Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-13

Fifth to SIXTH streets, paved, Mayor
John Berwald appears to have met
with defeat. The paving COMMITTEES,
at a meeting Monday, decided that it
would be necessary for them to sus-
tain the protests filed by the property
owners, and take the street from the
1918 program.
Revoke Food License.-The federal
food board yesterday took its most
drastic action thus far when it rec
commended to the national food ad-
ministration that the license of B. Baff
& Son, Inc, wholesale poultry and
egg dealers, be revoked for the dura-
ton Of the war. The Baff firm. it is
alleged, purchased eggs from the Iowa
Produce company at Ottumwa, Iowa,
for 80 1-3 cents per dozen last April
and sold them as high as 81 cents to
jobbers at time the government fixed
price was 48 cents, according to the
boards findings.
DR.. Block Gets Commission-Dr. c.
E. Block of Davenport has been COM
missioned a first lieutenant in the Of
ficers' reserve corps and will 20 into
training at the Mayo Brothers hos
pital in Rochester, MINI.
Davenport Labor to Break Away
Plans are on foot for the organiza-
ton Of a labor congress, which will
comprise union men in Davenport,
who will break away FROM the Tri-
City Labor congress. A meeting will
be held in the Times auditorium Fri
day night to discuss plans for sucn
an organization. 1t has been claimed
by Davenporters that the Illinois
unions preponderate in the tri-city
organization and that many matters,
which are Of vital interest to the Dav-
export unions are not given sufficient
attention.
Dayenporter Heads Camels.-Horace
Atkinson of Davenport was elected su-
preme steward of the national organ
ization of Camels at the annual
convention Of the order which closed
Monday in Anderson, Ind, according
to a message received by G. v. Heisler
organizer in this territory. Mr.. At
kinsOn was chosen over a large list
OF nominees.
Held on Serious Charee.-Joe Brown
was placed under arrest yesterday by
the Davenport police acting on orders
from Probation Officer Byron Rumsey
The man ii held on a charge of con-
tributing to the dependency OF a Ii
year old girl. Details of the case were
not revealed and the man probably
will have hearing in court this week
Send Big Shipment.-The Davenport
branch Of the American Red Cross
has completed packing 30,545 gauge
articles to be sent to headquarters in
Chicago. The shipment includes "a
gauze congresses. nine by nine
inches; so folded gauze strips, six by
three inches; 4,s75 gauxe cSmpresses
four by four inches: 25,050 gauze
wipes, two by two inches.
To Select NOrw0Od's Successor
committee Of three members from the
Greater Davenport committee and
three from the Davenport Commercial
club will be named within the next
few days for the purpose of consider
ing prospects for a new secretary for
the two organizations to succeed See.
Rotary Irving c. Norwood. The deci-
sion to name these committees was
reached by the Greater Dayennort
committee at the meeting held at noon
yesterday.
William Hines, for IA
years one Of the most prominent bus-
mess men in Dewitt, passed away at !,
o'clock yesterday at his home. No. )
Pasadena apartments, Thirteenth ana
Main streets. where he had resided
since last September. when he and his
family moved to Davenport from De-
Witt.
Mrs. Agnes Huber Erhardt, former
~ OF Davenport. passed away At hsr
home In Taylor Ridge. ILL.,, a. 6 "a
o'clock yesterday after few DAYS,
illness. The deceased was born in
Germany. March 81. 1880, and was
there married to Frank Huber in lS59
In 1858 the couple came to America