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DISTRICT PUSHES
PLANS FOR PRISOF:
Model Reformatory and
Workhouse Almost
Completed.
BY WILL I*. KENNEDY.
With the new building program Al
most completed the District is prepar
ing to inaugurate its most ambitious i
effort to reclaim the evil doer by what !
is declared to be the best equipped I
prison workhouse system in the j
United States at Lortort, Va.
Here the manufacture of automobile |
tags started during the past week,
and the final operation of color coat
ing the metal number plates will be
gin under export supervision to
morrow.
The cannery in which produce
raised on the farms of thp reformatory
at Lorton and the workhouse at
Occoquan, Va., will be pocked for
Winter food will be in operation with
in two weeks to handle the big tomato
crop at both institutions.
Tile foundry building is half up.
the machinery ready for delivery, and
will be in operation within two
months —with more than 200 tons of
scap iron already on hand to be made
into manhole'covers and other heavy
iron supplies for the District govern
ment.
With the permanent buildings for.
the two institutions almost completed,
erected with prison labor and bricks
made at the workhouse, the penal in
stitutions are starling on the second
stage of their program, for most
humane and corrective handling of;
those who have offended against so
ciety—the operation of industries that :
will keep the prisoners employed turn
ing out supplies for the District gov
ernment and actually teaching them
trades that will make them self-sup
porting and self-respecting members
of the community when their prison
terms are completed.
Pay Schedule Planned.
As soon as possible, it is the in
tention of those in charge to estab
lish a pay schedule under which the
prisoners working in these industrial
plants will be allowed a small daily
wage or piece work stipend that will
go to the support of their families
during their confinement.
This plan is in complete coincidence
with the most advanced thought of
humanitarians and social workers
and penologists for the treatment of
those who have offended against so
ciety. The National Capital in its re
formatory at Lorton and its work
house at Occoquan is setting an ex
ample for the whole civilized world
ana is frequently visited by authori
ties of penal institutions of the va
rious States and other countries —be-
cause the customary 30 to 35 foot
prison walls and, as far as is safe.
firfson bars also have been abolished,
t is the only place in the world where
men serving a prison sentence are
without walls and bars.
The success df this great experi
ment in prison reform, started 11
years ago, is shown by the fact that
each year the escapes have run from
a minimum of two to a maximum of
lL 10 of whom were ’ater recaptured,
and that in the entire 11 years only
It who escaped are still at large.
It must be understood that the
rather soothing name, "reformatory,’'
for the Lorton institution really cov
ers "prison,’* for that is what it is.
To Lorton are sent all the offenders
Sentenced to terms running from a
Tear and a day to life imprisonment
by ths District Supreme Court—all
except the very worst criminal cases,
Which are sent to the penitentiaries
In Atlanta, Ga., and Leavenworth,
(Cans. To the ‘‘workhouse’* at Occo
quan are committed those sentenced
In Police Court to terms running from
10 days to a year. Those sentenced
to less than 10 days are held at the
District Jail, because it would not be
Worth while to transfer them to the
Workhouse at Occoquan.
Built by Prisoners.
In the past 11 years tills model
benal plant—Lorton and Occoquan—
has been built up out of a wild forest
area and a big shale bank almost
•ntirely by prison labor. All of the
lumber for the temporary quarters
lhat up to now have been used was
cut on the land. During the war con*
etrtiction work was stopped for three
or;four years.
Few persons in Washington appre-
Se the size of the plant and the
lity of permanent buildings that
e been erected with the prison la
almost entirely within the last
two years, and which are now about
W#dy for occupancy.
O) The new dining hall, kitchen,
pakery and cold storage are superior to
anything that can be found at any
pepal institution in the world. The
tiding hall is 150 by 70 feet, and will
peat 1,200 men. The kitchen, bakery
ind cold-storage plant are all of most
modern construction, and under the
»aqie roof with the dining hall in on©
tom pact unit. The bakery now in
tperatlon handles 3Va barrels of flour
t day. making more than 300 loaves of
bread. During the war it did the bak
ing for Camp McElroy with a popula
tion of 600 to 700 men. The new
bakery can do fully twice as much
Ivork. The kitchen is being thorough
ly equipped with aluminum.
