Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-13
The Day I'm Davenport

! Obituary Rec0rd,-WilIIam ]. Garth
/ av 21S West Sixteenth street. passed
! away SaGr lay afternoon al $50 at
fAcai hospital lie was born III Dav-
export. July a. 1862. and had lived
here his entire life. with the e2cep-
t}on Of The intervening years between
+ 1856 to 1895. when he was q resident
+ Of 1fiuaaap0 bJiuu. He was united
+ in marriage to Miss Nettie NJ Osborne,
+ Aug. %. 1852. I'm Davenport. Surviv-
ing are his wife. four children Rus
sell Y. Carthev of Moline, III. Frank
F T. Car5hey and Mrs MabIe c. Smith
0E Davenport. and Erwin j Carthey
OF 8raer. Iowa. and the following
/ brothers and sisters. Robert #. Garth
ey of san Diego, Cal. Mrs. Mathilda
Hamilton of Colorado Springs, Colo.
+. g Garthey Of Salt Lake City. Utah.
Miss Mary r. Murray, aged resident
Of Davenport. passed away at her
home 1aIT Ripley street. Saturday
night At 6 o'clock after an lingering
illness OF 20 months Miss Murray
was born in Eew York June 3, 1854.
and at the age Of g years came 10 DaV-
export with her parents. who preceded
her iu death several years ago where
she has been making her residence
with her sister. Miss Theresa Murray.
Seven EuIist.-The local army re
cruiting station has received seven en-
Istments including Davenport boy,
Fred B. Kruger. 5I5 Ripley street. Mr..
Kruger viii join the infantry. Others
to enlist are as follows. Daniel Nal
las. Cedar Rapids infantry; Nathan 4.
La1ar, Chicago, field artillery, Elmer
Il. Brown, SpragueyiIe. Iowa, iufan-
try. William Hendricks. OEtumWa,
Iowa, infantry. Clyde W Flood, Ali
son Iowa. signal corps. Leslie f.
Stacker. Manchester, Iowa, medical de
partment-
Slashed in Fieht.-Joe Bells. col
ored, was slashed over the forehead
with knife IN a r0Oming house al
546 East Eleventh street early yes
terday morning He was taken at
once TO the city Jail where County
Physician T. o. Burke attended his in
jUries- As G result of the ARRAY O. r.
Hut. Rush Cradle and Ben BraxtOn
are lodged iii Jail awaiting trial.
FILES Damage While attempt
ing 10 board q street car on Second
avenue iu Rock Island on July s., Rob
ert LerEe. Davenport alleges the CON
duct0r closed the entrance. causing
him to miss his footing and fan 20 the
street, sustaining painful injuries for
which ne asks the Tri-Citv Railway
company to reimburse him to the eX-
tent Of $4,000, according to q petition
Med Saturday in the Scott county dis
trict court
Second CALI Is-ued.-After certify
Ing approximately 30 per cent of their
respective quotas to the district eN-
amption board at Des Noiues. Scott
county draft boards Saturday SUM
moned an additional levy OF 1913 regis
tIants 10 report the last of this week
from which the remaining 10 per cent?
Of the cjLy's and cOuntry's quotas will
De selected. The registrants viii re-
port IA groups starting Wednesday.
City board No I is calling an addi-
1onat 100 men city board No is
calling %, and the county board has
sent notices 10 200 men. The city
boards with q combined quota of 80
have certified the names of between
90 and - men To the district board. j
The county with 81 quota of Isl has
certified tile names of l3T men. A
number 81 these. however. viii Gle in~
austrjai claims for exemption before /
the district board and the county
board will he compelled to pass over
200 men before the quota is 61ed with +
the district board.
Chicago Dips Caught !-Charles Rob
lnson and William F. Davis were ar
rested IN Davenport Saturday after /
noon By Detectives Kinney ard Brady /
Of the Davenport police department. !