New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1922, Page 23

NUMBER OF PERSONS HELD IN PRISONS Govt. Compares Figares for 1917 With Those of 1924 ‘Washingten, Nov, 24,—Supplement- ing a brief report made Wednesday, the department of commerce has now given a delailed report on the num- ber of prisoners confined in Federal penitentiaries, state prisons and other penal institutions on July 1, 1822, was 163,889 of which number 6,640 were reported- for three federal peni- tentiaries, 78,673 for 104 .state pris- ons, 44,283 for 2,461 county penal institutiond (principally jails), 12,717 for 206 chain or road gangs In cer- tain southern "states, and 21,635 for 1,319 city Institutions, while the re- maining 1,041 were women committed by the courts to the care of other institutions (24 in pumber), mainly tinder the ‘control of religious or/ eharitable organizations. Similar data were collected for July 1, 1917, but the total for that date does not in- ¢lude all prisoners in chain or road gangs, nor women 'committed by ‘the courts to the care of institutions un- dér thé ‘control of religious or char- itable organizations. Excluding these from .the figures for 1922, the com- perable totals for the two years are: 1022, 151,172; 1917, 140,186, +These figures include. prisoners awalting trial and a few persons held ar witnesses, as well as prisoners serving sentence. The returns were ohtained in' response to a circular of inquiry which the . bureau of census malled to'the various finstitutions, as; _u preliminary to the complete decen- _mial census of prisoners, Which will be taken in.1923. Increases Reported. + The number of prisoners in Federal penitentiaries increased from 3,018 on July 1, 1917, to 5,640 on July 1, 1922. During the same period the number of inmates of state prisons increased ; from 71,422 to 78,673, and -of county jails, from 41,871 to 44,283, while| persons .confined in city penal insti- tutions (including police stations) de-1| greased in number from 23,855 to 21,- , 635. The data as to. prizoners in Federal and state penal institutions are pre- sumably complete and accurate for beth 1922 and 1917. The combined total of persons in such. institutions {ncrensed from- 74,460 in 1917 to 84,-| 213 in 1922, the rate of increase be- | ing 13.1 per cent. The rate of in- crease in Federal prisoners was 88.6 | per cent.; in state prisoners, 1®1 per | cent. The ratio of Ifederal prisoners per 100,000 population increased from three in 1917 to 5.1 in 1922, and the corresponding ratio for state prison- | ers Increased during”the same period from 72.4 to 74.5. | whisky, forcement agency here, attorneys for the owners announced The Half Moon, disabled brolight into American witers July 17 by the tanker Haginaw, At Angeles, Wash,, a customs 'inspector selzed her cargo of 164 cases of The whisky was sent here, and in due course Attorney Geuneral Daugherty ordered that it be given back to the owncrs, because the ves- sel when disabled’ was bound from one British port to another, and had not been in American waters. On Monday the Half Moon convoyed from DPort Angeles British waters by a coast guard cut- ter. 1In her restored cargo, the own- ers say, only 163 cases ol whisky und several of these were short one bottle ' CONNOLLY RESIGNS New York Representative of the hrish Free State Resigns By Cable and salls For Ireland. New York, Nov, 24.—Joseph the imprisonment of Mary MacSwincy and the other measures of the gov- ernment which resulted in the recent execution of four adherents of Eamon De Valera republicans. Announcement to this eftect ton, a member of a commission sent to the United States by Irish republi- She said_Connolly sailed last cans, Saturday after cabling his resignation. MAPLE HILL NEWS, On account of Thanksgiving the next meeting of the Maple Hill Wom- an’s club will not be held until Wed- negday afternoon, December 6. Mrs. Walter Sorrow and daughter, Miss Frances Sorrow, returned home Saturday from the Hartford hospital, and are steadily improving. Mrs, H. B. Olmstéad entertained the Maple Hill Bridge club at her home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Rau won first prize, Mrs. W. D. Smith second and Mrs. Benjamin consolation, Mrs. Alice Morse of Holyoke is vis- iting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Moody for |a few days Lounise Harding, daughter of the Hartford hospital rapidly improving. SUES MOTHER FOR DOWRY. New Jersey Girl Says Parent Prom- ised Her $1,000 on Wedding Day. Elizabeth, N. I, Nov. 24.-—Mrs. Evelyn glick, of 1136 Elizabeth &, edtered suit for $1,000 aven Was Port was into Con- nolly, representative here of the Irish free state, has resigned by cable and salled for Ireland to protest against .