Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-29

tialm Sh00hng Gallery Open Too
Lale-Residents Of the Columbia hotel
have complained to the police about
the shooting gallery directly across the
street from the hosiery. According
to several Of the guests. the place stays
open too late in the evenings and dis
turbs the slumbers of the people in
the hotel across the street.
Attending State Bar Convention-N.
d. Ely left yesterday for Dubuque.
where this week he will attend the
convention of the State Bar associa-
ton, which convened there yesterday
Several important matters are to be
brought up at the meeting. Mr.. Ely
expects to return Saturday.
Mayor and Fire Committee Meet
Mayor Berwald, Fire Chief Peter Den
ger. Aldermen GOsch, Mueller and
Raben, and John Olson, driver OF the
chiefs car, made the run to De Witt to-
day in the big red auto belonging to
Chief Denger.
Fifteen Cars In Run-Fifteen cars
were in the auto run of the Daven-
port Auto club and the Commercial
club to De Witt today, where the State
Firemen's tournament is in progress
The cars left the Commercial club a;
l o'clock.
Shoots Crackers Before F0urth-Be
cause, in the height of his patriotism
A. Schumacher shot several fire
crackers near his home on Boise stree;
he was arrested and fined 81 and costs
in police. court The fine was later re
mitted. According to Officer Thomp-
son, who arrested the man, he had
been warned several times to stop, bu,
persisted in discharging the fire crack.
: ers. The police state that this is the
I first Of a series of arrests on this
charge, if the residents of Davenport
do not save their fire crackers until
/ the Fourth of July.
/ Alleged Thief Not Prosecuted Jos
( Polmer, arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing stolen SAL from Earl Hull. wa.
released after a severe quizzing at tht
hands of Assistant County ATTORNEY
/ Realff Otteson. During the entire
examination, Polmer stuck to his orig
! inal story, and denied any knowledge
/ Of the theft. The allegations wer,
that Polmer took the money from {
/ coat belonging TO Mr.. Hull, when thu
( latter was a visitor in POlmer's rooms
No evidence had been secured agains
/ the Austrian, and he was released.
O.
/ Tried Fourth Time On Charge-OT
a charge of assault and battery, Loui!
/ Huber $3.50 Dubuque street, was f1net
$40 and costs in police court The pc
lice claim this is the fourth time thu
man has been arrested on the same
charge Mrs. Huber his wife, prose
cuted the man. She claimed that b.
came home intoxicated regularly, an
that, in his drunken frenzy, he drew !;
knife on her. She ran around th'
house and to the residence of neigh
bors to escape from him, Mrs. Hube
claimed A year ago, she claimed
Huber was arrested for the sam,
charge. and at that time she was beat
en- so severely that she was confined Il
hospital for time.
Huber admitted that lie was DRUM
and claimed that he did not remembe
anything that happened. He paid tn
fine and was released. Mrs. Hube
has applied for a divorce it is under
stood.
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Increase City Tax Lesy-The cit.
tax levy for the coming year will b.
increased two mills, making it 20 mill
on the dollar. Such step was decid
ed necessary at closed session of tn,
council held preceding the eommitte,