! IS PRISON DE LUXE
^ Internment Camp at Islington
| Like Exclusive Club.
No Prisoner Would Leave the Camp
Under Any Inducement Less Than
Declaration of Peace—Have
All the Luxuries.
By HAYDEN TALBOT.
London.—If any belligerent country
ever conducted an enemy internment
camp as this country is running the
make-shift prison into which the old
Islington workhouse has been trans
formed, the world's historians have
deprived their readers of a tale at the
same time amazing and amusing.
Surely that greatest of all British hu
morists, W. S. Gilbert, would be able
to write a classic satire around Is
lington workhouse, were he only alive
to do it. Except his, no pen can do
Justice to the facts.
To begin, there are upwards of 700
Germans and Austrians interned at Is
lington. The guard—altogether un
needed—is comprised of one police
sergeant and four P. C ’s, who are in
America plain policemen. Not one of
the seven hundred-odd prisoners
would leave Islington for any consid
eration less than a declaration of
peace. The waiting list of alien ene
mies now interned in less-favored
camps exceeds five hundred.
Islington workhouse resembles in
. every material way an exclusive club,
* rather than an internment camp. To
become a •'prisoner" in the institution
is the dearest wish of every German
and Austrian now in Great Britain—
excepting, perhaps, only those who
are still enjoying their full liberty.
The attention of Britishers was di
rected to Islington by the announce
ment that a brother of Von Bissing,
who was governor general of Belgium
when Miss Edith Cavell was executed,
is among the more recently “elected''
members of the internment club.
That certain privileges were per
mitted such wealthy, highly placed
figures as Von Bissing has been an
open secret since the outbreak of the
war, but the real conditions existing
at Islington are still undreamed of by
the British public.
To begin with, you can escape doing
any work—if you are among those
fortunate 700 prisoners—by the pay
ment of 75 cents a week. You can
have a private room, furnished just as
you wish (providing you can pay for
the furnishings), for $2.50 to $5 per
week, depending on the room.
But the British government doesn't
stop with taking this money. It
spends it on the dependents of those
interned. As all the inmates of the
Islington camp are married men, many
of them with English wives and al
most all of them with wives resident
in England, this fund may be said to
$ serve a not-altogether inconsistent
purpose. In any event, the govern
ment applies it all to the assistance
of the enemy prisoners’ dependents.
But that is only part of what the
government does for these enemy
aliens. There jp a lawyer appointed
by the government and paid by the
taxpayers, whose sole business is to
take care of the prisoners’ legal trou
bles. He has been busy ever since
the camp was started.
One German had been in partner
ship with an Englishman. Could that
partnership be legally dissolved? The
English solicitor promised to do his
best to prevent the dissolution.
An Austrian butcher with a shop in
Southend—his premises having been
wrecked in the riots following the
sinking of the Lusitania—wondered if
he might collect damages from some
body. The English solicitor promptly
instituted a suit for damages against
the municipality of Southend.
Every day this barrister transacts
business in the financial district for
those of his clients who were engaged
in the stock market before they were
interned. In one Instance it was nec
essary for a German prisoner to at
tend to a certain very important finan
cial transaction in person. The solic
itor obtained for him permission to be
absent from the internment camp 12
hours, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
There are classes studying Spanish
at Islington; there are other classes
in which electrical engineering is be
ing studied. One of the highest-sal
aried tailor's cutters in London is
teaching a score of his fellow prison
ers how to cut men's clothing. An
other skilled cutter has a class learn
ing how to cut women’s garments.
These two cutters furnish about the
only instances of really tough luck.
Said one of them to me:
“Apd before the war each one of
those pupils would be paying me 15
shillings ($3.75) a week. Now I get
nothing."
The cuisine at Islington may not be
quite up to the standard of the Ritz,
but if it isn't there is small excuse
for the failure. In charge of the cul
inary department is the erstwhile
manager of one of the largest hotels
in the West end.
Husband Made Her Dance.
Shelbyville. Ind.—Mrs. Osa Brown
has brought suit for a divorce against
her husband. Reuben Brown. Mrs.
Trown, among other things, charges
that her husband shot at her feet and
made her dance for his amusement.
They were married four years and in
that time separated ten times, she
says. Mrs. Brown also alleges Brown
is one of the laziest men in Shelby
ville, and that in the winter she was
forced to work to procure money to
support him.
Selling to Private Customers.
Selling butter to private customers
Is almost a business by itself. You
must have the market close to hand
and you must be able to manufacture
gilt-edged butter and give proper de
livery and be a salesman besides.
Really, furnishing butter to private
customers might be separated from
dairy farming. It is a separate busi
ness, but one man can handle both.
MISER DIES LEAVING
FORTUNE OF $15,000
Begged Day Before He Died and
Had $1,000 in Cash When
Found.
Toledo, Ore.—Face downward in a
heap between pieces of his crude
homemade furniture, the body of Tor
gen O. Svendsen, aged seventy-four, a
Norwegian miser, was found in his
lonely house on Olalla slough a few
days ago by Junder Olson, a neighbor.
