Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-14

local high school and all other public
schools in Davenport to finish the
winter. Frank L. Smart, superintend-
ent of the public schools, gave out this
statement adding that all the public
schools would be in full operation no
matter how much the present or any
future coal shortage affects the resi-
dents of Davenport.
Marriage Licenses-Albert E. Sim
onsen, Rock Island, and Margaret
Rold. Pleasant Valley, Iowa; James
Brown, Davenport, and Emma Wood
ward, Davenport; o. J. Fredenburgh,
Davenport, and Jennie C. Murphy
Davenport: Harry Nielsen, Moline
and Ella Rasmussen, Moline; Arnold
Meinert, Davenport, and Hilda Paus-
tian, Davenport; William Watson, Ma
quoketa, Iowa, and Catherine Harkey,
Davenport.
Epidemic Denied-Board of health
officials have labelled as a ridiculous
joke the story printed in Davenport
newspaper to the effect that an "epi-
demic" of scarlet fever was causing
the board much alarm. AS a matter
OF cold fact, officials point out, there
have been only II cases of scarle,
fever in the city since the first of the
year. One case reported Saturday
makes an even dozen.
Offers Government InventiOn-L. T
Donnelly, foreman for Stone and Web.
ster, contractors, and inventor of q
pipe cutting machine, has offered the
United States government the entire
rights to the machine for the period
OF the war with Germany. Donnelly
claims has machine will cut 1,0O(
pieces Of 1-inch pipe in 60 seconds, &
record for machine Of its kind.
machine has been installed at thu
Rock Island arsenal and one at thu
Crane corporation.
Schafer Goes to Capital-John H
Schafer, president of the Nationa
Association of Retail Grocers and re
cent appointee to the position of off
cial Washington representative of tn,
grocerymen, left Davenport Saturda,
for the capital city. President Schafe
Will remain in Washington thre,
weeks out of each month, returning t,
Davenport at the end of every thirt
week.
! Sanitary Shops Required-That sol
diers stationed at Camp Dodge, De
Moines, are prohibited from enterin,
a restaurant or barber shop not in
| sanitary condition, is the statemen
made by G. Hirstein, who is statione,
al the camp inspecting leather equip
ment for the government. Mr.. Hir
stein will return to the Rock Islam,
arsenal about Feb. l.
Has Close Call-Lee Stewart 3
years old, an employee of the Scar
Saddlery Co., collapsed on the corne
of Third and Perry Streets as the re
suit of inhaling fumes from a leak ii
a gas pipe in his room at Sixth an
Ferry streets, earlier in the day.
VIII Close Factory-Superintenden
Bendixen of the Bettendorf compan
announced Saturday noon that
would be necessary to close down tn
plant today and Tuesday on accoun
of the coal shortage The compan
notified the fuel committee that it ha
enough coal on hand to last till Mon
day noon. The committee is endeay
oring to get more coat to the compan,
o.
i Nearly Freezes to Death-The time
ly advent Of Detective Jack Kline
probably saved Herman Ruben, a
aged man, from freezing to death o
the sidewalk at Second and PERI
street. Saturday night He was lodge
overnight in the city jail and will
released by the police without prose
cutiop. Ruden said he had been 1
Rock Island most of the evening an
he didn't remember anything aftt
about 10 o'clock When Detective Xii
j ney found him. he was lying in
J stupor on the sidewalk.
Identity Woman Held-The prol
able identity OF Elizabeth Quistorf. III
woman arrested In Hanford. Cal, 9
a German spy. came to light Sa,0l
! day when Ferdinand Quistorf, a fsl
: mer residing two miles south I
Dixon, said the woman was probabl
his cousin. who left Davenport