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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-12-13
Mrs. Eme Cain

Piano Instructor. Graduate OF the
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course with New York's most promi'
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highest artistic finish.
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-12-13
Twentieth Century Topic Club Course of
Entertainments.

Entertainments.
The course OF entertainments which
will be given this winter at the Under
wood Memorial Baptist Church, under
the auspices of the Twentieth Century
Topic Club are; Tuesday, Jan. 7,
Royal Hungarian Orchestra; Thurs
day, Feb. 12, Suwanee River, male
quartette; Thursday, March 6, Harold
Morton Kramer. lecturer and novelist;
Friday, April IL, The Cavenys. All of
the above are 1rst-class in every par
ticular and no doubt will be patron
lied largely by our people. The tickets
are now out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-12-13
For Holiday Gifts.

Mrs Hawley aud Mrs. Coon have for
sale useful and pretty hand made
articles exactly right for Christmas
gifts. Moderate prices. ESQ Wisconsin
Avenue.
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For Rent Room Cottage, 1875 State
Street, wauwatosa. Inquire Of Jacob
Fehl, 4sth and State ST 43w4
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wanted-A good girl for general
Inquire at 395 Wauwatosa
Avenue. Mrs. Lyman g. Wheeler.
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Wanted-Furnaees to take care of
and other odd jobs. Inquire Of A. j.
P. II State Street.
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Focal and Personal
We Invite All to Send In Itens of News
Personal or Otherwise.

Our Telephone Is wauwatosa eee L.
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Upper Flat for Rent-On State St.
Apply to Adolf Lentz, Wauwatosa.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29
THE STATE ACCOUNT SYSTEM OF
PRISON LABOR.
By Henry Wolfer, Warden.
(M Tie Re0lez0)

Re0le7c)
should be remunerative and make
the institution self-supporting, in
stead of heavy burden upon the
tax payers. Fifth, the industries
should be selected with a view of
reaching the following results as
nearly as possible:
First; to make the competition as nearly
equal as possible.
Second; such as will give mechanical
employment to the inmate and will best tit
him to go out and earn an honest living,
when released from prison.
Third; such industries as can and will
make the institution self-supporting.
If we accept the above, it must
necessarily follow that neither the
contract system nor the piece-price
system are desirable methods for
the employment of prisoners, in that
they both involve the private gain
of the contractor, who enters into
the contracts only with view of
the large profits that he may realize
on account of the low price for la
Dor usually charged by the state.
The state use system more nearly
conforms to the requirements we
have mentioned and at first thought
would seem to be very desirable
method of eliminating the competi-
ton between prison labor and free
labor. The main difficulty with the
state use system is the large number
of industries required in a single in.
slitution to keep. even a portion Of
the inmates steadily employed and
the consequent danger of grea1
i financial loss to the state on account
of operating such a large number o.
industries. In these times, if mar
manages one or two industrial en-
, terprises, he is considered above tht
i average in managerial ability
|. Again, it is impossible to secure th'
efficiency under this system whicl
could be obtained if all were EN-
r ployed in one or two we'll organized
5 plants, with full equipment of mod
ern machinery.
The advocates of the state us
? system claim that it Ininimizes tn
e competition with free labor in tha
e it provides large number of indus
q tries and thus lessons the burden fo
: each and because the products ar
e not disposed of on the open markei
In fact, it minimizes competitio
e only to the extent that it minimize
g productiveness. The product of til
d convict competes with that of FIRE
# labor just as much whether it is dit
+ posed of to the other institutions G
t. sold on the open market, for th
y output of prison labor is a certai
J factor in the total production
IS Under one system, the labor is cor
Is fined to the manufacture of one
D. two products, which are sold on til
d open market and the proceeds use
Is to buy on the open market, those a
At ticles which are needed in the inst
III tuition and these articles are man,
factured by free labor. Under Il
D. other the labor is used to manufa,
at ture only those articles which al
10 used in the institution. The onl
Of difference in the competition is Il
sr difference in efficiency. Who wi
r, argue that if prison labor is to
le productive to any degree it shoul
st not be made as highly productive
itl possible?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29

