Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 06, 1922, Night Extra, Image 19

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before men of Bethany Temple r rwey
ferlnn Church Inst night, announced he
would never sentence a prisoner te a
Jen term in Holmesburg County Prison,
fearing tbe man would become insane or
uie irem the. treatment there.
lie asserted that the Beard of Inspec
tors, composed of men who knew noth
ing whatever of criminology, are easily
OOlCd UV the nriann IrnnnaM mnA that
methods of punishment worse than these
prevailing a nunnred years age are being
used today at Holmesburg,
Expressions of surprised horror came
ever the facea of the four hundred men
who heard Judge MncNcllle describe
rlgpM of prison life at HelmesJrarg
which are new being -revealed in a series
of articles in the Hvimmi Public
Iifcpnen. They were hardly able te
realize that such a relie of the times
when kings threw men Inte prison, te
ret away, could exist in Christian
America. At the conclusion of his talk,
the Judge received round after round
of applause.
System Is Anhate
"Leng age I learned something about
conditions at the nriaen." Jndia Ma.
Nellie, who is Judga of Juvenile Court,
said, "and eventually I came te the
conclusion that the system In vugue to
day Is actually worse than that used in
state prisons a Hundred years age.
"j.ne inmates are allowed only twen
ty minutes of exercise five days a week
and frequently that brief recreation in
Ged's fresh air is denied them as a
punishment. Considering, tee. that some
Inmates are put in solitary confinement,
I would net ntane man tn nnmtuM.
of years there, fearing he would either
oereuie insane or die from the treat
ment. "Innocent, uneffensive people are ap ap
peinted aa members of the Beard of
Inspectors and ai being utterly misled
as te the actual state of affairs at the
prison. They nre 'respectable poly pely poly
wegs.' "These men nre Jewelers, engravers
and ether equally respectable men, but
they knew nothing whatever about
criminology. They go te the prison te
make their inspections, arc shown
around in n manner te deceive them ns
te the actual things which go en there
nnd leave satisfied that the inmates are
being properly cared for and given
decent meals."
New legislation te immediately rem
edy the present conditions was urged
by Judge MacNellle. He suggested
that Inspection and management of
the prison be vested In Judges of the
different courts, who would be per
sonally responsible for the proper care
and well-being of unfortunates in the
prison. He said that each Judge
Mietild be required by law te visit every
prison te which be has committed con
victs at least once u month.
Judge MacNellle also suggested that
county prisoners be permitted te work
nt standard wages.
"Out of these earnings let them pay
the cost of their keep," he said. "The
balance should be applied for the sun-
i pert of their families or dependent
ijureiup, inn preventing inese inno
cent ones from suffering for the want of
the most elementary necessities of life,
or from turning into ways of crime
themselves from sheer desneratlen."
The lie v. Zed Hetzcl Cepp, formerly
chaplain of the Eastern Penitentiary,
mm no prison conaitiens rrem years
of intimate experience with management
and convicts, yesterday said he be
lieved tue reveinuens made bv the
EvErfijra Public Ledqgr respecting
conditions at tne county prison at
Holmesburg were both "true and
timely." n
"I am in hearty accord," be said,
"with humanitarians who seek te employ
prisoners under open-air conditions. I
am convinced that psychiatrists ulti
mately will have te be employed prop
erly te rare for our legally sick seeking
te restore them te geed citizenship as we
new seek te restore these physically ill.
"The Evlnine Pudlie Ledoer is
rendering n great public service in ex
posing conditions.'
Inspection of the Philadelphia County
Prison at Holmesburg by welfare
workers and members of the Beard of
Prison Inspectors was described as a
farce yesterday by Pantey Cusano.
Cusano was sentenced te eighteen
mentb ' In the County Prison en Febru
ary lu. He served flve months before
he was paroled.
"When official visitors go te the
prison in the morning," Cusano said,
"The bountiful meal te be eaten by
the keepers nt 11:110 Is s-hewn them.
