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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16

hsr TO think of committing such
crime as that with which ne IL charged.
Many friends In Richmond whom he
learned to know during his career
ss student at the Medical College of
Virginia consoied him. and ministered
to his physical as wen as spiritual
needs while being held in jail, await
ing hearing Many OF these friends
have stuck 10 him and are stf1l fully
convinced that he viii be able TO prove
htH innocence
lengthy preliminary hearing was
held In police court before Justice
Crutchaeld, who sent him to the grand
Jury without bail His counsel en-
braces two 81 the leading criminal
lawyers in virginia and North Caro-
llns--Harry NJ smith. Jr.. OF this city.
nd John T. woodsrd Of Wilson. N. G.
These lawyers have taken every step
necessary for the protection Of the in
t@rests Of their client Common
u eatthts Attorney George r.. Wise IS be-
ing assisted by Commoa wealth's Attor-
uev r. Hopkins, OF Franklin
county. who VAS engaged AT the in
stance Of relatives Of Mrs Johnson.
Legal Battle Expected.
r. tn conceded that one of the great
est legal battles ever seen IN Nir-
gina " III be staged when the case gets
down 30 the actual admission Gf evil
denee. The letters written boy p3.
Johnson now in possession Of the
commonwealth will be the subject OF
much discussion The defense viii
claim that they cannot he produced as
evidence, and that II 40 introduced can
have no legal bearing on the case. 1t
te believed the hearing viii consume
tho remainder Of tho week and that
there are possibilities Of re going into
the next week
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16
POStAM EXCELS
IN CONQUER|NG
WORST ECZEMA

That results should show ovarnisht
- great deal To expect OF any skin
Rem dy--exce pit Poslam. But Poslam
differs from all other remedies In
possessing healing energy in a more
concentrated and more active form.
That is the reason why In stubborn
Eczema II shortens the time Of treat
ment and drives away minor troubles
before they become serious.
II II y pacifying balm 10 angry ir-
ritated surfaces
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write TO Emergency Laboratories. 34S
West 11th St, New York City.
Urge your skin to become clearer
fresher, better hy the daily use of
Poslam soap. medlcated with poslam
ADV.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16

y~.. ,akrn mr. for general discussion
sTha Bacterlolo2g of the Dystef
s~.s ,ba s,hie,, ~ q discussion by i)r
sfex,er TouD8 af 'He bureau ~
rf,Antxsrv Naph{ns1ou p G. aHd
Ernfessor = - tiaYham Brown naa-
g,.rsftv proyfd,u.a r. .aeeozt
--~-a. .,.asA ~ tn. invest "a t..t.s rslsrd
Fsro ~ ao7ittttau ~ r.4f.r4 and .tbs
80 y. ~ ~ 4tsaaee. cleansing -
,.rstars ttterr,,fon raraFt.aas re-ea.
-, e.. ,l,r.-- ,ronar handling ard
sktnrtro
=, - a..fc,4 W g.a-reas NcrHf.
~A.trn,ar. ~ ~ 1farttar..t. conservation
..t,,.,.,;ss,.. st,Yi,r,ga an, ..4afrss on
sss.a,.a,,,ir.t4,., ~ nar. -#s4e-.o aud
usesaEs ~ r,r.reot the same rHta
-. ,nff,,..4 j,. = s.4.-.-..3 # tqrties{ot7.
W. .Alnt 80 r,ttrttat, of state waters
I .ssrs5,.aa ,,,s,ge a+tr~tEer
III, ~, t..,qe,. .s,gst.r fsaAS We're
,s.,oa i-t.4;,- ,f.. ola c,-aferr, Or Pc
aas 80 Mama "a ptrutsh a
-. a,.t t4,o. ne same Have Been
r,4.s.ai,.,.x ~, A,rf.5re Rusjr,n4s pftu-
-, ~. -,,f,ts-+ ~ IN address
- Nett 5irertor IF shell
\ .s.,,atns u, <a,. 1ar4e. M Mott went
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16
Copyright, Underwood 4 Underwood
TAG DAY RAISES sf.ass
FOR SUMMER NURSERY

