Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 15

Tuesday evening THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT AND LEADER November 4, 1019 -oi 0 BRIEF LOCAL NEWS 1 11111 11 111 1 1 -y FRUIT DEALERS WRANGLE AND GUNIS DRAWN 1G COMMERCIAL CLUB CHAIRS OF SI 90 VALUE GONE FINE GARAGE BUILDING FOR CADILLAC GO. FUEL BOARD IS POWERLESS IN NEW MANDATE OBITUARY) Tracey. The death' of Mrs. Honora Tracey occurred at 2:30 o'clock this morning at 1923 Belle avenue, after an illness of six months' dura' WILL. DIRECT THE RELIGIOUS WORK FOR THE Y.

W. C. A. i mm MISS MAE DOSSETT At the rally meeting of Friday evening. Miss Mae Dossett, of Ntew York City, will meet the girls of Davenport, for the first time.

Miss Dossett, who as previously announced, is to be in charge of the work of religious education for the Davenport Young Women's Christian association, will assist with the follow-up work of the billy Sunday campaign. GET NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY OF I. C. NORWOOD Davenport creditors of I. C.

Norwood, former secretary of the Davenport Commercial club and Greater Davenport committee have received notice that he has gone into bankruptcy in Chicago and that a meeting of the creditors will be held there on November 17. creditors have claims amounting to several thousand dollars. INVESTIGATE MILK SUPPLY fContlnued from Poa One. facilities, Mr. McBricie found one farm on which the count ran to 1,500.000 bacteria per cc.

Others ran from 1,200,000 to 19.000 bacteria. The law requires 3 per cent tmt-ferfat The test revealed two dairies where the butterfat in the milk ran below that figure, being 2.6 and 2.8 per cent respectively. On the matter of price, the report says: "The objection will be raised that in enforcing these regulations on the producer it will be necessary for him to raise the price of milk to the consumer, "Would it not be a great deal better to pay a cent or two a quarter more for a clean, safe, milk, with the required food value in it than for a milk with a bacterial count aiound 1,000,000 and with a butter fat content of 2.5 per cent, when the legal standard is 3 per cent? "The average family in Davenport will probably not consume over a quart ofymilk per day. An additional cost of one or two cents to a family for so important food as milk will not bankrupt anyone." A Shoe of Will Be Erected by C. A.

Ficke at Fifth and Main Streets. The Cadillac Sales company, local distributors for the Cadillac cars, will shortly have one of the finest garages and display headquarters lu the trU-ities. The new building will be erected by C. A. Ficke at Fifth and Main streets, the contract for its erec tion being let today to John Peters.

The building will be Bhape. At the northwest corner of Fifth and Main streets at present service station. The nw caraee will surround this building on two sides, having a frontage of 40 feet on Main street and t55 feet on Fifth street. The main display room will be on Main street. It will have a depth of 128 feet.

Two build-iniis now standing on Fifth street will be torn down to make room for the new structure. The salesroom will have tile floors and both the Main street and the Fifth street fronts will be of fine plate glass. It will be a one story brick and toncrete structure. The contract for the leasing of the building from Mr. Ficke was signed by K.

G. Zoller, president of the Cadillac Sales company. It will be completed by April 1. LOOfBANfAT ATKINSON TWICE IN MONTH Safety Deposit Boxes Are Robbed and Valuable Bonds Taken. Atkinson, Nov.

1 (Special) For the second time in a month thieves broke into the Atkinson State bank early today and successfully made away with the contents of the safety deposit boxes of tho bank's customers. if Although the police havo no dues. It is believed that the thieves are part of the of yeggs who broke Into the bank about a month ago when $40,000 in liberty bonds was taken and who robbed the banks at Sherrard und Wyanet recent. It fs not known Just how much the thieves took last night. Nearly every safety deposit box was rifled and some were smashed so badly that the thieves were unable to open them and the bank employes could not get them open this morning.

