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Evening star., 1914-01-22
PEMTENTIARY REFORMS,
PLAN OF McREYNOL LDS
Attorney General Opposes Convict
1abor-Doubts Hatsh Treat
ment Of Prisoners.

Plans for radical changes in the meth
cd OF operating federal penitentiaries and
in the handling Of prisoners have been
worked out by Attorney General Mercy
nolds. after long study and deep
thought Although the details OF the
plan will not, be made public for several
days. it is understood that Mr.. McRey-
nolds contemplates the abolition Of the
system which allows convicts to be used
in making articles afterward put on the
market.
He Is known to Be opposed to the idea
OF convict labor. He has given much
consideration to the perfection Of q plan
which will eliminate evils in the present
system.
The Attorney General also has explain
ed to callers recently that he is not salts
fed with the present parole law, which
is operated largely through the superin-
tendent Of prisons: an officer Of tho De-
partment Of Justice, the warden and
doctor Of the penitentiary in which q
person UP for parole is confined. Action
to remedy such defects must be taken to
Congress.
Scouts Cruelty Charges.
Quiet investigation Of federal prisons
which the Attorney General has made in
Evening star., 1914-01-22
Criticises Penmanship.

Mr.. Larner severely criticised the writ
ing of graduates of the schools. and asked
that the superintendent take up this
matter to see if some Improvement could
not be made. He thought the Spen-
ccrian system would be preferable to the
business men in place OF the vertical
- stem, which is now taught. Following
the meeting. MIR. Thurston said he was
s'ad Mr.. Larner had brought the matter
up. as ii was one which was in need of
attention. and had beer in the minds of
The schoo! otrcIals recently.
h. installation OF sanitary towels in
place OF the rouer kind which the board
has been considering, was deemed IN
advisable, although IL was not dennitely
decided not 10 do this. 1t was stated that
:" cases where contagious diseases had
been communicated by the roller towel
mad been found, and that paper towels
would cost al least three times the S1,5so
which is now annually expended Tor tow
e.s. The cost of the service might be
diminished. also, it was believed. by the
installation of a laundry in the voca-
tlona. schools. This matter is to be con-
s!dered before the next board meeting.
Evening star., 1914-01-22
GUESTS OF Gymnasium CLUB.
7. W. C. A. Members Entertained al
Reception and Musical.

The Gymnasium Club of the Y. W. G
A. entertained the members of the Other
clubs of the association at a reception
and musical last night in the associa.
ton rooms, a36 F street northwest Mrs
Duff Lewis, Miss Ida Ewing and Miss
Mary e. Pond contributed to the program
and lecture on Diseases Acquired
Through Occupation" was delivered by
DR.. J. 8. Stone of the Emergency Hos
pital.
In the afternoon was held the weekly
reception of the secretaries, Mrs. John s
Scully and Miss Frances Chickering help
ing to receive. Among those present
were Miss Mignonette Q. Buckingham
Miss Mary Alice Finney, Miss Anna q
Seexholtz, Miss Helen NJ. Wyman, Mrs
Elizabeth B. Hubbard, Miss E. Grace NIL
ler. Miss Bessie L. Haskell and Mis-:
Charlotte Webb
Evening star., 1914-01-22

Clark 10 one o6 the leAdsrA othego wAo
are taking part In the work are l1lss
Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter Of the e0s-
retary OF Labor; Miss Eleanor Connolly.
sister OF Representative Connolly Of Iowa:
Miss Nina Floyd. daughter Of Repre-
sentative Floyd OF Arkansas. and Miss
Jean Roberts. Mrs. Clara B. Neigh Of
Neighborhood House Is to speak on the
work of the kindergarten.
A meeting OF the organization commit
tee was held yesterday and completed
plans for the work Of the new auxiliary.
Evening star., 1914-01-22
Truck Company Needed.

This mornings fire shows the need of
truck company in Northeast Washing
ton," remarked one Of the fremen who
, assisted in the work Of rescuing occu-
pants Of the house. Had there been
truck company In the northeast section
Miss Thomas probably would have been
rescued without injury"
Until the arrival Of No. truck COM
pany, it is stated. the firemen had to de-
pend on the short ladders carried by the
engine company. Fire Marshal Nichoi-
son examined the premises and reported
that the damage amounted to about 81 200.
Fire Of unknown origin last night about
8 o'clock did $40 damage in the house
Of Mrs Ann Pryor, 1882 Biltmore street
northwest. The fire was extinguished by
No. 81 engine company.
Trouble with a leaky gas meter is re-
ported to have started a fire in the eel
lar at the house of Anthony F. Rice. 1873
Tennessee avenue northeast. yesterday
afternoon. Damage, about SO.
Evening star., 1914-01-22
Tablet to DR.. Deale Dedicated.

