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The Washington times., 1917-05-05
LEAPS FOR LIFE,
WITH CHILD In ARMS
Home in Flames, Couple Jump
From Window.

with his two-year-old daughter. hath-
Ieen in his arms. Victor Eslick and MS
wife. Jessamine. jumped from their
room on tho third floor OF BIZ Aei''h
street northwest to a roof fifteen iee'
below, when flre was discovered IN lile
house at 9 o'clock this morning.
Almost as they jumped they hearo
the clang OF the approaching fire ap-
paratus. and in a few seconds hremeh
appeared on the roof to which they had
leaped and took them TO the ground.
The mother cut her leg in jumping
but the father. his child still In MS
arms. was not injured.
Walter Williamson. sixty-eight years
old. who also jumpedsfrom a third story
window to the room below. cut MS
head and was taken to Emergency
Hospital. His condition is not serious
Carried To Street.
Mrs. Carrie Curry. proprietress Of the
rooming house. wkO discovered the fre'
ran through the house and aroused all
her tenants before giving her own sate-
ty a thought. She was carried to the
street from her window on the second
floor by hremen from Truck No. j.
Fred G. Nitzel a roomer on the sec
ond floor, also descended on a ladder
hoisted to his window.
With her mother, in the home OF
Mrs. John T. Griffith, block from
where the fire occurred, little kath-
Ieen Eslick, ignorant of the danger
she passed through, played TO-DAY as
though nothing had happened.
81 jumped with daddy" the little
girl replied clearly, when asked now
she got out of the fire.
The fact that a negro raped both
at Mrs. Gury's and Mrs. Grifaths
doors after midnight, led both women
to believe he may have had some-
thing to do with the fire. Mrs. Curry
said when she looked out of her win
dow and asked the negro what he
wanted, he snapped back, ats none
of your business" She said she laid
awake until nearly o'clock fearing
the negro might come in. As the hre
started in the hall near the stairway.
IL is the belief OF the occupants that
some prowler may have sneaked into
the hall to sleep and dropped a match
or cigarette.
Mrs. Curry was awakened about o
o'clock by smoke. She ran into the
hall and the staircase from the
ground floor e. the second was
ablaze.
She ran up to the third floor and
pounded on the Eslicks' door. She
then aroused Williamson and then
returned to her own room to save
some Of her property.
The Washington times., 1917-05-05
REAL ALIENIST NOW
ENTERS VAWTER CASE
Head Of Asylum to Testify on Basis
Of Letter Offering Wife.
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telephone and invite him to call on
his wife.
Asked by whom he was first sum-
moned, he said the Commonwealth.
He was then questioned closely re-
Earding a recent visit paid him py
Keith
He said Keith told him he had
heard that he (SlusserD had witnessed
a quarrel between Vawter and his
wife. He testified that he had denied
this statement. Lee thereupon took
up cross-examination.
Saw No Liquor jug.
SIusser admitted having told OF an
occasion when he saw Vawter and his
wife sitting by the side of a road. He
denied that he had said anything
about seeing a jug of liquor at the
time. Lee dismissed him, with the
Implication that his testimony had
been in contradiction OF a statement
made to him and Roop a few days
ago.
Chief -ecunsel for the defense tnen
recalled Vawter and Bernard Will
liams to the stand in an effort 10
impeach the testimony of Dean Camp
bell, the States best witness Ia: re-
buttal yesterday.
Each said DR.. Campbell had asked
Vawter to make a statement shortly
after the shooting, which Campbell
had denied. Lee made no cross-eX-
animation.
Then followed a number OF char
acter witnesses. who testified regard-
ing Bernard Williams.
f. S. Perry and J. L. Fray, of Cul
pepper; Prof. H. L. Price and Prof.
Walter B. Elicit, OF the V. P. l. fac
ulty; Henry Argabrite, 9 livery stable
keeper, OF Blacksburg, and Prof. R.
c. Hunt, of v. P. l., all said they
knew Bernard Williams and would
believe him on oath.
Vawter Drinking Hard.
Prof. c. P. Miles, of the V. P. I. fac
ulty, and brother-in-law of Vawter,
was then summoned. He said that
last May, at the time Vawter wrote
the "pay my bill and take my wife"
7etter, the professor was drinking so
much that he had advised a family
cenference to try to put a stop to
Or. Miles partly discredited state
meSts made by DR.. Campbell regard
ing what Bernard Williams had SAID
about Heth's conversation after being
shot
After another slight delay. L. G.
Hall. ". P. 1. student, was called
by the defense to substantiate the
testimony by Williams.
Cross-examining, Commonwealth's
Attorney Roop tried to show that
when interviewed by him a month
ago, he had refused to give him any
facts regarding Williams talk.
DR.. W. w. Rangeley was then re-
called and asked IL, when ne had
frst heard OF Vawter's letter, he had
not said to Prof. Miles that the au-
thor was insane. He half admitted
II, but his testimony proved a boom.
erang when he said he had first been
shown the letter by lawyers for the
defense, and he had told them he was
unwilling to testify that insanity was
evident.
When Prof. Miles was recalled
The Washington times., 1917-05-05