« the was made today by Mrs. Sheehy Skeffing- Damon, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Harding, who under- went an operation for appendicitis at Wednesday, is|2 NEW BRITAIN DAILY RICHES IN GUM, " LOST IT FOOLISHLY Fleer, Aming Other Things, Sought Buried Treasure Charlotte, Nov, 24,- Fleer, of chewing gum fame, who died at his home near lexington about a year ago, left an estate sub- Jeet to inheritance tax in North Caro- lina of $1560,000, according to records of the state’ tax commission. Investigations iIncident to' settle- ment proceedings revealed that at the tfime of his death he was not so | wealthy as formerly, Two years ago he had an estate subject to North Carolina tax laws amounting to approximately $3,000,- 000, most of which was Jater lost in adventures in oil and gas stocks and in mining ventures, tax commission fnvestigations show. Sought Hidden Treasure, He sank quite a large sum in one enterprise which sought hidden treas- ure on an island in the South At- lantie, according to Investigators. The meeting of trade winds at this island, according to the story, neu- tralized their powers in moving sail- ing vessels. This fact to have made this island an spot for the hiding of treasure in the days of sailing vessels, the voiding of the efficienty of the trade winds making it impossible for such vesscls to reach there. Capt. Kidd or other pirates, it was | generally presumed, would get as near the island as the wind would permit, and then land their treasure in row boats. Mr. Fleer is' said to have fitted out an expedition that went first to search for hidden treas- ure on this island, and later to mine for gold, both.of which ventures proved unsuccessful, ~I'rank N, was supposed ' ideal ! WARDS C HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 192 Rulrs of lta Celehrat ctory Or ta The anniversary of the victory of Italian arms was celebrated by the Fascisti cabinet with Here is shown Mussolini (center) with his cabinet.| ceremonies at the statue of Peace in Rome. Itevenue Lamb had churge of i tlement of the estate for North ¢ Iina, He made a trip to Philadels phia and g¢leverly effected ) in legal controversies that bade to last many months, Assisting in handling the interests of the were Ferguson & Vinson of G boro, and Thomas 1), Warren of Bern, The Kleer cstate was re| sented by Raper & Raper of lfllr ton, A, I, SBands of Winston-Salel and Frank Morehead of Philadelphia. = Me, Kleer's widow, who was M Willle Jenking of Catonin, wWas repres sented by Mr, Sloan, She I8 under- stood to have received a third of the estate, Recently she q ew b iy el L | CANDLER DE Files Demurrer to Mres, Bofield's $100,+ 000 Damage Snit, | Atianta, Ga, Nov. 24,—General de= iniwl of the principal allegations in [the $100,000 damage suit fled against him by Mre. Clyde K, liyfield of Ats Nanta, in connection with an alleged occurrence on the steamship Berens garia en route to lurope last sum- mer, has been made by Walter T, Candler in a special demurrer filed in Dekalb county superior court, The demurrer denied Candler com- mitted any wrong against Mrs, By- |field and declared Candler did not persuade the Byfields to accompany him on the trip to Kurope, and that “go far as he knew the plaintifft and |her husband were as anxious to make the trip as the defendant.”” The suit against Candler was filed General Diaz, Italy’s leader'in the World War and now minister of war, is shown on Mussolini’s last August following i suit instituted right. by Candler against Byfield charging blackmail was used to coerce from him a $22,600 note given to Byfield in Some time prior to his death Mr. |erty in North Carolina, together with | North Carolina’ interest in the estate involved the citizenship of Mr. Fleer. He had voted in Pennsylvania most of his life, but it was found that for But some time prior to his some time prior to his death he had voted in North Carolina. The $150,000 estate subject to the |this and to have acquired property in |sylvania he was generally thought to | have voted the republican ticket, but he is known to have interest | democratic ticket in this state. Deputy He developed near l.ex- for many Fleer had sold his interest in “Chic- | his personal holdings. lets,” and most of his cash was in- the famous Cedar Lodge, vested in oil and gas stocks and in|ington, where he lived mining. 