Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-30
The Day in Davenport

Two Goals Reached BY Workers
Two goals were reached by workers
in Davenport yesterday. The Lend-a
Hand S125.00 fund for a new home
was subscribed, the campaign having
been closed at noon with luncheon at
the Black Hawk Before night the few
remaining shares of armory stock for
/ Battery B were disposed of and the
$4,000 for the new building is assured.
Threatened Her. Wife Says-"He
threatened me on the street one night
to drag me around by the hair of my
head" said a sweet-faced Salvation
Army lassie, Mrs. Ada Heating by
name. when appearing against her
| husband in police court. The husband,
John J. Heating, was charged with
| disturbing the peace of his wife by &C
/ costing her on the street and threat
| enipg to injure her One night" the
| girl-for she was only a girl In years
went on, "he came home and threat
ened to blow my brains out with re
yOlver, and he has made other threats
like that at various times. Here is
a letter he wrote me, and / think af
ter that he has no right to even speak
to me- At least. I'm sure that | don't
want him to- And when he gets out
of jail | want him put under a peace
bond too" The note which she ex-
| hibited to the court, and which bore
/ the signature of the husband, was to
the effect that he refused to have any
| thing more to do with the girl. keat-
ing drew a Today jail sentence.
| Graduation Exercises HeId-The
graduation exercises Of the Iowa Sol
diers' Orphans home school were held
/ last evening at o'clock. The class
| day exercises will be- held tomorrow
evening. Members of the graduating
class are Opal May Smith, Myrtle May
| HutchCroft, S. Cecil Patterson, Jesse
! Turnipseed, Clyde c. Patterson, Fran
els 0. Quick, Glenn A Wiley, Mabel
Butcher, Alfred H. Clouse, Mildred
Clark, Lena Wilson, Ida N. Wright
Clara B. Yungen and John ". Gray.
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Memorial Day Plans Memorial day
exercises were held this morning, the
feature being parade and services al
the soldiers monument at which Cap
tain \. G. Bush gave the main address
The meeting was conducted by EOE.
+ ]. W, BOllinger and Rev. j. T. Mills
gave the invocation and benedicti0n.
L. All patriotic societies took part in the
: parade which formed at the court
TpIp n
: through the main streets to the mOuu-
: ment. Colonel Frank H. Kincaid was
marshal Of the day and Colonel Louis
G. Lasher his assistant. Battery +
took part in the parade and fired Il
|, gun salute at the monument. Captain
A. NJ Compton had two Of the bat
S terry guns taken to the monument be
fore the parade. The impressive ser
|. vices for the unknown dead were Civ
/, en- at the monument by August NentZ
Post. G. a. r. The monument was dec
/. GRATED with flowers and flags by lad
les of the W. R. G. and other patriotic
auxiliaries and children from the Or
phans' home. This afternoon many
went to Moline to take part III the
I, memorial services at Arm0ry GENE
terry. A special train left the Rock
l. Island depot for Moline.
/ Concert Series to lie Given The an
nual series Of public concerts at Van
}, der Veer and Fejervary parks given
by the park commissioners will start
l. next Sunday with Petersen's band at
Wander Veer park The concerts will
l. continue twice a month during June
l. July, August and September. On the
: first Sunday of each month the con
cert will be at Wander Neer and on
l. the third Sunday at Feiervary. In
case of rain the program will be Civ
l. en- the following Sunday.
l. Police Warn Auto Drivers Warn
ings 10 auto owners have been ISSUED
to the Davenport police department. t
the effect that an auto stealing cpl
;, demic has broken out in the tri-citie@
and all auto owners and operators
should keep a close watch on theii
machines hereafter Auto theftS are
daily becoming more numerous II
4 Davenport. The police discOVere,
V three machines which had been uses
n bv "iov-riders" and then abandoned
= 1t is almost impossible, in every case
: to apprehend the thieves, the pollc'
saw A Ford roadster belonging To +
= W. label, Durant, was stolen at . o
a O'Clock Sunday afternoon from II
o front of the German Savings hanl
6 building, at Third and Main streets
n and was found early yesterday morn
G ing abandoned on Esplanade avenue
= A five-p passenger Ford touring car an'
a five-passenger Studebaker, stolel
Sunday in Rock Island, were also re
covered by the police. A very litti
# precautiOn is needed, according to IN
V police. to prevent the stealing OF ma
chimes, and every auto owner shoul
d provide himself with some suitable
V and adequate lock for his car. Will!
in many cases, the cars stolen are on
: ly used for a short time, and tnel
abandoned in as good condition as be
fore, the owners are inconvenience
for a time at least. In many cases, tn
thieves are not familiar with the cars
and accidents in which the cars ar
smashed is the result. In nine case
h out Of ten. the police say, the thIeVe
q are not injured. and their apprehen
+ sion is almost impossible.
r Local Marine Gets Orders TO SAINT
@ Domingo Carl Hauptman, nephew G
= Miss Emma Hauptman, 60612 Yves
b Third street, Davenport, is with tn
expeditionary force of United state
: marines now headed for Santo DO
/ mingo on board L. S. S. Tennessee
;. for the protection Of the American lie
: CATION there during the current revol
S against President Jimines, When IN