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BIRD FANCIER
rs FOUND DEAD
IN DINGY ROOM
Always Preferred Feathered
Tribe to Society Of
Humans.

Philadelphia.-The families that live
In Fernber avenue knew old Michael
Grofchick as the man who liked birds
better than he did people.
He used to say to them: 1.-THE birds,
they are better. Always they are
happy, but people"--and he would
shrug his shoulders.
That was the reason Michael lived
among the birds. Never wife, never
a friend lived with him. But the
three rooms of his little house-it
looks like bird cage itself-were
piled with crates in which Michael
kept the canaries he raised for the pet
stores.
Recently the neighbors found MI
chael dead in the second story room
of the house. From hundred cages
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CHAPTER XII

".Just tell me simply and fully all
about yesterday" said the district at
torney pleasantly. Ellen. facing him
across the big table in the library.
smiled nervously In answer to his en-
couraging smile. The library seemed
full of men; some writing some
watching her Doctor Cutter was
there. and George Lathrop. The air
was thick with the odor of strong
cigars, and also the smell of trays of
coffee and sandwiches that had been
taken away short time before.
She began shakily. gaining conf
dence as she went on. They were all
kind to her; they even infused sort
OF brightness into the air Occasion
ally she was interrupted. bu. the ques-
fions were Unexpectedly few and
brief.
''Just a minute there, Mrs. Josseiyn
About that revolver. You came into
the study and found the girl looking
at it7"
"She had 1t in her hand"
RAISED In the alr?"
''Oh. no. lying Idly on the table.
She was frightened when l came in
] threw 1t in the drawer, and shut the
drawer"
"She didn't go back to that room
again?"
81 am sure she did not. She has told
you 1t was IA quarrel with her
fance-with my brother, in fact that
made her desperate. | sent for my
brother, and they were-were recon
ciled."
"She couldn't have gone downstairs
after dnner?'
Il know she did not We were talk
ing until late-until after ten o'clock,
and when she went back to the nurs-
cry she left the door open. She spoke
to me again while she was brushing
her hair. And at eleven l went to
look at my son and saw her asleep"
"You had not suspected her attach
ment to your brother?"
"No. sir. She had been my aunt's-
helper. and It began then"
Ellen went on with her recital.
When she finished there was a tense
stiffness In the room.
George rose and filed q glass with
water and brought 1t to her There
was general stir among the rooms
occupants; sibilant murmur was
audible.
NOW, Mrs. Josselyn, there are some
questions should like to ask you"
Ryan laid down his notes and cleared
his throat. 81 want YOU TO go hack to
the scene of the quarrel AT the time
you were standing on the landing and
you saw and heard everything tlat
was done and said Did you know
what the quarrel was about?s
Not then No. SIR
mot fhen-I see, But later You
dida'
= later my father-in-law told ms
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LIVES AS GYPSY
TO SAVE INFANT
Young Mother Refuses to
Disclose Her Past.

Worcester, Mass.-Frail and wan
after weeks of suffering and anxiety,
Della Lescaupt, twenty-five, from her
bed at the City hospital told how she
lived the life of a gypsy in the woods
near West Boyleston rather than sur
render her fifteen months-old daughter
to charitable organization.
After two nights in the woods, dur
ing which she wrapped her baby in
her coat and shivered in the thin
summer clothes, she found sanctuary
with a friendly italian family in West
BoylestOn. Here her second child was
born, which died day after, accord
ing to her story.
Her concern since her arrival at the
City hospital is for her infant daugh-
ter, which is being cared for in the
children's department of the hospital.
81 will not let them take her from
me-" she repeated again and again.
"As soon as l get well am going to
get work and earn money to support
her." she said.
She refused to tell how she had
been able to obtain food.
She was equally unrespapsiye to
questions OF where she mad come from
or who her parents were, beyond the
fact that her mother had died last
January She said that her only liv-
ing relative was a married sister in
New York.
The woman first made her appear
ance in the city four months ago With
her child.
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CHAPTER XIII

