Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

/ To Assist 10 Land Nitrate Plant
. After considerable discussion, the
! Civil Engineers club of Davenport, al
1 a meeting in the Commercial club. de-
Cided TO do everything ia lbs power no
bring the nitrate plant to the arsenal.
To that end, a committee composed OF
A. q Gould, Messrs Watson and Nell
son was appointed by the chairman.
This committee was instructed to draw
I up a resolution favoring the estab-
lishmeut of the plant here and fer
ward lU 10 the proper parties We
believe that the arsenal frs the right
place TO locate the plant, said Mr..
Gould, and we intend 30 do every
thing in our power 10 bring it, here.
We have the facilities and the location,
and the Civil Engineers club stands as
a unit in heartily endorsing the I0ca-
tiou Of the plant here"
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PatroIman Not Decided i'm Appeal
patrOlman William Brown has not de-
Cided whether or not 20 appeal his
case before the police and 6re com
mission. be said officer Brown was
suspended recently by Chief of Police
Charles Boettcher ON charges off dis
orderly conduct. Amy stories to the
effect that I bad decided 10 appeal my
case are fakes Mt Brown said. 81
have not come 10 any decision. nor
have / made any statements relative TO
appealing"
Jailed for Stealing Corn Charged
with stealing corn worth $3.50 from
the crib of Gustave Fuchs. Fourth and
Taylor street, William Ranch was
committed to the county Jail by Police
Magistrate Clausseu for a term of 80
days. Fuchs claimed that his corn
crib had been torn down on several
occasions, and he believes Rauch was
guilty every time.
Addition TO COnyent-PIans are be-
ing drawn for an additional wing ou
the Sisters Of Mt. Carmel convent at
Betteudorf-tIe main work 10 be that
Of constructing "a beautiful chapel. as-
timated cost 100000 The convent was
started several months ago The new
project has been considered for some
time. At present. d temporary chapel
is being used. The new chapel. If
built, viii be one Of the most prettiIy
designed in this section of the coun-
try The architects are taking special
pains in the drawing of the plans. III
has not been definitely announced. as
yet, whether or not the proposed ven
ture viii materialize. However the
fact that a local architect lis working
on the plans is quite significant
Marriage Llcenses-Harry C. Lang
tlmm and Anna Kuhlmeier. both Of
Davenport, and Frank William Schultz
r. r. No. 3. Davenport. aud Pauline
Matilda Burmeister Of Donahue.
Sells Paper TO Chicago Woman
The high cost Of paper has forced
the sale Of a Davenport news sheet.
Run to the ground by the expense of
buying materials for his plant. Charley
Bates sold the Tri-City Herald for
$500. 1t was purchased by Lucy White.
a Chicago woman. The Tri-Citv Her
aid has been published weekly at its
plant, III Brady street, BY Charley "
bates, the owner-reporter-a manager
printer II is devoted 10 the Interests
or Davenport colGred people.
Injunction Against Joint A writ OF
temporary injunction was issued
against John Jochems proprietor of an
alleged booze joint" at Washington I
and Prairie streets. by Judge RI D
Let's in the Scott county district
court. The case was set for hear
ing Feb. IS by the court. Jochems and |