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12 .THE SUNDAT OREGOXTAXr PORTLAND, STAY 20, 1017. NEW PENITENTIARY IS HELD IMPERATIVE Sanitary, Moral and Adminis trative Reasons Offered to Voters. BUILDING 45 YEARS OLD .Ex-Warden and ex-Inmate Join In Campaign to Interest People of Oregon in Plan to Erect ' New Prison Buildings. Those who have had personal con nection with the state prison either as inmates or officials, are ardent sup porters of the measure to be voted on at the city and state election June 4. providing1 a means of improving- the in stitution. The public generally, say these offi cials, does not know the conditions. Otherwise, they say, there would be no trouble whatever in getting over whelming approval of the measure at the election, for the institution is in bad condition, not alone from a sani tary standpoint, but also from the standpoint of caring for prisoners in uch a way as to redeem those not hardened in crime beyond redemption. ' The officials say the public has had the view in the past that "anything: is good enough for the pen." But reform moves, especially along the line of im proving the lot of the prisoner so as to encourage rather than discourage refor mation, have had their effect and these officials believe the old spirit has been replaced with a new spirit in the in terest of humanity and society which will result in the pending bill being passed. Plan Proposed Before. "Yes.- says J. D. Lee, a former su perintendent of the Penitentiary, "I realize most keenly the importance of a new Penitentiary and any well direct ed and practical movement should re ceive hearty support. "In my second biennial report I urged uch action very strongly. My propos al was that the Legislature make an appropriation equal to our fuel bill for 10 years, which would amount to about $40,000, and with it buy a wooded tract of say 1000 acres which could then have put the surplus men to work clearing, making cord wood and preparing the site for a progressive, up-to-date institution. During this de velopment the fuel would be provided and on completion the state would have a fine tract of land without cost prac tically, and the outlay for buildings wound have been at a minimum. . But In 3ose times it was believed that any thing was good enough for the pen. as was frequently remarked to me,when urging better conditions. "I am gratified at the change in pub lie sentiment regarding those suffer ing penalties for infractions of our laws." Ex-Convict Gives Talks. One of the strongest campaigners In behalf of the bill is L. G. McDpnald, who was released from the prison in March, at the end of a. ?ur-year term. He came from tita prison a reformed man. with a determination to devote his whole energy to a fight in the in terest of the men still serving. Mr. McDonald has been traveling about the state lecturing and showing pictures at theaters and campaigning In behalf of the bill. 'I spent four years in the prison." Raid Mr. McDonald recently, "and I know the conditions. The people of this state do not or they would not tol erate them. Imagine 425 prisoners cooped up in a dingy building erected in 1871 and not materially altered since then! "Whila I was serving my time a fact of which I do not boast at all I re solved that when I got out I would de vote my life to a fight for changes. I visited Governor Wtthycombe and other officials and outlined my course, which they approved. "I had pictures taken of scenes in the Institution and they tell the story very clearly. So bad are the sanitary ar rangements and conditions as shownMn the pictures that I cannot talk of them in public. 'Rotten' is the only word xnai expresses the real conditions. No wonder the men In the prison revolt! They do not expect a comfortable ho tel, but they do expect a place where they can live out their sentences under bearable conditions. Old Bilibid pris on of the dark Philippine davs had nothing on the Oregon Penitentiary as It stands today. Sanitary Conditions Bad. "I find that generally people do not take any great interest in the Peni tentiary until they get in. Then they wonder how the people of a state like Oregon tolerate such conditions. I have worked in the old laundry building which was burned In 1912, and still rta.ids practically as it was when the fire was extinguished. In addition to the terrible sanitary conditions which cannot be remedied without money, the buildings are veritable fire traps. If a serious fire should break out all the fire departments in the state could not check it and 425 men would be trapped and burned to death with no chance to escape. "I hope that on June 4 the voters of the state will