Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-16

to the delinquency of the witness.
Brown was dismissed and the girl
held.
Hurt On Street Car-When q Mt. Ida
car on which she was riding stopped
TO let of a passenger. Mrs. Branigan,
who gave her address as 21q Oneida
avenue, was thrown to the floor Of the
car and hurt She was riding on a
stool on the rear platform, as the car
was crowded and no seats were left
inside. She was removed to ST. Luke's
hospital
Expect Bonds Soon Word was re-
ceived by some Of the local banks YES
terday from the federal reserve bank
at Chicago that the registered Liberty
BONDS, about which frequent inquiry
has been made would be shipped to
Davenport soon. The exact date was
not mentioned Some of the smaller
denominations and practically all The
higher denominations were registered
b. the subscribers.
ShopIifter is Caught 49, Although
Thursday was Dollar dag. Nav Shine
meyer had no dollar. She went HINT
ing for bargains in Harmed & Won
Maur's department store. A clerk saw
her hide an umbrella under her coat.
and she was arrested By Officer Kais-
er. Before Justice Of the Peace VIII
nam k. Names she was sentenced t0
3U days in the house Of detention.
Inc charge was petty larceny.f
q
Railroad Han Hurt Martin Thomn-
son, an en.9loye OF the Milwaukee rail
ROAD, suffered a broken right leg yes
terday when he fell of 4 box car while
at work in the yards He was brought
to the c. NJ. q ST. p. station on mas
senger train and taken to Mercy hos
pital in the city ambulance.
KrOpf Auto Commissioner-v O.
kropf, 225 West Sixteenth street has
been appointed commissioner of the
Iri-Cfty Auto Trades association He
viii assume his new duties al once
The association is composed OF almost
every auto dealer in the trl-cities.
O.
Round Up Slackers - The Scott
county exemption board has appealad
10 Sheriff Henry A. Kuehl to assist in
the task Of locating draft siacbars who
Iaiiea, or refused to return their
missionaries. Names and addresses
OF Fegistrants, mostly foreigners. who
nave not been classified, were fur
mshed the sheriff. A large number of
these men formerly resided in Battao-
dorf when they registered Ones
ionnaires mailed 10 them in Dacero
Der were in many instances. returned
unclaimed -'9s
Refuse 10 Quash Charge cufo,-
on state charge Of consDjr-
acy 10 commit malicious mischief viii
ne compelled TO go into district corrt
and defend himself. County Aftnrnay
Henry II. Jebens refusing to grant t5e
Dogs plea that the Indictment ba
quashed
LIST Rooms for Rent-A list al
rooms for rent in Davenport has bean
prepared by E. B, Leaf. assistant seq /
rotary OF the Davenport CornnerriaI /
cloo' IN an effort to meet the wants Of
strangers arriving in the citv "a tate
up work here and desiring quarters IN /
which 10 live. -
o
Seldom Not Guilty-Howara @ Sc,
1on' New York art salesman vas
round not guilty of sodomy bv a ;nr, /
IN Judge N, F. Donegan's division n
Lne scott county district court late /
sesteFday The case vent to the ;prx
Al II 80 and a verdict was reDortad /
shortly before BIS p. N. seiaen Was
.oahd guilty on the same charge bv q I
Jury In Judge William Tbegnhllns,s /
court during the November tarn hl,f /
was granted new trial on errors
20
obituary johnson aqa -
ears, passed away YESTERDAY A. s{s-c'-
hospital. He had been suffering a
mort I time, pneumonia being given as
ne cause OF death. The deceased wac
porn IN Armenia and came 10 MS
nYe years ago. He has been
smployed at the Bettendorf sbopS IIis
siie ind other relatives Of Betfendorf
'uTvive him. l.
hlcAard Il. borau, for MANY years a
'esident Of Wilton. Iowa. and res
cent OF LIE Claire the past five wears |