The loot consisted of thousands of dollars worth of 'bonds which were in the boxes. None of tho bank's money was taken. The thieves made their entrance through a rear door, forcing the lock. They blew open the door to the yault with an explosive. It Is the opinion of the police that the robbery occurred after midnight as the night watchman is on duty until that time.

The thieves, according to usual custom, worked quietly and no one heard them. 6 Per Cent Interest The best place for surplus money is in a first mortgage Iowa farm loan. The Titus Loan Investment company, 211-213 Iowa avenue, Muscatine, Iowa, can fur nish you an investment of this kind for any amount from $100.00" to $10,000.00 or more. They call them care free investments, as no investor with them in the past 42 years has ever lost a dollar of interest or principal. Miss Ella Phillips, Who Passed Away in Los Angeles Sunday 4 MISS ELLA M.

PHILLIPS. The remains of Jdiss Ella M. Phillips, former Davenport woman, who died at her home in Los An gelps Sunday, will arrive In Dav enport Friday morning at o'clock. The body will be taken to Trinity cathedral at once from where funeral services will be held. Miss Phillips, who was C7 years of age, made her home in Daven-'l port for a period of 4j years, ror the past year she had lived in Los Angeles.

STREET CARS TO BE CLEAN Board Orders Company to Keep Ventilators Open All the Time. Davenport street cars must, be kept clean and "ventilated all tho time, according to orders issued to the Tri-ctty Railway company today by thp board of health. j. G. Huntoon, general manager of the company, was present at the meeting.

He promised that the requests of the board would be complied with. It is also planned to wash all cars daily, and to disinfect them once a day. The measure is taken to prevent a repetition of the "flu" plague. On Detention Hospital. Dr.

George M. Middleton, city physician, reported many deplor able cases of social disease found by tho government clinic, where 420 treatments were made during the month of September. At his recommendation, Mayor Dougherty is planning to call a joint session of the board and the county supervisors as soon as possible to discuss the erection of a detention hospital. The government clinic workers were also given permission to take Wassermann tests of all persons arrested for leading an Immoral life, with a view to discovering so cial disease carriers. er employe for the time that he spent in the hospital.

The case is slated for the November term of the district court and promises to bo one of the most interesting actions of the term. The case has drifted from term to term and volumes of motions, answers, substitutes, amendments to substitutes and amendments to amendments have been tiled in the case on both sides. There's always room at (ho top just under a man's hat. top to tip The Yorke" $12.00 Railroads and Chicago Committee Have Charge of Situation. RUSH FR0MC0LD SNAP Supply Still Holding Out St Luke's, Mercy and Light Co.

Supplied. Davenport's coal supply Is still holding out despite the drop in. temperature and the small amount of tonnage released by the railroads locally. The fuel board of Davenport has been relieved of ail power in the situation except recommendatory action as far as apportionment of fuel is concerned. A committee in Chicago O.

the distribution of coal hera through the Individual railroads. This action (s in line with telegraphic orders received by th railroads here yesterday from Hal Holden, regional railroad direct at Chicago. The men in this territory who are authorized to release coal shipments are Superintendent C. L. Ruppert of the Rock Island lines, with offices in Rock island, and Superintendent V.

A. Fuller of tha Burlington route at Galesburg, 111. St. Luke's hospital was given a car of coal yesterday by the Rock Island. Mercy hospital has likewise been provided for.

The Peoples Light Co. has also had a small shipment released tor use of tha steam plant. None Is given thin company for the gas plant because a supply of several weeks was stored there in anticipation of A ha strike. 1 Coal dealers reported today that but a few shipments had come into the Tri-Citles and the Silvls transfer over night. They say the cold snap this morning brought many requests for fuel, which they are filling on the two-ton limit plan.

Several cases of hoarding hav come light. People called their dealers and mado urgent pleas for coal. When it was sent up and the dsiver inspected the coal bin be found several tons' supply on hand in many cases. In these cases no deliveries were made. There is no privation in Davenport right now, tho dealers say.