see their duty and realize lhat the men in the prison are human beings and are entitled to being treated as such. They cannot be with the building condition there now." El-Warden TTrges New Building. John Minto, ex-warden of the peni tentiary, is one of the ardent propo nents of the measure. He says the present building is absolutely obsolete and is a serious detriment to the proper care of prisoners, physically and mor ally. "There is absolutely no question about the need of new buildings," says Mr. Minto. "The present penitentiary building is 45 years old and is without modern conveniences. The most seri ous proposition is that segregation of prisoners is impossible. "Between 60 and 75 per cent of the men who go to the penitentiary can be reformed if the facilities are available, but it cannot be done when those men who are principally first offenders are Imprisoned along with the hardened criminals. "I believe that very few nennla noi. ize how hard it is to do anything for first offenders when they are mixed in with hardened criminals men who have been in several penitentiaries and are beyond redemption. There are very many young men who get into the In stitution who could be saved if only t-e facilities were there to give them a schooling or for teaching them a trade so they could make a living. But it cannot be done in the Oregon prison now because there is no way of segre gation. Segregation Is Necessary. "When I was warden I recommended to the Board of Control the establish ing of a farm separate from the main penitentiary, where first offenders might be sent and kept away from the main prison, which would be devoted entirely to hardened criminals. The purpose cannot be accomplished by seg regation at night and not in the day time. It must be' a complete segre gation. "The ullding is obsolete and with- SCENES AT OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, WHICH ARE BEING USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS. ' " If C - M ' J t M I r i r t ? 1W 8 1 K "Si ih J k H ! I U J 3 I out modern conveniences. It Is kept as clean as it can be under the conditions, but a new prison is sadly needed and the voters should not hesitate to enact the bill to be voted on June 4 " Captain Charles A. Murphy, warden of the Oregon State I'enitentiarv. has outlined plans for securing a hew prison tor tne state. Mr. Murphy declared that his interest is wholly on behalf of the men who now and in the future will be wards of the state for varying periods and who eventually will be turned back upon society. Whether they will be returned good men or worse men remains with the state It self, for their future conduct will de pend In large measure upon the train ing they receive while confined In the penal institution, he says. "We should give tnese unfortunate men a chance to make good." declared Warden Murphy. "We must remember that some day they are coming back. If they were confined in Siberia or a prison where there was no chance of their ever living in society again, the problem would have an altogether dif ferent angle, but most of the men sent to the Oregon penitentiary are to be liberated in time and society must again tolerate them whether for good or ill. Not AH Inmates Bad Men. "The state can do an immense amount of good under tfie right circumstances, and in June the people of Oregon will have an opportunity of saying whether or not they believe the investment in making criminals better men is a good one. By no means are all the men who are sent to Salem bad men. We have some young men in our institution who. through a mistake or ignorance, per haps, have forged a check or committed some other offense, and who are not criminals in the sense that their crime was premeditated. "Under the present conditions in the Oregon penitentiary there is no way of segregating these young men from the older prisoner who has become set in crime and who plans out his course of action against society. These young men, if allowed to associate with hard ened criminals, soon become criminals themselves and the state has added another burden to its task of looking after the outlaws of the common wealth. "In the plans afoot for a new, peni tentiary, due attention has been paid to arranging details so that older and younger men will be separated. This plan not only will save the younger men from ways of crime but also from ways of vice, the latter always a dif ficult problem in dealing with men who are confined in a prison. Our attention has been paid also to safeguarding the prisoners in case of fire. Under the present system, if a serious fire should start in the penitentiary when the men are in their