New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1916, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, CASH YOUR CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS HERE omething He Can Really Use Wise Judgment and Good Taste Is the way we propose to have every Christmas Gift selected from o tock i Every line of merchandise was selected with that one and only aim ilxl\r iiZSV. dze&S o complete assortment of REALLY USEFUL GIFTS was never shown in this city. more EAGLE SHIRTS Ask Those Who Wear Them) PURE SILK AND SILKCLOTH No store in New Britain ever as- sembled such a rich and exclusive collection of Fine Shirts. All sizes, Plain White and Neat Fancy Patterns, trimmed—rightly $12.00. HOUSE COATS and BATH| ROBES. Large assortment of both. priced. Neatly $4.50 to | wear. Soft Cuffs and Laundered Cuffs, .00 to $5.00, NOTASEME HOSIERY ¥or Men and Women. Look like fifty—wear like sixty. Cost but 25c¢ a pair. AlL colors. Others in Silk at HATS! $2.50, $3.00. Men’s Derby and Soft Hat Men’s Caps, 50c and $1.00, Fur Caps, $3.50 to Hockey Caps, all colors, 50c, pocketbook, CAPS! $1.00, NECKWEAR. n-hands, Bows to make and 'ady made, Shield Tecks and Band . Complete line of Cheney Neck- We can humor the hobby of any man in Neckwear and will fit any Smart, patterns in 5¢, 50¢, 75¢, $1.00, ‘Knitted Sill, 1k, 50c, Cigarette 50¢, 75¢, $1.00, Men’s Sheepskin Lined REEFERS AND ULSERS $8.75 to $25.00. than a dozen of $1.75, LION COLLARS. No more appropriate gift for men Lion to $3.00. JEWELRY FOR MEN Cases, Knives, Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pins, 25¢ Vest ' Chains, Collars at MACKINAWS, $5.00 to $10.00. to $8.00., SWEATER COATS For men and women, with and with- out collar, all color: men and women, 50c to $5.00. all sizes, $1.25 MUFFLERS. We are very strong on Mufflers for The very ideas and at the very lowest prices, Don’t buy a muffler un- til you look at our line, newest RAINCOATS i ! $5.00 to $15.00. Sl Traveling Bags! $1.00 to $10.00. 25¢ Garters and Arm Bands, Nicely Boxed, and 50c. CASH YOUR CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS HERE Pajamas, Underwg,ar, Unmbrellas, Belts, Suspenders, Handkercl;iefs. Kuppenheimer Suits and Overcoats—Corduroy Trousers and Work Pant: TYAH SYOEAHD 4NTD- SVWISIIHO ¥NOA HSVD JOS. Incorporated e —— = = WHILE STORM RAGES, keep alive by crowding beneath the conning tower for air, in this way Crew of H-Boat Rescued Aiter| Thrilling Experience escaping the chlorine gas fumes from the batteries. All day long, until the sea swept the frail little craft further beachward, the men of the H-3, bottled up in the hull, were rattled around like nuts in a barrel. One lonely figure stuck ta the bridge as if he were lashed to the diver’s superstructure until the beat- ing of the great breakers began heeling the submarine over and back. Then he disappeared, the hatches were bat- tened down, and crew and officers were prisoners. Lieutenant H. R. Bogusch was in command of the H-3, with Licutenant E. F. Zemke. Bureka, Cal, Dec. 15.—Twenty-s aboard the United States submarine H-8, imprisoned since dawn In tho submersible, which went ashore on a shoel near the entrance to Humboldt Bay, were rescued last night, after twelve hours of peril. Five were brought ashore %on a breeches buoy at b o’clock. Within an hour the Temaining nineteen men of the crew and the two officers were Tes- cued. Coast guardsmen shot a line acro! the bow of the H-3 as darkness set in. ‘Watchers on shore saw that the sub- marine became more steady in the surt as the line was made fast. Then a brecches buoy was rigged and the rescue work began. In a dense fog the H-3 struck a ' nation as dean of the graduate school. sand spit while cruising from Puget pr Huntington has been connected :g:‘_;‘d‘::‘h;‘ ’:;:YF:;;L’;CI;“;;:;N%;Z with the university for 46 years and Wes accompanied by the Cheyenne Served as its president for two years. and the submarines H-1 and H-2.| Professor Arthur W. Weisse, head Officers of the Cheyenne sald “‘SY be-' ¢ the biology department of the col- lleved the accldent was caused by the .., o4 jiperal arts of the university, engines of the H-3 becoming dis- | was chosen as Dr. Huntington's suc- abled. Commander W. of the cessor, DR, HUNTINGTON DEAD. Had Been With Boston University For 46 Years, | Boston, Dec, 15.