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New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
COMMUNICATED.
Interesting Story of Development of
 Rcformatory Work
w aukeg III.

Waukegan, H. Jan. 20, 1915. Editor Healr:--Thc interest deyel oping regard to our reform atory and penal institutions is not confined to Connecticut. The honor system that was lnaugurated q year ago in the penltentlary at Joliet by the new war
 den, E. M. Allen, and his humane treatment of the inmates has proved great success and won him the hearty praise of the directors and tllc governor of the state as well as the confidence and respect of those in his care. Following the new system the prisoners were taken out in squa ds to do farm work connected with the in~ stitution. This they continued through the summer Early in September a crew was sent to a remote part of the state. Camp Hope, to do road work and remained until February, whom the work was completed. Carl lC walker one of tho road crew who lr1't the Institution on their return fropl camp free man had his sentence comnuted by, Governor Dunne on ac- count or some mitigating Circunl- stances in the indictment and his scn- tence was reduced from one year 70 h1e imprisonment, he having already spent TOUT years in prison. Walker Is university graduate and this Is what he said:
 Il was in the pink of condition af- ter the outdoor work. Say, when I heard the squirrels chirp, the birds l sing and the owls hoot after going i out in the road camp I realized I was i human. l had almost forgotten while behind those gray stone walls that there was a sun, moon ard stars. After getting out in the road camp I used to spend much time in the moon rise and would lie on my tent cot and watch it until I fell asleep. l was really happy and the life. All of the boys in the camp enjoyed the life out of doors. we 1e't like humans after getting here. There wasn't any spirit of sel- lShness, no complaints and no dis 'ords. There was a difference in the complexion of the men and their at 1tude towards each other. Citizens Vho "ofKed at the camp and were n constant touch with us remarked u tne chanse In our appearance es- ecially in the first twenty days. We 'ere like vegetation in the spring af er the April showers. The honor sya
 
 on on the part of the inmates and 1elr pledge not to attempt an escapo nd they proved loyal had any ont at empted out side help would not have cen necessary" An organization of thirteen hundred nd thlrty-six of the convicts out of Nteen hundred has been formed to c nse money for the support of the f cor families of the men serving C, me in prison. This is called the Ill., = lols State Penitentiary Mutual Bon- :, It association. As the convicts have a ore or less spare time they will i'm VI rove It by making articles in their r1 ne that they can turn into money = lat will give to general fund in /, cad of for luxuries which Warden Hen for good behavior says he will . lrnish. u
 w. $. C. Plainville Conn
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

Geo. L. Fox. a New Haven Pedago- Eue who conducts a private prepara- tory school, maintained at an open forum meeting in New Haven recently that high schools should be abolished, hCrausc they Wrcak an injustice on the taxpayer. Mir. FON's arcu- mcnt in brief is this; that high schools are maintained at heavy expense by the contributions of all the taxpayers; l'ut that only very small per cont of the school children obtain high school education. Consequently he arEu"S. tho high school is maintained at the expense of large class. for tho benefit of a privileged minority Bridgeport Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
The Almighty Dollar.
Cleveland Plain DeaIerD

When Charles Dickens came to Aneflca, nifty years ago or SO, he was received with open arms by the rltlHens of this comparatively young nation. He went back and wrote a report to the effect that the United States was responsive to nothing but the magic power of tho Almighty dol lar That phrase. hy the way. had been previously invented hy Wash ington Irving, an American by birth and Christian name.
 Other tourists from Europe since
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
iNIrcIliElg.
(NCW York TilnCS.O

At some future time not very far
 distant several southern states and perhaps one or two northern onne
 will have to take Counacl seriously with themselves about growing monaco to government and grown disgrace to American civilization. l4ynching is not sectional matter: the bad passions that givc it birth ara chiefly those of rural communities or Of Snall towns. Probably tho most ghaStly Instance Of it in many years. however, came in a city and in q northern Stntc. when tho capital of Illinois was degraded by a massacre. But in cities such crimes are cxccp- tional. Mainly they are born of thn; feeling Of insecurity which is found in badly pOliCCd and sparSely settled To- CalitlC&. Where mems lives and wou4 ems homo" are dependent almost on tr@lN nn tho vigilance a0d courage of each hOusch older, the moment n element appears and begins to make life and honor insecure tho
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
THAN COMING BACK TONIGHT

