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15 Sunday morning THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT ANT) LEADER April 4, 1926 BRIEF LOCAL NEWS TRI CITY DANCER AND RADIO SINGER TURNS TO CHURCH Combat Movement to Introduce Jazz Music Into the Argument Over Mail Delivery Terminates in Fight and Arrest An argument over the delivery of mail on a rural route ticularly good reiison why it should not be obtruded on churchgoers on Sunday." out of New Liberty terminated in the arrest Saturday of on a state charge of assault MASONIC BODY TO HOLD PUBLIC SERVICESTODAY Sacred Music Program to Be Given by Knights Templars. St. Simon of Cyrene Command ery No. 9, Knights Templar of Davenport, will hold its annual public Easter services this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Gothic room of the new Masonic temple. The public 1 invited to attend.

Members of the coirmandery will be present in uniform. A sacred music program lias been arranged for the occasion by K. John Richards, commandery organist, who will have charge of the prosram. The Rev. F.

of Calvary Baptist church, will give a short address. His IIarry Mayerhoffer, a farmer, and battery filed by Herman The carrier, who appeared in Police Magistrate Harold Metcalf's court early in the day, displayed visible marks of the encounter in the form of a blackened optic. He said Snow White cleans woodwork, sanltas, dishes, glass, softens water, washes clothes beautifully. Harmless to bands.) Phone D. 3120 If your grocer cannot supply, Adv.

Lace curtains beautifully laundered. Not a pin hole. Every scallop In its proper place. Crook Bros. Laundry Co.

Phone Dav. 45. Adv. Union Savings Bank Trust Companyr A Strong Bank Third and Brady Sts. Adv.

Life Insurances-Snider, Walsh It Hynes. Phone Dav. Adv. Family Waahlngt finished any tyje wet, wet flat, rough dry, Badnon's Wet Wash. Phone D.

1123. Adv. PERSONAL Mlss Genevieve Isherwood of the (Davenport High school faculty leaves tonight for Jefferson City, to spend the Easter Holidays with her old friends, Governor and Mrs. A. S.

Baker of Jefferson City. She expects to return Saturday night. Mrs. Frank Hart. 2004 Dixwell street, has returned home from Des Moines, where she visited for two weeks.

She was accompanied by Mrs. Renaud and baby son, Edwin Lewis, who witl be her guests for a short time. The regular' business meeting of Anna Wittenrneyer Tent No. 1, Daughters of. Union Veteran will be held Monday afternoon.

All members are requested to be present. I I "Perhaps a minister should not be expected to have a large ao quaintance with church music liter ature. But it were better for his church If he had. For in too many churches, even In churches of wealth and large, supposedly cultured memberships, the musical standards are deplorably low." "One may find in church music literature, music of as joyous sort as one might wish to hear any where, yet music of elevating character. There is in such liter ature, music of as great variety as one might wish, and this without a sacrifice of quality." "Possibly the worst thaf may be said of some of the church music which is overwrought with cheap emotionalism is that it is characterless, but It Is harmless.

The same cannot be said of jazz. It is perverted music and unfortunately a perversion that corrupts musical taste." WALTER QUINLAN KILLED IN SALOON Chicago, April 3. Walter Quln- lan, 30, implicated two years ago In a deathbed statement in the fatal shooting of Taddy The Bear" Ry an, was shot and killed today as he stood at the bar in a saloon. His assailant fired three shots from a side door. A coroner's jury exon erated Quinlan in theRyan case, OBITUARY Holoubek.

Victor Thomas Holoubek, a resident of Davenport for about 35 years, died at his home, 616 G. avenue, west, Cedar Rapids, at 6:45 death was received here tester! day. His demise terminated a long Illness. Mr. Holoubek was born la Dav-! enport, Sept.

4, 1882, and lived1 here until he moved to Cedar Rapids about seven years agd. He was employed for tea years as a bookkeeper by the People's Light of Davenport, and at the time of his death was employed in the same capacity by the Cedar Rapids Gas Co. The deceased received his early education in Sacred Heart school, Davenport. Surviving besides his wife are three children, Louise, 12, Bernard, 7. and George, 6, all at home; three sisters, Mrs.