The Joint committee in charge Of
the proposed summer daytime camp
for the open air pupils of tho public
schools met yesterday at the school
administration building. the chairman.
Mrs. William Gemmell. presiding. 1t
was announced that the tag day last
week had brought si,s5ss3 for the
fund with which IL Ia expected to
carry out the plans of the COMMITTEES,
beginning juno Is. There are s21
pupils in the open air schools and
about one-third of these will need the
assistance thus provided
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16
Do Not Get Careless
With Your Blood Supply

to attack wherever there IL an open
Ing A few bottles of S. 8. S.. the
great vegetable blood medicine. Will
revitallze your blood and give you
new strength and a healthy. vigorous
vitality. Everyone needs 1t Just now
to keep the system In perfect condt-
ton. 90 to your drug store and get
bottle today. and II you need any
medical advice, you can obtain 1t
without cost by writing to Medical
Director Swift Specific Co, IS Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, G&-AQM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16
Impurities Invite Disease.

You should pay particular heed to
any indication that your. blood supply
Is becoming sluggish, or that there IL
"A lesssning in It's strong and vital
force.
BY keeping your blood purified,
your system more easily wards off
dissass that 10 ever present. waltipy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16

The choir ~ First Baptist church.
cotored, will appear in return en-
ga cement tomorrow night at S.i2
in the Highland Park school audito-
rum Proceeds viii be applied to tho
building fund Of the Highland Park
Method st church
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-16
Luuks for Acquittal on Charge
of Killing Wife When Evi-
dence Is Heard.
EIGHT JURORS CHOSEN
Two Panels Exhausted and
Work viii Start on An
other in Hastings Court
This Morning.

The trial Of Or. Lemusl J. Johnson,
the Young North Carolina dentist.
charged with tho murder ~ his wife
Ia VI December. was begun in hustiugs
court YESTERDAY morning before Judge
j. O. Rtchar dson
Maintaining his Htoua Indifference
and proclaiminR his innocence, DR..
johnson awaits confidently. verdict
~ acquittsl Probably tho most com
posed indhs dual in the court room yes
'crdav. he sat beside his eminent coun-
sell while the monotonnus calling Of
veniremen proceeded. and at The con -
r{usien ~ the session. late in tho day,
after hut eight ~ the necessary six
tren men had been selected. he ap-
pearod az Trash as any one in tho
gloomy court room
Ferty citizeus had been called and
two Panels exhausted before tho eight
iuvrrren Ind been accented h. both
SIDES Sergeant Satterneld was d.
-erted NY Judge richardson 10 get
h4isy on On additional panel. and court
at teururd 20 10 o'clock this morning.
when the Efforts to secure a fun Jury
vail, ta proceeded with
THE eight men selected repr"ssnt
r.s4s phases Of business Iif~, but
N# F#tEH ItF So A}NfttH &f@W - ttbl ~ ~
then. represent the real estate bust
ness The. arc, at professional or
business mpH. uotv artmen or trades
W. p being among the number
Nsta counsel for the defense and
frra E. p rrr1 onaveaifh are using the Ut
must care rs the selection IT the jury.
wnaTe viii be no packing and there
rs .Ff he uo men 81 doubtful mind on
that Jury If the keen Nit and the clear
perception Of the lawyers IN the caHe
AN prevent
Flight Jurvmrn Selected.
The eight men accepted vestetdav
.cte~ au a1l-dH> session Of court are
Il Cornell Branch sos North TVS en-
second street. collector for Elan g.
fgusteu
Charles r Trarf 2GG3 Hast Ffoad
street. salesman for 5 A. Brooks &
t-1
" u Farr5r EH- North Thirty
second street, salesman
herman 6 Icsm4 SGnz TaHt Main
a+rest aupetfntendent
7, RafIey. sen %orfn Elm street
..atr,. inyegtIcztor
" Lamar Eduatae. ao42 %orth Thtr-
f,y-fonrth street. president carson Live
stock 90
Joseph r t,cath teh North Thirty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
of 1s. care nothing for going out
evenings because I devote my time to
my school studies and Red Cross. But
whenever I go out and at school l
make friends very easily and every
one seems to love me.
do not care anything about boys,
altho when / am friendly with them
them, which will not doe / tell them
want to be their friend, but they
always say I am SO strange because
everybody low and I am so cold
with them. My mother wants me to go
out evening. and is always Dragging
about my talent and popularity, which
hate. / tell her. but 1t makes her
very angry.
I went to another town and while
was there / met a nice boy. The
girl I went to see tells me he wants
to bring Ter with him over to see me
and we three go to an entertainment.
Would this be all right II my parents
do not object?
INDIFFERENCE
1t will be all right to 60 to the en-
tertainment with the boy and the girl
since your parents do not object. You
are very much too young. however, TO
go with boys general thing.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am IS
years old and I am married to a SOL
der who is in France now. I have
been married two months get very
lonely, as I used to go out with fell
lows almost every night Do you
think it would be wrong for me 10
accept dates from former sweet
hearts? They call me up and ask ne
to 60 places with them.
ISABELLE.
Now that you are married 1t would
not be right for you to have dates
with former sweethearts or any other
men. If you cannot be true to your
husband you should not have mar
ried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