onieSs something unforeseen hap pens Harry Thaw will be back in
 New York tonight, prisoner in the
 tombs, and will probably be ara igned Tn court next week on the charge of conspiracy to escape from the Mat teawan insane asylum The offense is bailablc and it is understood that
 Thaw is ready to give any amount
 within the bounds of reason to ob-
 tain his liberty pending the trial, but
 1t is said that MT. Jerome will op-
 pose allowing him released on a bond.
 It Is a good thing for the state
 that Thaw should be brought back
 because his continued absence tend
 ed to give the impression that it
 was his wealth which enabled him to
 keep away from the authorities This
 it was because that he was able to employ lawyers to take advantage of every legal technicality known to the profession and not because of the inn presslon that may have gotten abroad that influence did it. Money enabled the state of New York to employ Mir. Jerome to use every effort to bring the man back to the institution from which he escaped. Jerome has won and that is the only difference in a legal sense between his efforts and 1 hoe 1>l> -er's escape from Matteawan pre- was a violation of law and ! IS such he should be tried on that charge There can be no difference of opinion on that point That ought % be plain to everyone. As to vhether he should be sent back to he insane asylum is quite another natter unless it is proven that he is till insane and dangerous to be at arge.
 Thaw is not a bright man but it would be absurd to think that he is S bad mentally now as when he killed tanford White. He had been lead ng a fast life up to that time but e has been different since because e. has had to be. The rum and rugs and the effects of fast living ave been gotten out of his system f nd he is the better for it. although { e can be properly classed as an un- citizen. But unless he is , ill insane and declared unfit to be large he Is not fit subject for z
 lunatic asylum.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

Senator Isbell claims that his amend mcnt to civil service law was pro- posed for the purpose of giving all W ho had any objection to the law a chance to air their opinions Now, the opinions of those opposed to his law arc being aired as well and he Is given mighty little credit for being anything but q @poilsman of high de- gree throughout the state II will probably he some time before there viii be any effort to start up q boom for Isbcll fer governor or congress- man or anything like that.--Water- lUry Republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
FACTS AND RANCHES.

German authority says that since the war began 1000 German news papers have suspended publication, only 120 Of them political organs. It this is as it seems. either Germany was grievously oVer-supplied with newspapers, or else the effect of the war has been considerably more seri- ous than they are willing over there to admit.-New Haven Register.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
Blowing Up!
lNeW York Glnhn !


 It is probable that Woodrow Wilson would not have been nominated if Kermit Roosevelt had not blurted out. Pop is praying for Champ"
 Having secured d skilful and able leader through good luck and rather than good judgment, the party CO., operated With him for as much as twenty months-from March 4, 1913. until election day in 1914. As a re- suit the party did much to lessen the old prejudice against it's congenial in- capacity. It looked as if it had be- come an instrumentality for efficient government But the strain could not be endured. During the last three months the party has been blowing up. It has broken away from the direction of President Will son and Chairman Underwood. If is wrangling In the old, familiar way.
 The presidents policy With respect to Mexico and to militia rism is harsh ly condemned in his own party. Dem ocratlc senators, without a dissenting voice. have expressed a demand that the president turn over to them his power to nominate to office. Will liam J. Bryan, in tho San Domingo affair. has shown that he is unfit to be secretary of state, yet the presi- dent apparently does not feel strong enough to turn him out with the re- Duke that he merits. All along tho line there Is insurrection and an nouncement of determination no longer to be afraid of the school masters ferule.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
Another National Park
(Cleveland Plain Dealer.


 r The decision of congress to set aside 360 square miles in Colorado as new national park will not meet with severe criticism. The region which is selected Is in the highest part of the Rocky mountains, and contains some of. the finest scenery of America. Geological and geo. graphical experts who have advocated the establishment Of the park declare that aside from it's scenic beauty the region has very. little value 3y set ting 1t aside, therefore, congress does not shut off any considerable natural resources from development.
 There may be just objection on the ground of national economy to the taking of the land at this time. If there are no mineral treasures in the region there is small danger of OK ploitation or of the marrjng of inc natural grandeur The project might, perhaps, have been taken up at some more opportune season.
 But with the principle of setting aside these areas and preserving them Tor postcrity there can be no quarrel Whenever national park is created it strengthens the proof that the Amer ican nation is not wholly utilitarian. that 1t possesses in genuine abundance the finer qualities which European critics are prone to dcny The "RockN Mountain park" created at d time when Europe is marrinc it's own scenery with shrapnel, vii be a rather notable monument to the American spirit of 1915.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

If there is luck in odd numbers as the Irish say there is, then 1915 will be lucky year. However. the best way to make it lucky is to keep your eyes open, work hard and keep persist ently at it.-Norwich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
ECORD NOT IN EN.