'S3ee what our prisoners eat,' jail at
taches Bay, and the iMters go away
prnisinc the prison nnd Its officials,
while 500 half. starved men drink burnt
rye and eat dry brentl in their cells.
"Tbree Mis, the same signal used te
warn of the nrrhnl of., Dr. Jeseph M.
Reeves, president of tlie Hennl of Prison
inspectors, is bounded te ten tne Keepers
iu the rotunda that company is en its
way te the prison te leek around.
"A 'Reception Committee,' usually a
couple of well-trained keepers, always
tnkes the visitors in tow ami shows them
the 'sights,' but never is any one, unless
he is nn Inspector, allowed te step r.nd
talk te nny of the coin lets.
"At the slightest Mgn of noise or dis
turbnnne in the prNen the guards des
cend en the guilty one with clubs nnd
blackjacks, which they de net hesitate
te use."
Judges Knew of
Prison Brutality
CenUnnrd from race One
menwenlth, or te nny educational or
charitable institution receiving aid
from the Cemmunu faith.'
"Of course, I realise that them are
laws en our stntute noens which mini
ner nroduetlen of orison labor, especial
ly where such production might be nut
en the open market. In order that
something could be done for tuese who
were net actually engaged in the manu
facture of articles being used In the
various county institutions I advocated
the establishment of n State prison
fnitn
"By this means these undergoing
solitary centinement in, iimvauu.ij
and In ether places in this State could
h tnlrnu n... Infn ! Illllllleht HIM fflVOO
n cbnnce te build up in the kind of air
which never penetrates their ".,,
"Tn nrrnninllsh something of tills
lil.,l n 1,111 fiiu Intrnilticeil ut the last
session of the Legislature calling for
prison farms throughout the btate. i
new belleve that the tlme for such
farms is about te come, ami it will be
n geed thing, because in ine i""
l.l... ...,l n...ntu nrlunna of 1'ennSjl
vnnin nimnaf nn nrmv of men are being
detained behind p-Json. walls at a tre
mendous expense te tne taxpayers or
li. un.lnim pnlllltleH llf tllC BlBie, .A
...... !,...,. ,niin!ii nrnctically In
idleness. Surely a waste of human
energy. New, in speaking of the State
prison form, many people iiiajr tninklt
n dream, something impossible, hut we
sneuiu nave it. ., . ,.
As aeetuat af his trestmsat
HelaMSburf was given -tedsy
t
Jeseph Diamonds. When ha entered
Holmesburg in February, 1014, te serve
eighteen for larceny he weighed 128
pounds. When he wss taken from
prison te Philadelphia Hospital in De
cember, 1016, be weighed eighty-seven
pounds.
When Diamonds was sent te Jail be
he wals nineteen years old. He says
seventeen months of the eighteen he was
in Holmesburg were one continued
course of ill treatment and torture. .,
"They did their best te kill me,"
Diamonds said. "When I arrived in
the prison they shaved my hair off aad
gave me a bath. Then I was taken te
a cell in B. Bleck. The keeper who
put me 'In solitary' pointed te the
rules hanging en the stone wall and
aid, 'read them, kid, and obey them.
If you don't we have a way up here
te make you behave.'
"The next day I was examined by
Dr. Reiser, the prison physician, He
pronounced my heart and lungs weak
nnd then tbey locked me 'in solitary.'
There I stayed three months, spitting
bleed. When I 'put down' for the
doctor I lest my exercise. Finally I
had a hemmorrhage and collapsed.
When I came te I was in the tubercu
lar hospital. . . , -
"Dr. Kelser and Dr. Morrison, who
was called in consultation, said I was
In the first stages of tuberculosis and
I was ordered en a diet of two quarts
of milk and four eggs a day. Then I
was sent te bed. ...