This new dining hall is erected
without center posts to support the
fOof, which rests on steel girders which
Were bought in knocked-down style
md put up by the plumbing and elec
trical department of the ‘‘reforma
tory.” The lowest bid for putting up
these steel frameworks was $940, but
this was saved by the use of prison
tabor.
(2) A separate disciplinary building
fith 20 built-in “cages” or cells.
hese are of most modern construc
tion in every way, with excellent
bentilation and sanitation, while at
the same time affording salutary
learning to those of vicious disposi
tion who are inclined to make trouble.
(3) A detention building to house
100 to 325 prisoners who cannot be
trusted and who are known to be
planning to escape. This building and
the disciplinary barracks are the only
two that have bars on the windows,
fnd even there the bars are made to
So mesh with the window’ frames as
to not be a constant irritation to the
prisoners.
44) There are six large dormitories
completed without locks or bars each
to house 100 to 150 prisoners.
(5) There are six more dormitories
Under Construction.
(6) Five large shop buildings have
been completed and occupied—one of
these by the auto tag manufacturing
piam.
(7) The big brick building for the
canning factory is erected and most
pf the machinery is already installed.
(fc) The foundry building is about
balf completed.
(®) The boiler plant has been built
bnd the new boilers installed to take 1
pare of the entire plant for 10 or 15
years to come.
tiO) A connecting ambulatory is
erected so that in stormy weather any
bnp may pass from the dormitories to
the dining hall under cover.
Buildings of Brick.
All of these new buildings are of
brick, cement floors, slate roofs, and
the interiors painted white. The ad
ministration has been allowed $50,000
this year for construction work and
#70,000 last year. But the appropria
tions have not been sufficient to keep
the work in progress for the entire
year. The dining hall building cost
#73.600, and if built by a contractor
{with free labor would have cost fully
t«4«» that emsmmt. The -five *hqp
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p SCENES IN DISTRICT WORKHOUSE AT LORTON
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Above—The overalls manufacturing
plant. Center—Enamal baker used In
manufacturing automobile tags for
the District. Below—Machine stamping
out the auto tags.
(Washington Star Photos.)
buildings cost $O,BOO each, nhd if built
with free labor would have cost
nearly $17,000.
As soon as the new buildings are
occupied it is the intention of the ad
ministration to keep all offenders at
the Lorton plant, regardless of age
or sentence. Because so many "bad
actors” will be housed there is an espe
cial reason for erecting the discipli
nary building with, cells and the deten
tion building with bars. The District
now has about 650 prisoners at At
lanta and Leavenworth, where the
District now has to pay their ‘-keep.'*
It costs about $l5O per man to trans
fer them from the District to these
penitentiaries—alt of which will be
saved by keeping them at Lorton, and
where they may be maintained at a
smaller per capita cost for “keep.”
This latter has been proven, even in
the crude temporary quarters.
The tag making plant has been j
equipped with most modern machin- :
Sfy at a coat of about $lB,OOO for ma
chinery and $7,000 for sheet steel and
other materials.
AS- a matter of fact, Mr. Barnard
tried to get this plant started three
years ago, but when he asked for
$40,000 the District Commissioners
and Cohgres3 thought it would be bet
ter to "wait awhile.” But after the
trouble in getting the auto tags this
year, when a private cohtractor failed
to fill the order, the Bureau of Effi
ciency supported the prison manage
ment in getting the plant authorized
and the appropriation made.
More than 200,000 tags are to be
produced there during the next three
months. It is estimated that the Dis
trict will save upward of 33 1-3 per
cent on the cost of tags through the
operation of the reformatory plant,
while delays in delivery will be elim
inated. It will .cost 7. or 8 cents to
make a pair of tags. The lowest bid
that the District had last year, from
the contractor who failed to make
good, was 12% cents and the Balti
more prison is quoting 15 cents.
Expert Management.
Both Capt. Barnard and A. C.
