Newspaper Page Text
WIRE CONUS OE NEW YORK ARE GIVEN NEW CHANCE IN LIFE Prison Association Receives Ex-Convicts in Quaint, Old House IS A FRIEND OF THE FRIENDLESS Position^ Are Secured for Men Just Out of Jail and Every Effort Made to Keep Men on the Right Path • New York, October 20.—(BpeeUtf.) There's a little house on East Fifteenth street that If O. Henry were alive— Von wouldn’t notice anything; unusual about that house, going through East Fifteenth street. It's one of a row on the Northside—old-fashioned “residences” that are sot a little back from the street, with wide, easy staircases leading to lin-! • telled doorways surmounted fanlights of a simple, old and graceful pattern. No body pays any attention to those houses now, for right across the street cranes and hoists are drumming all day at the task of erecting a many storied white house for the Consolidated Ons company. As the skyscraper Is really a tripling of j sn existing one and Involves a nice bit1 of dovetailing of the old and new, the handful of people who lounge on East Fifteenth Street all day have no eye for the pleasant old houses facing It. The particular house that O. Henry would have watched is No. 135, and you can tell it by the brass hand rails along the brownslono steps. There’s nothing particularly striking about No. 135 to the outward view. It seems just agree able, mellowed old house to live In. The low cut windows with curtains blowing out suggest just the kind of interior it American LAUNDRY Member L. N. A. of A. 1720 and 1722 2d Ave. S p i c, Span Clean— That’s the Way the American Launders Your Shirts and Collars —Your favorite snirt «s laundered exactly to a *'T"’—washed clean and starched just right—and in the right places. —Neckband ironed smooth both sides, cuffs finished smooth. pleats “raised'1 and delicate colors are NOT faded. —Collars are ironed at the AMERICAN on a mould machine that, gives 'set'’ and shape the maker de signed, with the fold slightly rolled instead' or the usual “knife blade” edge. —The AMERICAN for particular men— always. 3715 3716 THE GOOD FAMILY LAUNDRY lias, a wide hall, big rooms with high ceilings, white woodwork and cool, airy spaces. You may find" a dozen others like It In the neighborhood of Gramerey park. But this house is set apart. To it twines every day of the year an irregular pro cession ot the most unusual persons you would imagine. Sometimes they come a half dozen, a dozgri or more together, sometimes a whole day goes by and only one or two visitors hasten along the street until they identify Xo. 135 and then cross over and go hurriedly up the steps to ring the bell. They are all of a kind. They may differ in dress, gait and appearance, may approach nervously or with elaborate ease, may seem fearful of observing eyes or walk up boldly—the secret every vis itor carries with him is the same. He is an ex-convict. Either he has been just released front state prison or he has been free but a fewf months. Prison Association Headquarters Trust O. Henry i«» have found that out, despite the budding spectacle across the way. And maybe be would have gone into No. 135 himself to listen to some of the stories of the men who come then fresh from the prison ordeal. The charming old rooms into which you are ushered are the headquarters of the Prison Association of New York, one of the biggest organizations of its kind in the world, one of the richest "’and most powerful. It Is surprising how few per sons knew’-that such a society exists and even then the name doesn't convey more than a hint of its far-reaching activities. The prison association was founded way back in the ' kis and has been busy over since. Its objects are nine anti put In formally'they are as follows: it aims to protect society against crime and to re form the criminal; to protect those un justly accused; to keep track of first of fenders and see that they behave; to bet ter prison condition and discipline;.. to get work for the released prisoner and if necessary supply htm with food, to%]s and shelter; to look after convicts* fam ilies; to keep watch of men cm probation or freed from prison on parole, and to secure laws that will help us deal bet ter with wrongdoers. That’s a pretty big contract Chat the prison association undertakes. But its grdwth and increase in power and wealth show that it achieves its purpose year by year. So effective tiro Its methods that It is looked to with confidence by the men just out of jail, the very men least likely to trust anyone in the world. now Lx-i onvicis Art* Aiaeu Come