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The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

/, need to buy that instrument. True,
it was that the buying of the instru-
ment fitted In with Williams argu-
ment, but 1t did not complete the the
ory.
81 am not satisfied yet,' / said to
him, and before l get through with
this case / will show you that 1t was
deliberate murder. Keep your eye
on Mr.. Grimes. / am not sure but
what we may need to question him at
headquarters. | am going to disap-
pear for awhile
when next saw Williams | was a
different appearing woman from the
usual Alice Clement. / wore glasses
and carried with me a sample case OF
books. My dress was rather severe in
style. and my hair was presented In
a mode of coiffure several years be-
hind the fashion.
Williams laughed as he looked at
me, and / could not help from smiling
back at him.
~ have here / said, all the latest
works on applied charity. We won't
need them this afternoon, so | think
| will leave them at the station. Our
work is TO be of different sort. Come
on Then l led the way to a good
looking apartment on the North side
and asked for Mrs. Brent. A few mo
ments later a woman faced me in hel
living room.
II have changed my mind abou
the books she said. i don't believe
care for them Then, turning to VII
liams in some surprise. is the gentle
man accompanying your
Yes, was my short answer. ANT
our business here this afternoon doe:
not concern books on charity. Mrs
Brent my voice grew snappy anC
cold, we are here this afternoon t.
ask YOU why you murdered your niece
Eileen Perry She whirled. Her fac
grew ghastly. She seemed to seek 70
some means of escape. No wor'
came from her lips. | stepped be
fore her again. You have confessed
. by your actions that you are guilty
said. Now. before we take you to pc
lice headquarters, tell US why yo1
, committed this murder
"A sob broke from the woman. Sh
, staggered a few steps toward the doc
! and sank swooning to the floor. WI
liams raised her in his arms and cal
ried her in to her bed.
, When at last she could talk, sh
told US the story of the woman whor
; money had driven mad.
{ Eileen Perry lived In sma
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

Whether the potatoes are of the
early or the later varieties, one OF
the essentials in digging is letting
them dry for a few hours after they
are taken from the ground. Six hours
is none too long for them to dry If
the ground Is at all wet when they
are dug. says a Michigan writer in
the Farm Progress. The dirt hard
ems in the sun and under exposure to
the air.
! have spoiled wagon load or
two of potatoes at odd times by
leaving them lying too long in the
burning sun. 1t will turn them
green in color, and the greenness will
sometimes extend for an eighth of an
inch into the flesh of the tuber.
When this happens they might as
well be cooked and fed to the stock
They will be too bitter for eating.
Letting the potatoes dry makes
them far less liable to bruises and in
Jury in handling. The drying-out proc
ess should be carried out still further
| along when the potatoes are carried
out of the fields
| have a long. low shed used fol
various purposes at different times
in the year, but when potatoes are be
ing harvested 1t is used as a drying
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

and sorting shed. The Gull, runts,
sun-burned potatoes. rotten tuoers'
and all that are not marketable are
sorted out under this shed and fed 20
the hogs. ! usually boil them before
feeding, as this develops more starch,
more actual foodstuff than they have
in the uncooked state. The shed gives
the potatoes a chance TO cool out
thoroughly before they are piled IN
storehouse or cellar bins
They should be dug when the vines
die. AS long as there is green in the
vines the plant is growing, and frost
will spoil the potatoes, even II they
are underground | try to have the
potatoes out of the ground before
the frost can have a chance TO do
them any injury.
Although you may have but half an
acre of potatoes it will pay to handle
them carefully during the digging.
Throwing them into baskets, dump
! ing them in wagons and shoveling
them out with scoops, will bruise
bushels OF them. and they are very
tender and easily injured at the time
/ of digging. A cut or bruised potato
rots easily. and the worst OF 1t is
that it spreads decay germs among
! all the others near it.
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The Neglected Artichoke.

