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The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
Nutshell NeDs

Health Department records show that
the number of contagious disease cases
in Washington is below normal There
are fewer cases OF typhoid fever, whoop-
ing cough, measles, scarlet fever and
diphtheria than last October. There are
now four cases of infantiie paralysis
under treatment.
The Home for the Aged and Infrm at
Bluefeids, d. c., had $50 inmates in the
last fiscal year, according to the report
of Supt William J. Fay. The daily
average was 33S persons. the largest 857
and the smallest $40. Forty-two wards
died in the last year.
An organization to promote the study
Of Hebrew literature was organized SUM-
day night at the Ohaye Sholan Congre-
cation. with d. e. Abramson as presi-
dent, Jacob A. Ehrlich, secretary and
Nathan Bachrach, treasurer.
Judge Wilmer ]. Latimer, Of the Ju-
venile Court, presided at a meeting OF
the executive committee OF the Chill
dren's Council in the Board of Charities
office at the District Building yesterday.
At the committees next meeting, October
lS the subject of delinquent girls will be
discussed by Mrs. Jennie A. Griffith, su-
perintendent Of the National Training
School for Girls. and Mrs Edna X.
Bushee, probation officer of the Juvenile
Court.
The Farm Loan Board Is swamped with
Inquiries as to details of the new rural
credits law. More than 1o0, 900 inquiries
have been received. The board Is pre-
pairing a farm loan primer, which will
tell all about the system It will be COM
piled in question and answer form.
The Department of Justice yesterday
appealed to the United States Supreme
Court for a ruling giving the Interstate
Commerce Commission power to force any
railroad having a monopoly on terminal
facilities to share facilities with COM
pettors. The test case involves the
Louisville and Nashville and Nashville
Chattanooga and st. Louis roads ter
minals at Nashville and the Tennessee
Central.
Mrs George Thatcher Guernsey, OF
Kansas, is expected to be a leading can
didate for president general Of the D.
A. R. next spring. Mrs. Robert Lansing
Ter Horton. OF Buffalo, is an aspirant
Members of the high school team which
is to leave Saturday for the national
shoot at Jacksonville, October 11-26 have
not been designated. The civilian team
representing the District left yesterday
afternoon under the leadership of NJ. A.
Winter. n szxTKxu
Saturday half holidays throughout the
year for government clerks probably will
be recommended by the President. Most
OF the Cabinet officers are In favor Of the
plan. The subordinate officials in the de-
partments are said to have recommended
the halliday Saturday to the secretaries
of the departments almost unanimously.
Funeral services were held yesterday at
Is 80 o'clock at the residence, 1906 Kan
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
DANISH WORKERS WANT
us. FLAG PROTECTION

Special to Ths Washington Herald
New York. Oct. 9-The purchase Of the
Danish West indies by the United States
Is the desire both OF the planters and the
laborers who inhabit the islands, accord
ing to the statement OF D. Hamilton
Jackson. the editor of the Herald, of
Christiansted. St. Croix. Mr.. Jackson is
in this country to study economic condi-
tions. and particularly the conditions in
which negroes live.
A poll of the islands population, Mr.
Jackson said, showed that the desires of
the people were all but unanimously in
favor Of American ownership. He said
also that the people of the island, Eng
lish speaking and used to American ideals
and American civilization, are satisfied
the destiny OF the island will never be
worked out under Danish rule. and that
the retirement at the end of this month
OF Mr.. Holweg-Larsen, the present gov
ernor, is anxiously awaited.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
CHEESE RESERVE GROWS,
SAY U. S. REPORTS

The monthly report Of the Once of
Markets and Rural Organization. Depart
ment Of Agriculture, on the cold storage
holdings Of American cheese, October l.
shows 29,4s7,7ss pounds of cheese in 1sS
storages. The total holdings reported by
l2e storages was 2,4ossSs pounds, as COM
pared with 22s22,Ss7 pounds October l,
1915, difference Of ntne-tenths of one per
cent
The report shows that the holdings in
creased 1.6 per cent during September, as
compared with an increase of 10 per
cent during September last year.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
A. R. BRADY'S HEARING
FIXED FOR OCTOBER 19

A Randolph Brady, arrested on a
charge of shooting Earl W. Eden and
Clifton Howells, when they were picking
chestnuts on NBrady's farm on Sixteenth
street extended, Sunday afternoon, was
released on $1,000 bond in Police Court
yesterday for appearance October 1s
Eden, who was shot in the eye remains
in the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital Physicians hope to preserve
the sight of the eye. Howells suffered
a slight wound in the breast
Brady said he was driving his guinea
hens home when he saw the two men
gathering chestnuts. He warned them
of, he said, and then shot
Attorney R II. Yeatman is Brady's
counsel.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
Steel STOCKS RECOVER
after SHARP DECLINE
Downward Movement Characterized by
Fiinanciers as Work of Impulse.

