Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-19

cars of lump, S. cars of screenings
and Is cars of coke. The 2S4 car ar
rivals for the first half of December
is a big decrease from the arrivals
for the last half of November. which
numbered 401 cars. In the first half
Of November 347 cars were received.
-Four More Enlist-Four enlisted in
the national army, bringing the total
for the month to date 116. The fol-
lowing men joined: National army:
Jay ]. Feigar, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
TweIty-eighth engineers; George e.
Erabec. Long Ferry, Mimi, Twenty
ninth engineers; Earl G. Cleveland,
Waterloo, Iowa, Twenty-fifth engi-
neers; Fred F.. Taylor, Waterloo,
Iowa. (colored) stevedore regiment.
Stop Unworthy oIieitation--Acting
on eSequest Of the state council. the
Scott county council OF defense at an
enthusiastic meeting Monday night
took steps TO ferret out all unworthy
solicitors working in this vicinity pro-
fessedly on war relief" movements.
The state council requested that the
local councils take action to stop the
indiscriminate solicitation Of funds for
doubtful purposes. many of which the
state council thinks .of small value
and likely to be detrimental to the
cause,
Marriage Iicense-Albert Plaeek
Minneapolis, and Kathryne Hill, Min
neapolis.
Obituary Record-Mrs. Josephine
James, born Dec. 4, 1852, at Ponta,
sooc, Ill, dies at Mercy hospital yes
terday morning at 3 o'clock of cere-
/ bral hemmorhage. Two sons were
called here Wednesday evening. She
was educated in Davenport. December
/ "a. 1875, she married John S. James o.
an old family of that name near But
fal0, Iowa. Her married life wa!
! spent on farm there, where thre,
! sons were born, ivan, Henry and Mil
ford. the latter two Of whom survive
Widowed in 1896, she schooled he
sons at Grinnell, Iowa, then made he
+ nome IN davenport.
! D. J. Healey, born in Davenport Oct
ia, 1874, aud a resident ever since
died at 1850 yesterday morning a
Mercy hospital, after an illness of tw4
weeks. For the past two years h
was employed at the Purity Oats com
pany of Cedar Rapids. Iowa. and tw
i weeks ago he came to Davenport 70
ttreatments,s being confined to Mere
hospital for 10 days Deceased wa
43 years of age at time Of death. H
was married by Rev James Davis a
! Sacred Heart cathedral to Miss Mar
Dorgan, Nov IA. 1888 She died Ma
II, 1916.
} Mrs Bridget O'ConnelI, for IS year
a resident of Davenport. died Monda
/, afternoon at ? o'clock at the famil
residence. 1907 Fulton avenue, afte
| an illness of one week. She was Dor
: in Ireland in 1889 and was IS year
. Of age when death occurred Her hus
band, Daniel O'Connen, passed ava
. Aug. d, 1908, Left TO mourn he
: death are four daughters. Mrs. Mar
Il Cnreoran of Aurora, Mrs. Bridg.
: Howarth of Moline, Mrs. Johann
, Workman Of Chicago and Miss Nell
t 0'Connell at home; two sons, DAM
. and John 0'Connell. also at tom
: Thirteen grandchildren and Is gre,
. grandchildren also survive.
j o
2 Woman Seriously Hurt-The cond
. ton Of Mrs. Henry Hanna. who W;
y injured in an automobile accide
/. near Bettendarf Saturday afternoo
t is more serious than was at first a
5 pretended. An examination by ph
: sicians revealed the fact that Nj
: Hanna IS suffering from severe fra
tnre Of the skull, broken nose al
severe bruises about he- righr tenpl
/, It is believed that she is also suffe
) ing from internal injuries.
Il o.
S Campaign is 0n-Fifteen theusa,
members for the American Red Gro
@ should be readily secured in Dave
s port, according TO Chairman Charl
s Grilk, chairman of the Dayenpe
d chapter O. the organization.
h = Election DELAYED Election of
= county physician to succeed DR.. F.
e 6urk, resigned. and an overseer of t
: poor to succeed James Hickey. ,
cd h.,