ciety. The latter, however, is al
most entirely dependent upon the
former, for it is only through the
reformation of the criminal that So
ciety may hope for any adequate
protection from crime. Labor is
generally admitted to be one of the
most, if not the most active agent in
the reformation of criminals. The
convict must be taught to know and
appreciate the value or labor in or
der to overcome his idle habits. To
Go this effectively, there should be
a well organized and equipped in
dustry, managed with view of Sc
curing the highest possible efficiency
and the convict should be allowed a
proportionate share in his increased
learning power. If the system is
lax and the management inactive,
there will be evidences of waste on
every side, in contrast to the atmos-
phere of industry a nd activity.
which surrounds the other and
which is so conducive to like habits
in the employees.
| believe the state account system
provides the most satisfactory solu-
ton of the prison labor problem,
because it comes more nearly within
the requirements Of a successful
prison labor system which / have
named above. Under it, one or two
industries are selected which furnish
employment for all of the inmates,
except those working in the kitchen,
cell-bouses and other departments
about the prison. The state owns
the buildings, machinery, raw mate
rial. provides the capital necessary
for carrying On the business, en-
ployes competent foremen to in
struct and oversee the work of the
inmates, and disposes of the manu-
factured product on b e market.
The success of this system depends
first, upon the care and foresight
taken in selecting the industries,
and secondly, in securing able and
efficient management absolutely free
from any political influence.
The industries should be such as
: are not presented within the state
by free labor, if possible, as this
. will provide happy solution of the
o competitive feature of prison labor
!. The products should be such as are
! used by a large portion Of the pop
? ulation, in order that the benefits
e may be as widely and equitably dis
+ trlbuted as possible. The industries
n should furnish mechanical employ.
% ment to the prisoners, in order thai
3 they may be given an industria
. training that will enable them t.
! earn an honest liz mg upon their pa
- role or discharge from prison, and
. that they may lesrn and know ths
r value of labor. Lastly, the indus
!, tries should be profitable and max,
Il the institution self-supporting. Thi
" may all be accomplished under tht
% state account system.
ID This system has been very sue
r cessful in Minnesota, where binde
j. twine plant has been in operation
r. for nearly twenty years and farm
le machinery plant is now in It's fourtl
G year of actual operation. We com
re- menced manufacturing binder twin
u in the Minnesota state prison a
le Saltwater in 1891 Tie output 70
IL that first season was 800 900 pounds
oe The present capacity Of the plant j
ID $4,000, 900 poupds per year. and th
as total amount Of twine Manufacture
since the beginning Of the plant u
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29

1|t 4 seC
THE employment of prisoners in
state prisons and reformatories is a
very important problem, and one
vitality connected with the success
full management of institutions of
this kind. Many theories have been
advanced from time to time, some
by designing politicians to aid their
own ends. no matter what the cost
be to the public, and others by men
who have spent their lives in the
evolution of satisfactory system OF
employment.
There are at present several sys-
TENS of prison labor in practice in
the United States, the three most
widely adopted of which are:
The contract or lease system.
The state use system.
The state account system.
The first is known as the contract
system, the state providing the con-
-vict labor at a specified price per
day to the contractor, who furnishes
the material, machinery and instruc-
tors, keeps he convicts steadily
employed and takes all the manu-
factured product, the state having
no further responsibility than pro-
viding officers to maintain order
and discipline and shop room for
the employment Of the convicts.
Another form of the contract sys-
tenn is the piece-price system under
which the contractor, providing the
material, machinery and mechanical
superintendent (the last two, how
ever, may be provided by the state J
takes the product so manufactured
and pays the state SO much pei
piece for it.
The second, known as the state
use system, provides that the pris
oners shall all be employed by the
state on its own account, and tina
no article shall be manufactured ex
cept such as may be used in othe
state or municipal institutions. Thi
is the system in vogue in the state o
New York, where it has come near
er to making success than in an,
other state, because of the dens
population of the state and the larg
number of institutions; but eve
there, it has not SO far proven an ad
vantage to the taxpayer, the FIRE
mechanic, or the convict.
The third is known as the stat
account system, the state providin
the material, the machinery an
means for the entire management {
the business, disposing of the mar
ufactured product on the marke
the state being benefited by an
profits that the business may PR
duce and responsible for any -lol
that may be sustained, the same
any outside business or corporation
Wherein lie the advantages an
disadvantages of the various system
named and described above? Wh
are the requirements of a successf
prison labor system?
First, prison labor must be pr
ductive. No one can dispute tn
fact. Second, there should be !
private interest in the products
prison labor. Third, the prison
should share in his earning powe
and thus be made to know that
is a producer. not pauper, at lea
while he is in prison. Fourth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29
SALTWATER. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1912

