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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
DECOY LETTER IS
TRAP THAT LANDS
K|DNAPER OF BOY
rl,de Clayton Nabhed at Rock Island
postofficc by Inspector and
Detective Today.
,ry,NpEn $500 FROM FATHER
,,,rehended When He Receives Reg.
istered Nissive, But at Grilling
Makes no Confession.

CLYDE Clayton, stranger, today
.s arrested in the Rock Island post
500 lobby charged with using the
nails in A scheme TO defraud a Chi
ago man by demanding $500 for the
re,urn Of his missing son. Clayton
was traced h1re by letters he sent.
He demanded the money from Bar
net, Mathews threatening death of his
son, Cyril Mathews, unless the sum
vas sent. Clayton told conflicting
stories. but made no general admis-
sion. Whether he has confederates or
where they are, authorities do not
know. They do not know who is in
possession Of the boy.
CLAYTON was nabbed at 9 o'clock
this morning by Postofice Inspector
Iohn B. Wleklinski of Chicago and
Detective Thomas Cox of the Rock Is
land police department. The man ap-
peared at the registry window and
asked for mail He was expecting the
money. A decoy letter had been sent
from Chicago by postoffice inspectors.
Clayton accepted it at the window. He
was Immediately nabbed by the in
spector and detective, searched, and
taken into the postmaster's office,
where he was given a long grilling.
Clayton had appeared at the general
delivery window asking for mail yes
terday. Local postoffice authorities
notified federal officials in Chicago
and the inspector was sent to this
city. The trap was then arranged.
Is Locked Up Here.
The inspector and detective cues
toned Clayton for several hours, but
secured no confession. The stories he
told were conflicting and the authori-
ties were unable to extract from him
a statement as to the whereabouts OF
the boy 1t is believed that Clayton
kidnapped the lad and it is also thought
that he is travelling under an assumed
name.
He admitted that he did not live in
Rock Island He said he was drop
In" and officials believe he comes orig
irally from Macomb.
When the grilling ended Clayton
was taken to the Rock Island police
station, where he will be kept pend
Ing further action of the authorities.
The kidnapping Of Cyril Mathews Gre
ated country wide attention three
weeks ago. 1t will be remembered
that the Chicago public schools body
was enlisted in the search for the boy
Slime Held TO Grand Jury.
Even Slime, HOS Twelfth street, ar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
Funeral of Albert P. Fielder.

Services for Albert P. Fielder will be
held in the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Fielder, 1920 Eighteenth
avenue, Moline, at Ills Sunday after
noon and in st. Mary's church at g
Rev J. s. Kelley will officiate and burial
will be in st. Mary's cemetery, East
Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02

Monmouth, where the deceased spent
SIS years of her life, for burial
Mrs. Doney had lived with her
daughter in East Moline for a number
Of years. Her husband died July 20,
1913. Surviving are four daughters,
three sons, Is grandchildren and II
great grandchildren. Mrs Sheppard,
Mrs Charles Cannon of West Viz
ginia, Mrs. R. B. Appleget of Lincoln,
New, and Mrs. D. A. Baxter of Kirk
wood. H., are the daughters, while
Charles Doney of Parksburg, W. Va,
and George and Ransom of Monmouth,
are the sons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02

Twenty-six guarantees were re-
moved and % houses fumigated. MUS
ances were reported as follows: Gar
bage, 4 vaults, 10; miscellaneous, 2.
Thirty-siX school permits were issued,
20 burial permits and q were vacci-
mated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
MOLINE BOOSTERS
PUSH RIVER DRIVE
Property Owners to Cooperate With
City Commission in Permanently
Improved Roadway.
TO A WIDTH OF HUNDRED FEET
Paving With Asphalt, With Boulevard
in the Center, Is the Program
Now Favored.