George Baluff of Iowa City, Mrs. John Malik of Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Mary Cin-dar of Davenport; three brothers, Charles Holoubek of Iowa City, John Holoubek of Denver, and Frank Holoubek of Chicago. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in St. Patrick's church, Cedar Rapids, and burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery there.

Yunker. Mrs. Dora N. Yunker, died at 5:20 p. m.

Friday at her home, 226 WeBt Sixteenth street, after an extended Illness. Deceased was born In Kinmun- day. 111., Oct. 7, 1864, and was mar ried to Henry E. Yunker in Cen-tralla, 111., in 1879.

She had been a resident of Davenport for the last nine months. She was a member of the Baptist church, the Order of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine Star club, D. A. and W. C.

T. Two sisters, Mrs. Jessie G. Newman of Davenport, with whom she tired, and Mrs. James R.

Barton of Helena, survive besides six brothers, Bert, Perry, and Lemon Neavill of Kinmunday, and Lloyd Beavlll of Pana, 111., Fred W. Neavll lof Peoria, and Walter Neavill of Gary, Ind. The body was removed to the E. A. Horrlgan Son mortuary.

Funeral arrangements will not be announced until Monday. Schwentzer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwentzer, 1024 Farnam street, are mourning the loss of their only child, Lois Vera, who passed away at St.

Luke's hospital Friday at the age of one year, and 11 months. Besides the parents the little one leaves to mourn her loss her grandparents, Mr. and, Mrs. Henry Old-sen, and Mrs. Carrie Schwentzer.

The funeral will be held this af-ternqon at 2 o'clock from the home, and interment will be la Falrmouut cemetery. The Walleser Funeral. Funeral services for Mrs. Anna X. C.

Walleser were held from the late residence. 1402 West Fifteenth street, at 1:30 p. m. Friday, with the Rev. Dr.

L. M. Coffman in charge. Following the services the body was shipped from the E. A.

HorrJ-gan Son mortuary to Guttenberg, for burial In the family lot. The Russell Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Mary K. Russell was held at 2 p.

m. Friday at the McGinnls funeral home. Le-Claire. The Rev. C.

KIrtley ilium RAY ANDERSON Ray Anderson, popular radio singer and well known in the Tri-cities as a dancer, has hit the trail as a convert, and entered active work for Christian advancement. He has identified himself with the Berea Congregational church of Davenport and this evening will be a member of a group which will ao. cept baptism by lmersion. Others of the baptismal party besides Mr. Anderson will be Max Wortman, Reynold Ceely, Mrs.

Lor-etta Miss Garnet Thom-sen and Mrs. William Boatman. The Rev. Glen Stewart, pastor of Berea church, will officiate at the baptism and will preach the sermon. The ceremonies of the evening will begin at 8 o'clock.

SCHEPP LEFT HIS MILLIONS TO FOUNDATION Got No Suggestion Worth Following in Requests for Advice on Disposal. tftttal Vemcerti New York, April 3. Leopold Schepp, millionaire importer, whose plea to the public to advise him how he might best distribute his surplus fortune brought responses from more than 100,000 persons, died without receiving one suggestion he considered worth following. He died Marcfc 11 at the age of S5 and his will filed today divided his entire estate, amount not named, evenly between his daughter, Florence L. Schepp, and the Leopold Schepp foundation, an organization te aid deserving boys.

This foundation was started before he applied to the public for advice and had received 12,000,000 from him during his life. A similar or ganization to assist girls had been founded by him with an endowment of $1,000,000. REAL ESTATE LOANS We are prepared to finance loans for conservative amounts on productive real estate and modern homes in Davenport, and on farms in Scott, Cedar and Muscatlnt counties on favorite terms. F1CKE, NOTH FICKE LOVERS of good music should corn-hat Ihn mnvptnonf which Is gaining grounu mruout thn nntinn tn in. troduce 1nzz in.o church music, In the opinion of Paul Stoye, noted composer and head of the piano PAUL STOYE department of the Drake University conservatory of music, Des Moines.