A tablet to the memory Of the late DR..
Henry B. Deale of Washington was dedi-
Gated at Garfield Hospital yesterday
afternoon by the Clinico-Pathological
Society. Brief memorial services were
held, the dedication speech being made
by Dr. Francis r. Hagner, and the
speech of acceptance by Gen. George r.
Sternperg, president of the board of
trustees of the society. The memorial
tablet was placed in the entrance hail Of
the institution.
Evening star., 1914-01-22

the last few months has convinced him
that there Is little ground for the chrages
which have frequently been made. that
the penitentiaries are badly conducted
and the prisoners harshly treated.
His plans for improvement are directed
at what he considers evils In the sys-
tenn for which the wardens and other
odncials are not primarily responsible
gram q suggestion for a probation law
for the federal courts made by Warden
Meyer Of the Atlanta penitentiary.
Evening star., 1914-01-22
SOCIETY GIRLS WILL AID.
Those Promising to Assist Neighbor-
hood House Work to Meet,

Ohcers Of a committee of organiza-
tion." composed Of young women Of
Washington who have just promised to
assist in the kindergarten work Of Neigh
borhood House, are to be elected at a
meeting to be held tomorrow at the home
Of Mss Genevieve Champ Clark. daugh-
ter OF the Speaker OF the House. Miss
Evening star., 1914-01-22

Miss Thomas started she and the fireman
going to her rescue fsl from the ladder
to the parking. distance Of more than
fifteen feet Fireman Swan and Miss
Thomas were taken to Casualty Hospatal. !.
Tho former soon was able to leave the
hospital, but Miss Thomas probably VIII
have to remain there some time.
Soon after Mrs. Sturgis reached the
house Of a neighbor she recalled that hef
husband had left about 800 In his trou-
sers pockets. One Of her neighbors went
to the house and found the money In
tact, and later a pocketbook contain
ing IS bill, the property Of Lynn, was
found in the debris thrown from the win
dows by f]remen
Evening star., 1914-01-22
Urge Strict Quarantine.

Mrs. J. NJ. Michaelson and Mrs F. l..
l:ansoine, representing the Parents
League made plea for the board to
consider the careful quarantining Of
pupils in cases of contagious diseases and
offered the cooperation in every possible
way OF the organization which they rep
resented.
President Blair announced that In the
future no excuses of absent members
would be recorded il the minutes. He
explained. following the meeting that he
believed no member OF the board would
ne absent without good excuse, and that
III cases where certain members of the
board sent excuses for their absence and
others did not. 1t might appear from
reading the minutes that those members
who did not send excuses could have
.-een present II they had desired
Changes Approved by Board.
Tile following changes in the corps of
employees were approved:
-tppoint-E. a. O'Neil. janitor Of the
congress Heights School; William Spen-
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Request for Army Officers.

Henry T. Blair. president OF the board,
announced that the superintendent and
ne had seen Secretary Garrison of the
War Department in an effort to have an
army officer detailed for the Instruction
Uf the High School Cadets. Mr.. Blair
believed this would be done
because Of the fact that a number of
courses OF study are being changed, il
Aa. uecided to postpone the recommeuda-
i.Dn o. new text books from the first
E.~euns III February to the first meeting
JLue. An offer Dy the National Capi-
- Dental Society TO supply dental treat
:.i~nt FOR school children was referred to
o.-pI. fhu-ston to see If any additional
assistance was needed
prize Of 50 In each division for the
best temperance essay, offered by the
Womans National Temperance Union,
vas accepted, as was also an offer OF
free posters on temperance, offered by
tue committee which has charge OF the
temperance poster campaign here.
Evening star., 1914-01-22
Scouts Cruelty Charge,

Quiet investigation Of federal prisons
which the Attorney General has made In
Evening star., 1914-01-22

Thomas McGovern. thirteen years old,
of Fairmont, W. Va, who was burned
by the explosion of black powder, died
Tuesday. With companion, he was ex-
pioring about g coal mine and filed
his pocket with the powder.
Evening star., 1914-01-22

Ice harvest began on the Susquehanna
river Tuesday. Port Deposit (Ald)
houses began filling with seyen-and-one-
half-inch clear ice.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
WIDOW Of FELS
TO CONTINUE HIS
PHILAN THR0PY.
Widow Of English Social Worker
Plans to Perpetuate His
UpIift Enterprise.