"The second night I was in the hos
pital tbe nlgbt keeper came te my bed
and asked me bow much of my milk
allowance I used each day. I smelted
a rat, I knew something was going te
happen, because I had been swapping a
pint of my milk for n five-cent bag of
smoking tobacco. Tbat is, I wss te
rlva un m. nint daily each week for the
tobacco and I told the keeper I was
using all or my mux. at saia te me,
'rnu'rn a liar." and crabbed me and
searched my bed. He found the bag
nf tnhamxi and took It.
"About an hour later a convict
nurse, Lloyd, came in and said te me,
'You're in a hell of a fix. If you don't
agree te give up a quart of your milk
rinllvl thev are coin te send seu back
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te solitary cennnemenc. xeu a Dener
agree, and net make any squawk, be
cause the keeper who found the tobacco
in teuf bed won't stand for any feel-
In. Yeu knew he can de anything
he wants and if he reports, you for
violating the no-smeKing rule in tne
hospital, that's your finish.'
Deprived of His Milk
"I told I.levd that I was giving ud
a nint and if I had te cive UD nny mere
.it would mean my death. Then some
one toea ic away xrem me. ur. rveiser
noticed that I was getting weaker and
when he asked it I was getting my
milk and can. I told him that the
milk was half water. Then he ordered
peanut butter and crackers and soup.
This I get for Just one meal and then
I wnn put back en tne ml in and water.
"A week later Dr. Reiser stepped nt
my bed again and wanted te knew if
the peanut butter and crackers were
satisfactory. I told him that I had only
gotten them one meal and when he ques
tiened tne convict nurse, tnis icnew
lied and said that I had received the
crackers and (peanut butter. When the
doctor left the nurse smiled at me and
handed me n cigarette and lit a match
for me. As I took a puff the night
keeper burst into the room shouting,
"Caught you in the act, didn't I. Then
he grabbed me and used me se roughly
tbat I had another hemmerrhage.
"The next day I told Lloyd that I
was going te tell the captain every
thing. I am afraid they would kill
me.
"It was about this time that another
convict they called Burke, who was
doing a nine-year 'stretch' nnd who
was the nurse in charge of the general
hospital, tried te have me transferred
te his place. He told the doctor that
he would take care of me if the doctor
would agree te the transfer, and ex
plained that they would 'kill the kid'
if he wasn't mevet. i was te dc merrd
the next day. bui tbat night Lloyd hit
me, and te defend myself l threw a
pitcher at him and was thrown into a
cell.
Denounced as Outrage
"Then I announced that I was going
te get word te Superintendent Coeke
and asked that he be front te my cell.
Instead I saw Dr. Morrison, who wus
substituting for Dr. Kciser. I told Dr.
Morrison what had been done te me.
He said it was an outrage te treat a
roan in my condition as I had been
treated and ordered my removal at once
te the open cells. There I remained
until my discharge, In December, 1015,
when I was sent te the Philadelphia
Hospital. Afterward I managed te go
te a tubercular camp."
The misery of conditions nt the
Holmesburg Prison and the policy of
secrecy in force there nre emphasized
by contrast with the Eastern Peniten
tiary in Falrmeunt avenue.
At Holmesburg the convicts complain
of the quality and quantity of their
feed. At the Eastern Penitentiary the
feed is palatable and plentiful.
A Study Jn Contrasts
At Holmesburg most of the pi iseners
nre kept In enforced idleness nnd soli
tary confinement is the rule. At the
Eastern Penitentiary the men arc given
employment and diversion, nnd solitary
confinement imposed as putibhmcnt is
rare. n . ,
At Holmesburg the use of tobacco is
forbidden. At the Eastern Penitentiary
tobacco is permitted.
Holmesburg wants no visits from
curious Inquirers nnd bars inspection
by newspapermen. The Eastern Peni
tentiary welcomes such inspection.
A fw lnva no n reporter for the
Evesine Pudlie Lkdqkh visited the
Eastern Penitentiary.
