Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1935, Page 6

COAL ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COKE—WOOD_FUEL OIL of the Fingst Quality R. S. MILLER- 805 Third St. N.W. Phone NAT. 5178 for nosc & \‘{hiuu( Helps PREVENT many colds ‘Champagne Dinner’ $1 25 Thursday, Jan. 10 to 8:30 P.M. Oysters on Half Shell Relish Tray Beef Bouillon Cream of Mushroom Soup Filet of Sole, Tartar Sauce Mountain Bred Virginia Turkey (From our own farm) Broiled Tenderloin Steak, Julienne Potatoes Maryland Fried Chicken, Corn Fritters Champagne served with meat course Fresh Green Peas, Potatoes Au Gratin, Lima Beans Candied Sweet Potatoes Salad Tray Hot Apple Pie—Hot Mince Pie Plum Pudding, Rum Sauce Tee Creams or Sherbet with Cake Coffee BURLINGTON HOTEL Vermont Ave. & Thomas Circle Comfort Old flattened-out mattresses are cruelly unaccommodat- ing—causing fitful slumber. But an inner - spring mat- tress “gives” to the slightest pressure — cushions every curve. Let us use the ma- terial in your old one. It will be sterilized—cleaned— covered with charming new covering of your own selec- tion. The work will be done in one day at a cost of $9 and up. This is our factory- to-you price. Why not phone National 9411 for our representative to call? Purchase beds and bedding as well as renovating here, at low factory-to-you prices. ABANS 726 11th St. N.W. Nat'l 9411 i Empty Your Gall Bladder And You'll Feel Likea Billion Dollars! Dights, dog-tired days. headaches; pains in all s of The body dieestion (Y Donyw .nmr' from one or nIL 'And have you tried every medicine under | Iun..w’l; to 854 Yourall beck whers o wonder, for you. like thoussads of béen treati =1 # 198 % i Lt Por sale by Peoples Drug Stores, nc.. and all good drugeist: LEGAL INSANITY HELD QUITE RARE; 'st. Elizabeth Assistant Says Effort to Hide Crime Is Confession. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Very few human beings are legally | insane—unable to distinguish right | | from wrong. | Such is the opinion of Dr. Herbert | | C. Wooley, firsi assistant physician | of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, through | which institution hundreds of criminal | insane have passed durimg the Im.i few decades. Of all the psychotic individuals for whom insanity defenses are offered, | ! Dr. Wooley said, only those suffering | from what psychlatrists know as the “Christ jdentification,” usually victims I of paranola, actually are unable to, distinguish right from wrong in & legal | sense. These, in their curious system | of delusions, believe that whatever they do is right because they are { the same as God or some of the | prophets and the very fact of their doing a thing makes it right. Aveld Subterfuge. Such & persom would be very un- likely to deny & criminal act, adopt any subterfuges to cover it up, or otherwise try to cloud the issue be- cause, unable to comprehend that his act w wrong, he would have no reason to do s0. Such a paranoid, Dr. Wooley believes, would e likely t | have gotten himself into an institution before committing any very serious ; criminal act. Other psychotic syndromes, Dr. Wooley says, would be unlikely to in- | clude inability to distinguish right } | from wrong, in the legal sense, until the individuals were 30 far deteriorated that they long since would have been in custody. Murderers, Dr. Wooley pointed out, may be and often are victims. of all sorts snd degrees of psychoses which distort their impulses and their behavior and can be con- sidered in extenuation, in various de- | grees, of their criminal acts. But this | cannot be said to include ignorance | | of & certain act being wrong, or con- trary to the law. As for right and wrong in themselves, of course, most }men are sometimes puzzled. | Denial Confesses Sanity. As s rule the man who denies his | crime. it he is proven guilty, indicates |by that very fact, however mentally | abnormal he may be otherwise, that he knows it to be wiong in a legal sense. Hence he cannot logically be | considered insane. What attitude the I law should take on the role of the | psychosis in crime is another malter, | and open to & divergence of opinion. Few institutions have had more ex- perience with the criminal insane than St. Elizabeth's, whose criminal wing, ' Howard Hall, sometimes has sheltered more murderers than any other build- ing in the United States. It was essentially the Federal prison for the { criminal insane. Most of these have | now been transferred to the new medical center of the Federal prison service at Springfield, Mo., and grim old Howard Hall surrounded with its high walls has become, as ene doctor { characterized it, “the most comfort- | able place at St. Elizabeth’s.” It is IGROUP REQUESTS the least crowded. THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTOY, Gov. La Follette Inaugurated Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Wirephoto shows Philip F. La Follette, 37, who