Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-13
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Norwood Leaves. c. Nor
! wood, retiring secretary of the
Davenport Commercial club. and
/ affiliated organizations, wound up
his affairs with the club yesterday
. and eayly this morning started out
in his roadster for Bethlehem. Pa.
10 assume the duties of his new
position. He spent yesterday aft
ernoon calling on his many friends
to bid them farewell.
Moline Boys Enlist.-RaymonI
G. Johnson, 642 Ninth avenue, Mo-
line, and Leroy L. .Rosene, 213
Seventeenth avenue, Moline, en-
listed in the naval reserve corps
at the local recruiting station Mon
day afternoon. The boys were
sent to Des Moines for final exam
nations and from there they will
be sent to the Great Lakes for
/ training.
Hillman Speaks.-The new arse
nal commandment, Colonel Leroy I.
hillman, was guest of the Great
eT davenport committee at lunch
con yesterday at the Davenport
I Commercial club. The command
ant spoke briefly before the mem
bers and emphasized especially the
changes for the better he had not
ed in Davenport since he was sta
toned at the local arsenal 10
years ago. He said he saw i'm
provement on every hand and was
pleased with the progress that had
been made in the community.
! Negro Is Bound 0ver-Charged
/ with breaking and entering two
/ grocery stores in Davenport, VIII
liam Taylor, colored. was held 10
the grand jury by Police Magis-
/ trate Ernst Claussen yesterday
default Of bond. he was committed
to the county jail. Taylor entered
a plea of not guilty and waived
/ examination.
/ Find Stolen Aut0!-E. Hall was
arrested yesterday by Traffic Ser
geant Pat Ruhl in an automobile
which lacked number plates. On
a charge of violating the auto reg
lstratiOn law he was sentenced TO
/ serve 10 days in jail. in police
/ court. Police think Hall may have
/ stolen the automobile. since one
, license plate bearing Illinois num-
Der, 1S6,434 was found hidden IN
the tonneau. Hall says he lives in
Danville, Ill
Loving Released Loving
sentenced to six months in tn
/ Scott county Jail by Judge F. H.
Let's on Jan. % for contempt OF
court. has been released upon pay
ment of $500 fine and the serv
l ing of approximately six week OF
his sentence. Loving pleaded
guilty to violating liquor injunc
| ton issued by the court restrain
ing him from selling or keeping for
sale any intoxicating liquors.
Enforce Food Orders.--A United
| States government official is III
/ Davenport today to investigate food
conditions in this city and to issue
warnings against the wholesale
boarding of scarce foodstuffs. The
/ investigation. it is understood, will
be started at once and will lbe
complete in every detail.
Abolish Study German.-The
study OF the German language was
abolished in the public school Of
Rockingham Monday when the
question was submitted to the
the returns showed IS assentins
and six dissenting votes. Their,
was not a great deal of interest il
the school election.
Tried to Wreck Farm.-Becaus,
Christ Peters, tenant on the Nc
Causland farm in Butler town
ship threatened to remove build
=. ings, fences and other farm prop
erty to the value of $63450 which
he alleges is due him from the d
c. McCausland estate, administra
tors of the estate and heirs a
law Monday secured a temporar,
injunction in the Scott county dis
trict court restraining him from
molesting the property.
/ Obltuary.-The last sad rite
over the remains OF Captain James
McManus. well known Davenpor
man, whose death occurred II
Chicago last Thursday. were hell
from the home of his sister, Mrs
G. II. Ficke, POPS Main street. Dav
export, this afternoon at 2:30.
kT1r+ $780, CI