preaching relig- w at an ancient ltion wh en he possibility of the
 not being re-
 evidence of a be possible that " not have read sting periodical
 looked at the e evidence of
 the speeche es
 the galleries se at regular in- Bn the members r1nit any of the ress to pass un- bly learned that Record is by no
 so and that the 9d to make d her hadn't the Fused permission e to get through
 print and how Found their way for the enlight- istinquish ed cit
 for campaign Id MT. Sunday ely he might re- r his belief that ord Is not in the
 the reason is h'uthful and that e of the gentle &lumine or dark
 aforemen toned It the time of h Nquestion as (noW. But then on such a pain lestion the only publication in
 el that is won- polly truthful ?. Fpathy for the RstO pass on the e wh ether it heaven as evil ke. That must l
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
. CALLS.
ID MEN OUT oF

CTS.
 B before the com
 relations in New (ry Ford of auto
 hat his company
 Ike every convict lson and make n D bases his belief
 s concern has a tts in it's employ
 doing we'll. This
 confidence Tn a
 of men that has hibited, but those By will probably hccepting 1t as d
 problem of the ve had an oppor-
 statement ont Ire are some mon tn ey began early q kept at it, the when tn ey were to follow their E, There has l Is, however, that l Fity, and the inl-
 Mir. Ford is that | majority of cases nake a man out Sing. | |nts a peculiar khe ostracism he len his liberty af- |e. Much of this Eed for the rca- < happens that a
 offense without eration /and he commit an- s no reason why be able to travel savin g prison but appear to be bad me seriously be- ] could reclaim efulness no mat 1t try. He could ever, for a great
 oth CTS if they e great trouble
 Forgiveness and 'e a fellow an- ord has stirred subject.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

body wishes to keep the walk unob- structed that the police will do it. There is an ordinance against ob struCting sidewalks but it is honored
 more in the breach than in the ob-
 serVance. 1t is not unusual to sec coal teams on the walk on Main
 street so that the contents of the
 and less lahoriously for the driver and
 while a few will swear at him for the
 temporary inconvenience caused
 pedestrians no one registers a com
 plaint to the authorities, although
 many have threatened to do SO The
 same conditions prevail in other
 cities, presumably similar complaints
 are heard and always with the same
 result. There are a number of such laws in every city and it is a good thing in a way that there are because if they were not in existence the conditions might become intoerable. The drivers in such cases generally 10 their work as speedily as possible and drive away, not that they love the work, but because they know the blocking of a sidewalk is not the proper thing to do and that people do not like to have it done. The BigeloW street case was a common it seems like turning back a few pages of municipal history to see it back in the council again.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
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that the citX will lay walks and curbs when ordered by the coun- cil and then collect rom the property owners, instead of the latter doing the work as under the present arrangement and fro-
 0uontly nCCCSsitating delay, it being
 a year and sometimes two before a
 walk is laid after being ordered by
 the council. Some cities have this
 rule and it is claimed that it works
 to advantage, hastening the laying
 of walks and the completion of i'm
 proVements on a street. It is stated
 that this rule works out advantagc-
 ously wherever tried This matter
 has been in the works ever since con-
 sohdatton went into effect and it has
 always been claimed that the rule
 would be q 1ood one for the city to
 adopt. There is scarcely any doubt,
 but it will as a general proposition
 work out for the good of the city.
 The idea came originally from Water
 bury, where it is claimed that it has
 always proven satisfactory and if car ried out here will cause walks to be
 laid more promptly following the or
 derS of the common council. This
 ought to prove very satisfactory, be cause in the first place it will tend to benefit the city. Under such an arrangement there will be no bare patches along a street where one or more property owners refuse to com ply with the orders of the common | council. Under the proposed rule all | walks and curbs on a street will be !! laid at the same time and when the ! macadamizing is done or a perma- | nent pavement is laid the street inn provement will be completed and all | that will be necessary then will be to collect the aSScssme ents. It will l make it embarrassing, however, if the property owners are dilatory in pay ing and liens are placed on the prop erty. It is being remarked, how ever, that the opposition to street i'm provements is not as strong as it used 70 be when property owners as a gen. eral rule opposed laying flag walks ,n the ground of expense. They ap- pear to have outgrOWn this OppOsi- ion to street improvements and it is ,nly on the outskirts now that there Ire no flag walks, such walks and ,urbs having been laid preparatory o having the streets graded and ma adamized. New Britain has greatly , improved in this respect sinco con olidation and much work along this , inc is now being done every year.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
Tho question of blocking the walk

