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BILL DISPENSES WITH JURY TRIAL OF INSANE
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JOHN LIKES HIS BATH
MIA PRICK* RCaus woJr’cc
FAMOUS CHAMPIONS
- Our bright office boy
Now heads the champs.
He won the title
By licking stamps.
Still another champion
~v Is Mrs. Jane McSlys. >
Last year she swatted
• f . One- million flys. ' - ' i
KLIM KLANKS.
MODERN COLLEGE COURSES
First year—Dateology and Neck
•logy. '
Second year—Pettingology and
Kissolos.v.
Third year—Auto Parkology and
Taxitactics.
Fourth year—Advanced Neck
•logy, Kissotogy, and Parkology.
FOURTH TEAR STUDE.
ALWAYS MOVING
On movies and movings
Foor humanity does sup.
The landlord moves us eat.
The cop moves ns nn
And the conductor moves ns up.
HINKY DINK.
The Soviet seems to have
at last trotted Trotsky to
oblivion. He has been sent
to a remote town in Turke
stan, on the border of China.
~Time now for a poem on the
“Last Trot of Trotzky.”
EATEMUPSKY.
THE NEWLYWEDS
1 picked np my wife’s biscuits
And threw them out the door.
Now the neighbor’s little dog
Will bark no more..
I hit eno biscuit with a hammer.
And didn't make a~ dent.
X think instead of flonr
She must have used cement.
She’s a product of a rooking school,
And says she'll try again—
But not fnr me. hoys, not for me,
I’m catching an outbound train.
(SEORGK A. A.
A Chicago man’s wife had
her face lifted while in Paris.
Her husband couldn’t get
used to the new face, and she
refused to have it lifted back
like it was. Result: Divorce
suit. S. R. T.
ELOQUENT ORATORY WINS
The court was packed to the very
doors.
The townsfolk all had left their chores
To attend the trial of Minnie Drew.
A bine-eyed blonde whom they all
knew.
She killed her husband. It’s true,
Because he didn’t like her stew.
She slaved all day within her house V
Cooking dinner for her spouse.
One night he told her that her stew
Reminded him somewhat of glue.
So then she went to get her gun
Because she couldn’t stand his fun.
- Picture now that girlish figure
With eyes tear-filled, as she pulled the
trigger.
And while hr lay upon the floor
She ate her stew and then some more.
Which proves his taste was vefy poor.
‘•And so my friends,” her lawyer cried.
"I think that she was Justified)
For how could she remain his bride
And still retain her girlish pride?”
“They both had different points of
view—
What else was there for her to do? "
“Now would you take this little wren
And send her to a dreadful pen—
To spend her days In cold reflection?
Twould ruin the poor girl’s complex
ion.
“I’m sure you will not use your powgg
To crush this tender little flower. *
Oh, gMtlemen please hear my. Pl«
And gtve my client clemenrf.”
Ho filled the Jurors’ eHs with tears.
Those men who hadn’t wept for years.
And after due deliberation
They restored the maiden to the sta
tion
That she’d held In life’s maw
Refer* she fell into the hcndi of law.
DUSTY RHODES.
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NO OVER TIME
- Waiter—We has aome nice
steaks dis evenin', boss.
Customer— Yos, I know that
kind, but I've worked toe hard
today to tackle any of them.
Bring me some soup.
The Greek groceryman has
a sign in the window:
“Brussels Zsprouts.”
A. C. R.
HER “BEST” HUSBAND
Her first husband was worthless
And she gave him the gate.
She asked no money from him,
He could keep the family plate.
The second one wea not much better.
But he settled on her some cash.
And went on Ms way in freedom.
Though bls teeth he did gnash.
But the third one was a prise,
She divorced him as phoney.
And now she lives in great ease
For he pays her big alimony.
HAL.
“We got a black pig on the farm
and we call him ‘lnk,’ ” said a
country boy to his town cousin.
"Why give him that name?”
"He’s always running out of the
pen." HOFFMAN.
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AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT BUILDING
' .TI I®' 1 ®' Federal building program
which will this month see ground
broken for the main administration
building of the Department of
Agriculture will result in razing the
old administration building, the red
brick, three-story building now in
use and the nucleus of the depart
ment’s buildings. It was erected in
1557.
The Department of Agriculture
ha* a brief, but interesting history.
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THE LADIES OF CHARITY* an organization of
women who aid the little foundlings at St. Ann’s Infant
Asylum, is conducting a drive for more members—-more
foster-mothers for the little tots in the institution at
ALL WASHINGTON
HOME TOWN PAGE
POLICE WIN OUT
ON TESTS
The widely .advertised .cyclone
which was to place four police
captains, two lieutenants and 21
sergeants in Jeopardy, today de
veloped into a gentle zephyr that
has caused a mere ripple on the
surface, for all of the 27 police of
ficers who last week took a Civil
Service examination, passed.
The commission has certified the
list to the superintendent 'of police,
all of which means that the officers
promoted during the administrations
of former Commissioner Frederick
A. Penning and the late Capt. James
F. Oyster, have had their Civil
Service status clarified.
