Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-10

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Joins Ordnance COrps.-Dean Hand
ley, 80 Perry apartments, has joined
the ordnance corps at the Rock Is
land arsenal and probably viii see
service in France very soon. Mr..
Handley was student at the Palmer
school.
Wants job Baek.-James- Hickey,
who rendered his resignation. as coun-
ty oyerseer of the poor to the super
visors on Dec. 4 to take effect Jan. /,
/ is contemplating asking the board to
reconsider his resignation and permit
him to retain his Office. This infor-
nation was made public Saturday by
! County Auditor Joseph Wagner.
! Ts Retain Command That Captain
Harry Ward. formerly in command of
I Battery D, will retain his command as
/ brigade detachment commander of the
! F'ifty-ninth brigade is considered al
! most certainty by men who have
closely followed the history of the
Iowa National Guard field artillery
! Captain Ward is stationed at Camp
Cody, Deming, n. NJ
Cast Loses CIothing.-Cash totaling
something less than sl00, along with
clothing and yaluables worth consid-
erably over that amount, shave been
stolen from the dressing rooms at
/ the Burtis theatre during the last
/ week, it became definitely known Sat
urday The victims were members
OF the cast Of the big Army and
Navy" show
Rents rbitant.-Declariug that
rents charged many poor families in
the city of Davenport were unreason-
able and exorbitant, Mrs Margaret
{ Dorgan, secretary of the Christ Church
society, appealed to the county at
torney's Office Saturday to see if there
was not some law whereby heartIess
landlords could be punished She
was told there was no provision il
the Iowa statutes covering this ques
ton.
Cops Seek Inerease.-A petition fol
raise in salary was circulated Sat
urday in both the police and fire de
partments, and will be ready fof pres
entation to the council at the mex
meeting The petition states that tn
raise granted some time ago has no
been sufficient to meet the continues
Increases in the prices Of living.
Accidents Numerous. - Slippery
snow covered pavenents were tn
I cause of several minor accidents be
tween street cars and automobiles.
: truck owned by the Davenport Fue
: company collided with LeClair
3 street car at Fifteenth and Farnar
D streets, with the result that the steer
{ ing gear OF the auto was put out G
commission. later a more serious az
cident occurred when machine driy
en- by man giving the name {
o Hayes and his address as I19 Dove
{ court, struck Locust street car a
e Fifteenth and Iowa streets But fo
the fact that both vehicles were NOV
s ing slowly there might have been 81
t rious damage AS it was the casin
of the air motor Of the car was broke
. and the front of the auto DAMAGE
o. A Petesen's bakery truck ran into a
n Oakdale car at kirkwood boulevar
: and Arlington avenue, There was Ii
e he damage.
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S MeManus Is Coming seumas II,
e Manus. famous as a teller of storis
J and also as the possessor of ver
l. gifted, witty pen, has been secure
= by the Davenport Teachers club il
n its complimentary entertainment
" members and friends. Saturday ever
s. ing, Dec. IS The program viii |
+ an Irish Story Telling" and viii I
! at 8 O'Clock in the high school aud
is torium.
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