The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-03
Worlds Most Famous Criminol-
ogists Gather at Washington
to Attend International
Congress
Will STUDY PRISON REfORM
Nearly Fifty Countries Represented at
Big Gathering Which Opened To-
day-china Sends Delegate for
the First Time.

Washington. ID. c.. oct. 3.-The
greatest gathering of students of
crime and OF methods of treating
criminals that tho world has ever
witnessed assembled i'm this city today
at the opening of the meeting of the
International Prison Congress. The
sessions are being held in the new
National Museum and will continue
through the entire week. The attend
ance embraces several hundred of the
worlds most famous criminal crimi-
nologists and prison experts, gathered
from nearly Bfty countries.
For the first time in her history
China Is participating I'm the interna-
tional movement for prison reform.
She has sent a delegation consisting
of progressive young men who are
taking a prominent part i'm the work
of reshaping the system of jurispru-
dence of the empire and in the prac
teal administration of the laws. ia
pan likewise is represented at the con-
gress, as are also Australia and sew
eraI of the countries of South and
Central America. Virtually all of the
nations of Europe. including Russia
and Turkey, are well represented at
the gathering.
Consider Prison Reform.
The congress will consider the sub
ject and applications of criminal law.
and methods of improving the condi-
tion of prisons. Its subjects are pure
ly humanitarian, and comprise the
whole range of practical measures in
tended to benefit the erring individual,
as well as protect society as a whole.
Penal legislation will be the subject
of much discussion and the advisable
ity of the death penalty will also be
considered. The effects of probation.
the best methods of dealing with the
tramp problem, indeterminatc SEN
tence, the problem of the drunkard,
the essential principles of "A modern
reformatory system. the Improvement
of the parole system, the best means
of working prisoners i'm small prisons,
the problem of the child criminal, and
the procedure regarding penal sem
tences ponounced by courts of foreign
lands when the prisoner is again in
that will receive attention during the
week.
Some Of Leading Workers.
The presiding officer Is Professor
Charles r. Henderson of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. Included among the
noted participants are Emile Rabasa,
president of the prison board of Mex
leo; Frederic o. A. Woxen, chief of
prisons of Norway; Etienne khrouleff
chief of the prison administration of
Russia; Victor Almquist. chief of the
general prison administration of
Sweden: DIR. Guillaume of Berne. who
on Congress; DR.. Don Fernando Cad
also. inspector general of prisons In
Spain; DIR. Joseph Baernreither of
Australia; Adolph Prins. general in
spector Of prisons of Belgium; Sin
Evelyn Rugglcs- Price, president OF
the English prison commission; Wal
ter George Scott. president of the
prison commission for Scotland; NJ
Schrameck. director of the French
prison system; DR. Rosenfeld, secre-
tary OF the International Criminalistis
Association; Alexander SlSouses, for
mer minister of foreign affairs OF
Greece; Takashi Sanagi, secretary OF
the prison bureau OF Japan; Jules
Ricki de Bcllye. chief of the prison
system of Hungary, and Saadeddjr
Bey judiciary Inspector of Turkey.
Although the United States govern
ment played prominent part in tho
organization OF the Internationa
Prison Congress, and meetings have
been held every Ave years since 1872
when the congress was firmly organ
lied, this is the first meeting that hai
been held In this country.