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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

miserable wretch who was there for
moral degeneracy-a horrible, repul-
sive creature of the most revolving
type. Into that cell, occupied by these
two men, was put young fellow who
had been caught trying to steal a
diamond from jeweler He had tried
to steal 1t because his mother was dy-
ing Of consumption, and he wanted
money to get delicacies for her, and
he didn't have job. For two years
he was scheduled to spend fourteen
hours day in that cell with those
other men. Can you imagine what
he will be when he comes out?
dope" Their Worst Failing.
"They sell dope, too, and if a man
isn't a fiend when he goes in, it is
likely he will be when he comes out,
Naturally, in running my business, Il
have to avoid the dope fiends. I can
not employ them. Their place is in
hospital, not in prison.
II have a letter today from boy
in Sing Sing. He is in cell with two
cocaine fends. He is first offender,
and does not even smoke or drink.
He must spend three years with his
drug-crazed companions.
"Sing Sing is merely a cesspool of
humanity, where contamination is
spread to every person that enters.
And yet our civilization tolerates such
conditions. Is it any wonder 1 am try
ing to give the poor fellows there
chance to get on their feet? But the
prisons are turning out habitual crooks
a good deal faster than a few of us
can reform them"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

RYEW YORK.-Ex-convict and the
N head of one of the largest man
4 v ufacturing concerns in New York!
That's the record of man who
served almost a year and a half in the
water-soaked cells Of the states chief
prison. But here's his trait that
makes every man with a heart love
him-"He's the Soul-Saver of Sing
Sing"
This manufacturing company is do
ing a reputable business in lower New
York city. It's president and propri-
etor is former inmate of the prison,
and his Office employees have served
riety of crime.
The firm does about 100000 a
yerf business and enjoys an enviable
standing for integrity and reliability.
The jailbird proprietor has an init
mate acquaintance with every notori-
Gus criminal in Sing Sing prison,
gained while he was doing time as a
fellow prisoner. He always hires his
employees direct from prison cells as
they are about to be paroled.
This is what business rival said
of him: HE is far more honest than
most men who have never seen a
Jail. l never question his word. It is
as good as his bond, and / should be
satisfied to transact any business, no
matter how large, with. him on his
verbal agreement"
This is what the employer says of
his thirty ex-convict Office employees:
Il have employed several hundred
at various times, and 1 have never
had one go back on me. These con-
victs have proven 100 per cent. hon
est"
Found Guilty of Fraud.
For obvious reasons the name of
this convict-manufacture is withheld,
though he makes no secret of his own
life-story. Briefly, ten years ago he
was accused OF taking part in a con-
spiracy to defraud, was tried and
found guilty. For a long time the
case hung on the records, but finally
he was sent to Sing Sing on fifteen
month 5 sentence, which he served.
1t was what he saw there that
caused him to start his unique employ
ment shop for ex-convicts While iv-
ing with two other men in cell, three
feet six inches by seven feet, with the
water reeking and dripping down the
stone walls of the century-old hell
hole, he developed some radical ideas
on the present-day theory of prisons
and prisoners.
He had ample opportunity to study
the civilization that openly toIerates
the throwing of men, who have made
q single slip, into one Of those three
by-seven cells. with a pair of the low
est, most hardened, degenerate crooks
that can be found for companions. He
formed opinions as to whether a year
or two of life in these cells with the
dregs of human degeneracy for com
pany was of much practical value in
reforming a young clerk of good fam
fly who took a small sum of money
put Of the til. or an unemployed boy
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

San Francisco.-The first woman
jury to appear in felony case I'm Cal
1fornia returned verdict of not guilty
AFTER two hours deliberation in the
case Of woman on trial for an al
leged attempt at blackmail.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

that whale was caught up near Ken
sington she had fishermen's nets
around her to stock two or three ship
stores. She had dragged them OF the
bottom of the Delaware as she crawl
ed up toward Philadelphia"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06
LAUDs AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR
Temps Devotes Its Leading Editorial
to the Visit of Harvard Uni
Versity President.

