Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

the Great Lakes Training station for
six months, At the end of that period
he was sent to Seattle and placed
aboard the battleship South Dakota,
where he served six months more as
powder man on an eight-inch gun. He
then applied for the wireless school
and after six months of study passed
the required examination as electri-
clan. third class.
Marriage License-Tracey W. Cox,
Davenport and Hazel Scott. Daven-
port.
Salary Boost Planned-The general
salary raise program which the fl
nance committee has been working on
for a month will come before the
council at an adjourned meeting on
Dec. &c. it was decided at the meet
ing Wednesday evening.
o
Obituary Record - Mrs. Wiebke
Schultz, aged 81 years, passed away
/ Wednesday noon at 1915 at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs H. Leemhuis
1888 Clay street. following an illness
Of over a year. Deceased was born
in Schleswig- Holstein,' Germany, Jan
Il, 1885, and was united there in mar
riage to Peter Schultz, coming TO this
country 90 years ago, direct to Daven-
/ port to live the remainder Of her days
Her husband died 13 years ago.
/ John Detlaf Moll veteran of the
Danish-German war and the Civil
war, died Wednesday afternoon al
! $50 o'clock at the home of his son
/ Alvin 7 Moll, 1901 West Sixth street
after a three weeks illness. Infrnlities
was given as the cause of death. He
was Sc years of age at time of death
i Mr.. Moll served in two wars. the Dan
I ish-German war from 124S to 1850
and in the Civil war in which hi
! served three years as member of tbs
/ Sixth Iowa, Company A. He was {
member of Scott lodge No. 81. Odt
/ Fellows for over sixty-one years.
Demands speers Return - Count,
Attorney Henry Il, Jebens will de
mand that Leo Speers, now in tht
United States army, stand trial in dis
trfct court for forgery at the mex
| term of court or forfeit his appear
ance bond of 81 600. This decision wa!
announced following the action o
Judge Let's in overruling the defend
ants motion for continuance on tn
ground that he was in the militar,
service and therefore immune from
criminal prosecution during the per
iod OF the war
Wiedemeyer in Bad-Adolph Weld
emeyer, until two years ago city edi
tor on a local German newspaper. /
| in Jail at Jacksonville. Fla. havinl
been arrested by federal officers OF
two charges. In one information h
is accused Of being an alien enem,
and travelling without a permit. Il
another warrant he Is accused of VIC
lation OF the Mann act. in that h
transported woman unlawfully fror
New York to Florida. The woman i
question is also in Jail, being held as
witness. This woman Is said to hay
had q husband in Germany whom sil
had not heard from since war wa
first started, Weidemeyer, it seems
took this husbands name and ha
been travelling over the country wit
her as his lawful mate. Weidemeye
left Davenport to work on an easter
German daily. Later he became
waiter at Long Island cafe and It |
here that he met his affinity. 9Th
government expects to add the eIosin
chapter.
! Bigamist Sentenced Belief that hi
first wife had carried out her three
, and secured divorce cost Wesle
? Holden. Bettendorf, his liberty for iy
! years when he faced Judge F. d, Lett
in the Scott county district court an
: pleaded guilty to being a bigamis
= The maximum sentence was impose
r by the court and Holden will be ser
: to Anamosa. The discovery of Ho
: denis dual alliance was made by Wit
/ No. 2. through her relatives In F'indle-
: Ohio, who came into possession of
registered letter mailed by Wife No.
6 from Grinneil. The arrest was mad
a Wednesday and Holden confessed. ]
d 1915, Holden met and married Bess
Conger in Grinneil, Iowa. They live
: together about two months when Mr.
Y Holden No. departed, saying that ST
S intended to secure a divorce. La
s February Holden became acquainfe
with Ruth kruse, Findley, Obi