Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-20
PARADESPROMISE
TO Be BEAUTIFUL
Frsternal-Industrial Procession on
Thursday Afternoon Will Be 20
Blocks in Length.
FLORAL DISPLAY TOMORROW
Final Meeting Of MarshaIs Held at
Which Time Line of March for Each
Event Was Determined.

Final plans for both the floral
parade which is TO be held tomorrow
morning at o'clock and the fraternal-
industrial parade scheduled for Thurs
day afternoon. two of the biggest fea-
lures provided for centennial week.
were made at conference of tri-cftv
marshals held yesterday afternoon at
centennial headquarters in the Central
Trust building. Rock Island.
Il was found that over one hundred
and thirty floats have already been
promised in Rock Island for Thursday.
making a procession of 10 blocks and
that nine dismounted sections are
pledged, furnishing five blocks more,
so that the Rock Island division alone
should. according to present plans, be
% blocks long. Moline, it was report
ed, would do as well and Davenport
pledged TO nearly double either of its
sister cities. so that the entire parade
will be over seventy blocks long. in
the opinion of General Edward kittiI-
sen, who is chief marshal for Rock Is
land. He will have for his aides, ". L.
Franks, L. VI. Titterington and A. ".
Trevor Mayor Martin Carlson will be
in charge in Moline and Sheriff Louis
Eckhardt in Davenport
Floral Line of March.
Both parades are to move through
the three cities. The home division
will have the honor of leading in each
town The motor drawn vehicles for
the floral parade will form at 8 O'Clock
tomorrow morning in Rock Island. on
Fifth avenue. west OF Twenty-third
street, right resting on Twenty-third
street, facing east. Line of march fol-
lows: East on Fifth avenue to Tween
ty-fOurth street, north on TWENTY
fourth street TO the bridge, proceed to
Davenport Parade in Davenport. Re
turning from Davenport, on leaving
the bride the parade in Rock Island
Will proceed south on Twenty-fourth
street TO Fourth avenue, west on
Fourth avenue to Twentieth street,
north on Twentieth street to Second
avenue, west on Second avenue to Fiji
tenth street, south on Fifteenth street
10 Third avenue. east on Third avenue
10 Twentieth street, south on Twenti-
eth street TO Fourth avenue. east on
Fourth avenue to Twenty-third street,
south on Twenty-third street to Fifth
avenue. east on Fifth avenue to Thirty
eighth street. south on Thirty-eighth
street 10 Seventh avenue, east on Sew
enth avenue to Moline.
The parade viii be formed and move
as follows:
In Davenport: First division, Dav-
export; second division, Rock Island;
third division. Moline
IN
vision, Rock Island; second division
Moline; third division, Davenport
Parade in Moline: First division.
Moline; second division, Davenport;
third division. Rock Island
Parade in Moline
Rock Island division returns to
Rock Island and disband.
Change for Thursday.
It was found necessary to change
the line of march for the fraternaI-in-
dustriaI parade Thursday, because of
the length of the procession. Accord
ing to the new plans, the parade will
form in Rock Island at noon Thurs
day on Fifth avenue, west Of Twenty
third street, right resting on Twenty
third street, facing east. The line of
march: East on Fifth avenue to Thir-
ty-eighth street, south on Thirty
eighth street to Seventh avenue, east
on Seventh avenue to Moline.
Parade in Moline.
Returning to Rock Island the line Of
march will be: West on Seventh ave-
hue to Thirty-eighth street. north on
Thirty-eighth street to Fifth avenue.
west on Fifth avenue to Twenty-third
street. where the foot and horse drawn
contingent Of Rock Island will inin i