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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
CLAREMORE RADIUMITES
LOSE SUNDAY GAME

In an exciting game Sunday after.
noon the local aggregation of base.
ball players walloped the Claremore
team by the score Of 10 to Z. Both
pitchers were batted hard. the locals
getting thirteen hits and the visitors
eleven The fielding on the part OF
the locals was splendid and at times
was sensational II. Raines made
great catch in the fourth inning, OF
storys long drive. and threw to sec
ond in time to catch Garden ami com.
plete a nice double play While
Deweese was hit hard he kept the
hits scattered well enough to enable
the locals to retain a good safe lead
Only once were the visitors in the lead
and that was In the eighth inning. but
the locals opened their half OF tnat
session with a vengeance and before
the third out was made had hammered
out seven hits and five runs.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
curtlss Wins Cup.

BY Associated Press.
Rheims, Aug. 2S.-Glenn II Curtiss,
the American aeroplanist today won
the international cup, the premier
event of aviation week, when he few
twice around the course, distance of
twelve and two-hfths miles in the re-
cord breaking time Of fifteen minutes,
fifty and three-ffths seconds.
The Curtiss machine averaged
forty-seven and sixty-flye hundredths
miles an hour. Bleriot, the most for.
midable competitor made the distance
in fifteen minutes and fifty-seven and
a half seconds Latham did not start.
Curtiss flew the first lap IN seven min
utes and fifty-two seconds, the second
zap In seven minutes and flfty.three
seconds. Lefebore IN a Wright bi
plane also competed, but his time
was comparatively slow taking him
twenty minutes and thirty-three sec
onds
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
NEW INSTRUCTOR IS
STUDYING RESOURCES

Norman, okla, Aug, 30-Mr Chas.
Il. Taylor, recently elected assistant
professor OF geology at the state uni
yersity, ie now in eastern Oklahoma
studying the mineral resources of the
state, preparatory 70 taking up the
work of teaching economic geology.
He viii visit all the larger oil fields.
the lead and zine region, the marble
and Portland cement deposits, the
coal fields and the granite areas.
Later ne expects to go throguh the
Arbuckle and Wichita mountains and
visit the Gypsum Hills and Salt Plains
Professor Taylor has specialized on
economic geology and geography at
the university Of Chicago and Is we'll
equipped in a general way. but pre-.
ferred to see for himself just what
Oklahoma had In the way of minerals
before beginning his work at the uni.
versity.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
Formation of Schedules is
Now Before Census Director

Evanston, Cook county, III. by pro-
fession teacher and also ph. b..
A. NJ. and Phi. D., of Cornell univer.
si;y, has been assigned to the popu.
lation division, under Chief Statisti.
clan w. @. Hunt. and the question Of
methods of enumerating the poulation
is being considered by him.
In the division of manufacturers,
under Chief statlstician VIM. M.
Stewart the director has placed Otis
B. Goodall, formerly private secre-
tary to the assistant secretary Of com.
meree and labor whose experience
IN the government service dates back
TO 1890, and who has been made G
field special agent on the subjects OF
cotton ginning. Isaac A. Hourwlch,
of New York City an expert on mnni.
cipal and governmental subjects. has
been made special agent and as.
signed to the subject of mines and
mining. Max. O. Lorenz has been ap.
pointed 70 special agency on the
subject OF the furniture industry Al.
fred II. Marsh has been made spe-
cial agent on the subject OF naval
stores. Daniel c. Roper is another
special agent assigned TO tho cotton
ginning industry Chas. +. STANCE.
land, a professor Of political economy
in the state college at Pullman, Wash.
has been given a special agency and
is looking into mines and mining Chas
II. Stevenson formerly of the bureau
OF fisheries, has beea appointed spe.
oial agent and represents the census
bureau in It's joint work with tho bu
reau of fisheries George r. Wicker.
formerly of the government service.
has been made special agent to IN.
yestigate electric railway reports
Temporary appointments as special
agents for taking the census of Alas
ka comprise VIM. T. Lopp, VIM. A.
McKensie. Jas. II. Romig and An.
drew II. Thompson
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03

