Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-26
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

being $4,000. Subsequent loans
amounted to S27 900. Now that he has
received no stock in the defendant
corporations nor any return on his
investments, the plaintiff asks the
court to have an accounting made of
the funds of the corporations and
resembling of all contracts. He asks
for joint and several judgments
against each of the three defendants
for $500 NJ V. Cannon and W. NJ
Chamberlin are the attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Doctors Auto Lost and FOund.-An
automobile belonging to DR.. C. W.
Smith was stolen from in front of the
Schmidt building, Second and Harri-
son streets, and found by the police
later at Sixth and Western avenue
There was little damage to the ma
chine when it was found abandoned,
and it is believed that joy-riders sim
ply appropriated the car for little
spin.
DIR. Anna Shaw to Speak Here May
ing final arrangements for the big
equal suffrage mass meeting at the
Burtis theatre, Wednesday, May 81,
which will close the campaign here.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, former pres
ident of the National Equal Suffrage
association, who is assisting in the
! Iowa suffrage campaign, will be the
chief speaker. Omar c. Garwood, dep
uty district attorney of Colorado, will
also speak. Arrangements for pro-
gram have not been completed.
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To Select Camp LOcati0n.-The To-
cation and date of the summer camp
of the three Iowa batteries will be de-
cided on at a meeting of battery cap
tains with Adjutant General Logan,
Lieutenant Dougherty, Z. S. A, and
Major R. S. Whitley, to be held in
Davenport in the near future, accord
ing to word received by Captain A. M.
Compton of Battery from Major
Whitley. The meeting will be held at
the request of General Logan. The
summer camp probably will be held
at Davenport, central point between
Clinton and Muscatine, where the 9TH
er batteries are located.
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Martin Heads Smoke Commission
Mayor John Berwald has appointed W.
! ]. Martin of the Phoenix Milling COM
| pany as member of the smoke commits
| sion to take the place Of John c.
| Ploehn of the French & Hecht COM
pany, who has been compelled to re-
sign owing to the pressure of bust
ness. The new appointee is deeply
| interested in the smoke abatement
question and has held repeated dem
constructions at the milling company
plant on elimination of smoke. Mayor
Berwald has notified the commission
that it will meet and select a chair
man within a short time. Complete
revision of the present smoke ordin-
ance will probably be the result of
the deliberations of the commission.
| 1t is believed by many of the city Of
/, ficials and by numerous citizens that
there are contradictory provisions in
the ordinance and that these must be
revised if Davenport is to secure the
benefits of a smokeless city.
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Diagonal Trail to Come Here.-A
E. Nissen of Iowa City, who is inter
esting himself in having the Diagonal
Trail, running from Miami, Fla, to Sc
attic, Wash, pass diagonally through
Iowa from Davenport to Spirit Lake
and Sioux Falls, S. D., will be in Dav-
export to organize this branch of the
work. The district including Daven-
port will run from Peoria to Cedar
Rapids. Mr.. Nissen will hold a meet
ing here June l.
White Suits Suggested for Cops
There's no chance TO miss the cross
ing cops" the rest of the summer
anyway For yesterday they took
their stands, all dolled up IN new
white caps which doomed out brightly
in the morning sun. The new caps
add much to the good looks OF the
uniforms. And while they're getting
white caps, why not get 'em white
palm beach uniforms? This project
was advocated about police headquar'