indoors and see how the associa tion does its greatest work. The door bell rings and a pleasant faced young woman lets in a big, broad shoul dered fellow, who takes off his cap ami twists it round and round in his Angers. The young woman brings him into the cool, shaded front room, gives him a seat, fishes iu a drawer for a blank card and settles to asking him questions in so mat ter of fact a fashion that he is restored to a degree of ease. He’s just out of Great Meadow prison, yes, ma’am; came down on the 1:45 train. Been there two years, grand larceny. HVs got the promise of a job. the prison asso ciation knows about it; it's with So So, the trucking firm. The young woman deserts her card and questions for a rntynent while she looks through a file. “Here it is," she comments after a short search. “So So have a job wait ing for you. .lust gf. round there to morrow morning and they'll put you to work. They’re pretty good people; they take a lot of m« u who come to us and they know all about you, so you’ll be on the. level from the start. Now, where are you going to spend tonight?" “I’ve a brother up in Harlem-" "All right. What’s his address?" It is recorded and also the fact that the visitor is going to live with his brother for the present. “Now, if anything slips up let us know right away," advises the young woman. “If you lose the job or anything like that come to us. And be sure to report here in a month and let us know that you art* getting along all right, anyway." He looks a good deal relieved and, fidgeting with his cap. starts to thank her when O. F. ‘Lewis, general secretary of Thf niWHriniion, huppens^to pass through the room on Ills way to his office in back. Mr. Lewis notes the bronz* d complexion of the stranger and guesses he may be from New York state’s splendid farm prison, where the men work out of doors all day. "ilow’s Warden Homer?" asks Mr. Lewis. An i xpreasion of real concern shows itself on the ex-convict’s face. "WoTo afraid, he’s pretty bad." says th♦ • Great .Meadow man. ‘When I left they dldnN know about ttUn. Height a tei In* got home from Gettysburg lie had i stroke or something. All the boys are feeling had about it.” “Guess they all like him, don’t they?" observes Mi-. Lewis, with the picture of the big bodied, kind hearted warden in his mind's eye. “<)h. sure!” comes the reply. “They’ro wishing they could do something for him. But they can’t do nothing—except behave while he’s laid up and not cause him any trouble.’* * There’s a moment or two further tall: and then No. :J4!» Great Meadow says K<. d by without having 'been able to thank the young won*tn and Mr. Lewis for that job—it*? hard to find the words sometimes. 'I’lie next arrival is a pale faced fellow who looks as if he had undergone hard ships of a pretty severe kind. He’s from Sing- Sing. Not very old either—just 20. “One night 1 was drunk," he says in a tow voice, “and a bunch of fellows kept jollying me because they said I didn’t have any money. I was pretty far gone and I says: T’U draw a check if you don’t believe me.’ They kidded me some more and f wrote a check for *12. The bar tender cashed it. It was no good. “The judge let me go on a suspended sentence— I was only 17 then. 1 lost my job and couldn't get another. So l went over to Pennsylvania. There I hired a room and tried to get work. I couldn’t do it. "Well, I didn't have a cent, to pay my board bill and they locked me up. They heard about it back hero in New York and came over for me." His face is all drawn up. “They sent me up for live years." Not a Friend in the World “You’ve been on good behavior and are paroled to us now.” “Yes; but I haven’t trot a friend In the world. My folks won't have anything to Costs less Bakes Better CALUMET ImAKING • POWDER f ECONOMY "* that’s one thin* you are “■™looking for In these days of hrgh living cost—Calumet Insures a wonderful saving In your baking. But It doeB more. It Insure* wholesome food, tasty food—uniformly raised food. Calumet Is mado right—to sell right—to baka right, Ask one of the millions of woman who us* It—or ask your pigrr. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS _ , World'* Pure Food Expedition, Chlc-eo, ID. Pari* Expodtlon. France, March, 1912. I MhrdnirUi-aiUlKinfa. Dw’tUabU. krCaliwL \ •I" Willi mi\" ||,. covers his face-with his hands. “Were you working—before ” "l was a .-hupping clerk. * "'Jo around to Blank & Go. tomorrow morning anil tell them we sent you. Tell them your Game. They want a clerk. M c 11 get it. touch with them today and the chances are they'll put you to work. TV they don’t come right back here. Now. brace up—you’re going to be all right.” 