusb-
vile. osso. MAY :. tsts. snf n the
= - 1851 ths family cane 90 Dsv-