Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

to be nominated. John Bischoff and
Ben H. Leese, other republican can
didates spent $35.13 and 1888 re-
spectively. J. T. Markus, democratic
township trustee, spent $500, while
County Auditor Ed Collins spent $500
for the nomination.
Suffragets Ask for Rec0unt.-Dav-
export suffragets have asked the board
OF supervisors to make a recount of
the suffrage ballots in the third pre-
cinct of the Fifth ward They do not
ask for a recount in any other pre-
cinct, they wanting one in this pre-
cinct because the figure they were Civ
en- the night of the election differed
from that of the official canvass and
that of the newspapers. 1t is not re-
quired that the supervisors recount
the vote as the time limit for a contest
has passed, but to accommodate the
women they will probably do so.
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High Water Keeps Squatters on Is
landS-AlthOugh notice was served on
the sQuatters on the three islands west
of Davenport owned by the city some
time ago, the greater part of them are
still living on the islands. Almost i'm
mediately after the notice was served
the water rose rapidly, and the in
habitants of the tumble-down shacks
on the islands were unable to get away
A few Of them left and abandoned The
shaCks which they had erected for
temporary use before the water rose.
Since the notices were served, the wa
ter has been too high for the rest of
them to get away. The action was TAX
en- by the city through attorneys for
the leVee commission in an effort to
clean up the city's front yard" The
conditions among the nhabitants of
the islands, they claim, are revolving
and the notices were served in an at
tempt to get them to move. Squatters
along the right of-way of the D., r. l.
& P railroad were also notified by the
railroad company that they would have
to leave, and a number of them have
gone. A. NJ. Compton, engineer of the
levee commission, announced today
that as soon as the water went down
sufficiently, another notice would be
served on the squatters on the islands.
and shortly thereafter he expected
them all to be gone.
Mrs. Hammatt of Industrial Home
ReSigns.-Mrs. E. S. Hammatt, general
secretary of the Ladies Industrial Re-
lief society for the past nine years, has
resigned. She has been one of the
most active of the workers in the or
ganizatiOn and the scope of the relief
work carried on by the society among
the poor of the city has increased
greatly during the years she has been
in charge. No successor to Mrs. Ham
matt has as yet been appointed. She
will remain in charge through the sum
mer months and a successor will be
elected to take up her work in the fall.
Rating Association Aids. - Isaac
Deutsch of the Davenport Rating as
sociatlon states that the association
had proved to be of incalculable bene-
mt TO its $50 members, among whom
are merchants, retailers, professional
men and bankers. The rating associa-
llon imposes "A spirit OF cooperation
upon its members. The ledger system
gives the Information sought with none
of the hesitancy with which merchant
accords his competitor information. 1t
has made possible an extension OF
credit to hundreds of wage earners,
who hitherto were unable to secure
credit The information of the asso-
citation includes members of every
trade, business and profession in the
city