to and including the present season
is 169, ,373,000 pounds. The report
made by the United States commits
sioner of labor, treating on convict
labor Of the various states, placed
the saving to Minnesota farmers at
three cents pound on binder
twine. I think this is trifle high
but if it is correct. it means that on
the total amount so far manufac-
tured in the Minnesota state prison,
there has been a saving to the con-
sumers of $5,OS1. 100, but to this
should be added the profits of the
state of $500, ,954.42, making al
grand total of gain to the farmers
and to the state of Sc. .7O2. HAP.
The manufacture of farm machi-
merry at the Minnesota state prison
was authorized by the state legisla-
ture. in 1907. An experimental ma
chine of each kind was built for
trial that same year and the next
year there were several of each put
| out in different parts of the state
and the reports on their operation
were very satisfactory and encour-
aging. The output has been stead
lily increasing every year. During
the past season, there were manu-
factured and sold 800 binders, l 900
mowers, 325 tongue trucks, IS trans
port trucks, and 25 rakes, and the
sales amounted to 106,343.94. The
output for the present season is al
most double that of last year, and
we are experiencing no trouble in
Z. .disposing Of it to the dealers Of the
4 state
4 / have given a brief description
/ of the industries in operation at the
prison at Saltwater and we may
now see how near they come within
the requirements which / have set
out above.
Are they productive? Yes, for
the factories are all equipped with
all modern machinery and appli-
ances, and the inmates are employed
under the direction of competent
|, superintendent and foremen, who
have had years of actual experience
in the work in outside factories; and
under the incentive Of a well-regu-
lated earnings system, the produc-
, tion is shown by careful statements
8 to be well up to what it is in similar
factories employing free labor.
There is no private interest in
volved, as all profits go to the state
and the products are disposed to al
on equal terms.
We have an earning system
which provides an opportunity fol
!. the industrious inmate to earn from
ten to fifty cents day and in som,
! cases even more, and in this wa.
protect themselves from want anl
: temptation upon their release from
prison. The earnings of the inmate
vary from $3.50 to $500 pc
: month, according to the diligenc,
and ability of the prisoner. Th'
2 total earnings now average nearl.
So, 900 per month. Some send thi
money to their homes to help sup
: port the families and others have j
r held for them until their release Oh
n parole The earning system ha
n proven very successful and satisfac
b tory for the following reasons: /
: has increased production withou
e1 coercion on the part of the officer
It and superintendents; it has i'm
# proved the discipline of the prison
s. it has made the inmate more con
is tented with his lot for under it b
e shares in his earning capacity an
d he is allowed to purchase with thi
pimoney magazines, periodicals an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29

Continued on s''d page
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
TRADE IS MURDER
Mrs. GOdau COnfesses to Staying
SOn-in-LaW.
Three Husbands Had Previously
Met Mysterious Deaths.

