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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08

some men tiavo gone II decorations which
cannot be removed: y 'sTat too marks on
Ghost, shoulders, arms and back, viz:
Eagle, ship, woman, flag, sailor, cards.
fclasped hands, flag and flowers n. Tat
too Emnrksanr Il ready means of identifl--5
cation Of Il deserters. fg Hid Il 5&y 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08
Indians Among Recruits.

a3i as (By Associated Press.) II IA 81
s5syVASHINGTON, August q Among the
,recentarecruits for the navy have been a
number OF young Indians WI os!yare edit
Gated at the Carlisle Indian 4 School, In
Pennsylvania. Edward NJ. ELLIS, a grand y
son sof 3 Red Cloud, the famous Sioux
chief, q Is one Of these. He Is L q petty
officer III 5 Ss .ts. " 5t5ftla
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AUDITORIUM mot
YET SETTLED ON.
Continued from First Page.) #

sSsI8s Continued from SHlrslS faeeJ i&as ES55
able to bring here any convention. l,ow-
ever Siarge. 5s.ss ,sas
Sl5 rho question OF whether the structure
could be erected in time came up, and
MIR. Bryant assured them that u co .ll
81 completed within six months after
work wns CONNIE en- ccd, & sssl sts
There was some discussion as to 1.-THE
n dvisabllity OF selecting tho Third Mar Mar:
ket as the site for the;:auditoriuln.S but
Captain lie Masurier objected z. to Inc ne
man as. IN Ills opinion, tho small space
afforded would not DO worth the OK
pedit,ire, ana too far from the center
Of tthe city and removed from, stree - y car car
lIries.L 55gsa sS5 Y. Ar
ti:sMr.9 Burton offered n motion that all
the architects who had submitted ~ ten Y
tive plans submit them to the full COM
Rmittee with detailed plans and speclfl-
ca lions aud statement OF cost. This was vas
adopted. and the committee adjourned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08
Ii I boulevard D
E0.R. JAMESTOWN | D 5. ||'|| ' \.
Norfolk Council Votes One
Hundred Thousand
for It.

Especial to The Times. Dispatch)
NORFOLK VA, August Tho Com
mon Council OF the city Of Norfolk passed
at first reading an ordinance to pay
500. 900 in payment Of the clty's share
for the c ost Of a boulevard, to DO CON
structed from Norfolk down to tho site
OF the Jamestown Exposition. 81 The total
cost of the boulevard Will be 5l50, 900, and
1t will be one OF tho most magnificent
In tho United States. En-
1t will be Eused by the soldiers and
other organizations in passing to and
from the exposition grounds, and espc-s
.clally by automobiles. III 4. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08
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( THE ATHER.

h Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday:
Virginia Local thunder show W ednes-
day and Thursday llghtHto fresh Esouith-4
North No and South Carolina Showers
Wednesday and Thursday; variable
winds, mostly light south. IL FL s@
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NINE KILLED.
Elevator Carrying Miners II . ELL
5S Nine Hundred ards. paItats

3 CHARLEROI,8B BELGIUM, August o.
An elevator, in which nine miners were
going down to the AIarchiennes coal mine
here to-day, dropped 900 yards, smashing
the carlo, atoms and instantly killing all
its occupants. Their bod les were so
crushed as to be; almost unrcc ognizablc.
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II MAN 4, i CUT no PIECES.
Brakeman Run Over by His Own
q Train.
fSpecial is The Times Dlspa tch.) tx
,Sryh1rtrrr,Sy Nv J,5( ~ IA iip,Yst 2 .-N0a

= tSpeclal TO The TImes-D spatcli)
%. Church, of NVilleesboro, NJ. &C., a brake
man on local freight train No. Ga. was
run over and Instantly killed at the depot
here this morning.
he was standing at the rear Of his
engine and two cars, looking at an APP
SproachIng train, when his train backed
suddenly and knocked him down, passed
over him, lAaangllg him lin a horrible
manner. =. Il =" I & Z ~
& Ills head was severed from his%body,
and was picked UP several feet away
Both legs and arms We're cut Off, and
parts of his body We're strewn along the
track for! thirty feet, II
The remains were placed In charge OF
an undertaken, and will be sent to his
home tonight. 2a.
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ThermometerT This Day Last Yea,

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08
Conditions Yesterday.

y Rlchmond's weather was hot and rainy
Range of the Thermometer: 81;
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The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13

