Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-25

evening at s at the Commercial club to
so over details OF. the draft with Lieu
tenant McFaul, who is assigned to the
medical corps; Camp Dodge. Boards
were notified that Lieutenant McFaul,
who was recently ordered to inspect
draft boards and instruct examiners
in the work of passing draft selects,
arrived in Davenport late yesterday.
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Aero Squadron Here-Private How
ard Crippen, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. N.
Crippen, 7O5 Perry street, city, passed
through Davenport Wednesday after
noon with the Twenty-second aero
squadron. The troop train stopped in
Rock Island for half an hour, Private
Crippen visiting with his folks during
that time. He had not seen them since
leaving here last April. The squad
ron came from a southern camp and
will soon see service in France.
Socialists to File Ticket-The open
ing gun in the 1918 city election cam
Daign was fired yesterday by represen-
tatives of the Socialist party, when
nomination papers for a complete city
ticket were filed at the Office of City
Clerk Hugo Moeller. DR.. G. l.. Bare
valid was chosen to head the ticket at
a meeting of the party Wednesday
evening. The other candidates who
filed are: City clerk, William Fether-
off; city treasurer. William E. McIn-
tosh; city assessor, H. A Wise police
magistrate, Harold Metcalf. TIE pa
perS were taken out by Mr. Metcalf
secretary Of the Davenport Socialist
party.
Wife Must Slgn-Unless a mortgage
given by married man against his
homestead is signed by his wife that
mortgage is invalid, according to the
ruling filed by Judge F. d. Let's in the
case of Calvin Williamson VS.. Sue
Adelaide Williamson ct al. an action
! to foreclOse mortgage for $3,6711t
on the property now occupied by the
defendant. In his ruling Judge Let's
/ held that the mortgage was invalid
, and ruled that the plaintiff had failed
to prove a homestead abandonment
He dismissed the plaintiff petition.
Marriage Unconstitutional Chand-
ler Muscatine. and Verda Luthje, Viii.
ton Junction, Iowa: Forrest Tamme
Rock Island, and Anna Sweeney. Dav.
export: John Lorenzen, Davenport
and Olive Hooper, Davenport.
Large Class Graduates -Davenport's
pride in its public school system is
fully sustained by the number of grad
yates. The grammar schools toda,
turned out 246 graduates. This il
the largest number for the mid-winte,
term in the History Of the loca
schools The graduation class last
| June, always larger in summer than
winter, numbered 264 students. The
I class for January of last year mum.
bered hut 1877. Twenty-six members OF
the 1918 high school class chose te
take their sheepskins a THE January
graduation. The exercises were held
as is the custom, in the high schoo
assembly room at II o'clock yesterday
morning. Principal George Edward
Marshall presented the diplomas.
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May Vote On German-Dayenpor
voters may have an opportunity 'ir
the March school election to approve
or disapproye the teaching nf the Ger,
man language In the grade schools o.
the city. II the proposal Of DR.. o. A
| Dahms, president Of the board of edu
cation, is accepted. President Dahms
| would submit the matter to a refer.
endum vote Of the city. believing this
plan would work out more satisfac.
torily than il question was acted upor
by the board. He would include thu
question in. the March election.
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Shop Train Plans Made The shoy
train which Cni0nei O. " Rurr af thu