Property owners on River drive, Mo-
line, will cooperate with the city in
permanently improving that roadway
to width of 100 or 125 feet on condi-
ton that the city repeal its ordinance
in which claim is made to the riparian
rights in the east end.
Members of the River Drive Boost
ers club held a meeting last evening.
A resolution, asking that the city re-
peal the ordinance, was passed, and
will be submitted to the council by
committee composed of H. S. Ransom,
&c. ". Becker and George Gould. At
the same time plan for improvement
of River drive was presented and
adopted. The improved road. which it
is the intention to ultimately pave
with asphalt or some similar material
follow, according to the new plan the
line established when watermains
were recently laid along the river
bank.
Several of the property owners pres
ent stated that if the road is improved
along this line they will be willing to
cede their riparian rights to the city,
on condition that the property be used
for park purposes, however. and not
| for docks or warehouses, as long as
River drive remains a residence street.
These grants, however, would not eX-
| tend west of the east line of the prop
erty along the river front owned by
| Deere & Co.
Would Bar Docks.
| If the resolution adopted by the
; boosters club last night sets forth all
| the facts correctly, it means that the
! city of Moline will never be able to
! build docks and warehouses anywhere
along the river front. except possibly
at Sylvan park, unless it purchases
| riparian rights to a certain amount of
| frontage from Deere & Co., or from
| one of the several owners of river
front property west of the Deere hold
/ ings, unless of course, a gift of land
should be made to the city by some one
! for dock and warehouse purposes.
! Several members of the club made
complaint that the whistling nuisance
has begun again. A committee was
appointed to take up the matter with
the city council and endeavor to force
all engineers to blow the whistles of
their engines only in cases of emerg-
ency.
Want More Street Lamps.
! Several more street lamps are de-
sired at east end railway crossings
and a committee was appointed to take
up this matter with the city council.
/ The committee is cOmDOsed of &C w
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
Funeral of Mrs. Carrie A. Barth.

The funeral of Mrs Carrie A. Barth
was held this afternoon at ? o'clock
at the home Of her father. William
Jackson, 824 Twentieth street, Rock
Island. Rev. o. T. DWinell, pastor of
the First Methodist church, assisted
by Dr. r. G. Pearce, was in charge OF
the services. Interment was in Chip
piannock cemetery. The services were
private.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-02
Want More Street Lamps.

Several more street lamps are de-
sired at east end railway crossings
up this matter with the city council.
The committee is composed of &c W.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
GOVERNMENT NAMES
LUNCH BASKET MENUS
Homo Economics Division Suggests
Best Food To Provide school
Children.

Washington March 20.--After an
exhaustive study. Uncle Sans AGENTS
in tire Home Economics division OF
tho Department of Agriculture have
determined just what you should put
in the children's lunch baskets when
they go to school.
Nine practical school lunches have
been selected. They contain. accord
ing 10 the experts the right amounts
OF facts, proteins, starch, sweets. and
the thousand and one other things
that go to make up food for human
consumption
Here are the nine:
H Sandwiches with sliced -tentier
meat for filling; baked apples. cookies.
or few Jumps Of sugar.
?. Slices of Ineat-loaf or bean-loaf:
bread nd butter sand iches; stewed
fruit small frosted cake.
g. Crisp rolls, followed out and
filled with chopped meat or fish,
moisteued ard seasoned, or mixed
with salad dressing: orange, apple, a
mixture of sliced fruits. or berries;
cake
g. Lettuce or celery sandwiches;
cup custard: jelly sandwiches.
s. Cottage cheese and chopped
green- pepper sandwiches. or pot Of
cream cheese with bread and butter
sandwiches; peanut sandwiches; fruit:
cake.
6. Hard boiled eggs; crisp baking
powder biscuits: celery or radishes:
brown-sugar or maple-sugar sand
witches.
7. Bottle of milk; thin corn bread
and butter; dates: apple.
S. Raisin or nut bread with butter.
cheese; orange; maple sugar.
9. Baked bean and lettuce sand
witches; apple sauce; sweet chocolate.
The provision of bottle of milk Is
suggested in one Of the menus. but, OF
course, taking milk to school in warm
weather would be impracticable un-
less means were provided for keep
ing II chilled until II is consumed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
THINKS GERMANS HAVE
INSPIRED. Villas ACTS.
British Drew Practically All of Its
OIL from Mexico-Easy To De-
stroy Zig Fields.