1I« hasn't anything to stay that night, so the association gives him some money aml^tella him of a place to go. As he leaves he look3 about 100 per cent, more cheerful than when he fang the dborbell. All sorts come to the uld-fashioned house In East Fifteenth street. You wouldn’t think that that well-dressed man smoking a cigar as he walks up the street •was just out of state prison. He was head of a trust company until one day in 11*07, when a notice of suspension was posted on its doors. Then they found out about the bank's loans to him on worthless collateral. The association doesn't need to give him anV money or get him a job. He has a family and friends. Sing Sing was a hard blow, but he’s far from being knocked out. Then there’s the man who, was at Sing Sing the first part of his time and at Great Meadow la ter—transfer red as a reward of good l^ehavior. He can tell you all about 11u* miserable holes they put men in at the Ossining prison, and the other side, too, 'the 1,000 acre farm seventy miles north of Albany where a man works in tlu* open and gpets to view ing life normally again. ‘‘How does the man just out feel?" you ask him. "Is he sore on society?” "No." he answers, after a minute’s reflection. "He's not down on siaicty as a rule, but ho very soon gets so If he can't got a job." But ho allows that a man who had spot if all his time at Bhig Bing might very well be a sworn foe of society when he got out. Fact is, he felt pretty bitter himself before his transfer to Great Mea dow. Up thefe he gradually came to be lieve again tliat there’s justice in the word. One of the things that made him most hitter at Bing King was being put in it wl! with, another man. Three feet and a half one way, seven feet the other and the ceiling fourteen inches above the head. Thu other, man was consumptive and had to lie removed out llnaHy. Ixjts of fellows got consumptive in gtho.se cells. Almost pitch dark, you know, and wet walls and no air. The Bm?ll was sicken ing. Vermin bothered you till you thought you would go crazy. One day the man across from him carried on for a long time and then tried to hang him self with his trousers. The guard came along, cut him down ond threw him back in the cell. lie remarks aimlessly that he himself got rheumatism pretty bad before he w;u mtfved to Great Meadctw. Feel ing all rigid now. though. Go tri tlie house in East Fifteenth 1 street another day and you will find a whole lot of visitors—nftist be forty young fellows seated all around the front room and in. the library in back. They've just [been paroled from Elmira and Napanoch j reformatories. Convicted of felony, they were sen tenced to Elmira for terms of one to three years. Borne were transferred to Napanoch because they were older or because they had behaved badly at El mir;!. But-finally they a!l attained the privilege of parole by good conduct, in dustry and a small measure of scholar ship. All had written letters by the doz en to friends and possible employers until each had got the promise of a job. The agents of the reformatories referred these offers of work to the prison as sociation, which investigated them and threw out the worthless ones. When the job had been O. K..'d for each man the reformatories released the lot of them and they came down to New York un accompanied by any prison officer and reported iirst, as was their duty, to the prison association. The chief parole, officer of one of tlio refc rmatories i. telling these young fel lows that e\or.\ effort will be made to I help them keep straight, hold their jobs, earn a reasonable amount of money and | by obeying u -i«w sensible rates- gain their absolute release in six months or so. At least once a month they must leport in person and at fairly frequent intervals in those first six months tlio i parole Officers will visit them at home [and gt their wprk. A few will be found to be deceiving the parole men. But at hast three out of four of these boy* —they really are that—will gain their ab solute release in short order and lieoome useful members of society. That is the work of tlie prison a£so citation. * These are the people of whom o. Ilvury might have written on unbeat able story. America’s Doors Thrown Open to Mrs. Pankhurst; Must Leave After Visit (Continued from Page One) | where she had luncheon, and tonight she ! was dined at ti club by the Woman’s Po I litieal union. She v/as highly eluted over i her release. “Tho American people did