Tawse, superintendent of the reforma
tory, who is an industrial manager
with extensive experience in the man
agement of prison ' industries, are
keeping in close personal touch with
the force at work in the tag plant and
other workshops, encouraging the men
to take an interest and pride in their
work and to turn out a superior
product. Capt. Barnard never prom
ises a prisoner anything, but lets them
win his regard and good will through
setting up a good record for behavior.
Both Capt, Barnard and Mr. Tawse
are firm believers in trade training
and view the reforpiatory industries
as extremely important in offering ex
ceptional opportunities in that direc
tion and in building up the-morale of
the prisoners.
Work is being rushed on the can
ning plant so as to have it in opera
tion within two weeks to handle the
big tomato crop at both the reforma
tory farm and the workhouse farm.
Machinery of most modern type is
now being installed in this new build-1
ing.
Mr. Tawse Intends to have this plant J
a model for cleanliness, with all the
employes Wearing white uniforms and
rubber aprons, and the. greatest care
will be exercised over sanitary condi
tions to secure a “perfect pack.” Bet
sides canning tomatoes this plant will
specialise on corn, peas and beans, in
fact, on all the produce of the vege
table gardens, the orchards and berry
pastures. A feature this Fall will be ;
the-canning of sauerkraut, of which!
Capt. Barnard has been making a spe- j
cial study. This plant will be opened -
up with about a dozen employes, but
it is the expectation that eventually
4b will bo at Work there.
The product of the cannery will be
distributed to various District institu
tions.
Reformatory and workhouse orchards !
produce thousands of bushels of ap-1
pies in excess of what can be used, i
and the Cannery will be able to con- j
vert this waste into a valuable pack j
for Winter use among District insti- j
tutlons.
In operation the cannery will ern- J
ploy more than 30 inmates during the !
parking season, which will extend!
from August Until the last of Novem
ber each year.
Equipping the cannery has.eost ap
proximately $2,000. It is declared it
will prove another profitable industry
I of the reformatory while offernig ex
! eeptional opportunities for mastering j
the canning trade.
Foundry Planned.
The third of the major industries
to be established is the foundry, which
will be started just as soon as the
building is completed, within two \
months. The machinery is all ready
for shipment just as soon as Capt.
Barnard wires the manufacturers that
he is ready to*, receive it. The first
job will be to make manhole covers
for the District.
In preparation for this work.more
th%n 200 tops of scrimp iron ha# already
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been piled about the foundry to be
melted down and cast into the various
forms required. There are GO tons
Ut the Sewer Department wharf in
the District that will be shipped to
morrow and another 60 tons of scrap
iron from the Water Department that
will be moved to Lorton this week.
The broom factory, started on a
small scale at the reformatory six
years ago, is being enlarged.
Still another small plant that was
recently started is the garment fac
tory, the principal output of which
is overalls, jumpers, shirts and under
wear. It is now making such supplies,
for the jail, for Oallinger Hospital,
for the Home for the Feeble Minded
at Laurel. Capt. Barnard expects
soon to put in a knitting machine, so
that socks can be made for the many
District institutions. This plant has
been handicapped by the fact that it
is short of the number of sewing ma
chines.
Right here was observed a deplor
able condition. The temporary laun
dry occupies a corner of the garment
factory, and the laundry facilities are
entirely inadequate and terribly crude.
They consist of two old bathtubs used
to hold the soapy water, and several
prisoners scrubbing the overalls and
shirts and jumpers soiled in mechani
cal work on rough wooden counters
with scrub brushes. Some of the more
I fastidious and cleanly inclined of the
prisoners are allowed the privilege of
I washing their own clothing, but the
big majority throw their soiled gar
ments into the common pile, which
are thus roughly scrubbed out.
Needs Laundry Machinery.
Capt. Barnard explains that laundry
machinery is very expensive and that
he hopes the District Commissioners,
the Budget Bureau and Congress will
jgive him specific funds for this much
j needed improvement. No member of
Congress would oppose the appropri
ation for this machinery, he says, if
he would visit the reformatory and
see the actual condition.