Tho question Of blocking the walk
 on. BiEoIoW street appeared before
 the. common council this week for
 the, first time in many years and the
 compla int tended to show that the police department was not in full sympathy with the movement to keep the walk unObStructed While no one will attempt to justify the blocking of a sidewalk, the present case years ago used to occupy the attention of the common council great deal but there came a time when the com plaints ceased and the matter was permitted to drift along without further discussion. There is a place of business on the street at which there is a great deal of loading and unloading Of goods and as tho build ing stands so close to the walk if came to be regarded at one time as if the cause of the complaints could not very well be eliminated nm less the business ceased, and no ono cared to take that view of it fThr police evidently takes the same yiay as the council did some NcGrS apn when it ceased to discuss it. but there is much reason to believe that if that |
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

The question of so organizing the various charities in New Britain so that they can be managed with less
 expense and in a way that will be more agreeable to those who con-
 tribute toward the work, which has
 begun to occupy the attention of the
 Chamber of Commerce, has created
 great deal of interest in circles which
 are especially interested in that kind
 of service. The movement itself is
 not new, it having been discussed be-
 fore by private organizations, but
 without any definite. result. There
 seems to be a question as to whether
 this matter will ever work out as it's
 prom oters expect and the reason Is
 that large port of the charitable
 work in New Britain is done by the
 churches and it is the most natural
 thing in the world that it should be so. Will this work ever be turned
 over to another organization with view to cconomizing? Hardly. be- cause church work and charity go hand in hand and it seems as if it would be too much to expect that they will ever be separated or that the church will give up it's individual- ity in this respect. There is no one who understands the need of family as well as those who know the family and the acquaintanceship is best un- dcrstood by those who belong to the same church. who know each other, their wants and their conditions, and if does not seem as if the question it. self can ever be brought down to a matter of dollars and cents or as to how the needs of a poor family can. ever be provided on a basis of sci cntific economy. The idea itself as m abstract proposition may seem all right but charity among church peo- pie acquainted with, each other and n some cases knowing each other in- can never be managed on any such basis The most charita ble people in the world do not like tO l ake that view of 1t because il looks i Oo much like parsimOny mixed with | charity or an effort to agree with the good man who said he wouldn't give thy money for a good cause but that lc would pray for it. There does not lppear to be any money wanted on 'harity in New Britain: if anything, he amount as a whole contributed Is below what 1t should he.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23

What may be considered the be- ginning of the end of the horse in the police and fire departments was started Wednesday evening when the common council gave the board of public safety the power to dispose
 of the horses used on the old patrol wagon well as the latter vehicle.
 The patrol wagon was one of the in
 novations that came With consolida-
 tion and now that an automobile has
 taken it's place there is nothing to
 do but to dispose of it and also the
 horses which have certainly rendered
 good service to the city. It is only
 a step from this to disposing of some
 other horses now owned by the fire
 department and the service now ren-
 dered by those well kept animals can
 he performed by auto service. It may be q long time before the last
 horse will be disposed of and 1t is barely possible that the city may find it necessary to retain horses to ob- viate any difficulty that may arise with the auto apparatus and prevent it from being used when it's service would be most needed. The auto mobile. however, has now come to stay and though it's coming was
 
 disputes that ever arose in the city government the effect of that con- troVersy has now passed into history and no good can be accomplished by referring to it in detail again. New Britain has not made as much prog ress during recent years as 1t did during the first few years of con SolidatiOn which was fought for so long before it was successful and the city started in with one government to manage and support. It had been a long fight, The first real of- fort made to discontinue the old years ago. R. J. Vance was then mavor ] and the late C. II. smith was first sclectman. The passage Of a res | olution in the council was very an- l moving and the word was passed | around as q result of some mission ary work by the seleCtman and some friends, that the movement should be killed and it was done at a later meet ing. The history of tho fight for consolidation was d remarkable and strongly contested one but it was only natural that the movement should be successful and it will not last horse disappear from the fire de partmont as a permanent institution just as the city saw the dsappcar~ oncc of the old hand fire cuGinc& [ New Britain is not making as rapid progress as it might, but it surely i; going some in many respects.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
sOMPANY.

ed) at <:16 ?. m.
 Church St. Be at New Britain Mall Matter. Any part of the city 65 Gents a Month. to be sent by mall ke. so Cents q a year. Wertising medium in pn books and press h to advertisers.  md on sale at Hota- Ind St, and Broad ty; Board Walk, Hartford depot. E CALLS.
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New Britain herald., 1915-01-23
TOWN TALK.

HE committed on char ter revision has de- c1ded to have the charter so amended that the citX will lay walks and curbs when ordered by the coun- Cil and then collect
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