New York. March 20.--A prominent
owner of Mexican oil wells, who for
obvious reasons could not have his
name published, explained here in
detail today just how the disorders
caused by Francisco villa may have
an important bearing on the Eu-
ropean war.
The great Mexican oil wells are
owend by the British and the Ameri-
cans. Oil is growing scarce and go
ing up In price rapidly throughout
the world The British navy draws
practically all of its oil for fuel from
Mexico. This well owner believes
the Germans are instigating Mexican
disorders with view to embarrass-
ing the British in their fuel supply.
He estimated the amount of Mexi-
can oil now going to the British navy
at thirty thousand barrels.
There are two dangers to. our
wells which have increased tremen-
dously in the last few weeks" he
said. land the American public seems
curiously in ignorance as regards
both. Villa has now become public
menace not only In Mexico to Next
cans. but to everything in That country
where interference is likely to precipi-
tate trouble in any form,
ut is not particularly hard to Ge-
stroy field where thousands of bar
reis day are harvested. Set one
we'll on fire so that the value be
burned off and the chances are that
the entire field will be gone beyond
q chance of recovery. I'll tell you
what have seen in this conneetion.
Where the well had a casing tube
eight inches in diameter. through
which the oil flowed through TO the
surface. a fire burned away the value
and admitted a leak around it. The
destruction which sansued when the
burning gases reached the surface
caused a salt lake thirty-two acres in
area, from which flowed a river where
we were able to sail fair-sized stern
wheel steamer.
From this lake literally millions
and millions of gallons of oil mixed
with the salt water and flowed cut
to sea. The loss was IncalculabIe, and
it may occur at any time, due to ne
glect or to malicious purpose.
"Of course, our people are not so
intimately concerned with the Next
can oil fields az are the English at
present, and 1t may be said that the
British themselves should watch out
for what they need. Well. the Rrit :
ish are capable. II is true. and at pre-,
ent 1t is the English government
which Is the only nation in the world
whose word Is unprecedented law with
Mexicans. But the United States In
coming to a time when the Mexican
oil fields will be as much of neces-
sity to itself. and If II does not take
care. II will find II is too late.
Some understanding of what the
oil industry in the Southern Republic
may mean TO us can be gained from
these figures. Crude oil could he de-
livered in New York city AT the rate
of at least 500. 0oae' barrels day,
were there ships enough to carry il,
at a cost of something over fifty
this oil can be turned into gasoline,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
RAILROAD on
GREAT ARCTIC SHORE
Over Five Hundred Men Nearly
starved BY Russian Treatment.
Work Progressed Slowly.

New York, March 2o.--Just why the
celebrated Russian railroad to the Ice
free shore of the Arctic Ocean In
northwestern Russia won't open on
schedule time this spring was suggest
ed by the story of Pierre -. Lawrence,
French canadian of American citi-
Eenship, who has returned from there.
Last October" Mr.. Lawrence said,
advertisements appeared in Win
nipeg and other Canadian cities CALI
ing for men used to railroad build
ing in cold countries. They got to-
gether $40 fine. husky chaps
They brought us down here to
Weehawken and took us aboard the
Russian American liner Gar. We
got TO Russia in twelve days, but thcn
found that we were not at Kol1 Mt all.
but ut Simienonono, mere fishing
village. The nearest place was kan
dalasha, but that was twelve miles
away. We got in binding snow
storm at the end of October, and found
II was about ten degrees above zero.
They told us to be ready to disem
bark at o'clock in the morning,
I'VE got the machinery off although
there was nothing but = beach and
we had to walk a quarter OF mile
TO get off the sand. The bosses came
off about 10 o'clock, and then sud-
denly the steamer pulled out and left
Archangel. We asked for food and
found all that had been landed were
three barrels of green apples, two
hams and one case of eggs. Think
of that for $40 men There was a
rush for them, and you can imagine
the jam as a lot of husky irishmen
and Scotchmen started scrapping 10
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

