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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
CLYDE STRATTON
SAYS NOT GUILTY
IN COURT TODAY
Notorious Criminal Alleges He
Did Not Murder Banker
]. Lee Crowder.
Is FORMALLY ARRAIGNED
Attorney Henry Nowlan of Peoria Ap-
pears for Him-Defendant Is
Closely Watched.

NOT Guilty were the words that
came quietly and distinctly from the
lips CT a fine looking young man in
circuit court this morning when ar.
raigned On the charge of the murder
people in the court room at the time,
he would probably have been the las
to have been selected as clyde STRAIT.
ton, alias Clyde Harrington, noted
yegg and all around bad nan.
ATTORNEY PRESENT.
Attorney Henry /. Nowlan OF Peoria,
who appeared for Stratton at Pekin,
also represented him in court this
morning. Stratton was brought from
the county Jail handcuffed but when
in the court room the manacles were
removed The prisoner took his seat
and as he composedly glanced about
the room, one would have thought him
a member of the Bar association, so
easy and unconcerned did he appear
The Peoria lawyer arrived here over
the Rock Island at IL o'clock and
came direct to the court room, and
INDICTMENT READ.
States Attorney Floyd Z. Thorn
son served the defendan. with a copy
of his Indictment and the list of jurors
and witnesses. The indictment charg.
ing him with inficting fatal in
juries upon Banker ]. Lee Crow
der was read 20 the prisoner and
at its conclusion, when asked by
Judge Olmsted as to how he wanted
to plead, he replied that he was not
guilty. The indictment charging
burglary and larceny in connection
with the same crime was also read
and the same response given. The
| court then ordered Stra-ton remanded
/ TO the county Jail to await his trial.
CAPTOR INTERESTED.
Deputy Sheriff J. f. Morrison, who
captured Stratton and his partner
Giltemeyer east of Danvers and turn
ed them over TO Sheriff Fleugel OF
/ Pekin for three burglaries committed
/ in Tazewell county, has written tc
/ The Argus for back files of this paper
/ telling the story of the killing of J
/ Lee Crowder of Silvis. He also sub
scribed 10 the paper in order 10 be IN
( formed as to the progress of the STRAIT
ton trial. Deputy Morrison not onl!
caught the two burglars but also re
covered all Of the stolen goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23

Members Of the National Co-opera-
tive Burial association are hereby noti-
lied to call at once at Kents under
taking parlors 20 paw assessment No. l.
MAYME APPLEQUIST, CAdvD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
MORE TERRITORY FOR
PROPOSED ANNEXATION

Petitions to include another district
in the proposed annexation to the city
of Rock Island are being circulated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23

This is to include Eighteenth avenue
to Aiken except the Aiken school and
Ninth to Twelfth. The petitions VIII
probably be presented 70 the city coun-
ell at it's next meeting, The election,
if called, win be at the time of the
school election in June.
All the news all the time - Ths
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
SILWS OFFICIAL SLATED
FOR BIG ADVANCEMENT

G. S. Goodwin, assistant mechanical
engineer at the Silvis shops, is soon
TO be promoted TO the chief mechan-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
RICHARD JOSEPH PITCHER.

Richard Joseph Fletcher, the IS year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Aionzo Petch-
er. 26O6 Fifth avenue, passed away az
the home of his parents about 4:30
o'clock this morning after an illness
that extended over one month. Heart
trouble caused by rheumatism and st.
Vitus' dance was the cause of his
death.
He was born April I, 1900, in Rock
I-land and this city had always been
his home. He was a pupil at the Eu-
gene Field school and his playmates
viii feel his loss keenly. Besides his
parents he is survived by two sisters
blanche and Ruth, both of whom live
at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
BOSS COMPANY WILL OPEN
UP FACTORY AT MOLINE

The Boss Manufacturing company
wilt open a branch factory at Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23
Moline SEAMAN
KILLED ON A SHIP
r. F. Book One of Victims of
Explosion on Torpedo Boat
Destroyer on Pacific.

