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Idleness Begets Prison Madness
Convicts in seven prisons in five American states
have staged C06tly revolts within prison walls since
the coming of 1929. That in Colorado was the
bloodiest in the history of the Centennial state.
There was a time when Thomas Tynan was the war
den of the Colorado prison. He served 18 years. He
established the parole system and built a vast num
ber of highways with the aid of convict labor.
He was thrown out by the politicians. They could
not handle him or use him. His theory Is that idle
ness is the curse of prison management; that it is
impossible to reform or reclaim men convicted of
crime locked within their cells without daily labor
to keep their brains busy and their hands employ
ed.
There have been three costly and bloody riots in
New York in recent months, that at the Auburn pris
on resulting in the loss of nine lives. Seven desper
ate convicts were shot to death by state troopers and
two prison guards were slain before the rebellion
was quelled and hundreds of convicts locked in dark
ceils. Prison wardens in the state of New York agree
with Thomas Tynan of Colorado.
Idleness led to the revolts in the New York state
prisons. In addition to this, the Baume law helped
along the cause of the desperate. A fourth time of
fender in the state of New York is given a life sen
tence. There is no appeal or no parole under the
habitual criminal act. If he is idle he broods; if he
broods he grows desperate! if he is in for life, life to
him is worthless; if there is no hope he turns into a
madman and he sows the seed of revolt and pays
the penalty.
Texas has a prison problem. There are thousands
of idle convicts—that is. they are idle for at least half
the year. Texas has an antiquated prison system.
Texas has prison farms scattered from the Gulf to
the Red river. There is no co-ordination. There is
no compact system of control. Now who are respon
sible for the deplorable conditions which exist today?
Politicians primarily and the lawmakers who refuse
to face the real problem and give to the people a
penitentiary system that will provide labor for the
hands of convicts, keep their minds busy, and hold
out to them the promise of parole some day if they
are deserving, work a reformation where it is po6- I
sible in order that those who truly repent may live
orderly lives after the day of atonement has been put
behind them.
Texas has a prison location commission. There j
are three reports ready for the governor. There will j
be a special session of the legislature called in Janu
ary. Twelve of the 18 members of the prison location j
commission favor a modern plan which will provide
labor for convicts and afford them an opportunity of
working out their salvation.
Pour members, the minority, will submit three re- J
ports to the governor. One minority report calls for
the rehabilitation of the prison building at Hunts- j
ville. Another for a prison building or plant on the
Imperial prison farm while Rep. Harry Graves of
Williamson county, who Is running alone, will fight
for the adoption of the majority report and land
somewhere among the four dissenters when the gen
eral legislative roundup under the big dome takes
place and before a final vote has been ordered.
It is the consensus of opinion that the senate will j
adopt the majority report with a number of rotes
to spare. It la the consensus of opinion likewise
that the opponents of the majority report will stage
their battle in the house determined upon a last ditch
fight.
There are two senators and three representatives
members of this prison commission of 18. Sen. Ed
gar Witt, who has been very active in the work of
prison location reform and Is largely responsible for
the majority report. Is confident of success In the
senate, and hopea for success In the house.
Sen. Nat Patton is a dissenter. Three representa
tives who are members of the commission are dis
senters—Graves. King and Murphy. Arrayed against
the adoption erf the majority report will be found
Farmer James E. Ferguson and his followers.
It costs the taxpayers of Texas a million a year to
maintain this alleged system and it is impossible for
the manager and the state prison board to turn a
wheel without legislation on the part of those clothed
with authority in the general assembly of Texas.
It is for the press of Texas to thunder along con
structive lines for the enactment of the majority
report of this important prison location commission
and for the people of Texas, who are not controlled
by their prejudices or the sophistries of demagogues to
urge upon theid lawmakers not only intelligent, but
decisive action at the special session.
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(Now possible to phone ships at sea—News item.)
(After Allen Cunningham.)
A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail
And bends the gallant mast;
And bends the gallant mast, my boys.
While like—oh, pardon me—
I hear the phone bell ringing and
I guess the call’s for me.
Oh for a soft and gentle wind!
I heard a fair one cry;
But give to me the howling breeze
And white waves heaving high;
And white waves heaving high, my boy,
The good ship—damn it all!
That phone is ringing once again,
I'll have to take the call.
There s tempest in the homed moon
And lightning in yon cloud,
And hark the music, mariners!
The wind is piping loud;
The wind is piping loud, my boys,
Oh, listen to its moan—
I would but I must answer, boys,
The blank-blank telephone!
• • • •
(After John Masefield.)
