Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-22
DAVENPORT


Pass Buck TO Mail Men.-Dratt
registrants called before the Scot:
county exemption board to explain
their failure TO fill in their ques
tionnaires are shifting the blame
onto the postofice authorities. ac-
cording TO members OF the board.
A majority of the "questionnaire
slaCkers" swear they Lave not
changed their mail address for sew
eral years and explain their fail
ure to I'LL in their questonnaires
on the ground that the postal au-
thorities failed to deliver the
blanks to them.
OutAgain; In Again.-When joan
Bauer's Jail sentence in the Linn
county jail at Marion expires Fri
day he will be turned over TO the
custody OF Sheriff Henry \. Kuehl
and returned to Davenport to spend
three months in the Scott county
Jail for violating his parole.
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Automobile StOIen.-A five-pas-
senger Ford automobile, -917 mod
81, owned by r. C. Campbell, BIS
East Third street, was stolen be
tween $50 and p. m. Wednesday
night from in front of a residence
at GIG Brady street, according to
report made to the police. The
car bears Iowa number plates 265,-
261.
More Cars Received Eighteen OF
the 20 street cars coming to the
tri-cities from the Chicago surface
lines have been received to date.
the last one being unIoaded We'd
nesday. Some OF these cars are
now being run in series Of two in
the arsenal service, they heing used
to haul Moline and Rock Island
workmen. They are the first of
the local company's cars 10 be run
tandem since the discontfnUance OF
the old trailer system some years
ago.
HalIigan New Alderman.-Joh
Halligan was formally appointed by
the city council Wednesday night
as alderman of the Fifth ward, u
finish out the term of the late b
NJ. Raben. He will hold his seat
only for two meetings of the coun-
Gil, when the administration
changes.
Gas Fumes FataI.-Gas fumes,
accidentally released from jet in
/ his room, caused the death of
Frank Ventress. address unknown,
in a roOming house conducted by
! Louis Langtinn, 1927 Yves: Second
! street, sometime Wednesday night.
Ventress secured a room in the
/ house about s o'clock Wednesday
night. Mr.. Langtinn went to the
/ room with him and lit the gas.
/ Two jets came out from the wall
/ in the room.
| Obituary. Stanley T. Hunting
aged 81, died yesterday a. a local
/ hospital The deceased was born
! in BrOOkfeId, Mass, Sept. s, 1856.
/ On Nov. l, 1873, accompanied by
his parents, he came to Iowa. He
( was educated and reared in Dav-
I export, having lived here for a
number OF years. At one time he
was a piano salesman and a must
clan.
! Frank Tunis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Edward Tunis, 1903 West Third
/ street, passed away at a. local hos
pitaI yesterday. lie was 10 years
! old at the time of death and had
/ made his home in Springfield, ILL.,,
until two years ago.
| The death OF Mrs. Florence
/ Washington occurred at a local
! hospital Wednesday evening at the
age of 10 years. The body was re
/ moved to the Z. A. Horrigan fu-
neral parlOrs, APO Brady street.
/ Word has been received here Of
the death of Mrs Christiania Happe
of Echo, Mimi, who until three
/ years ago made her home in this
I city. Deceased was the wife OF
George Happe, 1014 Grand avenue,
who with one son, George. are the
only survivors in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Jensen, 11O7
West Sixth street. are mourning
the loss of their only child, Dorothy
! Jensen, aged 3 years, who passed.
away yesterday morning.