CINCINNATI. March 2S.--The sin
gle tax principle, to which Joseph
Fels devoted his life and fortune. win
not suffer by his death II win be
carried on uninierruptedly by his
widow.
she is here preparing to return to
London. where she will begin her
great task as executor, not only Of
the fortune OF her husband. but Of
the moral obligations he assumed to-
ward humanity.
Every forward movement every
principle which is directly the world
toward equality said Walker Coates,
long secretary for Mr.. FEELS, speaking
for the widow, had the support Of
MIR. FEELS during his lifetime. None Of
these movements will suffer now be-
cause Of his death.
Mrs. FEELS, as soon as she regains
her strength. viii return to London,
where she will take up the task left
BY her husband Of fighting the forces
that are creating poverty. She will
strive as he did, and in the same man
ner to give back to the people the
rights and privileges that have been
taken from the poor by land monop-
olista
Though the partnership between
husband and wife has been dissolved
By death, the business in which they
shared interest, that OF lettering the
condition Of humanity. will go for
ward. with the one who remains di-
fecting IT,"
The vacant lot movement here and
abroad viii continue to enlist the
philanthropist's widow. Mr. Coates
declared the experiment in farm labor
colonies, established with Mr. Fels'
assistance in England, where able
bodied paupers are being put to work
70 earn their living BY cultiyatlng
The ground. will be among the move
fnents sure TO retain the support OF
the FEELS fortune.
1t Is estimated that Mr.. FEELS gave
away more than $250,000 every year
70 establish the singie-tax propagan-
De. He contributed $4,000 a year to
the Joseph FEELS Fund OF America
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

tertiary to serve fifteen years for kill
ing their mother, As a convicted man
he gave his little daughters, Eleanor
and Violet, TO his best friend, Louis
T.. Bierck, OF Cincinnati.
Take them. Ellis said. Il trust
you and your wife will bring up my
little girls so they snail not think Of
me as--as a--murderer, for | am not
that. | want you to care for them as
IL they were your own"
Il hope we can get them without
litigation" Bierck said. 1.-THE only
persons with any claim upon the chill
dren now are the mother and father Of
Mrs Ellis, hope can convince them
that the best interest OF the children
themselves win be served by giving
them to me and my wife"
When Ellis followed his wife here
last October and shot her 20 death in
the Hotel Sherman, the children, g.
year cold Violet and S-year-old Ell
eanor, were left in care Of their moth
er's parents, Mr., and Mrs Robert III.
Hosea. Since that time the children
have seen neither their father nor
their mother.
on a hundred occasions before and
during and after his trial Ellis ex2
pressed the hope that the children
had not yet learned OF the death OF
their mother, and that they never
should learn of the manner Of her
death
THAT is why don't want my wife's
parents 10 keep the little ones" said
Ellis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Miss Louise Alexander Applies Advice Given
US. Senators on Exercise to Own Self

NEW YORK, March 2s.--Lie fiat on
your bac'
Take a. deep breath and then first
with one foot, then the other, then
with 10Th, try to kick the headboard
of the bed.
Take cold shower and brisk rub
down every morning.
Be careful OF your diet, drink plenty
OF hot water and breathe deeply.
DO these things and youn dodge
doctors bills and live to a. hale old
age.
This is the advice Of United states
Senator Benjamin Tillman, given ~
Senators.
Senator Tillman speaks for the men,
and Miss Louise Alexander, interpret
ter of the modern dances, indorses
his method as just as valuable for
girls and women.
Senator Tlllman's plan Is a good
one. practically take the same eX-
ercises every morning, and they GER
tainly are great aid to the conser-
walton of health, and a sure aid to
grace and suppleness," said Miss
Alexander.
"The Senator has certainly planned
fine lot Of exercises, albeit a trifle
strenuous continued Miss AleNan-
der, "and If he could persuade the
masculine population to religiously &c
through these exercises night and
morning, we would have race 81
long lived men that no time could
equal"
Senator Tillman's rules made quite
stir among his colleagues. He urged
the necessity of the right sort of ex-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

ercise to prolong the Senatorial life
Without physical culture would
now be tortured. With rheumatism and
perhaps bedrldden. | have literally
kicked the rheumatism out of the
bed" is the way the Senator explained
his present good health
There are other exercises in his
schedule, such as lifting the body, the
whole performance to be followed by
tepid bath, cold shower and a
rigorous rundown, followed by dumb
bell exercises.
The Senator never drinks intoxi-
cants, and is the author of the South
Carolina dispensary law. His advice
is to drink water heated to tenn
perature of 100 degrees.
Mir Tillman has contributed an IL
Illustrated article to well -knowr
magazine devoted to physical culture
showing the various forms of physi-
cal exercises which he espouses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
SECOND W|FEOF
PASTOR BREAKS
PACT WITH lST
Agreed to Pay Deserted Family
AIimony, but She Leaves
Them Destitute.