I must go down to the seas again, to
the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a
star to steer her by;
And the wheel s kick and the wind's
song and th^ white gulls winging—
And a gray mist on the sea’s face,
and a phone bell ringing.
I must go down to the seas again.
f&r the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that
cannot be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with a
ifrong breeze moaning
And the flung spray and the blown
tpume, and fhe telephoning.
I must go down to the seas again, to
the vagrant gypsy life.
To the gull’s way and the whale s
way where the wind's like a whetted knife.
And all I ask is a merry yarn and
the right to choose it,
And a night call on the ship's phone
and a ' Please excuse it.”
HOW IT MITST BE DONE
Clerk: There's a man outside to see you.
Employment Manager of Department 8tore: What
does he look like?
Clerk: He a very tall and thin, quite emaciated,
cross-eyed, red-headed and has an enormous red mus
tache.
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CHAPTER 60
Three great specialists performed
the operation that it was hoped
would save Roy Andrew’s life and
reason. It was necessary to remove
a delicate bone in his head in or
der to assure either.
All the talent that money could
buy was put on the task by Peter
Clarke.
For two hours in the early morn
ing the doctors and nurses worked
behind closed doors while the old
man paced the corridor outside.
When the door finally opened, and
they wheeled Roy into his room
he knew there was hope.
Dr. Brand nodded gravely.
“There is a very good chance. I
think. The operation was a danger
ous one, but we have done our
best.’*
He urged Peter to leave the room
and go and get some rest. But he
shook his head, stubbornly.
"I'm not tired. I want to be here
when he comes to.’’
Dr. Brand did not want to tell
him that when Roy came to there
would be no chance for days of his
being able to recognize him.
It was late the next day that
Roy stirred and looked around.
Then he closed his eyes sleepily
again. Peter Clarke and the nurse
bent over him hopefully.
’’Roy, lt*s Uncle Peter.’*
The eyelids barely fluttered again.
A little later he stirred and his
lips moved. Berathlessly they lis
tened for a sound to come from the
blue lips.
-Rosalie.’*
Peter stepped back, a look of
hatred in his eyes. •
"It’s that girl. He’s calling for
her. She’s on his mind."
The nurse held Roy’s pulse.
“He is getting stronger—a little
stronger every minute.”
Later there was a distant flutter
of Roy’s lids and he made as if
to raise up. •
. .. ——■——1—■..
i ‘Rosalie—dear.”
"I think we ll send for Dr. Brand.
Your boy Is beginning to come to.”
the nurse smiled encouragement.
"I'm sure.’’
When Dr. Brand hurried Into the
room Peter Clarke was standing by
the windows, his face lined with
grief.
"He's been calling that—girl. He
still has her on his mind.”
For an hour after that Roy An
drews moved nervously and called
In a faint voice for Rosalie. Several
times he opened his eyes and saw
the nurse bending over him. It
seemed that he thought the little
nurse was Rosalie, for he once made
as if to raise his hand on the
coverlet.
Dr. Brand studied the patient
for awhile, then spoke to Peter
Clarke.
"I'm very much afraid we will
have to send for this girl."
• What!”
"There is a very great chance that
if we send for this young lady he
may recognize her and come out of
his coma. She is the last person
he saw before these men hit him
over the head and took him away.
He is worrying about her in his
delirium and wondering if she is
all right.
"Never!” Clarke almost thunder
ed at him. "I’ll never consent to
having that girl brought here.”
The doctor understood jierfectly
how he felt. But after a little while,
he said quietly and firmly:
"Mr. Clarke this is my patient
and I must insist that my orders
be carried out. I want you to ar
range some way to have the police
bring this girl to the hospital. It
must be done.”
Peter Clarke sat down weakly,
trembling with shock.
"I understand,” Dr. Brand said
sympathetically, "but Mr. Clarke I
know what I am talking about. I‘ve
talked it over with several of the
other doctors and they all agree
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I HE GRAB BAG
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E member 18. 1929
Who •»* I? What is my present
position': tiat is the capital of the
country ii hich I am stationed?
What It an reformer attar’
the Medici he fifteenth •
and was han, •”*
What is the Sepiu»*uit?
• When once the master of the
house is risen up. and hath shut to
the door, and ye begin to stand
without, and to knock at the door.
saying. Lord. Lord, open unto us;
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and he shall answer and say unto
you, I know you not whence ye are.”
Where is this passage found in the
Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are re
served and rather unapproachable,
although not intentionally so. They
are very Just.
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. Brig. Gen. John H. Russell:
high commissioner of Haiti; Port
Au Prince.
2. Girolamo Savonarola.
3. Ancient Greek version of the
Old Testament.