Mobile. Jan. Mrs Mary T. Godau has
given details of the murder of her SON
in-law Policeman Fred Wassedlaben- She
said she shot Wasserlaben once while
he was in bed and then shot him again
as he rolled out. of bed TO prevent his
lingering suffering" She then dressed
him in his uniform and carried him from
the house in wagon
i hauled the body through the ram to
a pond, backed the wagon into II ana
dumped the body OUT she said
That the murder of Wasserlabe
formed the fourth death in Mrs God
aus family, became known this after
noon. Charles Stein, the first husband
of Mrs. G odeau was shot and killed in
a field on his farm, supposedly by
night mauraders. He carried several
thousand dollars life insurance The
second husband William Green dis
appeared from home and was never
heard from again.
Mrs. Godau was arrested for the al
legged murder of her husband, VIM.
Godau, who was found dead in Sep
tenn Der, 1902, near his chicken house.
The woman was acquitted. Her hus-
band was insured for $4,000 and she
got this money after legal fight, de-
tectives being sent here from Omaha,
Neb., the headquarters of the Wood
men of the World, to investigate Po-
liceman Wasserla ben carried insur-
ance to the amount of $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
DANCER A SUICIDE
Public No Longer Cared TO see Him
DO His Turn.

Denver, Jan. 2.-"The public in this
civilized day tires Of its entertainers,
just as tyrants of ten or twenty cen
turtles ago used to tire of theirs, and
the effect, occasionally, may be the
same, death to the entertainer"
B. p. Backins, a professional clog
dancer made this remark to a friend
yesterday. Today he shot himself
through his right lung and is dying at
local hospital. In a note found in
his room he declared that he killed
himself because people no longer cared
to see him dance
"Clog dancing is no longer the lu-
crative occupation that it was once"
the note continues. Newer dances
and the infinite variety in modern
vaudeville have caused a change in the
tickle fancies of those who pay dimes
and quarters for their amusement"
Rackins had been out of work for
many months, and his friends said that
even when he could get a job these
last few years the pay had not been
enough to support himself and wife.
At one time Backins made comfort
able living as a minstrel performer.
Backins was IS years old. He leaves
a wife and one child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
MAKE WAR REAL
Plans Now Arc to Make Men Eat
Without Tables.

Washington Jan. EVERY year the
battle practice in the American navy
more closely approXimates the condi-
tions of actual warfare In the spring
practice of the Atlantic fleet this year
the idea of Kidding a ship as far as
possible of com bustible materials and
woodwork that might cause splinters
in action is to be carried out
The plans contemplate the removal
of all wooden boats, the hunks and the
wooden furniture. Not even the mess
tai les will be left and the blue jackets
will have to eat their meals squatting
tailor fashion on deck
More damage and loss of life has re-
suited on shipboard in time of war
from suffocating fires and flying splint-
ers than from shot and shell wounds.
therefore it has been decided to de-
termine just how much woodwork can
be dispensed with when shaft clears
fos action.
The spring practice of the fleet in
the West Indian waters, with Guanta-
namo as the base, Will occupy ten days
more than two months. beginning jan
uary 10. After that is completed the
big ships will come north to the south
ern drill grounds off the Chesapeake
capes for the regular battle practice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
AIRSHIP OLD IDEA
DIR. Owen Says That Sir Francis Bacon
Invented One.

Detroit. Mich. January FOLLOWING
closely on the announcement by DIR.
Orville W. owen that his researches
in English for proof that Francis Ba-
con wrote the plays of William Shake
speare. are fast nearing completion,
comes the admission of the doctor that
Sir Francis was the inventor, or at
least the designer of an airship.
we haven't discovered the airship, .
said the doctor yesterday, but we
have found descriptions of one in our
excavations in the River Wye which
are undoubtedly the work of the man
whom many are certain was the au-
thor of the plays attributed to Shake
spear And he, of course, is Sir
Francis Bacon"
when do you intend to make these
plans or descriptions public?" the doc
tor was asked
"OnIy when we find them in their
entirety. Our real mission is to find
the plays and the conclusive evidence
of their authorship. When we have
done that we may turn to the other
matter. But at present it is only sec
ondary to us, no matter what its sig
nificance to the world of science may
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
REV. ]. W. MONSER DIES
He Was the First Pasture of the Chris
tan Church in Topeka.

