Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

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church.
Wants $1,000 Tor Being Hit by Car
Mike Archag has commenced suit in
the district court for $1,000 from the
Tri-City Railway company for being
struck by car Of the defendant COM
pany. The plaintiff claims that Oh
March 90 he was crossing the street in
front OF the car and that the car start
ed up without warning signal, strik-
ing him and knocking him down,
breaking his ribs and suffering other
injuries. F. A. Cooper and Sharon &
Higgins are the attorneys for the
pldlntlff.
Suspend Sentence Over BronziS.-Mr.
and Mrs Caesar Bronzi, whose former
residence at 3061a Brady street has
been the scene of many lively battles,
according to the police, appeared in
police court. Both were charged with
disturbing the peace. The allegations
are that Mrs. Bronzi became intoxicat
ed, and in a heated scrap" with her
husband, hit him on the head with
beer glass, infiicting bad scalp wound.
Medical attention was summoned for
him and both Mr.. and Mrs. Bronzi were
placed under arrest At the trial 10
day sentences were suspended over
both Mr.. and Mrs. Bronzi, and they
were given day to get out OF town.
According to the police the woman is
out on $500 bonds in Clinton, where
she was arrested in connection with
white slave case.
Woman Claims JDergens Home Booze
I0int--Claiming that the Juergens
home was a bootlegging establishment.
Mrs. Joe Buskek, wife of one of the
three men arrested tor disturbing the
peace, appeared in police court as pros
ecuting witness against her husband
and H. and ". Juergens. According to
the woman, her husband has been
leaving her on the pretense of going
fishing, when in reality he visited the
Juergens home and became intoxicated.
She claimed that he told her he could
buy all the booze he wanted there
Each of the three men was assessed
fine of 81 and costs by Magistrate
Claussen, which they at first refused
TO pay, and asked to appeal the case
Later they paid the fines.
Five Births Are Recorded.-The
births Of three girls and two boys have
been recorded at the Office of the city
clerk Following are the births re-
corded:
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo 0. Geasland. PTS
Carey avenue. SON Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
| T. Hintz. 623 Christie street, daughter;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Maurath, 1917
| Telegraph Road, daughter; Mr.. and
! Mrs. NJ. T. Schmidt, POPS LeClaire
street. son; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rom
erdahl, 290l Iowa street, daughter.
! School Children Health Better
/ Health conditions OF children attending
/ public schools in Davenport have been
/ better IN the last year than for long
/ time III the past, according to the an
nual report made at the board of edu-
cation meeting by Dr. P H. Schroeder,
city school physician. Improvements
! have been made in the case of nearly
every disease and the report readily
shows the result of a stiff fight against
certain school children in the past.
Also that the heating and ventilating
conditions are unusually good. Per-
! haps the most remarkable change re-
| corded in the report is that of measles.
Throughout the school year only so
children have been forced to be alb
sent from school due to this disease,
| Measles have caused more trouble in
many cities in the last six months than
any other form OF contagion and the