The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-07-22
PRISON CONGRESS a
MEET AT LOUISVILLE
DISTINGUISHES MEN WILL BE
DELEGATED TO GATHERING.
Governors OF Several states VIII he
Among the Guests OF the
Falls city.
THE BANQUET Is PLANNED.

Louisville. Ky. July 22.-The In
tornatlonal Prison Congress for the
first time IN it, forty years will
meet this year In America and will
come TO Louisville on it, itinerary:
congress having by an act passed
March .. 1905. appropriated $40 600
for the entertainment OF the dele
gates from forty-one foreign sOun-
tries: one-half Of this sum will be ex-
pended ON an excursion from New
York TO Elmira reformatory. George
Junior Republic. Auburn state prison.
Woman's prison. State Agricultural
and Industrial school Buffalo. Mag
ara Falls Cleveland. Mansfield, Chi |
cago. Joliet. state Reformatory. Mich !
lgan City Ondana) State prison. In
dlanapolls. reaching Louisville for
breakfast September %.
Entertainments Committee selected.
In this city. az in other American
cities. the delegates will be guests
OF the citizens OF the locality visited
aud for this purpose committees are
being selected a. follows: Entertain
ment reception. transportation. n |
nance. ladies. press. Invitation.
Chairman Thomas ID. Osborne has |
received letters with nrts OF dele
gates from Austria. Belgium. Bul- /
Farla. Canada. Chile. China. Column
bia. Cuba Costa Rlca, Denmark. Eng /
land Finland. France. Gautamaula. /
Germany. Halt. Holland. Honduras. |
Hungary. Italy. Japan. Liberia. Mex
loo. Morocco. Norway. Panama. Peru.
Portugal. Porto Rico Russia. Saliva ]
dor slam. spain. Switzerland. Trans
yaal Turkey. Uruguay. Venezuela.
Handsomely Appointed Train.
The train Is made up OF Pullman /
slcepers. each car having fifteen |
foreigners and Eve Americans
Previous sessions we're held az In |
teryals OF ave years in London. stock |
holm. Rome. -. Petersburg. Paris. /
Brussels and Budapest. Or. Charles
r. Henderson. OF Chicago. - presi-
dent. Dr. Guillaume. Of Berne. swift
eriund. Is secretary. and Mr.. Freder-
lex n. Mills OF New York. Is treas
urer
The delegates are ministers Of jus
tice. ministerial counseiiors, oonsuls.
professors OF penal laws. procura-
tors. prison commissioner. ministers
81 foreign Affairs, directors OF prisons
phIauthropilts. etc.
~. 49,. -. .a.a-nfNu.s aar,f fffna
from the American Medical associa-
ton. American Institute OF Criminal
Law. National Conference and Char
ties and Corrections. National Con-
ference Of Education Of Dependent.
Truant. Backward and Delinquent
Children: Prison Association. and
American Bar association.
Objects Of the Congress.
The objects OF the great congress
are Improvement OF laws relating 90
public offenders.
study cause OF crime. nature and
s.ocial surroundings OF offenders; best
means OF prevention.
Improvement OF penal. correction
al and reformatory institutions.
Care OF and providing Americans
employment for discharged prisoners.
Among the prominent Americans
on the international prison congress
committee are Cardinal Gibbons. Ira
Iandrith. Rev. Drs. Washington Glad
den. Edward T. Dcvine. e. A. Alder
man. W. II. p Faunce. $ c. Mitch
ell. Booker T. Washington and Maude
Balhngton Booth. Also Governors
Alva Adams. Charles 5. Deneen, John
Franklin Fort, David r. Francis VII
liam r. Gonzales. Judson Harmon.
Charles Z. Hughes. Thomas Marshall,
W. j. Northern. Hoke Smith and
Judge George Gray. A. G. Hall. Ben
b. Lindsey. Julian w Mack. George
5. Adams. W w smlthcrs. John ID.
Lindsay and william II. DeI4acy.
The Kentucky members are MIR.
Desha Breckinridge. OF Lexington.
Thomas ID. Osborne, OF Louisville,
who have added to their committee
Robert w. Brown as treasurer.
Noqers Otto Seeibach BrlntOn b.