"I would like te take a leek around
hr nenltentiarv and talk te the con
victs," he said te Rebert J. McKenty,
tlie man in cnarge or inc pciuuMiwury,
where mere than 1000 men arc serv
ing terms ranging from ene jcar te
Nothing Is Concealed
Calling one of tbe keepers te c"jIe
the reporter, McKenty instructed this
mnn te show the visitor everything in
the place,
The first place visited wns Bleck 3,
the hospital block. Tim neon meal was
being served te convicts en the sick
list, nnd it consisted of vegetable soup,
baked beans, meat, sweet petntics,
corn, wheat bread nnd ceepa.
Frem the "gnllery" the reporter
went down through' the block, mingling
with many convicts. A number were
spoken te nnd asked if they had any
cemplnlnt te mnke. All expressed
themselves na satisfied an dsneke in
warm terms of the wnrden and the men
under him. , . ,,
In this block were comfortable cella,
many of them adorned with oil paint
ings and in ench convicts were tnlking
singing or playing musical instruments.
One fellow wns working hard en a
typewriter. He said he wns writing
a series of short stories, and through
the help of the warden he hoped te
sell them. One cell Is occupied Ijy two
young men. One Is doing twenty years
for murder and the ether, although
only twenty-five years old, Is destined
te spend the rest of his days in prison
unless the Beard of Pardons intervene.
He. tee, wbb convicted of murder. .
Their cell Is n little home. There
Isn't a thing about It te remind these
fellows that it is their prison, except
the grstea deer ,wb ch, hewever, was
open and covered with df apery, lhe
walls were covered with paintings nil
brlc-a-brack. Spotless white curtains
bid the barred windows mid the fleer
was covered with rag carpet. Even
the canary in his cage seemed happy
as be chirped welceme te the visitor,
All Praise MeKeaty
MnMi" awf waaeTietii
"He calls us his boys and we are glad
(n h Lnnivn aa such. Everybody likes
him out here because he Is geed te us
ksnaiiM tin helleven Hint a man has gene
wrong can ceme back. That Is why we
oil root for him. Yeu knew he could,
If he wanted te. make it jusr naru w
llve in her as I've heard ether fellows
say it is in Holmesburg.
The next step wns In the tubercular
department. They have about thirty
patients in tins piace wnicn umu
recently wns somewhnt similar te the
oeen-nlr cells In the County Prison.
Except In the "Pen," the sick, and for
that mnflnr (hn troll, rnn raise any
vegetable they want. Many of them have
flower pets.
They also have a new solarium for
the treatment of tuberculosis. This
sun parlor, en the reef of Bleck 8, Is
virtually nil windows, nnd it was built
by tne convicts. Tbey nave bdeui
thirty-five beds in it nnd Its construc
tion was along tha most sanitary lines.
There are no comers where dust can
accumulate, and it is nil in white.
Then n visit was nnld te the con
vict's dining hall. Heven hundred of
the men were lined up. Each had In
his hand a meal ticket and as he passed
into the room he get his pan and spoon
and received n quart of real veg"taeie
seen nnn neund nt tnnnl beef, boiled
potatoes and nil the bread he wanted.
After eating, the convicts gathered In
the ynrd, where they smoked and
chntted about e football game te be
played that afternoon lietwecn a Negro
eleven and a team of white convicts.
The warden had sawdust spread ever
the belgian blocks in the yard where the
game wns te take place, and every con
vict except a few who had violated
rules, and these who were In quaran
tine, were going te rnt a leek nt the
game.
The visitor came across convicts who
had figured prominently in the news.
One was Peter D. Treadway, who is
serving nineteen te twenty years for
killing Henry D. Pelrce. Treadway
works in the warehouse. He has been
in the "pen" two years, and was free
in his prnie of the manner in which
he is being treated.
"I dreaded te come te this place,"
said Treadway, "but I want te say that
it has mode n man out of me. harden
McRcnty did It. He talked te me Just
like he tnlks te everybody out here. He
tries te show us the better side of life,
and if a fellow shows any inclination te
de right the warden steps out and sees
that this man is given his chance. I
get mine and I am going te benefit
by It."
