Iowa Old Press
Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 2, 1922
TWO SOFT DRINK BARS IN BUSINESS SECTION RAIDED BY FEDERAL MEN SATURDAY
A mother's anger at the abuse of her
child by an intoxicated father led to the raiding of two
"soft drink" bars in Davenport's business section,
Saturday morning. The places raided were the Near Beer bar at 428
Harrison street and the old Stuve bar on the northwest corner of
Fifth and Harrison streets. The raids were made by the U.S.
deputy marshal and two government agents.
Robert Balluff, alleged proprietor of the
Fifth and Harrison street bar, was the only man arrested
Saturday, altho warrants for the arrest of several others
have been issued. Balluff waived preliminary hearing in
U.S. Commissioner's court Saturday afternoon and was bound over
to the Federal grand jury under $500 bond.
The "evidence" obtained in the raids
was small. Thirty-nine pints of home brew were taken at 428
Harrison street, while seven pints of home brew and a small tea
pot containing alleged moonshine whisky were seized at the Struve
bar. The Federal men worked silently. At the Struve bar, patrons
were not aware that a raid was in progress, and continued buying
drinks while a search for liquor was being made.
Mrs. J.A. Cartee, 710 Harrison street, was the
woman responsible for the raids. In her affidavit she states that
her husband is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquor and
that he is a habitual drunkard. She says that she has seen him
drinking over the bar at Fifth and Harrison streets.
"When he went into the place he was
sober, but when he left he was under the influence of
intoxicating liquor," Mrs. Cartee states.
"I saw him there on Aug. 22, 1921. He had
taken my little child with him to the bar. Later, on the same
day, I saw him lying drunk on a pile of gravel. He was dead
drunk. My little child was staying with him and would not leave
his daddy."
Mrs. Cartee claims that the child was exposed
to the rain and that the child's health was endangered.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 3, 1922
DICK KNAUTZ IS BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
Alleged Proprietor of Bar Which Was Raided Saturday.
Dick Knautz added another splash of motley
to his checkered career when he appeared in U.S. commissioner's
court this morning in connection with the raid on the Near Beer
bar at 428 Harrison street Saturday morning. Knautz was bound
over to the grand jury under $1,000 bond, which he furnished.
This is the second time this year that Knautz
has appeared to answer liquor charges. He was previously bound
over to the grand jury under $500 on a liquor charge.
Knautz is alleged to be one of the proprietors
of the 428 Harrison street place. Other arrests may follow.
As was told in the Democrat and Leader
Saturday, Arthur Balluff, alleged proprietor of the old Struve
bar at Fifth and Harrison streets was bound over to the grand
jury under $500 bond Saturday afternoon.
Thirty-nine pints of home brew from the 428
Harrison street place and seven pints of home brew and a small
tea pot containing supposed moonshine whisky was all the evidence
obtained in the government raid Saturday.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 9, 1922
RAID ON BAR AND APARTMENT NETS 600 PINTS
Sheriff Searches Galvin and Thorne's Places at 412 West Third St.
FIND GIN AND WHISKEY
Six hundred pint bottles of "home
brew," two quarts of gin and a half pint of whisky were
seized in a daylight raid on the "Annex" Bar, 412 West
Third street, and the apartment rooms directly above the bar,
Saturday by Sheriff William Brehmer and a party of deputy
sheriffs acting under orders from County Attorney John P. Weir.
No arrests were made.
Perl Galvin and A.J. (Skimmer) Hines,
proprietors of the bar, and Pauline Thorne, who occupies the
apartment on the second floor, will be cited into the court of
Police Magistrate Harold Metcalf, who issued the search warrants
sometime this week to show cause why the liquor taken in the raid
should not be destroyed. State charges may be filed against the
trio in district court later, the county attorney said.
Additional raids for yesterday were called off
when the word was "passed along" the line that raiders
were busy. The raid on the Annex Bar had no more than started
before Davenport's "grapevine telegraph" lines were
humming with messages of warning and temp. bars and resorts
hushed the merry tinkle of glasses and threw the electric piano
into low-for a while.
Search Cellar to Garret.
Sheriff Brehmer and Deputy Sheriffs Frank
Martin, Andrew Tumpane, Fred Scharfenberg and L.J. Engel, made a
thoro search of the building at 413 and 412 1/2 West Third street
from basement to roof in a fruitless search for a hidden supply
of "real liker." The raiders even dug up the basement
floor in an effort to find a secret cache.
