Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

city school health authorities believe
Davenport has been extremely lucky.
Give Centennial S300.-Three hun
dred dollars will be given by the city
Of Davenport toward meeting the e1-
penses Of the centennial which will be
held in the tri-cities next week, as the
result of action taken at the meeting
Of the finance committee of the city
council. At the last meeting of the
city council in committee of the whole,
|. c. Norwood, president of the Cen
tennlal association. appeared before
the body and asked for an appropria-
| ton Of $1,000 toward meeting the eX-
penSes Of the big event He proposed
that Davenport should pay for the
music for the event, which will cost
nearly that sum. The matter was hot
ly contested. Mayor Berwald seemed
to favor the appropriation, but Alder
man Gosch opposed it on the grounds
that the city did not have the money to
give. He brought out several instances
where money was wanted for different
affairs, and where it was not given be-
cause it was not in the treasury. In the
council meeting no resolution granting
the $1,000 appropriation was brought
up, and as result the matter was re-
ferred to the finance committee with
power to act. The appropriation will
,, be taken out of the incidental fund.
O.
Senior at High School Is Hazed.-
Ralph Buckingham, 232 Ainsworth
street, prominent member of the
senior class of the Davenport high
school, was severely hazed by junior
Classmen when he was seized, placed
in an automobile, carried out into the
country and his hair cut off close to
the scalp as the juniors were able to
barber it. He was also the victim of
| other hazing pranks. President
'Pooch" King of the seniors has been
chased for several evenings by the
juniors in their efforts to haze him.
He was Waylaid at the Columbia thea
ire but escaped from several automo-
biles loaded with juniors. The night
before he was located on an Oakdale
car and compelled to ride the car for
several hours before he finally escaped
at Sixth and Harrison streets, reach
ing a place of safety at the home of a
fellow senior in the Roosevelt apart
ments. He was compelled to stay all
night at the home of his classmate.
Jack" Racer, the lightweight boxer,
figured in another of the class scraps
when he came to the aid of a senior
who had been set on by several juniors
A hand-to-hand fight followed in which
several of the boys were badly beaten
I'D. Never before have the class fights
between the juniors and seniors as
sumed such proportions. Members of
| the school board declare that some
thing will be done to stop the hazing
| in the future.
Obituary Record.-The death of
Christian F. Knutzer occurred at the
home of his son-in-law, Franz koop-
mann, five miles northwest Of Walcott,
! at the advanced age of 80 years. The
/ deceased was born in Germany on Jan.
| II. 1926. He was united in marriage
with Miss Doris Burrmann and the
| couple came to Scott county where
they resided afterwards. Upon their
| arrival in Scott county. Mr.. KnutZer
started a blacksmith shop in Eldridge
and kept this shop until five years ago
when he retired after 45 years Of hard
service. Mrs. Knutzer passed away in
1877.
| Surviving the deceased are Mrs.
Franz Koopmann, Mrs. Charley label,
Mrs. Henry Untiedt, Henry knutzer OF
Moline, and one step-son, Jens Jen-
! sen.