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THK VALDOSTA TIMES VALDOSTA, OA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1010
CRIMES AND
CRIMINALS
Students of Prison Reform
Gather in Great Meeting
in Washington City.
Washington, D. C., October 3.—
The greateat gathering of atudenta
of crime and of mcthoda of treating
criminals that the world has ever
witnessed assembled In this city to
day at the opening of the eighth
meeting of the International move
ment for prison reform. She has
sent a delegation consisting of pro
gressive young men who are taking
a prominent part In the work of re
shaping the system of Jurisprudence
of the empire and In the practical
administration of the law. Japan
likewise 1s represented at the con
gress, as are also Australia and aev-
ral of the countries of South and
Central America. Virtually all of the
nations ef Europe, Including Rus
sia and Turkey, are well represent
ed at the gathering.
The congress will consider the
subject and application of criminal
law, and methods of Improving the
condition of prisons. Its objects are
purely humanitarian, and comprise
the whole range of practical
measures Intended to benefit the er
ring Individual, as well as protect
society as a whole. Penal legislation
will be the subject of much discus
sion and the advisability of the
death nenalty will also be consider*
ed. The effects of probation, the
best methods of dealing with the
tramp problem, the Indeterminate
sentence, the problem of the drunk
ard. the essential principles of a
modern reformatory system, the Im
provement of the parole system, the
best means of working prisoners In
small prisons, the problem of the
Child criminal, and the procedure
regarding penal sentences pronounc
ed by courts of foreign lands when
the prisoner Is again In h!s own
country are among the topics that
will receive attention during the
week.
The presiding ofllcr Is Professor
Charles R. Henderson of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Included among
the noted participants are Emtlllo
Rabies, pres'dent of the prison
hoard of Mexico: Frederic O. A.
Woven, chief of prisons of Norway:
Etienne Khroulelf, chief of the pris
on administration of Russia: Victor
Almqulst. chief of the general pris
on administration of Sweden; Dr.
Guillaume of Borne, who Is aecre-
tarv of the International Prison Con
gress: Dr. Don Fernando Cadalso,
Inspector general of prisons In
Sraln: Dr. Joseph Baernrelther of
Austria; Aloph Prlns, general In
spector of prisons of Relglnm: Fir
Evelyn Ruggles-Brlse, president of
the English prison commlss'on;
Walter Oeorge Scott, president of
the prison commission for Scotland;
M. Sehrameok. director of the
French prison evstom: Dr. Rosen
fold, secertarv of the International
Criminalistic Association: Alexander
Skouses. former minister of foreign
alfa'rs of Greece, Takaahl Sanagl.
secretary of the prison bureau of
Japan: Jules Rlckl de Bellye, chief
of the prison system of Hungary
and Ssadeddln Bey, Judiciary Inspec-
or of Turkey.
Although the United States gov
ernment played a prominent part In
the organisation of the Internation
al Prison Congress, and
$250,000 IS
REWARD OFFER
Lot Angeles Merchants Of
fer Quarter of Million for
the Dynamiters _
Los Angelea, Cal., October 3.—
More than a quarter of a million
dollars In reward have been offered
for the arrest of the dynamiters of
Th Tlmea building Saturday when
more than a score of people were
killed.
Tho merchants of the city aro post
ing a reward of $260,000 and near
ly $20,000 have come from other
sources.
The police officers today secured
a definite clue which gave them In-
tlmantlon as to the purchasers of
explosives, which It la believed were
used for the explosion. Arrests are
expected today.
Five of the 'bodies have been re
covered, though others are still hur
led in the ruins and several hundred
men are working to get them.
On every hand thfere la the deep
est sympathy for the victims. There
la no terrorism In Los Angeles and
the city la In gala dress to welcome
the American Banker's Association
which meets here tomorrow, though
the parade this afternoon has been
abandoned.
All thought of the explosion being
due to escaping gas has been aban
doned slnoe the police officers fo
that a sett case full pt explw
had been placed near the
DON’T FORGET
Ip
That Tomorrow is the day for the State
and County Election. Take a few min
utes off and go to the polls and vote for
the nominees.
and so full of Ijity
aro dangeroui
morals of the
Thie request^
makes through It
follpwa the 's'
hurtdi
’file"
General Otla, the editor of the pa- crltlcjpn of Ho$
per and that an offer was also made
to blow up a branch office of the
paper In another part of town.