San Diego, Cal, May ga high
pressure cylinder casting blew out OF
port engine of the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Stewart during a speed trial
today, killing r. o. Smith, an oiler, H.
F. Book, chief machinist's mate, and
injuring A. Miller, ofler, probably IA
tally.
Book is from Moline, Ill, and was
engaged to be married within a few
weeks.
Just what was responsible for the
accident was not learned. An inves-
tigation has been begun.
After the accident the Stewart
came into port in & crippled condi-
ton.
H. F. Book, one of the men killed,
was a native of Moline, a son of Mrs.
Minnie Book of that city, and was q
years of age. He had just completed
four years Of service, having gone
from Moline TO enlist He was to have
been married to a young lady at Sa.
lem, Ore, next week. The body will
be brought to Moline for burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-23

FUNERAL or ROBERT ALEXANDER.
The funeral of Robert Alexander
was held at O'Clock this afternoon
at the United Presbyterian church.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29

structing office parap aphernalia. The fixtures are strictly up-to-date, all boxes having the latest combination locks The new office is in line with the general improvement taking place n the new Casa Grande
 Dr. w. NJ Bell of Phoenix is go ing into the goat business on an ex- tcnsive scale for this valley Recent lv six hundred registered Angora goats arrived for his ranch, which is located short distance from town. Contractor Jay J. Garfield, from the Capital city. has erected q goat shed, zoo 100 feet. house. barn and other buildings, and the well which was drilled on the property shows a fair flow of water. The doctor is cer- tainly enthused over this section of the Great Glorious West Southland.
 The Bulletin, published and printed in Casa Grande, and a strictly home paper, is meeting with the success r. deserves From the first issue it las worked for the interest of the tiiler of the soil and the new settler in this section of Arizona. Letters from all sections of the country and from prominent men in Arizona have been received commenting the paper Cn its live boosting spirit Subscrip- tions have rolled in until now the paper has a fine list of subscribers covering the valley like a blanket and it also goes to all parts of the cast and west. People holding land in this valley appreciate the fact that the paper is devoted to helping to bring settlers and neighbors here and it's columns are filled with only local ard valley news.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
FARM PROGRESS
 GREATEST 1913
Director F. H. Newell of
 Reclamation Service Says That Last Season Has
 Seen Greatest Advance in Science of Agriculture

The year 1913 has been the year of most improvement in agricultural conditions. More progress has been made in farming of the practical sort the last season than in any season previous l noted this especially in the west, through which I have been travelling the last few weeks"
 Director Frederick H. Newell of the United States reclamation service was the speaker. BusiIy engaged in go- ing over the affairs of the project with the manager. MT. Fitch, the director yet had time to discuss his favoritc topic. His last few months have been passed in the field going ever the work of the service in many projects and checking up the prog ress that has been mace under new methods of construction and admin iSIration, put into effect in the past year. It is his regular round Of Iroject inspection that brings him TOW to the Salt River valley.
 Tt used to be that the farmer car ried his stuff to market, sold it in competition with all his neighbors and received for it the lowest price he could ask. Then he would go to the hardware stores the clothing stores the supply houses and pay the +. ghest prices for his goods. He would go to the bank and pay the highest interest on loans.
 But now, things are changing somewhat He is acting in a more husiness-lilIe manner in conducting his affairs. He is becoming a busi- ness man"
 Here MT. Fitch interrupted with:
 The business man is taking to | farming" he said.
 That's right, too. The farmer used 1 to be noted as the most unbusiness- 1 like of our citizens, but now he is | coming more and more to realize the | .alue of cooperation. My friend, I. 1 II. ODonnel, of Montana. who was recently made supervisor of irriga- l ton in the department, made a re- mark that sticks in my memory. He 1 said he never allows raw product to go off his farm. If he has a 1 stack of alfalfa. that he cannot use
 any other way, he gets some lean | range cattle. feeds the alfalfa to them and thereby changes it into a | condensed product, for witch he get, l good price. And beside he is say 1 ing part of the fertility to the soil 1 There was time when the farmer
 
 | il on the desert or in the river
 bottom. any place to get lid of it
 I don't see them doing that now.
 Co operation in buying and selling 1 it the keynote of success. The farm
 CT cannot now afford to be merely ! d producer He must be a wise mar
 keter of his wares. and a shrewd i buyer. too. Or he loses out in this 1 day of fierce competition. I am glad | to hear that Salt River valley farm
 CTS are getting the cooperative idea. l am told that they cannot raise q ! watermelon or cotton or beets or anything. without joining some sort or a cooperative association. which has as it's purpose the reduction of huying and selling to a science.
 "I don't think I shall be able to
 see all the works in the Salt River
 valley irrigation system in an auto
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29

been made since I saw this section lest spring.
 Mr Newell will be accompanied by Chief Electrical Engineer 0. II. En- sign of the southern district. Mr- Ensign is here looking over the DOW CT division and discussing contracts for construction with the governors Jf the Water Users association.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29

mobile. If I had flying machine, l might get a comprehensive view. But all that is visible from a machine will see in my trips the next few
 uays. l expect to get an early start tomorrow morning for Roosevelt. go-
 ing by way of Granite Reef, and talk ing Tn the project to the south. I
 want to see just what progress has
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
GOV. YATES ON BOARD.

