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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01

convict tapping the message was
calling Blakely lucky fellow"
l made up my mind to become a
''trusty" and go to prison farm.
But this / found / impossible. First
l must prove myself worthy in the
eyes of the warden. / had not been
there long enough for this.
So I went to Warden lyman, told
him how l became a convict" and
said was a writer looking for local
color. l asked to be sent to prison
farm. Instead of ordering me from
his office. as I had expected him to
do, he told me he would grant my
request.
The next day / went to Avendale,
Colo, about 200 miles from the pen
itentiary, where the second largest
of the six prison farms is situated.
There | found 35 convicts without a
guard, working under the direction of
an unarmed foreman, cultivating GAO
acres of the finest land in southeast
ern Colorado.
After living with these men three
days l know that if / should look
from one end of this state to the
other | could not find 35 happier,
better clothed individuals working on
farm.
The only pleasure that these men
lacked that other farmers in the
neighborhod eonjoyed, one convict
told me, was they could not attend
the dance given on neighboring
farms.
From Avendale l went to the con-
vict road building camp on Rainbow
trial in the heart of the Rockies on
the crest of the snow-capped CONT
mental divide / travelled over 800
miles of convict-built roadway, with
out doubt as wonderful a piece of
road as there is in America today.
+, During the eight years lyman has
been warden, / found, convicts have
constructed 10000 miles of roadway,
saving millions of dollars to Colorado
taxpayers, who pay but 35 cents a
| day for the convicts' labor.
They work eight hours-the state
requires that from every convict; the
balance of the time is their own
lyman is represented in these camps
/ by an unarmed overseer who is an
expert road builder, foreman in
charge of the work.
From prison statistics I learned
| that about l per cent of the men sent
! to the penitentiary escapes. From
i convicts / learned it is not their re-
1 spect for their oath that keeps them
from trying to get away; it is the
! system of reward and punishment
/ devised by lyman.
During the convicts' spare time, l
| found, they make trinkets, lace, or
baskets, which they sell. Many earn
! several hundred dollars a year. This
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
TO DARKEN HAIR
APPLY SAGE TEA
A few applications of Sage
Tea and Sulphur brings
back its vigor color, gloss
and youthfulness.

Common garden sage brewed into 8
heavy tea with sulphur added, viii turn
gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully
dark and luxuriant. Just a few applica-I
lions will prove revelation if your hairi
Is fading, streaked or gray. Mixing the
Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home,
though, is troublesome. An easier way is
to get a 50-cent bottle of Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound at any drug store
all ready for use This is the old time
recipe improved by the addition of other
ingredients.
While wispy, gray, faded hair Is not
sinful, we all desire to retain cur youth
tul appearance and attractiveness. By
darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound, no one can tell,
because it does it so naturally, 50 evenly.
You just dampen a sponge or soft brush
with it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at time; by
morning all gray hairs have disappeared,
and, after another application OF two,
your hair becomes beautifully dark,
glossy, soft and luxuriant.
This preparation is a delightful toilet
requisite and is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01

