Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-28
DAVENPORT

Free Bureau is Planned by City,
The establishment of a free employ
ment agency by the city of Davenport
was discussed at Il joint meeting OF
aldermen and representatives of the
park board and levee commission.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of discussing the proposed bond
issue, by which Davenport's idle may
secure employment on city jobs of .
permanent improvement nature.
Those IN attendance were Mayor Al
fred c. Mueller. William Moeller, Fred
Waterman, George T. Baker, r. ].
Claussen and City Attorney Carl Lam
bach. 1t is planned to establish the
bureau in the Office of the clerk of the
board OF public works in the city hall.
Those seeking employment will be re-
quested to visit that office and regis
ter. The applicant must be a citizen
of the United States and must have
resided in Davenport for the past six
months. He will be asked to answer
the following questions: Name, ad-
dress, age. married or single, length
of residence in Davenport. where last
employed. trade If any, will you ac-
cept work aside from your regular !
trade? The bureau will be in charge |
of general committee. but a special |
committee will be appointed to inves- |
tigate cases of worthy applicants who |
may not be able to satisfactorily fulfill !
all the requirements. For the special |
committee the names of Judge Nath- |
ANAL French, Will C. Moth and Matt |
~ TUst--
plan is. not only to employ men on
city jobs. but to send them out in vari- |
Gus parts of the city to work for pri- /
vate citizens. who will be asked to CO.
operate and make their wants known |
to the bureau. In many instances,
private citizens have work which they /
expect to have done next spring, which
could be done this fall just as well. |
Married applicants or those having
others dependent on them for support
will be given preference.
No Charge Against RuhI. SAYS
Schramn. - 1t developed yesterday
that Traffic Officer Ruhl, who was
transferred to a beat. was not guilty
OF misconduct and has at no time dur.
ing his term on the force had charges
preferred against him. The intimation
that Ruhl had been transferred he
cause of misconduct arose through a
misunderstanding, and Chief Schramm
sc. the matter at right "Ruhl Is one
of the best men on the force" said
Chief Schramm, "and there was never
charge preferred against him. There
was charge brought against another
officer. but ! do not care to say any
thing in regard TO it at this time. The
appointment of Jansen as traffic Off
Ger and the placing of Ruhl on a beat
was done for the good of the SER
vice"
Confer Degree in Davenport.-The
fourth degree of the Knights OF Col.
umbus will be conferred on a class OF
500 applicants in Davenport washing
tons birthday. Feb. 22. l.. ]. Dough-
erty. master OF the fourth degree for
the state Of Iowa, made the announce
ment at meeting of Loras assembly
of the degree. This will be the first
exemplificatfon OF the degree in Dav-
export. The candidates will come from
all over the state a banquet with an (
elaborate toast program by dIstin. ,
guished orators will be a feature. At !
the meeting o. Loras assembly officers
were elected for the ensuing year as I
follows: Faithful navigator. Joseph
F. VolI; faithful captain. Fred n. I
Sharon; faithful admiral, A. b. Fren- ,
Ter; faithful pilot, DIR. ]. A. Kerrigan:
faithful comptroller. william Ley; in
side sentinel 4. F. Halligan; outside !