Then there was "Butch" Mascla.
He was convicted of killing Detective
(ieorge Eppley in the Fifth Ward
primary fitfit in 1017. He get seven
teen te twenty years.
"Can I say a word te this gentle
man?" Hutch asked a keeper.
"Sure, go ahead," was the keeper's
reply.
"Hutch" then explained that he wns
going before the Beard of Pardons this
month for a commutation and would be
able te show that he was Innocent of
killing Kppley.
Always Treated Kindly
"Hew de you find it out here?"
Mascla was asked.
"I've been here mere than fire years
and I have always been treated kindly,"
he said. "Yeu knew when I came here
I could net speak only a word or two of
Engll-.li. The warden made me go te
school nnd new I can rend and write
English and I can go into the world
a txjtter man."
The next visit was te the Hhrarr.
There nre several thousand books for
we convicts, nnd ttiey may have as
many ns they can rcnu, providing they
de read them.
Then the reporter was taken te the
"center," where the warden wan talk
ing with two convicts. One of them,
was complaining about the less of his
tobnece niiewuncc. Heme one hnd taken
it from his cell. "That's tee bad,
Billy," Wnrden McRentv said te the
Kfunvlct, "but I guess we will be able
te fix you un."
Then the wnrden took the visitor in
hand nnd explained te him just hew
he looked, after the convicts in his
charge.
"l.oek down the end of ench block,
and jeu will see n screen. There is
one down the woman's block, tee.
Thnt is where we show the men nnd
women moving pictures. They leek
forward te this weekly event with much
pleasure nnd we de, tee, because it is
something the convicts want nnd it is
something they should have.
All Get Chance (e Werk
"The only complaint I have te mnke
nt all is thnt I am unable te provide
work fur all of these here. I have
about "( working nt various jobs and
n great uiraber work in their cells,
doing nn li things ns weed carving nnd
making bended hags. We have one
man who is nn artist.
"We lmw wenvers and knitters, and
men having ether kinds of work, and
they get paid for it. The money they
earn is properly charged te their credit,
and if nny nf them desires some little
thing thnt is net en. the Siil of fare
hu is pmllcgcd te buy it.
"Our parole records keep complete
tab en cery man who leaves this in
stitution. We knew where he gees,
where he work, and If he is trying te
keen in the tttnight path, ami I am
happy te s:u that most of the boys
have made pcieil.
"If the ctern I have out here was
net Micfe-sful it would he chanced im
mediately "If any of the convicts has nny
cemplnint-- te make he can ceme right
into iny eflire and make it. Sometimes
It is neces-.irj te umi harsh methods te
effect e cure, but I am glad te sav that
few heie nie subjected te drastic
punishment."
AsKeil ahei.f rults ngainst talking,
daily exerd fur these who nre net
working a ml about the number of
cnuim prl-'uiirs in the penitentiary,
Wnrden Mi Kenty ald :
"Eerjbed) talks out here. It is
net a duif mute institute. It would
be n terrible hnrtlfhlp if I were te
keep a m.iu from talking. Ne, we will
net hnce nny such nilu ns that while I
am would! of this prit-eu.
"The exercise pieulem for these who
are net working is difficult, but we
manage te give all of them some kind
of exercise. One nfternoen we nllew
half of the HMiO men nut working te
ream nreiinil the jnrd and the next
afternoon the ether half get their
chance. Every ilnj they nil get n
chnncu te ttretcli their legs nnd oppor
tunity te wile nvvny the time doing
something.
"Of course, the mnjerlty of the in
mates of this place lire from Phila
delphia Count. We de net mnke any
distinction 'between theso received from
this county and thee from any ether
county. They nil leek alike te us up
here. We pluv no favorites."