Commissioner McComb, who has prov.
en- himself TO be an expert in his line
OF work, will also probably be a can
didate again. Labor Commissioner
Daugherty and Miss Kate Barnard,
commissioner of charities and correc.
tlons, may also try 1t again.
On the republican side the first can.
didate for governor to announce is G.
G. (GristmilD Jones Of Oklahoma City
who has been member Of FIVE legis-
Iatures, including the first in the ter.
ritory Of Oklahoma and the first one
in the new state. He has also figured
prominently as a railroad builder and
financier Jones is not in harmony
with the republican state organization
and will probably have to make his
campaign without aid. J w. McNeal,
Guthrie banker. and brother of Tom
McNeal of Topeka, has also made an
nouncement Of his candidacy.
Outside of Jones and McNeal, Cash
Cade OF Shawnee. republican national
committeeman, and DR.. l.. f. Cain of
Checotah, private secretary to Con
gressman Cieager, are the two candi.
dates who seem to be getting the most
publicity at the present time. Many
republicans will like to cut loose from
the old territorial regime altogether
and get an entirely new man, If one
of gubernatorial caliber could be
found. No talk is indulged in regard
ing candidates for any other Office
than governor
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
C[AMORING
). FOR DUNN'S NOMINATION.

|uce and Murray Among the "AlWGys" Men
Toned Campaign for Jesse Dunn of AlUG
y is Being Launched and is Meeting With
FAVOR So Tom BrOwn Also Among the
"EIgibIes",--- Will Be a Race for
4 - Office of State Treasurer.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
TWO MINERS KILLED
IN POWDER EXPLOSION.
Dy Aes0elnfed Press

BY Associated Press
Carthage Mo, Aug. q In a terri
fc powder explosion at the "QGels
Seven zine mine at Neck city. north
west Of here this morning two mea
were instantly killed third probably
fatally injured and many others nuf.
Every ambulance in the county was
summoned to the scene
The entire mining plant was wreck.
ed and the force OF the explosion
broke windows IN Carthage. fifteen
miles away The dead are George
Strain and Gus Witkansky, fremen.
both Of Webb City. Ed Higgins a
stroker, was fatally injured
The explosion followed a mis.read.
ing Of the water guage
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
AVIATION WEEK ENDS
WITH GALA BREAKFAST
BY Associated Press,

By Associated Press.
Rheims France, Aug. S0.-Aviation
week cane TO an official close today
with a gala breakfast In honor OF the
ayiators There were five hundred
guests. Curtiss, Farman. Latham and
Paulman we're given an ovation by the
assemblage Courtland F Bishop, pres.
ident of the American Aero Club was
also warmly greeted In the name
of America and his club Bishop thank.
ed the people for their generous treat.
ment of he Americans and extended
an invitation 10 the aviators of the
world TO come 10 America.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
HARTMAN CASE TO BE
PRESENTED TO SPECIALISTS

by Associated Press.
Arden. n. y. Aug. 27.-Dr. W G.
Lyle. the physician in attendance up.
on u. II. Hartman, made flying trip
to New York last night. It Is rumor.
ed that lyle has carefully diagnosed
Harrimans case and has gone to New
York to place his conclusion before
specialists
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
SUICIDE STARTS A RUN
ON UNION CITY BANK

BY Associated Press
Union City, Tenn. Aug. 80 Be
cause George Hardy president of a
grain company, killed himself, a run
was started on the Union City Bank
& Trust company here today The
other banks and individuals came to
the rescue and all deposltors we're
paid
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
LATHAM's DISTANCE RECORD
is BROKEN BY FARMAN
By Associated Press.

by Associated Press
Rheims. Aug. 27.-Henry Farman,
flying in his bi.plane today. beat the
distance record made by Herbert Lat.
ham, the French aviator, yesterday At
five o'clock Farman had completed his
seventeenth lap, or a distance of one
hundred, five and half miles an
was still flying
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
GUARDS DIDN'T KNOW
WHlSKEY WAS MADE.

