Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
DAY IN DA NEWPORT

Morton Salt Co. Agent Here-Fol-
lowing a conference between Engineer
A. NJ. Compton of the Levee Improve
ment commission and a representative
of the Morton Salt company of Chicago
it is unofficially announced that the
Chicago concern will retain the appli-
cation for terminal lots which it was
considering to withdraw a few weeks
ago. The Morton Salt company is the
pioneer in sending shipments from
Chicago to Davenport via the all-water
route, using the Chicago Drainage
canal, the Illinois and Michigan and
the Hennepin canals. Having proved
this route feasible the Morton COM
pany was. one of the strongest advo-
Gates of water terminals along the Mis-
sissippi and was loud in its praise of
the project which is now being carried
out under the direction of the Levee
Improvement commission. But when
the Illinois lawmakers began to see
/ the possibilities of the all-water route
and made plans for the rehabilitation
/ of the canals ii was announced that
the route would be closed TO- two years
! to traffic until the waterway had been
| put in first class condition. The Nor
/ ton company then thought that it
would not pay to hold for two years
| unused a lease On the terminal lots
they had applied for here. However,
change in the plans of the company
is most probable from the conference
with the representative of the commits
sion here.
FIorizeI Reuter- Defends GERMANY
Florizel Reuter-, the world famed young
Davenport musician now in Germany,
is a strong defender of the Fatherland,
having written several articles dis
proving the claims of the allies and
showing Germany to be the aggrieved
nation in the outbreak of the present |
hostilities The title of some of the !
articles is 1.-The Cause of the Present |
War" 1.-The Libelous Press Campaign |
of the Triple Entente" and IAN Ameri- /
can Musician in Berlin
To Buy First Car of Flour-Hon. !
Nathaniel French, chairman of the Bel /
gian relief movement for Scott county, !
received a letted from ID. S. Chamber /
lain, chairman of the Iowa committee, !
authorizing him to proceed at once to
purchase flour with the money collect
ed here for the relief fund. In accord |
ance with this instruction, Judge
French at once took steps toward the
purchase of the first car of flour that
shall be part of Davenport's offering.
Married While Waiting Train
Twenty minutes before their train
left which was to take them on their
honeymoon east. Archie d. Webster
and Lillian NJ. Hansen arrived at the
parsonage of DR.. Frank Cole Wednes-
day afternoon to be married. They
had a license which they had secured
in Clinton. You can't get married
here on that" DR.. Cole informed them.
So they requested the pastor to come
to the court house with them, where
they would get the necessary papers
to make the knot. A taxi awaited at
the door of the pastor and they were
whizzed to the court house with Is
minutes to spare before the train was
scheduled to leave for Chicago. The
stage was set. the license procured
and Dr. Cole performed the ceremony.
Ii was the ring ceremony, and he had
pronounced them man and wife few
minutes before the train left. They
had brought their own witnesses. At
ter receiving the congratulations of
those present the couple made a
hasty departure and boarded the ago :
train for Chicago. from which city
they will proceed to eastern points.
Mr. Webster is one of the we'll known
young men of Rock Island. while Miss
Hansen is a popular young woman of
Davenport. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Peck
of Rock Island, who had been married
in che morning, stood up for them.
They also accompanied them on their
wedding tour.
Eegin City Work.-The city OF Dav-
export will inaugurate its $20,0 grad
ing project next Thursday morning,
according to an announcement made
by Mayor Alfred C. Mueller. The in /
vestigating committee has made a re-
port as to the applicants who have ap-
piled for work at the city employment
bureau and the mayor has sent an ap-
proved list OF lis names TO Commits
sioner Crowley. Thea men will ba