When I first came into this office under Inspector Byrnes," began In spector Mclaughlin, you could count the Italian criminals in New York on your fingers. But now" He pushed back his chair and looked squarely at me" writes Frederick Boyd Steven son in the Brooklyn Eagle Now no one knows how many there are. It is the same with all other nationalities- they have increased so rapidly that 1t is almost impossible to keep track of them"
 And is there proportionate in- crease in the criminals in other large cities of the United States?"
 "Unquestionabiy. The fact of the increase in New York would indicate that. New York is the clearing house for crime in America. It not only is the starting out place, but it is the winding up place. New York has a much larger criminal population than any other city in America, and prob ably than any other in the world. The crime problem in New York Is getting away with us, and it has ar rived at the point where we must do something, and do it promptly"
 What is the first step?"
 The first step" said the inspector decisively, is to drive the crooks out of New York city"
 Has No High-Flown Theories.
 But how about other cities and other states ?' I queried.
 Then 1t was that the trait of the old
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
UP THE MOON MOUNTAINS.

The Duke of Abruzzi is back from his remarkable expedition into the in- terior of Africa, where he explored the wonderful Moon mountains, as cending Mount RuwenZori, and seal ing the Kiyanja peak, a feat never before accomplished. The intrepid mountain climber has just paid his re- spects to the Royal Geographical SO ciety of London, through whose gener- ous support he was able to carry on his explorations.
 The story of the dukes journey through Uganda, and his ascent of Mount Ruwenzori is an interesting one as told by a member of the expe dition. The party left Entebbe on May IA last and arrived at Fort Por tai fifteen days later, where the Brit ish authorities received them kindly and gave him an escort of 30 native soldiers, commanded by SuEanese cap tain, for it must be remembered that the duke had to traverse a strange and in some cases hostile country in order to reach the starting point of the real object of the expedition.
 On the road from Entebbe to Fort Portal the duke was met by several chiefs, who brought him the usual presents of cattle, poultry and fruit.
 The party was accompanied by about 100 native carriers, who sang as they marched, sometimes war or love songs, sometimes song they had especially composed in honor of the duke-"the pale Mulanghira (prince) braver than the leopard"
 On reaching Fort Portal the expe- dition was met by the British gov ernor and the king of Toru. Here a rest of two days was taken.
 On June 1 the expedition moved to- wards the valley of the Mobuks river, which springs from Ruwenzori; the weather, which during the first part of the journey had been very hot, grew gradually cooler, until when the high glaciers were approached it be- came bitterly cold. On June 6, after seven hours of hard marching, the party reached Kichincin, which is sit uated at an altitude of nearly 1000 feet above sea level.
 At this point the Uganda carriers refused to proceed further on account of the cold. and the duke had to change them for eighty carriers re
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cruited among the inhabitants of the low mountains (Wakondjo). From here to Bujongolo the party expert weather of the Ruwenzori district mist, fogs and rains, through which only at intervals they could obtain a view of the splendid scenery that sur rounded them. At Bujongolo the duke ordered camp to be struck, and from this place, taking with him four trust ed Italian guides of the Aosta valley, he started on June g for the ascent of the first peak of the RuwenZori. Dur ing the dukes absence the camp had to be removed and pitched higher up near the glaciers, but of the eighty new carriers only seven could be in- duced to proceed, and those only after the promise of large gift in money. Three days later the duke returned. after having reached the first peak. which is 16.00O feet high.
 On June 13 a dramatic incident oc- cured. For several days the party had reason to suspect that it was followed by some wild animal. al- though on account of the great eleva- tion and of the rigor of the temper ature such thing seemed rather strange. However, in the evening of the same day the Duke Abruzzi was sitting in front of his tent giving in- structions to Signor Filippo Bulli, who was in charge of the scientific section of the expedition, when he sprang to his feet, crying: "The leopard, the leopard!" Signor Bulli turned and saw big leopard two yards away. it's eyes shining in the darkness, with gaping jaws, and on the point of mak- ing spring. Signor Bulli seized the box whereon he was sitting and hurled it with all his might at the beast, hitting it on the head. The leopard leaped backwards and ran away through the mud and bushes. bowling with fear, and despite a two hours chase it was impossible to trace the animal.
 On June Is the duke reached the highest and hitherto untrodden peak of Ruwenzori (1S,220 feeD. This he named the Margherita, in honor of the dowager queen of Italy. A careful typographical survey of this mountain chain was made. It seems that the loftiest peaks are in the Congo and not in the Uganda.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
LINE IN ALASKA LAID ON GROUND
 THAT NEVER FLAWS.
Engineering Feat Which Has Taxed American Skill and Pluck-First
 Broad Gauge Road.

