Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-29

Nan Who Claims to Be Kaiser is
/ Held by POlice.-Claiming TO be Kaiser
/ Wilhelm, and defying the police to ar
/ rest an imperial ruler, a man known
/ here as Roy Woods and quite evident
/ ly in his right mind, was thrown into
the city Jail. Woods protested against
/ the treatment accorded the emperor
Of Germany. He stated in emphatic
/ tones that within three days every
member of the police department
would be annihilated by his forces
Woods was later ordered out of town
Three hours later he was again picked
up, in the same spot where he was at
/ first found. This time he was jailed
, for keeps" Both times that he was
arrested Woods was busily engaged in
studying the trolley wires. His appar-
ent interest in the wires drew the at
tentiOn Of the police. They question
ed him regarding his abstraction.
The question you ask me is rather
impertinent," he told the police Off
Ger, coming as it does from a pie
bian."
Driver Narrowly Escapes Death
When a truck owned by the Pittsburgh
Plate Glass company was struck by
G., NJ. & St. p. train at Front and
Brady streets, Henry Treftz. driver of
the wagon, was thrown to the ground
and narrowly escaped being ground
under the wheels of the train Ac-
cording to the story told by tho driver,
the train was standing still when he
started 10 drive across the tracks "A
short distance in front of freight
car. He had just started across the
tracks when the train began to move
toward him, He whipped up his
end Of the wagon before it had clear
ed the track. The truck was dam
aged to some extent and Treftz was
badly bruised and shaken. One of the
horses was thrown TO the ground and
the harness was broken in several
places. The driver will be confined
to his home for several days. at least
o
Auto Missing Three Weeks Found
Near Upton, iOwa.-Davenport police
yesterday located An auto stolen on
Sept. Q in Davenport, near Upton.
where it had been standing abandoned
for over two weeks. The machine is
owned by c. Haight. a clammer resid-
ing near Linwood. II was stolen from
between Second and Third streets on
Harrison street. and until yesterday
no trace OF it had been found. The
abandoned told Upton authorities that
the car had been standing In the road
for more than two weeks. 1t has been |
restored TO its owner.
Birth RegistratiOns.-Mr. and Mrs. |
A. BoniCamp, 419 oneida avenue, Sept (
"a. girl; Mr. and Mrs. David Brady, /
700 Twelfth street Rock Island. Sept I
10, girl, born at St. Luke's hospital; I
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Winters. 531 Y
West Second street, Sept. "a, boy.
Musical Comedy Star HOme.-Miss /
Beatrice Won Drummer. the famous
golden hatred girl Of Iowa, rs I'm Day-
export visiting her mother and broth
er. She has but recently returned /
from Europe, where she has achieved I
renown as one OF the bright stars in
musical comedy. She is now filling a
limited engagement in the movies on
a contract calling for $500 a week and
expenses. The reports published in
the American papers that | have been
under suspicion. first as a German and
then as an English spy. are without
a semblance Of truth" declared Miss
Won Drummer as she stamped her dain-
~ foot on the floor TO emphasize the