there seemed prospects of fun. as DR..
Rangeley vas evidently getting an
noyed. and tried to examine the wit.
ness himself. Mr.. Lee, however,
saved the situation by giving the
doctor his seat and allowing him to
prompt Mr.. Roop.
Miles said Rangeley had told him
the author OF the letter was insane,
the day it was introduced. DIR. Range
ley then was recalled, and testifying
that at the time he made this remark
to Prof. Miles he had never heard of
the letter.
The defense then rested and court
adjourned, preparatory to the Blacks
burg trip.
Comedy Relieves Tension.
After three days of nerve-trying
sensations, the court had a respite
yesterday, and opera bouffe was the
order during almost the entire ses-
sion.
The chief comedian was a pudgy,
kindly old country doctor. who no
doubt knew more about whooping
cough than many an eminent city
practitioner, but who had about as
much idea about nervous disorders as
a newsboy has Of Sanskrit.
He qualified as an expert witness
for the prosecution. and performed
to the immense delight of packed
courtroom for an hour.
True, his humor was almost pathet-
icaly unconscious; and. true. II was
whispered about that he had created
Just the impression that Jack Lee had
sought in introducing him, but the
fact remains that 1t was the first
laugh of the trial that was untouched
by tragedy.
Delightful Old Man.
A delightful old gentleman. sixty
two years of age by his own confes-
sion, chubby, deliberate, and warm
hearted, for all his irascible temper,
he played the lead comedy role better
than any actor that ever trod the
boards.
He was frightened when called to
the stand and qualified by admitting
that he knew just as much about in
sanity as most rural doctors, but he
tried to hide it behind a veil of
waiting.
He wasn't going TO be fooled like
those other doctors. He was going
TO take his time, and the wheels of
his testimony might grind slowly,
but, by jove, they were going to grind
exceedingly small.
So he took about twenty minutes
to answer the hypothetical question
regarding the sanity of the autho:
of the letter in which Vawter offered
to sell his wife, propounded by Lee.
After reading the letter backwards,
forwards, and crossways. he adjusted
his gold-rimmed spectacles, stroked
his bushy white moustache, carefully
Strengthened out his few wisps of
white hair, and answered in measured,
triumphant tones: "The author was
sane"
The Washington times., 1917-05-05
COLONIAL sEAcHERs TO MEET

The Colonial Beach Society will
hold a meeting Tuesday evening at
7:3O o'clock in the Public Library.
Committee work for the summer will
be discussed and plans made for rent
ing cottages and summer homes for
members use. Miss Bertha A. Yoder
is president.
The Washington times., 1917-05-05
The Goodrich Tire Test

grinding its Merit Want of Merit the road7
so asks ITSELF and with its Test Car Fleets
Whenever Goodrich knowledge and experience originate
take them and under light heavy
and dead weight batter their Merit against the teeth
road Two drivers sixteen hours day. week after week.
sand and gravel of Americas
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
PORT OF ROME TO BE REBORN
Ostia Again viii Supply Food and
Coal After Sleep Of Nearly
Yen Centuries.

