Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-27
Battery B Leaves for Camp Dodge

Battery B Leaves for Camp Dodge
A parade by Battery B and a monster
mass meeting in front of the Com
mercial club preceded the departure of
Battery B of the First battalion, Iowa
field artillery. The organization en-
trained ia men strong at midnight for
the all night ride to Camp Dodge, near
Des M0ines. The mass meeting was
called by the Davenport Patriotic So
ciety, which took the first steps to-
ward a permanent organization at a
luncheon yesterday noon at the Daven
port Commercial club. Veterans of
the Spanish American war and of the
Civil war attended the mass meeting
which was called at O'Clock. Every
effort was made by the patriotic so
Ciety 10 make the SendOf for Daven-
port soldier boys a demonstration
eclipsing the showing Of other Iowa
cities.
Davenport knights Are Reapp0inted.
State Deputy J. J. Meyers OF Carroll,
Iowa, the head of the Knights OF Co
lumbus in Iowa, announces the reap
pointment Of number OF Davenport
members TO various committees and
positions as follows: W. j. Mccullough
as a member of the executive commit
tee, H. ]. TOher as chairman OF the
state lecture bureau, H. j. Mcfarland
as district deputy, and A. E. Walsh as
a member of the educational commit
tee.
Tells of Hubby's Threat to Sc Az
Mrs. Allen Boone, cOlOred, infused into
police court a glow half-humOFOus, and
half pathetic as she told Of her life
with her husband who was charged
with disturbing the peace. According
TO Mrs. Boone, her hubby is a very
good sort of a fellow. That theah
booze sho' do knock him, though" she
said. According to Mrs. BOones story,
her husband was under the influence
of liquor and threatened to knock her
I brains out with an ak. She claimed
( that she sat out on the porch until >
I O'Clock in the morning to keep away
( from him In his defense, the husband
denied that he was drunk, claiming
( that he was in Rock Island all evening
and never touched a drop He said
/ that Mrs. Boone only cooked meals
/ for him about half the time, and that
/ for some time they had not spoken, as
/ the result OF squabbIe over a box OF
matches. The case was dismissed.
+ Officials Working on Tax Levy Scale
In a preliminary effort TO work out
the scale of assessment for residents
/ of Davenport for this year, Mayor Ber-
valid, City Clerk Hugo Moeler, Alder
man Chris Kuehl, chairman of tht
finance committee, City Treasurer
{ Charles Robson. and City Assessor
John H. Gundaker, met in the mayor
office. No definite figures as 10 thu
taxable value of property in Davenport
have been worked out as yet, and thu
meeting was only TO take the prelim
mary steps in figuring the assessment
Injured When Gun Discharged Ed
ward Eeenmene, a chauffeur, had hi
revolver loaded primed and in his hi
pocket. While in his room al 33l lOwi
street, he let his right hand drop bacl
into the pocket to see if the gun wa!
still there. In some manner it wa
discharged, and bullet entered hi.
right leg just below the knee and wa.
taken out OF his foot an hour later, d
the Davenport hospital by DR., J. A
Ross. 1T was purely an accident ant
don't know how | ever came to dis
charge the gun" said Ross. He ha'
been bleeding severely for several min
utes before the physician arrived bu
regained his strength at the hospita
after the bullet had been removed.
was a 30 calibre revolver. Feenmen
is from Belgium and says he has
home and relatives in St Louis. H
has been working as a chauffeur il
Davenport for several weeks. II
gives no reason for having the loade
gun secluded In his hip pocket,
Find Stolen Tar AT station Door
An automobile belonging to John Lup