"In seeking an excuse for introducing Jazz music into their churches, some ministers have explained, in effect, that since the public hears Jazz thruout' the week, when Sun day comes they should not have to listen to doleful music in church," Stoye said today. "Not to touch on the point of worshipping God with musical pro faulty," he added, "the very fact that one can hardly escape the rhythmic perversion of jazz during the week would seem to be a par GEO. SOLOMON FOUND GUILTY Convicted of Murder of Wife in the Second Degree. TU Autitlet Fret. Sioux City, April 3.

Geo Solomon was found guilty of second degree murder by a district court Jury which returned a verdict here last night after ten hours of deliberation. The 73-year-old accused wife slayer now faces a sentence of from eight years to life Imprisonment which will be pronounced April IS. Solomon, took the verdict in the same stoical manner he has assumed since his arrest i He was- arrested Feb. 3 at his home, after he had led his nine weeping children to the body of their mother which lay under rags and old clothing In the basement. He claimed that his wife had been burned accidentally while tending to the furnace.

Mrs. Solomon met her death some time during the day. The state contended It was in the morning, the defense claimed it was some time during the afternoon. It at least happened several hours before Solomon notified his children. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

The Board of Equalization for the city of Davenport township and for the city of Davenport, is now in session at the City Hall, according to law to hear complaints, if any, on personal property and real cs tate Improvements. No complaints will be received after April 10th, 1926. G. R. COLEMAN, Clerk.

Adv. ROBESON'S EXPRESS BAGGAGE DO MOVINQ and ALL KINDS OF HAULINQ. GIVE US A TIUAL. 118 W. second St.

Phona Da. 883J Convenient) LOciTta. Pyramid Temple No. 10, Daughters of the Nile, will meet Thursday, April 9 at 2 p. In the Egyptian room of the New Masonic Temple, The Sewing Circle of the Ladies Auxiliary to the East Davenport Turner Society had its regular meeting at the home of Mrs.

Delia Grell. 2736 East Pleasant street recently. Twenty-four members were present. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Emma Matzen, 2014 East 12th street.

Helen Gould Sbepard auxiliary to the United Spanish War veterans will hold a regular meeting in Memorial hall of the court house on Monday, April 5, at 3 o'clock. General Geddes circle, Ladies of -trio u. A. will have a rummage sale on April 10, at 924 West Second street. -Any one who has any rummage to dispose of may have It collected by calling Mrs.

Louise Schnoor or Mrs. Charles Harrington. The Ladles Auxiliary of the Davenport Turner society held its regular meeting Friday night, with 20 members present. Reports of the officers were read and all routine business transacted. The Upper Mississippi District Card party will be held Monday afternoon, April, 12.

at Moline, I1L, at the Turner hall. Tha annual convention of the Upper Mississippi district will be hrld at Burlington, Iowa, May 8 and 9. Cake and coffee will be served after the subject will be "In Hoc Signo Organ recital by E. John Richards, brRinning at 2 oVIock. l'rore8lnnal.

"War Mreh of the PriPNts" from "Athalle" (Mendelssohn liytnn. "Onward Christian Violin nolo, (Handel) Mrs. Harry R. bartlett. Ritual.

Vocal solo, "The T.ord Ts My Shepherd" (Uddle), Thekla lla.t HeUel. Ritual. Violin solo, Berceuse from "Joce-lyn" (Oodard), Mrs. Harry K. Bart-let t.

Ritual. Viicil solo, "Gloria" (Rtizzt Fecchia), Mrs. Thekla llaak lletzel. Scripture reading. Organ solo, "The Iont Chord" (SulU-vsm, E.

John Richards. Address, "In Hoc. Signo Sir Knight Rev. V. (1.

Codd. Poxology. Prayer. Hymn, "Stand up, Stand up for Benediction. Organ Postlude, "Hallelujah Chorue" from "Th Messiah" (Handel) 1 Tel.

Dav! 1165, GOOD DEAL Musfeldt, a rural mail carrier pending a hearing in police court here Tuesday morning. Musfeldt, who conferred with County Attorney John Weir later In the day, said the trouble arose over the delivery of Mayerhoffer's mail. DRUGGIST OPPOSED TO SELLING BEER AS "MALT TONIC" St Aiitcttlri Fret: JVilliamsport, April 3. "Sell-lngbeer under the' name of 'malt tonic' Is an effort to dignify by title a well known outlawed product, and no self-respecting pharmacist will lend himself to this effort to let the wets get their beer," L. L.