—The retirement of 1171‘. William F. Huntington from ac- tive educational work was announced today. The trustees of Boston uni- { versity yesterday accepted his resig- E. Howe, ANGES IN ONE What more Christ- mas present for the home than one of our DUPLEX ALCAZAR RANGES? Christmas Club Savers Call and see how we can make your home cheerful and attractive. Demonstra- tion has proved the value of our ALCAZAR range, but we are beadquarters for complete housefurnishings. useful and oren s resdyfor ove wth Elther Feal, FOR SALE BY 7-8-9 R. R, Arcade N. M. Miller, Prop. The Home Furnishing Co. . HALLORAN 248 MAIN STREET WE WILL BE PLEASED TO CASH YOUR CHRISTMAS CLUB CHECKS Bethmann-Hollweg, Who Announced Peace Plan ) CHANCELLOR VON BETHMANN—HOLLWEG Bethmann-Hollweg, who announced to neutral nations and the Vatican Germany's willing- ness to open peace negotiations, is chancellor of the German empire and thus holds the position first occupied by the great Bismarck. He is ex- officio premier of the empire and re- sponsible for its government. Since Theobald von ck’s deposition by the present aiser the office of chancellor has been filled by Caprivi, Hohenlohe, Buelow and Bethmann-Hollwes. The last named is a Brandenburger by birth and was educated in the law, entering the civil service of the German government in 1879. He held various offices before becoming | Prussian minister of the in 1905, and he attained hi post in 1909. on Nov. 29. nterior in Present He was sixty years old . word . the convicted and the | tients, | time. NEW HAVEN JAIL TOUCH OF HADES Conditions Denounced in Report by Sage Foundation Expert New Haven, Dec. 15.—Defects in the New Haven count il were pointed out yesterday in a report by Dr. H ings H. Hart of the Russell Sage Foundation. According to Dr. Hart everything is the matter with the jail and there is hardly a good to Dbe said about it The re- port was like an involuntary bath in cold water and the Elm City was shocked to learn of alleged conditions. So shocked, indeed, were the members of the Civic Federation that they de- cided to ask the governor to appoint a commission to investigate the entire penal syvstem of the state as well as the system of county management. The report by Dr. Hart, in part, fol- lows: “The. absence of diagnosis—There is no preliminary case study of the his- tory and record of prisoners, except as they may have been previously committed to this jail. There is no effort to determine their mental con- ! dition, and there is no adequate medi- cal examination, even to guard against the communication of contagious or infectious diseases such as tubercu- ! losis and syphilis. “The absence of classification—In this jail there mingle together freely unconvicted; the sick and the well; hardened con- and inexperienced first offend- Wwitnesses, debtors and insane pa- accused of no crime; feeble minded persons, and babies in arms, | incapable of crime. “On the women’s side only about one-fourth of the inmates are em- ployed and the rest are huddled to- gether in the corridors without work, | schooling or recreation; murderesses, thieves, adventuresses, prostitutes, shop lifters, insane women, feeble minded women and pregnant women. “A voung girl, arrested on susplicion of having stolen an article of jewelry from her employer, who may be sub- sequently found to be absolutely in- nocent, is forced into close = contact with vile women who outrage her sim- plicity with vile stories and obscene talk, leaving upon her an inefaceable brand of shame and ignominy which may lead her to destruction. An in- sance woman, who is a sick woman, entitled to the most tender and skill- ful nursing and medical attendance is subjected to the hubbub, confusion, and effluvium of this dreadful place with only such attention as she can receive from the rude ministrations of her fellow prisoners. A young girl who has been so unfortunate as to witness a crime and whose testimony is essential may be locked up and treated as a prisoner for weeks at a Expectant mothers, in need of the best hospital care and the wisest treatment for their redemption, await their confinement and bring children into the world, in this unspeakable environment. only three groups in the s departments The kitchen employes, who have a dormitory to themselves; the confinement cases, which have a small room, and all the rest in the general cell room; but by day all associate freely. The absence of provision for the sick—There is no hospital; the sick lie in their cells. There is, as has been stated, no proper ward for lying-in patients. Thére is no separation for tuberculosis patients who suffer for lack of care and expose their neigh- bors to infection. There is no pro- vision whatever for isolation of infec- tious diseases. “The doctor has no office, he uses a part of the officers’ barber shop, a roam 9x13 feet. He keeps part of his imedicines in the barber shop, and part in an unlocked cubboard beHind the turnkey’s desk, in the outside lobby. He has no operating room, no exam- ining table, no provision whatever for asceptic