cells, there is absolutely no way of saving them alive. Inmates to Erect Buildings. "The new penitentiary would be built by the men themselves and the building operations would extend over a period of four years or more. The cost for materials would be $400,000 at the rate of $100,000 a year. Such a plan will ap peal to most citizens, I am sure, and the money would be secured without any added burden to the taxpayer. "If I could take every taxpayer in the state through the penitentiary and point out the handicap under which the present system is now being conducted, I am confident there would be no one who would be opposed to bettering the conditions of the men confined there." Frank Davey, formerly a well-known newspaper man of Eastern Oregon, and one-time Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives, has had charge of the books at the Oregon State Penitentiary since March 1, 1915, and has had wide opportunity for becoming familiar with conditions there. "The improvement proposed In the bill submitted to the people (No. 312 in the pamphlet) is demanded by several considerations, asserted Mr. Davey. Old Bail dins Dilapidated. "Among these I can enumerate: Ma terial safety The walls are old, the brick and mortar deteriorated, as well as the iron work, all forming little re sistance and furnishing constant temp tation to escape. The woodwork is honeycombed with dry rot and decay, breeding places for vermin and Insects, and furnishing a constant menace from fire, to which all the valuable records of the institution are exposed. "Health protection Unsanitary con ditions prevail everywhere, because the buildings ware erected, without means of sanitation which it Is now Impossible to Install. There is no proper ventila tion, consequently the atmosphere throughout is charged with fetid, pois onous gases, to which the inmates are subjected every night, to the great det riment or ineir neaitn, ana there is no possible way of avoiding this with the present buildings. "Moral protection The number of cells does not permit entire individual I -y? y ' t . 'shfF - t f -).. ... J t X 1 rr 'IP - ' - : : : '-$hu - ii 1 I-anndry Drying-Room. Which Is Insanitary and Anything Rnt a Drying Room. 2 Vlevr of the Chapel, Which Is Said to Be a Veritable Fire Trap. 3 One of the Cells. segregation and the results from two men in a narrow cell are always dan gerous to morals and frequently the most abhorrent practices are common. This one reason alone calls for the pro posed reconstruction. Cells I'nuanltary at Night. "Human fairness to prisoners Be cause men are sentenced to confinement on account of law violation is no rea son that they should be surrounded by conditions and Influences destructive of their physical health and conse quently of their moral and mental health also. They should have plenty of pure, outside air and their sleeping quarters should be as far as possible from poisonous influences. physical From The Oregonlan of May 29, 1892. Academy Reception. ONE of the most brilliant parties of the season was given by the cadets of Bishop Scott Academy to their friends on Friday night. The Armory waa decked In holiday attire with flags, palms and evergreens. Senior Officer of the Cadet Corps Cap tain Hamilton and Miss Fay Thompson led a graceful grand march which ter minated in a polks- Nearly 400 people were served with refreshments. Much credit was due to the cadets who had the decorations of the dining-room in charge. George Otten had charge ot the Armory decorations and John Ever est furnished the music. Among those present: Mrs. D. Mackav, Mrs. J. W. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Durham, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Creigh ton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosenberg; Mesdames Smith, Carvel, Meslck, Drake, Manner, Wilson, Hadeny, Hunsaker, Barber, Bingham, Burghardt, Spencer, Briggs. Parker, DeFrance, Sutherlin, Bennett, B. G. Whitehouse; Misses Blanch Fitch, Daisy Harker. Caroline Harker, Cadwell, Lizzie Smith, Stella Smith, Nellie Brooke. Clift. Octavia Drake, Cornelia Drake, Alice Barber, Zella Bingham. Louise Kelley. Louise Mesick, Ethel Stearns, Moreland. Roth well. Fay Thompson, Catherine Wilson, Mabel Dent. Bertha Barin. Lizzie Beat ley, Hattie Bills, Elphie Bills. Etta Sinsheimer, Lucile Foreman, Haddie Freeman, Jessie Lunwellyn, Katie GUI, I3M IN CAMPAIGN TO SHOW NEEDS and mental. It does not seem fair to consign for the night to a stuffy, un ventllated cell the man who has worked out of doors all day without guard or other obstruction to escape and has la bored faithfully for the state. "Modern students of penology have come to