'These failed, and their fail- | years, ure dug deep into his wealth. death he was understood to have sold North Carolina inheritance tax laws | Randolph county. does not represent the Fleer wealth in Legal Technicality. other states. It does represent, how- A legal technicality of the net value of his real pro which preceded the final settlement of | Chief o s ) v L] . CR LOTHES In Penn- supported the Commissioner of All the Latest Models can b Known by Our Prices " Dress Up for Thanksgiving e seen now on display at our store. Special Prices for Thanksgiving. We mean to be MEN’S CONSERVATIVE- MEN’S ALL WOOL OXFORD FULL LINED against her mother, Mrs. Rose Sass of 421 Westfield avenue, alleging that her mother falled to give a $1,000 dowry she had promised her on her ‘No state prison ‘is maintained in| Delaware, and for Georgia the state! figures, which include prisoners in chain or road gangs, are not compar- * able with those for other states. Of| 4 creases in the ratio of state prisoners per 100,000 popuiation and 23 show ' decreases, Of the 23 states in which Zthe ration increased, 19 show rela- * tively low ratlos for 1917, the average, for ‘the entire group of 23 states be-| ing 68.6 per '100,000; while of the 23, states in which the ratio decreased, 1§ 'show relatively -high ratios for 1917, the average for the entire group be- ! ing 92.4 per 100,000, In other ‘words, ' .the ratio decreased in most of the states in which it was relatively high| v in 1917 and increased in most of the states in which it was relatively low . in that year. For' example: Pennsyl-' vania’s low ratio of 41.6 in 1917 in- creased to 56.2 in 1922, while Indi- ana’s high ratio of 118 in 1917 de- “ clined to 101.1 in 1922, The increases: somewhat more than counterbalanced the decreases, however, and thereby raised the ratio for the United States from 72.4 in 1917 to 74.5 in 1922, Uniform Tendency. The tendency ‘toward uniformity is further brought out by comparing the highest and lowest state ratios for cach of the two years covered by the inquiry. In 1917 the highest 3 rntlos‘ were: Nevada, 239.3; Worida, 177.6;, Wyoming, 153.4. For 1922, however, the highest 3 ‘ratios were perceptibly lower, namely: Nevada, 200.2; Wyom-| ing, 165.3; Flerida, 139.3. I'or 1917 the lowest 3 ratios were: South Caro-} lina, 19.2; Maine, 29.4: Nebraska, 2%.0. The lowest 3 ratios for 1922 are noticeably higher, namely: South Car- . olina, 29.5; New Hampshire, 32.9; North Dakota, 34.7. The'returns for' counties and cities are not strictly comparable for the two vears, for the reason that in each case a larger number of institutions is| covered for 1922 than for 1917. The county returns covered 3,021 institu- tions (principally jails) for 1922, as sgainst only 2,678 for 1917; while the eity returns relate to 2,709 institutions (principally police Stations) for 1922, as against only 2,351 for 1917. Only a-part of the prisoners in county and ¢ity institutions are actually o_ervlng sentence, the remaindar being held in| confinoment awaiting trial, or, in a féw cases, held as witnesses. The only fair comparison between the county and ‘city figures for the two years is that made with averages based on the total numbers-of insti- tutions for which reports were re- ceived (Mcluding those reporting no prisoners). For county institutions the average number of prisoners de- ereased from 16.2 in 1917 to 14.7 in 1922, and for city institutions it fell from 10.1 In the earlier year to 8 in |} the later.” The number of empty county jails and other county insti- tutions decreased from 623, or 24.2 per cent of the total for which re- ports were recetved, in 1917 to 570, or . 18.9 per cent of thetotal, in 1922. On the ‘other hand, the number of city in- . stitutions reporting no prisoners in- ereased from 1,169, or 49.7 per: cent of the total in 1817 to 1,890, or 61.3 per cent of the total, in 1922, DEMAND WHISKY'S. RETURN. Owners of British Vesscl, Held by Dry Force, Say It Is Missing. Seattie, Wash,, Nov. 24.—The Brit- {sh embassy has been asked to de- mand of the American government one casé of whisky and several addi- tional bottles dlleged to have disap- peared from the cargo of the Cana- . dlan vessel. Half Moon while it was "in the custody of the prahibition es- weddia ay. The lag performed the ceremony. mother's counsel, she says she told her mother had changed performed by a rabbi. THIRTY LETTERS IN NAME. London, Nov. 24.—In the list matriculation examinations, in Ceylon Colombo for the University of Lon- be written, with care, but which outside of Ceylon, has not vet been properly It is “Nanayakkaragodo- Silva don, appears a name which can pronounced. kandearachchige Harmanis de Wijesekers.” Prettiest Co-Ed Esther MacDonald of Northwestern University was voted the most beauti- ful girl in a recent co-ed beauty con- She is an all-round athlete and test. stands high in her studies. il —r—— Thrée Dic Oraving Water! Charles Hancock writes, “I Royal' Guaranteed Rat Paste in my garage. The next morning I found three dead rats near the creek. f faifitift was married to Louis ¥ the remnining 46 states, 23 show in-} Quau&fi}g‘r‘{' NevE14, X.:llrnyot 1:, ll?fl\'- ‘When the bride went to KFrank Sauer, her was her mind because the ceremony was not of tsed In or Raglan English Cloth. 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