Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-13
DAVENPORT

To Disband Society-PIans to dis
band the Davenport branch of the
German-American alliance and turn
the surplus in the treasury,
amounting to SIS or $50, over to the
American Red Cross, will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the officers
next week, John F. Grant, 1911
West Seventh street, president of
the local alliance. announced yes
terday. A meeting will be called
for Tuesday or Wednesday evening
of next week to take final steps to
dissolve the local order, which has
remained inactive since Americas
entry into the world war, President
Grant said. This decision followed
an announcement from Plnladel-
phia late Thursday stating that the
national order of the German
American alliance would disband
Immediately and turn over the
funds in the treasury to the Red
Cross. The national order had
about $4,000 surplus. We have
held no meetings since April g."
said President Grant yesterday.
The Davenport society will dis
band Immediately. 1 will call a
meeting of the officers for next
week, probably Tuesday, to wind
up the affairs of the local society"
Soup Bones fer Wife-Declaring
that her husband Was so misery
that he never replenished her ward
robe and seldom purchased any
thing for her to eat, excepting
few soup bones, Mrs. Minnie Hent-
schel, known as Wife No in Carr
HentscheIs matrimonial calendar,
yesterday filed an answer and cross
petition in the Scott county district
court.
Camp Dodge Band Here-Hun-
dreds of DaYenporters were given
a real patriotic treat yesterday
when the khaki-clad boys of the
Three Hundred Fiftieth regimental
band from Camp Dodge paraded
the streets in the business section.
Incidentally, it was the first ap-
pearance in the city of national
army band composed wholly of Sc
lective men among whom was a
Davenport boN Glenn Smith, well
hIO IL III lOAdl ll4uHstSAi I'll tiCSs CCAA
of d. J. Smith of rural route No. 3,
and one of the best clarinet players
at the big cantonment, was a mem
Der of the band.
Marriage Licenses-John J. Lue-
ders of Davenport and Anna A.
POhlmann of Rockingham; Jacob
Haisinger and Cora Claussen of
Davenport.
Obituary Record. - Mrs. Mary
Sparrow, nee Kruse, passed away
Thursday night at $50 o'clock at
her home, 210 lie Claire street.
She was % years old The deceased
was born in Davenport Dec. u,
1894. She was united in marriage
to John Sparrow in Rock Island,
Dec. 81, 1916 For a number of
years she had been in the employ
of the Crook Bros. laundry of this
city, but due to poor health she
ceased working there two months
ago.
| After being confined to his bed at
a local hospital for the last three
weeks the death of Albert Schwind,
a FORMER TeSIueul OIL OulOus MI,
occurred yesterday morning at 5
o'clock. He was 80 years old at
the time of his death.
At her home, 100 North Pine
street, the death of Mrs Hannah
/ Green, nee Bruning, occurred yes
| terday morning at 8 o'clock. The
fatal ailment was pneumonia. She
was "a years old
j The funeral services of Lloyd
! Ellingsworth, infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry P. Ellingsworth, 707
Marquette street, were held yes
terday from the family home, Rev.
! c. Holterman officiating The body
was laid 10 rest at Riverside ceme-
terry in Moline.