Special to The T'lshington Herald
New York, ct 9.-That the downward
movement was a work OF impulse to a
considerable extent was illustrated in the
behavior of the steel stocks in general
and Republic Iron and Steel In particu-
lar. That issue sold at the opening at
90, or a recession of IS points from the
Saturday closing, but within a half hour
the stock had rallied sufficiently to wipe
our practically all of this loss. United
States Steel opened 5000 shares Of the
common at liz to 1o9, on 4 1-s to Is
points, and the lowest level in a fort
night, but thereafter it showed dispo-
sition to hold closely around 113. Sloss-
Sheffield had wide fluctuations and at
one time registered a loss of points,
but at least half Of this was recovered
in short order.
The Chile Copper Company in Septem-
Der produced 4.ossooo pounds of copper,
or an increase of L01soOO pounds over the
previous month, which was much larger
than was expected. Officials of the COM
pany say that the end of the winter sea-
son has permitted a larger production,
and unless unforeseen developments oc-
cur a further increase is likely to be
shown before the next few months.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
WHEAT WEIGHS LESS.
Six Pounds Less to BuSheI Are the
Figures Given,

That the average weight Of wheat to
the bushel this year is six pounds less
than heretofore Is cited In a statement
issued by the Department of Agriculture
yesterday. These figures were gathered
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, whose
data covered the States Of Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Washing
ton and Oregon.
The estimated production made by the
bureau is 152. 81, 900 bushels figured at the
rate OF sixty pounds to the bushel, but
with the weight six pounds less to the
bushel the crop will probably reach no.
ooo 900 bushels
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10


sas avenue, for Jesse coe. II years old.
day. Interment will be at New Haven.
Conn.
| Mrs. Martin Hogan. who died Sunday.
| will be buried today, following services
at o'clock In the Church OF the Immacu-
| late Conception, with interment In Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
| Mrs. Annie Van Buren,, widow of Col
I George NJ. Van Buren,, will be buried to-
day at Arlington, with services at 2
nue..
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook. U. 9. N,
retired. who served IN the Civil and Span
ish-American wars, is dead at his home
in Northampton, Mass. where he had
lived since his retirement In 1905.
Mrs. Clara Carr, 43, 222 Eleventh street
northeast, and Mrs Oliver Kroner suf-
fered bruises when struck by an automo-
bile at Eighth and streets northeast,
yesterday.
Stxty-five dollars was stolen Sunday
from the safe OF the c. c. Curtis Linotype
Company, 1908 street northwest. W. H.
Merillat, manager. said the thieves ma
nipulated the combination Of the safe.
| -
An auto truck of the Old Dutch Market
Company, driven by NJ. H. Bowers. f77 N
street northwest, collided at Tenth and
streets northwest, yesterday. with q
wagon driven by Charles Bitter, of Is o
street northeast. Bitter was slightly in
jured.
Thieves ransacked the home OF W. r.
Sisinger. Ills Eighth \street northwest,
during the last month while his family
was absent.
A pocketbook containing IS was stolen
from dresser in the home of Mrs. George
H. Patterson. ga I street northwest.
The junk shop Of Frank & Sons, a5 L
street southwest, was ransacked Sunday
night by robbers. who stole SO from the
safe.
An automobile operated by Charles
CoIston. 1oe7 Eighteenth street north
west, yesterday afternoon, collided with
a lamp post. The lamp post was broken.
William Kicks, negro. a years old Of
1515 T street. janitor Of an apartment at
belmont hIfeSI ana SOIuInDlh ROAD, was
| struck on the head by an elevator and
removed to Emergency Hospital yester-
day.
Washington attorneys admitted to prac-
tice before the Supreme Court yesterday
are: Charles Woodbury. Arth, ]. Edward
Thomas. C. Chester Caywood, Groom H.
Hackworth, Edwin Allen Swingle and r.
Clay Lindsey.
Mrs. Caroline Damon, 1875 Irving street
northwest is suffering from two broken
ribs and minor cuts and injuries to her
head and arms as the result OF being
caught under an automobile Jitney bus
near Clarendon. Va, Saturday night.
Mrs. A B. Damon, Mrs. F. NJ. Beatty and
Miss Clara Beatty. Of the same address,
| are still suffering from shock
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
WHEN IS A CRIPPLE4
Three Men Charged with Posing as
Unfortunates.