a pipe in the hope of breaking him
of the habit.
After being searched I was taken
to the prison photograph gallery and
"mugged." Next | received an out
fit of prison clothing pair of
heavy dark blue trousers; a striped
shirt and hat; suit of undercloth-
ing; a pair of heavy wool sox and
pair of brogan shoes, all made by
convicts in the prison tailor shop.
was "first grade prisoner" /
lived within the prison walls, work
ing in the sandstone quarry eight
hours a day. At the end of that week
my hands were blistered and sore.
Every bone in my body ached day
and night. The work was the hard
est had ever done.
At 5:45 a. m. l arose and put on
the coarse shirt and trousers, washed
my face and hands in the running
water with which each cell is
equipped, then went to breakfast
stewed meat, bread and coffee. After
that worked five hours. Then ate
dinner. After dinner I worked three
hours more, till $3.50. Then my time
was my own until 5 p. m, when with
the other convicts / ate supper; went
to my cell, and was locked in for the
night.
During my first night as a con-
vict heard a strange tapping on the
wall of my cell, that sounded very
much like the falling of huge drops
of water against hollow surface.
The next day l learned this tap
ping was the ''prison wireless" by
which convicts talk to each other at
night.
On my cell wall found the alpha
bet for this wireless" scratched in
rude characters. l Immediately set
to work learning it.
/ This wireless" is worked by pris-
oners tapping upon the walls with
spoons stolen from the dining room.
j The first story / heard over this
wireless" was that convict named
Blakely had been sent to prison
| farm as a "trusty" that day. The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
By Jack Carherry.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 81 have just
'fbroken out" of Colorado's famous
penitentiary at Canon City. Two
weeks ago I broke in" During the
interval was convict within prison
walls, living the life, thinking the
thoughts and doing the work of a
convict!
From the moment ] entered the
pen l learned that Colorado's real
prison system, famous throughout
the nation, is not in the walls, but
outside. The building camps,
the prison farms, the parole system
by which men can earn good money
while serving out parole are the real
prison system of Colorado.
Much space has been given to
Warden Thomas ]. lyman, head of
Colorado's penitentiary, by the
American press. But during the
eight years lyman has been warden
there never has been story written
from within the prison walls. To
get that story prevailed upon a
deputy sheriff to plot with me so ]
could be made a Convict" go to the
penitentiary unknown to the officials,
and write the true story of how con-
victs are handled. pc sed as for
ger operating in small Colorado
town.
Upon my arrival at the pen was
turned over to a guard who showed
me an iron cage where new prisoners
fish" the older convicts cal
them-are held while being searched
was told to place my hat upon the
floor and to put into it all the things
l carried in my pocket. They con
| sisted of a package of cigarettes, 6
pencil and three dollars.
The next day Warden lyman visit
ed me in my cell. He advised ms
against smoking cigarettes. They
were the cause of rs per cent of al
sickness, he said. Then he gave me
pipe purchased with his owl
money.
Later learned that he gave every
cigarette smoker in the penitentiary
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
CUT THIS QUIT IS WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with &c and mail it
to Foley & Co., 1886 Sheffield Ave-,
Chicago, H., writing your name and
address clearly. You will receive in
return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, for bronchial and la grippe
coughs; Foley Kidney Pills, for lame
back, weak kidneys, rheumatism,
bladder troubles, and Foley Cathartic
Tablets, a wholesome and thorough
ly cleansing cathartic, for constipa-
ton, biliousness, headache and slug
gish bowels. D'Alemberte's Phar-
macy.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
The Best Recommendation.

The strongest recommendation any
article may receive is favorable
word from the user. 1t is the recon-
mendations of those who have used
it that makes Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy so popular. Mrs. Amanda
Gierhart, Waynesfield, Ohio, writes:
"Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
been used in my family for twenty
years and it has never failed to sure
a cough or cold" Obtainable every
where.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01

privilege is another reward for do
ing the right thing.
With the money from the sale OF
these articles they are allowed to
buy anything they wish.
Warden Tynan's prison system,
learned within the prison walls, is
not built on theory. His convicts are
not allowed to rule themselves. He
is their ruler and he lets them know
it. He bases his whole system on
rewards for the good, and punish
ment for the bad"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
For a Bilious Attack.

When you have severe headache,
ACCOMPANIED by coatd tongu, loath-
ing of food, constipation, torpid liv-
er, vomiting of partly digested food
and then bile, you may know that
you have severe bilious attack.
While you may be quite sick there is
much consolation in knowing that re-
lief may be had by taking three of
Chamberlain's Tablets. They are
prompt and effectual. Obtainable
everywhere.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
REAL ESTATE


Lee Daniel to Ryland P. Johnson,
Jan. 8, 1917; 81 90 and other consid-
erations; Lots and 2, block lit, lots
7 and 8, block Id, New City. Lot 20
and S 1-2 lot 10, block 81, East King,
1-2 interest in lots IL and 16, block
Al, West King.
t. ]. Martin to ]. B. Stallworth.
Jan. 25, 1917; $1o0 and other consid-
erations; SW Ia of Sec. 2, TIP. 8, N.
R. 33 w.
]. H. D'Alemberte Tr. to j. N. SEN
henn, Dec. 30, 1916; $1.00 and other
considerations; E 1-2 of Sc Ia Sec.
9, TIP. 2 N. R. 81 w.
Georgia McCaa to R. P. F. Ellis
Jan. 20, 1917; $1.00 and other consid-
erations; w 10 feet of lots 16 to 10
and f % feet lot Is, block 70, West
King, Belmont No.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
Robert Warwick in "All Man.
Bonita Tomnrrow.