4. St. Luke, xiii, 25.
Star Lore
INTERESTING DRIFTING ABOUT
OF SUN-SPOTS
By Arthur DeV. Carpenter
Sun-spots have what are known
as their proper motions. Of course
they are carried around the sun in
its rotation from sest to east, but
the spots also shift about on the
sun’s surface. It has further been
observed that sun-spots have an
1 a erage daily drift of 43’ (min
dtes) In longitude and 24' in lati
tude. The average sun-spot drift
during one rotation of the sun has
been found to be 1.2 degrees in
latitude and 4 degrees in longitude.
After many spots have formed into
a stream, and the stream has fin
ally diminshed, the spots have a
tendency to move back to their
original places from when they
[ started.
(More tomorrow)
with me. I believe it will hasten
his recovery by days and certainly
can do him no harm.
"You can tell him all the things
you want him to know about her
after he is convalescent. If we have
her here when he first begins to
come out of the coma it will free
his miiid of the fear that these
men have harmed her and may
save his reason. I give you my
word, as a physician, that it can’t
do him any harm.”
The old men got up wearily, all the
dapper sureness gone from his man
ner.
“I’ll have to take your word for
it. But if it does my boy any harm
I'll never be able to forgive you.”
Clarke got Rowdy on the phone
and asked him to rrr&nge with the
police to have Rosalie brought la
the hospital. He asked that Rowdy
come with her.
It was a difficult request to car
ry out But two hours later De tec
ti.j Sears. Rowdy and Rosalie left
the city hall by a side door and rush
ed into a cab.
Rosalie felt that she could not
live for the pain of happiness that
burned in her heart. Roy had call
ed for her—and she was going to
him. They had to send for her to
help make him well again.
She closed her eyes and prayed
; that he would know her. If she ever
saw the laughter in his dear gray
jeyes again she felt that the hap
! piness would be more than she
could bear.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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By ROYAL 8. COPELAND. M. D.
U. & Senator from New York.
Civilisation has done much for
us, but it has brought with It less
physical activity and the taking of
soft, cooked foods. These have their
effect on the circulation of the
blood and on the teeth and gums.
The gums of the teeth are built
of tissue similar to that of the rest
of the body. They are covered by
a membrane closely related to the
skin of the body. The blood circu
lates, through this tissue.
Friction over the skin not only
stimulates the flow of blood In the
tissues, but it toughens the protec
tive skin. This is true cf the gums
as well.
An animal continually scrapes the
gums in chewing its food. This keeps
the tissues firm and healthy. Man
eats foods which do not require
much chewing. This means sluggish
circulation around the teeth and
gums.
Man cleans his teeth because of
Uhe sofa foods he consumes. In
brushing the teeth, which should be
done after every meal, one should
rub the gums well, using either a
clean cloth wound about the finger
or the toothbrush. The idea is to
harden the gums and stimulate the
circulation there. After a few weeks
or months of this sort of treatment
teeth and gums should be In a much
healthier condition.
Healthy gums are coral pink and
firm. Through the fine net-wprk of
blood vessels in the gums the ma
terial is brought to rebuild the
tissues and the blood carries away
the waste poisons, just as is done
from every part of the system.
It Is said that more than 90 per
cent of civilised persons suffer at
one time or another in their lives
from dental decay. They have “pyor
rhoea.' rickets or some other form
of bone disease.
Dr. McCollum in his book ‘'The
Newer Knowledge of Nutrition” says.
“Primitive man had neither rickets
nor decayed teeth. In the National
Museum at Washington there arv
several hundred skulls of Indians
who lived 200 or 300 years ago. Only
a single tooth showed dental decay.'
Of course the reason is clear: among
these people the diet was excellent
in chemical completeness and conse
quently bone diseases and teeth de
cay were almost unknown.
Where there is tooth decay It ti
very likely there Is Improper masti
cation of the food. Then we find
failing nutrition loss of appetite and
anemia. Many cases of what is
thought to be rheumatism are prob
ably symtoms of tooth infection and
the absorption of poisons. Arthritis
which seems to be so common now.
rheumatism, heart disease and many
diseases often have their first cause
in diseased teeth.
If we poison part of the body we
poison the whole of it because the
body Is one. Blood and lymph flow
from one part to another and In
fection is carried from one centre
through all the tissues and organs
affects all the functions of the body.
If we only build up healthy bodies
healthy teeth, mouth, nose, eyes, di
gestive organs, then we have an im
pregnable defense against almost
any disease gem. It Is the business
of tbe body to defend itself against
all the ordinary danger to which It
is exposed, but it cannot do so un
less we help to fortify the body by
taking proper care and food.
1911 1929
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