They urge everybody to be sparing In amount of fuel burned as a precaution against length of the strike. President I). J. Uenman and Secretary E. K.

Putnam of the Davenport Fuel boartf held a conference Hhis morning and discussed the. new change in the situation by which authority Is taken away from local boards by lodging it in regional committee in Chicago, Both following the conference that the board would continue to meet and would be ready to gi its services In any case where it was empowered to do so. Steam plants are getting dribleU of shipments from the railroads hut the bulk ot the reserve supply 1M still in railroad control and subject to their release! WATCH THE LITTLES Character is made up of LITTLE THINGS, but character Is NO LIT-TLK THING. If you start in life with a deter, minatlon to SAVE the EXTRA bit of money you may happen to hava, instead of SPENDING them foolishly, your reward will be a competence.1 Get one of our litlo metal banks', keep It in your house and drop into it all the stray pennies, nickels and dimes. When you have accunitu lated a few dollars, PUT THEMlM THE UNION SAVINGS BANK-i-V STRONG BANK 4 and NO WORRY.

Picnic Hams 50c 30c 37c Oysters, per quart Pure Fruit Preserves ITeinium Butterine 2-pound carton P(n Butterine UUl pound Black Tea huL 1-arge can "I Qp Tomatoes JLJl Fife and Drum Corp Rehearsal. This evening at 7:30 at the Lend. a-Hand club rooms, the Fife and Drum corps of the Marine Scouts will hold a rehearsal. Merchants Iran. 4 Sior.

Co.naf expert packer and movers. Tel. 851 cles of incorporation have been filed; with County Reorder A. 13. Llnd-quist by the Princeton Methodist Episcopal church.

The ineorpora-i nrs are: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Me Carn.

C. W. Pinneo, Harry Stewart and J. A. Toeston Union Savings Bank.

A Strong bank, Third and Brady streets. Enlists In Army--Joe Parker, o07 East Sixth street, enlisted in the regular army late Monday. He departed Monday night for Camp Grant, where he will be assigned to the Sixth division. Five men were accepted by the army recruiting service Monday, a new record for the local fetation. Holbrook, architect Phone 857.

Gym CUss for Matrons. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, at the Lend-A-Hand club room3, a (tym clans for matrons will be held. It will be the first meeting of the rail ana wmier ieim. PERSQNAL) Mrs. Albert Afong of Honolulu, arrived last Friday for a several months' visit with her sister Miss Kathcrina Whiting of 1423 Perry street.

Mrs. Afong will be remembered by old friends as Miss Elizabeth Whiting formerly of this city. Mrs. Afong's husband is one of the prominent sugar producers of the Hawaiian islands, and a member of 'one of the best known families in the islands. SergL Lawrence 11.

Edelman, member of the army recruiting party stationed in Davenport, returned today from a month's furlough spent with relatives in Little Rock, Ark. COURT NEWS The Misses Erna Goldschmidt and Cora Berger have returned from Champaign, 111., where they attended the University of Illinois Home Coming, and the Chicago-Illinois game, the past week end. Donald (Jitney) Sievert was arrested by Policeman Werner last night on complaint of Mrs. Miller, who charged him with assault Sud battery. The woman failed to appear In police court this morning.

Sievert was dismissed for lack of prosecution. A substitute and amended answer with cross-petition has been filed in the district court by Ellen Thompson In the action for divorce brought by her husband Charles R. Thompson. The wife charges de sertion. W.

M. Chamberlin appears for the plaintiff and John P. Weir lor tTte defendant. Adolph T. Schnecloth has filed an answer to the allegations filed in a divorce suit brought by his wife Lulu.

He denies the cruelty allegations. A. 1 Chezem is the attorney. Perhaps the finest orations that have been heard in a Scott coi ty court room In years were delivered thi3 morning by Attorneys Chamberlin, Murphy, Cooper, Mueller and others in the eulogies for fellow members of the bar who have passed away during the past year. RETURNING SOLDIERS REGISTERED AT THE RED CROSS ROOMS Charles F.