HURT STEAUNgTrIPE
Bey Thrown Frem Tailboard of
Truck and Badly Injured
Jeseph Hendersen, fourteen years old,
1310 Seuth Twent ) -second street, wee
seriously' injured when he fell off a
motertruck en which he wns stealing a
ride at Twent j -second and Fitawater
streets.
Hendersen, en Ids way home, had
jumped en the hack of the truck, restins
his feet en the tailboard, with J,la hands
clutching the side. When the truck
made a shnrp turn te the cast nt Fits
water street lie was tin own te the
street. 1'nronscleus of the accident,
the driver did net step. Tbe uncon
scious boy wns picked up by a motorist,
who rushed him te the I'o'ycllnle He.
pltal. He is sunenng irem contusion
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JKMBHiK 0,
WILL MARK OPENING UNKNOWN S0LU1 tK
OF LANCASTER Al
Aute Parade and Fireworks
Feature Program of Business
Men's Association
NEW HIGHWAY TO WEST
An extensive program, including fire
works, an automobile parade and a
banquet, will mark the formal opening
of the extension of Lancaster avenue
between Fifty-sixth and Sixty-third
streets tonight.
The celebration has been arranged by
the Lancaster Avenue Business Men's
Association, which has also invited
several ether local business nnd civic
associations te participate.
Mayer Moere is expected formally te
open the new highway, which provides
a direct reute te Ovcrbroek, where It
connects with the Lincoln Highway.
William Hewitt, president of the as
sociation, will preside at the exercises.
Parade and Fireworks
The nutomeM'c parade will start at
Forty-eighth street at 7:30 o'clock,
proceeding east te Thirty-sixth street
and return, Lancaster avenue will be
gaily decorated for the affair and prises
will be awarded te the best decorated
automobiles.
The formal exercises and the fire
works display will take place at Fifty
eighth street and Lancaster avenue upon
the arrival at that point of the parade.
A floral gate, patterned somewhat after
the tellgatee used when the Lancaster
Turnpike Company owned the read,
will be erected at this point and will be
opened te symbolize the opening of the
highway te traffic.
Rockets will he sent into the air at
frequent Intervals during the early part
of the evening nnd upon the opening of
the highway there will be n grand salute
of rockets. This will be followed by n
nrewerKs display of an hour nnd n,
hnlf s duration, after which the business
association and its Invited guests will
repair te the Hetel Tracy, Thirty-sixth
and Chestnut streets, for a banquet.
New Highway te West
The opening of the new highway is
one of the most important read Im
provements of the present Administra
tion, nnd fills n need for which resi
dents of the section have been clamoring
since tbe late nineties. The extension
was made a reality during the regime of
Frank II. Caven a-i Director of Public
Works, who m n member of Select
Council, sponsored trie ordinance au-
H0B13ER THREATENS STENOGRAPHER WITH KNIFE
An intruder threatened n steneginpher with n pnpei knite
and took 8.08 from a desk of the Willnid Candy nnd Chocolate
Company, Jasper nnd Willarcl streets, this merning1. Ecnjnmin
Nngel wns nnested shortly afterward.
MONEY AND BONDS GONE IN BANKRUPTCY CASE
Ltirge sums of money nnd customers securities have dlsap
penied from the'neceunts of Berden & Knoblauch, bnnkiupt
brokers, according te allegations made in Federal Distiict Court
today toy lIar"y Natlinns ene e tlle receivers.
"NOBODY" COMMITS SUICIDE IN ROOMING HOUSE
An unidentified man, who signed "Nobody" te n note 1-f
iu Ws toedteom, committed suicide by hanging iu a lodging
beuse at 1218 Cherry street today.
WELLESLEY FIRE THREATENS STONE HALL
vTELMSLXY, Mass., Dec. O.-rire that threatened te hpuad
te Stene Hall, one of the largest buildings Jn the Wcllesley
campus, today swept through a cottage occupied by maids, em
ployed at the cllege.
therlzlng the transfer of the old Lan
caster pike from the private company
that held it te the city.
