Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31

TO some local charity.
Service flag containing 1874 stars
raised at Augustana college.
Determination of 100 draft men
is held
Lutherans OF tri-cities hold meet
ing and form patriotic club for
promotion of Red Cross activi-
ties.
Government operatives announce
intention of cleaning up dives
IN tri-cities, to provide housing
quarters for workers.
"Drys refuse to accept plan of
saloon interests TO call off bat
Ties previous to the election
April 2. and battle is on.
31-At meeting of members of three
debating societies at Augustana
college it is decided to unite
the three clubs into one organ
izatiOn
FEBRUARY
Sale Of flour put on $3.50 ba-
sis, forcing purchasers Of
wheat flour to buy an equal
amount of substitutes
Petition of drys containing 1,629
names is filed with W. F.
Barth. calling for submission
of local option question to yot-
tiers at April election.
Seven places business are
wiped out and damage estimat-
ed at $4,000 is done by fire
which started in the basement
of Bert's Sample shoe house,
324 Seventeenth street
Detective Tom Cox arrives from
Idaho Falls, Idaho, with Elmer
Davis in custody, charged with
being implicated in murder of
John p. SchOessel.
Ground hog sees his shadow.
All lines of business in city com
PEELED to shorten hours to help
meet worst coal famine in his
tory of Rock Island.
Stranger found dead in local ho-
tel room, with wound at base
of his skull
Elmer Davis, following plea of
guilty to murder Of John B.
Scaoessel on night of Nov. Z,
1913, is sentenced to 20 years
in prison.
Fire destroys residence of George
p. Stauduhar, 1903 Twenty first
street.
4-Registration of enemy aliens is
begun
@Barbers raise prices-haircut
TO 40 cents and shaves to 90
cents.
City council makes settlement of
case of Miss Mabel Jewell, who
was killed in the spring of 1914
by being eIectTocuted.
Case Of John Holmes charged
with murder OF Mrs. Emma
Ghuys given Jury.
S-After being out the record
time OF 80 hours the jury in
The case of John Holmes, |
charged with the murder of
Mrs. Emma Ghuys of East Mo
line, returned a verdict hold !
ing Holmes insane at the time |
the crime was committed.
will Carter, convicted of muir |
der of Peter Jelvek, loses last !
chance to save himself from |
gaIOws with denial by Cover |
nor L0wden Of his appeal for |
Clemency.
mir. and Mrs. A. G. Swanson, !
1901 ThiTty-eighth street, re (
ceived word that their son, Err /
nest, was among the survivors |
OF the American transport, !
Tuscania. sunk off the coast of /
ireland. Feb. 3. 7
With close of two weeks cam !
paign it is found 421 Rock Is
land skilled workers register
ed for work IN the shipyards in
answer to the governments |
cali for men to help build ships.
Three hundred was the quota
here
Is announced city is better sup
piled with coal than at any
time during last month. when
the fuel shortage became so
acute,
City in throes Of sugar famine
John J. Henley killed when
struck by Rock Island train at
FOrty-tEird street.
Dental room established in
Franklin school
NJ J. McEniry of Moline elected
at meeting of Rock Island
county historical society to
succeed Orrin s. Holt, deceas-
cd, Of Rock Island, as presi-
dent Of that organization.
Eggs sell at IS cents a dozen
Substitutes required in pur-
ChaSes Of flour reduced from
equal amount on $3.50 basis TO
ratio of one-half quantity Of
substitutes to amount of flour,
purchased.
5-The saloon conducted by Hen
~ Rintelman, 1000 Fifth ave
nue.. closed by order of mayor.
Board of education decides to pay
$50 bonus to teachers who re-
main a full term.
Henry Behnken. 726 Twenty
fourth street, killed when hit
by street car at y Forty second
street
City returns to norma as Rock
Island county fuel board res
Cinds order reducing hours of
all places of business.
William B. Smith. clerk at Red
Cross drug store. holds police
men at bay while he shoots up
the place Willie Springer.
colored. puts on the same kind
Of performance at George W.
bans pool room. 2215 Third
avenue, injuring three patrons.
LOwden grants elev-
enth hour reprieve for viii
Carter, delaying execution I'M
til March Is.
George W Burr. com
mandant at Rock Island arsen-
al. transferred to chief Of ord
nance department at Washing
, ton and Lieutenant Colonel