Galvin succeeded in destroying several bottles
of gin before the raiding party could interfere. The sheriff
claims the whisky supply was also destroyed by someone in the
building when the alarm was given.
The "home brew," piled high on
shelves in a closet was taken from Pauline's apartments. The
"brew" was fresh, having been bottled last Tuesday,
according to the story Pauline told the sheriff. One quart of gin
and a half pint of whisky were also found in the apartments. The
raid on the bar netted one lone quart of gin.
Interrupt Tete-a-Tete.
The raid interrupted a gentleman and his lady
friend who were seated at a table in Pauline's parlor sipping
"something" from wine glasses. Questioned as to their
names and a place of abode both assumed a haughty air and
declined to answer. They were allowed to depart after the
deputies had confiscated their glasses.
According to County Attorney John Weir
numerous complaints have been made against the Annex and
Pauline's place for several weeks.
The raid is the first Sheriff Brehmer has made
in the city since taking office a year ago last January.
Heretofore the sheriff's office has maintained a "hands
off" in city affairs. The sheriff says he was simply
carrying out orders in making the raid yesterday.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
April 16, 1922
Chicago, April 15 -- Chicago tomorrow will pay its final tribute
to Adrian C. Anson, revered hero of baseball for half a century,
when public funeral services for the honored sportsman will be
held at a downtown funeral chapel with the most prominent men of
the city, the Chicago and Detroit American league baseball teams,
and various leaders in the sport world attending.
Arrangements were completed today by Kenesaw M. Landis, baseball
commissioner, and members of the family of the famous old ball
player who died in St. Luke's hospital yesterday after a week's
illness, for the public services. It has been planned to
hold the services at 3 o'clock but they were put forward to 2
o'clock so as to give the Detroit and Chicago ball players an
opportunity to attend. the game between the White Sox and
Detroit was postponed to 3:30 p.m.
The services tomorrow will be to permit the public to pay its
final respects to the man who holds a place in the heart of every
sports lover. Burial will be private in Oakwoods cemetery
Monday, which would have been Mr. Anson's 70th birthday, had he
lived.
Today, thousands of telegrams, letters and telephone messages
were received by members of Mr. Anson's family expressing their
sympathy. Mr. Anson resided with his three married
daughters here. Mr. Anson's family today asked that it be
made known that he had been in the best of spirits and health
previous to the illness which proved fatal. The old timers
activities in promoting a golf club, said by some to have worried
him so much that his health failed, were not a worry but were an
actual comfort, his daughters said.
Mr. Anson's own opinion of his health was expressed when some one
suggested a benefit ball game for him. "What the
dickens do I want with a benefit?" he said in
declining. "I'm young and healthy, get plenty to eat
and have at least twenty years of life ahead of me."
Capt. Anson made two trips abroad as an American baseball
player. In 1874 he was a member of the American team that
toured England, playing baseball and cricket. In 1888 Anson
toured the world with the National league players.
Marshalltown, Ia., April 15 -- Adrian C. "Pop" Anson,
who died in Chicago yesterday, is still known affectionately by
many of his boyhood friends in Marshalltown, the city of his
birth as "Ada". According to records, Anson was
the first white child born in Marshalltown. Anson's father,
the late Henry Anson, was the founder of Marshalltown, naming it
after Marshall, Mich., where he had gone from Ohio to look over
the country before coming to Iowa.
What "Babe" Ruth is to the American boy and the
baseball fan of today, Adrian C. Anson, known to all of them as
"Cap" or "Pop" Anson, was to the boys of 30
or 40 years ago -- only more so. The death of this popular
old-time player, at the age of almost 70, will stir the memories
of all who knew him in his prime, when his name was on every
sporting page and familiar in every household -- if there were
any boys there -- in the land.
Way back in 1867 Anson was playing amateur ball on the
Marshalltown, Iowa, nine. His father and brother played on
the same team that year. Four years later he joined the
Rockford, Ill., professional team, and was launched on the career
that made him a national idol. Graduating onto the
Philadelphia team next year, he was connected thereafter with
big-city baseball until he retired. He took an all-American
team on a tour of the world, piloted the Chicago Nationals thru
five pennant-winning seasons, and won enough glory on the diamond
to make him world-famous.