Competitive examinations were
held yesterday by the Civil Se’rvice
Commission for 175 members of the
Police Department who are seeking
promotions as captains, sergeants
lieutenants. .
’ Examinations scheduled for yester
day fbr applicants for promotion ih
the Fire Department have been post
poned until February 1. The post
ponement was made at the request
of Fire Chief George S. Watson who
said the applicants were exhausted
by their long hours of duty fighting
a series of fires Monday night.
Frederick D. Owen Ends
50 Years’ Service for U.S.
Frederick D. Owens, engineer in
thb office of the Superintendent of
Public Buildings and Public Parks,
today celebrated his 73rd birthday
by retiring from the Government
service after completing a half
century in the service of Uncle
Sam.
Mr. Owen has generally been In
charge of decorations and archi
tectural designs for stands used at
inaugurations and other public
functions. It was announced that
for the next year or so he will
return nearly every day to his
office to aid ( in keeping straight the
mass of data and information he
has collected and to aid his succes
sor in utilizing it to public ad
vantage.
Order your daily and Sunday
Herald now. Judson C. Welllver
begins a series of articles on Jan
uary 23 in The Washington
Herald.
George Washington sought to create
such n department; Benjamin
Franklin encouraged it, but it was
not a separate activity until 1862.
The first Commissioner of Agricul
ture was Isaac, Newton. ,
Mr. Newton was assigned the
grounds on what is now the Mall
to be run as an e::'»c-1 ”' "'a) farm.
Today about 40 - • >’o-i
to "The A- • .”
The new bui
washinMontimes
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928
Heroism and Sorrow
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TEACHER STUDY
A national conference to inquire
into the professional preparation of
rural school teachers will be held
in Boston, February 25, under the
direction of the United States Com
missioner of Education, it was an
nounced yesterday.
two white marble buildings erected
by Secretary Wilson 21 years ago.
Since 1889 the Commissioner of
Agriculture has been a member of
the Cabinet with the title of Sec
retary of Agriculture.
Most of the original material in
the old administration building has
been transferred to the New Na
tional Museum, since most of it
was collections of plants, insects,
i etc.
‘ GRACE. AFTER MEALS IS OCCASION FOR REAL THANKS
Washington Circle who any real mothers to aid
them. A few of the children at the institution, which is
conducted by the Sisters of Charity, are shown here. John
is receiving his bath with more or less pleasure; a scene
MRS. RACHEL CULLEN
FIREBUG HELD IN
Sllffl TEST
John Joseph Fisher, confessed
firebug, who admits setting two of
the series Monday night, will spend
at least the next 10 days in Gal
linger Hospital under observation
as to his sanity. He was removed
to* GalMnger last night after having
been held without bail for action
of the Grand Jury earlier in the day
by Police Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly. r
Meanwhile Headquarters Detective
Frank Varney, who with Policeman
Horace Lineburg, of the Thirteenth
precinct, received Fisher’s confession
withjn 30 hours after the first fire
was started, is continuing his in
vestigation and enlarging its scope
to determine how many other fires
of recent date may be placed at the
war veteran’s door.
Several More Doubtful
The police are suspicious of the
origin of several fires of late and
one in particiila at the Owens
Motor Company's v.. evrolet agency
on Georgia Avenue near Walter
Reed Hospital a couple of weeks
ago, at which seven or eight auto
mobiles were destroyed.
A Georgia Avenue business man
has told the Thirteenth precinct
that the night of the Owens fire
he reached the scene before the
fire engines and encountered Fisher
there. The two men helped extin
guish one blazing automobile.
Fisher was quoted as remarking
while they were at work, “I know
who did this. It was one of those
’nuts’ at Walter Reed.”
Fisher’s home at 716 Roxboro
Pl. N. W. is near Walter Reed
Hospital, and Fisher himself was a
patient last November in ward 88.
in the psychopathic section, for ob
servation. __
Dressed Before Dawn
A* the Ovaens fire, the business
man, whose name the police have,
found Fisher fully dressed, with a
whits collar and necktie on, al-
SECOND SECTION
LOCAL NEWS |
UERRV CULLEN,
HERO, DIES
Death early today brought to
an end the sufferings of Henry
Culien, 20-year-old mechanic of the
Warrington Motor Co., 1351 Cedar
Ct. N. W., when he succumbed to
burns received when he made a
heroic effort to save another em
ploye In a fire in the service sta
tion.
Young Cullen was working in an
other part of the building when
fire broke out in an automobile
that was being washed by William
Spartley,. colored, 1509 Fifth St.
N. W. Spartley was slightly
burned on the left arm.
Catching a glimpse of the flame
that shot up from the automobile
and hearing .Spartley’s cry f°r help,
young Cullen rushed to the rescue
but tripped over a can of gasoline
just as he reached the blazing atuo
moblle and was sprayed by fire, ft
is claimed by police who investi
gated the case.