Raforthi SergL; Earl-ville, Iowa. Frank B. Howell, U. S. 1 year overseas; 1430 Jersey Ridge road.

fraternal! The Eagle Ladies' Auxiliary will hold their regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at the Eagle lodge hall. 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES Waldo Wulff and Dorothy Hampton, both of Davenport. Angel B. Mace and Daisy A. Rose, both of Davenport.

Henry Strohben and Ella Schrocder, both of Blue Grass. John J. Kelly and Katherine B. Collins, both of Davenport. NOON HOUR MEET IN FIRST OF THE FOLLOW-UP SERIES There were 5-i girls present at the noon hour luncheon meeting, held at the Y.

W. gym, at noon to-day, as part of the follow-upywork of the Billy Sunday, campaign. There was a short talk by Miss Dotha S. Varker, and Miss Josephine Lillf-y led the community singing. The girls nspd the hymnals, which have been used during the campaign.

Announcement was madp of the "Billy Sunday echo" rally, for business and employed women, which is to be held at the Y. on Friday evening. Property Disappears frorn Old Armory No One Knows Where. GET KEY OFTHE POLICE Chauffeur of Truck Loads! Up Chairs and Drives Off No Clues. Nineteen pool chairs, property of the Davenport Commercial club, have mysteriously disappeared.

Disappearance was reported to the Davenport police yesterday, but as yet no clue has been discovered. The chairs are valued at S190. They were taken from, the old 1 Armory on Fifth street in broad daylight, but by whom no one knows. Officers at the patrol barn on Fifth and Main streets say a truck was driven up in the rear of the Armory and the driver asked for the police key to get into the Armory. An officer unlocked the Armory rear door for him.

That is the last seen of the chairs. This incident happened six weeks ago. At that time the American Legion was in possession of the Armory. Secretary A. J.

Stowe, executive of the Legion, says he knows nothing ot the disappearance of the chairs. The propprty was loaned by the Commprclal club to the War Camp Community Service at the time the latter organization was running the Armory as a community club for soldiers and patriotic activities. None of the former W. C. C.

S. executives here know anything of the Commercial club property, where it was taken, or by whom. The Commercial club is now refitting its old billiard room and unless the 19 chairs are found, will have to purchase new equipment to make good the loss. NOTHINGFOR REIS CLAIM IN LASTANSWER Johann George Reis has nothing coming, according to. separate answers filed today the district court by Martin Schupp and his wife Elizabeth through their attorneys, J.

C. Hall and Cook BaltufT, The answer says that Reis got his tobacco in winter besides board and lodging. The answers constitute a general denial of the allegations made by W. II. Claussen as guardian in a suit that has been pending to recover a balance alleged to be due for 22 years' work.

During this time Reis is alleged to have received approximately $500 in actual cash. The answer goes into detail, from the defendants point of view, of a contract made with Reis in May 18. 1896, when he first went to work on the farm. He was to get $5 per month and his washing, board and Lclothes. He once gota new suit i of store clothes.

The working agree-I ment is alleged to have been re-, newed orallv from year to year. On April 23. 1899, Reis went to the hospital with a "bum" knee. He I did not return to the farm until June 15, 1899. Reis was a house I servant and general utility man i about the place.

His former employers allege that besides furnishing Reis a home in winter they gave him $1 weekly- for spending money. Tho defendants hold that I thev are not indebted to their form- Quality from T7SXAJ Second Street at Main A in size Charles Gartland Arrested on Complaint of J. J. Buzzard. BARRED OWN PROPERTY 1 Martin Woods Co.

Out Some Goods When Work Is Done. "He tore my coat shoving me around. I drew a gun out ot my pocket and told him to get out. Hp went That la ctnrv nt Charles Gartland, private detective. jo, 1 flum touch him.

He shoved me. Then he drew a gun and pointed it at me and told me ne a snoot me I man get out. I got." So runs the tale of J. J. Buzzard, manager of the Trl-City Fruit Co.