Dr. R. D. Burgess, county physician,
and SherifT Geer found the house
locked and barred and the windows
nailed with heavy spikes, making it
necessary to break in a door.
In the bottom of Svendsen’s trunk
were two tobacco sacks containing
II ,000 in gold, on his person was a
$20 gold piece and some small change.
Faced Downward in a Heap.
He had ordered $1 worth of cough
medicine charged at a Toledo drug
store last Saturday, saying he had no
money with which to pay for it.
His estate includes property worth
more than $1,000, and he has been
known to have lent some money. It
is said he also has property in Ore
gon City and in Salem. His friends
estimate his wealth at $15,000.
Little is known of Svendsen here
except that he came from Gudbraus
dalen, Norway; that he lived for a
long time at Boring, Ore.
RIDE WITH DOG ONLY GUIDE
Three Brothers, All Sightless, Travel
Alone and Go Where They
Please.
Marshall, Ark.—Riding on horse
back 36 miles from Boyle, Stone coun
ty, to Marshall, by way of Big Flat,
James Albert Rorie, who has been
blind since he was five years old, ar
rived at Frank Rainbolt's, near Mar
shall, a few days ago. He came all
the way with no one to guide him ex
cept his faithful dog. He chained his
dog to the bit of his horse's bridle.
The dog started out in the direction
that Mr. Rorie pointed. When the dog
came to the fork3 of a road he would
trot back and forth until Mr. Rorie
motioned either to the left or to the
right, and then they would proceed on
their journey. There are three broth
ers in this family who are blind, the
other two being Henry and John. They
go to any place they wiVi with no per
son to accompany them. Last year
James Albert traveled over lloone,
Marion and Searcy counties. For a
number of years they have operated a
broom factory near McPherson, Baxter
county.
GETS ANGRY BULLFROG HERD
Girl Wearing Red Bathing Suit, At
tacked in Water, Afterward Using
Costume for Decoy.
Winsted, Conn.—Frog parties are
likely to become popular with bathers
at other inland water resorts when
the experience of a girl dad in a
bright red bathing suit Decomes gen
erally known.
The girl in scarlet was bathing in
shallow water at Highland lake when
she felt something strike her repeat
edly. She wondered what it could
be, but a quick glance into the lake
explained all—she saw- frogs of all
sizes chasing and jumping at her scar
let suit.
Being a great lover of that delect
able dish, frogs’ legs, the girl turned
her experience to good account. She
repaired to a cottage, sewed about
fifty fish hooks in the bright red bath
ing suit, and then re-entered the lake.
When she emerged from the water
nearly every hook held a bullfrog.
“HELLO” GIRL SCARES GANG
Rings Up Bank and Five Men at Work
Smashing Safe at Once Take
to Their Heeis.
North Tonawanda, N. Y.—Robbery
of the State National tank of Ransom
ville, Niagara county, was foiled by
the quick wit of a telephone girl, who
rang up ’ the hank just as the rob
bers, fiv° in number, were about to
blow open the inner door of the Dank
vault.
The robbers had succeeded in blow
ing open the fireproof door of the safe
tfcper when frightened away. They
escaped in an automobile.
Is Carted “Meanest Man.”
Portland, Ore.—Portland s meanest
man, according to the rolice, is John
| M. Haberley, manager of a drug store,
! who was charged with stealing cigars
! and chewing gum from blind Tom
I Long's stand.
Daily thefts for over six months
have totaled a loss of more than |10U
for the hlina man.
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SWINGS BOY FROM
PATH OF ENGINE
Railroad Company Will Reward
Brakeman Who Risked Life
to Save Boy.
New York—Because he risked his
life to save that of a little boy, Harry
E. Duey, a brakeman employed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company, re
ceived a letter of congratulation and
special commendation from the acting
president of the company. Incidental
ly, he is in line for immediate promo
tion.
Duey, twenty-seven years old, and
for five years in the service of the
railroad, was on a train of loaded
cars descending a heavy grade on the
Snowshoe branch of the Tyrone divi
sion of the road from the coal mines
of Centre county, Pennsylvania. As
the train swept around the curve the
rails for a great distance ahead were
Reached Out With the Other Hand.
hidden from the view of the engine
driver by a string of empty cars drawn
up on a siding.
Suddenly the form of a boy, three
, years old, son of a miner, appeared
; between the rails in front of the train.
The engine driver at once threw on
the brakes, but the weight of the load
| ed cars was so great that they slid
j along the wet rails at great speed.
Without a moment’s hesitation Duey
| realizing the sliding of the cars
meant death for the child, ran along
the running board at the side of the
engine, crept down to the pilot,
gripped an iron bar with one hand
and then reached out with the other.
He caught the child firmly cy the
clothes, lifted him free of the engine
and swung him back upon the run
ning board and to safety.