The fact that platinum. that beauti-
ful and very expensive metal just now
worth about six times as much as GOLD
was first discovered in South America
in section OF what is now the Repub-
lie OF Colombia may not be a matter
OF common knowledge. Furthermore.
II may not be generally known that the
scientists. dentists. and manufactur
of the most expensive jeweIry in tbs
United States must now depend for
their supplies Of the precious white
gold" practically entirely upon the
Colombian mines, for the Russia n
sources Of supply are for the time be-
ing "out Of the game" Still, there's
no Imminent danger of Colombias re-
sources in platinum being exhausted.
They have been mining it down there
for $50 years, but the output seems o
be constantly increasing. a an in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
THE coal SITUATION.

Under the caption: Nonsense
About Coal" the Christian Science
Monitor prints the following sensible
and timely editorial:
Whatever may be the purpose of the
United States fuel commission in con-
ttnually issuing warnings to the effect
that there Is going to be a shortage of
coal next winter, it must be pardon
able for an impartial observer of the
situation to doubt the expediercy of
such q course, unless it can be fully
justified. If there is going to be q
shortage of coal next winter, then the
fuel commission will evidently be
largely responsible for it, and, by
warning and alarming the public in
advance on this score, 1t is simply an
tfcipating the criticism and condemna-
ton that will inevitably come to 1t in
case its predictions shall be verified.
The fuel commission will, next hn-
ter, have had practically an entire
year in which to provide against the
possibility of the calamity which 1t
would have the public believe is al
most unpreventab1e. There was some,
but not much. excuse for last years
lowed to run down. Tens OF thou
sands Of cars were either in a
wretched state OF disre pair. or entirely
out of commission. There was a great
congestion and 4 great rushing Of war
freight on all principal lines. The
confusion attending the first year of
war was at its height.
These conditions are practically all
reversed now. The mines continue to
hold inexhaustible supplies of coal.
Labor is more generally and more
skillfully employed. and better COM
pensated; vast sums OF money have
been appropriated for and spent upon
the improvement of railroad equip
ment; there is a great increase in To-
comotives and cars; there are more
coal barges; the weather has been, is.
and for months will continue to be,
favorable to coal distribution; every
body in the coal trade is assured large
profits.
In view of these circumstances, the
constant talk Of a coal shortage next
winter IS nonsensical. 1t is not what
the public wants to hear. 1t is not
the kind of talk to inspire the ration
with confidence in the future. If
there is any real ground for it., no
time should be lost by the president in
discovering why the fuel commission
insists on preparing the public for its
own failure. Neither should time be
lost in forestalling the failure which
the commission seems to anticipate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
GLOBE SIGHTS
CFrom the Atchison Glohe1

try 1t.
A man is always expected to speak
well OF women and religion.
Some people think they are patri-
otto because they are mouthy.
To want your own way is a very
bad habit, for you will never get it.
Every man you hear something
about. has probably heard some
thing about you.
Every man has his worthless days
but if he does not fight them, every
day will become his worthless day.
Some people are proud because they
are high strung, altho high strung
people make more fool breaks than
other people do.
Usually, whe.I we ask q man for an
item. he gives some such reply as this:
How can / know anything? I never
go anywhere"
Box car poetry: When am dead
and in my grave. see that my back
pay. is paid: on my tombstone want
wrote, Waiting for back pay got my
goat ------.-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