At Fifty-sixth btrect the Lancaster
pike formerly veered sharply te the
right under the tracks of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad and then wound its way
up the valley along the railroad, crosx cresx
ing again near Sixty-third street. With
the construction of the freight yard of
the Pennsylvania Itallread, the pike be.
yond Fifty-nixth street wns closed In
1010. Slnce that time there has been
no direct inlet or outlet from trie city
te the busy section surrounding Slxt)
third street and Lancaster avenue.
SENATORS TO HEAR WORD
AGAINST PIERCE BUTLER
8ub-Cemmlttee Will Conduct Hear
ing en Confirmation as Justice
Washington. Dec. C (By A. P.)
Arguments opposing confirmation of
Pierce Ilutler, St. Paul attorney, as an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
ni-n..il.1.. ..ill l, l.nnr.l tnmnrrnw ,..
irs:an!sS.MBS
stead, farmer-labnrite of Minnesota, is
te be the first witness
The Judiclarj Committee met today
nd appointed Chairman Nelsen and
ennters Cummins, Iowa, nnd Walsh.
Mentnnn te henr testlmenv regarding
?!, nnn Htlpnt ions nf Mr lliitler who ,s
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a Democrat
It was net Indicated whether Sen
ators La Fellctte. Wisconsin, nnd .Nor .Ner
rls, Nebraska, who prevented considera
tion of Mr. Butler's nomination during
the recent special sei-den of Congress,
would present pretests te the sub
committee. FIFTEEN DOUGHERTYS CUT
IRELAND'S QUOTA TO U. S.
Family Frem Denegal te Settle en
Pennsylvania Farm
New Yerk, Dec. C The population
of Old Drln was Mibstautiuiiy reduced
when the Dougherty family itft Dene-
fal and came te the rutted Miur
'our of the thirteen children came In
advance, Kntherine. twenty-six; Char
ley, twenty-five; Daniel, twenty-four,
nnd Sntde, twentv-three, nnd Papa
Daniel, Mamma Mary and nine little
Deughertjs posed through the immi
grant gates jesterday.
Daniel Dougherty explained there
might hnvc been a geed n.nny mere
Doughertys hnd be been In a hurry te
get married. "Hut I waited until I wns
ever forty before I found the right
w6mnn," he said.
Mr. Dougherty says lie Is seventy
three and rt. Dougherty admits forty
seven. The family will settle en a
farm in Delaware County, Pu.
Man Hurt In Aute Mishap
Benjamin Lecaaza, 1820 Titan
street, was-injured early this morning
when an automobile in which he was
riding collided with a trolley cur ut
Sixteenth and Federal streets. He was
taken te St. Agnes Hospital, suffering
irlTtr nt thl Mahay, iris arnitii
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Clemenceau .Lays Wreath en
Crave of America's
Heroic Dead
CHEERED BY WAR COLLEGE
Bv Aiteeiafd Pr
Washington. Dec. 0. The dignity of
the United States War College was
shattered for a moment today when
major generals, brigadiers, colonels and
efilcers of lesser rank gave Geerges
Clemenceau three cheers nnd a "tiger."
Majer General McOlachfln, com
mandant of the college, acted as cheer
lender, massing his rooters en the front
step of the college building as the
Tiger of France emerged after deliver
ing n thirty-minute address.
Before he went te the War College,
Cletnencenti drove te Arlington Na
tional Cemetery, and, baring his head,
laid a huire wreath en the rrnve of
America's unknown soldier. Later he
emhnrked en the nnval yacht Sylph,
which hnd been leaned by Secretary
Denby, for a trip te Geerge Washing
ton's tomb at Mount Vernen.
Ciemenceau's talk at the War College
was half n tribute te the work of
America's forces in the war and half
a plea for this country's re-entrv Inte
European affairs. He was applauded
when he said with a twinkle in his eyes
that while France nnd England were
glad enough te see the war end when
it did, he "didn't think it would have
dlnlensel the Amerienns if it had gene
a little longer."
