The Washington times., 1922-09-10

Catholic chaplain ct the jail.
He Is shown above celebrat-
ing mass in the rotunda for
the convicts and welfare
workers, q group Of whom
are shown below. ="
the doomed and has marched to
the scaffold with the majority Of
the men who have paid the So
preme penalty here for their acts
in the last dozen years.
He has had his heart touched by
the accidental inmate suffering
from crime committed in the height
of temper and has tried to shoot
the shaft Of reason into the cal
Ioused one whose constant trans
gression placed him beyond the
hope Of redemption In the minds
Of the community.
IT have met little more than
children In the reform school, have
seen the same ones in the work
house. have talked with them in
the Jail and have bid them farewell
as they left the penitentiary. But
these do not represent the major.
ity," said the clergyman.
A GOOD INFLUENCE.
1T think the average boy in the
reform school has FAR better than
an even chance to re-establish and
rehabilitate himself. Picked up
from among evil associates at the
turning age he is placed in the
school where he receives the bene-
fits of compulsory education and
training.
II know young men right here
in the city today who are worthy
members Of society because they
have capitalized their reform
school training.
"of the girls I do not know so
much. Let q girl overstep the
conventional bounds and she has
attached to herself q stigma that
is all but indelible. On the other
hand boys are often adopted and
placed in proper surroundings by
those who have full knowledge Of
their youthful misdemeanors."
Father Gallagher thinks the
aftermath Of war. the gun, the au-
tomobile and prohibition enter
strongly into the catastrophe
cycle Of crime.
"The former service man II Q
strong element in the present
wave, not because OF his service,
but in spite Of It," opined the
priest. "I recently heard Of q
Judge who, when a former service
man pleaded for clemency on the
ground that he had been through
the war. told the prisoner that
should condemn him more than
mitigate his crime on the ground
that the man with month after
month in the service had discipline
shown him in a way to lengthen
hia vision and enlarge his knowl-
edge.
"1n one way the Judge may have
been right, but there was enc fea-
ture he may have overlooked.
without the slightest degree ques-
tioning his average patriotism II
must be remembered that the ordi-
nary conscripted soldier was COM
PEELED, through fear II nothing
else, to submit involuntarily to
military discipline. Once he was
discharged he could not but feel
the reaction. In, many cases he
rebelled at restrictions, and, find
ing his whole economic situation
unsettled. embarked on the So
called easier way"
TRAINING IS NEGLECTED.
eff one is suffering from a sever,
toothache, tooth wax will often OF
fer heroic relief. But that is no
a cure. Lack of proper religion
training in the SCHOOL, do no
think of any religion in particular
is unquestionably a most poten
factor in the lawlessness that 10 to
day sweeping our country. OF tn
total number Of prisoners that hav
come under my observation in tn
time have been here. I doubt 1
as much az Q per cent have ha'
good training morally In school o
home"
Five-Cent Sandwich
Back I'm Ford City, Pa
FORD CITY. Pa, Sept. 0.
THE five-cent ham sandwich re.
appeared here the other day IN