Walton, president of the American Pharmaceutical association, said in a statement on the governments' plan to permit druggists to sell medicinal beer. Mr. Walton declared that recent referen-dums show that a great majority of the pharmacists thruout the United States want to be relieved from the obligation to dispense 'intoxicating liquors of every kind and the as sociation will protest the obligation to distribute beer. Under the Clock Books "Under the Clock" at the Davenport Public Library Children's room this week are: Allen's "How and Where We Live." which Is an excellent geographical reader, describing the homes and occupations of the five races. Well illustrated.

A "Isabel Carleton'i Friends." Tells of Isabel's friendship for Met and how It survived much friction and misunderstanding. Fryer's "Mary Frances' Cook Book," of how a little girl, whose mother was sick, learned to cook with the help of the kitchen people. II111 and Maxell's "Charlie and His Puppy Bingo." How Charlie learned the traffic laws, delivered mail for the mffge driver, and had many more interesting experiences. Hodgdon's "Enchanted Past" Is a concise and Interesting group of stories of Chinese and' other people of ancient times. Wlnlow's "Our Little t'kranlsfn Cousin," Pleasant story telling much of the history folklore, and customs of the country.

RESERVE CHAPLAINS -ARE SUMMONED TO ACTIVE ARMY DUTY Bi TU Jtte Prnn Washington, April 3. The war department added its mite today to the Easter observance by summoning 26 high ranking church men to active duty in the army. All of those called hold reserve commissions as chaplains and will work out plans for the furtherance of religious work among army men. Included in the list are Bishops John McCormack, Grand Rapids, and James E. Freeman of Washington; Rabbi Morris S.

of Baltimore; Jason N. Pierce, pastor of the church attended by President and Mrs. Cool-Idge; John M. Thomas, president of Rugers university; Charles S. MacFarland, general secretary, Federal churches of Christ, and Ario Brown, president of the University of Chattanooga.

FRENCH SENATE AND CHAMBER ARE AGREED ON FINANCE TU iuoetiltt Prui. Paris, April 4. The senate and chamber of deputies early this morning reached an agreement, 260 to 144 on the government's financial measures. Hope of peace seemingly was responsible for the compromise reached by the two houses; oltho for a time tobacco created a deadlock. Tha senate fought tooth and nail fdr an Increase In the price of tobacco, but the deputies stood firm and won.

W.E.Herrick 27 YEARS TUNER and Player Mechanic R. R. 7, Dav, Phones, Dav. 3638 No Doubt tho melting of this snow will show many leaky roofs that will need reshlngllng. We invite inspection of our ev sortment of various grades and colors of shingles.

We Have Chestnut Hard Coal. East Davenport Fuel Lumber Co. 2023 t-t River St. Dav. 443.

the farmer attacked him without provocation. Mayerhoffer was taken into custody on his farm by Deputy Sheriffs Peter Dittmer and John Jensen. He furnished a $50 ap-pearence bond and was released of f)avenport officiated at the home and at the grave in Glendale cemetery. At the home Mrs. Emily Davis and Mrs.

W. J. Johnson sans; "Asleep in Jesus," and "Beautiful Isle of The pallbearers were W. A. Evans, J.

A. Werner, Dr. W. S. Hunt, Ralph McCoy, J.

L. Seaman and Sam Bur-gard. The Eabbe Funeral. Funeral services for William Babbe were held Friday afternoon at the Runge chapel. Julius Jan-sen spoke at the chapel and at the grave in Fairmount cemetery.

The pallbearers were Fritz and John Petersen, John Paulsen, Claus Ehlers, John Beckmann and J. II. Willers. The Behrensi Funeral. Funeral services for Friedericka Behrens were held Saturday afternoon from the late horae, Fair-mount street, and Homestead avenue, Rockingham, conducted by the Rev.

Carl Holterman. Burial wes in Fairmount cemetery. The pallbearers were Henry Witt. John Druehl, Adolph Gellhort, Henry Blunk, and Henry Holtfort. The Theer Funeral.