was inaugurated Governor of Wisconsin yesterday for the second time, chatting with Charles W. Netherwood, 91, and his brother, Senator Robert M. La Follette, jr. Netherwood, . an old friend of the family saw the elder La Follette get hi | | SCHOOL BUILDING East Washington Heights, Citizens Also Ask Bet- ter Bus Service. Better bus service and erection of a new school in the immediate neighborhood were asked by mem- | bers of the East Washington Heights Citizens’ Association at their meet- ing last night in the East Washington | Heights Methodist Church. Parents said they have experienced much difficulty and expense in sending their children to classes. The near- est school is two miles away. The present census of houses in the nelghborhood shows that 122 children of school age are forced to go at| least two miles to school, often in a private car. The secretary was di- rected to send a letter to the Com- missioners and to the Board of Edu- cation asking them to give their at- tention to this request. Ask Bus Improvement. The association decided it would | get petitions asking for an extension of the Hilicrest bus line to the Dis- trict line or else have a bus service from Seventeenth and Pennsylvania avenue southeast to the District line. The petitions are to be sent to the Public Utllities Commission and the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. | A request for additional fire boxes Dbrought the reply from the Fire De- partment that the 3d Battalion chiefs, | after a survey, had decided that the | only one was necessary at Forty- fourth place and Hillside road south- Now practically the only mew in-|east. The department stated further mates which It receives are District | that the matter had been referred to of Columbia prisoners who became 'the electrical engineer, who has charge insane while awaiting trial. ‘This/ of the installation of fire boxes. happens quite often, but St. Elizabeth’s | is building up a remarkable record | for curing them. The fact is, Dr.} Wooley says, that most of them, con- sciously or unconsciously, are malin- gerers whose attorneys have been able to make out a good insanity case for them. They may have simulated & psychosis fairly successfully. Waltching Undoes Fakers. But, Dr. Wooley says, once in How- ard Hall they are watched carefully every day and usually soon show signs of returning sanity, or are unable to | keep up the simulation any longer. This may be done for a brief period, but as & continual pattern of life! under the eyes of experts, it is prac- tically impossible. Once a patient is clearly demonstrated to be sane, he is put in the custody of the district attorney’s office either for prosecution or for the case to be nol prossed. About all the malingerer gains in the long run is a delay which may work to his advantage. ‘Those found insane after conviction seldom are sent to Howard Hall any | longer. 1In the old days, many of the | prisoners were truly insane and re- ! mained at St. Elizabeth’s for the rest of their lives. It also contained a considerable number of the so-called psychopathic personalities who did not show many overt manifestations of disordered minds, but who always were getting into trouble on the outside. = - FOXHALL VILLAGE FOR RATE STUDY Gas and Electric Data of Ten Cities Comparable to Washing- ton Sought by Group. The Foxhall Village Citizens' Asso- ciation, which last night sought in- Electric Lights Asked. A reply from the city Refuse De- partment regarding ash collections in the community stated that collee- tions would be made once a week. A letter was to be sent to the High- way Department asking for electric lights on Ridge road southeast, from Minnesota avenue to Burns street. Final plans for a card and bingo party to be held this Priday at the home of the president, O. E. Robbins, was announced by the chairman of the committee, Charles H. Baumbach.{‘ CIVIL SERVICE HEAD CITES MERIT NEEDS H. B. Mitchell Says New Fields. of Government Require Efficiency. The new fields in which the Gov- ernment is embarking require the| highest type of employes and this can be assured only where competitive civil service procedure is followed In their selection, Harry B. Mitchell, president of the Civil Service Com- mission, said in a radio address over WJSV yesterday evening. “Never in the past has there been greater need of efficiency in the rank and file of American public. service than there is today,” he said. ‘“This Government of ours is undertaking & program of economic security. It has been initiated and it is going on. No matter how unselfish or how able the men who are steering these new ven- tures mdy be, there must be the great- est possible efficiency throughout if the best results are to be attained. “Only by competitive examination, followed by proof of good work, can that efficiency be assured.” Mitchell spoke under auspices of the formation relative to gas and electric | American Federation