The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-07
The Day IN Davenport


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country and settled On . barn. Il
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w1eo e Christian 0cAul1e 1eS1
Wet LOcoet stFes9 oceafred g
NJ Pleasant hospital. HI Pleasank
Iowa wednesday nighl MrR
eeAnldt hAA hsea ailing for eome
tina SAe was boen b CernAny,
and was 6 ysars q age. Tue bo1y
viii b brought here for burial S
HlsQ1e . RuESe; WllD . Flulkvn.
The straw TINT breko - camSlb
back with lfrI willis LOYAL vAo
yesterday aft4noo1 followed ~
husband 70 Rock Island to Aavo
him arrestsd fne vie deeeFtion.
was the fact list he gave The
Blonde" . pockstbook Tor Christ
mas and made The vile Q present
Of an electric tlatirua % shs could
go 70 work. At least that u what
she told the court ysgterdAy, but
Loyal himself denisd that he hAd
ever made any presents to any
woman other than his vito. A rec
onciliation was finally effected and
the pair LEFT the station. With The
husband pushing the carriage CON-
taininx their 8week3-oM bAby.
fenport Detectives' Moeller aud L.
mont arrived in Davenport hast
night With John "Jack" Bennett
and Lena Reynolds. Who were
caught BY Chicago poiics the nTst
Of the week in Chicago and held -
the thieves Who . few days ago
stole the Cadillac Eight sedan OF
Joe r Lane from Second street
and escaped with the heavy ma
chine. They are charged With lar
ceny. Police spent all morning
qui1zfng the couple and It u ex-
| pected that . statement Of confes-
sion will be obtained So far they
have stood pat" and have refused
to admit the crime.
Sllgged and Robbed Nugged
and robbed Of 81 cash. Aaron Del
bridge. 316 Brady street, was found
at midnight Wednesday at the cor
ner Of Third and Iowa streets BY
police. Police have been unable to
trace the assaflant Az De,bridge
was passing the corner, Westbound,
he was stopped By . man who de-
manded his money. Delbridge
swung at the robber. but in return
received . blow ON the head from
q blackjack" which laid him on
the pavement unconscious. The
robber searched his pockets and
took the bill fold containing . ten
and one-dollar bill and ned west on
Third. disappearing south on
Pershing avenue.
Short Socialist Meeting-Blaxing
political outbursts expected by the
audience which Wednesday night
packed the council chamber. be-
cause Of the resignation Of Mayor
Barewald from the Socialist party.
/ failed to materialixe, and the ses-
sion was unusually quiet. ending 30
minutes after It was called 10 or
der. Only one demonstration dis
turbed the serenity Of the gather
ing, and that came when Alderman
, George ]. Peck entered the council
chamber. Socialist constituents ap-
plauded wildly. Peck was intro
duced by Alderman Fred Feuchter.
/ who had carefully preceded him.
Judge Resigns-Judge NJ F. Don
cyan, who has graced the district
court bench in the Seventh judicial
, district for . number Of years. will
tender his resignation Jan. Is. to
. become effective Feb. /, it was
stated. Judge Donegan intends
!, opening an Office for the practice
Of law in Davenport about March
! /, but will enjoy q months res.
: after his resignation takes effect.
, 1t is probable that a successor will
be appointed by Governor Harding
, to fill the unexpired term before
, the resignation Of Judge D0negan
, becomes effective.
Jurist Released Erna "
: Koerig, 144O West Fourteenth
street, employed a. a bookkeepel
in the Office of H. B. Jones in the
Putnam building, was excused from
Jury duty by Judge NJ. F. Donegar
in district court yesterday. Mis-,
! koenig was the first woman in Dav
export to receive a summons L
] serve on the Jury in district court
: She was selected along with tw,
{ others by the jury commission il
Z December.
y House Burned Down-Fire re
!. sulting from chimney SCOT spark
q lodging under the shingles cause,
: a $1,000 loss TO the property own
ed by c. Whitaker and located a
8 516-52S Iowa street, late Wednes
= day. The dwelling is occupied b
!, E. Bennett and Mrs. A. Clark. VII
= in turn sub-let a number OF tn
= small apartments. Families Twin
. in the downstairs apartments wer
= absent at the time Of the fire. Tn
!. flames spread rapidly and threa,
: ened the entire structure whe
:. firemen arrived. Two lines Of hos
= were laid in and the fire checke
), before it had spread to the aparl
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