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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Wounds Not Fatal.
Acting Marshal
Nabs Booze and
Much Livestock

Forces from the United States
marshals office made a haul last
week. The swag as later itemized:
One old man. a cripple.
Whisky. "a pints.
One pair crutches.
One old horse, blind and bony.
One brokendown buggy.
Two sacks Of oats.
Two fine plump hens, one white
and one brown.
Herein lies a IudicrOus tale.
1t was O'Clock on the afternoon.
For seeming ages, Acting Deputy
United States Marshal T. J. Cav
anaugh had paced back and forth
at the Rock Island end of the gov
eminent bridge It was cold, bitter
cold and the weather man had pre-
dicted colder and frost. Deputy
Cavanaugh had no overcoat and the
chilling wind pierced him to the
marrow Hands thrust deep into
trouser pockets the minion of the
law paced and shivered, eyes ever
on the alert for the whisky border
runner he had been detailed to
catch
Between PAGES the deputy at
tempted to shorten his neck sufTfci-
emily to. afford his tingling ears the
scanty protection offered by the up
standing collar of his small coat.
Suddenly he started,-the dollar
ticker in his pocket rang the hour.
Six o'clock Just two hours and
thirty minutes since he had as
sumed his post, assigned there by
Deputy United States Marshal John
II. Coburn following a quiet tip that
a large quantity of fire water was
to be struggled via that route into
Iowa that afternoon.
MOOdiIy and lOngingly Deputy
Cavanaugh allowed his mind
to contemplate his warm comfort
able greatcoat hanging upon its ac-
customed peg at home.
Tramp, tramp, tramp. A new cop
on the beat began to eye him with
suspicion. Tick, tick tick, sang
Robert" in the deputy's watch
pocket. A quarter to seven and no
sign of the looked for buggy and
its contraband contents. Rage IN
goyernabie and consuming
against all mankind. SWEPT the soul
of Deputy Marshal T. J. Cayanaueh
He thought savagely of the natural
glee Of him who had offered what
now seemed a fake tip.
''WhOa-ahi" The man hunter
jumped, then wheeled Halted to
allow the passing of a big ma
chine was a broken-down, rickety
conveyance Of the medieval period,
drawn by an emaciated, uncurried
nag. seeming relic of even earlier
days. Its dropping head, and bony
neck over which hung an oversize
collar; prominent ribs and inter
vening hollows bringing to mind
the cOTrugatiOns of an enlarged
washboard; high sharp hip
bones, stretching the hide to the
tearing point, and its sagging down
back. all brought wildly to the
minds eye Of the deputy the story
of the Spaniard Don Quixote and
his gallant mount which he had so
often read OF as a boy. All this in an
instant's survey, then with a whoop
the marshal bounded forward. At
his short but distinct. You're I'M
der arrest" a brown hen perched
on the buggy top stretched herself
cackling an alarm. Crossed and
thrust under the rear of the seat
were two crutChes. one protrudfnr
from each side of the vehicle. SIung
from the springs hung two bulging
sacks Of oats. All this impressed
itself on his mind before he sprang
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Bits O'SpOrt

Chicago, Sept. 24-To encourage
cross country running among men
in the army and navy service, the
championship committee of the ma
tional A. A. U today decided TO
hold a United States service cross
country championship in the vari-
Gus district associations before
January l.
Chicago, Sept. 24.-(By the As
sociated Press Denny Leonard,
lightweight champion, had a shade
the better of Ted kid" Lewis, well
terweight champion, at the end Of
an eight round bout at Newark, \.
]. No decision was given.
Avery Brundage, Chicago Ath-
letic association, won the highest
individual athletic honors, when he
carried off the all-around cham
piOnship at the national A A u.
track and field carnival at the
Great Lakes Naval Training sta
ton. The Great Lakes naval team
won the 44O yard relay; the Pei
ham Bay Naval station team took
the $50 yard and the one mile
events and the Chicago Athletic
association carried off the two dis
lance relay events.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
nto the rig and seized the refns.