get the grub. Some of thsm were
showed in the water. but we got them
out all right
when we asked the boss what to
do. he said: Make out the best you
can He told US there was another
ship already two days overdue and
she would have the provisions. Then
she didn't come. and. they said she
had been torpedoed
There Was No Sugar.
We could get all the black bread
and tea we wanted from the Rus
slams, but there was no sugar. The
Russians would give you anything,
only they hadn't anything to give.
There were some huts near, and we
pulled them down and made shelters
Then there were. seventeen = horses,
and we killed five OF them. There
were plenty of turnips. carrots and
ca bbages brought from the South.
They were just lying about on the
beach, and we made stew of those.
SO we had to live for five weeks. In
the end we got reindeer"
When at last ship arrived. the
first thing she discharged was cases
of beer and barrels of rum, and for
a time, at least, Mr.. Lawrence said
the construction gang seemed to have
forgotten their troubles.
"One day" Mr.. Lawrence went on.
"a Russian official, all covered with
medals. came along and said he rep
resented the Department of Rivers and
Harbors. He said, i suppose you can
give me- accommodations for sixty
five of my staff. and we had only got
huts for our own men. The boss
said, The nerve of him!' and ! told
him IL as nearly as could In French;
so he took his sixty-five aboard a
Russian ship and sailed for Archan-
gel"
Trouble About Pay.
According to Mr.. Lawrence there
was trouble again in February with
the Russian authorities about the
pay, and the construction gang were
driven by Russian soldiers aboard
ship. But the British admiral inter-
fered. and forced theji Russian au-
thorities to live up to their agree
ment.. and give the men passage
back to this country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
FAIRY STORIES FOR CHILDREN.

Graded in the golden petals OF the
lilies, there sleep the fairies, then the
flowers OF the garden become to him
what unsung poems are to us--that
latent music which is deep in the
heart of us although in some it never
finds expression.
Children never feel lonely when
they believe the world is peopled with
little, living mcrry-eyed folk, who
come to them, as our own grand
mother threatened, "oniy when we
are good"
do think it is wrong to tell the
little ones of wicked fairies and Cog
gle-eyed witches, but who wants to
be denied the pleasure of that span
OF life when we do not doubt that the
Easter Rabbit lays the coiored candy
eggs and that Santa Claus comes
down the chimney?
I would be so glad 10 hear from
mothers upon this subject, informing
me If they believe it advisable to tell
their children fairy stories. Perhaps
am wrong in thinking they bring
bright moments into their Outlines
drab little lives, and preserve intact
for many little spirits that intangible
something which later on makes il
so much more possible to bear the
hard. cold facts of existence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
HAVE COLONY IN UTAH

salt Lake CITY, Utah, March 20
More than thousand South Sea
Islanders are now living in colony
In Skull Valley this state. and pros
pering exceedingly There are Mao
ris. Samoans and Hawaiians living
and farming IN perfect harmony. In
terrnarrying and raising children.
Twenty five or thirty years ago the
older men of this strange colony came
from across the Pacific. some as gall
ors, some as stowaways. They wan
dered i'm small groups about Cali
fornia and some of them came across
the sierras into Idaho and Utah. They
were starving when group OF bust
ness men decided to help. them,
They secured 5000 acres of land
in the Skull Valley, located all tho
south Sea natives that they could find.
and established them in colony which
they cali Ioseppa. An American
farmer was selected as superintendent.
Each man was paid good wages at
the start, and "a Hoor az they were
capable they were allowed To buy half
acre lots and cottages At actual cost
Now there is "a new generation
growing up. Some of the boys have
gone from the grade school and
taken fun courses AZ the state Asri-
cultural College Several of the girls
have become stenosraphers IN Salt
Lake City. A number have graduated
from the University OF Utah.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

Every woman realizes the comfort
of such dressing gown as this one.
1t is loose and simple, it takes pretty
and becoming lines and 1t means
comfort and satisfaction. For the
spring. the gown could be made of
cashmere, of oriental crepe or of ma
terial of such weight. For the summer
il would be pretty made OF something
thinner and lighter and there are num-
berlcss suitable materials. Oriental elk
is charming for such use and the Orr
entail crepes are perhaps especially
adapted to gowns OF the sort. The
silk and wool crepes are OF very
good weight for summer, cashmere is
excellent and there is a good showing
of washable materials which provides
opportunity. In the picture, japanese
silk is trimmed with plain color. For
the slightly warmer wrapper, it would
be well to use albatross with lining
of Habutai silk and the lining well
could be in contrasting color, as pink
under grey or green under tan. Added
to all its other advantages, the gown
is extremely simple and easy to make.
There is no fitting to be accomplished.
there are only the under-arm seams
to be sewed up and the belt confines
the fullncss at the waist line. The
patch pockets are fashionable but are
not essential and if liked they can be
omitted.
For the medium size will be needed,
8 yards of material II inches wide,
Oh yards 80 or So yards ~ with
q yard Sc inches wide for the collar,
cuffs and belt.
The May Msnton pattern SOFA is
cut in three sizes. 81 or 50, SO OF 40,
"A or a.. will be mailed to any
address b. o. Fashion Department
of this paper, on receipt Of ten cents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
TODAY'S BEAUTY HELP

