Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-21
DAVENPORT

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! Burned In Gas ExplOsiOn-Mrs
Al Harting, living at 1925 Iowa
street, suffered painful burns about
the head. face and hands Tuesday
when gasoline used in cleaning
clothes was ignited by frictions Re
covering quickly from the shock OF
the explosion. Mrs. Harting smoth-
cred the flames and prevented their
spread.
Farm Hand Gets Footed Ell
mer Johnson, a farmer lad, came in
from West Union Tuesday with a
pocket full of money and a burn
ing thirst He went to Rock Island
} When he returned to Davenport
/ Tuesday evening he carried a cargo
I of red likker under his belt, and a
quart in his pocket, and a pair OF
/ brass "knucks." The police released
( him.
Loses Arm in Shredder-Emil
Vogts 80 years old, a farmer resid-
| ing midway between Mt. Joy and
/ Eldridge. met with an unfortunate
accident Tuesday afternoon in hay-
ling his left hand caught in a corn
: shredder The mangled arm was
( amputated a short distance below
+ the elbow by the attending physi-
/ clans, Drs. Henry and Walter Mat
! they.
/ Offices In CCach-The Davenport
yard office and Office Of the COM
mercial agent of the Milwaukee rail-
road are now located in coach Nc
7, standing on a siding near the
! former freight depot which is being
wrecked. q
Chief. Is Missing dense veil
! of mystery still surrounds the dis
appearance of Chief of Police
I Charles Schleuter and Detective
( John Estes. Lieutenant Frank ]
Lew, who is in charge of the police
department during the chiefs alb
I sence, reported that he had re-
1 ceived no word from the missing
officers. A check-up of city ma
chimes yesterday morning revealed
+ the fact that the Ford car conf1scat-
/ ed by the police some time ago, is
missing, and it is presumed that the
officers are aboard it-whereveI
( it is.
Daylight Robbery - Burglars
| staged a daring daylight robbery
! yesterday, when they entered and
+ ransacked the home of G. r. Clark
| 227 East Fifteenth street, between
! 10 a. N. and noon. When members
of the family returned home this
noon they found the interior of the
4 watch, so cents in pennies, and 6
gold bracelet were missing.
Spring Planting Scott county
| farmers are taking advantage o.
! the warm weather of the last ter
| days to put their fields in shape fol
spring planting, according to Coun-
( ty Agent G. r. Bliss. A number Of
| farmers are sowing spring wheat
while others are completing theil
| spring blowing and narrowing
ready for planting time.
Marries at Camp DOdge-A for.
mer Dayenporter, Private FRS
/ Glass Paul G. Harris of the Three
! Hundred F'oTty-ninth hospital com
/ pany. 313 Sanitary train, medica
department, Z. S. A, has the dis,
tinction of being the groom at the
first military wedding to take place
at Camp Dodge, Des Moines. His
bride was Miss Hazel Winburn O
] Des MOines.
Firemen DisOhey MayOr-Daven.
port f1remen obeyed Mayor Johr
7 Berwald's recent edict that fire ap
. paratus should not go outside the
city limits yesterday when they
were called to West Locust stree
and the city limits to find gras!
fire burning merrily-iust acros!
the street on the other side of th'
city limits line. While neighbor:
living across the line ran abou
with buckets of water and broom:
working madly to check the flames
firemen calmly awaited orders o
the chief before proceeding to figh
outside the city limits When Chic
Denger arrived the mayors ruling
was cast to the breezes and the mel
ordered to extinguish the fire.
o
Obituary-Mrs. T. NJ. Wilkins Il
in receipt of the sad message advis
ing her of the death at Alton, Iowa
of her mother, Mrs. Eva Kurtenack
er, a lifelong resident OF Daven
port. Death occurred Tuesda!
morning, at the age of II years
She went to visit relatives in Alton
last November and while there wa
taken sick.
After having visited friends Tues
day afternoon, Mrs. Christin;
Wiese, nee Schnack, came HON,
complaining of not feeling well
Tuesday evening she suffered {
( stroke and within a few minutel
hreathed her last, taking from thi
community one of its well known
| residents. She resided at lib,
/ Vast Enurt aanfh street