A daring piece of engineering and construction work has been the build ing of the first broad-gauge road in Alaska, the Council City and Solomon River railroad. The significance of the enterprise is the proof which it offers that the Alaska tundra can be crossed, an achievement which many of the best engineers had declared re- peatedly was impossible.
 J. Warren Dickson, a young New York engineer, built this most north erly railroad in the world. after plan ming it out in every detail five thous- and miles away from Alaska. And so exactly were these details worked out that when the first years work was finished near Nome every item of $500,000 equipment was accounted for, save a few odds and ends worth less than s100.
 The story of the solving of the greatest problem met with in con- structing the road, namely, the build ing of the roadbed across the tundra, shows what determination and in- genuity will do. The tundra is the name given to the lowlands of Alas ka. These lowlands are covered with age old growths of moss in hummocks, decayed year after year, in natures process of soil making, to depth of from one to three feet, with frequent pools of water. It was this unstable ground over which engineers had de- clared no roadbed could be built to sustain the heavy cars of standard gauge road except at prohibitive cost. But Mir. Dickson had convinved himself that, while this tundra in itself was not firm enough, it was only an excres- cence on solid foundation of earth, in some place frozen, and in other places over a foundation of ice He realized that the ground underneath this tundra would sustain his tracks. But the difficulty was in disposing of the moss and it's underlying muck, to save the enormous cost of handling and draining it, for unskilled labor was $4 day. Concerning one thing, all the Knowing ones" held to the same opinion-the tracks would have to be sustained by heavy uHderpack- ing. This would add another item of great expense, as ordinary planRing was worth $40 to $60 a thousand feet board measure.
 But MT. Dickson studied out the solution. He utilized the moss and muck-which is of the consistency of wet clay-by building them into the grade (which at the same time gave
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
RAILROAD IN THE ARCTIC.

him ditches for drainage on each side) and then tamping the grade. The action of the long hours of hot sun drained and hardened the grade Then the tracks were laid ana the balasting done from nearby gravel hillsides.
 And the substantial roadbed, unaf- fected by the winters, is silent proof of the success of the methods used. Along the line loaded freight cars in some places pass over tracks built in this substantial manner eight or ten feet above crystal ice. This substrat- um of ice never melts, in spite of the very warm days of summer which pre- vail even here within 100 miles of the Arctic circle. It is the primeval freeze that has not thawed since ancient geologic ages. It is kept from thaw- ing by the thick blanket of moss, muck and gravel lying over it, and the whole roadbed has proved firm foundation for this commercial enter
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when there were 215.000 criminals, in- sane persons and paupers in aims houses, in addition to 3,000,000 paupers at large in the United States. Since then these numbers have been greatly augmented This nation expends something like s200,000,0 900 a year to protect the good from the bad In other words every honest man is com pelled to pay from 8 to s annually in order to receive protection from the criminal classes and it frequently hap pens that even then he is not protect ed. The evolution of the criminal is the natural result of the present sys- tenn in regard to the care-oF rather the lack of care-of the children of the poor. The boy of honest poor per sons Is allowed to play in the street with the boy of the criminal and the degenerate. With these vicious asso- citations the result is a criminal or a drunkard. If boy like this becomes a man and has children what chance have these children to become honest and useful citizens?
 fTOIeSSOT TOSlilidiiHs ol lhS ChlfCi- sity of Bonn, investigated the charac- ters of the descendants of woman who was a confirmed drunkard. He traced her descendants for six gener- ations through a posterity numbering 834 persons, and obtained a record of 709 of them. He found that TOT were of illegitimate birth, 162 were profes- sional beggars, GA inmates of aims houses, 1S1 women of bad repute, 76 convicted of serious crimes, and seven convicted of murder. Another statis- tician-the Rev. o. McCulloch-traced the histories of 1,750 criminals and paupers who were descended from
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thief catcher came to view. He smiled cynically as he said:
 T am interested in driving the thieves out of New York city. Let the other cities take similar methods. If they would all do that the criminals would have to go 10 work I would have them earn their liveliho6ds as honest men do or put them all behind the bars"
 Then you do not believe in the in- determinate sentence as advocated by the Prison association?"
 He shook his head.
 Nor probation?"
 See here" he said suddenly. and ke set his jaw firmly Not one habit ual criminal out of hundred ever reforms. Once crook, always a crook, is an old saying that I have found to hold perfectly good. Some years ago a well known thief came to me and said he wanted to reform and earn an honest livelihood, and I helped him. He secured a place in the house of wealthy woman. Not long after that he stole the woman's S diamonds When he was brought be- fore me he said; couldn't help steal ing those diamonds I meant to be honest, but when I saw them in the drawer I couldn't resist the tempta- ton to take them That is the case with the majority of criminals. Now and then you may find an old crim- inal who wants to reform. But those cases are exceedingly rare"
 This feeling is shared by about all the men who are engaged in the occu- patton of running down criminals and endeavoring to prevent the perpetra- ton of crime. Robert Pinkerton once expressed practically the same views to me, and only the other day Samuel J. Barrows, cores bonding secretary of the Prison Association of New York, told a story where he was made the victim of a pretended reformed crim- inal The man had come to him with a tale of reform; small loan was made to him and repaid, followed by confidence resulting in the advance of quite sum of money for goods to set him up in business. Since that ad- vance no word has been heard from the so-called reformed criminal. The incident, however, did not affect MT. Barrows' faith, for he still believes there Is good in many criminals and that assistance should be given to them to reform But with the profes- sional thief cateEsr 1t is different matter They are daily brought in contact with such a low order of hu- manity and daily see the lowest side
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
What Is the Remedy?