Paris.-The Temps devotes it's prin.
cipal editorial to the visit of DR.. Alb
bott Lawrence Lowell, president of
Harvard university, describing him as
zone of the leaders of American
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

thought whose presence among us will
still further tighten the bonds of mu"
tual esteem and ardent sympathy be-
tween France and the United States"
The Temps points out that the advent
of DR.. Lowell in Harvard conceded
with the reaction In favor of French
methods. Previously German meth
DDS had reigned exclusively In Amer
lean universities
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06
Mr.. EMPLOYER SAW THIS IN SING
SING PRISON.

SING PRISON.
Forty per cent. of the men in prison
ought not have been sent there.
Nearly so per cent. of the inmates
of Sing Sing are "dope fiends."
Twenty per cent. are dope fiends"
when they go there. The remaining
80 per cent. acquire the habit in their
cells.
There should be prison segregation
prisons for first offenders, places for
oId-timers, for degenerates and for
murderers. BY mixing all together,
the pestilence of one is spread to the
other. Thus the prison becomes a
crime College.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06
GIVES CONVICTS
CHANCE" NEEDED
Head of Big New York Concern
Known as "Soul-Saver of
Sing Sing"
MAS ONCE IN PENITENTIARY

UnjustIy Sentenced, as He Maintains,
What He Saw There Led Him to
Adopt His Peculiar Business Plan,
and He Has Never Regretted it
Good, Efficient Workers, and All
Honest-Refers to Prison as "crlme
College,"
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
REFERRING THE DIVISION BILL.
February II, 1913.

TO The Sentinel:
AT this stage of the Fuita fight county would
look like they could win but still very serious
for the people of Mesa county, and might be well
look what right the people under the initiative
and referendum amendment the constitution.
his amendment provides with reference the referendum
that the people have the right refer back the legal
OF the state section of the general
emb by petition signed by per of the legal of the
Ihe general assembly may also petition the legal Pc
tons should be addressed and filed with the of
than days after the final adjournment of the session
of the general assembly that passed the bill upon which the
demanded The filing of such petition will prevent the
law from becoming operative until the voted upon by
the people, The The election
referred the people shall be held the biennial regular
general election and shall become the law when approved by
majority of the therefor and shall take effect from
and after the date of the declaration of the thereon
by proclamation of the governor but later than 80 days after
the has been canvassed The basis upon which the
legal necessary sign such petition shall be counted
the whole number of for secretary of the last
regular general election preceding the filing of any such petition
he secretary of furnish petition blanks Such petitions
be signed by qualified electors their proper persons
only with residence address and date of signing Every
petition be verified by qualified ceor stating that each
signer qualified legal voter the time of signing The
of all measures to be submitted shall be published con
tiona amendments published
If the legislature should be unwse pass the proposed
Ammons County BILL the legal voters of this have weapon
the referendum which and will be used Upon the filing
of the petition the will then lay until from the
coming fall when will be voted upon by the legal of the
state. The CONTRIBUTORS.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
University Club
Contest Tomorrow

The second speaking contest of ;he
University club will be held tomor-
row evening in the Sullivan building
across the street from The Sentinel
building. An unusually fine program
has been prepared for the occasion,
and deep and enthusiastic interest
has been shown by the members.
The organization was formed for
the purpose of developing latent
talent in oratory, music and kindred
arts and has proven TO be decided
success. The meeting tomorrow eve
ming promises to be well attended.
The program follows:
Solo-Mrs. Ray Garrison, Fruit
vale.
Ten-Minute Talk. why the Uni
yersity Club Was Organized w.
Burgess.
The contest addresses are:
Nathan Hale"-Mrs. +. ID. Coltrin
Does 1t Pay?"-Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith
"A Chapter of English History
Mrs. Lucia Wilson.
Judges-Nliss Carrie Lindley, Jas.
A. Becker Walter NJ Merrill, L F.
Cox and Rev. f. C. Smith
"A Song of Sunshine" (by requesD
Miss Alberta Rogers
Closing address,. NJ. Kinard.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
Lecturer
PleQses Audience