Kansas City. Jan. 1.-The Rev. J..
W Monser, chairman of the board of
elders of the Independence Boulevard
Christian church of this city and a
widely known minister, died at his
home here Monday, aged 49,
The Rev. Mr.. Monser had been
pastor at churches in Atlanta. Georgia,
Des Moines. Iowa, and Topeka, Kan
He was for ten years librarian in
the University of Missouri at Column
bia. Mo. He was the author of several
theological works.
A widow and five sons survive. The
sons are Charles G. and Edward of
Buffalo, n. Y; Frank, Higginsville,
\. Y. The Rev. Harold Monser,
Champaign, Ill. and George, Kansas
City.
The Rev. Mr.. Monser was the first
regular salaried minister of the or
ganization now known as the First
Christian church. 1T was in the early
seventies that he was in Topeka, and
his term of service was for about
two years.
It was merely mission church in
which he preached, and the services
at that time were held in what was
known as Elliott's hall. Immediately
north of the site of the National hotel
There we're 20 in the congregation
After he left Topeka Rev. Mr.. Monser
became a great Sunday school worker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
WAR ON CONSUMP TON
The Country spent s14.5OO,OOO in the
Night Last Year.

New York, Jan. 2.-In the war against
tuberculosis $14 500 900 were spent dur
ing the year 1911 throughout the coun-
try. according to a statement issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The
large sum is practically the same as
last years total.
OF the total sum spent, Sll, 100000
went directly towards the treatment
of consumptives in sanitariums, dis
pensaries. open air schools. boards IF
health and other agencies.
New York leads all the other states
in the union in the amount Of money
contributed toward the war. With the
slogan mo Uncared for tuberculosis
in 1915" S3,550.O00 was raised in the
state during the year for the campaign
Pennsylvania is second with the con-
tribution of 81. 300. 900; Massachusetts
third. with 81 Jos 900. Colorado. Ohio.
California. Connecticut, New Mexico.
Illinois and Maryland follow in the
order named
For the year 1912. appropriations or
over 10000. 600 have already been made
by state legislatures and other public
bodies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-02
UNDER STRONG GUARD
Mechanical VIII Be Protected From
All Chances OF Harm.

Indianapolis, Jan. Both Oscar Law
Tor, special government prosecutor in
California and District Attorney John
u. Fredericks of Los Angeles county,
Cal, are due TO arrive here today. They
will collaborate with United States Dis
trict Attorney Miller in the inquiry into
the alleged nationwide dynamite con-
spiracy- The federal grand jury re-
sumes its inquiry today. While Mr..
Lawlor helped District Attorney Fred
ericks prepare his case before the Nc
Namaras confessed and later Mr.. Fred
ericks reciprocated by bringing over ev-
ldence that is supposed to have enabled
Mr.. I4aNlor, as special government pros
ccutcr to draw the indictments, return
ed on Saturday last by the federal
grand jury at Los Angeles, both these
men he'd planned to lend hand today
to United States District Attorney Mil
Ter here in what is now conceded to
be the pivotal work of the government
inquisitory proceedings.
Ortie e. McManigafs arrival here
within two or three days is taken TO
mean that the Californians will assist
MI Miller in assembling the voluminous
confessions OF Mechanical. which are
supposed to have laid the foundations
of the indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury in Los Angeles last
week against coast labor leaders. But
McManigaPs confessions. il is predict
ed. viii be Of greater use here than on
the coast because OF the numerous east
el,uers wlom he is thought to implicate.
When Mechanical arri .es he will be
under special guard, not that the auth
critics Gear his escape. but the possi-
bility of foul play from those against
whom he has been testifying.
Though federal prisoners usually are
kept in the county Jail here arrange
ments are being made to shelter Nc
Manigal in the federal -5uStding itself.
where an armed guard will pSotect him.
Recognizing that the statute of limita-
tiOns would prevent the implication OF
some persons for causing explosives TO
be transported. which led &c the de-
struction of property several years ago,
the government prosecutors here will
take advantage of recent decisions in
the so-called sugar trust cases, wherein
conspiracy offenses were held to be con-