Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-11
DAVENPORT

ana RTE, the property OF Rudo ph
Fappenroth. an Austrian alien en-
envy, were seized Saturday by Dep
uty United States Marshal Andrew
Peterson and will be retained until
after the end of the war against
the central powers. The seizure
was made under the new federal
law prohibiting aliens and alien en-
einies from owning or having in
their possession any firearms The
guns were taken from Pappenroth' S
boat house at Buffalo and were
turned over TO the Davenport pO-
lice to hold. Pappenroth is await
ing preliminary examination on a
federal charge of transporting booze
into dry territory
Catch Sugar Thief-Art Eller-
man. until lately an employe of the
John F. Kelly Wholesale Grocery
company, and William Draem0s,
Greek confectiOner al 42S West Sec
ond street. are both under arrest
by the Davenport police as the re-
suit OF the theft OF four 100 pound
sacks Of sugar Ellerman perpe1rat-
Ell recently. Ellerman, who drove
for the Kelly company, stole the SUI
gar AT arious times.
Nurses Arrive Safely.-A tele-
gram has been received by Mrs. r.
A. Mcclure of Brighton, Iowa, from
her husband. DR.. r. A. Mcclure.
unit r. of the hospital corps which
left for France Feb. Is, and to
which he is attached, saying that
he has arrived safely in Europe.
The Misses Grace Van Evera. Bes-
sic Whitaker and Olive Whitlock.
Davenport girls, are nurses Of this
unit
Incubator Starts Fire.-Fire orig
mating from an Overheated incu-
bator in a twO-stOry chicken house
owned by William kessler, $50 East
Thirty-frst street, destroyed the
building and 80 young chickens
Saturday causing a loss estimate /
at $500. Mr.. Kessler carried $500
insurance.
Bettemdorf Has CyclOne.-A babv
cyclone passed over the vicinity OF
Bettendorf Saturday causing losses
to the extent of $4,000 or more %
various people in its path. Accord
ing to Mr.. Stable, son of Mrs w.
P. Bettendorf, the cyclone followed
a path from the river, over the Bet
tendorf Steel Car works. over the
BettendOrf Process company. aui
off to the northeast. The cyclone
came from the west and travelled
in a northeasterIy direction at the
rate of 80 to 40 miles an hour.
Seeks New Trial q.
a motion for a retriaI of the case
of state OF Iowa VS.. Harry V Gil
foy. convicted by jury in district
court Thursday of malicious mis-
chief. were continued Saturday by
Judge NJ. F. Donegan until Satur-
day. March %.
Gallagher EnIists. William Gal
lagher of Davenport has enlisted in
the aviation section OF the army as
motor mechanic. and left today
for San Antonio. Texas. for train
ing. Mr.. Gallagher for the last 10
wears has been chauffeur for II. e.
kahl
Waterman Promoted Fred l..
Waterman. second lieutenant of err
gineers. national army. Camp
Dodge, has been promoted to the
rank of first lieutenant and trans
ferred to Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
according to word received in Da>-
export SATURDAY.,
Farmer Badly Hurt The Davep-
port police are today searching for
the driver OF a damaged Ford auto
mobile which is believed to be RS
sponsible for the serious injuries
suffered by William Denkman, a
farmer residing on Middle road,
near the car barns, Saturday
Denkman was found unconscious in
the street by Conductor Carmi-
chaei. The street car men caIle I
the police and the city ambulance
was sent to the scene. Denkma1.
stilLtInconscious, was taken to the
police station. and County Physi-
elan +. s. Bowman attended his in
juries.
Obituary--At the home of his
son. A kahlhammer. Rockingham
road. the death of Adolph Henry
hahlhammer. q resident of Musca-
line the, past % years. occurred
Friday morning For the past tv o
months he had been residing win
his son.
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