~ Associated tress
PIttshurg, Pa Aug. 3O--The viyht
guards OF the western penitent. r
who were dismissed 1t Is alleged did
not know the prisoners were making
whiskey in the prison, The whiskey
was made from prune juice, yeast and
sugar. One OF tho discharged guards
says the others were implicated.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
HIRAM oAkEs KILLED
IN A FIST Flekr

~ = ' - = EtfTF :
By Associated Press.
Des Moines. Ia. Aug. 30.-IIiram
Cakes. a retired merchant of Colum.
bus Junction. was killed IN a fist fight
with Charles Brown of Fredonla. Fin.
ancial differences caused the trouble
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-09-03
Fatally Wounded with Razor.

by Associated Press.
sapulpa. okla, Aug 2s.John Chez
prosperous Chinese boarding house
keeper was called 20 the door today,
and confronted by two masked men,
one Of whom slashed Chees throat
with a razor. fatally wounding him
The assallants, who escaped the be.
lieyed 10 be members Of High Binder
society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-11
Model Penal System as Remedy
for Existing Evils Denounced

In beginning it's report the commission
appropriation bill under which it was
appointed. and says it organized at once.
Visits were made the local Jail, the work
house and their surroundings, and it also
informed itself as to work and condi-
lions in the other institutions of the
District where offenders against the
criminal law are received. also as to the
various tribunals within the District
which have to deal with criminal Of
lenses. and the statutes in force relating
TO crimes. criminal procedure and the
manner and degree of punishment.
Under the direction of the Attorney
General 1t extended it's inquiry to insti
buttons and statutes in other states. Wis
ft1ng jails and warehouses; in Pittsburg
Baltimore Philadelphia, New York. the
nited States penitentiary at Leaven
worth. Kan. and other places 1t also
attended the American prison congress
at Richmond in November. 1908.
The report then describes the location
of the Jail and other penal institutions
in the District, calling particular atten-
branch just behind the Jail and work
house. The locations OF the National
Training School for Boys and of the Re
:orm School for Girls are also de-
scribed. The fact that the District has
no penltentiary as such is brought out.
The introduction to the main body of
the report concludes with an account of
how criminal cases are handled in the
District by means of the Police and Ju-
venile courts and the Supreme Court of
the District.
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CONDITIONS AT
WORKHOUSE

AT the workhouse the physical condi-
tons are somewhat better than at the
Jail.
Since 1900 Congress has appropriated
for this Institution $500 600, of which s142.-
600 was expended in the construction of
two modern wings. separated from ca oh
other. but so related that they may form
parts of one complete building if it should
be decided to build a permanent work
house for the District at that point.
These two wings contain :;34 cells. and
in them only one prisoner is confined in
one cell. In the old wings. however. the
condition is still crowded. and two or more
prisoners are confined i'm the same cell
Taken a whole. the workhouse like
the jail is crowded far beyond its normal
capacity. There has been a large increase
in the number of inmates. The average
for the five months of the present fiscal
year is higher by 125 than for the CORE
spending period of last year.
Even at the workhouse no regular sys-
TEN of industry is carried on. Some plis-
ployed in gangs upon the streets. and may
be seen almost any day as they are driven
to or from their work in stripes and under
guard. Others are engaged in menial
service about the institution. But with
the present system 1t has not been pos
sible to give adequate employment to the
great majority of those confined.
THE present number of inmates at the
workhouse is 400. On some days it has
been GOO.
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CONGRESS
RESPONSIBLE