And the result: Gartland under arrest on charge of 'drawing and pointing a revolver." Case continued indefinitely. It all happened yesterday morning, and it's a long, long tory. It started four years ago iwhen Mr. Buzzard bought the property known as the Martin Woods Coll 5 Perry street, subject to a lease held by that company. Tho leaKP.

aeenrdine to Buzzard. expired at midnight, October 31. lhe Martin Woods Co, was trying tn tnkp nnssessinn had been retained by the Martin Woods Co. as a watchman. He had been ordered to keep everybody out.

He obeyed orders. To do It, he nour ished a gun. "But the prosecution has been squashed," said Mr. Gartland. tsitflp PptprKhprppr flttnmev.

nresi- dent of the Martin Woods and P. B. veltch, secretary, ecnoea tne statement on your me, saia tsuzzara. I'm giving to take this thing to the erand 1urv." Incidentally talk went the rounds that Gartlaud din have a permit to carry a revolver. 1 got one when Charley Boettcher was chief." the nrivate detective said.

"I didn't have it renewed when Packey Phelan became chief. He took put a new permit yester day. There will be no prosecution on that ground. And now. He Gets Possession, Blizzard has possession of the building.

"1 rent another part of it," he said, "and I hava a key to that part. I went into my part about 6 o'clock this morning, be fore anybody came around. "There Is a stairway rrora my part down into the part the Martin Woods Co. occumes. I went down that stairway and took poa session of the building.

"There are some supplies still in the building. I suppose they belong to the other company. But I'm going to hold them as damages for the inconvenience they causod me." 1 "Oh, are you?" said Peters berger when he learned ot this angle. And in district court this morning, a petition was filed for a temporary injunction restraining Buzzard or any of his agents from interfering with the Martin Woods Co. In its attempt to remove goods.

Entrance By Stealth. The petition says; "That on the same towit: thp nieht of November 3. by Btealth defendant effected an entrance to said premises by means not per-snnallv known to the plaintiff, and is now in possession of said premises, as well as the remaining stock of merchandise and uaae fivturos hplnneine to said plaintiff. wlin hai run serf demand to be made upon him for possession Art said premises and said trade fixtures, which demand has been refused. "That the trade fixtures ana merchandise referred to are at follows: "About 200 boxes of apples.

"About B0 cases of butterine. "About cases of oranges. "About o00 banana crates. "Two leather belts. "One furnace.

"Four small motors. "One peanut roaster. "One peanut cooker. "One elevator. "One pump.

"Fire extinguishers. "Miscellaneous tools." The injunction has not yet been granted by the court REALTORS SEE CRYSTAL LAKE NEW CLUB HOME Purchase of the Crystal Lake nronertv. 2t4 miles from DeWitt, one of the popular outing resorts of Davenport, was suggested to the Davenport Realtors by Bert Frahm and 5. Phoenix at the meeting held last! night In the Commercial club. The property comprises.

40 acres, of which approximately 35 acres are in the lake. There are four owners of the property now. D. Ar-mentrout. William Lee.

W. H. H. West and W. 11.

all of DeWitt. They have offered to sell the property for $16,000 in $1,000 share lots, each of the four pledging himself to tak one share. Messrs. Thoenix and Frahm were named on a committee to investigate the project and report at the next raveling. An exclusive club with' club house and all the equipment of, a country club is planned.

Daven porters are interesteu In purchasing the remaining shares in a block nnd making ttw resort an exclusive Davenport country club. tion. Deceased waa born In Ireland 73 years ago. For the past CO years she had made her home in Davenport. She is survived by throe sons, Jeremiah and James H.

Tracey of Davenport and Thomas W. of MitcheU, S. IX Her husband. Jeremiah Tracey, preceded her in death 9 years ago. The funeral announced to be held Thursday morning at 8:30 o'clock the late home, 1929 Belle avenue, with iuirriu ut Paul, the ADORtln's r-httrrh ot tt o'clock.

