Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-26
DAVENPORT.

/ cents Orphanage and unsanitary
conditions existing at the house of
detention are criticised by the
March grand jury in its partial re-
port submitted to Judge A. ].
( House in the Scott county district
court yesterday afternoon.
/ Plan Garden Employees
/ of the city hall and the court house
/ are to have an opportunity to show
their ability as gardeners If plans
which the war gardens committee
I has under way are carried to sue
cessful conclusion. At a meeting
of the subcommittee on lands held
yesterday at the Commercial club,
/ it was announced that arrange
/ ments practically have been made
for a war garden competition be-
tween the employees of the two
Offices. Already the court house
employees have agreed to the terms
OF the contest and Police Chief
Schlueter is rounding up those of
the city hall.
Continue Two Cases-Prelimin
ary examinations of William Hen
bricks and Charles Fisher, resi-
dents of Muscatine, on charges of
violating the federal bone dry law
We're continued yesterday by q. s.
Commissioner A. G. Bush until
May l. Hendricks and Fisher are
/ accused of attempting to smuggle
400 pints of booze into Iowa in an
automobile. The machine broke
down near Let's and was aban-
/ doned along with it's cargo of
i booze The defendants are at lib
erty on $1,000 bonds.
Two Socialists File-Two Social
J ist candidates for aldermen filed
nomination papers Saturday with
J CITY Clerk Hugo Moeller. They
} are: Walter Bracher, 120112 West
/ Second street, Second ward ;
Louis Soda. 2027 Rock Island
street, Fifth ward. Mr.. Braecher
! succeeds A. H. Gebhardt, who has
=, left the city, and Mr.. Soda filed be
cause he did not receive a vote al
the primary election. The entire
city ticket was endorsed at the So
ciaIist convention Saturday.
Il Need Aero Mechanics-Forty-tw
u | draft registrants are wanted i'm
II mediateIy to fill Davenport anC
II Scott county's quotas in specia
draft call issued yesterday by tn
= provost marshal generals oftic'
: for men to qualify as mechanician
: in the aero squadron. Iowa is calle'
e upon to furnish one-sixth per cen
: of her first gross quota, or 1,5O
men for technical branches of tn
service These registrants Will b.
+ sent to technical schools for spec
iaI training to fit them for reSpon
. sibIe positions with the staff corps
o
Boy Burglar Returned-Florial
: Smith. 15-year-Old burglar VIII
confessed to robbing five or NOR
Davenport homes in the las
two weeks. was returned to tn
reform school at Eldora today il
custody of Police Sergeant Henri.
Nagel.
Gamblers Fined-Pleading guilt
to disorderly house charges, Fran
Wilson, keeper, was fined $15.S
and John Moss, Sam Brown, vii
Thomas, R D. Hood, Charles Har
| rfson and H McGaw were fine
$685. each when arraigned befor
Police Magistrate Ernst Clause
a Yesterday. The men are all col
- ored. they were taken from bar
Der shop at 104 East Fifth stree
Saturday night when Detectiv
Bishop and Officer Graham brok
up crap game.
l. Jumped Board BilI-When n
and A. Frazier, brothers, too
French leave of Washington, low;
they left behind them a board bi
IL ! of considerable proportions. TIL
inn-keeper in Washington telt
= phoned the Davenport police, an
officer LAGRANGE picked the pa
up here They were taken back
Washington to settle up.
Catch Lad Wanted in Eigin-Wi
liam Gracer, wanted in Elgin, ii
at for the theft of an automobile an
ne several other articles, was arreste
of here Sunday by officer Rogers an
i'll Is being held for Elgin authorize
e. Gracer is 10 years old He col
ny fessed to the local police.
m o.
na 0bituary-Mrs. Olive Suffer,
we'll known and highly esteeme
resident of lie Claire, passed awe
or Sunday morning following a par
or Iytic stroke received~Saturday 81
as was AZ years old.
=, George G. Happe of this city hi
10 been advised of the death of h
81 mother. Mrs. George Happe. Sr.,
q Echo. Mimi. She was formerly
.eT resident of Davenport
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