THE attention of Congress has been
called repeatedly to the overcrowded and
defective condition of the Jail In 19U,
port to Congress informed them as fol-
lows:
The jail is old. without modern inn
provements. and of insufficient capacity
for the present needs. Something should
be done at once toward remedying the
present defects in construction, increasing
it's capacity, and providing suitable
dining hall. so that the present system
of feeding the prisoners can be done
away with
"TheSe recommendations have been re-
peated in each annual report up to and in
Guiding the one for 1907. and in his cur
rent report the following paragraph APP
pears:
THE attention of the department
was called recently TO the condition
of the Jail in the District of Column
bia. which had become SO crowded
by reason of the large number of
prisoners confined there as to render
it inappropriate as a place of contine-
ment and To endanger the health. dis
cipline, and safekeeping of its in
mates.
Under the authority conferred up
on me by law, / directed the removal
of large number of prisoners to the
Jail at Fort Smith. Ark, which had
become nearly empty by reason Of the j.,
admission of Oklahoma to statehood.
This measure temporarily relieved the
congestion. but the relief has become
temporarily only, and conditions have
again become unsatisfactory in the
District by reason of the inadequate
provision for the detention of crimi- .
mails.
~ respectfully urge upon the Con-
gress the necessity of prompt and eff
fective action in dealing with this sit
uation. II ii be deemed advisable to
await the report of the commission
recently appointed to consider the sub
ject at large. / recommend that pro-
vision be made for the temporary Gus
tody OF prisoners now confined I'm the
Jail in such places of provisional de-
tention as can be secured for this pur-
pose.
"'Such action will undoubtedly be
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prisoners it would need to accommodate
at present only a few more than 100. The
interior could be torn out modern cells
constructed. sanitary plumbing intro
duced, Il common ming room provided
tor.
The building could thus be made
commodious and suitable house of deten-
ton for all persons awaiting trial o.
awaiting the final determination OF their
cause.
1T would not only be sufficient for the
present, but so far can fOreSee it
would be sufficient even When the city
shall have grown to three times its pres
ent size
Being used only for the confinement Of
accused persons. 1t would not be regarded
as prison. and its presence would be
far less Objectionable than it is now 1t
would be more convenient if it were still
nearer the courts, and 1T certainly ought
not to be further away.
In most cities the house OF detention
is now built adjoining or as a part of
the courthouse. In our opinion that is
the correct method. and if a new court
house should ever be erected here that
plan might be adopted
There is no reason why such build
tive. In many places ii is.
..fhe present building is not, as the
of Massachusetts avenue. 1t stands at
one side of that thoroughfare and at
considerable distance from it.
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as the house of detention after It's In
terror shaIl have been undermined.
Second, That probation system be
established at once by enacting sim
pie and inexpensive probation Law,
draft OF which Is submitted with the
report
Third. That a reforuatory be estao-
lished upon a tract OF land of not less
than loo acres. widely separated
from any other penal institution, con-
sistlng Of unreclaimed land which can
be cleared. cultivated and built upon
by the prisoners themselves. That
eventually there shall be established
upon this tract shops wherein variety
of industries may be taught and car
red on. the product being easily con-
sumable by the various District de-
partments.
Fourth. That another tract Of land
of equal size be secured at once as the
site for workhOuse. That this also
be unreclaimed land upon which the
wOrkhouse prisoners may be put to
work preparing the laand for cultiva-
ton and erecting the necessary build
ngs.
Fifth That the class of prisoners
not proper to be sent either to the re-
formatory or the workhouse be sent for
the present to the United States peni-
tentiaries at Leavenworth and atlanta.
and that for the present no prniten- b
tiary be erected specially for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Sixth That a parole law be enacted
upon the principles set forth i'll the re-
port.
I earnestly ask that the Congress act at
once in accordance with the recommends
tons of the report. The two most urgent
measures, for which drafts of bills ac-
the report, are: First, a proba-
ton law; and, second. an appropriation
act which will relieve at once the present
impossible situation and set us on our
way toward the realization of an ade-
quate prison system.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, January IL, 1909.
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RECOMMENDATIONS