"Now we've been questioning the
girls in the house, and your step
mother-and your wife," Ryan said,
casually, arranging papers on the desk
before him, and glancing now and then
at Gibbs as he did so. "And l think
If you will give us your version of this
affair, Mr.. Josselyn-?'
Certainly" Gibbs said, sitting
back in his chair, and folding his
arms. AS Ellen had felt the unspoken
friendliness In the air, so Gibbs was
instantly aware of an antagonism; as
Ellen had seen that they sheltered and
favored her in their questions. Sc
Gibbs saw that he was not to be
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SrOipes White Hearse to
Take His Gal for Ride

Chicago. -Officer John Wright
(colored) of the Elglewood po-
lice station paused beside a large
white hearse standing at Sixty
fifth and State streets. On the
seat sat a young negro with MS
arm around the waist Of dusky
belle beside him There had
been no deaths on Wright's beat,
and he looked in vain for
crepe-decked door. Moreover, j.
w. Blackwell. an undertaken at
1912 South State street, had re
ported a hearse missing.
"What are you doing hereT
asked Wright.
"Waitin' for business to pick
up," replied Hughie Hilbring, In
differently.
Wright peered into the We
hicle. There was nothing in
side but a bouquet and a box
of chocolates.
"Well. I'd promised to take
Sadie riding" Hilbring finally
confessed, land l just couldn't
get nobody to loan me their
fiivver, SO I borrowed this. 1t
rides easier. anyway"
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that 1t was because he had seen the
item in the paper"
1.-The item, yes-we have that here.
But you saw the two men fight?-yes.
And now tell me, did you hear your
husband say anything in that fight?
Begin at the beginning"
"They talked so low-and so fast"
Ellen said, beginning to tremble, 81
couldn't hear it all. But 1 heard Mr..
Josselyn call out: That's deliberate
faIsehood! and then my husband said
that he could not say that to him"
Didn't he say, I'll kill you If you
say that again?" Ryan suggested.
II don't think he said that. l
couldn't say"
Exactly" Ryan said. you were
excited and frightened by this noise,
and naturally you only got vague
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III Mothers-in-Lat0
Organize First Club

Orange. N. 1.-The Mothers-in-Law
club, with eleven members, was organ
lied here. Mrs. Joseph Pernitze was
elected president.
There will be no room In the club
for hackneyed jokes about mothers
in-law," Mrs. Pernitze said. I'VE have
organized as women with mutual in
terests, to hold afternoon tea parties
twice month and bridge parties once
a week. We will not talk about our
sons and daughters-in-law."
Mrs. Pernitze said she believed this
the first club whose membership was
confined to mothers-injaw.
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impression of it." He glanced at a
paper before him. go on, Mrs. jesse
Ign, you saw the blow struck?"
Eyes, sir. / saw Mr.. Josselyn reach
for the paper-cutter, and 1 screamed
think"
"why did he reach for it3 What
had his son said?"
HE said I'll stop you-r" Ellen
began, and was silent.
"He was terribly excited and angry"
Ryan said quietly, not looking at her,
land he shouted, I'll stop your What
else?'
Ellen glanced at George.
"Why, they were speaking both to-
gether-and so fast" she began.
"What did he say that made you
call out oh, no, Gibbsl' or 'Oh, don't.
Gibbs'!" Ryan asked.
HE said something about lle,"
Ellen stammered, 'he said he would
he said his father was saying things
that weren't so and that he would kill
him If he went on"
81 seer Ryan said quietly, glancing
toward the stenographer a moment.
He paused, pursuing his lips. well,
go on. You said something about the
sentimental attachment your husband
had conceived for his stepmother.
Did that worry you very much?"
1T made me unhappy. little" FL
len said simply. But never thought
anything was wrong. told my father
in-law last night that there was moth
ing wrong" she added eagerly. AZ
| told him that we would all forget 1t.
and that he must not feel too bauly
about it."
"Tell us again what happened after
your husband rushed out?" the dis
trict attorney said. She repeated her
story, attempting 70 use the same IAN
guage; she had quieted the old man,
dined with him and her son, taken
Tommy up to bed. come back to say
goodnight at about eight o'clock,
and talked for an hour or more with
Lizzie. and then sat reading until she
retired at eleven. And she had then
seen the study light shining on the
corner of the house.
$50 that your father-ln-law was up
at that time" Ryan said. Nov. then.
you say you went TO sleep. When
were you awakened, and by what?"
II walked up, and found my husband
sitting by the fire. Ellen said. ut
was two O'clock"
at was two o'clock. And you and
he had talk?"
"No. we didn't talk. He said that
he was going TO leave the house in
the morning, and l agreed. But we
didn't say anything more"
How did his manner impress you.
Mrs. Josselyn?"
Ellen looked at George again.
| al thought he was still terribly
shaken over his quarrel with his ia
| Their" she said.
| ale did seem shaken and excited7"
Eyes. thought he did"
'You didn't tell him that you had
quieted his father. and that you and
the little boy had cheered him up 50
that he was quite himself at dinner?'
-No. sir"
"Why didn't you, Mrs. Josselyn?'
"Why, | thoughtA-l thought he
would be less troubled In the morning,
land that would try to--tiat | would
talk to him then"
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Finds Needle in Hand

