Rock Island Argus., 1918-02-26

10 lLO men 10 TGpOEL 10 LQ6 DOdIu VI
examiners at the rate of Is day,
starting Tuesday. The last registrant
will be examined and classified on Sat-
urday. City boards practically have
completed their work Of examining
the class 1 men.
Harvester to Build..The Interna-
tional Harvester company will erect a
$4,000 one-story, fireproof building
on Front street, between Brady and
Main streets, work to be completed
by A. A. Arnould, contractor, June 1.
according to an announcement by the
company.
Turner's Have Banquet-Three hun
dred people were present at East Dav-
export Turner hall Saturday night for
the annual family dinner and dance
and the affair was one Of the most
successful ever held. Four 25-year
membership medals were awarded dur
Ing the evening, those who received
them being Otto Kuehl, Joe Martens
Joe Burden and ]. Thompson.
Thirty Join Navy The United
States navy district, in which Daven-
port is included, enlisted 80 men last
week, Des Moines head Office topping
the list with 10 new recruits. Daven-
port stood second with four recruits
Cedar Rapids, four; Fort Dodge, three
Waterloo, three; Mason City and Red
Oak, two each, and Burlington, one.
o.
Salvation Army Fund George Da-
Wis, holding the title of brigadier in
the Salvation Army organization, ad.
dressed the members of the CONNER.
cial club yesterday noon upon plans
for national campaign to be started
by the Salvation Army March 10. fol
fund to carry on its work among
the soldiers.
Wettstein's Answer-Ffnding in thu
atrocities tales that, have come out Of
Belgium and northern France since
the world war started direct chal.
lenge to religion, Rev. Karl Frederick
Wettstein, preaching Sunday after.
noon to an audience that packed thu
Mt. Ida Presbyterian church, College
and Fulton avenue, to the doors, plead
ed for spiritual reformation in the
world. declaring that only by "wipine
out the present Indifference that ex.
listed toward God and the eliminating
Of our inherent prejudices" could fu.
ture atrocities be avoided and civiliza.
tion and Christianity restored.
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That Monument Again.-''The mon.
ument which stands in Washington
square, commemorating' the German
victories in the Franco Prussian war
represents nothing but the delusior
and the hypnotism of the German ma.
| ton and the damnation of the Ger.
man government" declared ]. W
SteeQis. principal of the Polk school
in paper read read yesterday before
the study department Of the Woman's
club. His subject was "The Diploma.
cy Of Kings and Cabinet"
Obituary Record. - Corporal Loui.
Speth Of Company E, Forty-first in
fantry, regular army, stationed at For
Brady. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. wa,
notified by telegram that his sister
Mrs. Anna A. Lamp, nee Speth, passed
away Sunday morning at a local hos.
pital. Corporal Speth, who enlisted
last July, will arrive in Davenport
to attend the funeral services.
Louis Geronemos, laborer. passed
away early yesterday morning at ,
local hospital He was born in Greco,
"a years ago. He Is survived by hi,
wife and other relatives in Greece.
cousin, Steve Steffen. who conducts ,
shoe repairing business at 32S Wes1
Third street. also survives.
At the advanced age Of IS years Ed
ward d. Herrold passed away Sunda,
evening. He had been in failing healti
the last year, and was seriously iii tn,
last three months. Complications wer,
given as the cause of death.
| Mrs. Cinty Rayburn, aged Sc wears
died at her home. foot OF Myrtle street
Monday morning. She is survived h,
her son. John H. Holt, and a brother
John Powers Of Fiat, I'll. )
Andrew Petrovich died SUNDAY aft
ernoon at local hospital following A.
Illness of two months duration. n,
Twas ~ years Of aga