Now, the analysis of crime is all well enough in its way, but the prac- tical citizen asks: What is the rem edy for crime? The increase in the United States, and especially in New York city, shows the necessity of some remedy. Inspector Mclaughlin admits that the criminals are almost beyond control in that city, and he believes that the law is to blame for this condition of affairs. The laws are numerous enough, for there are in the United States SPA anti-social acts classified as crimes, but the case he wishes to reach is not reached by a specific law. The inspector wants law that will provide that whoever has been convicted of a felony, or whoever has been convicted as a pick
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
First Standard Gauge Passenger Car
 Constructed in Alaska.

prise involving great capital. Three winters have already proved that there is not the slightest "heaving' and that it is as solid foundation as that of any railroad in the United States.
 The past four months of work &C., complished remarkable results. The camp had increased to 600 men. Eight miles of standard track were built and ballasted, and parelleled by telephone line; complete railroad yards were laid out, with switches to all the supplies, sufficient to build over forty miles more of the road; three large buildings were erected and oc- cupied; complete machine shop was in operation; everything was left in order for the next seasons work, and 500 workmen had been sheltered and fed without one fatal illness or accident. & r.
 The line is now over 34 miles long, and the revenue is on a basis that would bulge the eyes of traffic man. ager in the States" Freight is car ried for $1 ton for every mile hauled That is about 125 times as much as the rate in the States. Passenger rates are 20 cents a mile-ten times the rates on the big lines
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13
CRIME N OUR IARGE CITIES
Process Of the Evolution Of the Criminal From Boy hood Traced By Inspector Mclaughlin of Mew York-That City Clearing House for Crime
 -FeW Reformations Recorded.

criminal who lived Tn Kentucky in 1790, and he ascertained that among these descendants, nearly all of whom were criminals, 121 were women of bad repute. In tracing S34 descend ants of two sisters who died in 1925, the Rev. Dr. Stocker of Berlin found that 76 of them had served 116 years in prison, 164 were women of bad re- pute, 106 were illegitimate children, r were degenerates, 142 beggars and GA paupers.
 Three Tenets of Crime.
 Dr. G. Frank Lydston, professor ot criminal authropology of the Chicago Kent College of Law, says there are three tenets of crime:
 T. The criminal and vice classes are the product of certain influences of heredity, congenital and acquired disease, and unfavorable surroundings involving pernicious teaching and ex' ample, physical necessities and other social maladies.
 "2. The influences result in a class of persons of low grade of develop ment, physically and mentally, with a defective understanding of their true relations to the social system in which they live. Such persons have no true conception of that variable thing called morality, and, in the case of the criminal, no respect whatever for the rights of others, save in so far as it may be compelled by fear of punishment Some become criminals, some paupers, inebriates or insane.
 "3. These subjects are character ized, upon the average, by certain anomalies of development that consti- ute the so-called stigmata, or marks of degeneracy. In them, vice, crime, and disease go hand in hand
 Dr. Lydston classifies criminals un- der the following heads:
 1. Instinctive criminals: Born criminals, the moral imbecile, or so- called moral instane, the stable fac tor in criminality.
 2. Criminals by impulse: The oc- casional criminal, criminals by pas sion, criminals from accidental or in- tercurrent factors of disease, in ebriety,, necessity, or social excite. ment.
 3. Epileptic and insane criminals.
 4. Political criminals.
The Carlisle independent., 1906-12-13

pocket, thief or burglar, having no visible means of support, found loiter- ing about public places or on the streets and unable to give a satisfac- tory explanation of his presence, may be imprisoned for not more than six months.
 On the other hand, the sociologist will ask:
 How will such a law prevent crime?"
 When the criminal is born, society does nothing to prevent him from con tinuing a criminal In a period of 4e years in the last century statistics show that the population of this coun- try increased TO per cent, while the proportion of criminals increased 445 perscent. This does not look as if we had treated the crime problem with any great degree of intelligence.