You can keep your hair at its very
best by washing 1t with teaspoonful
of canthrox dissolved in a cup of hot
water. afterward rinsing thoroughly
with clear water. One finds that the
hair dries quickly and evenly, Ii un-
streaked. bright soft and very fluffy,
so fluffy, In fact, that 1t looks more
abundant than 1t is, and so soft that
arranging 1t becomes a pleasure. This
simple, inexpensive shampoo cleanses
the hair and scalp thoroughly of all
dandruff and dirt. and leaves a clean,
wholesome feeling. All scalp irrita-
ton will disappear. and the hair will
be brighter and glossier than ever be-
fore. ADV.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

ana we at present are forced 70 the
necessity OF using lighter oils 10 man
ufacfure gasoline.
For the moment. these fields have
been safe. because Of the gold. Brit
ish gold, they have paid over TO the
treasury OF Mexico each month. We
are not afraid that the Mexican gov
ernment will interfere with our IN
dustry. SO long as our money balances
that offered by others, but what VIII
happen should the Teutons offer .
higher bid?"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
Pro- German Propaganda i'm sweden
Grows.

Stockholm, March .20.---The pro-
German agitation is growing through
out Sweden and she government has so
far taken no steps to check 1t. The
country is flooded with pamphlets jus
tifying the German cause and appeal
ing for the sympathies and active aid
of the Swedish nation.
In many cities pro- German orsani-
Nations have been formed. The Lead
ers of these societies are mostly school
teachers. writer's. physicians and
other intellectuals. Some of the con-
sentative politicians are openly nd
vocating an alliance with GERMANY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
Lady KalYin n.cs

New York. March 2o.--News of the
death of Lady Kelvin, widow of Lord
Kelvin, the famous scientist, was re-
ceived here today in a cable to John
Bottomly. OF East Fifty-fifth Street
nephew of Lord Kelvin. Lady Kelvin
died at Larges. Scotland. She was a
member of the famous Blandy fap'ilx-
of the MADEIRA IsiandR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21
ONE LEGGED STENOGRAPHER
DID NOT BITE ADvERTSE,fNT
Atlanta, Ga, March 20.--"Wanted
A one-legged stenopragher Apply


II surely was nice little mystery,
that advertisement, and II had the
professional typists and general public
specializing for several days before the
story leaked out. The secret:
In an adjoining county there are
seventeen candidates for tax collector.
few votes will decide the race, so
large In the field. One OF the candi-
dates had hooked up with a one-legged
stenographer. who was quite a popu-
lar fellow. The candidate promised TO
make him deputy II he won.
The stenoRraphe. worked among
the voters with such good results that
rival camps became alarmed One of
them had friend who wanted a
stenographer. The ad was put in the
paper ana the political stenographer's
attention very casually called to 1t. He
applied for tho tob, too, for. be II re-
MON bered. a bird IN the hand Is worth
two In the bush. The scheme leaked
out. however, and instead of taking
the position. he Is now working harder
for his candidate than ever.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

County has returned to her home,
after visit TO her parents. MT. anu
Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, N TINS city'
attending school IN fhliaoeipFla tnls
season is the guest or hef parents, MT
and Mrs. " H. u Rogerson' AT theii
home on west Grace street
~.
Leon Wa llP3Etpln, OF tTliN city mas
ireer the recent FHeHt OF All and Afs'
Emil Levy. in Orange
John I'M Morgan mas returned 10
his home In Brooklyn. y " AFTER
spending few days with Mrs' MorRan
az The Jefferson Hotei. MIS-. morgan
will visit relatives IN 3'ls fltF beturo
returning to her nome the latter part
OF the WeeK
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

Mrs Algenon Craven, of Albemarle
County, has returned to her home.
after a visit to her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas Atkinson, IN this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-21

Two Provinces Proclaim Independence
London, March 20.-According
TO u Central News dispatch the
Hongkong provinces OF kiang-Si
and Human have proclaimed their
Independence