General Foch's tactics of proddtng
the German lines at first one point and
then another finally have goaded the
enemy into launching another often
sfve on a great scale. It must be as
sumed that the commander in chief of
the allied armies was prepared for the
blow. 1t has been long expected and
his policy was we'll calculated to pro-
woke it. Probably also the situation In
Italy, Albania and Russia has made
the German high command feel that
some action on its part was necessary.
It must either send reinforcements to
It's Austrian allies or show q good
excuse for not doing so. The attack
on the western front probably is in
tended to serve notice on Austria that
she must look out for herself. If the
Huns, in their present offensive, sus-
tain the same degree of defeat that
they have in the four previous drives
this year, 1t seems unlikely that they
will be able to stage another on SIM
liar scale before spring. In the mean
time the allies are proceeding stead
lily forward in Albania, the Italians
are making slight progress from time
to time on the Asiago front and the
conditions in Russia are daily becom-
ing more discouraging for the future
of German occupation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

less, and I never caught more than
glimpses of you in vacations. But I've
never forgotten"
Neither have l." she assented soft
ly. THAT is, I've never forgotten the
boy who fished me out of the creek.
And his Name"
AT least, you remembered his
NAME" Curtis agreed with a little
laugh. Fate didn't let you forget it,
and I think she had a reason. May
l come again next Sunday"
Yes" she agreed happily.
And the Sunday after?"
Yes"
"And the Sunday after that"
Yves, if you still want to-"
Want to! I-guess by that time I'll
be wanting to come oftener than Sun
day. I'm sure of it"
Well said Justine with a con-
seize ce-stricken little sigh, 81 guess
I've forgotten all about poor Benny
Give him my best wishes, won't You
Butt don't think he would have
cared very much for a card from his
Sunday school teacher, anyway. I'm
horrid. but I'm glad he never got it!'
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
DINNER STORIES

The victim of the tar and feather
party couldn't realize what was GO
ing to happen to him.
What are you going to do with
me?" he asked, chattering with fear
and the cold.
We're going to camoufIage you."
answered the man with the feather
bag. 'Tn other words we're going to
i AXE you look like a rooster so you
can DO some more Growing for the
kaiser"
DO you know why money is %
scarce. brothers," the soap box ora
tor demanded, and a fair-sizei Sec
ton OF the backbone OF the nation
waited in leisurely patience for the
answer
for a moment on the edge of the
crowd. She spoke shortly.
IT'S because so many Of you men
spend your time telling each other
why. stead of hustling to see that Il
ain't."
Two young ladies on the promenade
of a fashionable seaside resort had
been watching the vessels pass thru q
telescope loaned them by an ancient
mariner. On handing the glass back,
one Of them remarked that IL was .
very good one.
Yes. miss" said tie old tar, that
telescope was given me by Lord
Nelson.
Mercy. man, Why. Lord Nelson
has been dead for more than a hun
bred years" -
We'll. I'm bowed" remarked the
salty one. quite unabashed, low the
time do fiy!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
INFORMATION FOR ALL READERS OF
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fered the unlimited use OF the largest IN
Formation bureau in the world.
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tional capital, where 1t is in immediate
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IL can answer practically any question
YOU want to ask, butt cannot give 40
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The war has forced SO many changes IN
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Keep in touch with your government
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
A HERO EVERY DAY
Brave Deeds of men In
Americas Fighting Service

Felix Laskow sky, quartermaster,
second class, fleet naval reserve. was
killed on the morning of April II in
an attempt to save the lives Of two
navy yard employees who had entered
the rotterdam of the U. S. S. Buck
without permission and were almost
Immediately overcome by poisonous
gases in the hold of the\vessel. Las
kowsky at once went to their .escue
with a life line attached. In his eff
forts to bring one OF the men to deck
he was himself overcome by the gas
and in falling from the ladder he
fractured his skull. causing almost i'm =
mediate death. Laskowsky enlisted at
Dallas. Tex. June 4. 1917: next II kin
Tex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