Adams. Mass.-Miss Amy Fuller OF
Savoy had a needle removed from the
palm of one hand by Or. A. Desroch-
ers, after having suffered for some
time. She does not know when she
picked up the needle, but believes II
was some time ago. An incision was
made which disclosed the needle.
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spared. The district attorney, who
had sold papers and run errands for a
living. twenty-five years ago, when
little Gibbs Josselyn was riding his
pony, and having his beautiful little
suits made to order, was not apt TO be
over-gentle in his dealings with rich
mans son.
Gibbs face was white, and his eyes
strained. before the quarrel had been
lived and relived again. He admitted
his admiras4le OF his fathers wife,
admitted that it Md given his own
wife and his father some concern, adj
mitted that the matter had caused a
strained relationship between the
four. He did not glance at George:
his eyes We're fixed upon his interro-
gator.
GRO BE CONTINUED
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Thief Accepts 81 Loot

San Francisco.-"Give me that
purse" demanded the uncouth strang-
err who approached Mrs. Eugenia T.
Early at Colby and Bacon streets re-
Gently. IL will not" responded Mrs
Early ia very decided tone of voice.
"a dollar is enough for you" The
bandit took the dollar and meekly
went his way.
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Kills Heror,

Franklin. Ky.-James Roark Of the
Providence country recently shot and
killed snow-white heron which was
4 feet and 4 inches in height, meas
urnd A feet and 9 inches from tip TO
tip andS weighed only two pounds.
The bird is native Of the Florida
coasts.
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'FlESTER'S CHUCKLES

Une pod kiss deserves another.
Aliein time saves embarrassment.
Money is made from BRASS not
brains.
Fishing is always good for fnan-
cial suckers.
Hooting is not sign of wisdom
even if owls do it.
The thing that grows most is fish
after it gets away.
Wives and cars are frequently in
the runabout class.
Love and the bill collector never
make a good team.
Girls used to kiss and make up
Now it's the reverse
old acquaintance come along.
There seems to be vast difference
between climate and weather.
An encore may possibly be sug-
gestion that you practice more.
Sometimes you travel faster in a
parked car than in one that's going.
The s,c.-est rule is, Don't get welded
to anything that won't support you.
Acoustics is what we are not inter-
ested in when baby has the collie at
8 a. m.-Chester G. Conner in New
York American.
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The man who says the right thing
at the right time Is a man who says
nothing at ell when in doubt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
ST. LOUIS FANS
MAKE Walls
ABOUT LEE
Star Tulsa Shortstop Allowed
to Escape to Red
Sox.
By HARRY NELLY.

CHICAGO, Jan. Loud walls
come out of St. Louis because
Shortstop Dudley Lee was sold by
Tulsa to the Boston American
League club. Young Lee was the
sensation of the Western League.
He belonged to the Browns at one
time, but after he developed into
star he was permitted to escape to
the Red Sox in spite of the fact
that Phil de C. Ball owns one-half
of the Tulsa team.
There was a reason for this deal
The new rules of baseball provide
that a player may be sent back II
the minors on optional recall only
twice. When Lee went back for the
third time the Browns were afraid
to buy him lest they incur the
wrath Of Commissioner K. M. Ian
dis. who is very particular about
these things. Hence Ball made. no
bid.
Lee had served so faithfully that
President Jim Crawford Of the Tulsa
club promised him a chance to ad-
vance when an opportunity pre-
scented itself. Bob Quinn had a
mammoth money sack and he also
had Johnny Mitchell. a shortstop.
who would make good in the West
ern. Some $4,000 and Mitchell
were expended for the rookie, who
is touted as being one of the most
aluable players coming out of the
minors in many years. 49,.
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GILBERT STARTS
OLDFEUD WITH
JAKEY ATZ