81 would like to see the United
States build the most powerful navy
that floats the seas and maintain the
largest army that walks the earth.
| look to see the engines of destrlp-
ton for war purposes made so dread
ful' and so frightfully powerful and
annihilating that universal peace will
overspread the earth through simple
dread of war; was the startling
statement of William b. Patty. who
lectured on radium. wireless telegra-
ply and liquid air and science at the
Majestic theater last night,
Mr.. Pattys lecture and demonstra-
tions We're witnessed by a large audi
ence in spite of the fact that his train
did not reach the city until $40 be-
cause of the derailment of No. 3.
Mr.. Patty spent most of his time
talking about the wonderful POSSIBLE
tiles OF wireless telegraphy; and,
locking far into the future, he
brought his dreams in descriptive
English to his hearers and forecasted
a time when we will cross the ocean
in "a hours, viii send letters to all
parts of the world in few seconds,
talk across the continent by wireless
telephone, start power plants and
VI LILIES VI SA Sltli
by the touching of button on a
wireless apparatus and scoot across
the continent in pneumatic tubes.
annihilating space in a manner now
seemingly impossible. His lecture
was interspersed with wit and sar-
castle references to people who are
content TO rest in ignorance when
great knowledge can be so easily ac-
quired in this day and age.
In his experiments he sent wire
less messages and started mechani-
cal contrivanCes with the wireless.
His descriptions were very clearly
given in such plain terms that he
could be understood by all.
Completing his wireless topic, he
took up radium and gave brief his
tory of its discovery, extent, value
and uses, including its dangers and
Inconsistencies, and then passed a
number of SAMPLES around the dark
ened auditorium for the people to see
through microsJ cpes enclosed in large
boxes.
The liquid air experiments We're
the most interesting. The possibili-
ties of this remarkable substance
were related by Mr.. Patty, and he
conducted all the experiments he ad-
yertised.
MIR. Patty and his wife left for
Provo. Utah, last night, and will so
on west to the Pacific coast.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
NOT AFRAID OF Will SON, EITHER

NERl day read dispatches of rolling
- stock and other equipment placed by the railroads antic
patton OF big business and prosperous Here the ates
New York, Feb I1-The Hartman lines have distributed
order for 1873 of which the Pressed Steel Com
Pany will build about 5000 alsee gondoas and and
the American Car Foundry Company box The
remaining box automobile and coal divided among
Pullman Company which received the largest proportion, the
Standard Steel Car Company and the Betendor Axle Company
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
IT SUITS BUCKLIN, SO THERE.

HE Grand Junction charter regarded a model
city government by municipal experts his charter large
ly the work of ex-senator James w Buck every man
and in Colorado for his courage ability and honesty
he amendments that voted
Friday submitted time their
framing He reviewed them word by word and gave them his
unqualified approval being he last word good effective
city government '-Rocky Mountain Nesgs
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
THE DRY BILL is PASSED AGAIN

Sentinel Special Service.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 13.-By
a viva voce vote the house late today
repassed the Webb bill to prohibit
the shipping of intoxicating liquors
into dry states as it passed the SEN
ate yesterday and thereby removed a
parliamentary obstruction which
threatened to delay its final passage
until another session of congress
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
ECHOES or THE TITANIC WRECK

Sentinel Special Service.
New York, Feb.N .l3,-Claims ag-
'gregating ss,O27.374 for the loss of
life. property and for personal in
iuries sustained in the Titanic disas-
ter last April have boon fIied ag'tiiis::
the White Star line owners of the
ill-fated steamship. This was the
last day on which these claims could
be filed.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
16 SUFFRAGEITES WALKlNG
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Metuchen, n. J.. Feb Sixteen
members of the suffragette army re-
sponded to the command OF General
Rosalie Jones to Forward, march. +"
today on the second stage OF their
hike to Washington. They planned
to encompass the 20-mile tr;imp to
Princeton today.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
LOCAL MONEY.

We have several punches of local
money to loan March 1st on good
real estate security. Amounts run
ming from $500 to $4,000. See us
about real estate loans. Coe Invest
ment company, 5iS Main. 2-l2=3t
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

Every winter shoe in our store
must find feet this week if cut price
viii do the work They are like gifts
to the poor. Mcconnell & Lowe.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
iayncrty Imnrnyinu.