into the rig and seized the reins.
The erstwhile driver, an aged
man in ragged overaIls, smelling
strongly of spirituous liquors,
crowded back into a far corner in
alright. The marshal turned and
guided the faItering steed south
on Twenty-fourth street to Third
avenue The curious cop, sizing UP
the situation quickly and correctly,
snickered as the procession creak-
ed by. Cursing f1uently (he'Il deny
this), Deputy Cavanaugh belabored
his gallant steed to further eff
fort. but out of a walk the nag re-
fused to be budged. Slowly the
queer caravan crept around the
corner. heading for the county Jail,
west on Third avenue, many blocks
away
1t was not yet dark and pedes-
TRANS stopped and stared. His
prisoner suddenly became maudlin;
great, drunken, audible sObs shak-
/ ing his frame.
"Oh-a-a-ah!" and the tattered
one, becoming hysterical, threw his
arms around his captor's neck.
Promptly obeying the behest of its
master, what was once a horse dis
piritedly shuffled to a halt Dis
gustedly, captor showed captive
roughly into a far corner and whip
ped up the antiquated steed. A
dear friend passed, halted, glanced
at Tom curiously, then with sur
prise, doubt, amaZement and finally
laughter chasing themselves in
quick succession over his features,
went on. Marshal Cavanaugh
cursed again, long and wholeheart-
eddy.
Every block marked a reoccur-
renee of the episode. Darkness had
the county bastile and Deputy Cav
anaugh with a heartfelt sigh of re-
lief turned over his prisoner to the
jailer. The conveyance was taken
to a livery stable, where another
hen, of white plumage. was discoV-
cred under the seat endeayoring to
cover a setting of "a non-hatchable
pint bottles of good old bourbon
whisky.
At a hearing before United States
Commissioner G. L. Walker, the
prisoner, sober, gave his name as
Oscar Wiley, residence, Davenport
He stated that he had purchased
the liquor near ColOna for $27, act
of Davenport.
A special officer was dispatched
to arrest Dixon but efforts to 10
cate him were unavailing at noon
yesterday. With an officer seeking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
PLAGUE is NOT
STRIKING HERE
DIR. e. T. Foster, City Health Or
fetal, Says But Few Cases Span.
ish influenza Found.

Rock Island thus far has ESCAPED
the so-called Spanish influenza epi-
denic that is sweeping the country
according 10 DR.. G, r. Foster. city
health physician
While there are few cases En-
the city, the majority are not o. \
serious nature and there is Ett1e
danger that any fatal results viii.
occur" DR. Foster said to an Argus
representative today
In many cases where only
slight attack OF grippe has been an
parent and in others where only 2
slight cold was noticeable the IA.
tients have been heard TO voice III
disease as Spanish influence mafuly
because Of reading and hearing 50
much of the malady that seems "a
have attacked the country durlne
the present time. local doctors saw
The majority of these people who
think they have an attack of tho
disease have nothing more than
slight cold or ordinary influenza
they continue to state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
On County Records
Warranty Deeds.

Ben F. Stow TO James McMonigle.
Daebelliehn's sub. div, Moline.
$4,000.
Sol and Rebecca Langman to
Fred w. Mofftt and William Moftitt
and wives. West y lot 80, Glen
wood add, Rock Island. 81.
Martin S. Dondanville. ct al, to
Daisy Spence Tract S0x130, seA,
nwl4 sec. 6-17-1w. 1928.
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust
Co. to Arthur G. Bicknell. Part
outlot >. Highland add, South Mo-
line. $40S5O.
Mary H. Sheetz and husband to
G. Klebe Southeast 4, nwA, sec.
3O-16-5w. ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
PROPERTY HOLDER'S NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that the board of
local improvements of the city Of
Rock Island, Ill, has filed in the
county court of Rock Island county
q certificate of the cost of improve
ment entitled in said court, In re
petition of the city of Rock Island,
Ill, to assess the cost Of cOnstruc-
ton of a siX-inch Waterman and
an eight-inch sewer on Thirty-sec-
Ond street from Eighth to Ninth
avenue and on Ninth avenue from
Thirty second to Thirty-fourth
street. and said certificate also
shows the court costs, the amount
of accrued interest, and the total
amount of said assessment, and
said certificate also states that the
said improvement conforms sub
stantially to the requirements of the
original ordinance for the construc-
ton of the same, as required by
law, and that final hearing on said
certificate will be had on the eighth
day of October, A D, 1918, at 9
O'Clock a. m, or as soon thereafter
as the business of the court will
permit. All persons desiring may
file objections in said court before
said day and may appear at the
hearing and make their defense.
Dated this 23rd day of Septem-
Der, A. D., 1918.
WILLIAM MCONOCHIE.
NJ. T. RUDGREN,
n. JUHL,
JOHN II. LIEDTKE,
JOHN A. MURRIN,
Board of Local Improvements of the
City of Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
CAMP OFFICERS
KEEPING WATCH
FOR INFLUENZA

Des Moines. Sept. Medical
officers are keeping q close watch
30r cases Of Spanish influenza
among the soldiers at Camp Dodge
but as yet no evidence Of this dis
ease has been found.
To guard against the possibility
Of its appearance, troops coming
in from other camps are preceded
by q report from the surgeons
where the newcomers have pre-
viOusIy been stationed, stating the
numbers and kinds OF disease
which have been prevalent there.
All incoming troops are placed
n quarantine for a certain period
70 determine the possible presence
Of contagious diseases.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Injured by Fall Of Horse.