"All Man." which shows at the
Bonita tomorrow, is a story which
gives very clear insight into the
lives of the so-called idle rich" jim
Blake is a typical millionaire's son
who has only the one idea of life
to have a good time. His father
tires Of his useless extravaganza and
decides to try an experiment to see
whether the boy has the "real stuff"
in him or not. After a rather stormy
interview, his inherited fathers
fighting blood is aroused and Jim
agrees to go to ranch in Wyoming
and prove that he can make good.
Robert Warwick's Jim Blake con-
vincingly does so.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01

Weather, barometer readings, win
direction and wind velocity at Z I
M, along the gulf coast:
Brownsville, clear 29.78-S-12.
Corpus Christi, cldy. 29.78-S.
Galveston, cldy. 29.82-S-10.
New Orleans, clear, 29.86-SW.
Mobile, clear, 29.88-S-12.
Pensacola, clear, 29.91-SW
Tampa, clear, 30.02-SW.
Miami, cldy, 90.04-S.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
THE WEATHER
q. S. Department Of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau, Charles F. Marvin,
chief.
Daily Weather Bulletin.


Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 81, 1917.
Pensacola's Temperature Data.
Highest on record for Jan. 70 re-
grees.
Lowest on record for Jan. 15 de-
grees.
Day temperatures in Jan. usually
rise to go degrees.
Night temperatures in Jan. usually
fall to 45 degrees.
Highest temperature yesterday, So
degrees.
Lowest temperature yesterday. sc
degrees.
Pensacola's Rainfall Data.
Total rainfall this month to Z p, M,
5.21 inches.
Normal rainfall for the month OF
JAM, 4.04 inches.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01

George Beban in "His Sweetheart"
George Beban, the celebrated ex-
ponent of Italian characters, who re-
Gently scored such a success on the
Paramount Program in "Pasquale,"
viii be seen at the Isis on Saturday
in "His Sweetheart" a story written
by himself and Lawrence McCloskey
and produced by the Oliver Morosco
Photoplay Company under the direc-
ton of Donald Crisp.
Mr. Beban's interpretations OF
Italian characters are in no sense
cartoons or caricatures, but sincere
portrayals of the temperamental, ex-
citable and lovable Italian alien IN
America He selects his characters
from the lower walks of life-the
laborer, the peddler and the small
merchant, those who are trying to
make themselves good citizens Of
their adopted country.
His Sweetheart" shows him as Joe,
tie ice man in the tenement district
Ct an Italian section of a great city.
1-tO MS DdseilieiI oeOIe anu hume Nv
brings his sweetheart, who is none
othe than his little old mother from
Italy. Trina, the daughter o. the
shoemaker in the next basement. is
quite disturbed over Joe's announce
ment Of the coming Of his sweet
heart" as she oherishes deep but
unezpressed love for the popular lit
tie &c man.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
ALPHA LODGE MEETS TONIGHT.

Alpha Lodge No., 219, l. o. B. B..
will meet tonight at o'clock in the
vestry rooms of Temple Bethel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
ADJUSTMENTS
Cleo Madison, Grace Cunard, Francis
Ford, Isis Tomorrow.


The beautiful Zoraida wrecked
mems lives by her wilful disregard
for their happiness; she toyed with
their affections and cast them off
one by one. But her fate was terrible
and sure when retribution finally
overlook her and her ignominious
death ended her carnival of heartless-
ness. There is lesson for flirtatious
and tickle maidens in "Black Or
chids," the Bluebird Photoplay an
nounced as the attraction at the Isis
theater tomorrow in connection with
the fifth chapter Of "The Purple
Mask" with Cleo Madison appearing
in the role of the beautiful sorceress
who once too often won mans love
and then Tilted him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
His Leg Itched
N~5 At~AIN~NA
For Ten Years

Z OF i en- 7 ears
H G. Mcleod. Buckingham, Fla.
writes: II had an itching on my leg
for ten years and two boxes of Tetterine
cured IT." No need TO suffer ten years
or even ten days. Get
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-01
TETTERINE

