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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1910
Page
5
The Attorney General deplores that money may temper justice and says an able lawyer on the bench by mistake is a fortunate circumstance. The Prison Association is divided on a proposal to sterilize the feeble minded as the convention ends.
Attorney General Wickersham argues English judges command authority and mastery of law, while American judges vary in qualification. He cites miscarriages of justice from serial trials and frequent appeals, noting how a known criminal may evade conviction despite apparent guilt.
Addressing delegates of the American Prison Association and the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology at the New Wizard, Attorney General Wickersham calls for accelerated justice and criticizes reliance on legal technicalities. He contrasts American and English judicial power and stresses the need for reforms backed by Taft’s administration.
The Treasury Department agreed to sell the old Atlanta Federal building to the city for 79 dollars to be used as a city hall. The notice mentions ongoing commercial items and local advertisements alongside the sale.
An advertisement extols Poslam as a rapid skin remedy for pimples blemishes rashes and redness claiming overnight results and a free sample from Emergency Laboratories New York. It also lists Potent listings and pricing for trial jars and regular jars and cites testimonials including Mrs Helen Christian from Jersey City.
Today’s program lists 1 am services at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church led by Rev Dr Wallace Radcliffe. At 2 pm opening ceremonies of the International Prison Congress with Attorney General Wickersham and Hungarian chief of prisons Ricki d Ballyeahief. Charles R Henderson of Chicago presiding. At 8 pm joint meeting at the New Willard with Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brisey and other delegates delivering addresses.
A summary of talks at the American Prison Association convention discusses improving criminal procedure toward remedial legislation, including sterilization debate for feeble-minded children, selection of capable probation officers, and shifting from public homes to permanent foster placements. The next meeting is planned for Omaha in 1911 and officers are elected.
A cyclonic wind centered near Wolfboro New Hampshire uprooted trees and damaged dozens of buildings leaving towns isolated by downed wires. The/electric outages plus falling bricks injured several. Property damage is estimated around 100000 dollars. Separately a heavy thunder shower deluged Newburyport Massachusetts for about fifteen minutes with lightning frightening crowds at the fairgrounds but no serious injuries reported.
Commissioner Rudolph plans to recommend to the board revoking the August 11 muzzling order for dogs after the dog day passed. The order was issued in Commissioners Rudolph and Judson’s absence, by Johnston and Captain Markham on Health Officer Woodward’s recommendation. Dog owners statewide protested, and Rudolph, never in favor of muzzling, says it may be useful in hot weather but unnecessary in cooler months.
A coroner in Birkenhead heard a case about Mary Cadwallader who died after an appetite for raw rice. A doctor linked the habit of starch and other “beauty” practices to pale complexions, anemia, and death from natural causes.
An opal necklace, a gift from Parisian Countess de Rodillec to Miss Frances Gordon Alexander, was seized as undeclared on her arrival aboard the La Provence. Alexander said it was given in Paris in 1908 and worn since without duty concerns. the case goes to the collector for decision.
An amnesia patient identified as Lawrence Hall, a Bradford, Massachusetts shipping clerk, recovered a memory in Ossining New York. He recalled his name after Miss Adelaide Nutting of Columbia College provided his cousin, and said he left Bradford on vacation, went to New York last Saturday, boarded a steamboat, and lost his money. He does not know how he reached Ossining.
A long OCR dump lists numerous travelers and guests staying at hotels in Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh California Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Missouri Michigan New York Ohio Ontario Ohio Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and international entries for Dublin Cork Ireland and Mexico City with names including Raleigh Riggs Shoreham Ebbitt and many spouses ladies and gentlemen and a general roster of guests and their cities of origin or residence. The fragmentary list reads like an intercity hotel register from a national period paper.
A column promotes cosmetic “treatments” and home remedies to enhance beauty and avoid imperfections. It prescribes sugar-based tonics, powders, glossing creams, dandruff cures, hair regrowth tonics, and depilation pastes, attributing success to inner care and external mixtures, with brand-like names and routine applications.
Notice to stockholders of the Washington Gas Light Company calls a special meeting on Friday October 14 1910 at noon at the principal office in Washington DC to consider proposals on dividends betterments bond issues and refunding outstanding debt plans. Stock books close September 29 1910 for voting eligibility with polls open 11 am to 1 pm.
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