Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
The Day i'm Davenport

Income Like Age-Income, like a
wOman's age, is no ones business,
is about the way Mrs Theresa Cree
don, plaintiff in a habeas corpus
hearing in Judge F. D. Let's divis-
/ ion of the district court viewed
questions propounded by Assistant
County Attorney John P. Wler.
Mrs. Creedon, who is attempting to
compel the Soldiers Orphans home
, to surrender the custody of her
/ little girl, Mary Stuvie, refused
point blank to answer the attor
ney's question touching upon the
amount of money she had on depos-
it in the bank. She defled the at
torney and the court to gain this
information The questions were
/ brought out in the course of the
examination and for the pur-
pose of determining whether or not
Mrs. Creedon was in a position,
financially. TO provide the child
with a comfortable home.
Changes His Mind-After Assist
ant County Attorney john P. Wier
had prepared an application for ex-
tradition papers to bring James
Keller back from Joliet to stand
trial on a state charge of breaking
and entering: Keller changed his
mind and waived extradition. City
Detective John Estes was sent to
Joliet to bring Keller to Daven-
port for trial Keller is accused of
burglariZing the John NJ Barry
barber shop, 32S East Locust street
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be arraigned before Police Magis-
trate Sampson for a preliminary
hearing.
Modern Business Plan-Modern
day business methods and system
are to be injected into the affairs
of the Scott county board of super
visors if Supervisor Charles Schick
is allowed to have his way. The
plan of allowing claims and bills
filed against the county upon the
approval of certain committees and
without other members of the board
being familiar with the nature of
/ the bills or claims was tossed into
! the discard on motion of the super
| visor. In its place the auditor or
clerk of the board will be required
/ to reach each bill before the entire
( board and the claims will be allow
I ed or rejected by the entire board.
We are running this county bust
/ mes on a system that is so years
! behind the times" said Supervisor
j Schick in calling attention OF
I board members to the need of more
modern day methods I'VE don't
known what has been paid until we
read the minutes of the supervisors
meeting in the newspapers. Our
/ system would do justice to a town
/ the size Of Walcott, but it trifle
| too Anticipated for county the size
| of Scott"
Ask Change Venue Charles H.
| Fridie, awaiting trial in criminal
court on a charge of manslaughter
growing out of the death of Will
liam I. Spier in an auto accident on
East Sunday, will petition the court
for a change of venue and a con-
/ tinuance until the September term.
/ The trial was assigned by Judge
! A. J. House to follow the Seeber
+ embeZzlement case which went to
J the jury late this afternoon The
Z court is expected to call the Frldle
+ case today and will near argu-
ments on the motion before any at
! tempt is made to call a jury. At
tOrneys for Fridie said today that
a motion for a change of venue and
a continuance would be filed. The
( time of filing will depend entirely
upon the courts wishes N the mat
ter of calling the case.
Ask for Enthusiastically of the
city council to prohibit the passage
| OF heavy traffic over certain streets
was put up to the city legal depart
ment for ruling Members of the
city council are considering the adj
visibility Of barring heavy traffic
( over Main street for the purpose of
conserving the pavement. The
council has authority TO prohibit
the moving OF tractors and vehicles
/ weighing more than five tons over
paved streets. but there is ques-
ton whether the city could go so far
as to bar all heavy vehicles. The
legal department will probably