The dynamite which was used to
destroy The Times building
placed in an alley running almost
through the center of the building.
The explosion broke’ the gas pipes
and that was one of the things
which caused the flames to break
out In all parts of the building ao
quickly.
WATSON KITS
TENDER SPOT
Atlanta Journal Want* the
Government to Suppress
His Publications.
Atlanta, Oct 3—The Atlanta
Journal has called upon thq United
States postal authorities to ^exclude
Thomas E- .Watson’s "Weekly Jof-
fcaonlau” from the' mailt
ground that lit violates t
regulations by printing irtt
vile that they bolder
It Cannot Make Corporations
Perform Duties That Are
Not Reasonable.
Atlanta, Ga„ -petober 3.—The
Amis railroad ' commission has
^^Btd a decision emphasising
tie Tact that the' Commission under
stands that it haPnor right under
4he law to require publlo service
and untlllty commutes to perform
unreasonable duties or to require
at points where they
nve no facilities tor operating,
of th"3€
Cislous
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ilia p-ll-
MURDER OF
EDMONDSONS
Bob Clemens is Placed Upon
Trial For the Second Time
in Alabama Court
Decatur, Ala., Oct. 3—The ease of
Bob Clemmons, who is charged with
the murder of tho Edmondson fam
ily, camo up for Its second trial to
day In tho Morgan county court.
The case Is one of the most mysteri
ous with which the courts of this
county have ever had to deal and
the crime Itself one of tho most hor.
rlble In tho criminal annals of Ala
bama.
The victims of tho tragedy, which
occurred more than a year ago,
were Tom Edmondaon, hla aged
mother, hla wife and two children.
The scene of the crime wss the
home of the Edmondsons at Wood
land Mills, this county. The home
and barn were burned and In their
rules were found parts of the re
mains of Edmondson's wife and two
children, but not She slightest trace
of Edmondson or hla mother has ev
er been found, which fact has led
to a supposition that Edmondaon
himself might have been the mur
derer and that ho and his mother
craped alive.
On tlie Other hand, strong elreum-
tnntlal evidence pointed to Bob
tho murderer,
after t'
SOUTH CLOSER
TO NEW YORK
The Southern Road to Oper
ate Six New Trains to
Big City Every Day.
New Tork, Oct. 8—The South
will be brought closer thsn ever be
fore to New York City about the
middle of November when the South
ern Railway will begin the operation
of Its six through passenger trains
between New York and the South
Into its Manhattan terminals, the
Pennsylvania Railroad's magnificent
New York station reached by the
wonderful tunnels under the Hudson
River Just completed, the use of
whleh will eliminate the ferry trip
from Jersey City to New Tork whleh
has been an Incident of railroad
travel from the South to New York
since the first trains were run.
In order to Insure abeolute safety
In the operation of trains through
these tunnels, electrto lighted ears
will be used exclusively. The Pull
man Company is now remodeling a
number of sleepers for the South
ern Railway whleh will be usod In
this servlco, substituting electric for
gas lighting equipment and chang
ing tho arrangement of platforms
film vestibule doom bo rh to allow
to atop from the cam to
tho ntctlon platformi/^ileh arc OB
a lovol with
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COTTON CROP
DADLY OFF
Ginners Report Shows Sea
Islands Hardly Half of Same
Date Last Year.
Washington, October 3.—The cen
sus bureau this'morning Issued a
ginners report for the month ending
September 25th, showing 2,302,211
bales this year against 2,525,151)
last year.
The Sea Island cotton la 7,112
against 13,832 last year.
The government crop report today
gives the average condlt'on on Sep-
tlmber 26th at 65.9 against 72.1
last month and 58.5 last year. Tho
average for the past ten years waa
66.6.
LABOR TROUBLES AT TAMPA.
Plumbers Betas* to Work and a
General Strike la 'Hireatened.
Tampa, Fla., Oetobr 3.—The
plumbers this morning refused to
work with non-union men and It
meetings I may precipitate a lockout. It. la pre-
_ ...