surgery. He has no place for the examination of incoming prisoners. Of his 300 prisoners at least 150 are in need of medical attention, and he draws a salary of $300 per year. “It is the custom, as in many other places, to keep insane persons and feeble-minded persons, in the county 1], pending their trial and while they are awaiting commitment ta the state hospital. Female patients, as has been stated, disturbed and noisy, are turned loose with other women, but insane men are talen to the ‘pun- ishment department’ where there are six cells in an isolated room, in- tended for the punishment of incor- igible prisoners. These cells are pro- ided with iron shutters by which they can be darkened. We are in- formed that it is the practice to put a quantity of straw into the cell, per- haps a foot deep, and there the patient is “bedded down” like an animal in his stall, and subjected to the treatment gwhich is accorded to the worst offenders. We are informed that the jailer is very reluctant to use these cells for sane prisoners. Wh then should they be used for sick prisoners? who suffer agonies of misery, pain and fright, under such conditions? There is only one shower bath for 147 cells, containing sometimes nearly 200 prisoners, in the main cell room. No Ventilation, “In the old cell block there is no cell ventilation except through the grated door. As cell buckets are used, the conditions when two prison- ers occupy the same cell, may be imagined. The new cell, block has a ventilating carridor, between the two rows of cells, which is intended to pro- vide cell ventilation, but in the ab- sence of a fan this ventilation is in- is | operativ “In this institution containing from 200 to 500 prisoners there is no laun- dry. There are set tubs and a steam heated dry room in the main kitchen where the women are permitted to do washing. The men are expected to do their own washing but without any suitable conveniences. There is no place to dry clothing except the court- yard, which is needed for exercise or the cells in which we saw undercloth- v 1 | GlobeClothingHouse | Supreme Christmas Gifts Neckwear 25c¢ to $1.50 Bath Robes $3 to $12 Slippers for Men, Women and “Children 50c to $3 Arm Bands 25¢ and 50c Suspenders 25¢ to $1 Mufflers Handkerchiefs 50c to $3 10c to $1 each Umbrellas $1 to $5 House Coats $3.50 to $10 Shirts 50c to $5 ing drying. able to expect men to keep clothing in proper condition not do i it is impossible do stances vermin. to It is entirely unreason- thelr under such circumstances, and many of them Under these circum- exclude | every forty-three prisoners, and*the salaries are as follows: Jailor, $1,200, turnkey, $900; guards to $720; matrons, $300; physi-| cian, $300; clerk, $100. “‘Salaries at the state prison are as| follows: Warden, $5,000 and found;, “The bedding is much of it in an gonu¢v warden, $2,000 and residences unwholesome condition, gravated by the dampness and ventilation of the cells, and by presence of the cell buckets, “The food is passed by the women' 5o and found: & Pryamus and : of temptation to the men through a Thisbe hole in the wall necessity, offers constant to clandestine communication. “There absolutely no for recre for limited exercise in the p: vard, daily, for prisoners trial, and 60 to 90 minutes in yard on ‘Sunday: Card playing tolerated in the ward unless panied by gambling. which, is oners cannot read at night, which .is ag- poor the | provision tion," except an opportunity ison awaiting erg if the state prison needs on the is who accom- Light are ex- tinguished at 7 p. m., so that the pris- guards, $660 to $900; 050; clerk, $1,620. - Salaries at the state reformatory] as follows: Superintendent, $5, tant superintend ent, $2,000 with rent; cell housekeep $1,200 and meals; physician (fo | sixty-five prisoners) $600 ‘allowdnca for board at home;" clerk, $1,500 and] dinners. “Why should a guard in the country ers if the state prison needs ones fo fo Why should a matron) is on duty ten to twelve hours per day, in charge of forty or fifts of the most difficult and irritating] prisoners receive $35 per month (less | than the wages of a good housemaid). physician, $1,3 | are every fifteen? “To one who .is familiar with the If any woman in this audience will history of prison labor the New Ha- contract matron in the county jail fon one houry because features of for- merly prevailed in most of the south- generally | than t con- & demnation of an overwhelming public I refer to-those provisions the county ven county prison labor presents itself with a shock, it involves the essential the convict lease system which but has been in response to ern states, abandoned the sentiment. of the contract