Morris iiagerty. whose leg was
proAeH ny morse IaiIIng on iltIIi sc"
eral weeks ago, is still confined TO
his home, but is improving greatly,
and will soon be out on crutches.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
Lcave for Rciivale.

Rev j. f. Walker and son, For
dyee, left for their home, near
Redvale this morning after pro-
tracted stay in the city. Mrs. Walk
er will follow a little later.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

The Big Shoe Sale is still on at the
- Shoe store. There isn't
Boston a aRIsce on the western
SLOPE where you can
buy as good shoes for as little money,
2-t-fmo
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

Harness Oil in any amount you
say. Fred Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
THE DAILY SENTINEL
A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.

WITHIN the annals the worlds history there will be held
w more human tragic and in many ways
pathetic documents than that message written he dying
amid the tracess ice of the Antarctic by the heroic Cap
tain Scott In simple language tells tale that strs the blood
and inspires the soul of all who read it,
In the dark hour when he knew all hope gone Captain
Scott penned this message the world 1t months
later on his frozen body by the searching parties.
hat stands heroic classic sublime document
we reprint it in full follows:
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

From Iatlian Creek.
j. D. Bean deputy county assessor.
came down from his Indian creek
ranch today TO look after his business
relations in the city.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13
HcIt Moves Family Hcre.

w. Il. Belt. who owns ranch on
HANNAH creek, has moved his family
to this city and has taken up his
residence at T40 West Rood.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

1t will pay YOU to buy for future
use. Mcconnell 4 Loves Shoe Sale.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

Harness Oil, oil harness. Fred
Mantey.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

Message to the Public:
The of this disaster due faulty organizations
but to misfortune all the risks that had be undertaken
-, frst-Ihe loss of the pony transport in March 1911
OF the stuff transported to be narrowed.
SecondTThe weather throughout the outward journey
Pecay the long gale 50 degrees SOUTH stopped the soft
in the lower reaches of Beamore glacier again reduced
pace We fought these unoward with will conquered
but provision Every detail of food supplies
clothing and depos made interior ice sheet that long
stretch of 500 miles the pole and back worked perfection
The advance party would have to the glacier in fine
form and with surplus of food but astonishing failure
OF the whom had least expected fail Seaman Evans
thought be the strong party and Beadmore
glacier difficult fine weather. return we did
not get single completely fine day. and this with sick companion
enormously increased difficulties We got into frighully
rough ice and Evans received concsson of the brain He died
natural DEATH but left shaken party with the undu
advanced. II
But all the facts above enumerated were as nothing to the
surprise that awaited the barrier maintain that
angemens for returning quite adequate and that
we encountered at this time of the year On the summit a-
de So degrees latitude degrees we had minus 20 to minus
80 On the barrier, in latitude So o,ooo lower we had
minus 80 during the day and minus At night pretty regularly
with continuous head wind during the day marches These cir
mstances very suddenly and wreck was certainly
due to this sudden advent of severe weather. for which there
do not think human beings through such months
we have come through and should have got through spite
of fuel in depo for which account and finally but
for the which has fallen within eleven miles of this
depot at which we hoped to secure final supplies
s i[Tsa 6 Mm ho $ eleven e miles M of our old One Ton with
been unable to leave the and gale has been blowing
We weak Writing is difficult
But for my own sake do regret this Journey which
shown us that Engmen endure hardship help another
and meet death with great fortude the past We
took risks We knew took them Things have come out
against and therefore have complaints but bow
to the will of Providence determined still do best the last
But have been willing give our lives TO this enter
prise which for the honor of country appeal
men TO that those who depend upon properly cared
tor Had we lived should have had tale tell hard-
hood endurance and companions which would have
stirred the hearts of all Englshmen.
These rough dead bodies tell the tale but
surely great rich country like will that who depend
upon properly provided for
(Slgned) r. SCOTT, March IS, 1912.
The daily sentinel., 1913-02-13

Before you so to work oil your
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-11
Properly Rebuked.

