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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1910
Page
1
Sir Evelyn Ruggles Brise calls the belief that physical traits reveal crime a superstition hindering reform. Mr Wicker Sham cites progress in crime prevention in the country, arguing against physical character as a predictor of wrongdoing.
The program includes a 9 30 am section meeting and a 2 pm public lecture by Prof Simon Van der Aa of Groningen University. A 5 pm reception follows. Sir Evelyn Ruggles Browne condemns crinology superstition linking crime to physique. He argues petty offenders deserve state burden, and England should learn from the US on justice.
Special to The Washington Post from Eagle Pass Texas reports a fatal coal mine blast near Esperanza Mexico about 100 miles south of Eagle Pass. More than 200 men were in the chamber when the explosion occurred and all are believed dead. Debris blocked entry, bodies were being removed as gas hampered work. government soldiers kept order while an investigation was ordered. The mine is owned by Coahuila Coal Company, a Mexican Coal and Coke Co subsidiary controlled by Erie Railroad interests.
Mayor William J. Gaynor and Mrs. Gaynor arrived in Brooklyn by auto from St James Long Island for their first visit to New York since the shooting. The mayor's unexpected return left no dinner prepared as the maid fetched a meal from a neighbor. He plans to attend tomorrow's budget exhibit showing interest in municipal government.
Dr. Hubert B. Gudger a 24 year old University of Pennsylvania Medical School graduate killed himself in a Grand Union Hotel room in New York while his mother struggled to take the razor. His parents aboard from Asheville sought specialists for melancholia and possible sanitarium care. survive parents and siblings Emmet Gadger a paymaster on Idaho and Mrs John W Langley wife of Rep Langley of Kentucky.
New York Oct 2 A list from the battleship New Hampshire counts twenty nine men believed dead after a cutter swamped while being towed to the ship in the Hudson River. Midshipman Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier is praised for rescuing up to twenty men and faces a future court martial while his mother and crew express admiration.
Survivors of Knepp's Pennsylvania battery have purchased a tract near the Dunkard Church on Antietam battlefield. A cannon will be placed on the battery's former site. Also noted is a popular excursion by Baltimore and Ohio with departures from Union Station to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkley Springs and Cumberland at modest prices.
Mrs. Oscar Turner, aboard the Hamburg American liner Deutschland, says a diamond necklace valued at 25.00 disappeared after she entrusted the jewel case to the purser for safekeeping. Other jewelry and 8000 in cash remained, the case later found unopened in hotel vaults in Europe and on the ship.
The mayor, identified as Shank, was arrested and to appear in city court to answer cruelty to animals charges. Humane Officer Dietz testified to seeing the mayor driving the horse without proper shoeing. The mayor admitted the horse needed shoeing and planned to plead guilty.
In Poughkeepsie a Mrs James Connelly finds eighty hundred dollars in a skirt blown by the wind. The winded skirt drops a roll of money as she contemplates disposal near Spruce Street, inspiring a neighborhood cleanup effort. In Staunton Virginia Fred Kreshner aged seven dies in a boiler explosion at a West Augusta planing mill. His parents Mr and Mrs H L Kershner mourn the tragedy.
A balloon carrying three men and French actress Mile Denarder burst valve and plunged seven thousand feet near Roydon in Essex. All four were severely injured as ballast and sand threw up into their faces. Denarder was an experienced aeronaut. London dispatch.
The body of Miss Mary Daly, a voluntary patient at the State Hospital for the Insane, was found in six inches of water near the asylum grounds. She had left with her mother two days earlier, intending to return, but was not at home or in the hospital. Authorities suspect foul play and are investigating.
Sen ator Benjamin R. Tillman said his health improves he will seek the United States Senate in 1912. He noted his decision hinges on how he handles Senate work when he arrives in Washington in December, dispelling retirement rumors.
Misa Margaret C Cobb and Raymond C Potterger both of Wilkes Barre were married in a canoe on Lake Winola yesterday by Rev. A J Kerr pastor Memorial Presbyterian Wilkes Barre. The couple used the same large canoe where they first met and were followed by another canoe with the wedding party to a romantic shore spot under a chestnut tree for the ceremony.
Robert A. Taft son of the President enters Harvard Law School with three Yale friends, Stephen Philbin Ruthven Wodel and John Heron. Taft says he is there to study not play sports or engage in social life, intends to practice law in a state other than New York, and plans to work hard during his course.
President Taft leaves New York for Beverly to begin two weeks of vacation. He will golf and motor daily, with few engagements, and may visit Panama in November while considering his role during the next session of Congress.
Los Angeles grapples with a deadly blast at the Times building. Gen. Otis denounces the act as assassination, while Mayor with newspapers and labor groups raise rewards to 18,500 dollars to catch the conspirators. W. J. Burns and W. J. Moran inspect the wreckage as investigators search for the culprit amid multiple recoveries and collapses at the scene.
A compact index notes items including a prison congress, a man harming his mother, heroic rescues at sea, authorities considering halting auto races, Gen Otis guarding his home, a woman vanishing after a 40000 diet, a university backing a vaccine, and other era items.
Mrs Mary Louisa Wood, wife of Richard A Wood, faces a $200 attack charge after defending her actions as justifiable assault. She argues wealthy households need discipline to maintain atmosphere and notes long-serving staff may learn family secrets. she refuses to confirm actual attack on Helma Nelson.
Nassau county faces a special session over canceling the Grand Prize auto race permit set for October 15 on the Vanderbilt cup course. Barney Oldfield demands full troop protection. Oyster Bay official C C Painter urges cancellation after recent fatalities and injuries.
Howard University faces internal conflict as instructor Harry B Bradford, head of the Antivaccination Society, is told to quit public antivaccination activity or resign. President Thirkield, backed by trustees, maintains liberty of belief but warns the crusade could undermine campus duties and influence colored communities, especially in the South. Bradford refuses to resign and asserts he will remain president of the antivaccination society.
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