believe, and I think with jus tice, that the genuine reform of of fenders can be more nearly accom plished by intelligent, humane treat ment and by giving them, some friend ly confidence than by any system of se vere punishment, abuse and denial of friendly relations. They don't think it possible to make angels with the rack, the dungeon, the bare and pois onous cell and other brutalizing rel ics of barbarism." MFbrtland 25Yea&r Ago. Eyelet. Mary King. Laura King. Elsie Failing. Strong. Minnie Kapus, Emma Failing, Lottie Whalley, Enola Wood ward, Emma Wells, Jessie Millard, Frances Catlln, Mellie Strowbridge, Lucy Smith, Florence Cross, Alice An drews, Jessie Lownsdale. Olga Hunsa iter. Rosalie Bell, Pearl Holden, Fannie Brown, Lou Flanders, Francis Jeftery Fannie Troop, Clara Dekum, Rosalie Dekum, Susie Stott, Kellogg, Pearl Crelghton, Manner, Eliot, Bennett. Suth erlin. Pollock. Clark, Hattie Sampson, Grant, Helen Hageny. Clara Klosterman Gilman, Mabel Macleay. Nannie Wood Annie Grant, Works, Constance Carvel, .Minnie Metnini. josie neea, Mabel win lams. Mabel Gladding. Inez Barrett. Louise Sladen, Lilia Cook and . Kate Wilmar. Among other Invited! guests and old pupils were a party of young women from St. Helen's Hall, with Miss Will lameon and Miss Danielson and the fol lowing gentlemen: Fielding Kelly. Oregon City: Cook Patton, Salem: Hunt Lewis, Fred An drews,' Leon Hilman, Charlie Warrens, Dr. E. N. Wilson, Holbrook WIthington, W. A. Holt. W. J. Church. E. DeLash mutt, George Dekum. Robert Catlln. W. B. Laswell, George Ainslie. A. L. McFall, Theodore Manner, Mark Gill. Victor Smith and Eben Rodgers, besides ca dets and teachers of the Institution. The Cinderella Dances. 'The Cinderellas gave a dancing party at Mrs. Foreman's Hall Tuesday in honor of the officers of the United States cruisers ' Baltimore and Charleston. The hall was brightened with flags and banners, gracefully draped upon the walls, and along the front of the gal lery. The west door was covered with deep blue flags, and stretching in front was a network of lovely- roses and gar lands of smllax. The patronesses for the occasion were Mrs. C. x. Hands bury and Mrs. W. W. Rhoades. The programmes were especially pretty and called forth many compliments. On the front page was a tiny American flag wrought in colors and a small anchor with the date, while on the reverse side were these words: "To the Officers of the U. S. Warships Baltimore and Charleston." The programmes consist ed of 14 regular dances, two supper dances, closing with a cotillion. The german, which was a special feature of the evening's entertainment, was ar ranged for the occasion by Lieutenant Henry McCrea. There were five figures, "military," "anchor," "star." "flag" and "good-night." and they were all new and exceedingly .pretty. The effect was enhanced by & calcium light, red, white and blue shades pre dominating. The cotillion was led by Fred M. Gllmore and Miss Florence Gli san. assisted by Dr. A. M. Dupuy Mc Craken and Miss Macleay, Frederick Brewster Bassctt and Miss Virginia Lewis. Garden Party. Mrs. Mark L. Cohen entertained a few friends last Thursday night in a novel and delightful manner, her beautiful lawn, representing a Japanese gar den, being brilliantly illuminated. Placed about the lawn were huge Jap anese umbrellas, from which hung many lanterns, wnne rows or lanterns were strung from tree to tree. The guests listened to music renderea by the Lore Hie Mandolin Club, consist ing of Mrs. Max Loewenson, Mrs. Mark L. Cohen. Miss Edith Rosenblatt. Miss Ray Harris. Miss Flora Bauer, Mr. Lev inger and Miss Carrie S. Rosenblatt as vocalist. Among the others who con tributed to the music of the evening were Mrs. Mark Levy. Miss Knillie Bauer, Mrs. Max Loewenson, Mrs. V. H Boyer and Kd Rothschild. Light re freshments were served during the evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Levy, Mr. and Mrs. Max Loewen son, Mrs. L. Rau. Mr. and Mrs. Sis' Co hen, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Boyer, Miss May Slesslnger of San Francisco, Miss Ada. Rau, Miss Belle Marks, Miss Ray Harris, Miss Rosie S. Rosenblatt. Miss Edith Rosenblatt, Miss Khnllle Bauer. Miss Flora Bauer, Miss Lilie Goodman. Mrs. L. Levlnger. Ed Rothschild, Harry Apples. Leon Rosenblatt. Cecil Bauer. G. Loewenson. J. Goodman, of Gervals, Or.: Lou Rosenblatt. Ben Wormser. Al fohen. M. Relnstein, A. Cohen and 1). Franklin. (Continual From Pafrn !V pleasant success. Miss LudTam. a pretty girl, possesses marked elocutionary and dramatic talent, speaks her words well, and lives again, in visualization, the characters she so skillfully presents to her audience. Mrs. Bruce