Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-27

10 have Signal (0EpS.-ln the du-
vent of a volunteer call for men for
the army for service against Mexico,
Davenport will be represented by two
bodies-the Battery B and a signal
corps. The latter organization has
been recently organized in a quiet
manner and about twenty men have
been practicing for several weeks I'M
der the guidance of several eX-army
men who have served in the United
Stares army signal corps. The plan
Of having a signal corps from Daven-
port was started by several young men
in the employ of the Iowa Telephone
company when a call for volunteers
seemed imminent on account of the
Mexican situation. After several
weeks Of quiet work 20 men have been
trained in the rudiments of army
marching and a little of technical
knowledge and more come at every
meeting. The telephone company has
donated the use of rooms in its build
ing for the work, and once a week
under the guidance of F. A. McDer-
mott, former sergeant in Company
A, United States signal corps, the men
are given the preliminary training.
New Warehouse to Cost SS0.000.-
The new Morton l.. Marks company
warehouse on East Second street near
Iowa street will cost $4,000 and will
be four stories high, according to the
announcement of the officers of the
company The building will be 96x
140 feet in dimensions. 1t will be
of reinforced concrete construction
throughout and will be strictly fire.
proof A "lowmotor" and elevators
will be part of the equipment. The
old warehouse now occupied by the
company at the southeast corner OF
Second and Iowa streets will be sold
or leased. This plant was damaged
by fire this winter, but has been re-
modelled. The present plant is less
than half the size of the new struc-
ture and its capacity has been entire
II outgrown.
Republicans Nominate. - Second
ward republicans, about half hun
dred, held a caucus at the Friendly
house and nominated Otto Behrens,
604 Harris street, as their candidate
for aldermanic honors in the Second
ward, against William Moeller, demo-
cratic candidate, present incumbent.
Raid Three in B0at.-In a police
raid on a shanty boat resort on the
City island, three were arrested. All
three, J. w. Leasure, the keeper, and
Albert McGill and Maggie McGill, in
mates, had been drinking, and were
creating considerable disturbance
They all pleaded guilty and Is days
was suspended over the head of Leas-
ure on condition that he keep the Nc
| Gill woman away from his boat, while
the other two each drew 15-day sen
| tence.
viii Have First National Armory
Absolutely unique in its design and
construction will be Davenport's new
armory, the erection of which was
assured at a special meeting of the
armory boord of the Commercial club
Unique in that Davenport will possess
| the first national guard armory of its
kind in the country. 1t will have M
dance floor, no fancy decorative eff
! fects, no frills and no furbelows, fol
the new armOry is to be a militar!
training plant, modelled after regular
army barracks. Every inch of space
| is TO be devoted to business. Dayen
ports young men will have advan
tages possessed by the young men o
no other city in the country. Batter,
B is in earnest. The site of the plan
is locatd just beyond the city limit
on the east side of Brady street.
is within a few blocks Of the end 0
the VanderVeer park line, with prom
Use of extension of the line Tel
thousand dollars was the purchas
price of the land, which was secure
from Wilson & erik. The tract com
prises 1915 acres. The cost of tn
buildings to be erected will be be
tween $4,000 and $4,000
o
Price Named Reads Chairman
A NJ Price of Dewitt was named dis
trict chairman of the good roads move
ment In the Second congressional dis
trict when advocates of the move fc
!. six counties met in Davenport c. n
Titus was chosen as vice chairman {
the district and the following me
were elected temporary chairmen {
their respective counties, intruste
with the work therein: Scott, G. nec(
Ter French. Davenport; Muscatine,