II kills the microbe that causes the itch
ing. Tettertne cures eczema, rinRworm,
itching piles, letter and all itching skin
affections. so cents at druggists. or di-
rect from the Shuptrine Co, Savannah,
C7.-(Adv)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-13

Commonwealth OF Virginia, in the
Circuit Court OF the City Of Alexan-
dria
Ada C"iestc Watts, Complainant,
vs.. Robert Pleasant Watts, Defanh-
ant: In Chancery.
Affidavit having been duly made a:
required by law, that toe defendant
is NONRESIDENT OF the State Of Viz
ginia, and that be cannot be folu;d
within The jurisdiction Of this State,
and the Sergeant having made return
upCn the original process Of sum
rlous issued herein. that the defend
ant IS Il nonresident Of his bailiw;c!l.
arid application having been duly
made IN writing to the Clerk of this
Court for IN order Of publication
against the defendant to appear ard
answer the bill in Chancery fled hS
the complement against The d&f2Gd-
ant Tor 4 divorce Il InclS. Gt there
from bed and board and TO $50 o.
tain Cor The complainant on and after
September IS. 1915, divorce, an
Solute. vinculo matrinoi.n, from t''r
defendant. on the GROUND Of WILL
and voluntary dasertion and aban-
dcnmcnt FOR more thar fourteen
months prior to the institution OF
this salt, and the order OF publlCa-
ticn having been duly granted by the
Clcrl; Of This Court, Il is therefore
ordered that the said defendant, Roo
rrt Pleasant Watts, do appear herein
within fifteen days aftcf the pub lea
1tn,, h,-,,,f .,,-I hn cIJTt M
the complainant against the defend
ant for Il divorce Il plrnsa ct thoro
from he'd and board forthwith and
also an absolute divorce, vinculo
'natrimcnii, or and after September
%. 1918. from the defendant On The
ground Of wilful and voluntary de-.
soruCn and abandonment for more
| than fourteen months prior to the
institution Of this suit: and, 1T rs.
FURTHER ORDERED chat copy If
this orde,. be published once 4 week
for four successive weeks IN tho AL.
cxaDlria Gazette, d newspaper Puh-
lishcd in Alexandria. Virginia ana
that copy Of this order be scilE
by registered mail by the Clerk Of
this Court to the last known place
Ct address and residence and :abotc
Of the defendant. to wit, Public
School (Colcrcdl, Windsor, sNDrth
Carolina, Us stated in the application
for this order of publication. which
shall be certified by the Clerk OF
this Court and that a copy Of the
same be posted at. the 'front.' door
Of this; COURT or, or before the next
/ succeeding Rule day. of this court:
! John c. Hodges and Edmund HILL
Jr. p.q. A copy Teste:
i .NcveIlc S, Greenaway,
| Jan. 6-13-20-27. Clerk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-13

!
,,ffaacturs, :fhe ,EsEruths1n msn he
informed that although It's m-
Spouse is gratifying as far as it
goes "a more definite acquiesceuce is
necessary. For example, the inrme-
date release of Nenizalist prisoners
was demanded. The Greek reply
agreed to the release, but did mot
stipulate when>it should take place.
The first hint that Italy has called
out fresh class of reserves lis con-
tanned in the following statement by.
the Popolo Romano: "The call to
the, .colors Of more troops positively,
shows the decision reached in the
recent allied. war council 4Fald here
for more vigorous prosecution of
the war"
1t is officially announced in Rome
that the Italian -battieship Regina
Margherita struck a mine, and
sank. Six hundred and seventy-fve
men on board persisted.
a dispatch from Berlin says a.
British cruiser of the Juno type
G,600-ton vesse) has been destroyed
by Turkish gunfre.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-13
the suprame ..cnurt h.iilaing IN Ha-i
pana Late pesterday, during Witch