Rome.-After sleep Of nearly ten
centuries. Ostia, the ancient port of
Rome, will now be reconstructed to
supply Rome with cereals, coal and
other necessaries. Under the Caesars,
in the most glorious period Of the
Roman port, especially for the land
ing and storage of free grain, which
the emperors had to give the Romans
If they would keep them In q good
temper. Little by little the Tiber filled
up the port with mud and under the
troubles Of barbarian invasion Ostla
became wholly deserted. Many times
the Romans have desired to rebuild
the port and facilitate food supply,
but 1t costs money. and jealous Ma
Piles, whose port now supplies Rome,
raised great objections. The com
mune Of Rome has, however, gained
victory, and the governor has sane
toned the rebirth of one Of the oldest
ports in the world.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06

rels boxes or crates during the winter,
but In either case they must not be
exposed TO Il damp atmosphere, for
they will absorb moisture and be in
1ured. Some farmers place the thor
oughly dried seed ears in the center
Of wheat bin and fill the bin with
loose, dry wheat.
In localities where weevils and grain
moths injure stored grain, the thor
oughly dry seed ears should be stored
in very thin mouse-ploof receptacles
with one pound Of moth balls or naph-
thalene fnclOsed for each busheI Of
corn. This quantity tightly inclosed
with the corn Will prevent damage
from these insects and will not injure
the seed. If at any time signs of wee.
wills or grain moths show on the corn.
1t should be Enclosed with carbon BIZ
sulphide in practically alright rooms,
bins, boxes or barrels for 4S hours.
The bisulphide should be placed in shall.
low dishes or pans on top of the seed.
One-half pint is sufficient for a box
or barrel holding ten bushels or less.
one pound Is sufficient for room or
bin ten feet each way. After fumiga-
ton the ears must be thoroughly aired,
taking the care that no fire Is present
when the fumigating box is opened.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Reproof Not Effective

The new maid would not rise early
enough. Gentle reproof seemed vain
and finally the master and mistress
tried the inferential method of blams
and left the damsel asleep whilst
they prepared the breakfast for them.
selves.
We'll shame her to It," said the
master.
Not a word was said until nina
o'clock the same evening, when the
girl tapped at the door Of the sitting
room.
rs there anything else I can do
mum" she respectfully inquired.
There was nothing and she turned IA
go to bed, but at the door remembered,
something.
IF you're down before me In tha
morning, num-" she observed, "yonu
find the eggs in the icebox in the nan.
try"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
SKIRTS WILL BE TAKEN IN
Paris Styles for Coming Winter Are
Designed to Economic on
Fabrics.

Paris.-DreSs styles of the coming
winter are designed to economiZe on
wOOllen fabrics as much as possible.
The Master DreSsmakers' association
of Paris has decided that not more
than 5A yards of cloth shall be used
In making q dress. This compares
with an average of ten or twelve yards
two years ago and seven yards last
year.
The association also has decided to
use silk and national products as
much as possible and decrease the
amount Of cloth imported. The Tail
ors' association and the large fashion
able shops have agreed to this reform
and are creating new models to con-
form to It.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
DRAFT TWIN; OTHER ENLISTS
Brothers Who Have Never Been Sep
arated Want to Be Together
In Army.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Hnrry F. and
Herbert \. Langlois, twin brothers,
twenty-six years old, played together
when youngsters, studied through
school life together, received their
diplomas on the same stage, were part
ners in the business world and had
never been separated day in their
lives when Harry was notified in Los
Angeles he had been selected for Uncle
Sans Liberty army. Herbert's number
was down near the end of the list, but
when he heard his brother had to go
TO war he Immediately began settling
up his end in the Hughes Arizona Cop
per company and announced he would
join Harry In the trenches.
I'VE are not going to let the war
separate US now" said the brothers at
their home here. I'VE have never been
separated day, and as we lived to-
gether so we would choose death to-
gether, If such should be our lot.
Neither Of us wants exemption. We
are both ready to fight for Uncle Sam
and we have no dependents"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
VIOLIN USED TO CATCH FISH
But II Is Not the Lure of Music That
Lands Them-NeW Fish
Yarn.