Three ~cripples," said to be members
Of a gang OF more than ten, operating In
this city during the last three weeks, were
brought to police headquarters last night
by Detective Sergeants Baur, Kelly and
Burlingame. Of the Central once and
charged with vagrancy. According to the
police, they had been soliciting charity
In downtown sections by assuming the
attitudes Of cripples.
The three men arrested and the ad-
dresses and occupations they gave were:
John J. Drury, IS. a salesman, At G street
northwest; James Boyd, Q, waiter, OF
Portsmouth, Va, and John Burke, Is, a
blacksmith, OF Buffalo, N. Y.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
G0NzAGA HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ATTEND MASS

Mass OF the Holy Ghost was oelsbrated
yesterday in St Aloysius' Church. In con-
nection with the opening exercises Of
G0nzsgs High School Rev. Paul r Con
lii, S. J.. was the celebrant with Rev.
Hagen, S. J., as deacon, and Rev. Cata-
lano, s. J., as subdeacon-
Rev. A J. Donlon, s. J., president Of
Georgetown University. delivered the ser
mon BE eIhorted the students 70 a
faith in self, which he declared TO be
essential TO success. The mAss was
largely attended.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
400 LIQUOR LICENSE
CASES WILL BE HEARD

Beginning this morning at 10 o'clock
the District Excise Board viii consider
the applications Of nearly 400 persons for
wholesale and retail liquor licenses AL
hearings Will be public.
Thirty or forty cases a day Will be
heard. Notification will not be given
applicants Of hearings of Individual cases
The Anti-Saloon League will be repre-
sented by Albert E. Shoemaker.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
LECTURE ON INFANT PLAGUE.
DIR. James p. Lea<e Addresses Meet
ing at Y. NJ. c. A. Gymnasium.

ing at Y. NJ. c. A. Gymnasium.
DR. James P. Leslze. past assistant sur
geon of the United States Public Health
Service stationed at the Hyg1enic L.abora-
tory, lectured on infantile paralysis IN
the Y. NJ c. A. gymnasium last evening.
and emphasized the similarities Of early
symptoms in menengitis, scarlet fever
and hyrophobia-
The treatment he prescribed for chill
dren suffering from the naalady and dur
ing the period Of recuperat1on Is absolute
rest, to be followed by massage and
scientific gymnasium work.
Next Monday DR.. Charles s. White,
surgeon to George Washington and Emer-
gency Hospitals, will speak
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
EPISCoPALIAKs GO WEST.
Delegates TO st. Louis Convention
Leave wsshinEtOn.

Washington delegates 70 the conven-
ton Of the Episcopal Church, which
meets In St Louis tomorrow, left
yesterday. The delegates include:
Rt Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop Of
Washington: Rt- Rev. DR.. MontEom-
cry. Rev. DR.. Randolph H McKim,
Church OF the Epiphany; Rev. DR.. c.
Ernest Smith, St Thomas Church +:
Rev. c. Rockford Stetson, St Marks
Church; Rev. DR.. Robert Talbot, St
Paurs Church, and these lay delegates:
A s. Brown h L. Rust, DR.. william
c. Rives and Byron S. Adams
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
EASTERN STAR GIVES CONCERT.
Martha Chapter Holds BENEFIT 70,
New Home,

New Home.
A concert under the auspices Of the
auxiliary board of Martha Chapter, No.
4, Order Of the Eastern Star, for the BEN
eft of the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home, was given at the Ebbitt House
last night.
Those participating were Earl Car
baugh, Mrs. Charles Ashby, DR.. Lula
Waters, DR.. J. Henning Nelms, Miss Ma
rion Richardson, Miss May witaker and
Mrs. Samuel V. Gusack The Kallipolis
Grotto Band gave selections.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10
ADVERTISE AT NIGHT
USE ELECTRIC LIGHT
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snTosu.SEvENrH STREET,
Washingtan.p.c-

