Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-27

the shops at the arsenal An investi-
cation led to Shaw's door. He was
arrested Sunday. After his arrest the
police visited his home and searched it
completely. Several tools afterward
identified as some Of those stolen were
found. Yesterday Shaw was turned
over to Deputy United States Marshal
Andrew Petersen. He will be ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Bush.
Muscatine Men Held-charles Free
man, Muscatine, was bound over to the
federal grand jury here yesterday be-
fore U. s. Commissioner Bush on the
charge OF selling intoxicants without
paying the federal tax. 1t is alleged
Freeman bootlegged at Muscatine. He
failed to give $500 bond and was
lodged in Scott county Jail
Red Cross Worker CalIed-Another
Davenport girl was yesterday ordered
to return to Red Cross field hospital
unit. Miss Henrietta Writ, step
daughter of Patarolman AL Sanford,
f22 West Fifteenth street, who has
been doing hospital work in Mason
City, Iowa, recently, has been ordered
to report to the Red Cross unit al
Camp Dodge. Des Moines; at once,
| Alleged Stacker In JaiI-Mauro De
! Larosa. Mexican, was lodged in Scott
county Jail yesterday morning in de.
fault of $500 bond, the charge regis.
| tered against him when he appeared
before U. S. Commissioner A G. Bush
1 being failure to register under the reg.
istration law. De Larosa was arrested
al Wilton and turned over to local fed
eral authorities. The preliminary hear
/ ing was continued until Wednesday
morning.
Marriage Licenses - Clarence w
Young, Davenport, and Viola Brooks
Davenport: CAMEL Adams, East Mo
line, and Bertha Adams. Davenport
John +, Lawlor, New Liberty, Iowa
/ and Mary Margaret Hassett, Daven
port.
Loot is Returned-Three hundret
dollars worth of brass and machinery
stolen in the lar month from til
plant of the Blackhawk Airplane Co
. in Bettendorf, was returned to Die
Lane, one of the principal owners @
} the plant yesterday by the employ
who had stolen it, The man. who's
, name is being withheld, made com
plete confession and told of the fact
surrounding the case Because II
showed his true character in returnin
the stolen goods, officials of the CON
J pany will not prosecute him. TIL
thefts were first noticed a few day
! ago. Officials of the company took til
: matter to Assistant County Attorne
John Weir and asked him to invest
/ gate They told him the name of th
, suspected employee, and a search wal
lrant for the man home was issued b
: Police Magistrate Ernst Claussen. B,
| fore the warrant was executed the en-
ploye walked into the Office of Die
Lane and turned over the brass an
S tools he had stolen.
Y joy Riding Cut 0nt-As the resu
t of letter written by Mayor John Be
v Wald to one city official whose name /
!. refuses 10 disclose, all officials drivir
r city cars held conference yesterds
r afternoon in the office Of Commission,
OF Public Works John W. Crowley. il
# riding was the topic up for discussio
a The mayors letter. it is understoo
!, again pointed TO the fact that city of
IL Gals have been using city machin
i lately for other purposes than CT
h business and he asked that this pra
]. tice be stopped.
j. Enlists for France-Earl c. Bade
1t Davenport boy Is years Of age, vi
If resides with his mother, Mrs. A.
= Babe, 1864 Washington street, h
Ie enlisted In the Base ordnance depot
France corps" Of the Rock Island a
senal. He enlisted as clerk and e
L. poets to see service Somewhere
is France In the near future. When
e departs, his many friends will wi
ID him good luck and God speed. \
Babe Is we'll known here.and has ma
E himself popular with host Of frient
IS He is graduate of the Jackson graz
D. mar school Of this city and also {
II tended high school and Browns Bu
ar liness college. For the past year a
half, Mr.. Babe has been employed