This plant UH.,E Gan tg grown "a
almost any glrden, makes a delicious
change in the vegetables for table
use. The plant is perennial, but de-
clines rapidly. and should be reset
every three years.
1t is propagated from seed. and the
suckers are set out. producing edible
heads the second year. The heads
are from three to four inches in
diameter, ard are ready to cut for the
table just btfore they open.
For picking. the heads are often
taken when about half grown. The
leaves are sometimes -blanched and
eaten, and these form the salad plants
which are seen on the market.
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He is the head of something Oh other
in the society
"And who was the other?' queried.
81 don't know her name was the
reply. She is a mighty nice little
woman though. Always pleasant and
all that
Ibid they come together, Mr..
Grimes and the woman?
mo, always separate. / don't
think either one OF them ever talked
to the other
For an hour longer l questioned
! the janitor and gained nothing fur,
ther than the fact that Miss Perry, the
dead girl, had been visited during her
illness by three persons-the physi
clan, Mr.. Grimes, and the little woman
whose name the janitor did not know
But none of them ever had seen or
talked to each other.
AT last left the dingy building
Just as the black wagon Of the coroner
arrived, and hurried to the station
Williams was awaiting me there.
Well? ! asked.
Typhoid germs" was his an
swer. "'Strung along the strings o.
the instrument so that II person
were playing and happened to toucf
one of their fingers to the lips, the in
oculation would be complete
Just as thought was my reply
What does the city physician say?' :"
"'All he knows is that he was call
ed I'D to see the girl and took car
of her. He wanted to take her to
hospital, OF course, but 1t seemed tha
the girl objected so strenuously tha
he obeyed her wishes, and allowed he
to remain where she was. She wa
lust one of these little country girl
who was born with a terrible fear o
hospitals, and the doctor was afrai'
that the mental excitement OF taklnl
her there would make her condition
worse. so he allowed her to remain
| don't believe he knows any NOR
about the case than what he has toll
ne. To tell the truth, Miss Clement,
don't believe that this is a murde
, case at all You have no motive 1
, the first place. Here is a little gin
> seventeen or eighteen years old, VIII
has come TO the city from a sma
country town, who appears to hav
: had no particular enemies, who wa
simply here seeking work as man
: thousands of girls are, and possesse
Of neither good looks nor money. Fror
J what | have learned, and from whs
, the doctor found out about her. sh
: was neither visited by men nor wer
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

ferable, but where the country is fiat
and heavy fogs occur, plank floor ID
to be recommended, especially where
early harvesting is practiced When
tobacco is cured early over dirt floor
there is danger of mould during the
damp weather, after it is cured. before
cool weather comes.
The common method OF harvesting
and curing tobacco in the sun-cured
districts is to cut and haul the tobacco
to the barn immediately and hang
it there to cure by air. But In some
sections it is customary to scafford
in the field or at the barn for a few
days. This is the better plan, as the
sun kills the stalks and starts the
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
Exercise for Brood SoWs.

See that the brood sows take exer-
else and that they get succulent food.
II is doubtful If any other factor in hog
raising has brought about quite as
much injury as the practice of plac-
ing brood sows in little pens, prevent
Ing them from getting juicy roots or
green foods and cutting off their op-
portunity for exercise entirely. The
run of the pasture field, or in the
winter of rye or wheat lots. or in fall
or harvesting peanuts. artichokes. COW
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
Too Rich Food.

II the supply Of rich, green pasture
should cause the ewes to give milk
too rich for the young lambs. SAusins
digestive troubles, the ewes and lambs
affected should be taken from the pas
ture and given dry feed for a few
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

peas, or Of cleaning up old meadows,
all add vigor to the sows, largely wipe
out the cost Of keep and increase the
vitality Of the coming offspring.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
Hurdles Are Handy.

Hurdles can be employed to move
the pigs from one part Of the patch
to another, so that the peas need not
be eaten too closely.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

HAD met the boat at the
dock. and watching the
thronging macs Of men,
women and children as
they poured from the pa
latial prison in which they
had crossed the Atlantic
there came to me the
sisht of a sparkling pair
of brown eyes and a smile
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
VETERANS co To
DETROIT IN 1914