Macon, Mo.-"They have q new
wrinkle for catching fish at Elmer,
and 1t Is wonderful the luck they have"
Alva Willoughby, circuit clerk, re-
marked, swapping experiences at the
courthouse. about fifteen of us
pitched camp on lake north of town
and then set lines across zigzag like
German ENGAGEMENTS, you know.
When all was ready the fiddler sat on
log and played The Arkansaw Trav-
eler' and other classics. And you ought
to have seen the fish come In! By
noon we had more than the party
could eat. They tell me they always
take a fiddler along when they go
fishing up there"
II see" County Clerk Sears said.
"The music charms them, and they go
blindly toward 1t and are caught on
the lines"
"Not exactly" Willoughby replied.
You see, we put the musician at the
other end of the lake and In padding
to get away from the noise the fish
run into the hooks"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Quick Punch

The daily pinochle game in tha
smoker was going on as usual WHOM
suddenly one of the commuters tumno.,
to his feet and yelled wildly for tho
neWsboy.
Give us q new deck Of cards ou,,. "a
he cried when the bow answered. ~
summons The conductor just punched
the ace Of diamonds instead on W.
Communication ticket"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
MULES OF SOUTH.

No one knows when the gen
tie, dreamy-eyed mule broke
into history, says a writer In
GlObe-Democrat. But he edged
or kicked his way in somehow
or other, has held his place for
some years, and one Of the latest
chapters in which he figured
was the torpedoing of the Ar
menian
He is distinctly an American
product. There are mules
abroad, but they are not real
mules. The climate Of the South
ern states and the southern por-
ton Of the Central states is re-
quired to bring the mule to his
full development.
The southern planter depends
almost altogether on Missouri
for his mules. Roughly speak
ing, mules are divided into
classes, the cotton and the sugar
mule. The latter Is the better
grade, the huge, well-built ami
mails which are used on the su-
gar plantations of the far South.
while the cotton mule is smaller
and better adapted for use in the
cotton fields.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
PURCHASE CLOVER SEED NOW
Ordering Early Will Allow for Delays
In Shipments, Miscarriage Of
Freight, Etc.
Clemson College Bulletin.)

There is q saying that In midsum.
mer clover prices go up when UNI
brellas do; meaning that too much
rain Is unfavorable to the seed crop.
1t browns the seed. However, true
1t is, conditions in clover districts at
present don't indicate that now would
be bad time to buy seed; and, seed
may advance In price at any time.
Another reason for buying seed now is
that ordering early will allow for de-
lays in shipment, miscarriages of
freight, etc, and will also give time
for a termination test of the seed to
be made before planting.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Spain May Prove A Second Russia

tence like Nicholas Romanof. He Is
q soldier and real one.
But Alfonso might bow to reason,
where force would not avail. In q
light moment he offered once to run
as candidate for SPANS first president
should the people desire republic.
Yet SPANS troubles are too deep
seated and to involved TO be cast off
with q change of constitution. What
would help her most Is the ending OF
the great war. If the war goes on
SPANS woes appear certain to In
crease.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Some Fish Story.

Portland Ore.-When George Fl.
Lynn returned from a Hood river fish
Ing trip and cleaned one of his trout
he found in the stomach Of 17-inch
specimen a seyen-inch mountain trout
Stomach fluids were Just starting to
digest the smaller fish. Curiosity
prompted Lynn to open the stomach of
the swallowed fish and there he found
the remains of two stu Maaller trout
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
PASTURE CUTS COST OF FEED
From 20 to 40 Per Cent Less Grain 10
Required to Produce Given
Amount Of Pork.

The University of Missouri college
Of agriculture has shown 20 to 40 per
cent less grain is required to produce
q given amount Of pork when good
pasture crops are supplied throughout
the season. To effect this saving,
however. 1t is necessary to limit the
amount Of grain which is fed to hogs
on pasture so that at the end of the
grazing season the hogs will not be
fat.
They should be we'll grown, have
large frames and be thin so that they
will rrotitably hog down the corn nee
essary to finish them for market.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06

Dr.. 8. r. Jackson. Celebrated Physician,
handed down to posterity his famous
prescription for female troubles. Now
sold under the name Of "Femenina."
Price 50c and $100-Adv.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06

Liberty is always represented as
female. but it IS difficult for some mar
ried men to understand Why.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Finance.

Al need S. and I've got only four.
So and sell the ticket for So
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06

This latest photograph of the Prin-
cess Jolanda of Italy shows q smile
that reveals her JOY at the successes
the Italian arms have been winning in
the Carso and along the Isonzo, where
the italian forces have been steadily
driving back the Austrians from one
mountain fastness to another. 1t is
smile that she shares with everyone In
Italy, for the whole nation Is filled
with Joy at the glorious prospect Of
victory over their foe of centuries, and
we'll may they be glad, for the fighting
men of Italy have covered themselves
with glory in the fighting above the
clouds. Princess Jolanda is the eldest
daughter Of the king and queen Of
Italy and like them she has endeared
herself to the Italian people during the
war.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Supreme Sacrifice SiInna.E.