Through the windows of this laun
dry can be noted one of the biggest
Improvements that are being made at
both Lorton and Occoquan—the in
stallation of excellent new boilers in
the two central power and heating
| plants. At Fort Humphreys they had
a battery of 10 largo boilers. Through
Brig. Gen. H. C. Smither, chief co
ordinator of the Bureau of the Budget,
(Capt. Barnard secured two of these
I boilers, declared Army surplus. Then
jhe went back and got six more. Now
he has a battery of four boilers at the
reformatory and four at the work
house, which will take care of all
needs for 10 J or 15 years to come.
These eight boilers were dismantled
and transported and set up entirely by
prison labor. They would have cost
about $5,000 each.
Farm at Reformatory.
The farm at the reformatory con
sists of more than 400 acres, all clear
ed within the last 11 years. Here
all the fresh vegetables needed to feed
the inmates are raised, and this will
I be enlarged to supply the new can
) nery. This year for the first time a
wheat crop was tried with amazing
i success. The threshing was com
pleted last Wednesday and the yield
i was 351 bushels. There was also a
bi|f croji of corn, needed to feed the.
mules and horses, of which there are
20 head at Norton and more than 50
at Ocoquan.
Improvements Studied.
The Bureau of Efficiency has been
making an intensive study of the im
provements being made at Lorton
and Occoqtian and will make recom
mendations for extensive rehabilita
tion of the brick plant and that the
District should keep its valuable
water transportation facilities at Oe
coquan in first-class condition. The
Bureau of Efficiency is also co-operat
ing heartily with Capt. Barnard 1 in
the establishment of industries at*,the
reformatory. Strong commendation
of this progress will be laid before
the Gibson subcommittee of the
House District committee when it re
sumes work this Fall, in compliance
with a request made by the Gibbon
subcommittee and the District Com
missioners that the Bureau of Effi
ciency should make a study of the
penal institutions.
LAST SERVICES HELD
IN FAMOUS SYNAGOGUE
Temple Emanu-el, Long Noted
Landmark on Fifth Avenue, to
Make Wa7 for Skyscraper,
By the Associated Press. ‘ •
NEW YORK, July 23.—Temple
Emanu el at Fifth Avenue and Forty
fourth street, built 60 years ago, was
the scene today of its last Sabbath
services.
The Moorish - styled synagogue,
whose twin Moorish towers for years
rose above the surrounding buildings,
but now dwarfed by tall office build
ings, will soon be wrecked and on its
site will be erected another' vast com
mercial structure.
Among the hundreds of the congre
gation who today braved heavy rain
to attend the last services was Isador
Lewis, who heard the dedicatory serv
ices In 1869.
The congregation at Temple Emanu
el will worship at Temple Beth-el, un
til the completion of the new Temple
Emanu el at Fifth avenue and Sixty
fifth street.
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Hohm of David Lawyer* Refute
to State Whether Leader and
Wife Will Testify.
By thi* AiSOCiAMd PrcM.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., July 23.
Attorney* for the defense in the
State'* dissolution proceedings against
the House of David colony today
declined to Indicate if Benjamin Pur
nell, leader of the cult, or bis wife,
Mary, would be placed on the stand.
Asked regarding reports that the
defense, which completed it* first
week of testimony today, planned to
close it* case without examining Pur
nell. the attorneys said they did not
wish to discuss the matter.
One witness was placed on the stand
today, Mrs. Geneva Goodwin Horn
beck, 33, a colony member, who denied
knowledge of Immorality at the colony.
About 30 witnesses remain to be
examined, and indications are about
four weeks will be required for the
defense to complete presentment.
Attorneys tonight estimated the
record of the present ea*e will be one
of the most voluminous in court
annals of the State, and that it will
contain more than 12,000 typewritten
pages.
At the conclusion of defense testi
nitmy, it will require several weeks to
prepare briefs, and as much longer
to argue them. Review of the records
and time for preparation of the
court's opinion is expected to delay
a decision until late December.
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
HAVE “CHILDREN’S HOUR”
Spirit of Longfellow Inspires New
Community Activity in
Hanford.
By the Associated PreM.