Streeter Barr of Aledo was in
iured badly Tuesday when George
Reeds saddle stallion reared back
ward, catching the rider under
meath, pinning him to the ground.
Mr.. Barr had taken the horse to the
GOurley blacksmith shop for shoe
ing and had just left the shop, but
the horse became frightened and
rearing backward, fell on Barr,
breaking one bone of the leg near
the angle and several ribs and bad
ly bruising one hip, which, how
ever, was not dislocated or broken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Plat for Head of Schools.

The Mercer County Republican
committee met at the court house
Monday morning for the purpose of
nominating a candidate to take the
place of the late C. L. Gregory,
county superintendent of schools.
Mrs. c. L. Gregory of this city was
appointed to fill out the unexpired
term. G. f. Plat, principal of Sea-
ton schools, and Miss Alice Morris,
principal of Viola schools, were the
candidates out for the office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
ds[hQdtPr

Spencer Square-Tonigh and
Wednesday Mabel Normand in
"Peck's Bad Girl; Hearst Pathe
news and official war review.
Majestic Tonight why
America Will Win" Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday Mary Pick
ford in johanna Enlists."
Fifth Avenue - Tonight - Anna
Murdoch in The Beautiful Adven-
tuTe"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
RED CROSS VANISHING CREAM
(NTffh PeraxFdeh

A greaseless cream OF snowy white
ness. Delightfully."- perfumed. 4 day
cream for oily skins. SOftens the
herd lines Of the face Protects II
from sunburns. winds. tans and cold
weather Affords an excellent fOun-
dalton for applying Amrico Beauty
Face Powder. This and more than
one hundred other Red Cross Rene
dies and toilet preparations sold and
guaranteed by A J. Riess, Hugh V.
Burt, Charles J. Strate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
WELSH IN ARMY

New York, Sept. 24.-Freddie
Welsh, former lightweight cham
pion, is now private in the United
States army, it was learned here
yesterday. He is attached to the
medical service and stationed at
Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
AT the RnriiS.

Happiness, a kIaw and Erlan-
ger play long on dialogue and short
on aCtion. featuring Gladys Hurl-
but, had its first presentation in
this vicinity last evening, appear
ing before an excellent house at the
Burtis, Davenport Miss Hurlbut
as Jenny. the mirthful modiste's er-
rand girl. was a decided success
and kept her audience interested in
her clever, though often trite say
ings. With Miss, HurIbut out Of
the cast the play would be pretty
much of a failure for it lacks eli
makes and any display of emotional
acting The movement is slow and
tedious. There is, however. much
good philosophy dispensed. the COS
tunes are fresh and pretty and the
settings fair.
;, FrTf ,~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Capt. KIeinsmid Returns To Camp.

Captain J. a. kIeInSmlu OI~Lhls
city departed Saturday for Camp
Upton, n. Y, to report for duty. He
had been at home on a several
weeks furlough. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Kleinsmid and two
daughters, Nan and Roberta, who
expect to remain for some time and
be with him while he is stationed
at Camp UptOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Ri Rev. Charles Gore.

Rt. Rev. Charles Gore, bishop of
Oxford, England, is to visit America
soon at the invitation Of the nation
al committee of churches and moral
aims of the war He viii address
gatherings of ministers and laymen
throughout the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
Call for Five More Men.

The exemption board of Mercer
county received official notification
Saturday morning to select five men
to be entrained to Camp Dick,
Wrightstown, New Jersey, some
time between Oct. I'll AS all of
The 1917 class one registrants have
been taken in Mercer county, the
exemption board will select five
men out of the registrants of class
one registered June 5 or Aug. "a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24

WaEhIngI0n, Sept. "a = Local
draft boards have been instructed
TO list occupations in which women
can be as readily employed as men.
Men who continue to work in non
essential employment will be
brauted as shakers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24
DISCUSS BILLS
AGAINST DRAIN
Independent Construction Company
Asks City TIE Pay Extra
Expenses.
CONDITION Is LAID TO WAR
Commissioners Deny Responsibility
Under Contract Tract
Annexed.