He was the big baseball star of many seasons, having to divide
his honors with none. The memory of his teams and times
lasts with thousands to be stirred by the unwelcome news that
"Pop" is gone.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott co. Iowa
April 17, 1922
Thousands Pay Final Tribute to "Pop" Anson
Chicago, April 17 -- The body of Adrian C. Anson, hero of
thousands of baseball fans and other sports enthusiasts, was
buried here today in Oakwood cemetery in the presence of members
of his family. Final tribute was paid by his friends who
attended funeral services yesterday afternoon at which Kenesaw M.
Landis, baseball commissioner, delivered the eulogy. The
body of Mrs. Anson, now buried in Philadelphia, will be brought
here and interred at his side.
COUNTY'S WAR ON RUM BLOWS UP; NO CHARGE
Weir Relents and Hines and Galvin Fail to Appear in Civil Case.
Following the sensational raid on the soft
drink parlor of "Pearl" Galvin and "Skimmer"
Hines, 412 West Third street, and the flat above, of a week ago
Saturday, the "investigation" blew up this noon, when
civil action was brought against the proprietors.
No criminal charge was filed against
the men by the state authorities who caused the raid, and it was
announced today by the county attorney's office that nothing
would be done probably until the next session of the grand jury,
which is next September.
Both Hines and Galvin, as well as
Pauline Thorne, were cited to appear in police court this noon,
to show cause why the liquor and beer seized in their
establishments should not be destroyed.
Inasmuch as they had not been required
to put up any bond, when they were arrested they failed to appear
in the civil action, and Magistrate Metcalf ordered that the beer
now held by the sheriff be destroyed.
The destruction of the liquid by court
order acting under state laws, successfully blocks all attempts
of federal men to prosecute the soft drink parlor proprietors, if
they should so desire.
In the event that government men desire
to intercede and force the prosecution in federal court, they
will be handicapped by lack of evidence. It will have been
destroyed unless the sheriff saves a bottle or so.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 23, 1922
KRACHT RAIDS TWO PLACES; FINDS LIQUOR
Henry Neil and John Johnson Grabbed in Booze Search.
Jack Kracht, marshal at Bettendorf,
raided the shanty of Henry Neil, colored, in the "Holy
City", and the soft drink parlor of John Johnson, 329 State
street, Saturday, and secured a half gallon and a quart of
alleged moonshine whisky for his pains. According to Marshal
Kracht, he caught the men in the act of selling liquor.
Both of the men are old offenders. A
still was found in Neil's shanty in a raid two years ago. Johnson
had also had trouble with the authorities. "The two have
disturbed the peace and dignity of Bettendorf for the last eight
years," Marshal Kracht states.
When he was captured, Neil promised not
to sell any more liquor, so the charge against him was changed to
that of running a disorderly house. Johnson, however, will be
arraigned before the federal commissioner.
The half gallon of moonshine was
secured at Neil's place, while the quart was found in Johnson's
soft drink parlor.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 24, 1922
Special to the Democrat
Mt. Pleasant, Ia., April 24-
Pearl DeVol of Baltimore township brought ten
wolves to the court house last Monday, the pelt of a mother wolf
and her nine live cubs. He received a bounty of $46 for the day's
work. He had shot the old wolf with a rifle and then dug out the
cubs. Children who saw the live cubs wanted to carry them away,
they were so taken with them.
Miss Edith Whiting is teaching at Salem. She has not finished college yet so she attends two classes in the morning here at Wesleyan, then takes the train at 10:50 and teaches at Salem in the afternoon and gets back home at 7:30. It makes a full day for her, but she is enjoying the work.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stevens lost their little boy, Herbert, April 19. He was ill at our county hospital for five weeks. He was just a little over a year old. Funeral services will be held Friday at the Stevens home.
"Hooch" Disguised as New Vinegar Fails to Halt Liquor Seizure.
Moonshine disguised as vinegar, kept
carefully in the pantry and contained in a thermo bottle, failed
to fool police raiders last night, and three pints of the
contraband were taken from the J.F. Lock flat at 226 1/2 East
Third street.
Lock was arrested as keeper of a
disorderly house and Manuel Portillo and Garcia Devente, two
Mexicans, were taken as inmates. Both of the latter admitted that
they had purchased liquor in the place.
The disguised "hooch" was
brought into court this afternoon, when Lock and the other two
were tried on a city charge of keeping a disorderly house and
being inmates.
They were then taken to the court of the
U.S. Commissioner A.C. Bush, where Lock will be given a
preliminary hearing.
