Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-15

the sewer by the Davenport police. The
booze so destroyed was that confis-
Gated by the police at the home OF Mrs
Emma Woodward week ago Chief
Schlueter states the courts orders
were to destroy the liquor and for this
reason it had not been turned over to
the hospitals as heretofore.
Get Navy Recruits The first day of
the United States navy campaign here
for recruits was productive, Chief Sui
Ivan stating three men had placed
application and passed the preliminary
examinations, Their names were W.
T Barrans, fireman, third class, Len
OK. Iowa; D. W Belknat. apprentice
seaman. East Cedar Rapids and r. V.
Zimmerman. landsman for radio, Del
ma, Iowa. The men will be sent to
Des Moines in several days. There
final examinations will he given and
the new recruits forwarded to the
Great Lakes Training station, Chi
cago
Marriage LiceHses-George C. Jan
sen. Burlington. and Mary Ebert. Bur
lington; Charles F. Gates, Davenport
and Camilla 4. Meier. Davenport; Ear
Stringhan, Lyons, Iowa, and Coral
Leighty, Lyons. Iowa Walter Zwingle
Medford, Wis, and Ella Buergel, Dav.
EXPORT.
Minimum is Exceeded Yes, Daven.
port and Scott county are patriotic, not
alone on one occasion, such as the bis
Liberty loan drive. but on all ocess
lens demanding a display of patriotism
and loyalty This is evidenced By
yesterdays report in the 7. N. c. A
war fund campaign. Already, Will
+ scarcely two days Of active work, Dav
export and Scott county has crosset
over the top with a grand total O
! S2I56l The original allotment wa
$4,000 minimum. With the increasing
demands made by the Russian AM
Italian situations, it is expected to in
crease this amount to $4,000 b
Thursday noon, at which time the cam
| paign will close.
Obituary ReeOrd-Mrs. Helen Far
rance passed away at a local h0spita
after lingering illness. Deceased wa
born in, Davenport, Sept. 10. 1873. an
spent her entire life in this city. Sh
/ is survived by her aged father, Charlie
I kistenmacber of Charlotte. Iowa
three sons, Paul D.. Waiter d. an
Arthur P F'arrance Two sisters. Mr.
/ M +. Nelson Of Durant. and Mrs. J.
/ Petersen, Of this city, also survive.
O.
10 Attend Meeting A. 4. Arnoul
and John Soller of Davenport ar
/ Herman Nelson Of Moline will attend
Injecting Of special committee Of I'll
| National Association of Builders
! Chicago next Monday and Tuesla
The committee is 10 discuss the ne
Nelson system of bidding, originate
by MIR. Nelson Of Moline and adople
! by the National Builders. as stan,
ard method for bidding. The three !,
cal men were appointed on the con
nsttee at the national convention he
Z in Atlanta last winter They viii r
, port at the coming annual conventiC
{ to be held in Pittsburgh in February.
O.
{ Leave for France After six month
2 raining at the Rock Island ARISEN,
[ IA stalwart young men including ty
r Davenporers, boarded the Rock Isial
: train in Davenport shortly after
e O'clock yesterday morning on the fir
: leg of their long journey to France
e help win the war They were W.
q Pheland, Davenport, son OF Captain
Y Police Packey pheland; George Sha
Davenport, Iowa; Stanley Mythali
Waterloo, Iowa; C. ]. Young. Ann
Iowa; Frank Kropelka, Iowa CT
Iowa f. J. Erickson, 0debolt, low
& G. q. Briggs. Des Moines, low
o George Lange, Rock Island, Fra
t Hebert, Racine, Wis. T. A. Disc
# Genoa. Texas: Harlan Troxel. Wi
s field. Tenn. ] A. Tomlinson. Lo
Texas; R. p. Even. San Diego, Ca
Z Herman Hartung, San Antonio, Tex
II All OF the above men have enlisted
e the ordnance department of the Unit
g States army. Their stop will be at t
g Watervliet arsenal. New York. whe
Il they will await orders to board
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