Considerable discussion arose at
the regular session of the Rock Is
land city commissioners yesterday
afternoon over the allowing of q
bill to the Independent Consruc-
ton company for work done on the
Sixteenth avenue storm drain
The company put in a bill for
S4,S27.66 as a final claim due for
work on the drain, which has now
been discontinued on account Of
lack Of funds to carry the project
to- completion In addition 10 the
above claim the company requests
that an extra bill of $2,947.56 be
allowed for expenses incurred
through a raise in wages paid and
Z in materials. brought about by con-
diJoas due TO the war and there
fore not foreseen at the time the
contract was entered into with the
city.
The commissioners disregarded
the bill for extra expenses as the
company stipulated in its report
that difficulty with the Rock Island
railroad company held up the work
to such an extent that the work
could not be completed before raise
in material and wages were
brought about. The commissioners
held that the city was not respOns-
ible for difficulties with the railroad
company.
Cut Original Bill.
The original bill Of $4.S27.66 was
cut down by the commissioners to
II $4,7C6.5S, which amount was al
lowed. Increases in freight rates
were included in the bill that the
commissioners did not believe the
city should be held responsible for.
Work on the storm drain has been
discontinued after being completed
as far as Third street and Sixteenth
avenue
An ordinance read by Mayor Nc
c0nochie was adopted providing for
the annexation to the city Of the
tract in CampbelIs addition on
NmeteeHth avenue and in the vi
eiEItv Of Thirtieth to Thirty-second
sstreet- The petition of the property
holders in the locality affected re-
questing the laying of watermains
and sewer was also approved. and
those improvements viii soon be
put under way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24

Auto whirling flags, Beardsley's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-09-24

Polishes, BeardsIey's.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
SHOULD LEARN French
AND RAISE" MUSTACHE
Advice Received by Private G. A.
Eckert From His Brother
"Over There"


Learn French; It will help you over
here when you catch yourself a made
moiselle. And raise a mustache, be-
cause 1t Is quite the fad"
That is the advice that Private
Charles A. Eckert, Company b. 9th
Engineers here received from his
brother, Sergt. John B. Eckert, who IL
with PershingAs forces in France as q
member of the 5O3d Railroad Engi-
neerS.
Following is the letter. NJ part, writ
ten somewhere in France" under date
of April Is:
IT would like to see you over here.
Everything is fine. We have all we
want to eat, and live in good quarters.
The Y. M. c. A. provides plenty Of
amusement for us and keeps US In
writing material.
"And just this little bit of advice.
Learn French, it will help you over
here when you catch yourself made
moiselle. Some class to them, kid, but
they have nothing on the American
belle. And raise a mustache, because
it is quite the fad"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
ST ENTER OFFICERS
SCHOOL AT MEADE
Most of Them Are Skilled Engi-
neers, Who Seek Com
missions.

A chance to win commissions, has
come to fifty-one more men here. These
fifty-one will become students at the
Fourth Engineer Officers Training
School, which opened at the canton
ment Monday morning. There are two
members of the S1Sth Regiment in the
detachment, sergt. Noble L. Owings
and Corp. Donald A. Hannaman.
Most of the candidates come from
the engineering regiments here, while
the men from the other units, for the
most part are skilled in that profess
sion. Many miners from the far west
are included in the delegation sent
from the 9th Engineers. The candi-
dates were in charge of Maj. Henry
Taylor OF the 304th Engineers at this
place. The school will last about four
months, and the graduates will be
missions, as was done at the COM
mencement of the Officers Training
School here. In the meantime all the
students will be listed as on detached
service. The fifty-one were:
These Are Lucky Ones.
sO4th Engineers N. C. Butts.
wards. Private, Herbert Ewes, Sergt.
Martin ]. Green, Sergt. John O. Heas-
ley, Private Smedley D. Henderson,
Private John L. Howell, Corp. George
David r. Mcleod. Private Samuel r.
Miller, Corp. Fred G. Mitchell Marine
Engineer Charles 9. Phillips Junior
grade; Marine Engineer Herbert Schol-
leneerger, senior grade; Marine En-
gineer Walter L. schultze. junior
grade; Corp. Edwin B. Stason, Corp.
Howard E. Tomlinson, Corp. Henry G.
Wolfe.
S11th Field Artillery-Private Charles
F. Conn, Corp. William II. Dayev and
Sergt. John NJ. Hartman.
Quartermaster Corps, National Army
-Sergt. Mervin ]. Barrick, Sergt. Ar
thur F. Plant and Private Sydney S.
Walker "
23d Engineers-Private Charles Dew
9th Engineers-Private Henry r.
! Barkis, jr.; Sergt. Horace H. Crarv.
Corp. j. Frederick Johnson, Private
Thomas B. Kenvin, Corp. Clyde S. Me-
vate Samuel Neither, Private Earl r.
Pilgrim, Private Francis H Soderstrom.
Sergt. Robert L. Steffins and Corp. Ar.
thur D. Storke
18th Brigade-sergt. Norman T.
Private Renrie w. Deihel.
SO4th Ammunition Train-Corp. John
| c. Norton.
SO4th Field Signal Battalion-Sergt.
| Elwood r. Major
324th Field Signal Battalion-Pr;vata
(hrst class) Charles E. Clair
| SO4th Sanitary Train-Sergt Harold
c. Davis.
slSth Infantry-Sergt Noble L. Owings
and Corp Donald A. Hannaman.
Sl2th Machine Gun Battalion-Sergt.
Sidney 2. Downs, Sergt George r.
Frick and Corp. William r. Hogan. ir.
SlOth Machine Gun Battalion-Sergt.
| Arthur p. Schulz
Medical Department, N. A.-Privats,
| William T. Greene,
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
SIX FEET TWO INCHES OF HIM.
O'Donoghue's NARROWER Is Tested
in Snappy Battle.

