Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
THE DAY IN DAVENPORT

Second street, when a tar pot belong
ing to the city caught fire, as an act
of caTelessness on the part of city
employees, Alderman William GOsch in
the meeting Of the city council
brought up the proposition Of making
the people pay for fires which are the
suit of carelessness. The alderman
in his talk stated that most of the
fires in the city were the result of
Carelessness or negligence on the
part of residents of the city, and he
said that it was only fair that they
should pay for their own carelessness.
His suggestion as to the tar pot in
cident brought Street Commissioner
Herman Edens to his feet in protest,
and warm discussion followed. Aid
erman GOSCh announced that within
short time an ordinance would be
presented to the city council for pas
sage, to the effect that where fires
were the result of CarelessneSs on the
part OF tenants or property owners,
the latter would have to pay the
costs.
Council to Discuss Plan.-That with
in a few days the proposition of turn
ing Main street from Fifth to the river
into a general public parking place
for automobiles will be discussed at
meeting of the street car committee
of the city council with local traction
officials, was the decision made at the
meeting of the committee of the whole
The matter was the topic of discus
sion lasting for some time. J. g. Hun
tOOn, general manager of the Tri-City
Railway company, was present at the
meeting and suggested that the COM
mittee meet with him 10 talk matters
over before taking any definite steps.
He seemed to have no objection to the
proposition of using Main street for
parking place, but he said that the
route of the cars should be discussed
before a new route was laid out.
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Estate Appraised Close TO Million.-
A report of the appraisers in the es-
tate of James Z. Lindsay shows the
value of his estate to be 1929, 600. The
appraisers were Joseph Shorey, By
ron Rumsey and W n Dougherty.
The appraisal was taken in order to
pay the state inheritance tax. The
property included cash in the bank,
bank stock. personal property and
lumber holdings. He was interested
in several southern and northwestern
lumber concerns and his estate would
probably be considerably more, the
property having increased in value
considerably since Mr. Lindsay's
death.
Hear Anti-Suffrage Speaker-Busi-
ness men, professional men, men of
/ finance and men of various walks of
| life filled the Commercial club to its
full capacity yesterday. The attrac-
: ton was Mrs. Henry Preston White
Of Boston, who spoke against woman
suffrage The speaker was introduced
/ by Assistant Secretary Hakes. Mrs.
/ White spoke with great force and held
the closest attention of her audience.
SO absorbed were they in the subject
under discussion that not a single per-
son left the room during the entire
time Of the discourse. We are not
! fighting women, we are fighting for
them" declared Mrs. White in answer
ing her critics. Continuing, she SAID i:
/ Not 10 per cent of the women IN the
United States have asked for the pal
lot Therefore, if YOU men desire TO
give the women what they want vote
No at the coming election. In states
where suffrage has carried, 1t has
been gained only through a minority
vote. When too late, the voters were
chagrined that it had carried, All |
ask Of YOU men is to go to the polls
and vote. | am not asking you how