CLINTON, 20, March 49, Mrs.
Dora McMaster Stewart. for whom
the Rey. c. A. Stewart quit his wife
his children, his passionate and his
friends here. that he might wed her
has failed to make good. She agreed
to pay the alimony in order to push
the divorce.
1t is less than two months ago that
tho preacher and his first wife were
divorced here Stewart and Miss Me-
Master. who is from Hopkins, Mo-,
were married the first week in Janu-
airy and are living in Fort Dodge, Ia,
on SIS a week
Mrs. Stewart No. has large prop
erty holdings, which are tied up by
red tape. The alimony Of SIS can not
be paid and the woman who saeri-
feed her all to set her husband free
that he might wed the woman he
loved is TO be left to suffer from
want
A public subscription is being rails
ed here to pay the fare OF Mrs Stew
art and her children to Nebraska
where her parents live.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
EAT LESS MEAT AND TAKE SALTS
TX KIDNEYS ACHE OR BACK HURTS

channels often get irritated, ohliging
you TO get up two or three times dur
ing the night,
To neutralize these irritating acids
and push off the body's urinous waste
get about ounces OF Jad Salts from
any pharmacy; take tablespoonful
In glass Of water before breakfast
for q few days and your kidneys Will
act free and bladder disorders disap-
pear. This famous salts Is made
from the acid OF grapes and lemon
juice. combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations TO clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts Is
inexpensive, harmless and makes q
! delightful effervescent lithia- water
drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then thus
avoiding serious kidney and bladder
! diseases.--ADVERTISEMENT.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
800 Gold Nugget
Sticks to Man Boot

cAMPTONyILLE CAL, March u.s.
There's plenty more OF them down at
The Jaynes place IL you know just where
to find them" said big Bill Meek OF
this place. as he exhibited to his friends
a nugget OF gold easily worth 800. and
which he picked up by the side Of the
road as he got off the stage he was
driving to water his horses.
It was a wet day and the roads were
very muddy. Meek's boots were heavy
and he kicked some OF the mud off.
AS he did so he uncovered the nugget,
and there was no doubt as to what It
was.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Says Bladder Irritation or Rheu.
matism Means Kidneys Aren't
Straining Out Uric Acid,

Meat forms uric acid. which ex-
cites and overworks the kidneys In
their efforts 70 filter 1t from the sys-
tenn Regular eaters of meat must
flush the kidneys occasionally. You
must relieve them like YOU relieve
your bowels; removing all the acids.
waste and poison, else you feel dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains In the back or sick headache.
dizziness, your stomach sours. tongue
Is coated and when the weather is
had you have rheumatic twinges The
urine is cloudy fun OF sediment; the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Owes Her Life TO
This Lung Medicine

The manufacturers of Eekmaa's Alternative
nedieine Tor Throat ard Lung afiriiens regret
inst ell sufferers o. these serious ifouhes 10 not
take the trouble 10 investigate for themselves
what this medirans has accomplished during the
past tiftesn years IN a numoe- q eayes lnad
this: Grlailh. Lake Co., Ind.
Gentlemen; About September 10. 1905. my
mbiher-in.law was taken sizes with cat4rrhai
Pneumonia which developed into Lung Trouble.
n January. when Rev. WIN, 1,cra. Of 81 Mi.
-baets Church, At schaerriile. Ind prepared
her for death. he recommended that get Eek
mans Alternative aud see Il Il would not give her
iame relief. The ausnmng physician ueclsfei
she had Lung Trouble Hnd was beyond an I'd ID
lcai aid So ] Immediately had Rev. VIM irra
70 send for a botile Practically without hnps
fuf recovery. ] Insisted that she iry the Alitf4
sfite. which she did l am aiad 20 asy ihat
she so6fi began 70 Improve. Now, she wulks o.
hard a. ever weighs twenty laanls heAtief than
she eyer did before shn took sick, and Il "a
aaad health"
lAnidayiO Ios, oRnMER
tAbeve Abbreviated more on fequestl
Eckmans Alternative has been proven by many
Years test to be most efhearlous for severe
Threat and Lung Affections. hfonchitiA. Rron-
eDie Asthma, stubborn celds aud In nphuild-
Inc The system Contains no narcotics. p0ls0ns
o. hahit.fornIing drugs, Seld hy all Jacobs
ne hckman Laboratory, Fhiiadelpbie, Pa, for
booklet telling u fecpYvries and additional nj
dehee --ADNbRTlSEAiENT
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Sheriff to Whip
! Brutal Husband

