Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-09
POLICE FUNDS
NEARLY DOUBLE
IN PAST SEASON
Annual Report Of Chief PHI Miller
ShcWs Total Receipts 20 be
S2I,054.75.
FINES AMOUNT TO S1S,65s.60
Value of Stolen Property Recovered
for Year Is Placed at
$I7,9S6.15.

Want to know how much the
Rock Island police department took
IN last year?
Here's the figure Sabbath
nearly double that OF year ago.
Fines collected were SlS,65s.6 60,
which is $4,000 more than in 1871
Nearly a thousand more city cases
and 1926 state cases were heard
than for the preceding year.
In detail the statement follows:
Number OF cases tried: City, s.
122; state cases, 1896; total, AIS.
City Cases.
DisorderIy conduct, ,5SS; drunk
enness, 1913; violating motor law, /;
assault and battery, "a; careless
driving, so; assault, II; keeper dis
orderly house, 50; inmate disorder
" house, PAS; saloon open after
hours, 2: keeper house OF ill-fame,
i inmate house of ill-fame, 20;
failure to pay dog tax, /; carrying
concealed weapons, 8; driving over
sidewalk, l selling liquor without
license, 10; gambling, 43; keeper OF
gaming house, 3; selling bass out OF
season, / no lights on auto, 10;
distributing bills without license, !;
obstructing sidewalk with auto, 3;
leaving horse united, l; resisting
an officer, l; parking near flreplug
with auto, l disturbing the peace,
2: selling liquor to minor, /; AMI
mails running at large, ?; flourish
ing revolver, :; riding bicycle over
sidewalk, /; passing street car with
auto, 10; no dinners on auto, l;
violating pawnbrokers' law, i ex-
ceeding speed limit, /; violating
palmist law, .; breaking quarantine
law. /; selling liquor on Sunday, ?.
Total, S,122.
State Cases.
Unlawful fishing, g; disorderly
conduct, 5S4; violating motor law,
424; having no barber permit, o;
vagrancy. 80; burglary and larceny,
%: larceny, 65; fugitive from JUS
tice, 27; confidence game, 2; rob-
berry. IA; assault with a deadly wea-
pom, Is; forgery, /; assault with
antent To murder, II; carrying con-
cealed weapons. 10; obtaining mon
ey by false pretense, 6; selling Ii
quor to soldiers, 1 disturbing the
peace, ?; assault to do great bodily
injury, 4; horse stealing and lar
ceny, /; assault and battery, 4;
= employing nOn-registeTed pharma-
&eist, 2; Illegal conduct of pharma-
~, 8; assault with a deadly wea
pom, >; larceny as bailee, /; bur-
gIary, /: attempted robbery, l:
crime against children, ! conspir-
acy, !; rape, 3; malicious mischief,
4; gambling, 5; selling liquor with
out license, ,; resisting an officer,
1; murder, 1; bigamy, l assault
with intent to rob, 2; violating SAN
itary law. Is Total, 1926.
Ambulance calls, 1873; wagon
calls, 4,4S1; dodgers, 1906; lights
out 1850. total hours 1861; cases
dismissed, state 100, city 26S; cases
withdrawn. state 7, city 4 women
ried, state 90, city 374; meals fur
lished $50, at 20 cents per meal,
$176.60.
Fines collected by c. J. Smith,
$1S.65S.60; by D. ]. Cleland, S75040
Dog tax turned into the city by
Chief P. J, MiIier, s1.471.5O. Moneys
unclaimed from sale of weapons
and ambulance calls, S174.25. Total
fines and fees turned into the city
during the year, S15s1U5- 1OIdl
amount turned into the city during
1917, grand total, $21,054.75.
Total amount Of property lost or
stolen during the year, SO, S73.40.
Total amount of property recov-
cred during the year, SIT ,9S6.15.
George A King, city electrical
inspector, submitted the following
report TO the city commissioners,
from April 16 to April 80:
No. permits issued ....... "a
No. new residences ... 4
No. old residences ..... 8
Miscellaneous buildings $500. l
Additional miscellaneous 80. 90
Approximate value of work. 81 $50
Fees collected -.... 1874
Caroline W. Juhl. superintendent
of the municipal tuberculosis sana-
forum, submitted the following re-
port TO the city council for the
month Of April:
During the month Of April 10 pa
tents were cared for under the
care OF Drs. Joseph De Silva, B. J.
Lachner, c. T. Foster, F. D. Paul,