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 19.-De-
trcit. Mich, was selected for the 1914
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic and allied organ
izations.
Colonel J. l. Smith, aged SO, of De-
troit, Mich, retained the Grand Army
of the Republic speed championship
title by winning a sprint and a long
distance race from seven challengers.
The Michigan champion took the 140
yard dash in the remarkable time of
II seconds. In the grueling two and
one-half mile contest, Colonel Smith
crossed the tape 300 yards ahead of
H. G. Barnes, aged 6S, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. The elapsed time was 16 minutes
10 seconds
Colonel C. w. Howe, aged 20. of Port
Huron, Mich, took third honors in
both races.
In the 40 yard dash w. Heincheen,
aged 81, of Cleveland, finished fourth.
John E. Sautter of Pittsburgh. Pa,
was elected commander-in-chief of the
Sons of Veterans. Other officers cho-
SCH "SIC' L. Clt1 DoilihlOt
senior vice commander; Robert w.
Biese, Chattanooga, junior vice COM
mander, and Harry F. Weller, Boston,
William B. Moynihan, Rochester, and
Charles c. Behnte st. Louis, NO.,
members of the council in chief.
The choices were made on the first
ballot.
Election of officers by the Woman s
Relief corps, an auxiliary OF, the Grand
Army of the Republic, also were held.
Mrs. Ida S. Mcbride of Indianapolis
was chosen president; Mrs. Chloe A.
Warren of P1ainyille, Conn, senior
vice president; Mrs Mahalia A Arch
er Of Chattanooga, junior vice presi
dent; Miss Abbie Lynch of Pittsburgh
treasurer. and Mrs. Sarah j. Bradford
of Livingston, Mont, chaplain.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
JEWEL ROBBERS
SHOOT TWO DEAD
Bandits Enter Grand Rapids
Store and Kill-Merchant
Offers Fight.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Sept. 19.lTYo
men wefe shot to death and another
was probably fatally wounded in a
bold robbery at the jewelry store of
J. ]. Thompson, 327 Monroe avenue,
at o'clock last night. The dead are:
]. NJ. THOMPSON, a matchmaker,
aged 80.
EDWARD SMITH. a matchmaker,
aged 35.
The wounded:
Paul Townsend, a diamond setter,
aged "a.
Shortly before o'clock two we'll
dressed men entered the store by the
front door. AS soon as they were
inside they> drew revolvers and com
manded Thompson, Smith and Town.
send to hold up their hands. The
men, who were working at their count.
ers, complied. They were then com
manded to go back into small watch
repairing room.
The robbers followed them, holding
their guns at their victims heads.
Just as the trio were passing through
the door, Thompson turned and crap
pied with the leading thug. During
the struggle, the second robber, be
lieving his partner would be worsted
fired The bullet struck Townsend
in the neck and he fell to the floor
AS Thompson loosed his grip when
he heard the shot the first robber
shot him (Thompson) through the
right lung. The infuriated bandit i'm
mediately turned on and shot Smith
twice. The first bullet grazed Smiths
head and the second penetrated his
heart.
The robbers then ran to the casf
register, secured all the money in 1t
and then rified the jewel trays. 1t II
thought that the amount of their bootl
will run close to $4,000.
The shooting occurred within &
block of police headquarters and the
police were notified by a newsboy
who stood across the street from the
store when the shooting began. Chic
of Detectives ]. U. Smith and eigh
men were Immediately detailed on the
case, but have made no arrests.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
BODY OF GAYNOR
ARRIVES At HOME
Hundred Policemen Form Es-
cort From Ship to New York :.
Mayors Residence.

New York, Sept 19.-The body Of
Williams ]. GaynSF Of Sew York, who
died at sea Sept. 10, lay. today in the
privacy of his Brooklyn home. Sin a
drizzling rain it was lowered at 4 this
morning from the high deck of the lin.
er Lusitania to the citys boat Cor
Dor the Correction steamed an hour
and half later to pier A at the Bat.
terry. A picked squad of 100 police
who stood all night in a rain formed
its escort to Brooklyn
The funeral ship glided into the har.
Dor and came to anchor at quarantine
at 1:20 this morning. A dozen sailors
carried the body in a lead casket from
the mortuary chapel to the deck. The
carpet of flowers under which it lay
was removed and. only great Ameri.
can flag placed over the casket at
Liverpool covered it as the windlass
lowered it Slowly 25 feet to the deck
of the Correction. Aboard the smaller
boat the body was taken to heavily
draped catafalque on the upper deck
on which rested a coffin. The body
was placed in the coffin, the lid was
closed and the Correction cast off and
weighed anchor short distance away
awaiting the coming of day.
Mist had changed to gray when the
engines began to throb and it started
on the short journey to the Battery
1t was full day when the Correction
came to rest in its slip. The rain had
ceased Eight six-foot f1remen and
policemen in uniform. bore the cas-
ket over the gang plank to hearse
A hundred police sent at last night
to the ''pier led the funeral train
through the deserted streets. The route
was through lower Broadway, past the
city hall, to Brooklyn bridge. 1t was
o'clock when the body reached the
mayors home Private funeral ser
vices will be held at Trinity church
1t was Mr.. Gaynor's wish that as lit
tie publicity as possible be attached
to the landing of the body.
Twelve honorary pallbearers, head
ed by William H. Taft, formed in two
lines through which the casket passed
at the Gaynor home.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
ROYAL PRINCESS
SUICIDE FOR LOVE
---~
Sophia of SAKE -Weimar Else
mach Dies When Family
Objects to Fiance.