O'Donoghue is an outstanding Irish
man, six feet two inches of him, and he
comes from County Kerry. His home is
in Washington, and he belongs to the
312th Machine Gun Battalion, of which
Mai. Stuart S. Janney is commander.
Now, il O'Donoghue is like the rest of
his countrymen he ought to be willing
to fight. He is He proved that the
other night when he appeared in bout
in the Liberty Theater. His opponent
on that occasion was a descendant of
Sweden. Swede and Irishman put up a
battle such as never had been seen be-
fore by any of the fistic devotees in this
cantonment. They fought from the tap
of the gong in the first round until
Capt. James Patrick O'Donovan stopped
the pair in the second session for the
unusual reason that he was afraid that
they might kill each other.
The captain, who is an Irishman him
self, simply couldn't halt the two.
O'Donoghue broke his opponents nose,
and the Swede battered the Irishman's
face numerically, but when the bell
rang at the end Of the first round the
two were so engrossed in their game
that they didn't hear the clang. Capt.
O'Donovan tried to step between them
and got stiff right jolt from his fell
low -countryman.
The fight made such hit and the
men were so game that the captain de-
cided they ought to go on again. The
Irishman and the Swedish soldier never
will fight each other. Maj. Janney says
he doesn't want to be short a pair like
them in his battalion, for both of them
belong to his organization. He would
like to see them go in separate bouts
and believes they can beat anybody in
creation.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09

Sergt. Thomas E. Winn is receiving
the congratulations of the members of
his company for successfully passing
the test in the third officers training
camp held here. He was given fif-
teen-day furlough. during which he
visited his home, at Hannibal, Mo- He
also paid visit to his sister, who
lives in Louisville, Ky. Sergt VIM
was for some time property sergeant
of the Ambulance Company.
The next officers training camp will
open here on May 10, and, while the
names of the candidates have not yet
been announced, it is generally be-
lieved that the followingA men from
the Ambulance Company will be Sc
lected: Sergts. Hoyt, George Durgan,
T. w. Tozer, Gilbert Pence and Trainer
and Cook Charles Keats.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
Five Years for Goldberg.

A sentence of five years was imposed
upon Fred Goldberg of Company F,
S15th Infantry, for refusing to be oper-
ated upon Cor hernia Goldberg's trou-
BILE was one involving no special risk
and of kind necessary to enable him
to perform his military duties. Hun
dreds of such operations have been per-
formed upon men in the military serv-
ice, and at this camp, many are now
stronger than ever and running, jump
ing and riding horses. Every case here
has been handled successfully and
without complications. Those who have
refused have been shown conclusive
proof of need for operations. but still
refusing have been sentenced to hard
labor on the ground that their attitude
was evidence of desire to shirk mill
tary duty. A board of medical officers
confirmed the order of the regimental
surgeon.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-09
Transferred in Service.

The following men of the S51st Field
Artillery have been transferred to the
Quartermaster Corps and assigned to
the School for Cooks and Bakers: Pri-
Yates Robert Gross, James E. Ford,
Howard w. Clifton. Eugene Shipley,
Joshua Ireland and Harry Williams.
Sergts. (first-class) Edward Dietz and
Eugene Mangunn of the Quartermaster
Corps have been sent to Accotink, Va,
where a number of regiments of en-
gineers are Quartered.
The following men have been trans
ferred to the Medical Supply Depot
and sent to Washington for assign
ment to duty: Sergts. James w.
Flaherty and Vernon l. Clapper and
Privates Dennis J. Cahill, Irving Fink,
Samuel B. Obey, George H. Litchfield,
August Becker. Stanley J. Krause,
William H. Jarboe, Louis A. Herbert,
William L. Strout and George Kirch-
ner.