FREDERICK, MD. March as.-The
wrongs OF an abused wife will be
avenged when Sheriff Conard applies
the lash to the bare back Of Ohio Spen-
Ger In the Frederick County jail. one of
the few instances here OF resort to the
whipping post.
Spencer was sentenced by Justice Fa-
bian Posey to ten lashes and 30 days
Imprisonment The Sheriff decided to
infict the punishment himself
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Potatoes Grow
Above the Ground

SANTA BARBARA, March 2S.-eA
potato plant with the tubers growing
like guavas among the foliage, IN
stead Of part Of the root system, IS
the most unusual curiosity which =,
F. Boekenoogen found in his garden
He has been an expert agricultar-
list for 40 years and knows Of no way
Of accounting for the phenomenon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Fails to Use License,
Girl Asks $4,000

ST. PAUL, March 2S.-A $4,000
suit for breach OF promise was hled
against Walter p. Butler by Rose
Steinberger, daughter Of Philip
Steinberger, a cafe proprietor ae-
cording to her attorney. -5utler took
out marriage license to marry Miss
Steinberger on February II, but the
wedding never took place.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Machine to Print
Perforated Music

SHERMAN. March 2s.-E. E. Allen,
of this city, has invented a machine
that manufactures perforated sheet
music
There are nearly 5000 parts in the
machine It is made for the large auto
matte instruments such as are used in
picture shows, and by use of various
attachments wiz give music as from an
orchestra. drum, piano and, In Fact,
all musical Instruments.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
NAN olvgs U BRlDE. 4,

CENTRALIA. WASH. March a.
Samuel Shove. arrested on his return
from Portland with his 1l-year-old
bride, formerly Myrtle Robinson. on q
charge Of abduction, was released on
a promise not 10 see her again.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
"CASCARETS" IF CONSTIPATED, SICK,
HEADACHY, BILIOUS DIME A BOX

composed waste matter ana constipat ton
poison from the bowels. Then YOU feel
great
A Cascaret tonight viii straighten
you out by Morning. 10-cent box from
any drug store will keep your head
clear, stomach sweet. liver and bowels
regular and make you feel bully and
cheerful for months. Don't forget the
children.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
Noted Kentucky
Fuedist Is Dead

MIDDLEBoRo, March 2s.-General
Souders, leader Of the Souders faction
in the famous Souders- Turner feud
which was supposed 70 have ended %
pneumonia. lie was SO years old and
was reputed to have killed eleven men.
For the last twenty years he had been
law abiding, he Insisted.
Andrew Turner, leader OF the TuF-
ner faction. recently was killed under
peculiar circumstances.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

Nv. W." writes: Il wake IN the morning
as tired as when retired. Ny stomach feeis
weak. my arms and limbs tremble and / lock
with despair upon the DAYS work l seem 10
nave no energy or recuperatire forces Severe
headaches, worry aud embarrassment Al my
condition are symptoms"
Answer. The vital forces have ebbed low
and your nerves need stimulating, while your
uVtruye forces need toning w 70 supply en-
srgys Begin taking three grain cadoiAene TAB.
lets and continue until reeuvefy IL satisfactory.
Get an original sealed tube with fun direc.
nOns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

Turn the rasCais out--the headache
biliousness. constipation the sick. sour
stomach and foul gases--turn them out
Tonight with Cascarets.
Don't put in another day 81 distress
Let Cascarets sweeten and regulate
your stomach. remove the sour. undi-
misery making gas; take the excess bile
from your liver and carry on the de-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29

Hulda" says: Il can not eet without
great distress after eating. ! am sleepless
and restless, nervous and irritable. Can YOU
tell me anything that would cure met"
Answer: Your trouble Is all due to your
stomach. which CAUSED the nervous. restless
feeling. Take tablets triopeptine and YOU wiIl
soon be relieved Of all this trouble These are
packed IN sealed cartons and are pink whil6
and blue tablets 70 b taken after meals. Take
the rink tablet after breanaat, white AFTER din
leF and blue after supper II this "a contin.
aed the curative agencies viii soon restore
hatuFal digestion.