Heidelberg, Sept. 19.-Princess So
phia, the only daughter of Prince Will
helm of Saxe-Weimar.Ei .Eisenach, killed
herself in her room in her fathers
castle here in a e. OF melancholia
brought on because of the apparently
obstacles to her mar
riage TO the man Of her choice and
TIE hopeless, loveless future before
her.
The princess, who was %
years of age, was n love with
Baron Hans Won Bleichroder, son of
the head of the famous banking house
OF Berlin, who was ennobled for valu-
able financial services to the empire
and who is one of the most influential
financiers in Germany. 1t is said that
the young baron returned her affection
in fact. that they were pledged to
each other.
The romance was shattered, how
ever. by the opposition on the part of
the family of the princess. There have
been rumors Of violent scenes. The
princess made fearful, pathetic and
hysterical appeals for permission to
marry the man of her heart, but her
relatives remained immovable.
The rock in the path of the happi.
ness of the princess is said to have
been Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of
Saxe-Weimar-Eisena the head OF the
house, who is said to have declared
his unalterable opposition to the mar
riage, not so much because the baron
was beneath the princess in rank az
because the young mans father Is q
Jew who had refused to renounce his
creed.
The father of the princess, Prince
Wilhelm, is said to have been WOE
over to her side, but as he has little
means OF his own and lives on the ap
panage granted him by Grand Duke
Ernst, his consent TO his daughter't
marriage TO the baron might have re
suited in his allowance being stopped
1t was given out that the princess
had been found dead in her room
and that she had died of heart dis
ease.
Rumors that she had committed sui
eide soon began to circulate. which
while no Official statement was made
were confirmed by well informed per
sons who are close to the family.
According to the story told by thes'
people. the princess bade the famii,
goodnight as usual shortly before mid
night and retired to her apartments
A few minutes later a shot was hear
and the princess was found dead Il
the floor Of her room with a pistol b
her hand and hole in her forehead.
A brother of the princess, Her
mann. Count Ostheim, had 70 leaN
here and go TO London because of hi
marriage to an actress, and variou
scrapes in which he was involved H
got into the bankruptcy court in Lor
don shortly after his arrival at tn
English capital. He gave up his It'll
Of Prince Hermann OF Saxe-weimal
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
BUS DRIVERS JOIN
STRIKE INLONDON
Newspapers Support the Men
in Their Demands for Rec
ognition of Union.

London, England. Sept 19.-Not a
single motorman or conductor employ
ed by the TilIing Omnibus company,
whose action in refusing to recognize
the union is likely to bring a general
strike Of transport workers in London,
went to work this morning: Many
other bus lines from south TO north
of London entirely suspended, causing
great inconvenience A few old horse
omnibuses we're put on the streets.
There was no disturbance in the vicin-
ity Of the bus sheds, although strik-
ers gathered there in groups waiting
for other companies sjoin them az
midnight tonight Practically the en-
tire press Of London supports the men
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19

Eisenach and position as heir presump-
tive to the grand ducal throne.
He was attached to a crack Berlin
regiment, but was notorious spend
thrift and soon became involved in the
meshes OF the Law. He tried to re-
trieve his fortune by a rich alliance.
and was suitor of Marie Bonaparte.
who afterwards married Prince George
Of Greece, and who got her wealth
from the money her father derived as
part owner of the gaming tables at
Monte Carlo.
After he had been, deprived of all
his honors. and his title and shipped
to London, Count Ostheim married an
Italian chorus girl, known as Wanda
zalters. who had won prize as a
beauty In Milan. He was a conspicu-
Gus figure with his wife at the New
York horse show OF 1909. His wife
aftervards got divorce from him in
the Paris courts.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
NO CURRENCY REFORMS
AT PRESENT; Mr.. KENYON

= Ft Dodge, Iowa, Sept. 19.-United
States Senator Kenyon is visiting his
home here and announced today that
he will make tour of the state for
the purpose of interviewing business
men, bankers and farmers on currency
questions. He expressed the opinion
that there would be no currency legis-
lation at this session of congress.
Springfield, H., Sept. 19.-An in.
formal conference was held today be-
tween United States Senator Lewis of
Illinois and number of bankers of
central and southern illinois in order
that Lewis might obtain views in re-
gard to the curreneys bill which passed
the house yesterday and now goes to
the senate
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
Porforio's Nephew Called
Home to Stand for the
Presidency.
NOT APEACE PROSPECT
Washington Doubts That He
Could Control Situation
Acquit Madero SIayers.