"Take the case to the federal
court when we are thru with them here," Acting Chief
Schlueter told the two officers who had made the raid, Detective
Quinn and Officer Rogers.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 26, 1922
Dispose of Liquor Cases
A number of liquor cases were disposed of in yesterday afternoon's session. Ike Glandon, who was arrested here after a complete bogus whisky outfit, including spurious stamps and labels, had been found in his residence, was fined $500 and costs by Judge Wade. Frank Wassilus, proprietor of a soft drink parlor, was fined $300 and costs on a liquor selling and possession charge. E.P. Hughes was also fined $500 and costs on a similar charge.
Colored Man Pleads Case.
Henry Neil, colored Bettendorfer, who
was arrested by Marshal Jack Kracht last Saturday, after the
marshal had found a quantity of moonshine liquor in Neil's shanty
in the "Holy City," acted as his own attorney. Neil
made an eloquent plea, asserting that his life has been pure as
the driven snow, that his existence has been singularly free from
fault, and that he has only been arrested once. This in the face
of Marshal Kracht's assertion that Neil is an old offender.
Judge Wade fined Neil $100 and costs,
but remitted the fine on condition that Neil pay the costs of the
case within 30 days.
"And I don't want to see you here
again," admonished the judge in dismissing Neil.
"No, sah, Jedge, you won't never
see me here no moah!" cried Neil, beating a hasty retreat.
Kazarian Up Today.
The case of Malik Kazarian, of Bettendorf,
who is charged with selling liquor to minors, may come up for
trial this afternoon. Jerry Murphy, known as "the terror of
Steamboat Island," may also appear for trial. John Johnson,
who was arrested by Marshal Kracht in connection with Henry Neil,
and who is accused of selling liquor at his soft drink parlor at
329 State street, Bettendorf, has asked for a continuance of his
case. J.H. Pohlman, in whose home a large quantity of liquor was
found in a raid by federal agents the first of the year, will
probably appear in court this afternoon.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
April 27, 1922
ARREST 7 IN POLICE RAID ON GAMBLERS
Seize Five Gallons of "Hooch" and Four Cases of
"Home Brew."
SMASH DOWN DOORS
Confiscate Cards, Poker Chips, Tables and Other Paraphernalia.
Police raiders last night smashed down the
doors to the gaming rooms maintained by C.A. Challberg and Jack
Oaster at 120 East Third street, seized five gallons of bad
whisky, four cases of home brew, several hundred poker chips and
other paraphernalia, which made the best equipped in the city and
arrested the proprietors and five inmates.
The raid was led by Lieutenant Walter Homeyer,
recently promoted to the position. Other officers in the party
were Pete Kuehl and Pat Dietz. The place was cleaned out of
everything except two "crap" tables which were too
large to get into the patrol.
It was about 11 o'clock that the raiders
whirled a police car up to the entrance to the establishment.
They demanded entrance to the rooms on the second floor.
Break Down Door.
No one answered the knock of the police
officers and the door was barred with a Yale lock. Hearing
movements on the inside, Lieutenant Homeyer again demanded
entrance.
When no reply was forthcoming, the stocky
officer and Patrolman Pete Kuehl put their shoulders to the
panels and burst in the door.
The seven occupants of the rooms had retired,
but before the eyes of the raiding party was a complete bar, well
bolstered with glasses and bottles, several poker tables, with
their accompanying "kittys" and plenty of poker chips.
Haul Out Evidence.
While one of the policemen guarded the seven
men, who were placed under arrest immediately, another called the
patrol wagon. The men were taken to the station and later another
trip was made with a wagonload of gambler's paraphernalia.
Chips, cards, counting boards,
"kittys," etc., are being held by Acting Chief
Schlueter for evidence. In the meantime Oaster and Challberg have
been given a continuance of their case until Monday morning. They
appeared in police court this morning.
Ed Miller, Jack Kane, J. Malloy, George Peck,
and Frank Harrison, the five inmates, last night posted $10
bonds, and failed to appear this morning.
Liquor Charge Soon.
Police officers will press a charge of
"having liquor" "in possession" against
Oaster and Challberg, they declared today, and they were ordered
to take the two proprietors to Commissioner R.C. Bush for a
hearing.
It is probable that the liquid evidence will
be turned over to U.S. Marshal Kenney last today or tomorrow. The
booze was in containers ranging in size from a half pint to five
gallon jug.
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