Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
Entrance Nation Into Hosti1ities Marks New Epoc


,4-Rev. T. /. Scott. Chicago. reflect
ed grand master of State United I
Brothers of Friendship in eonven- /
ton at circuit court room. |
PatroImsn Fred Gruby and Charles +
Miner suspended indefinitely on |
charges of conduct unbecoming |
an officer following fight IN Tur- |
ner hall saloon with George Balm
III. s. Cable named chairman ana /
r. W. Bender secretary OF steer |
ing committee in behalf OF home |
friend movement for soldiers.
Virginia Hickey, 13-year-oid res
cues Bobby Eckhart, 1S-months-
old. from drowning In Rock river. |
Is Mass meeting under auspices OF
Tri-City Federation at Illinois
theatre. protests against arrest OF
Charles j. MacGowan and Oliver
Griffin by federal operatives
while attending meeting OF Sill
Wis strikers.
27-J. F. Porter, resigns as president
Of Trf-City Railway company and
subsidiary concerns, TO accept
presidency of Kansas City Light
& Power company.
Isl. F. Lattner of the Der Demo-
KRAFT, Davenport, entertains trl-
city newspaper men with ROOF
garden party in honor of his 5stll
birthday.
Employees of Rock Island postof-
flee give banquet at Rock Island
club in honor of Carl G. Elman
and Leslie H. Miller, clerks draft
ed for war service.
British recruiting mission arrives TO
open Today campaign for British
recruits.
School. board buys site on Twenty
fifth avenue east of Ninth street.
for new school for annexed ter
ritory.
Great crowd gathers in East Moline
to see departure Of Company a,
Rock Island, and Companies G,
Dixon. and L, Freeport, leave for
East st. Louis mobilization camp.
3t-A. ]. BeverIin, special agent for
the Central Union Telephone COM
pany and for years manager of
the Rock Island district, resigns
to take position as superintendent
Of the Stephenson County Tele-
phone company at Freeport.
Annual outing of Argus carriers
at Dolly's grove.
Clark Corbin, sjlvis, Clyde Walker
Milan, and Charles Quick. Cor
doya. elected first county board OF
education to fix tuition in nom
high school.
| AUGUST.
| 2-Daniel H. Wallace indicted for VIC
lating espionage law aud six
| prominent Davenporters held for
conspiracy by federal grand jury
| at Davenport as result OF sedi-
tious address by Wallace.
Miss Hiida Boquist, aged II. and
Kenneth Swensen. aged 4. g
nephew. both of Rock Island, kill
ed when Burlington train hits
auto in accident near Altoona.
S-Carl A. Hallgren named frs
president of Rock Island chamber
of commerce.
! Beautiful Swiss chalet informally
opened at third of Rosenfield me
mortal concerts at Long View
park, j. W. Johnson being th'
caterer.
Rock Island arsenal employees
| hold annual outing at Suburban
island.
/ Membership of Rock Island ehapte
OF Red Cross increases TOO through
efforts extended during Human
ity week
christian Storr, carpenter. drown
while bathing in Mississippi rive
near Hampton.
6-Miss Edna Flanagan resigns a
visiting nurse TO take up pos
graduate work in Chicago.
c. J. Larkin, renamed president
and j. W Welch, secretary, {
= Rock Island public library boart
Charles ]. MacGowan, president {
Tri-City Federation of Labor, an
II o. W Griffin, East Moline, arreste
by secret service men o. govesI
ment while attending a meeting {
/ strikers of the Siivis shops {
\ East Moline, but are released
Chicago without any charges bt
4 ing filed against them,
: S--Out of first 210 registrants exam
D ined for military service by Roc
2 Island exemption board only
3 fail to pass.
9-George R. Stephenson suceessfl
in winning, single handed, -,
international Stewards associ;
: ton convention for Rock Islar
at annual meeting in Pittsburgh.
Sam Ryerson, county recorde
J. named secretary of Circuit Clerl
and Recorders association of I'll
Il nois in convention at Aurora, Ros
~ Island getting 101S convention.
John McQuaid. aged IS, Milan, irt
u worker employed ON Rock Islal
II bridge, eleotroeuted.
= Jacob Layendecker, Springfield
u named president of Illinois Mast
IL Painters and Decorators associ
= ton in annual convention at Ne
u Harper.
i ll-Fred w Rinck selected by Go
Il ernor Lowden as superintende
of Illinois Free Employment b
10 reau succeeding Cornelius Don
van.
N 12-Miss Esther Virgins of this ei
II and Walter Burmeister. MoliI
drown while bathing in Miss
sr sipupi near Buffalo, Iowa.
3, l3-Miss Alice Thompson named Wis
ing nurse to succeed Miss Ed
ct Flanagan
E. l4-Simon Lewis and Adolph Kuehl
nj take lease on Colonial hotel. fe