Gray, of "jlmV 8 mi
public men whom he dls
Watnte paper of that
a - novertoil
The aricle which seems
IncOnsed the Journal most
In wHwfc|Mr. Watson acci
Jftnlth of Turning tho Jom
stated In his irtlcle 'that
Gray swore two yeare ngj that ho
owned nothing but a shot gnn and
a watch and that be to k a"pony
homestead” making these returns
Watson saya that if Gray will admit
owning tho Journal Jock, that his
old creditors will c me In and get
tnelr money. It le tola charge, whleh
Is argued at length by Mr. Watson,
that has hit the Journal editor to toe
quick.
The carnal declares that the pa
per has been slaudci mis and obscene
from the time It w. a first Issued,
and that It Is getting worse and
worse. The matter has been called
vigorously to the attention of the
postal authorities that it Is expect
ed an Investigation will follow.
TOOK THE LAW
IN HIS v UDS
than
teen miles dlatnrtMrqm Sylvanln and
that tho busln:aa»W(ch would de
velop In and out ef that town would
not Justify thfcjexpense of puttlog
In a v/lkp ' ■
Tho bnatter was submitted to
Judge A. K. Hines, attorney for the
commlaalon, and he promptly ren
dered an opinion favoring the tel
egraph company,
Governo- Brown Offers a Reward
Governor Brown has paid a re
ward of $100 to W. N. Hyatt,
convicted and sontStainJ In
onment for life. An aA>ea>
taken to the supreme court and that
tribunal reversed the verdict andl
remanded the case for another trial.
THE LAND OWNERS' SHOW
The
Manatee county. Florida, for the ar.
feat of Wade Wilson, who waa want
ed In Thomas county for murder.
Wilson wos convicted and given a
life sentence .
GUNS GLISTEN
AT THE TRIAL
Friends of Prisoner and His
Victim are Ready for Shed
ding of Blood.
Exposition of Georgia Lands
Will be Held Next Year
Atlanta, Oct. 1—The Georgia
Land Owners' Exposition, In which
the products of Georgia ao'l are to
of bo exhibited here at the audltorlum-
Armory, has been postponed until
the fall of 1911. There waa aomo
talk of holding It this year, but tt
waa decided that It would be wiser
to give the fair more time and prep
aration. This conclusion was arrived
at an Important meeting Saturday.
have been held every five years since
1872, when the congress waa firmly
organised, this la the first meeting
that has been held In thla country.
FRAUD ORDERS ISSUED
Kansas City Drug Company Charged
With False Pretenses
Washington. Oct. 3—Fraud or
der! were lamed, today against the
Branaman Remedy Company of
Kansas City, which la charged with
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. An Investigation showed
that the medicine did not do what
was claimed for tt, or, at least, this
is what Is charged. ., ,
dieted that If they are locked out
other unions will join them and a
general strike will result.
All of the unions are secretly aid
ing the tobacco workers and much
feeling has been caused.
In Memory of Martyred Jurist'
Catlettsburg, Ky., Oct. 3—A
statue of tbe late Judge John Mil-
ton Elliott, of the Kentucky Court
of Appeals, waa unveiled In the
courthouse yard here today with In
teresting exercise* and In the pres
ence of a large crowd of spectators.
Judge Elliott was amaislnated by s
disappointed litigant at Frankfort
on March t«. 187$.
Louisville, Miss., Oct. 3—Tho
trial of Swinton Permenter, the eon
of a prominent family, was begun
today and the village Is transferred
A Millionaire Oil Operater is {Into a camp of armed men.
et I r* j J , On one aldo la permcntcr’a fac-
ot Ucad oday by a tion who | a roa ,jy t 0 KK that the ac-
Wronged Husband cused man has a fair trial, and on
I ho other aldo aro relative* and
friend* of the girl whom ho murdor-
Vlncennea, Ind., Oct. 3—Edwin cd, all armed with Winchester*, and
Gibson, a mllllonalru oil operator, both aides watching the other side.,
waa ahot to death to’ay by Menlow A detachment of mlllltary with
Moore, ut the unloi to -n, In this Instructions to shoot to kill If vlo-
clty. lence breaks out are also on the
Moore, who *7 a rich tu . eat scene,
man, owning a rldg *t theaters A hundred witnesses have been
across tbe state, accused Gl. on of summoned to attend the trial. A
Intimacy with Sirs. Moore.- rqbvc by cither aide means a bloody
The depot was crowded and a pan- battle.