of Government rates of 10 cities comparable in size | Employes, which is sponsoring & na- to the District of Columbia In which | tional Civil Service week observance, power companies are owned by private | from January 13-19, to focus public concerns and others owned by the|gttention on the importance of the public, appointed & committee to study | merit system. The date coincides with ihe situation and make a survey of | the fifty-second anniversary of the em- public utilities companies in an effort | getment of the civil service law. t get lower public utility rates for | = Washington. This survey will be made some time in the near future after the Foxhall Village Committee, headed by Edwin C. Reed, confers with People’s Counsel Willlam E. Roberts, it was learned. Others members appointed to make this survey are B. H. Groggins, Dr. Donald Hay, Charles Degges and Miss Augusta Landis. No more monthly meetings of the Foxhall group will be held unless called by 10 members or by order of the Executive Committee, aceording to an amendment made to the associa- tion's constitution last night. Chairmen of committees named to servé for the current year are Mr. Reed, Public Utilities; Capt. F. E. Thuney, Community Welfare; W, L, Bruckart, education; John Monteith, jr., Membership, and Mr. Westwood, Entertainment. Charles F. Miller, sr., a retired Government Printing Office employe, is president of the associa- tion. Mails Sent by Rocket. Mails were sent recently by rocket from ships over one-half mile from shore in the estuary of the Hoogly, in India. 'RESORTS. CITIES OF THE SUN Temperature 72° warm yesterday in Miami d M h, 5 B Smons the palas sulwittng Wimter. IF YOU EXPECT TO GET YOUR VIGOR BACK Wipe out the excessive acidity | which keeps s0 many people un- dernourished, underweigh You are almost sure to suffer from heartburn, sick headache. bloating, drowsiness. nauses from the gas an acid indigestion when you take your s into s stomach in which there essive acldity. 1 Your food can't digest because the activity of the vital gastric fluids has n destroyed. You can tell it-by that ful thirst. “Your mouth and throat ry. Wipe out th Ve in your | 9o out Lk fxuul e acidity i you stos re It gets into your - Acidity causes much constipation. Just lacidan. the new | be sure you get P double-sction stomach reliet. ~All ol g3 tart in politics, Photo tuken at inauguration. | William A. Roberts offering assiatance in presenting the association’s de- BURLEITH CITIZENS ASK MORE POLICE 1 shcning e “scociions o iati i ith Columbia | committees. Association Joins With Columbia| ®pyor,Sicie 35 baskets of food dis- Heights Business Men in tributed by the association to poor families in Georgetown during the Request. holiday period, accordipg to & Teport o A AR {from the special committee in charge The Burleith Citizens’ Association | Of this work. last night joined other civic bodies | in their request for funds for an in- . : crease in the police force. | Islands Rich in Metals. The matter of proposals for the | Fifteen heretofore uncharted islands consolidation of the recreational fa- | off the coast of Nova Sembla, foun cilities of the Distriet was referred to | recently by Russian explorers, a_committee for study. | to be rich in copper and other metal JANUARY 9, 1938. FAIRFAX MAN KILLED WHEN HIT BY TRAIN Northbound Train Running on Southbound Track Held Reason for Death. Special Dispatch to The Star, CLIFTON STATION, Va., January 9.—Tilden Cunningham, 60, of Clifton Station was instantly killed late Mon- day when struck by s Chesapeake & Ohlo train near here, It was said that because of a tie-up on the line a northbound train had | been shifted to the southbound track and that Cunningham looked north to seé if & train was coming from that stances when he was struck. Cunningham, a lifelong resident of | Fairfax County, lived with a brother, R‘::cn Cunningham. He was unmar- o MUSCULAR direction as under ordinary circum- |’ RHEUMATIC PAINS T takes more than “just a salve” to draw them out, It takes a | “counter - irritant”! And that's what good old Musterole is—sooth- ing, warming, penetrating and help- ful in drawing out the pain and con- gestion when rubbed on the sore, | ‘The association announced receipt | {of ® letter from People’s Counsel | aching spots. uscular lumbago, soreness and stiffiness generally yield Kmmplly to this treatment, and with continued application, relief usually follows. iven better results than the old- fashioned mustard plaster. Used by millions for 25 years. Recommended by many doctors and nurses. All druggists. In three strengths: Regu- lar Strength, Children’s (mild), and ExtraStrong. Tested and approved b; Good Housekeeping Bureau,No.4867. AR MUSTER( s I. MILLER Semi-annval Clearance SHOE SALE NOT shoes made up espegjally for this event. every shos in THIS greot sale is from our REGULAR FALL STOCKS. 1. 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