Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-14
DAVENPORT

Black Cat Bad 0men.-'Twas
black cat which, skipping blithelv
across their path several nights
ago. caused their arrest, according
to the stories told the police yes
terday by Robert koelle, 16, and
Walter HOskisson, II, held for
stealing two automobiles. The
lads were arrested yesterday by
Detectives Estes and Quinn. Both
have confessed. They have admit.
ted stealing one car from the cor
ner~of Henry street and fremont
avenue the first of the week, and
1907 Rockingham road. on March :.
"A black cat ran across our path
twice while we were out in the
lnghram machine said KoellU.
and | knew that We were at the
beginning of the end. l told
Whitley that would bring US bad
luck, sure"
Fights ExtraditiOn.-Th right Of
q state to extradite d defendant for
crime not committed within the
respective state was raised in the
Charles Miller habeas corpus hear
ing on yesterday before Judge +.
-. Let's, in the Scott county dis
trict court. Miller is fighting eA-
tradition to Madison where he is
charged with abandonment and
failure to contribute to the sup
port of his divorced wife and 13-
year-old son.
Nab Food NiOIatOrs.-For alleged
violation OF the national food regu-
lations pertaining to the sale of
-four, two Davenport wholesalers
and one retailer were Tuesday
called before federal officers. They
signed affidavits admitting their
peat the offense. The wholesalers
are G. S. Johnson & Co. and H.
Wittenberg, Jr. & Co. The retailer
is r. Tenenbom, the Harrison street
grocer.
Take Eyaders to 0ttumwa.-H.
L. Schmidt, travelling salesman,
and Arie Stenike Of Muscatine, Both
arrested here last week for failure
TO register, were taken to Ottumwa
Tuesday by Deputy United States
Marshal Petersen to stand trial.
Their cases will come up in the
April term of couFts
Wife Exposes Slacker.-William
Stark, a resident of Bettendorf, will
enter class l in the selective draft
if his wife, Mrs. William Stark,
2446 Prairie avenue, Chicago, has
her own way When Stark filed
in his questionable and returned
it to the county exemption board
he claimed deferred classification
on the ground that he had a wife
to support. When Mrs. Stark heard
of this she went before Hinton G
Clabaugh of the department of JUS
tice, Chicago, and entered COM
plant
Hot Fight in Bettendorf.-A hct
fight is in prospect in the mayor
atty fight in Bettendorf. The cleo
ton is March 25. P. w. Reck
heads the nde~ endent ticket ami
DR.. c. Wirth the Citizens ticket.
J. e Brownlee is candidate for
treasurer on the Independent tick
ct There is no candidate for this
office on the Citizens ticket.
Rock Islander EnIists.-Clarence
Topping of Rock Island was one
among six men who were indicted
into the coast artillery yesterday
by the Davenport exemption board.
Nine draft men in all were induct-
ed during the day.
Claims He Was RObbed.-Al-
though he claimed that he had
been slugged and robbed of $1S5
near the railroad yards along East
River street, G. w. Gallagher was
fined $6.85 by Police Magistrate
Ernst Claussen yesterday on a
charge Of intoXication. When Of
ficers Meyer and Stafenbiel found
Gallagher at an early hour yester-
day. he was lying in the mud near
the intersection of Mound and East
River street. His face was a mass
pF hrTIiSaS and he Saanad ma bla