Interment will take place in St. Marguerite's cemetery. Woehlke. John H. Woehlke, residing in Blackhawk, and a- leading dairyman of that vicinity for the past 35 years, passed away at his home this morning at 3 o'clock after a lingering illness.

For the past two weeks Mr. Woelke ha3 been confined to his bed. Hp was born in Germany, Oct. 25, 1853 and came to Davenport in 1881. Ho was united In marriajre to Miss Augusta Winser, January 24, 18SL Fraternally he was affiliated with the Columbia Sick Relief society, the Blackhawk Sick Relief society and the Krieger Vprein.

He is survived by the following children: Mrs. Elfrieda Marteii3, John, Annie, Carl, Leona and Lrenex Woehlke, 4 grand children, his father-in-law, Frederich Winzer of Germany; three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Nolte of Reading, Mrs. Hans Vogt and Mrs. Juergen Flep-grass, both of Germany and three brothers, George, Hans and Peter of Nebraska.

Funeral announcement will be made later. Phillips. Robert, the three day old son of Mr. and Mrs. James F.

Phillips, 1521 West Pleasant street, pasBed away at 6:30 o'clock Monday even ing at Mercy hospital. The child was born Oct. 30. The parents and one brother, James F. Phillips, are the only survivors, Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Ruhl and Ebert tuneral parlors.

Burial at Holy Family cemetery. ARMY OFFICERS STUDY METHODS AT I. ARSENAL Manufacturing methods employed at the Rock Island Arsenal were Inspected today by six mem bers of the field artillery board of the regular army. The board, headed by Ma. Gen.

limes, Brig. Gen. Augustine Mclntyre, Brig. Gen. B.

H. Currie, Col. D. C. Cub-bison, Col.

C. J. Browne and Col. Thomas B. Osborne, arrived at the arsenal this morning from Fort Sill, Okla.

A Balute of 13 guns was fired In honor of Maj. Gen. Hines, who is in charge of the board. The board will remain until Wednesday afternoon and will then return to Fort Sill. Methods followed in the manufacture of artillery are claiming the major interest of the board, although the party Is being conducted on a general tour of the arsenal by Lieut Col.

John H. Read acting commandant. Col. II. B.

Jordan, commandant, is in Washington, and will not return before Wednesday evening. Members of the board were the guests of the Rock Island Rotary club at luncheon at noon today. ARSENAL STAFF PERSONNEL WILL REMAIN INTACT The present strength and personnel of the Rock Island arsenal staff, comprising 15 commissioned officers in addition to the com-tnnnrtnnt -will he retained until June 30, 1920, according to an order of the war department received at the arsenal today. Thfl staff was reduced to 15 of ficers last week by the discharge of officers in the reserve. Under tne rpnrHiiization nlan of the army the present staff will remain until next year.

Changes may re niaae in the nprannnpl hv transfers but the strength of the staff will remain at The staff includes 11 ordnanO officers, one cavalry officer, two medical officers and one commissioned officer in the construction department. CITY INSPECTOR" COLLECTS $176 PLUMBING FEES Fees of the amount of $176.50 were collected during the month of October by Otto Meinert, city plumbing inspector. The report was filed today with the board or health. A total of 189 inspections were made, of which 80 were final and 31 wcrcmiscellaneous. Three jobs were condemned and nine nuts ances abated.

Our Business Increased again laat week. Over 7,000 people patronized our money saving Busy Store. This fact encourages us all the more to keep on reducing prices and try to show a greater increase. Specials for Wednesday 1 m3m Regular Hams Ivoose Sausage Salt. Pork Nut Margarine Tall can Milk 5 Coffee Tomato Puree 26c 20c 25c 30c 15c 50c 10c Gentleman's Shoe which value asserts itself strongly.

Your is here. Dark brown soft calfskin, heavy single sole, medium narrow toe, last on combination wide ball with narrow instep and heel measurements. Neat appearing and full of comfort. Wanted Three meat cutters. Steady work guaranteed to good reliable men.

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