Donald Stew art sang two solos and her beautiful voice was much liked. Her accompanist was jvirs. itoy i. Brookings. Madame Hesse-Spratte. an osera singer recently located in Seattle, has arrived in Los Angeles, Cal., to make her future home there. Fritz De Bruin, dramatic baritone. made a fine Impression at the First Christian Church last Sunday, at the special mothers' day exercises. His rendition of "Mother o Minn" iTMini was one of compelling Dower and vnrnl beauty. Another student of HarnM Hrl)int who recently has been appointed solo ist in a Portland church choir, is F. A. Gaddis, tenor. Mr. Gaddis, who pos sesses a voice of excellent quality, is singing at the First Methodist Church, South. He is a member of the Orpheus Club male chorus. The reception to the new members of the Music Students' Club Thursday was an enjoyable affair. Miss Evelyn Hardenghaus played two piano num bers that were well received. Miss Har denghaus is a graduate of Peabody Con servatory of Music and is a fine ac companist as well as pianist. Two dramatic numbers were given by Mrs. easier DeWitt Joslyn. and by request she sang and played some of her own musical compositions. Many compliments were received by Mrs. Minnie T. Carty for the fine sing ing of the Glee Club of the Christian Brothers Business College in their con tribution to the evening of music, pre sented in St. Agatha's Hall, Miller ave nue and East Fifteenth street, last Tuesday night. These young men pre sent a fine appearance. Louis Harder, whose singing was the "hit" of the re cent patriotic concert, sang with spirit "My Big Little Soldier Boy" (Church), and responded to a rousing encore. The Portland Opera Association held its annual business meeting and elec tion of officers Tuesday night at the Hotel Portland, when the entire list of officers and directors were re-elected as follows: President, Jacob Kanzler; vice president, Mrs. Warren E. Thomas; treasurer, J. Ross Fargo: secretary. Karl Hebring; directors, Ivan Huma son. Mrs. Preston Carter Smith. Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, J. C. Montieth, George H. Street and Mrs. E. L. Thompson. The evening concluded with an informal programme and a dance. A sacred concert will be given by the choir at St. Francis Catholic Church tonight at 7:30 o'clock, under the direc tion of J. Tauscher. Stearns' "Vespers" will be rendered by the choir members, as follows: Misses Martha McNamee, Katherine C. Dunbar, Nettle Habekost, Mary Corcoran, Cecelia Fennell. Edna Hebert. Estelle Marias, Beatrice Hebert, Marie Hannlgan Azelia Swintz, Perrlne Marias, Mrs. J. C. Bollore, Mrs. Arthur L Sauvain, J. C. Sauvain, J. C. Balloy, M. J. Deragisch, Forrest Sauvain. Ed ward Van Hoomissen, S. Deslefanls, J. M. Harris, Charles Hoomlsen and Arthur L. Sauvain. a In appreciation of his work as con ductor of the Vancouver, Wash., Music Club chorus during the past season, the secretary of the club has sent this letter to John Claire Monteith: "At a recent meeting of the Vancouver Music Club I was instructed to advise you that it is the unanimous sentiment of the club that It desires to pursue its work under your direction next year if local conditions at that time make it possible. Through me the club desires to express Its satisfaction with and ap preciation of your work with us during the past year. H. Alena Wolf, Secre tary." Harold Hurlout's book on singing and -voice production continues to win commendation from famous singers and musical publications. Musical Amer ica. New York, says in part: "Mr. Hurl but treats his subject finely. 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The pro gramme played by the Portland or ganist brought to his hearers a larger understanding of the possibilities of the instrument than ever before, through the selection of numbers of largest- range and variety. Mr. Boone, although comparatively a young man. is considered one of the most finished masters of the manuals on the Pacific Coast, and last night he played with splendid spirit, in magnificent technic, bringing from the pipes the most del icate tonal shadings by the expert use of swell and pedals. His employment of the Deagan chimes connected with the Instrument was particularly ef fective. Mrs. Ross sang in fine taste. One Sunday morning a woman's watch was found in a fashionable church after the service. After giving out the usual notices in the evening the clergyman duly announced the fact and said that If the owner applied to him after tho service the watch would be restored. "Now." he concluded, we will sing hymn 656. "Lord. Thy Church Her Watch Is Keeping.'" 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