Almost Immediately Cullen s
clothing was all ablaze and, despite
the quick work of other employes
in stripping off the blazing gar
ments was so severely burned that
he died in Garfield Hospital shortly
after 5 a. m. today. His young
wife, whom he married Thanksgiv
ing, was with him when he died.
She was called from their home in
Arlington,' Va.
Garage officials said that the fire
started from a short circuit in the
automobile. Firemen extinguished
it before it could spread to other
cars in the place.
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BURNED saving a col
ored man, a fellow em
ploye, following a gasoline
tank explosion at the serv
ice station at which they
worked, Henry Cullen, 19,
of Penrose,- Va., who was
married last Thanksgiving
Day, died today from his
injuries. The young bride
is prostrated by grief.
though the hour was before dawn.
When Gallinger Hospital alienists
get through their diagnosis of
Fisher’s mental state, they will
make a report, direct to the Dis
trict Attorney's office.
If he is found to be mentally
irresponsible, it is likely that legal
insanity proceedings will be insti
tuted, rather than to bring him
into court on the criminal charge
of arson.
Trousers
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Heat Tour Home With Gae
Edgar Morris Sales Co.
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after a hearty meal shows little Lucille, not quite 2 years
old, who is just too full and comfortable to bother about
grace, while Theresa, Nina and Margaret make an effort
to show their thankfulness. /
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Bill Dispenses With
Trial for Insane
Upon the request of Secretary of the Interior Work, Senator
Capper, chairman of the Senate District Committee, today
submitted two bills to the Senate reorganizing the procedure
by which mentally deranged persons are committed to St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital.
The first bill provides that fnsane
persons taken into custody, shall
not be subjected to trials as ara
criminals, but may be held in the
hospital and treated, and not tried,
except upon their request- or that
of their relatives, or friends.
The measure also provides that
a jury trial may be dispensed with
in cases of this kind and the ques
tion of commitment determined by
the court itself, unless a jury trial
is demanded.
Temporary commitment or deten
tion is provided for, with the pro
vision that during such commit;
ments, or prior to formal ommit
ments, the patient may be release
upon certificate to the District of
Columbia, by the superintendent of
the hospital or by two physicians
in regular attendance at any other
hospital that the person is not
Insane or *has recovered his reason
provision Is mode for the auto
matic restoration of civil rights ’of
patients discharged from the hos
pital.
The second bill in effect denies
the right of the writ of habeas
corpus to persons committed to St.
Elizabeth’s from the Army and other
Federal organizations. The pro
posed measure declares such Federal
commitments to be legal authority
for the reception and retention of
such patients until cured or released
or transferred therefrom by the com
mitting authorities.
It provides, however, an oppor
tunity for a hearing in respect to
the mental condition of such a
patient.
"What is the Government doing
for Its employees?” Read Jnd
son C. WelHver’s articles begin
ning January 23 In The Wash&ig
ton Herald, daily and Sunday.
AT YOUR THEATER T %
Official Programs of Theater Members of the
Motion Picture Theater Owners of District of Columbia
CBANDAIX’S IMh St. and Cel.
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NORMAN KERRY In
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CRAN'DAM.’S . 845 Fa. Ave.
AVENUE GRARD
SALLY O’NEIL tn “BECKYS
‘ “COLLEGIANS”
BROADWAY
Last Day. “The Final Extra." With
Marruerit* DeLaMotte; Comedy,
“Beauty Parlor”
CRANDALL'S Ninth St. Bet. D
CERTRAL
NORMAN KERRY and LILLIAN
GISH In "ANNIE LAURIE”
CARTOON
CRANDALL’S Cena. Ave. and
CHEVYCHASE M ' K, " , ” ~,,r
FRANKLIN FANGBORN in “MY
FRIEND FROM INDIA”: AL ST.
JOHN COMEDY
CRANDALL’S Georgia Avenue and
COLORY Farragut Street
LOUISE FAZENDA anti CLYDE
COOKE In “A SAILOR'S SWEET,
HEART”; “COLLEGTANS and
CARTOON
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COLLEEN MOORE In
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EMPIRE
PATSY RUTH MILLER and JOHNNY
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CRANDALL’S 1230 0 Street
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AT A RECENT meeting of the
Hotel Greeters of Amertea. Chap
ter 31. William E. Brown, man
ager of the Hotel Houston, was
elected vice president.
Turn to the Rental Columns of
today’s Times and Herald Claaeißed
Ads if you are in search of a modern
up-to-date apartment for rent.
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o GIAtRIA SWANSON in “SADIE
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S STREET.” Also “Banjemaada,"
a Past Moving Musical Mvm
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Thomas Melrhan In “Blind
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' RICKARD BARTHBLMBSR
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CRANDALL’S SM Eighth Stg
NEW **
I.EWIS STONE and BARBARA BfIEB
KORD in "THE NOTORIOUS LADY*
BEN TURPIN COMEDY
REPUBLIC
Today and Tomorrow. Florence Viden
In “One Woman to Another”: Starts
Sunday. “7th Heaven”
RIALTO 9th ati t Sts. R. W.
“THE CbHENS
AND KELLYS '
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NORMA TALMADGIL and GILBERT
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