Richard Yates, formerly governor Of Illinois, has been appointed a member of the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission, succeeding B. A. Eskhart, with the understanding that he is to be appointed later a member of the new public utilities commission, which will succeed the present commission on January 1.
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29
WANTS RAISE IN RATES

The Minneapolis & Rainy River has filed with the Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission 9 petition ask ing to he allowed to advance it's freight rates 20 per cent above the state rates, on the ground that the latter, as ap- piled to this road, are confiscatory
Arizona republican., 1913-11-29

Hire a little salesman at The Re publican office. A Want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
RESCUED FROM FLAMES.
Edward Woody, Ill in Burning
Home, Carried to Safety.

Edward Woody, a butcher. was rescued
from his home, on the Canal road near
F1etchers boathouse. last night about y
o. clock, when an oil lamp exploded and
started a fire. He was the sole occupant
of the two-story frame house, was ill and
unable TO help himself Mrs. Fletcher,
who discovered the fire. called 10 her son
and daughter to go to his assistance.
The rescuers reached the house before
much Roadway had been gained by the
flames and carried Mr.. Woody TO safety.
Engine company No. responded to an
alarm. but the house was practically de-
strOyed by the time the firemen arrived.
Neighbors succeeded in saving part of the
contents The damage amounted to about
$3.50. the police report. There was no in
surance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
= PO !! H., TRY =
~> BY Cockspur.
BY Cockspur.

breed lay about twelve to thirteen dozen
eggs a year.
The Cochin craze began in England
when some of them were imported from
China. ana a few Of the first lot were
given to Queen Victoria early in the for
ties. The desire for the kind of chick
ems kept by the queen brought small
fortune to the importers. A writer Of
that time declares that a cock and two
hens We're thought to be cheap at $50
and it is recorded that two cocks and
four hens brought $1,000. They. too. had
the name of Cochin China. although they
We're brought originally from Shanghai.
There are four varieties-the buff. par
fridge and black. The standard weight
of the Cochin is. for the cock eleven
pounds, the hens eight and one-half
cockerels nine. and the puliets. seven
, They. too. lay a brown egg, as do all Of
! this breed.
The one great difference between the
Langshans. the B-ahmas and the COchins
is in the color of the shanks. On the
rahmas and the cochinS these are yell
dark. They are the smallest Of the Asiaiic
breeds They lay almost as many eggs
as the Brahmas. but are much better for
ayers. They are of two varieties. the
black and the white. The white Lang
shans were never popular. They were
imported first into England. and from
England into This country. where there
was something of a craze for them in the
eighties.
The tendency today among raiSers of
poultry is away from these breeds and
toward the American. the English aud
the Mediterranean breeds, such as the
Plymouth Rocks. the Wyandottes the
Rhode Island Reds, the Orpingtons and
the Leghorns.
The standard weight of the Langshan
is: Cock. ten pounds hen seven cock
erel eight: pulet. six.
1t would be interesting to hear the tes-
timony of some of the breeders of these
old world fowls. so if there be any who
care to tell our readers what they are do
ing with these breeds, let them write.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
The Asiatic Breeds.

The Asiatic breed of chickens consist
of the light and dark Brahmas. the
Cochins and the Langshans. OF these the
most popular today is the light Brahma.
With the Langshan il is being bred eX-
tensively in the United States. The CO.
chin, however. seems to be going back.
breeders Of them. especially in the east.
are getting fewer, and yet. like the Brah-
mas. they are beautiful, very meaty, and
lay a large. brown egg. At the present
tine the Cochin eggs for Matching bring a
good price because of their rarity.
The history of the Brahmas and the
Cochins is mystery. 1t is agreed. how
ever. that the Brahmas and the Cochins
were brought to this country about the
middle Of the last century The Lang
sbans did not arrive in any great mum
bers until the eighties.
IL is still mooted question whether
the light Brahmas were introduced into
this country or England first. although
the evidence seems to be in our favor,
and according TO that evidence they were
made known to this country by y. II.
Chamberlain Of Hartford, Conn. who OBJ
tanned a pair from seaman. who
brought them from China.
They created sensation. ENorbtant
prices were paid for them. and their MS
tory i'll the fifties reads like panic on
the stock market. Everybody wanted
light Brahmas, and paid prices accord
ingly.
The breed has been given many names
At first it was called the Brahma Poo
rras then the Gray Shanghais, after
which some called them ChittagOngs ant.
Cochin Chinas. and other high sounding
names.
They are large birds, the cocks weigh
ing as much as twelve pounds and the
hens nine and one-half pounds, and like
the Cochin and the Langshans, they have
feathered shanks. There are two va
rieties of the Brahma.. the light and the
dark. The dark Brahmas were never as
popular as the light The birds of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
MODELS TO SHOW ROALWAYS.
Most Unique Exhibition of U. S. Blu
reau for California Exposition.