HANFORD. C’allf.. July 23.—The
spirit of Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow has inspired the innovation of
"The Children’s Hour” for those of
school age in Hanford.
Children's meetings held by Mrs.
Cleo Lee Aydelotte to "develop
among children their normal in
stincts for self-expression” have ex
panded into ft community activity.
The children are the hostesses of their
hour each week. Parents and other
children are Invited guests.
Municipal authorities have placed
the city auditorium at the disposal of
the children on Sunday afternoons.
Through a 5-cent contribution from
each hostess —aided by some of the
seniors of the community—refresh
ments are provided for all guests.
They present regular programs, some
including pretentious juvenile plays.
"The movement has awakened a
tru6 democratic spirit and a larger
interest In social welfare,” suys Mrs.
Aydelotte, "A now Interest in recrea
tion other than the movies has been
aroused. Mothers note that the chil
dren are practicing the ‘golden rule,'
not just reciting It. The youngsters
develop self-reliance, self-expression
and an invaluable resourcefulness.”
BAN ON COLORED ELKS
IS LIFTED IN NEW YORK
By the Associated Pres*.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 23.
An Injunction granted July 20, 1908.
was temporarily suspended to<lay by
Supreme Court Justice Taylor to en
able the Improved Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
>Vorld, a negro organization, to hold
a national convention in NeW York
City next month.
The injunction was obtained by
the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks to re
strain the negro organization from
using the name "Elks” and regalia
similar to that of the white Elks.
Psrry W. Howard of Washington,
special assistant to the Attorney Oen
eral and Republican national com
mitteeman from Mississippi, told
Justice Taylor that the Elks had felt
that the negro organization might
intrude on them. He said the white
Elks now entertained no such
feelings.
Letters from high officials B. P. O.
E. were read, stating that the policy
toward tho negro organization has
been moderated
Justice Taylor reserved decision on
the motion to vacate the injunction,
but meanwhile temporary suspended
tho order.
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4ir Race Will Drop
On Coolidge Lawn
By the ArtofMatcrt Pr«*».
SPOKANE, Wash., July 23.— An
Invitation to attend the national
air races here, September 23 and
24, and to witness the termination
of the air derbies from New York
and San Francisco to Spokane*, is
to be dropped bn the lawn of the
Summer White House in the Black
Hills by MaJ. John T. Fattcher,
managing director of the National
Air Derby Association.
Permission to fly over the Sum
mer White House on his way home
from New York, where he new
earlier this month in the interest
of the air races, has been granted
MaJ. Fancher, he telegraphed to
day.
The invitation, with a member
ship in the association, will be at
tached to a streamer of satin rib
bons In the national colors and
dropped as near the presidential
lodge as possible.
LARGEST ARMY DIRIGIBLE
SLATED FOR LONG FLIGHT
RS-l, Scott Field Flagship, to
Make Tour Via Washington,
New York and Boston.
By the Associated Press.
SCOTT FIELD, Belleville, 111., July
23.—The RS-l, largest Army dirigible
and flagship of Scott P'leld. will em
bark this month on its longest flight.
A tour of Washington. New York
and Boston, with a possible stop at
the Ford mooring mast ia Detroit on
the homeward trip, has been arranged
as an educational flight for a crew
of about nine men, commanded by
Lieut. Col. John A. Paegelow. com
mandant of Scott Field.
The ship is the world’s largest
semi-rigid craft, and is approximately
a third as large as the Los Angeles,
rigid airship of the Navy. Launched
in January, 19215, its longest previous
flight was to Detroit on the first leg
of a proposed 1,200-mile heglra, which
was canceled because of adverse
weather conditions.
On a flight here six months ago
the RS-l was compelled to remain
aloft for nearly 20 hours because
of a 51-mile gale, which made land
ing impossible. It was in constant
radio communication with the field.
The ship has three gondolas, two
for engines and one a navigator's
cabin, slung to an aluminum keel
which gives it semi-rigidity. It is
282 feet long, 73 feet at its largest
diameter, and has a helium capacity
of 719,000 cubic feet.