AS another means of Gone
natural resources, talk less and th,ns
morc.-Boston Advertiser. nA
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06

internal troubles became paramount
this "block" was concentrating It's eff
forts on throwing Spain into the war
as an entente ally. SPANS grievances
against the Germans are almost ex-
actly like the United States-contin-
| ued outrages on undefended merchant
ships by the U-boats.
Not to go into all the maze Of de-
tails, one may say in general that the
conservatives. the clericals, the high
army officers and the leaders of the
old aristocractic families favor Ger
many.
But there are notable exceptions to
the general rule that the aristocrats
favor Germany one being the Duke Of
Alba. whose family has been famous
in history for centuries.
The king himself is believed to lean
toward the entente. His conSort. .Ena,
Is British through and through. In
fact, she has incurred some unpopular
lty by failure to conceal her prefer
ence for England to Spain.
But what the king may do matters
little. High officers in the government
at Madrid Is confined to a group of
about thousand men, bureaucrats
no less stupid if not so brutal as those
of the car. Cabinet follows cabinet
in an endless, wearying round. Each
one is destined to failure from the
start. because of the brainless hidal-
Cos in positions Of Importance, if for
no other reason.
Thus, unhappy Spain stumblcs on.
She is buffeted by blasts from all
directions. The Spaniard is natural
revolutionary. There seems little
likelihood of a solution of the coun-
try's troubles-little chance that any
sort Of a firm, strong central govern
ment will take control and lead the |
people in the ways Of a modern pros |
porous democracy.
carIists Also a Danger.
Unusual as 1t would seem In these
days, Spain may even witness con- |
flicts over the crown. The Carlists
are very strong. Most Of the pro-
German conservatives are Carlists
They favor the claims 10 the throne
of Don Jaime Of Bourbon, Duke OF
Madrid, only son of the late Don Car
los, who now lives at Frohsdorf. In
and IS entirely identified with
the German party in that country.
One thing is quite certain. Alfonso
would fight for his throne. He would
not yield weakly to fOrce-whether Of
fered by the Carlists or by any other
Of the many potentially hostile par
ties or combinations. He would not
climb down in trembling. silent impo-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Three Parties Pro-AIIy.

At the present moment the social
lists, republicans and reformists, mNk.
Ing up the so-called Block Of the
Left are combined, Until the recent
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-06
Cover With Dry Wheat.

After hanging in the Shed or lying
On the racks for two months the seed
ears should be as dry as a bone and
contain less than 10 per cent of mois-
ture. They can remain where they
dried or be stored In mouse-proof bar
The Washington herald., 1917-02-21
HOLDS TORPEDOPLANES
BETTER Than FORTS
Cheaper. and Have Wider Scope, SAYS
Admiral Peary.

The torpedoplane invented bv Rear
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, L. S. n, is a
most valuable means Of defending our
coasts, according to Rear Admiral Robert
f. Peary. L. S. N. retired, who IS
strenU Dusly advocating the ringing of this
COUNTY with fleets of aeroplanes as a pro-
lection against hostile invasion.
Admiral PeaTy declared the torpedo
plane will be formidable addition to the
effectiveness OF the aeroplane, because OF
the thousands Of miles Of sea coast that
the United States has to protect. He
secs in the new invention the solution of
ihe problem of using the destructive tor
pedO frCm land. Admira, Pearv believes
that 4 we'll directed torpedo is as destruc-
tive as a large coast defense gun and is 4
great deal cheaper
Armiral Peary pointed out that the new
fort being built at Rockaway will cost
about 100000, and its effective radius is
limited to the range of its guns, for its
position is fixed. a similar expenditure
would provide fleet of 50 torpedopIanes
which could strike anywhere within a
radius of many miles besides acting as
scouts
In the tOrpedoplane we also have a
means Of defense which could be put into
operation on short notice and at little ex-
Tense. and by means of which the most
powerful enemy fleet could be demor-
allied at any point along our otherwise
unprotected seaboard." Admiral Pearv
said