It—it is their will,” she said. “What will the English say?” Then she paid her respects tartly to Reginald McKenna, tho British home secretary, characterizing him as “the chief roturer for England.” She said it was not her purpose to preach militancy in this country, but that she would con lino herself to an exposition of the treat ment accorded the suffragettes in Eng land. Mrs. Pankhurst was the recipient of a demonstration unique in the annals of Ellis Island, as she was leaving the im migration station. Men and women em ployes sought points of vantage from which to see the militant leader and tin board of special inquiry adjourned its case* that Its members ami he immi grants might see her as she walked to ward the ferryboat and tho freedom of the country. More than .'MO members of tho Woman's Political union attended tho dinner at the Aldine club, which was given as an official welcome of Mrs. Pankhurst. The militant leader in an address said tiie happenings of tho last two days had done much to restore her confidence in the democracy of the American people. “Think of the opinion in England, when the news of my release reaches there,” she added. “They committed me there for crimes against the law, which were prompted by tho highest motives and nothing would have pleased them more than to have seen me deported.” To those who criticised her motives and her right to come to America and preach her doctrines to the people of this coun try, Airs. Pankhurst said: Refers to Franklin "I exercise the same right as the rep resentative of any suppressed people to go to the people of other nations and ; plead for assistance. Your own Ben- i jamln Franklin, in the time of stress j and difficulty, made a pilgrimage to j France seeking relief and assistance. This is a woman’s movement and we plead the undeniable right to go to the j women all over the civilized world and lay dur case before them as often and as comprehensively as we can do bo.” ! A reference to lack of militancy was • made at. tho conclusion of her address.' "To those wiio doubt," she said, "Ij wish to say thut 1 don’t question, the ; wisdom of the American people in con- : ducting their campaign along the lines that they have, hut 1 must say this, that 11 I have nover been happier since I know i that I and my daughters must light our buttles along tho lines of militancy," Washington, October !K>.~ America’s doors were opened today to Mrs. Em- I nii-lino Pankhurst and during the fowl weeks covered by her lecture engagements l the British militant suffragist leader in , free to go where she will in tho United i Stated, An Older releasing the much din- j ousted visitor from detention at Ellis * Island, New York, uni revoking the do- 11 portation order of the special inquiry hoard was issued today after President Wilson had conferred with Secretary Wil son of the department of labor and a fti null hearing before Immigration Com* Tiisfrioner t.’amlnetti on Mrs. Pankhurst** I tppeal had been concluded. Secretary Wilson anmmm't'd that he | and the President had agreed that Mrs. 1 f.nkhuret should be admitted “on her | nvn recognizance." with the understand ng that she would depart when site had fulfilled her lecture engagements. Both ;he President Rnd secretary agreed with 1 (mmltsloner Carninettt In the opinion I ;hat there was an element of doubt as to ! whether the acts for which Mrs. Bank turst had been convicted In England con- [ tituted moral turpitude or were political j fn character. Issues Statement Commissioner Caminetti tonight Issued a I formal statement outlining the reasons j ’or his decision in the case. “There Is nothing In the record or be- . fore me." said the statement, “to indicate ;hat the British government desires that Mrs. Pankhurst shall be returned to Eng land; and the evidence of record iudl .•atos that while she was placed under a sentence of three years penal servitude she has served only a small . part or the sentence and apparent ly no effort, has been made to compel her J :o servo the balance; but as a matter of j fact, marked leniency has been shown awards the applicant by the English an- i ;hor!tles. Shalt ttus government deny even j .etnporary asylum when byr doing so loss j ,aside ration would he shown Mrs. Pank f.urst than England has displayed? 