The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 19, 1920, Page 15

Section Two The se attle S tar Poges 15 to 28 _SE ATTL E, WASH., FR IDAY, NOVE MBER 19, 1920, 7 BENJAMIN GOES INTO “DANGEROUS WARD” ara | tr the| Bronze Statue Will Claypool Talks on ‘ aa eae Filipinos in favor ae s Women |oxsscpin nade 22] BE RY SOQN P| faze steer mise 2 e| seer ert sapere wee tn | outed tr Poe ‘aaa mune al board. |in France, 1,100 of whom were killed | pool before the Young Men's Repul> F BACKS ON PATIENTS !* 42: | mage oF engagements of the American —" The municipal beard recently con Much Less Restraint Than in Jail, Tho, |saw active service in all of the ‘orees, perfected a permanent o1 Oo at thelr third annual Wood penta gadle aoe | in battle or died of wounds, the Cama |tican club at Moeves’ cafetert ili iary : “s Ametican Colony Opposes [edered = menrure prohibiting te dian Pacino railway wil erecta erstay noon. Coereseia Sl ater statue of bronze tn Its stations at held at the New Washingt | Prohibition, Natives for It jthe ure w hs 4 down, It WM" | Montreal and Winnipeg. The statue ¥. Miller and Clao¢de C. Ramsay, tay evening, Samuel Hale x | pas to prohi mie to American | iy by Coeur De Leon MacCarthy, a|¢halrman of the board ef county od president ef the civilian . , grsdalasbanen sid ind ng mguali Montreal sculptor, and represents a| Commissioners, apoka, tion and Homer 1. Barber, #e MANILA, P. 1, Nov. 19-—-Prouh|) Congresmnan Charles BH. Randall,|qead soldier borne to heaven by @. pe ena [bition looms big on the Philippine | member of the congresdonal Junker The 163rd field hoepital was organ TELENA, Mont—Miss Jeanette laurel-wreathed angel. ed in Seattle tn June, 1917, under|horizon now. Many of the Amer-jers who visited the istands, stated | Rankin, first U. 8. con) R Fi di the direction of Dr, Frank M. Car /toans here are opposed to prohibition, | he would bring the question of Phil. Man krumbles most where he f appointed field seeretary of Investigating eporter inds rom Iwhile there Id growing sentiment lippine prohibition before cougreas., | treated. best-—at home. |consumers” Teagan — . — as —— - — Ghapecter Dendinsin of The Siar was cuignel te tevesitgate stditee of eruelties and abuses practiced on patients in the state asylum at Steilacoom. haa ‘This is the second instalment of his report) BY RALPH Ro BENJAMIN | street, probably, and stay there un- When I climbed the stairs to the! ¢) @ policeman came along. He has ward where the most violent and ee snotty dangerous patients at the Western |) logtista call “drive” State hospital at Steilacoom are kept as @ reaponsible po in custody, I experienced a decided in one of the warda He can sinking sensation. Dr W N time he wants ta, but he Keller, superintendent, briskly led |; ably will remain in the asylum the way. I thought I was going to| as long as he lives. n ec hand, Gee horrors, straight jackets, ring | INTELLIGENT WOMAN Father and son have much to be thankful a shrieking “honed on © PREFERS TO STAY Two attendants met us at the) The other case ts that of « @oor. Neither attendant was armed. woman, At one time she was a Both appeared entirely at ease. The school teacher, She ts a great) “d je nd derty, but I | reader. She b plete! ecover * * > Sites thas there tiers, ne’ vasen| od frout © form of Spemtal breakdows Think of it—actually over eighteen thousand gar filled with flowers or banging | that made her imagine that a eres a) ments from leading American Tailors and every baskets with growing plants. There prominent divine plotted against her. * was no phonograph, ‘The walls She admits now that she was wrong. garment priced on the low profit margin which has were bare. She told me mental strain must have rer trea i i ; 4 . made the Great Lundquist-Lilly Store known through- MEN ALL SILENT, cause her to break. } . | : a LEN, MOROGE ARS. APR RPM, in the fact that this Great Clothing Store is able to out the Northwest as the Home of Remarkable } ‘Along the wall were seated 25 of /told ma “I like it, Of course the | offer them such remarkable values in clothing Val 20 men, all silent, sullen, morose | restraint on liberty to go and come | * : ° alues. One was a man who had killed his! ts not always pleamnt But I feel I worthy of this great occasion and which will do 4 wife and children. Another was &/ am well cared for and I do not want wild youth who took “spells.” One|/to go now. Some time later, per big fellow greeted us cheerfully.