Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
Day i'm Davenport

Know Where Fisher ls.-That Da-
vid Fisher, missing witness for the
state, who was to appear before the
grand jury in connection with the evil
denCe to be presented against the
Greenbacks, will appear when the time
. is ripe, is the inference drawn from
statement made by States Attorney
Henry II. Jebens. THE whereabouts
of Fisher is the least of our troubles"
said Mr.. Jebens. I'VE can get hold of.
him all right when we get ready for
him. We are not worried about his
disappearance in the least" Fisher
was one of the "mikes" who fell vic
tim to the horse-race swindIers. His
home is in West Chester. About the
time that the grand jury convened
Fisher disappeared from his home and
the states attorney and State Agent
Risdon went to West Chester to inves-
tigate. Apparently, judging from the
statement of the attorney, the results
were satisfactory. That Fisher feared
violence at the hands OF the Green
backs or their agents and is remaining
in seclusion until the time is ripe for
his appearance before the grand jury
was the inference drawn from Mr.
Jebens' confident statement. BY some,
the disappearance of Fisher was at
tributed to the influence of the guard
ian angel" of Reeves, Ward and Brown
Those who hold this theory of the mys-
terious absence of the important state
witness, believed that he has been
hushed, either by persuasion or CO.
ercion. They point out that this agen-
cy has been successful in bringing
about the release of three men, after
they had been placed under bonds be-
RI ha iria u io1,
holding them, and the dismissal of the
suit brought against them by w. H.
Keairnes, another fieeced mike.
Make Choice of Trap OPTIONAL
That hereafter property owners in
Davenport equipping .!seir residences
with sewer systems may install any
kind of a trap that they choose was
the agreement reached by the board OF
health in session yesterday afternoon
in the city hall. The agreement was
reached following several heated dis
cussions between p. T. Burrows and
Plumbing Inspector Otto Meinert. Mr.
Burrows favored the intercepting trap
while the plumbing inspector declared |
they were dangerous. No other bust /
ness of importance was taken up by |
the board.
Marriage License-T. l.. Powers and +
Mary ID. Clotfelter, both of Davenport. /
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Birth Records Filed.-Birth records
filed with City Clerk Hugo Moeller
show that the boys again lead the
daily count by one point. This was
only possible through the fact that
twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs
julius j. Gadient, S14 West Fourth
street, Sept. Is. Following are the /
rest of the records filed yesterday:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schroeder, 1856
Liberty street. Sept, "A, boy: Mr. and
Mrs Edward Asmann. 2636l3 Brady
street, Sept 5. GIRL Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
y Flamboo, $50 Davie street, Aug. 81.
BOY. Mr.. and Mrs. William l.. Larson,
'224 Scott street, Sept -. boy: Mr..
md Mrs, Arthur NJ. kermit. 5l7 Es-
,lanade avenue, Sept y. boy; Mr.. and
Yrs. John l.. Coon. $500 Vest Eighth
treet, Sept. 3. girl Mr. and Mrs. Vic
or Y. Allen, 4l5 Kirkwood boulevard.
sept. 3, girl
Shortage of Brick Causes DELAY
because OF shortage OF paving briek |
i D9VpnuOrt tho Main ctrnat v.,,ir,,