ture Of Alexandria There are also
two antique medallions of tiies six
tenth century FsE
Under the index of books and
papers" Is a collection Of old manu-
scripts in Byzantine, Latin. Greek and
German, and a modern German text
book valued at forty cents.
In addition there is miscellany in
Guiding 5000 empty beer barrels from
Munich. valued DIT 81 per barrel and
four moving picture films of three
reels each photographed for con-
sumption in Germany. These are en-
titled "A Message from the Grave
Almost Too Late" "tIer Sacrifice"
and Mysterious Wireless" There Is
a packing box full of bear hair, an
from an Austrian prisoner in Russia
who escaped to this country, a four
cylinder automobile. a Gable appar-
atus, consignment Of tortoise shells
and horse hoofs. two polo ponies, 745
mahogany logs and a circus
All in all the custodian and his as
sistants are not discouraged by the
prospect. Whatever property they
cannot sell, they will endeavor to put
to use in another way. Meanwhile
property owned by residents of enemy
countries which has not been brought
notify it Immediately.
Names In the News
Landwehr-pronounc 1unt-vair--
a German word meaning defence of
the country" is the name given. 70
that part of the organized national
forces of Germany, of which service is
only required in time of war. It con-
sists of men who have completed sew
en- years service with the colors and
and corresponds indirectly to the mill
tia of the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
TRAVELETTE
Analostan Island.
BY NIKSAH

<Ah6iOotoh AcAoh1.
Before the city of Washington was
planned. Georgetown, now mere
suburb, was the center of one Of the
richest plantation districts in the
south, and also one of the most i'm
portant ports in America. The coun-
try whereabouts was laid off in great
estates, each with its pillared mansion
on some commanding hilltop: and the
narrow, cobbled streets Of the little
Virginia town were crowded with the
emblazoned carriages of Colonial aris-
tocracy
This Virginia country across the
river from Washington is now a rath-
er down-at-the-heels and gone-to-
brush farming region with just
wistful remnant here and there of the
picturesque and dignified life that
WAS. Such a remnant is the ruin OF
Analostan island. which lies directly
opposite Georgetown.
This bit of land, comprising per-
haps a hundred acres, is held at so
high a valuation. that all purchasers
have been discouraged. It has been
proposed to use it for a factory site.
to convert Il into an amusement park,
to farm it. to sell 1t for summer
homes. But all OF these projects have
fallen thru, and Analoston remains
without a structure upon II, untouch-
ed by pillow or axe.
Most of the island is covered by
forest, but at one end and on slight
eminence, there is a great stone vine
covered ruin, from which the i'm
agination may still reconstruct man
sion Of the most pretentious sort. Old
folks in Georgetown remember when
the hardwood ballroom floor of this
Colonial seat still remained intact
tho open to the sky, and the youths
and nnaidens of Georgetown used 10
cross the river in boats and holm
dances there in the moonlight. Every
trace of woodwork has now rotted.
but the foundations and parts of the
walls are still standing. and the mouth
Of Little river, which lies on the Vir-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
And We're Glad of 1t.
By ROY K. MOULTON

Anu we SIIdu VI H.
1. is not go bad to go to war, after
all. Think of what we have to pay
for things at home, and then gaze
upon the following list of prices in
Quartermasters' stores in France:
one-half pound best chocolate. so. Is
Standard So safety raZors ............. LIS
Shaving brush ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
Talcum powder Observation-Disclosures. .05
Snt lnaf s sUap Iner ro;,ndi -I ~
Movie note is to the effect that
Constance Talmadse is to appear In
"A pair of Stockings.
Where, please?
Paper trousers are being worn by
men in Germany.
The strike-on-the-box match was
invented Just in time.
We can't call them exactly crazy
any more. They live in nice, steam
heated asylums in the winter.
All roast beef is rare these days.
The Americans are saving lot of
time by using ready-made trenches,
the trenches made by the Germans.
Suppose Shakespeare came back to
earth as your guest, to what Ameri-
can author would you most wish to
introduce him Authors League
Bulletin.
We would introduce him to the au-
thor OF the rest, urant price list and
say: There you are, win. Make d
tragedy out of him."
We are nOdged by a contrib. that
Mr.. Sleeper runs the Dreamiand thea
ter at Fowler, Ind.
A new star has been discovered.
But we have enough now incIudin q
those in pictures.
Now they are trying to prove that
Mr.. Creel is "nonessential indus
try"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

stance. according to the current null
Der of the Bulletin OF the Pan Amer
fcan Union, the exports of the METAL
during the past three years were val
ued as follows: In 1918 at S607. 500;
1916, at $1.350,000; and for the year
1917 at S2,160.1o0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-16

GINA side of the island, is still block
ed by the fallen masonry of great
causeway over which the owner Of
this baroniai esta blishment used to
drive to the mainland.
Analostan island is now almost .un-
visited, except by certain gangs of
river thugs who make 1t a rendezvous.
and by the great horned owls who
nightly intone a dirge from the big
sycamores along the river.