| haps, I will fo back to teaching. I Two were in restraint, their hands | was wrong, but I think I was mis fastened to their belts by means ot understood.” | | Weather handcuffs. They were not) she is a frafl Ifttle wornan who has | bound, but merely Kept from moving | given the best years of her life to ) their arms freely. | teaching. She has never had a One of the handcuffed men was| home. She looks just like hundreds CRMC known az the “bumper.” He ts of low | of other hardworking, underpaid BULLZINE - mental type If given freedom of | school teach She needs the c ¢ — the ward he would lower his head /| kindly, -helpi ad of society, tor Te aagraon <body = a and charge the nearest patient He! she is still @ mighty useful worker| ‘auline Curnick, a jer in) takes deep defight in butting other/and one who has given years of| Welfare work for sick and disabled People. On the outside he would) work to the state for mighty small | | soldiers uring the war, has been ap} Qualify as an end-seat hog. He bad pay. | potntea executive secrétary in charge | Rething to say and stared mee (Another thing I wanted to see of affairs of the women's auxiliary | them credit in any company anywhere. Father =| And in upstairs— _ boys’ store neous srs downstairs— actly the style he wants, and every garment is of such unquestionable | DOWNSTAIRS the same im quality and workmanship that we hold good sent realy > back os woeriig qual- — gsr We ca ities e whole force of our or- co ae POR ages; @ ganization and reputation, 2 to 18, and we positively as- sure mothers that they can save here as much as $5 to $10 on a Suit or Overcoat that will meet their most exacting demands for real style and thorough lasting workman- ship. The same savings, too, in Boys’ Underwear, Hats and Caps, Sweaters, Stock- ings, Neckwear and Pajamas, at the floor. was the socalled hot and cold water of the American Legion. Her work | “What are you in here fort Dr.| bath treatment. Dr. Keller took me) will be the organization of the aux Keller asked a« tall, husky man, to the room where a number of men itary under the freerein policies “Oh, I tried to run the place when, Were being given this cura I had adopted by the legion at the Cleve. you were gone, doc,” came the been told it was a terrible punish-| land convention. The various wor | Answer like a flash. ona inflicted on noisy of ob on's affiliated organizations have ap- “That man was very violent, but streperous patients. What I found) proximately 150,000 membery in he is recovering,” said the doctor.| wi be told in =y mans articia) 1,600 unt, In almost every state | “A week ago he would not have = nsnestiiiens 7 me." | had escaped twice by squeezing ‘thru the bars and jumping out of the window. The last time he es eaped he got a gun and terrorized, the railroad agent at South Prairie. | ae may recover. He appears cheer: | ful He bad no complains te) make Someone has called this violent ward the “penitentiary ward” and the name stuck. It is to this ward are taken when they’ go wild w! at work, They are closely watched, but thelr restraint is not nearly so great as it wae i fn any jail in the country. Dr. Keller admitted to me after we! had left the ward that he never/ a ee REDUCING SHOE SALE Hundreds of pairs of this season’s styles from the Main Floor have been added to our Basement Store stock, and you will find both style and price very attractive. For Thanksgiving, or any other day, select at this great clothing store of mon- ey saving Men’s Shoes $5.95 $6.80 $7.95 an and up to $9.95 a they are reahy dangerous. ‘They | will fight among themselves,” he gaid, “They sometimes attack the at- ftendants. I wouldn't serve as an’ ‘ poy in that ward for anything. often wonder that anybody will s iE take the job of attendant. But,! Every pair a real saving policies, and # these two men are not only com- get the ut- petent, but they are careful and at tentive.” { Nearly every patient tn the fsylim wants to get out. But I found two who wanted to stay. | One was a man of 36. He had Deen in the institution for years. His mental condition has cleared up. He could make his own way in the, world. He has suffered no relapses. He is strong physically. He is a scholar. But he lacks something. He doesn't want to go. | “If you send me away you will) Ihave to take me back,” he told Dr. Keller. “I am satistied here 1 don't want to go anywnere else. 1t fs warm and clean and fine here. ‘There is plenty to eat. I work a lit- tie. 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