What is declared 10 be the most elabo-
rate collection OF road models ever dis
played viii be shown by the United
states office OF public roads al TN Pana-
Ga-Pacifc exposition in 1877, Logan
Waller Page, director ef the bureau. 10
nav began preparations Tor assembling
this unique exhibition.
Reproductions OF old Roman roads
French roads and all the various types
OF modern highways will be included in
the models. Miniature reproductions OF
road machinery. as Well as every other
known device used in the building oi
roads. will appear at the exhibit.
For yeas past the bureau has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

displaying al various national and inter
national expositions and elsewhere aud
on its railroad edUca tional cars. samples
OF the york is doing: but the showing
IL is preparing TO make al the Panama
Pacific exposition will be the most COM
plete yet made.
THE road building and Improvement
movement has had grea impetus, said
Mr. Page today. as the result OF the in
struction furnished by the models al
ready In use. They have been display ed
along tie lines of a number OF railroads
i'm the United States. and have done much
TO arouse public opinion to the need for
better roads, expert advice concerning
which this office furnishes free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
Clearing Culebra Cut.

The army engineers are speeding the
work Of clearing out the great landsiides
that have been occurring in the Culebra
cut in the Panama canal with the de-
sign of having a channel available
through that cumbersome part of the ca
nal by the time the first set of locks is
ready next fall Nine steam shoveis
which have been digging away in the cut
have Just been required to operate In
twelve-hour shifts to that end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
WILSON'S SPEAKING DATES.
Secretary of Labor Booked to Make
Three Addresses.

Secretary William 3. Wilson of the De-
partment OF Labor will go to Harrisburg
Pa. May IL. where he will speak at Il
Jeffersonian banquet. which will he given
by the Central Democratic Club of that
state. Secretary OF State Bryan and
Representative Palmer of Pennsylv ania
are also scheduled TO speak.
Mr.. Wilson also will address the Fem
sylvania Society at meeting in this
city tomorrow. and will go to Baltimore
May l.. where he will speak at al out
ing given BY the German Society Of Bal
timore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
Brazil to Exhibit.

Ambassador Morgan has informed the
State Department that Brazil had ac-
cepted President Wilson's invitation to
participate in the Panama Pacific inter-
national exposition at San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

1t pays to read the want columns of
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rilled through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-02

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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-12-24
LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. q. M. Harlan of Lanford, was
visitor here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John league, of New
berry, are spending several days I'm
the city.
Miss Louise Fleming, Of Greenwood,
is In the city assisting her brothers
during the christmas rush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley Young, Of Gaff-
ney, are spending the holidays with
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Young.
MIR. Gus Hart, instructor at the Uni
versity Of South Carolina, is visiting
relatives during the holidays.
Miss Nellie Wallace, of Atlanta, is
visiting relatives and friends In the
city for the Christmas holidays.
DR.. Knox Simpson, Of Jacksonville,
arrived In the city several days ago
to spend the holidays with relatives.
All of the school boys and school
girls have arrived in the city to en-
Joy the Christmas holidays with home
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stobo j. Young are
visiting Mr. Young's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. II. Young, on North Harper
street
Mrs. Lamar Smith and children are
spending several days OF the holidays
with Mrs. }. Il. Montgomery, OF Spar
tanburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Badger Bowen and
children, Of Toledo, O., are spending
the holidays in the city with relatives
and friends.
Mr.. r. e. Thompson's many friends
will be glad to know that he is almost
well again and expects to be back at
work in few days.
Mr.. ]. II. Wolff was here Friday. His
daughter, Miss Martha Wolff, who is
attending Limestone college, came in
from Gaffney and returned home with
him.
Mr.. II. T.. Tumblin, of Ora, one Of the
long time subscribers Of The Adver-
tiser, was visitor in the city yes
terday. BY long time IS not intended
long credit, however, for Mr.. Tumblin
pays up on tho dot" and a little
ahead.