Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

/ Alderman Had His Hand Chewed-
( Alderman-at-Large William GOsch is
wearing one hand in bandages today,
the result of his acting the role of
peace maker between his dog and an
other one Sunday. He explains that
one of the dogs was Villa and the
other was Funston, that Villa had
crossed the border and that Funston
was chewing him to bits at the time
that he interviewed. In the melee
Funston mistoOk the GOsch hand for
a part of the anatomy of the enemy
and by the time the alderman got back
his injured member it bore the marks
of several canine incisors, bicuspidS
and grinders.
Street SquabbIe Ends in LOck-U Up
As the result of an alleged drunken
squabble which both denied taking
part in, two men giving their names as
William Gleason and Louis Writ were
arraigned before Magistrate Claussen
yesterday and each was fined 81 and
costs. Each blamed the other for the
fight, Writ, who was the older of the
two, claiming that Gleason was crazy
drunk and attacked him.
Claims He Was Attacked By Mate of
Stpamer-William Hughes, cOlored,
came TO the police Sunday night asking
for the arrest Of the mate on the
steamer St. Paul, whom Hughes claim
ed attacked him and injured him Sc
verely. Hughes spent the night in the
city bastile and yesterday morning he
had changed his mind about prosecut-
ing his alleged assailant 1t is prob
able that the case will be dropped
o
Two Marriage Licenses mar
riage licenses were issued yesterday
from the Office of the clerk of the dis
trict court to the following couples;
James w. Willis and Mary Koch. Dav-
export, and Bernard Lehew and Edna
Francis, Davenport.
Boy Has Narrow Escape In River
Robert kOhle, 9 years old, residing at
215 Rock Island street, is a happy boy
He had a narrow escape with his life
from drowning Saturday in the Mis-
sissippi river while playing along the
river front. Sand on which he was
walking near Perry street gave way
and he slid into the river A levee
employee came TO the lads rescue, pull
ing him out after he had gone down
twice. After regaining his bearings
he was not long in making his way
home.
Stolen Machine Is RecOvered-Auto
thieves were busy in Davenport again
and a car belonging to J. r |
Hogan, GA East Thirteenth street. was
stolen from in front of the Sacred |
Heart cathedral, at Tenth and Iowa |
streets The car was found five miles /
east of Muscatine, with the gears |
and in a generally deIanidat-
ed condition. 1t was towed into Mus |
who are holding it for the owner. The |
thief was not apprehended.
.
Painter Injured In 30-FOOt Fall
Julius Alecks, a painter, residing at
1928 West Fourth street, miraculously /
thwarted death yesterday when. in a |
he received only severe cuts on his
back and left side Mr. Alexis was
working on the Tyler school, on Grand /
avenue, near Locust street, at the
time of the accident. He was nearly
al the top of a ladder when he miss
ed his footing and fell. landing on his
back. The police ambulance was call
ed, and the man rushed to Mercy hos
pltal, where DR.. H W. Braunlich gave
him medical attention, finding only the
cuts mentioned. Spectators say that
ne mans escape from a broken back
Vas miraculous, since he struck the
ground with terrible force and di-
-ectly on his back
Obituary Record Sunday noon al a
ocal hospital occurred the death of
<eorGe Glaspell. son of MIR. and MIRA