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Show SOCIALIST MAYOR I OF IOWA CITY QUITS HIS PARTY DAVENPORT, la , Jan. 5 Dr. C. L. Barewald, mayor of Davenport, Daven-port, elected on the Socialist ticket a year ago. is no longer a Socialist, Social-ist, lie has announced his resignation resig-nation from the party. Purely local issues prompted the mayor to leave his party. It was I said today. With him in the paitv are five Socialist and three Ri publican aldermen In an interview today the mayor said: "I have had no co-operation from the Socialist aldermen In the council coun-cil work and they have permitted their radical ideas to interfere with the welfare of the city." I 'i Barewald announced he ' would continue as mayor of Dav-I Dav-I enport. but not as a Socialist. |