'Mrs. Pankhurst states, and counsel .hrt.ughout the case have asserted, that she Is coming here only for a short visit tor the specific purpose of fulfilling en gagement to deliver lectures; that nil that s dtHired 1m that she he allowed to carry Hit these engagements. •u pon carefully considering tile entire record and nil of the circumstances of ;he case, f conclude that the best disposi tion.to make of the matter will be lo uc ;ept the assurances of all parties con rernetl and admit Mrs. Pankhurst on her own recognizance to depart from th« ountry at the termination of her engage ments. and so recommend." In his memorandum to the secretary the cominisisoner described t he case in fiand as follows; "Allen Is a native of Manchester, Eng land, aged 51; traveling alone; Is a widow with three children In Europe. Paid her i’wn passage; has no occupation; has been in the 1'nited States twice before; once In the autumn of 1£W« and again from October. MU. to January. 1912; going to irit nd. Mrs.. o. H. P. Belmont, Madison avenue. New York city; has ¥2000. The board excluded alien by unanimous vote as a person who 1ms been convicted of a felony or other crime or misdemeanor which, in the opinion of the board, in volves moral turpitude.” ONE KILLED WHEN 'TOUCHES LIVE WIRE Maiden, Mass., October 2d.—Samuel Peters of Providence, was killed and John L Hurley, a former Howdoln college foot ball captain will probably lose an arm as a result of contact with a live wire to night. Peters, a member of the crew of the steamer George T. Haley, running between Providence and Savannah, was returning from a visit to friends when h*. gr&bbed a dangling wire. Hurley shouted a warning but too late. Using a rubber shoe as a non-conductor. Hurley tried to pull the wire from Peters’ grasp, but he came in contact with the current and was rendered unconscious. His right arm was frightfully burned. ^ TWO KILLED WHEN MONOPLANE CAPTIZES! EpiiiaL France, October iu Lieutenant Gamier and Sapper Jcnrot, of the Epinal military aeioplane depot were killed to day. They were returning from Bue when the engine of their monoplane stopped suddenly. The machine capsized and the aviators fell from a height of sou feet. About I he sumo time Corporal Aviator Dautroche of the same depot, while mak ing a flight near the depot, met with an almost similar and fatal accident. The engine of his machine became detached anti the biplane turned over and fell into the Kive.r Moselle. Dautroche was drowned. MONASCO SPEAKS TO PRESS CLUB Washington, October HO.—frico Al bert of Momma tonight tokl the Na tional l’ress club that this country was magnificent, "but it was young and had all the exuberance of youth." ite j added that the thing that most im ! pressed him was the universal desire j for learning on tlio part of all clasoes. | .Karlier in the night he delivered all j address before the National Academy 1 of Sciences, AMERICAN INDIAN? . The Smithsonian Scientists Search Siberia for Origin of Poor Lo Recent investigations by many scientists indicates that the original Indian popula tion of the United States was the overflow of the aboriginal population of southeast ern Asia and Mongolia. Dr. Ales Hrd licka. who lias just returned from that region, says he found striking evidences that the theory is correct. He bases his belief, not only on the prehistoric remains found in this little explored region, but on the striking resemblance of the existing rnce of natives to the American Indians. Dr. HrdJicka explored southern Siberia, both east and west of Duke Baikal. He extended his search into outer Mongolia. The capital, Urga, and two large monas teries of the region are constantly visited by natives from all the surrounding coun try. On one occasion he had a chance to see a gathering of 7000 natives in one place, says the Washington Star. The museums of Siberia proved unex p» ctedly rich in ethnologicaJ and arclioe ological material bearing on hi? searen. There are thousands of "kourgans." or burial mounds, that date back through the development of the native race to the pe riod when they were in the stone age and ! no metal implements were known. All the measureemnts, both facial and physical, of the natives tend to confirm the theory that they are the originals of the American Indian stock, and some of the photographs of the living natives are so strikingly like the present day Indians that it would be impossible to tell them apart. In this connection be. says: “Among all those people there are visi ble many and unmistakable traces of ad mixture or persistence of what appears to have been the older population of these regions, pre-Mongolian and e.