Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

his services III fllS /
Thousands attend annual farmers
nicnie at Woodward's grove near
Port Byron.
l7-city directory shows Rock island |
has population of $4,000.
D. Davenport, including
20 Rock Island boys, leaves for /
Deming, n. NJ. crowd OF 1,5oO
gathering at Milwaukee depot to |
say goodbye.
Farmers to the extent OF lSe ME
claims for exemption.
Annual outing Of Tri-City Railway,
Light and Power company en-
ployesi association held at Watch /
Tower park.
I9-MiIlard Thompson, Clinton, aged
II. Herald Thompson, aged 8,
brother, and Ray Bachelor, aged
II. Lyons, drown at Camanche, |
Iowa. while bathing in river.
20-Suit for $4,000 damages filed in
circuit court by Greater Ameri-
can shows against Arthur W. Saiz-
mann, president, and p. H.
Schawb, chairman of the enter
tafnnent committee of the Rock
Island Baseball association, as
result OF the city commission re-
fusing to permit carnival to be
shown at Douglas park.
Two hundred men present at good
roads meeting at Fulton, ILL.,, when
Mississippi Valley Military High
way association is formed with
VIII T. Miller, Savanna, as pres
ident; r. w. Bender, Rock Island,
vice president; NJ j. Duryea, Mo
line, secretary; and ]. II. Loren
zen, Fulton. The organization
launched to promote military road
to gun proving ground at Savanna.
22-0ne hundred and fifty attend ban
quet given by Allouez council,
knights Of Columbus at Rock Is
land club in honor of Father T. B.
Killilia, just home from Rome,
where he was elevated to the
priesthood. Council attends in q
body his first mass at Sacred
Heart church at 10:15 in the morn
ing.
Charles NJ Webb, manager of jain
= & 0llier Engraving company. Dav-
export, drowned in Rock river
W tGi ldhHLli tstpoIA0E.
23-0fficial announcement made that
Rock Island district will furnish
343 and Moline district AL for
the first draft army.
25-Lieutenant General Vladimir Roop
and other members of the Russian
mission sent to the United States
to study American munitions, visit
Rock Island, making trip to Rock
Island arsenal and being enter
| tanned in each of the three cities.
/ Annual picnic of Rock Island gro
GERS held at Linwood
H. B. Hayden. former superintend-
ent of Rock Island, public schools,
dies at Boulder, Colo, at the age
of SIS years. .
26-Daniel H. Wallace, founder OF
| league of humanity, arrested in
Davenport for making traitorous
utterances against the government
III lecture at Turner hall the eve
ming before.
27-Feur manufacturing plants in
west end close down at noon be-
cause of heat
SOW, E. English resigns as manager
Of Young & McCombs store, NOV
ing TO Muscatine. and Roher-
/ karlowa chosen his successor.
Jasper Sievers gets contract tC
/ build fire station No. ,, Thirty
! first street and Seventh avenue
! his bid being $7,440
SEPTEMBER.
1-Dugald Porter. general manages
) of Peoples Power company, die
at home in Moline from typhoid
! fever
, Corner stone of United Presby
terrain mission on the southside a
Forty-second avenue and Twelfth
street, laid with appropriate cere
monies.
i Special labor sermons given i
churches.
& Mrs. John Schubert, aged 56, an
t daughter Alice, aged q, Preemp
4 ton township, Mercer county
: killed in auto accident at Rut
falo Prairie when auto turns tur
tie.
I 3--Frf-city celebration of Labor da
Il iG Day export interferred with j
morning because Of rain but pre-
gram held AZ Suburban island i
! afternoon.
Public schools open with heavies
; enrolment in history of Rock Is
land.
Municipal banquet held at Augu,
> tana gymnasium in honor
? drafted men leaving for Cam
/ Dodge.
X 5-Mrs. j NJ. Anderson, Pasaden
Cal. accepts position as gener;
n secretary OF Y. ". C. a.
d Judge W. T. Church sustains fine
ings of Master Chancery J.
l. Haas in Jail injunction case, hole
Il ing with the county.
/ 6--Farmers form Bone Dry league
" Drury township and make mi,
night raid on liquor houseboa
= arresting three men. bringir
It them 10 Rock Island for trial.
L Dr.. j. d. Banta and eight drug u
> ers caught by federal authoriti
in dope raid.
- Be. B. Criswell,, manager of Da
. export aviation school, killed al
8 Louis Bodor instructor. serious
hurt when aeroplahe falls To-
: feet to earth in accident at S
:, burban island
12-Dr. G. G. Craig arrested on char.
"a OF violating Harrison drug act.
!. l3--Dr. J. r. Hollowbush ordered
report for active duty at 70
Benjamin Harrison, having r
: ceived commission as captain
medical reserve corps.
~ Local capitalists get option on ST
at Third avenue and Nine+aa,,