Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-20
DAY IN DA NEWPORT


Novel Plan for COMMUNICATIONS
/ ing one day Of convention IN a hotel,
another on an island and the thi=d on
q boat is the novel arrangement that
/ has been mapped out for the annual
meeting Of the Iowa state Retail Shoe
I Dealers association. The program
was outlined az the meeting OF the
I local arrangements COMMITTEES at the
Commercial club. The convention viii
meet a. the Hotel Black Hawk FOR the
first dsy session. July 5. On the fol
loving day the association will adjourn
TO Suburban island and on the third
day the dealers viii board an eXcUr-
sion steamer bound for Muscatine.
The visiting delegates will be en-
tcrtatned by a trip through arsenal
island 10 Prospect park. Moline and
then TO the Watch Tower. returning
through the island. Speakers ar
ranged for at the meeting last night
were Mayor Alfred Mueller. 20 give
The address OF welcome; President w
\. Rail Of Cedar Rapids, head OF the
state association; Roy Stevens Of OF
tumwa. Frank NJ Nebe Of Atlantic.
secretary OF the state association, and
r. X Elweli OF Des MOines. Presi- /
dent Rail. Secretary Nebe and Vice
President o. ingiedue OF Atlantic were
here 90 the meeting last night 10 as
sist the members of the Davenport as
sociatiOn in arranging the necessary !
details.
Local Red Cross Makes Shipment
Z "a Pol Of
made a shipment OF PIP garments to |
the American Red Cross society. by /
way OF the Bush Terminal OF Brooklyn, |
Thursday. In the shipment were the |
following articles; SO couvaIescent |
robes. : surgical shirts. p pajama |
suits. ls nightingaIes. Il slings. - ]
pair knitted socks. 80 pair wristiers. /
3 pair mittsus. II scarfs and / helmet |
cap. IL Is proposed 10 send on one /.
more shipment the last of March and I
after april ] the work az the rooms /
in the Putnam building viii be discon- I
tinued.
Books Are BY Pastor Russell.-The |
ladies' who are selling sets Of stud /
les IN the Scriptures" in Davenport !
say that they were done an injustice |
g. the publication OF a warning TO Day- I
exporters that these books have not !
the endorsement OF the International ]
sunday School association. They state I
that they are oncring the books as |
works OF Pastor Russell" and have /
rot been seeking 10 sell them by mis-
representation. The books are pub |
iishcd by the International Bible stu |
dents association.
New Deputy for Woodmar Camp
Joe Riehemann OF Chicago. who has |
just been appointed district deputy for /
Iowa By the NJ. W. a. head offices, |
spoke TO over 80 members OF Cedar !
camp No. - at the meeting held by 1
HibsruiAn hall He will have his l
headquarters In Davenport from the /
present tire. There has been no dis
trict deputy here for the past year.
The once having been hiIed again due 4
20 the Increase in business OF the soci-
ETY. since the first OF the year. A class
was taken into the organization. the
initiatory work being put on by the
degree team and officers of camp 2S OF
Rock Island.
.ao's Leg Bones Nailed Together
one OF the most unusual operations
performed here within the past year
vas the mailing together OF a splin-
tered bone OF the left leg OF John
Muneck. n farmer boy. residing just
vest % Schuetzen park. Last fall
Muneck was kicked in the knee by a
vicious horse and the joint was twisted
to such al extent that the leg was
fexet all of the time. The condition
of the knee rapidly became worse and
an x-ray examination of the joint was
made by DIR. p. A Bendixen. Five
weeks ago DR.. Bendixen operated up
on the knee joint and nailed the splir-
tered bone together. Muneck left the
hospital a few days ago and walks
without the slightest limp. The opera
ton Is one OF the first OF the kind ever
performed in this city.
Davenport Man is Nabbed In Chi
easo.-S. c. Rsyhiii. formerly man
aser OF the Waldorf shoe store OF this
city. was arrested in Chicago. accord
ing 20 a telegram received at local po-
Ice headquarters yesterday from
Chief Of Detectives William p. o'Brien.