Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1927 — Page 15

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BRITISH PRISONER f MTS SENTENCE IN SPECIAL CELL Begins Serving Term in Solitary Confinement — Works Later. tv United Press LONDON, March 11.—A criminal’s first days in a British prison are ■pent in solitary confinement. Three times a day he hears another —when his food is handed to him through the bars of his cell. He cannot pierce the impenetrable gloom of his first habitation in prison—the “dark cell.” From there he is assigned to a working gang. Usually, the tasks alloted to anew comer are laborious monotonous heartbreaking. Pickaxe and shovel are given him- If the prisoner has led a sedentary, refined life, so much the worse for him. Upon his conduct with this gang depends whether his work eventually is made easier. The working hours are not long. The morning period is from 8 to 12 noon. The afternoon shift from 1:30 to 5. But there is no let up. Jailers, armed with rifles in addition to a “sap”—a solid rubber truncheon — hanging from the trower-belt, watch gang with alertness. Any slackmk is the signal for bringing the *sap” into play. British jailers are not gentle. Complete silence among prisoners is insisted upon. The penalty for an offense against this prison law is three days solitary confinement in the “dark cell” on bread and water. A “Concrete” Task Breaking hugs slabs of granite is a favorite task allotted prisoners in British pails. But an even more drastic task is given consistent offenders against prison rules. It is the adoption of a penalty handed out to violent prisoners in the days of Pharoah.' A prisoner undergoing this punishment is shown a heap of cement which he must break down, load on to a wheelbarrow, carry 200 or 300 yapcjs and dump. He is then made to?reload the wheelbarrow and carry the cement back to where he got it, dump it and begin all over again. The effect of this non-productive, monotonous work is startling. As the days pass the hopelessness of it all begins to crush whatever spirit the prisoner originally possessed. The officials know that if kept to it too long the prisoner would become insane, but long before that stage is reached the victim has expressed a keen desire to resume work with any of the other gangs. He is one of the hardest and most conscientious workers from that dayHard work and willingness is rewarded. A prisoner found to be obedient and industrious is one day assigned to a gang performing easier tasks. If he continues to progress •gradually finds his way into the kshops inside the prison and some trade taught him with a view

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to his becoming a useful member of society again. Good Conduct Pays A much sought for post is that of “trusty.” Competition is keen while the vacancies are few. A “trusty” in a British prison never escapes from the rigidity of discipline, but he is allowed to perform his tasks )vithout the eye of a jailer watching his every movement. Should he fall from grace, however, his punishment is even more severe than that meted out to delinquents of an ordinary working gang. He has been given a position of trust and has abused it, therefore he must suffer. He does. Also Wfc never becomes a “trusty” again. A well-behaved prisoner earns good remission marks. For example, a prisoner serving a five-year sentence will be released on ticket-of-leave at the end of three and a half years providing his conduct has been exemplary. As an effective deterrent to his resuming his old ways, a ticket-of-leave man must report every week to the nearest police station no matter where he be. One failure to do so is noted immediately —so well organized is the information emanating from Scotland Yard —and the ex-convict is tracked down and sent back to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under most painful conditions. Seldom does one escape the police net. Prisoners are paid at the rate of half a cent a day for every working day. At the end of a seven-year sentence the total emolument does not exceed. sll. So are British convicts made to realize their wasted days spent in a miniature hell. a YOUR KIDNEYS GY DRINKING WATER If Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers, Also Take Some Salts Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water each day, also take salts occasionally, says a noted authority, who tells us that too much rich food forms acids which almost paralyze the kidneys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken; then you may suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. To help neutralize these irritating acids, to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body’s urinous waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in the system so they no longer irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink.—Advertisement.

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fleient petroleum for export as well as for Spain’s domestic needs. In 1894, in the province of Cadiz (Andalusia), for the first time petroleum was noticed mixed with water coming from a deposit of sulphur. Preliminary boring in several fields of the same region, especially near Jerez de la Frontera, at San Telmo, Arcos de la Frontera, Santo Domingo de Jerez, Pambanco, revealed without doubt the existence of petroleum. So far, the best result obtained was In Villamartin, fifty miles north of Cadiz, where after boring about 350 feet, petroleum came to the surface and furnished about forty gallons daily. The Spanish geological institute, shortly thereafter bored another well in the vicinity. Although the well was pushed deep 1,000 feet this flow could not be equal. It is reported that as soon as possible, new investigations will be made in the zone between Villartin, Bornos, Arcos de la Frontera and Espera, where geologists agree that may lay the most important deposit of liquid

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petroleum in southern Span, and perhaps in the country. In Castilla, at Robredo Ahedo, near Burgos, the geological Institute a short time ago, had two wells sank, one reaching 1,700 feet, the other over 2,000 feet. A meager output of about 15 gallons of petroleum daily was secured. Boring there has reached nearly 2,500 feet lately, without improvement. The institute has simultaneously begun experiments in the north of Spain where, at. Ajo (province of Santander), near the coast, boring has passed 2,500 feet already, and will be pushed as far as 3,500 feet if possible. NO STABLES HERE ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 11. —When the city seized a team of horses to satisfy a SB7 judgment against one Jerry Wood, it was forced to return them to him because there was no stable to house them. Fifteen years ago there were fifty livery stables here.

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