Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12


nders.
'ucks to transfer this giant Of guns
to take it along, following up the
ne brothers has been used by any Of
md ambitions. The BUSY Bertha"
conception outstrips the Bertha.
hysical damage done is no greater
Gently joined the army, is recruiting
soldiers for Uncle Sam, being attached
to the Fifteenth recruiting company,
Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Private
Thompson enlisted in the engineer
corps, national army, Dec. Is.
Marriage Licenses-W. L. Beckett,
Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. Hannah
Francis. Davenport. Iowa.
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Here's Real Romance-Like the con-
tents of q yellow-backed novel reads
the life story of Fred Thrasher, held
here in connection with the Denger
coal Office robbery and the passing Of
forged checks. and the woman who
claims to be his mother, as told to the
police by the two. ION his own" since
Z years of age, young Thrasher has
drifted about the country, living by
his wits and serving over two years
in the state reformatory at Anamosa-
He was arrested in Clinton the first Of
this week by Detective John Estes.
He is now barely q years of age.
After a grilling that occupied several
hours Wednesday, Thrasher refused to
tell anything at all about the woman
arrested in Clinton with him. "She
wasn't mixed up in this, and I don't
want anything to happen to her." he
said. It was this fact that aroused
the suspicion of the police and led
to the arrest of the woman as she
stepped off an l. & l. car in Daven-
port several days ago. To the police,
the woman Thursday afternoon out
lined the history Of both her life and
! the boys. Erred Thrasher is my son, u
/ she told the police, born Legitimate
ly in Mesic, Mich. l have never seen
his father after he ruined my life, and
I don't know where he is now"
Commercial Club Elects-The an
nual meeting of the Commercial club
was held Thursday evening at Z o'clock
at the club. A. J. Faerber was chosen
president to head the commercial Or
ganization for the year 1918, succeed
| ing Harry K. Spencer. Frank Throop
was elected vice president, Louis Bein
treasurer, and I. c. Norwood was
again named secretary. The new di-
/ rectors chosen yesterday are Louis
Bein, Frank Betty, L. M. Marks, Harry
]. Mcfarland and NJ Rosenthal, fol-
terms of three years, and DR.. George
E. Decker and Eugene Walsh for one
year to fill unexpired terms. \
Blair for Federal COntr0l-Govern-
ment control Of water transportation
! is as essential as the government con-
troll of the railways. This is the Opin-
, ion of Captain Walter A. Blair, presi-
dent of the Northern Steamboat COM
pany and one of the best posted river
men on the upper Mississippi, Captain
Blair believes the only soluti(p of the
transportation problem lies in the
utilization of all available water traf.
fic. II all the boats and barges that
are now available are pressed into
service, it would free a lot of equip
ment in cars and locomotives for use
in other places where they are badly
needed. To use the words of Judge
Brandeis, justice of the U. S. supreme
court, constructive cooperation i:
needed instead OF the present destruc
tive competition.
Archer Is Held-Frank Archer, for
inner Davenport resident, arrested FOL
failure to register under the conscrip
ton law, pleaded guilty before United
States Commissioner A. G. Bush lat
/ Thursday afternoon and was bount
over to the grand jury. In default o
the $1,000 bond, Archer was confined
in Scott county JAIL Archer was takel
before the United States commissions
by Deputy Marshal Petersen. The maj
was born and raised in Davenport. II,
left here 10 years ago, his presen
home being at Minneapolis.
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| Auto Screen Planned-A screen t
be used for testing the headlights o
automobiles in Davenport will b.
erected by the traffic commission SOM
time early in the spring, according t
the present plans Of the commission
A meeting will be held in the city hal
soon at which time this proposition
will be discussed, and the most feas
ible way of forcing motorists to ODE,
the law mapped out.
WIN Report Monday-Scott count
draft registrants classified in Glass
of the selective service regulation
will start reporting Monday to tn
county medical board for physical ex
aminations. Six registrants were mott
fed to report to DR.. ]. d. Blything a
DR.. J. D. CantwelPs Office. A lik
number win report on Tuesday an
continuing until the men In Class
are passed upon DR.. Blything will b
assisted by Drs. Cantwell, e. o. Flick
and r. r. Kulp.