The Eastern tour will take the
RS-l to Langley Field. Va.; Bolling
Field, Washington; Lakehurst, N. J.;
up the Atlantic seaboard byway of
Mitchel Field, Long Island, probably
as far as Boston, and thence by a re
turn route to Lakehurst. up the Hud
son River, over Troy and West Point,
N. Y„ over Buffalo and back to ItR
hangar with the conditional halt at
Detroit, if weather permits.
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PHILADELPHIA. July 23 </P).
The originator of “Poor Richard" prob
ably never dreamed of a $10,000,000
memorial to his memory. Yet such a
memorial may be built. A movement
has been started by the Poor Richard
Club, an organization of advertising
men, to spend that sum for a struc
ture to honor the memory of Benja
min Franklin.
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By the Associated Press.
PRINCETON. N. J.. July 23
Twentieth century beauty parlor
specialist* have no right to claim
the “permanent wave” as their
own, according to Shirley H.
Weber, professor of classic* at
Princeton University.
Roman women who lived in
198 A.D. knew all the arts of the
coiffeur as well ns the modern
flapper knows them, he stated. As
proof the Princeton professor has
a large collection of Roman coins
on which appear heads carefully
marcelled and elaborately be
jeweled.
The coins show that practically
every form of hair dressing seen
today was known at some period
to Greek and Roman women. Prof.
Weber asserted.
SAYS AUSTRALIA HEADS
MUSIC-LOVING NATIONS
Russian Pianist Credits Country
With Carrying Off Palm
for Devotion.
By the Associated Prps°.
NEW YORK, .July 23.—Social cus
toms affect the concert publics of dif
ferent countries, thinks Benno Moisei
witsch, Russian pianist, who after one
world tour and on the eve of another
lists Australia as leader of the music
loving nations.
“The men of Spain fill the artists’
rooms after a concert,” he says. “But
their ladies do not take part in these
receptions. Only members of the for
eign colonies fill concert, halls in China.
“But the Australians carry off the
palm as a concert-going public. Even
during a strike, when there were no
means of transportation and electric
light systems Were discontinued, 2,509
persons attended a concert in Mel
bourne.”
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BRICK HOMES
Eight Rooms and Two Baths
Attractive Prices—Convenient Terms
First Floor—Living room (23 feet 3 inches by 12 feet\ large
open fireplace, dining room, kitchen, guest room with private
bath, sleeping porch.
Second Floor—Three large bedrooms and bath. Two of these
rooms are 22 feet 9 inches by 12 feet in size.
One-Half Acre of Ground
Built-in garage. Basement under entire house. Porches, front,
side, rear. All modern improvements.
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NEGRO JAZZ INVADES
CAFES OF MADRID
Devotees of Old Music and Danc
ing Haunt Rendezvous Noted
for Disturbances.
By the AMonated Press.
MADRID, July 23.—The click of
castonets and the swirl of brightly
colored mantilla shawls to the twang
of melodious guitars at** being ousted
from the dimly lighted Madrid cab's
by the jazz of negro minstrels.
Little senoritas. who formerly were
content with the stately fandango,
have succumbed to the American
“black bottom” dance They have
discarded their picturesque high combs,
mantillas and flowing skirts, with
long trains —everything which ham
iters them in stamping through the
new dance successfully.
For those “ohl fogies” who prefer
soft Spanish music and aristocratic
dances to the new crash-andbang
school, there remains only the case
Magdalene, on Madrid's bowery.
Admission to this case costs only
the price of a modest drink. Its pub
lic is not of the choicest, and late at
night there are often disturbances
during which bottles hurtle merrily
through the air. Nevertheless, it re
mains the haunt of the die-hards who
prefer their music straight, and their
senoritas like pictures of old Spain.
Assigned to Aberdeen.
First Lieut. Norman E. Sill. Ord
nance Department Reserve, of this
city, has been assigned to duty in
training at the Proving Ground, Ab
erdeen. Md.
Ordered to Boston.
Col. Albert W. Foreman, 17th In
fantry, at. Fort Crook. Nebr.. has be»n
ordered to Boston for duty with the
I 2tlth Division, Massachusetts National
Guard.