The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-02
The Day in Davenport

made by the city council Wednesday
at special session, and these men
will pick up their new duties when
the new ordinance providing for the
double platoon system here, be-
comes effective. Privates who
passed the examination for posi-
tons as lieutenants at a recent ses-
sion of the police and fire commits
sloners were recommended as fol-
lows: Thomas Mohr, Ollie Mundt,
Henry A Uken, Conrad Frey, Wal
ter Schlaefke, Julius Hasson, Will
liam Daley and James Collins. New
prlvates to the department are as
follows: Charley Garvey, Charles
Briggs. Homer Pruden. ]. A. Schild-
gen, Charles ]. HintSe, Nelson Nei-
haus and Charles F. Brandt. The
new ordinance becomes effective
Immediately, according to a ruling
OF the city attorney.
Street Car Men Want Raise,-A
dollar an hour will be the new
wage demand of motormen and con-
ductors on the Tri-City Railway
company lines, according to rumor
today. The contract of the train
men with the company expires
June l, the same date which the Z
cent fare expires. The wage COM
mittee of the two local unions has
been busy for several days past
preparing data on which to base
their new wage demands. The
present wage of the trainmen is
60 cents an hour This increase
was given by the company follow
ing the strike last August, when a
promise Of 7-cent fare and the in
creased wage ended the tieup of the
tri-city transportation This settle
ment was practically a 20-cent-an-
hour raise. The trainmen hold that
the cost of living has risen greatly
since June of 1919. and that in
creased wages are necessary. Off
Gals of the Tri-City Railway COM
pany have not yet been informed
/ by the union wage committee what
/ the new scale asked by the men
will be, but rumor places it at 81
an hour. Linemen have recently
asked for an increase of SO cents
an hour. Their demands call for a
s1.25-an-hour scale for linemen and
$1.50-an-hour for linemen foremen.
Reach No S0lHti0n.-No decision
as TO the fate of the local affiliation
of the Lend-a-Hand club and the
Y. W. c. A. has been made. Through
out Wednesday, sessions of the
Lend-a-Hand board Of directors
and advisory committee, and of the
Y. w. c. A. board and committee
were held. No settlement was made
as to the fate of the clause in the
articles Of agreement which re-
quires that all secretaries Of the
joint staff shall come up to the
qualifications Of the national Y. w
&c. A. Miss Anna B. Overs Of Min
neapolis. executive Of the north
central field of the Y. W. c. A., and
Miss. Marion James, her assistant
were here, at the invitation Of the
Lend-a-Hand board, and offered a
number Of suggestions which might
settle the difficulty. 1t was at the
suggestion of Miss Overs that the
Lend-a-Hand board requested that
the local Y. w. c. A. present q pc
ton at the national convention Of
the Y. W. c. A., to be held in Cleve-
land, April Is to Is, asking thai
1.-THE Objectionable clause be remov-
ed from the local agreement.
Many Clergy ut Services.-Man!
clergy of this city. and also o
!; points within the diocese, were
present at the Maundy Thursda.
/. services held at Sacred Hear
cathedral yesterday morning at II
o'clock. The boys choir OF tn
: cathedral, with Erwin Swindell q
J the organ, chanted the solemn higl
: mass, which was celebrated b,
: Very Rev. ]. T. A. Flanagan. vica
general of the Davenport diocese
J Very Rev. w. L. Harmon served a
(, deacon: Rev. Father Stahl. sub
: deacon, and Rev. J. ]. Welsh. mas
ter of ceremonies. Rt. Rev. Jane
Davis. bishop of Davenport. wa
= present in the sanctuary. and bless
) ed holy oils, which are to be use
. in the administration Of the sacra
, | menta