Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-05
ernoon at $40 O'clock. following lin
gering illness.

gering illness.
Henry E: Mennen, for over thirty
years in business in Davenport, died
Thursday afternoon at $50 O'Clock at
his home, 708 Ninth avenue, Lyons,
Iowa. Death came after lingering
illness. Mr.. Mennen was born in Han
over, Germany, Feb. 8, 1910, and had
reached the 77-year mark. He came
to this country and settled in Daven-
port in 1884, where he was married
some time later, his wife preceding
him in death few years ago. He then
remarked in 1914 at Lyons, Iowa. Left
to survive him in addition to his wife,
Mrs. H. E. Mennen, are three children
OF the first marriage, Mrs. William
Dwyer, Mrs. William Without and
Mrs. Hans Anderson, all Of Daven-
port.
Big Demand for Flour-Fearing the
new order issued by the United States
food administrator would result in
"war bread" the same as Is being
used in Germany and other European
nations, Davenport housewives began
a heavy bombardment upon local
grocers with orders for flour. The
result of the heavy siege upon the
market has caused local dealers to
take steps to check the move and they
are limiting families to one sack. The
heavy sale Of -four, or the attempt to
buy flour from a rumOr that became
current in Davenport several days
ago. Talk Of black bread, war bread
and a heavy mixture Of grains other
than wheat were responsible for
swamping the markets with orders for
flour. At noon yesterday the greater
part Of the grocers had sold out their
entire stock and the Davenport mills
were crowded with orders. One Dav-
export house that kept over five hun
dred barrels of -four fn stock is said
to have disposed of every pound.
Deserter Is Returned-Private Ear
H. Gamill. Sixteenth ambulance COM
pany. NJ. o. R. c.. self confessed army
deserter, has given himself up at the
local regular army recruiting station
and will be taken to Fl. Riley, Kan.
by Corporal R. A. Barrett who was
detailed from the fort to come here
and return with the prisoner. One
months confinement and $40 fine
probably will be melted out to Gamill
He has been absent without leave fol
about two weeks. Some time age
Gamill enlisted at the Davenport sta
| ton. He spent the holidays in this
section.
| Girl Is Iniured-Nellie West. 1:
years old, residing at 512 Harrison
street, was painfully injured at 12:1i
yesterday when she was struck by al
automobile truck owned by Fred Barr
at Fifth and Harrison street.
| Lang Pleads Not Guilty-Lee W
Lang, Socialist. long sought by tn,
United States federal authorities, ar
rested in Muscatine charged with vic
lation Of the bone dry law--transport
ing liquor into dry state and sellin!
1t without paying the federal tax
pleaded not guilty when arraigned be
fore United States Commissioner Busl
here yesterday afternoon. His bon,
was fixed at $500 and the case contin
ued until Monday morning. Unite'
States 'Deputy Marshal Petersen an;
Sheriff Wiley of Muscatine brough
Lang here along with Ray Machlil
who is also charged with violation o
the bone dry law. Machlin pleaded no
guilty and was bound over to tn
grand fury, bond being fixed at $500
1 o.
4 Decker Is Assigned - Lieutenan
Decker French has received his as
signment to duty at the Savanna prov
Ing ground. the big gun testing estab
lishment which the government will
i lay out and build near Savanna. Ill
He will leave on an inspection tri
to the east shortly. to see the big prov
Ing grounds there, before taking "a
his regular duties at Savanna.
/ Is Sent 10 PrisOn-William I
Cohen pleaded guilty to state charg
Of forgery when arraigned befor
Judge William Theophilus in the. Scot
, county district court. and was sen
fenced to an indeterminate term no
exceeding ten years in the state peni
tertiary at Fort Madison. He was az