The officers again applauded" when
he referred te former Preidcnt Wilsen
nnd his "fourteen points."
"One nf th" fourteen points." he d
clared, "provided that German should
repair dnmnees. and the terms of the
nrmltlee said thnt if the points were
net fulfilled America nnd the Allies
would go en. Our damnges nre net re
paired. And you didn't go en."
Ainerlcn's withdrawal from Europe,
he rnriHntte'l cove Oermnnr reurnee.
"They thought thev could get the
better of us," he said, "nnd thus far
thev seem te have succeeded. "
He concluded with the exertion thnt
he ni tnkine back te France the mei
sage thnt "America's heart is In the
snnv place." and that "seme day wn
will meet nenin."
"And thnt day," he added, "peaee
will be insured, net only in America,
but in H'trepe. nnd you will Iievp
aehipved one of the greatest heights
reached by mankind."
WANTS U. S. TO OPERATE
MUSCLE SHOALS PROJECT
Heuse Gets Bill for Government
Controlled Corporation
Washington. Dec. 0. (By A. P.)
A (;overnmnt-eentrol!ed corperatior
te produce nitiate for war purposes and
cheap fertilizer for fnrmcrs was pro
posed teda.v as a solution of the Muscle
Sheals question by Representative Dick Dick
ineon, In., a lender of the "farm bloc,"
who Introduced n bill te put his plan
into effect.
In n statement Mr. Dickinsen said
the Ferd offer for Muscle Sheals had
bean bubjected te such "strong criti
cism" ns te endanger the future dis
position of the plant, nnd that he haa
been "led te the conclusion that some
plnnef Federal operation is the only
solution that will insure early comple
tion" of the work.
Mr. Dickinsen's hill provides that the
"Federal chnmliril enrnornllen." nn.
sisting of the Secretary of War, the
S.s ictnrv
of Agriculture, and thtee
! members te be nPDelntcd hv flle Pres
the manufacture of nitrate and ferti
lizer, the lntter te be Beld te tlie con.
"L t"' ' ",":ti t?,nTtX I c iV.h
"V'1.?' Vim cnrnerntL t0mp,et?i,?'!
I "Jil". ,.?,he .cr?'T,ntien ",8 "euId be
sumer at cost, plus 4H per cent te be
SV V u , ,' excPTO power wief one uoer lamp (ej
S,ntc8 ""micipalltles or privute en- i bhewn). Orders Klven up
,w!BlM' U1I? Preference te States Je Dec. 15th will be de-
and cities."
NEW SERUMS CREDITED
WITH TWO UNIQUE CURES
Diabetic Cema and Gangrene Are
Treated Successfully
,,.'fw Yerk, Dec. 0. (By A. P.)
lth the recording of what Is believed
te be the first case of diabetic coma
te be successfully arrested In the an
nals of medicine in this city, medical
authorities today expressed high praise
for the treatment used the Insulin
scrum, a recently reported discovery
of Drs. F. U. lluntln nnd O. F. Best,
t-ve University of Terente graduates.
hlxteen-yenr-eld Geerge Van Has-
sc , or firoeiiiyn, wus taken te the hos
pital three weeks age in a diabetic
ceinu, a state in the disease which here
tofore has been regarded as hopeless,
given the insulin treatment and a few
dajs age was discharged.
Successful use of a serum te arrest
the progress 0f gangrene also was
claimed with the announcement that
Ldwanl Trainer, of Osalnlng, wns ills-
Vr?cdrem 8t- W HSipltal last
night. Trainer, who frese both his feet
ten years age, was admitted te the bos bes
pital last March after be had lest both
legs and several fingers which had
been amputated in an effort te tee
gangrene.
2i" ?i8e?.T. : M Dr.
uiujuuu i duwvui, wpe eegan ex peri- .
menta with the American expeditionary i
force In France.
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