The funeral of Peter Theer was held Saturday from the home of his daughter, Mrs. George McCarthy, J711 West Tenth street, at 1 p. tn. The Rev. T.

P. Coleman of Our Lady of Lourdes church of Betten-dorf officiated at the services at the residence and at the graveside in Holy Family cemetery. The pallbearers were CarV Meier, J. J. McCarthy, Francis McCarthy, Henry Hetck, John Beyerkuhnlein, and E.

F. McCarthy. COURT NEWS Dr. R. P.

Carney, who sued Clarence J. and Julia M. French for $170 due for professional services, has been awarded a Judgment for the full amount of his claims by District Judge W. R. Maines.

L. A. Mclntofch was his attorney. MARRIAGE LICENSES Frank Bartels. Charlotte, Iowa, and Ida L.

Stender, Davenport. Frank A. Kiel and Leona Haring, both of Clinton, Iowa. G. Franklin Smith and Edna Bender, both of Davenport.

Edward L. Loftus and Elizabeth G. Donegan, both of Davenport. COL. MITCHELL PUT ONE OVER ON THE ARMY AIR SERVICE TU iunM'4 Prtil Washington, April 3.

William Mitchell believes he had the last laugh in his set-to with the army air service which resulted in his court-martial and resignation. Just before he resigned, Col. Mitchell slipped over to Boiling Field, made 37 flights in one day and collected extra flying pay covering the three months he was under arrest. Comptroller General McCarl has put his O. K.

on the payment. Col. Mitchell had put in the necessary flying time up to November, but when released from court-martial restraint he found It necessary to make 30 flights to make up for lost time. Fof good measure he made It 37. all on Jan.

16. No description of the flights was given. Comptroller General McCarl ruled Mitchell should be treated In the- manner as an officer prevented from doing duty by Illness. The amount involved was $1,027 and the comptroller remarked that "it may be that ho was released from arrest to enable him to perform duty, Including flying" NOTICE, WATER CONSUMERS! All water bills, both Annual Rate and Meter Rate, are due and pay able April 1st, and should be paid by April 10th. Please pay at office, 204 Kahl building.

Third and Ripley streets, or mail check. Please bring your bill when call-Ing to pay, or mall stub with check. Courteously your, DAVENPORT WATER CO. Adv. PINE KNOLL SANATORIUM Pnvenport, Iowa I Modern Tuberculosis mwmm Sanatorium, ideally to-rated on the btgh rim jf of th Mississippi val-I ley, Ample grounds in-I sure freedom from dust I and noise.

TERMS REASONABLE! For Information and terms, Address If. Knelper, Ast. Sec'j. ICE CREAM The only ice cream in the Tri-Cities made from 25 butter fat pasteurized, cream. Only 60C A Qurt A Small Extra Charge for Delivery Serve It for Dessert Today I For Sale At Gaiirae Free Yonr Curtails Washed in Rainsoft Water The "Quality" Way 12x18 ft.

403 E. Lecust St. W. O. Calvert, Prop.

fTyV'' We furnish our new six cylinder Hertz Sedan automobiles with licensed chauffeur, direct to users for funerals from any part of the City of Davenport, Iowa, to any cemetery, iit the City of Davenport, Iowa, for $4.00 per car. We have twelve new cars available for this service. Tri-City Drive-your-self Co. 323 East Third St. Thone Dav.

900 Affiliated with Yellow Cab Co. For years we have specialized in the proper laundering of curtains. We know how to do it. DRY each curtain exactly to measure. No hooks or pins are used in the drying process, yet each curtain is returned to you exactly its original size, each scallop even and in place.

If You Are Going to Build a Garage Within the Next Six Months-Get Our Proposition NOW! Call Dav. 887 give us your name and address and our representative will call, when convenient for you, and explain our proposition In full, without obligating you In any way. EETTENDGRF LUMBER SUPPLY CO. We Deliver Anywhere MEANS A This coming week send us your curtains. Our Cars Pass Your Door Daily Storage 'or Merchtndlse, Household Goods and Automobiles tn our New Fireproof Warehouie Fifth and Wester Ave.

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