2
c. Mclaughlin Manager.
Electric Power Company.
Washington, D. C.
Mclaughlin
working evening.
o In
distributors
we
clothing
Again thanking remain,
Yours sincerely HECHT COMPANY.
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The Washington herald., 1916-10-10

Mrs. Annie Van Buren,, widow of Col
George NJ. Van Buren,, will be buried to-
day at Arlington, with services at
o'clock In the residence, 3s1 Newark ave-
nue..
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10

Mrs. Martin Hogan, who died Sunday.
Will be buried today, following services
at Q o'clock In the Church Of the Immacu-
late Conception. with interment In Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10

Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook. U. 9. N.
retired, who served IN the Civil and Span
ish-American wars, is dead at his home
in Northampton, Mass. where he had
lived since his retirement In 1903
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10

sas avenue. for Jesse Coe. II years old,
son OF Mrs. Ada B. Coe. who died Satur-
day. Interment will be at New Haven.
Conn.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-10

Washington attorneys admitted to prac
tice before the Supreme Court yesterda
are: Charles Woodbury. Arth, J. Edwar
Thomas. C. Chester Caywood, Groom F
Hackworth. Edwin Allen Swingle and ]
Clay Lindsey.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
WANT TO BE JUDGES.

Jackson. Miss, Feb. 1.-Two candi-
dates are in the field for the circuit
iudgship of the lat hdistrict made va
cant by the promotion of Judge ]. B.
Holden to the Supreme bench. The
aspirants are Judge ID. NJ. Miller, of
Hazlehurst, who has a record of eight
years of service on the circuit bench,
and Hon. H. Y. Wall. OF Summit, pres
ent district attorney of the district,
who is filling his second term in that
office.
Mr. Wall is recognized as the adj
ministration candidate for the berth,
and a lively campaign is being waged.
The date of the special election is
March 21st. The f4th district is COM
posed of the counties of Copiah. Lin
coin and Pike.
1t is currently reported that in
event of the election of Mr.. Wall to
the circuit judgship Gov. Bilbo will
appoint as his successor to the district
attorneyship Hon. F. d. Hewitt, oil
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15

ASSOCIATION MEETS

Clinton, Miss, Feb. 15.-The Mis-
sissippi College athletic association at
meeting held yesterday, elected the
following men who had been nomin-
ated by the athletic council: For base
ball, S. w. Polk, manager; B. Lang
ston, captain For track, w. r. Mccoy,
manager, and King. captain. For next
years football squad, B. l.. McMillon,
manager, A. A. Tate, captain
Prospects are good for both baseball
ascend track this year and Coach Bible
is very iubilant.
The second game of the class league
resulted in victory of 20 to Is for
the Freshmen, over the Juniors. The
Sophomores and Freshmen play tomor-
row and this game will really decide
the class championship.
The strong football squad of this
fall will be left intact with the ex-
ception of two men, Parks at end and
Hall at guard. Next falls squad will
in all probability be the strongest in
the history Of the institution and will
be one OF the hardest, of not the
hardest, team in the state to defeat
The 1916 schedule will be announced
in q few days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
Here's the Opinion.

The appellant, Joseph Staiger, was
convicted of the murder of one A. p.
Miller in the Circuit Court Of Forrest
county and prosecutes this appeal. The
material facts upon which the state re-
lied for a conviction are in substance
as follows
About month before the killing,
the appellant Staiger told his wife of
certain derOgatory remarks alleged to
have been made to him by the de-
ceased about one Mrs Armbrecht.
Mrs. Staiger repeated these remarks
to Mrs. Armbrecht; and Mrs. Arm
brecht told her husband of them. On
the day of the killing, to-wit, May 81.
1914, Mr.. Armbrecht, shortly after the
noon hour called by the home of the
appellant and asked him whether or
not 1t was true that Miller had made
these remarks, and when. Appellant
told him that it was true and stated
the time, place, and all the circum-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED.