The suprsme court haiiIaing IN Ha-
vana late yesterday, during which
one shot was fired, led to reports
that al attempt had been made to
assassinate DR.. Alfredo Zayas, the
liberal presidential candidate, who
was leaving the building at the
time. Members Of the liberal party
who were nearby claim that DR..
MulkaE, conservative congressman,
had pointed revolver and that it
had been knocked from his, hand,
tdischarging as it struck the pave
lncnt. Members of the conservative
party declare that DR.. Mulkay was
attacked because he shouted "Viva
Mcnocal." They assert that the re-
volver was discharged while the
congressman defended himself.
-Four automobile bandits made q
raid on the First National Bank of
Harrah, OKLA, late yesterday, held
up the president and cashier of the
bank and escaped with $500.
a freight train on the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad was
climbing hill yesterday at Kansas
City when the boiler Of the locouo-
tive expoded, killing the engineer,
the fireman and brakeman The
airbrakes were automatically set and
the train stopped. The explosion
lifted the boiler from the trucks
and dropped it 200 feet away.
The reply OF Greece to the entente
ultimatum not being entirely salts
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-13
NEWS OF TEE nA.Y

]. Maurice Petit, slayer of his
i19-year-old bride, Katherine Kaiser
lFestit, repeated on the witness stand
lin Chicago yesterday afternoon his
admission that he cut his wife's
throat "to keep her pure" Petit
described to the court his dreams OF
spiritual marriage in which both
he and his young wife should re-
main celibates. "But ] loved and
worshinped Katherine Kaiser" he
cried, "and for her 4 desired to 1--WE
on a high celibate plane. When
heard her voice I knew that |
wanted her" Pettit's story was
broken frequently by the sobs of his
mother, his first wife, Mrs. Madge
Petit, who testified in his behalf as
character witness, and the mother
OF his victim, who pleaded with the
judge not to impose the death son.
tencc after Petit formally admitted
his guilt.
Fire, followed by series of ter
rife powder and shell explosions,
lasting for hours today and ! last
night. wrecked the great munition
plant OF tho Canadian Car and
Foundry Company at kingsland, N.
J. The bombardment by shells
continued internationally It is be-
lieved that nearly al Of the LOO
employees working in the plant at the
time escaped.
. Lillian Braddock, Is years old,
O.; Prcakncss, n. j., was re-
turned yesterday from Paterson
to her home, after being arrested on
the charge of being an incorriGihlc
young person. It is also charged
that she tool. $50 Of her mothers
money when she left home. But Lii
liam told the Paterson police that
an urwelcome love affair caused her
to Ace from the parental roof. "Ihe
man my mother wants me to marry
ii 40 years old, is fat and has lost
MS shape He limps and ne wears
green glasses and SHORES half the
time in church. He's been jltcd by
forty women who have since died
of old age and so far as Tm con-
cemed he can marry any one he
lilscs-cyccpt re"
AlexanIa~ Ecr!:man, cdito: Of the
Blast, al. anarchist publication. and
seven othary prominent in labor cir
clcs, in San francisco, yesterday
were charged with having directed Il
to aSsassinatc Senator
elect Hiram ". Johnson, "blow mp
the State" and to overthrow the
Those who were alleged
to be associated with Berlman in
clude Miss d. L. Fitzgerald, his seq
rotary; Robert Minor. treasurer FOR
the Intc-uationa! Workers Defense
League; Thomas J. Mooney, labor
and four others who now
arr on trial with him for murder in
connection with the bomb explosion
that killed participants in the pre-
parcdness parade in San Francisco.
last July.
A disturbance at tho entrance to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-01-13
T,FGAT, NOTICES

Commonwealth of Virginia, in the
Circuit Court OF the City Of Alexan-
dria.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-03-09
ABBA NEWS NOTES

Dir. L. Johnson. former Fitz-
gerald physician. is now located at
Abba, to the delight OF his many
friends.
Our school attendance has been
rather small lately on account of mea-
sizes and whooping cough.
Miss Zada Jackson has returned
from Atlanta after a visit of two
months to her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holiday Troup spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Dement,
Miss Bertha Ballenger was called
home Friday on account of the illness
OF her mother and sister.
There will be box supper given at
the school house Friday night, March
10th, Everybody come.
Mothers Day" will be observed at
the church next Sunday. An interest
ing program will be carried out and
dinner served on the grounds.
Messrs Will and Jim Barrett, Miss
es Grace Dill and Kate Dement, mo-
tored to Fitzgerald Friday night and
took in the show.
Mr., Carl Brown, who is attending
school in Douglas, spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
c. Brown.
Mr.. Oscar Cox is able to be out
again, having recovered from the
accident of sticking nail in his loot.
A SUBSCRIBER.