An excursion party from promi-
nent womans club In Chicago had
gone to a rural part of the state, and
In default of sufficient hotel accommo-
dations, some of the members were
obliged to seek quarters In nearby
farmhouse
Everything was simplicity itself. al
though scrupulously clean and home
like. But as would be expected. there,
was a natural absence of some Of
the Injuries of high-priced, city hotels.
Retiring time came and some OF The
ladies discovered that there were no
keys in the locks of their rooms. and
consulted the farmers wife.
That good woman was undisguisedlyl
surprised.
why" she said, I'VE don't usually
lock our doors here, and there's no
one here but you. But them" scrutin-
izing the ladies carefully. Il suppose
you know your own party best.
per's Magazine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-11

Nation dispersed, disbanded, gone TO
their homes forgetful of the common
cause? Are our forces disorganized.
without constituted leaders and the
might of men consciously united be-
cause we contend, not with armies, but
with principslities and powers and
wickednegs In high places. Are we
content to lie still! Does our union
mean sympathy. oar peace content
ment. our vigor right action. our ma
turity self-comprehension and o clear
confidence In choosing what we shall
do? War htted US for action. and &C
ton never ceases.
Our Laws the Orders Of the Day.
have been chosen the leader Of
the Nation. cannot justify the choice
BY any qualities OF my own. but 30 1t
has come about and here stand
Whom do command? The ghostiy
hosts who fought upon these battle
fields long ago and are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken In years
whose fighting days are ever, their
glory won? What are the orders for
them, who rallies them? have in my
mind another host, whom these set
free of civil strife in order that they
might work out in days of peace and
settled order the life Of great ma
ton. That host Is the people them
selves, the great and the small, with
out class or difference of kind or
race or origin; and undivided In inter
est, II we have but the vision to guide
and direct them and order their llves
Alright in what we do. Our constitu-
lions are their articles of enlistment.
The orders of the day are the laws
upon our statute books. What we
strive for Is their freedom, their right
to lift themselves from day to day and
behold the things they have hoped
for, and so make way for still better
days for those whom they love who
are to come after them. The recruits
are the little children crowding In.
The quartermaster's stores are In the
mines and forests and fields, In the
shops and factories. Every day some
thing must be done to push the cam
paign forward; and 1t must be done
by plan and with an eye to some great
destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts u
our hearts and not be moved?
would not have you live even today
wholly in the past but would wish to
stand with you in the light that
streams upon us now out of that
great day gone by. Here is the ma
ton God has builded by our hands.
What shall we do with it, Who stands
ready to act again and always In the
spirit of this day OF reunion and hope
and patriotic fervor? The day of our
country's life has but broadened Into
morning. Do not put uniforms by.
Put the harness of the present on.
Lift your eyes to the great tracts Of
life yet to be conquered In the inter
est of righteous peace, Of that pros
perity which lies In a peoples hearts
and outlasts all wars and errors Of
men. Come, let US be comrades and
soldiers yet to serve our fellow men
In quiet counsel. where the blare OF
trumpets ID neither heard nor needed
and where the things are done which
make blessed the nations of the world
In peace and righteousness and love
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-11


One of the unadyert.=ed reunions q
the celebration occurred In the con-
federate section Of the camp. A tifs
and drum corps of men in blue tramp.
ed up and down the streets of the con-
federate part OF the city of tents.
They stopped before the tents, play
ed such fanfare as only drums and
flies can make, summoned forth the
occupants and shook hands, threw
their arms about the gray shoulders
and in dozen other ways showed
their feelings Of friendship.
They kept It UP for hours and WIS.,
tied practically every "reb" tent.
Their reception was as warm as their
greeting.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-11

A romance developed In camp when
John Goodwin of New York. a veteran,
and Margaret Murphy Of Chicago were
united in marriage by Squire Harnisa.
Forty-six years ago the two were en-
gagged, but they subsequently married
others. They became widower and
widow. the old fame was rekindled,
and they agreed to come to Gettys-
burg on the fiftieth anniversary Of
the battle and marry. The happy pair
win go on wedding tour from hers
and viii reside In New York