made by commissioners with the Metropolitan Chair company, whereby the county delivers the prisoners to the contract- ors at the shop door, and I quote from the report of the Committee of the Civie Federation: “ “The company agrees to furnish proper persons, to be approved by the county commissioners, to take charge of the p in the shop, and to maintain disc in accordance which in substance lows: “ “The company, in of the county commissioner be dllowed to assign prisone: different branches of work in the shop. The prisoners are to be re- spectful, attentive, industrious and obedient, and are to work to the ex- tent of their ability, and for failure of any pgjsoner so to act or so work the county or its overseers may hav power to place the prisoner in soli- tary conflnement for a period not ex ceeding six days, unless permission is obtained for continuing such pun- ishment longer, ‘such punishment be reported to the sheriff or desired jaller, and any question concerning the injustice or impropriety of the punishment to be decided by the county commissioner.’ “The audience to judge for them- selves as to the feasibility of getting to county commissioners together in time to correct or prevent an unjust or cruel punishment. “In the present case the evil is mitigated by the fact that the jailer has firmly refused to allow the con- tractors to administer punishment, and the contractors have yielded the point, but the fact remains that you, the people of the county of New Ha- ven, are today parties to this infam- ous document, written by your agents elected by your franctise. “But the prison labor contract, vi- cious as it is, in principle is, after all the best thing in the jail for the prisoners, hecause it gives them clean, healthful employment, at a good in- dustry. “Not counting the two chief offi- cers, the state prison has thirty-three guards, one for every fifteen prison- ers; the reformatory had eleven guards, one for every six prisoners. “The New Haven county jail has seven guards and matrons, one for certain provide as fol- discretion is to the the to | volunteer to act as substitute for the, she will discover what a difficult, taxing, and responsible position it is. The warden of state prison said: ‘L would rather take care of 200 men en women.” ‘As a result of this penurious ‘poli= ! ey it is necessary to give to ‘trusties’ responsibilities which should be die charged by paid officers, thus opening! the way for graft, favoritism and other abuses. It is to the credit of. the jailer and the prisoners that the! short-term prisoners, perform their unpaid work as well ag | they do. | “It has long been known and cer- ! tified by the officers of the New Haven fire department that the women's de- partment is a most dangerous fire: trap. Even a layman can see that if a fire were to start near the staircase department it would i be impossible to save the women for the reason that their windows are rded by solid jron bars fixed in the | wall. The fire department has pro- | posed a plan for fire-escapes which never been executed. The responsibility for the corffin- uance of the frightful hazard rests di- rectly upon the board of county coms ssioners who cannot be dcquitted; of criminal negligence if the natural and probable result of their neglect| 1 should be realized. They can remedy this condition within the next six hours, if they will. “The condition of the men and Wosl men who are held for debt in ac- cordance with the laws of the state o Connecticut who, together with thel witnesse detained for the benefit o ! the public are kept in wretched quar4 ters and are forced into associatio with convicts is pitiable, and calls for an immediate remedy. ; “It must be remembered, however, that nearly all of the inmates of the New Haven county jail, both those who are awaiting trial and those wh are serving sentence are practically held as prisoners for debt. When g man is accused of any but the mosy serious crimes he allowed to g free if he can furnish bail. It is nof 1 ecessary to pay a cent of cash if he' can find a responsible friend who will lend his credit as a surety for his apd pearance at the time of the trial. Twi men are arrested for the same crimg and are equally guilty. The one man, gives bail and is free to carry on his ordinary business and live in his own: home. The other cannot give bail and has to go to jail. “The constitution and the laws pro= vide that every man shall be deemed to be innocent until he is prowemy guilty but New Haven county accords to these unconvicted prisoners exacte 1y the same treatment as to those whe are convicted, except that the convie ed prisoner has the privileges of wor! "ing in the factors”