Rock Island Argus., 1917-11-20

united in marriage mere TO bernard
Coflield, who preceded her in death
Jan. u, 1915. Fifty-fye years ago she
came to this country and settled in
Newark, n. j.. where she lived for
seven years, then coming to Dayen-
port. She had made her home in Dav-
export the past IS years. She was
Christian and a member OF the Altar
and Rosary society Of the Sacred
Heart cathedral
Find Suicide-Th body of man
hanging from a tree was the sight that
greeted two hunters Sunday afternoon
while out for squirrels. The hunters
were William Voorhes and A. Hide
brand, rooming at the Emma Good
win lodging house at S26 West Fifth
street They were hunting near Blue
Grass and when about q quarter mile
west of that town crossed a fence into
a small woods. a short distance be-
yond, but not visible from the road,
they ran upon their gruesome find.
They returned to Blue Grass and noti-
fed Henry Kruse and DR.. Vanderveer,
who went out to the scene of the trag-
edy The body was cut down and
brought to the Nissen & Hartwig un-
dertaking establishment.
O.
Has Hard Fall Matthew Ziemet, of
St Paul, Mimi, a workman employed
by Stone & Webster on construction
work at Rock Island arsenal yester-
day afternoon suffered a broken limb
when he fell from, a scaffold OH the
island while at work. He was taken
to Mercy hospital in the police ambu-
lance.
Need More Recruits Battery B
Iowa national guard field artillery
/ (l26th) is in urgent need Of 80 new
/ recruits, according 10 telegram re
ceived by John RuhI from Lieutenant
Dick Gregg. Local young men whe
/ desire TO become members Of tht
home national guard should communi
cate with Mr.. Ruhl Immediately i'll
will take proper steps to see that tbs
men are assigned to Battery B.
] D.
Nearly Dies in WagOn-Near dealt
! from exposure to the cold, Mrs. Lilli
Mcdonald, 43, was found by the pole
yesterday morning asleep in a Wagon
at the corner Of Second street AM
Western avenue. She was rushed +
Mercy hospital. where DR. F. o. BUR-
made diagnosis of her case. She /
believed to have contracted pneumoni
from exposure.
Want Y0nths Difficulties en-
countered by exemption board offiC
ials in administering the selective cor
seription law would be reduced to tn
! minimum if the age limit was reduce
to include boys Of 10, according t
| Davenport and Scott county drai
, boards. The officials were unanimou
, in recommending this change to th
war department. The age limit now
!, q to 81.
Dips Work Theatre-In addition t
an alarming epidemic OF petty HON
t robheries-partIy checked by the a,
r tiyities of the police departments
= Rock Island, Moline and Davenport
gang OF dips dropped in on Saturda
and worked the city Saturday an
Sunday night, the police have reaso
to believe, A. Shnoyer, a Representa-
: tive OF the Interstate Cartoon con
pany, working ont OF New York. va
relieved of gold watch in the lobt
Of local moving picture house SUI
: feay night. He was caught in a crow
: near the box Office and roughly jostle
Some time later he found that h
watch was missing from his We
: pocket
: Sifz Joins Army Herbert e. sii
: Of the law frm of Ely & Bush. loin,
4 the ordnance corp Of the regular arm
a al the Rock Island arsenal Saturdl
: and will go 10 France shortly. N
n Sitz Is the son eli Mr.. and Mrs. II. !
S sitz, 10l5 East Thirteenth street. I
Il was graduated from Davenport hig
: school and last June graduated fro
r Iowa City university The cor
(which Sltz joined is being organic,