Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-12
DAVENPORT

Round Up Four Slackers-City
I draft board No. l was called upon
sunday to serve as an army tFi-
/ Dunai and dispose of the cases of
four men arrested by the police
Saturday, charged with failure to
MI out and return their question
naires. DR.. kuno Struck, secretary
OF the board. reviewed the cases
and gave each registrant an oppor-
tunlty to fill out a QUESTIONABLE to
be filed with his respective draft
! board. Four cases were disposed
OF in this manner. They were
John Derms, 1919 West Third
. street; Pablo Ramirez. Fifth and
Fillmore streets; Willie McLaren,
6lS Vine street. and Charles P.
Barker, 1857 Rockingham road.
Carried l. ". W. Card-Old King
Barleycorn led to the downfall of
Martin Marthun. who is serving Is
days in the county Jail following
his trial in police court yesterday.
Martin was arrested Sunday morn
ing at the Rock Island depot.
where he persisted in awakening
poTters with maudlin speeches. At
the police station. he was searched
and an l. ". W card was found in
his pocket. He says he's an organ
izer. but his field of operations will
be limited for the next two weeks.
Held as Draft Evader-Claiming
to have been drafted into the army
q nd fhnv +n diSHha rood
because of heart trouble, William
Miller, %, resident of Chicago, is
being held by the Davenport police.
Miller spent the night in the cry
Jail as a lodger, and was to have
been turned out with the rest of the
tramps yesterday. Police quizzed
him and found that he did not carry
a registration card.
LeCIaire Man Taken - August
Peterson. a resident of LeClaire,
Iowa. was arrested yesterday after
noon by United States Deputy Mar
shall Petersen for transporting
liquor into dry territory and for
violation of the recent government
dry zone order Peterson was ar
raigned before Commissioner Bush
and upon failure to furnish bonds
was sent to jail.
Negro in Tolls of Law-Ernest
/ Clark. colo-ed. wanted for striking
Henrietta Lewis, also cOlored. at
Tenth and Ripley streets, Sunday
night, looked into the working end
of officer CAROLS gun for long
, second yesterday and decided his
bluff wouldn't so over.
Stacker St.I Stacking -Lawrence
Morris. arrested a week ago for
failure to register last June, failed
TO appear before Commissioner
Bush yesterday for a hearing.
Morris was given a preliminary
hearing a week ago and his bonds
were placed at 5000. He appeared
at Commissioner Bush's office last
Saturday ard asked when his trial
would be held and was told on
Monday morning.
Obituary Rec0rd-Final tribute
to the earthly remains of the late
DR.. B. NJ. Raben were paid by $500
sCrrowing friends Sunday after
noon. The funeral, conducted by
Trinity lodge, No. EOS, A F. & A.
NJ. was said to be the largest ever
held in Davenport.
Funeral services in memory of
the late Francis H. Griggs, leading
fnancie- and business man, were
held yesterday afternoon at the
family home. 741 Brady street.
Mrs. Minnie A Martens, age AS,
passed into the great beyond, Sun
day morning. She had been in fail
ing health for the past year. Her
/ residence was $3.50 Scott street
/ Miss Julia Stead. age SO, resident
OF Aledo, Ill. passed away Sunday
morning at Mercy hospital, Daven-
pert, following an operation a week
ago.
/ The death Of Curtis Slater, single
+ and go years of age, occurred at
/ local hospital, Sunday evening
/ Little of his past life is known. He
was employed at the Rock Island
arsenal. and was rooming at the
/ Y. NJ C. A of Moline.
/ Joseph Alexander Lyle, a Civil
1 war veteran and building contrac-
!
I Iowa. passed away Sunday morn
ing at his home, 2725 Farnam
street, Davenport, following short
! illness.
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VfnArSdale Arrested - Claude
! VanArsdaIe, husband of Mary Van
! Arsdale. against whom the Scott
| county district court has issued
liquor injunction, is in tolls of the
law. He was arrested Sunday by
Fatrolman Kuehl for bootlegging.
and United States Commissioner A.
G. Bush released him yesterday on
bonds OF $500 VanArsdale is al
legged to have sold liquor without
a government license on May 26
1917 Federal agents, working ca
the case. secured positive proof of