Duey is an athlete and active in the
affairs of the Young Men's Christian
association. So greatly did the officers
of the railroad admire his bravery
that his photograph and an account
of his act were ordered printed and
distributed to every employee of the
railroad.
SHOCK TO KINSTON MORALS
Negroes Play Checkers on Privileged
Street of Staid North
Carolina Town.
Kinston, N. C.—Charles Dunn, a
negro, and a man named Canady were
playing checkers on the porch ot an
ancient building at the corner of
Queen and King streets recently wlieu
a cop caught sight of them.
It isn’t a crime to play checkers, but
few people are aware of it, though it
is a misdemeanor under the city code
to play games of amusement on Queen
street.
What the court had to determine, it
was stated after the arrest, was
whether the feet of Dunn and Canady,
who were seated in the porch, were
touching the pavement, or not. Their
legs were dangling near the ground
if not actually touching it
It was the first arrest, so far as any
one could recall, under the ordinance.'
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GOAT LOSES HEROIC FIGHT,
Makes Courageous Effort to Butt Long
Island Express Train Off
the Track.
Sayville L. I.—Because Martin Con
way is section boss at Sayville his
goat seems to have the notion that ne
owns the track, or at least holds un
disputed right of way on the Long Is
land railroad. He protested against
the Patchogue Express, which had
Just pulled out of Sayville station,
running with wide open throttle, and
took his position on the track. The
engineer slowed up just as the animal
locked horns with the cowcatcher, and
for a quarter of a mile the train
backed the goat, the determined ani
mal butting the cowcatcher all the
way.
The goat was unable to shove the
train backward, and when a boy sig
naled to him he jumped off the track
and allowed the train to proceed.
Warden Bans “Dope” Kiss in Prison.
Seattle, Wash.—County Prison Su
perintendent Hally has put the official
pan on the kissing of prisoners by Tis
tors. Recently he found that dope
was being transferred to prisoners by
die lip-to-lip route.
His Ashes in Parcel Post.
West Palm Beach. Fla.—The ashes
of A. Ninomiya, a Japanese who died
here several days ago, have been start
ed for Japan by parcel post.
Shortly before his death Ninomiya
requested that his body be cremated
and the ashes sent to Ehima, Japan,
where he was born. The ashes were
placed in a metal receptacle which
was hermetically sealed.
SOCIAL WAR WAGED IN CHINA
British and Germans Clash in One of
Clubs in Shanghai—Trouble at
Other Ports.
Peking.—Numerous incidents of a
disagreeable social nature are occur
ing in the foreign settlements in the
treaty ports of China. The only for
eign place of amusement in Peking, a
moving picture show run by an East
Indian British subject, was raided re
cently by some legation guard because
a British "animated cartoon" was un
complimentary to the Emperors Wil
liam and Francis Joseph.
But the most peculiar incident has
occurred in Shanghai, where the Ger
man members of a club were requested
to remain away from the club house
during the war. The overwhelming
number of British objects to their pres
ence.
The Germans went to the club and
took away many cups and other silver
trophies, and are now retaining them,
threatening to melt them unless their
entrance fees and dues paid to the
club are returned to them.
SHOOT GAME FROM AIRSHIP
Texas Men Say New Kind of Hunt
ing Is Greatest of All
Sports.
Gallop, N. M.—Hunting wild game
from the seat of an aeroplane is the
favorite sport of Sam Hampson and
J. N. Long, who recently purchased a
machine from a man who had served
with General Villa in Mexico.
They took the machine to a point in
the foothills of the Mimbres range of
mountains in New Mexico and made a
flight over that rough region. On the
initial flight they saw a number of
bear, deer and other wild game, and
on a second trip, when they carried
guns, they succeeded in killing soma
of the animals.
The greatest difficulty which they
encountered was that of recovering
the game after it had been shot. Usu
ally the game fell in places that af
forded no landing for the aeroplane.
SEALS MAKE HER WEALTHY
Maine Woman Is About to Retire After
Twenty Years in the Busi
ness.
Boothbay Harbor, Me.—Mrs. Janet
MacDonald, seventy-seven years old,
is about to retire wealthy, after
twenty years in the business of seal
catching, with three men in her em
ploy.
The seals of Maine waters are not
valuable for their skins, but are eas
ily tamed and a e in demand for pub
lic and private collections and aqua
riums and zoological collections.
The catching is done at night, with
the aid of nets, and Mrs. MacDonald
has caught many personally. Often
they follow her about the house sev
eral days after capture.
The usual price is $25 and her
catch has averaged 100 in a season of
six weeks in the late spring and sum
mer
OFFICERS:
W. F. MASON, President L. HANSEN, Cashier
C. H. RYAN, Ass’t. Cashier
DIRECTORS:
_ W. T. CHASE A. B. OUTHOUSE C. BRADLEY
L. HANSEN W. F. MASON
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
And a Suggestion for a Christmas Gift
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Til more beneficial as the years go by.
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