Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
The Day i'm Davenport


File ENhibits.-A number of ex-
hibits, including photographs and
plats, together with afiidavits OF,
additional testimony. were filed by
the state yesterday in the Charles
II. F'ridie manslsughter case. The
photographs were taken in the vi
entity of Pleasant and Brady streets,
where William T. Speir, aged 2Ia
years, was knocked down and killed
on Easter Sunday by an auto driven
by the defendant The state will
offer these photographs. along with
platS showing the width of the
street ana location OF the street
car and automobile. in evidence
when the case is called to trial
next month
In Again.-Under Indictment in
the Scott county district court at
the present time Tor obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses, Marcus
Jackson, well known Davenport
youth, was arrested again by the
police Thursday night on the same
charge. Officer Wieso made the ar
rest. Members of the faculty OF St
Ambrose college probably will pros
ecute. This time Marcus represent
ed himself to be a member of the
faculty Of the college. He went
into keeler'S club several days ago
and preached the clerk on duty,
I'm member of the faculty of St
Ambrose college," he said, as he
breeZed up to the counter Now,
you've got some tickets here for
our baseball game. We've got TO
get those tickets sold. Give me 10
of them and III sell them" The
unsuspecting clerk passed out the
pasteboards. Then, according to
the allegations of the state, Jackson
sold the tickets and pocketed the
money.
On Two ChargeS.-Lee ". Lang,
editor OF the Muscatine Socialist, a
newspaper which agents Of the de-
partment of justice claim to have
been giving publicity to seditious
statements, was yesterday arraign-
ed before United States District
Judge Martin J Wade for bootleg
ging. Lang entered a plea of gull
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greatly surprised when it was an
nouncad that q charge of sedition
had been lodged agains him and
that until that charge was disposed
Of, sentence on the bootlegging
charge would be deferred
To Plead Guil;y-George Flick,
aged 20. bound over to await the
action Of the state grand jury on a
charge of grand larceny. notified
Assistant County Attorney John P.
Weir late Thursday that he would
waive the grand jury proceedings
and jury trial and enter a plea of
guilty TO a county attorneys infor-
nation.
Rock Islander GGes.-The Daven-
port recruiting station Thursday
sent out three men TO the Great
Lakes and one TO Norfolk. Va. They
are: Lloyd II. Stpuffer, seaman,
second class. naval reserve, class
four, WaIcott. Iowa; NJ S. Pence,
seaman. second class. naval reserve,
class four. r R ,, Wyoming, Iowa
Milton GrOthe, fireman. second
class. 105 Thirteenth avenue, Rock
Island.
Files Amendment-The city Of
Davenport, defendant in court &C
ton brought by the Farmers &
Mechanics Savings bank 10 col
lect on sewer certificates purchased
in connection with the installing of
a sewer on property owned by the
Davenport Locomotive works, has
sled an amendment to its original
demurrer. The amendment con-
tends that the plaintiff has failed
to show where the city is obligated
to pay the amount of the assessment
certificates held by the bank and
valued at $4,000.
Craftsmen OFFER = Thirty-seven
draft regisJrants in Davenport and
Scott county are willing to enter
the military service as SKILLED
craftsmen This number has vol
unteered in response to a call is
sued by the provost general about
ten days ago. The call expires to-
day. The local boards will report
the number of men willing to re-
spond to this call and quotas will
be announced later by the provost
marshal general. The call was a
forerunner TO the war departments
plan OF drafting skilled men into
the military service. Owing TO a
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