^pecially pr# Chineso, and those best representing thesa vestiges resemble to the point of identity the American Indian. “These men, women and children are brown hi color, have black, straight hair, rlark brown eyes and facial as wett as he dll y features which remind one most forcibly of the native American*. Many >r them, especially the women and chil dren. if Introduced among the Indians and diessed to correspond, could by no means Fit the disposal of the anthropologist bo U.Ht'ngiiishod apart. The similarities ex tend to the mental make-up of the people, end even to numerous habits and dia toms which new contacts and religion# have not as yet been able to efface. “As a result of what he saw l>r. Hrd licka expresses the belief that there exist today over large parts of eastern Siberia and in Mongolia and Tibet and other re gions in that part of the world nameroaa remains of an ancient population (related In origin perhaps with the latest paleo lithic European! which was physically identical with and in all proliability gav# rise to the American Indian," TEXAS READY FOR ACCEPTANCE TRIAL Norfolk. October 20.—The new dreadnought Texas, the latest «jf th«i most powerful vessels of the nary* passed out today for Rockland, Mr„ to undergo her official acceptance trials. The Texas will be turned over to the government In. about two months. The one mop thnt can be washed^ cleaned and renewed. Puts a high, hard, dry, lasting polish on hardwood floors. No more bending or stooping. No more tired back or aching knees. Sold on Trial Two -i *gi.oo and K1..10. All deal* ors. Warm the very cockles oi your heart with a swallow or two of Jacobs* Famous hiskey Bottled in Old Kentucky Set the blood tingling and racing through your body. Get a healthy glow. Feel fine. Have a man’s'size appetite and ENJOY every meal. Every sparkling amber drop of this pure blend is delicious, ft’s as mellow as the moonlight of the state in which it’s made. 1 tistilled from the choicest grains, properly aged and bottled at the distillery, Jacobs’ Famous Whiskey lias a rare fragrance and rich, smooth flavor that will please your palate. Keep a bottle on the sideboard. Serve it on all social occasions. And remember, too, its tonic properties make it invaluable in the sick room. (M The Full Quart--Always aN I the equal of most V-*- $1.50 Whiskies Be Sure You Get THIS Bottle With the Name JACOBS on the Label Eugene Jacobs’Drug Store 1904 2d Ave. ‘ ‘Birthplace of Cut Prices in Alabama.’’ Phone Main 60 Squibb’s products used in our prescription department DR, FMCKNER CO, Mifert Doctors for ftfou IT HIM, COST YOl' NOTHING To coma and gee us; investigate our melhedci pave a friendly oliatj let us ghow you the largest and beet equipped office you ever saw for curing inetl only of all phronic or private diseases, No man Is too poor to take our treat, nient, Our charges are reasonable and no more than you will be glad and wdll, ing tn pay for a cure, fcsamlnatlnn, consultation and advloe always free. Worn Out Discouraged Lost Vitality Nervous Not Sick But Gloomy Young Middle-Aged Old Men NOT A DOLLAR NEED BE PAID UNLESS CURED I have restored hundred* of men to bounding health, Put them In the vary pink of physical condition so that they could enjoy full business activity and the highest forms of pleasure. Made them take a new Interest In life and feel a pleasure In their surroundings. [, perhaps, can do this for you If you will give rac a chance. Can you afford to be handicapp'd by disease ]oiig<u>, when I make such a liberal offer? 1 Invite you to my office, especially if you are tak ing treatment elsewhere and not getting aattafantory reaulta. I will explain to you my treatment for Varl ooocle, Stricture, Hydrocele* llernla, Nervous Debility, Dost Manhood, Gonorrhoea, Blond Poleon, Plica, Fle tulu, Bladder, Kidney and Prostatlo Trouble, and give you F It HI Ml u phyeloRi examination, If neooaaary, u mloroanoplcal and ehemloal analysts of aeorettona to determine pathological and baotarlologlnul conditions. bJvery person aliould taka advantage of thla opportun ity to learn th«lr true condition, A permanent cure la what you want. Any man who wants to tie cured has no excuse for suffering another <1uy, l don't care who has fulled to rur« you, consult me free of chance, and I will mlvts.: you how you can Im CURED or not uuu penny for toy servluss. Don't give up before consulting me. $10 EXAMINATION .FREE! BEGIN ^TREATMENT NOW TODAY. IK YOU CANNOT CALL, WRITE, ALL LETTERS PROMPT LY ANSWERED, DR. FLEENER CO., Specialists OFFICE HOURS—9 A, M, to 8 P, M, Sunday 9 A. M. to 12 M Nine Largo Rooms, Fully Equipped Suite 800-1-2-3-4 Farley Bldg, Birmingham, A*a. Corner 80th St, and 3d Ave, Entrance on 3d Ave. Take Elevator