Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-04
The Day I'm Davenport

Officials Are Here Saturday-Mayor
Alfred C. Mueller yesterday received
a telegram from Vice President Bush
of the Milwaukee road inquiring II it
would be convenient for the members
of the Davenport Levee commission to
meet the Milwaukee and Burlington
officials in this city Saturday after
noon relative to levee matters and the
new union depot project. The mayor
Immediately wired back that such a
meeting would be satisfactory. The
officials are expected to arrive in Day-
export at lis o'clock Saturday after
noon over the Rock Island road.
Detective, Chief I'll at Hospital
James W. Griffin, chief of detectives
of the Rock Island road here with a
territory comprising a large part of
eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
has been taken to Mercy hospital. He
is suffering from stomach trouble.
Five Given Licenses-Five couples
were given marriage licenses yester-
day from the office of the clerk of dis
trict court, Emil F. Schroeder They
were Gene Youngers and Ethel Morey
both of LeClaire, Iowa; John Engel
of Milwaukee, Wis, and Irene Brown
Of Darlington, Wis; Egbert Garlock
of Blue Grass and Mrs. Minnie Thorn
as of Buffalo, Iowa; ]. H. Pittman of
Quincy, ILL.,, and Lillian Heron OF
Davenport; and Albert j. Hess and
Ella NOEL, both Of Peoria Heights, Il
linOis.
Suffragettes to Organize Later-A
Woman's Suffrage league will not be
formed In Davenport for several
weeks, not until the people interested
in the subject here have studied the
subject more and formulated more
definite plans for such an organiza
ton. Sixty-eight persons, all but foul
of them women, who attended the suf
| frage address by Witter Bynner O.
New York at tn library gave notice
! that they were interested in the sub
! ject and that they would attend The
sessions of the Suffrage Study club
| Of these IS there were 26 who were
in favor Of forming an Equal Suffrag,
! q cnniafinn Int II dnni1aI 10
until more become actively interested
in the movement. DR.. ]. A XVI,
stated that the suffrage movemen
was planning to bring here Professo
Gilbert H. Benjamin of the European
history department Of the State Uni
versity of Iowa. Other university pro
fessors have declared their willing
ness to come here and speak in tn
interest Of suffrage. The committe
in charge of the suffrage study her
is composed of Mrs. ]. w. Cooper
Miss Grace b. Rose and Mrs. Fran
L. Smart
Real Estate Transfers -Pleasan
Valley Land company to John {
Betz, lots "a, % and 26, block 4, Cam
Mcclellan Annex.
Carrie E. Birchland, ct al, to Vel
ME E. Hayward, lot IA, block /, Georg
S. Shaw's second addition.
Nary McNaney to Florence Cor
man, ct al, lot II, block 10, Par
Lawn addition
Anna Paustia nto Willis o. Hoppe
southeast quarter of section 10.
Obituary RecOrd-Edward
O'Shaughnessy, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Shaughnessy, died yesterday at tt
home, 1921 Main street, after a hinge
ing illness Of several months duri
ton. The deceased was but 80 veal
of age, being born on July /, 1884,
Davenport He had a host of friend
who will mourn his death. He was
member of the Sheet Metal Worker
union Mr. O'Shaughnessy receive
his early education at St Anthony
school. Besides the parents, the d
ceased is survived by three brother
Urban, Joseph and Charles, and tv
= sisters, Loretta and Anne, all
home The funeral will be held Sa