Washington, D, c., Sept. 19.-News
that Felix Diaz. nephew of Porforio
Diaz, has been recalled to Mexico to
become the candidate of Huerta fac
ton during the presidential election
has aroused much interest in official
circles here.
The return of Diaz would mean COM
pliance with President Wilson'S prin-
cipal demand that Huerta should not
be candidate. So far as auguring an
era of peace, however, the outlook is
described as discouraging.
1t is said the United States will not
hasten to recognize Diaz, if elected,
but will wait to determine whether as
a result the government is strong
enough to maintain peace and guaran-
tee international obligations.
PROTEST WARNING.
Los Angeles, Cal, Sept. ia pro
test against the state departments
action in issuing a warning that
caused them to leave their homes
in Yaqui valley of southern Sonora
was sent last night to Secretary Bryan
by more than 100 American refugees
who arrived at San Diego yesterday
on the U. s. s. Buffalo. 1t was re-
quested that the government return
the refngees to their homes that they
might protect their property, or that
the United States government send
to the valley at once a force suffi-
cient to protect it from theft or de-
struction.
HOLD MESSAGE CONSISTENT.
Washington, d. c., Sept. 19.-Presi-
dent Wilson let it be known yester-
day that he takes the view that there
was nothing in General Huerta's mes
sage TO the Mexican congress last
Monday in any way inconsistent with
the Interpretation adopted by the
United States OF the last note trans
mitted by Federico Gamboa, Mexican
minister Of foreign relations, to John
Lind, the American envoy. The ad-
rninistration considers that Huerta,
having been declared in the Gamboa
not Ineligible to succeed himself as
candidate in the approaching elec.
tions, and the American government is
prepared at any time to resume the
negotiations through Mr. Lind on this
basis. Official reports of the killing
OF the Americans, w. o. Robertson
and Morris P. Root, we're received at
the state department yesterday. Ad.
vices from Guadalajara said Root was
killed by a Mexican miner during a
quarrel on Sept. g No details of Mr.
Robertson's death at the hands of the
rebels at FL Lobo, Sinaloa, on Sept
IL, we're given.
NOT PUNISHABLE CRIME.
Mexico City, Sept I9.-The death
of the late President Madero and
Vice President Suarez were not
brought about by a punishable crime
according to the decision of a military
court here today. The investigation
lasted six months.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
CHICAGO WARDEN
GIVEN HIS PAPERS

Chicago. Ill. Sept 19.-Henry L.
Bailey. charged with admitting to the
county hospital patients well able to
pay for treatment while penniless and
sick without political influence were
barred. was dismissed as warden to-
day. Charges that 1000 bodies each
year are disposed of at the hospital at
81 each are under investigation.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
MICHIGAN STRIKE
!. PICKET WOUNDED

Calumet, Mich. Sept. 19.-While on
picket duty at the Isle Royale mine
in the copper miners strike shortly be-
fore daylight this morning. Randolph
Harvey. private of Company A, Kala-
mazoo, was shot from ambush and
seriously wounded. The bullet pene-
trated the right arm. Il was believed
done By strike sympathizers. 4
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
AMATEUR SHOWS
STRONG AT Golf

Brookline. Mass. Sept. 19.-Francis
Quimet. Boston. an amateur. overlook
Nardon and Ray. English profession
uls. at the 54th hole in the American
open golf championship today. Quimet
covered the IS holes in.74. which. with
i5l yesterday. gave him a total OF
f25 Three players started on equal
terms In the final round.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
RESCUES FAMILY
over ROPE ROUTE

Springfield, Ill, Sept 19.-Fire be-
lieved of incendiary origin destroyed
the residence of former Alderman
John T. o'Neil early this morning.
o'Neil lowered members of the fam
ily By a rope and climbed down the
same way.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19

Berlin-A Shanghai dispatch says it
is believed in PekiLg that Japan is act
ing with the tacit support of Russia,
and while the. Chinese government is
determined TO avoid conflict, danger
lies in Japan's possible insistence on
the removal Of General Chang Haun.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-09-19
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Evening stars: Mercury. Jupiter.
Morning stars: Saturn. Venus, Mars.
Near the horizon a wide range OF the
southern sky is spanned by three con.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Qefo. Capri.
cornus (center), Aquarius fright.