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. Larry
Gilbert and Jakey Atz, foes in the
recent Dixie championship series,
will pilot rival teams in the feature
game Of the winter season here.
Last winter they rounded up
teams and engaged in several weeks
of playing. Then, the past sum-
mer, as managers Of the Pels and
Panthers, they piloted their teams
to victory and then fought 1t out
in the big series.
AS both are residents of this city,
they decided to renew the feud.
Gilbert has employed Dick Robert.
son, former Southern Lacquer, as
one of his hurlers. Atz has signed
Carl Thomas, of the Pelicans, and
Bob Sutherland, Texas League, for
the winter.
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ON HIS CAP
MADE GOLFER
HOLD HEAD

Cononel Quill is the name of a
golfer in England who for years
was unable to drive because he
was unable to keep his head still.
There was nothing unique about
that, because the game is crowded
with Colonel Quilts. He set out to
cure this fault, and, after taking
the advice Of thousand and one
friends, was about to give the game
up. AS a last resort he took mat
tiers In his own hands, and this is
how he overcame the fault, which
Is the bugaboo of so many golfers.
Colonel Quill invented little
bell attachment which he placed on
the top Of his cap. AS he stood on
the tee to drive the bell sounded
a warning every time he moved his
head. The Colonel was patient and
after a while got so he could drive
without ringing the bell.
That scheme was even better
than the one used by another Eng.
fish golfer to correct the fault of
lifting his head. He had a con.
trivance one end of which he grip.
ped In his teeth and the other
fastened on the button of his waist.
coat. The pull on his mouth was
the signal that he was lifting his
head. This worked out we'll enough
until he got artificial teeth, and its
effectiveness was gone.
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CHURCHILL DOWNS GETS
READY FOR CELEBRATION

LOUISVILLE, Jan. ITO cele-
brate the fiftieth running Of the
famous Kentucky derby many i'm
provements are now being made at
Churchill Downs.
A bigger club house, which will
increase the seating capacity to
5000, will be built, and a new
paddock also will be constructed.
The club house extension VIII he n
the form of double. decked'' pa.
wilton with seats for 5000.
One change came about as q
result Of a suggestion by the
stewards. 1t was stated that the
old passagewav was too remote 10
enable the officials to get a good
view as the horses came out upon
the track, hence the new paddock
will be situated directly back of
the old grandstands, with the pas
saEeway leading out on to the track
close to the stewards stands.
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7 D
RUN AGAIN At
GARDEN
First Athlete of Note to File
Entry for January 80
Event.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Loren
Murchison, one Of Americas fleetest
sprinters, is the first athlete of note
to signify his intention of compel
ing in the games OF the municipal
athletic activities at Madison Square
Garden on January 80. He filed his
entry today for the series Of sprint
races in which he hopes TO meet the
hest short distance runners in the
East.
Murchison, in addition to being
holder Of the world record of is
seconds for sixty yards. is also the
American champion at co. 100, 22O
and 300 yards. During his long
career as an athlete the former st.
Louis flash has defeated every
Splinter of note, including Charles
w. Paddock. holder OF world
records at 100 and 220 yards; Robert
McAllister. holder of the world
mark at $50 yards; j. a. Leconey.
intercollegiate champion, and H. B.
Lever, of the University Of Penn
sylvania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
" T s 7 VIRGINIA
NEEDS MANY
COACHES
Track, Tennis, and Freshmen
Basketball Tutors Badly
Needed.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Jan.

MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Jan. Z.
Angling on the part Of West Vir-
ginia University athletic officials to
secure a coach for the freshmen
basketball squad has caused Noun
taineer fans to remember that sew
eral coaching posts are still un-
filled.
AS yet no successor to Tommy"
Thomson, last years track coach,
has been named and Capt. II. L.
Mumma, who tutored the tennis
squad for several years. must be
replaced
The personnel of the 1924 foot.
ball coaching staff is still being
given consideration by DIR. &. W.
Spears, head coach. During his first
season DIR. Spears had Zach" Jor-
dan. former Dartmouth star, and
|. f. Rodgers as his assistants. In
1922 Jordan gave way to Bob Kay,
who was succeeded by Joe Setron
and Bob Hawkins. DIR. Spears ia
vors men he has tutored and If
neither Hawkins nor Setron are re-
tanned he Is almost sure to name
one or two of the men to wind up
their career during the season just
closed.
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PECK BASKETERS TO
PLAY CALVARY NJ. E

The Peck Memorial Club will at
tempt to add another victory to
their string when they take on the
fast Calvary M. E. five in the Peck
gym tonight.
In their seventeen games PLAYED
so far this season the clubmen have
been returned the winner in fifteen,
The preliminary contest will be he
between the Epiphany Midgets and
Cuthberts. The Midgets have won
sixteen straight.
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the exceptions, the patriarchs of
the game and well removed from
the fate of the average player. The
latter usually sticks in the majors
for five or six years and then
passes beyond the pale.
He has the alternative of quit
ting baseball and preparing him.
self for some permanent source
Of income or taking a fling at the
minor league game. Almost in
vaFiably the latter is his choice, for
he cannot conceive of anything ex.
cept an abrupt return to the
majors. This seldom happens.
A half dozen seasons on the small
time and he is through altogether.
Even his inadequate income there is
cut off. Unless he has practiced
rigid economy and invested his saw
ings with some acumen he must
start catch-as-catch-can battle with
life at an age when many men are
just coming into the flush Of In
cipient success.
Twelve short years and four hun
dred living names are reduced to
thirteen. Go back six additional
years and only one remains-the
great Cobb himself
For the majority baseball is
neither sport nor career. All too
often it is economic tragedy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
WASHINGTON PREPS
BOOK PAIR OF GAMES

The Washington Props have book
ed a pair of rather tough contests.
the first of which will be played
tonight and the second tomorrow
night.
This evening the Props will jour
ney to Alexandria where they play
the Alexandria High School quint.
Tomorrow nights game will be
against Kanawhas in the Congress
Heights gym.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
Now That Everybody
Understands Each
Other!

What, asks the inquiring
book of elementary physics,
happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable
body? You answer that ques-
ton by asking another, to wit:
What happens when Charley
Paddock, a very arbitrary
young man, takes violent issue
with the Amateur Athletic
Union, a very arbitrary organi-
cation? The answer in both
cases is nothing.
The very arbitrary young
man has no intention of miss
ing the Olympic Games at
Paris next Summer, and the
very arbitrary organization has
no intention of letting him do
so.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
HARD LUCK IS No
PHASE FOR
THIS JOCK
Concerning hard luck:


Twenty five years ago Paul Fox
jumped aboard a nag known as
Poor Jonathan at Morris Park, N.
Y. The bookies were laying 500 to
against him. AS the gallopers
were leaving the padd IL an old
clocker rushed up to Fox and wills
pered:
Poor Jonathan can't lose this
race. Get a bet down for your
self"
Fox had no money in his riding
breeches so he couldn't pass any
along to the clocker for betting
purposes. He asked the clocker to
put $40 on the nose of Poor Jona-
than for him, same to be paid back
when the race was over. But the
clocker was so broke that he hadn't
been able to bet a dime for him
SELF
Poor Jonathan at 500 to ran
home in front that day without the
jockey, the cocker or the other
having n cent to bet on him. And
what made 1t just a little more dis
tressing, from the Fox viewpoint.
was that the owner never paid him
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GRIFFITH MEANS BUSINESS

his battery to begin training
tampa on Monday February 10, President Clark Griffith
shows ne business this
nave Oeen working out for two months by the flag
oe up on p To- The less spawned begin
e boiling out Springs Ark on Thurs
FEBRUARY Il After two weeks of ramping up down
oae nterpersed with much bathing baking they will back
f for Tampa Joining the first Monday March As
game with the Boston
arch TO- at Tampa it that the GrRs weeks
together before going Dave outfit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-07
PocKET-BILLIARD STARS
IN EXHIBITION TONIGHT

Drew Thompson. who finished
third in the recent District pocket
billiard championship and George
Wheatley, former holder of the title,
will play the first block Of their
$50 point match at the Academy
parlors tonight.
The match calls for seventy-five
points each evening and will con.
tinue throughout the week. Play
each evening will start at 8 o'clock.