Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-25

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Munger, both of the Nebraska dis
trict, were appointed Saturday by
Walter II. Sanborn. senior circuit
Judge, st. Paul. to assist Judge
Martin ]. Wade in federal court,
southern district of Iowa, during
the year ending Dec. 81, 1918. An
order of the senior judge, delegat-
ing the Nebraska judges to the
southern district, was filed Satur-
day with Miss Lura Parker. deputy
clerk of the federal court in Daven-
port.
Seek Dead Mans Car-When L.
A Ferguson, a Iaborer, was killed
in Davenport several weeks ago
while engaged in razing a building
at Front and Brady streets, his
Chevrolet automobile, bearing a
South Dakota license number, dis
appeared His widow, who resides
at 236 Twelfth avenue. Clinton. has
offered a reward for its return Lo-
cal authorities state they never saw
the car.
Help! Farmer Bankrupt-John
Connell. a Johnson county farmer.
filed a petition in bankruptcy Sat
urday in federal court here, listing
his liabilities at $4,000 with no as
sets The largest single creditor is
the Citizens Savings Trust COM
pany of Iowa City. holder of a
promissory note for $1,000. The pc
tition was filed by Attorney john ].
Ney, Iowa City.
Want Men in Hospital Corps
Orders to discontinue enlistments
in the quartermaster and aviation
divisions, and to bend every effort
toward securing recruits for the
hospital corps, have been received
at the local army station.
Heir Is Missing to To-
cate Otto Halter, heir to $4,000
legacy from the F. w. Halter estate,
Mary Halter, executrix, Saturday
petitioned the Scott county district
court for authority to declare the
legacy null and void and close the
estate. Hearing on the petition
was set for April by Judge F. d.
Let's.
ScaffOld Falls - Three painters
yelled and jumped and three buck
cts of paint spattered on the floor
of the second floor corridor of the
city hall late Friday afternoon.
when a scaffold broke. The hall is
being redecorated. No ose was in
jured in the mishap, but the crash
of the falling scaffold caused a call
for the city ambulance to be sent
| in
DepOrt Two Mexicans-
Lopez and Jose Garcia, taken into
custody three weeks ago on
charges of being undesirable aliens,
started their journey back to the
Mexican border Friday night in the
custody of federal agents.
Hold Patriotic Meet-The second
meeting of the series to be con-
Quoted in the county under the
auspices of the Scott County Coun-
ell of National Defense. was held
/ Saturday evening at the opera
/ Judge NJ. F. Donegan, George W
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| Davenport, were the speakers Of
/ the evening.
! Raid Crap Game-There were
/ seven of them. They were all black.
/ They had a pair of red dice. Come
/ eleben." yelled the keeper, and the
door care off its hinges. Detective
/ Bishop and officer Graham stood
/ in the opening. 1t happened early
/ Saturday evening in q barber shop
/ conducted by Frank Wilson. color
ed, at 10444 East Fifth street.
Visit From PhfIippines-Arthur
| c. erik, brother of Charles erik
of Davenport, arrived in Davenport
| Friday from Manila. Philippine Is
| lands, where he had been engaged
in the shipping business. He ar
rived in the United States about a
month ago, accompanied by his
wife and family, and will stay in
/ Davenport for some time. taking a
rest He has arranged no definite
plans for the future.
0bituary-Mrs. r. A. Blair Of 713
East Fourteenth street, received
word Saturday of the death in
Portland, Ore. Of her son. ". c.
Blair, a former resident of Daven-
port The deceased was about so
years old and lived in this city for
a time in HIS early childhood and
again for a short time before his
marriage and removal west.
Mrs Cynthia Caroline Burch
died Saturday night after a linger-
ing illness. Mrs. Burch was born
April 3. 1912, in Rensselaer, coun-
ty. n. Y. She was married to Ira
Burch Feb. 10, 1878
Scion H. Ffdlar, former Daven-
porter. passed away Saturday
morning at his home in Des
Moines, Iowa, where he has resid
ed for the past 20 years,