Ic ensued when the thootln,; took j
place. u oore was placed under ar- ATLANTA GETS CONVENTION
rest Immediately and Is being held
for an Investigation.
The Schedule of thn B- '1 Weevil
Atlanta, Oct. 3—•"'he boll weevil
Is expected to arrive to c orgla In
1913 If ltd ncrtnal advancement
through the cotton ' sit la maintain
ed, according to -letter* reed red
from toe Texas bn rein ,.f plan; In-
Atlanta, Oct. 3—Atlanta has been
awarded the National Good Road*
Congress/.for 1911, over the claims
of Denver and Milwaukee, and It ap
pears too that It was a mistake
about the cltyy having to pay $10,-
000 for the honor.
Later telegrams from St. Loula
where the present convention Is be-
dustry at Dallas. It la uld the Ing held. Indicate that $3,000 or
weevil has been spr-wdlng at th- j 31.000 will be an amply sufficient
rat* of alxty-flvc miles yer pear. jfund, and this will be raised.
WILD WINDS
LASHJVAVES
Many Lives Lost and Much
Damage Done by Gales Off
Canada and England.
Roston, Mass., Oct. 3—Advices
today Indicate that two have been
killed, aeven aro missing and a score
are seriously Injured as a result of
thn terrific gale that Is sweeping
along tho New England coast and
Routhcrn Canada. The property loss
morn than $100,000. Former
State Senator George S. Stone was
killed by a falling tree.
Gale on English Coast
London. Oct. 3—Many lives havn
been loat In tho terrific galea that
are raging In the North Sea and
hurling rocks on the coast dtirlnr
tho last twenty-four hours. The
steamer Vclhomo was foundered
off Cape Croma.
bognTl
achievement of the
Railroad in constructing tbfa great-
l C»t of nil railroad Improvcmentn.
President W. W. Finley, of tho
Southern Railway, together with
thirty-live officials representing all
branches of toa Company’s organisa
tion. made a special trip to New
York Thnriday and spent the after
noon Inspecting toe new station and
tunnels. Tho Southern officials
went through toe tunnels and over
the Pennsylvania Railroad'! entire
New York terminal system on •
special train as the guests of Vico
President Samuel Rea, Secretary A.
J. County and Chief Engineer of
Electric Traction, Oeorge Gibbs, of
toe Pennsylvania Railroad.
President Finley also wished to
acquaint officials.with th* magnltnde
of the Improvement! and the excel
lent facilities which they will afford
to passengers from the South who
hv their nan will be enahtad to travel
from their homes to the renter of
New York City on any of th* South
ern's through trains without •
change of cars.
Condition of Cotton Market.
New York. October 3.—Cotton la
strong at eight to twelve higher. The
ginners figure* had small effect on
the market. October 13.65 and Jan
uary 13.90.
2.10,000 Miners out of Work
Cardiff. Eng., Oct. 3—The miner*
In a thousand collieries iolned In the
strike today and It Is estimated that
two hundred and fifty thousand
miners are now Idle, closing
thousand mines:
TIIK GEORGIA REPUBLICANS '
Reports Indicate That They are Go
ing to Stick to Taft
Atlanta, Oct. 3—So Georgia Re
publicans are going to support Taft
for tho presidential nomination In
1913. Of course. It doesn't make
any difference Inside of Georgia
whom they support, but thalr atti
tude may have more or lea* effect
on the outside situation. It means
Just that much more endorsement
for the present administration.
Thn attitude of tho Republican*
of Georgia was defined Saturday at
the Republican National League
Convention which took place In New
York City, when Henry 8. Jackson,
collector of Internal revenue*,
spokesman of the Georgia delega
tion, started a boom for Taft. They
aro even talking of trying to carry
Georgia for him.
Whltla Kidnapper’s Appeal
Philadelphia. Pa.. Oct. 3—The ap
peal of Sir*. Helen Boyle, now aerv-
Ing sentence for her complicity In
the kidnapping of Billy Whltla of
Sharon, Pa., In 1963, for a . new
trial came up for hearing In this
city today before toa Judges of too
State Superior Court
King Entertains Booker
Copenhagen, Oct 3—Booker
Washington, tot American Edu
cator, will be dined at to* Royal
Palace tonight by King Frederick of
two!Denmark. He was received In aif
audience with to* King today.