Believing this. we are led to accent
the following practical propositions as
necessarily resulting from these convic-
tons, SO far at least as the District of
Columbia is concerned.
There should be:
Il. A Jail, to be used only as house
of detention. never as a place of con-
finement for those under sentence.
80. A probation system for those cases
which may be safely dealt with without
sending the offender to any place of con-
finement
%. reformatory for all who must be
sentenced to confinement and who new
ertheless, are hopeful cases.
4. Workhouse for those who must
be confined and who are not proper sub
jects for reformatory treatment and yet
whose Offenses are not such as to require
that they be sent to a penitentiary
-. Confinement in the federal prison
or penitentiary for those worst offenders
who are not proper subjects for either
the reformatory or the workhouse
"6. carefully guarded parole law for
prisoners in these various institutions
who may be safely released upon condi-
tons.
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VICTORIOUS and Revolving"


The condition of things at the Jail has
been notorious and revolving that it
has been frequently commented upon and
discussed in the newspapers. both in news
columns and in editorials. and the subject
has been made the theme of public adj
dresses at important gatherings on sew
eral occasions.
In 1909 a committee representing the
Board of Trade. after investigating the
jail and the workhOuse. entered its pro-
test against the continued use of these in
Stltutlons and recommended their removal
to some other location Exhibit Al.
In the Senate of the United States
April H. 1900. and again February ;. 1901.
the question was considered in connection
with the appropriation bill for the Dis
trict. In the House of Representatives it
was considered and discussed June 4, 1900
Exhibits G. d and E,).
Again. in the United States Senate
February 10, 1905 a report was presented
by Senator Gallnger in behalf of the
East Washington Citizens Association
urging the removal of these Institutions
The report is included in document No
234 Exhibit b.
Finally. you yourself. Mir President, in
more than one message. have urged upon
Congress their duty to make this Capital
city pattern for al. the cities Of the
land by putting forth their undoubted and
exclusive legislative power in the crea-
ton of pure and wholesome conditions the
removal of foul and vice-breeding houses
and alleys. the substitution therefor of
decent habitatiOnS. the laying out of parks
for the poor in sections where they, have
their miserable dwellings. and remodeling
our civic institutions, penal and correc-
tlonal. TO meet the demands of the public
conscience and the spirit of the age
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Continued from First PageD

outrageous conditions IN the workhouse
and Jail The overcrowdin is great In
the workhouse and greater still In the
Jal1. where. of the GOO inmates. 500 are
serving sentences in absolute idleneSs.
With no employmen. and no exercise; In
most cases two or three are confined In
single cell not large enough Tor one.
They belong, however, to class OF
prisoners that specially need and dread
10 be put to work.
II is no longer a question whether some
thing shall be done. but only question
as to what shall be done. for it is quite
impossible that the existing situation
should continue. The present Anticipated
and unsatisfactory plan ought not to be
considered for moment.
The report takes up the criminal prob
lem in general. lays down the true prln-
ciples concerning the treatment of crini-
nails, deals with conditions here in Wash
incton which have a manifest tendency to
produce crime. and urges their removal
considering especially the dark and mar
Tow alleys and unwholesOme dwellings
where most of the criminal population
II makes six specific recommendations
follows:
I. A. jail to be used only as a house
of detention and never a place
where prisoners should be sent to serve
sentences.
~ system Iol tdScS t4id'
do not absolutely require imprison-
ment.
;. reformatory for all who must he
imprisoned and yet are hopeful cases.
4. 4 workhouse for those who are
not hopeful cases and yet are not such
as must be sent to penitentiary.
=. Confinement in a penitentiary for
the worst offenders.
q. \ parole law for prisoners who
may be safely released upon conditions
before the expiration OF their term.
Application to Conditions.
Applying these propositions to the local
the report recommends:
First. That the present Jail be used