Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-03
in this city prior to going to the hos
pital.

Charles Zekher, 80, long resident of
this city, died at Mercy hospital Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, from drop
sy. He had been sick for some time.
Kearney J. Kivlin, a former Daven-
porter, who when a boy attended st.
Anthony's school III this city, is dead
at his home in Dallas, Texas. He was
q leading citizen of his home town,
having been a member of the city
council, president Of the board Of edu-
cation and director In the chamber of
commerce. Two cousins, ]. H. Kivlin
of Davenport and John j. Kivlin of
the Harrison street road, still reside
here.
Injunction Issued-A permanent in
junction restraining Frank Martens
from selling or keeping for sale any
intoxicating liquors at his place on
West Second street was granted by
Judge F. D. Let's. An order directing
the sheriff to confiscate the liquors
seized when Martens place was raid
ed was also issued.
Has Close Call.-An uncanny dread
of sleeping in the same room where
an oil stove was being used to heat the
home at 435 South Lincoln avenue
saved John Morrel, colored, Agar
old son Of Ira Morrell,, from death by
asphyxiation at lip a. m. yesterday
when fire broke out in the room Nor
rell had left his son alone in the house
to come down town and returned in
time to discover the fire and rescue
the child before he was overcome by
smoke fumes. The boy had objected
strenuously to sleeping In the same
room with the stove and for that rea-
son had retired to an adjoining room
Firemen were called and succeeded in
extinguishing the blaze. The loss, on
the building is estimated at $500.
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Can't Solicit Freight.-An order has
been sent out to railroad freight rep
resentatives under the new federal
control stopping solicitation of freight
for the present. Attention is called
to the fact that the lines are now con-
gested with freight and solicitation
for more is unnecessary. 1t is ex-
pected that men in some of the Offices
will be transferred to other lines of
work with the roads while present
conditions exist.
Marriage Licenses. L. .Easson
and Minnie Benadom, Davenport;
Henry Better, Stockton. and Katie
Voss, Blue Grass; Leroy Kloppen-
berg, Davenport. and Edith Twigg
McCausland; Henry Schult and Elsie
Heuer, Walcott; William H. Finger
and Annie McMullen, Davenport; J.
F. Ashen and Isabelle Smith, Of
tumwa,
White Flour Nearly Gone.-One OF
the local flour mills announces that
all of the present quality of wheat
flour will be sold off the retail mar
kets by the end of this week. The
order of the federal food administra-
ton requiring change in milling op-
erations, which became effective Dec
rs, has been in force and the -four
milled under this order is now reach
ing the retail market. The new -four
will be as wholesome as the former
-four, the only difference being in color
as the new -four does not have the
white color secured under the former
process. 1t Is not bleached out. ALSO
one Of the sitting operations is done
away with. thus allowing an ingredi-
ent of the wheat to remain which here
tofore has been sifted out and prac-
tically wasted in order to secure the
pure white color. The cause Of the
food administration order was the
scarcity OF wheat. More -four can be
secured from the same amount OF
wheat under the new process,