Meridian, Miss, Feb. 15.-Charles
Levy, charged with grand larceny, in
custody of Constable John Elkin, ar
rived here from Birmingham Satur-
day afternoon and was placed in the
county jail.
Levy, it is alleged, while interested
in dry goods business with A, Neb-
ham, left the city and took with him
quantity of goods, claimed by Neb-
ham. An affidavit was sworn out be-
lore Justice McGraw, charging grand
larceny, and Levy was arrested and
brought back from Birmingham to
answer to the charge. Nebham. claims
that he lost between $500 and $1,000
worth of goods in the store.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15

wound he became unconscious almost
immediately and died within a short
| lime thereafter. Armbrecht did not
ksee the defendant strike or attempt TO
STRIKE tho deceased. All the testimony
shows that the deceased Miller
weighed about $50 or 100 pounds, and
. was man o. great muscular develop
ment; and that the defendant weighed
about 40 pounds and was in no sense
the equal, physically, of the deceased
The testimony further shows that
there were several very bad bruises
sustained by theYappellant in the fight
and that the deceased was on top of
and beating the defendant at tie time
of the killing. There were no eye
witnesses present at the time of the
! killing save Armbrecht and the defend
ant. The defendant testified that
when the deceased knocked him down
into chair, he, deceased, reached for
a portable telephone instrument and it
| was then that defendant, believing
that his life was in danger, pulled his
pistol from his pocket and shot the
deceased The defendant contradicted
Armbrecht as to some of the details of
the quarrel leading up to the tragedy;
! but under our view Of the case, we are
.t inn hn fon ctr ey1r for ho
/ state.
The theory of the state in this case
is that the defendant armed himself
with deadly weapon for the purpose
Of looking up the deceased to provoke
| difficulty with him and kill him.
This is shown by the following in
struction given for the state:
The court instructs the jury for
he tsate that if the jury is fully salts
led from the evidence, beyond all rea-
3onab,e doubt and from all the evil
ience in this case, that the accused
was looking for Miller to kill him,
lrmed with a deadly weapon provided
for that purpose, and that when he
round the deceased lie provoked q diff
ficulty with him, or was the aggresSOr
in the difficulty in which he killed
he deceased then he is guilty of muir
Ter even though he killed the de-
2eased in self-defense, and the jury
shall so find; and this is true no mat
er how great the physical difference
vas between the size of the defendant
md deceased"
The state was given two other in
structions embodying this same the
DRY.
This was error. There is no testi-
nOny in this case upon which a YER
dict of murder should stand The I'M
3Ontradicted facts show that the kill
ing was done in the heat of passion;
whether in self-defense or not, is
question to be decided by the jury.
We therefore hold that the court erred
n giving the state any instruction as
20 murder For these reasons, the |
case is reversed and remanded
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15

sliced them, when corn-swelling saIves,
and tapes, Dandages, and plasters that
make corr pop-eyed have only made
your corns grow faster, just hold your
heart nloment and figure this: Put
two drops of "Gets-It' on the corn. 1t
dries at once. You can put your shoe
and stocking on right over it, The
corn is doomed 1t makes the corn
come off clear and clean. It's the new.
easy way. Nothing to stick or press
on the corn. You can wear smaller
shoes. You'll be joy-walker. No
pain, no trouble. Accept no substi-
tutes.
I 'Gets-It' is sold by druggists every
where, 25c bottle, or sent direct By
+. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. H. Sold
in Hattiesburg and recommended as
the worlds best corn remedy by Love
Drug Co. New Century Drug Store.
New Corner Drug Store.-Adv.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
OPPOSITION FOR GUN.

Natchez, Miss, Feb. 15-Despite the
fact that he has altered his position
on national preparedness and will now
support the President, Congressman
Percy f. Quin will have opposition in
this district. Judge r. w. Cutrer hsa
decided not to enter the race since
Mr.. Quin's change Of front but Judge
r. r. Jackson is being strongly urged
TO do so.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
BELl:ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. 25c at all druggists.

McComb City, at present representa-
tive from Pike county in the lower
house of the legislature. However,
an effort is being made in the legis-
lature TO secure an amendment to the
election laws that viii permit the
holding of a special election for the
district attorneyship and deprive the
Governor of the appointiye power. In
event this law is passed there will
probably be several candidates for the
place, should Mr. Wall be promoted 10
the Circuit judgship.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15
URGES PLANTING PEPPERS.

Natchez, Miss, Feb. 15.-On account
of the continued occurrence of blight
on tomatoes, the county agent of home
economies in Wilkinson county has
recommended that members of the
girls clubs plant part, if not all OF
the One-tenth acre in peppers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-15

A considerable share OF labor on
Serbian farms is taken by the Ser
Jian women, who also weave the
lonely material for their clothes
The women are valued highly for
their service, so much so that par
onts not infrequently are unwilling
20 see their daughters marry Hence
IN Serbia wives are often older than
their husbands.