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The Ketchikan miner., 1913-12-26

Juraz, Dee. 26-The rebel forces in northern Mexico to- day started the systematic eX- termination of the entire force of Federals in this section of the country. Hundreds have been executed and the prisons are crowded with men who will be brought before the fir ing squad at once.
 Juarez, Dec. 26-After hard fighting which lasted two days the rebels have er.el l Tor reon and are il. complete con- trol of the city.
 Juarez, Dec. 26-Reports are reaching here that Federal soldiers have advanced into territory held by rebels and are destroying the telegraph lines and the railroad bridges. A rebel force has been dispatched to drice them back.
 Nexico Citv Dee. 2f-Hnerta
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Mexico City, Dec. 26-Huerta
The mirror., 1913-08-07
IT is THE LAW.

Frequently we notice criticisms of the
Courts for sentencing offenders to prisonfor
trivial crimes. Recently we read caus-
tic comment, on the action of Judge,
who sent boy of thirteen years to the
Georgian Reformatory for stealing bottle
of pop. In states that have no probation
laws the judges are forced to sentence the
guilty to imprisonment. They muat rem
der judgment as the law dictates. That is
their duty. The laws do not permit senti-
ment to enter into the judicial acts of the
courts. In the case of the Georgia boy,
the fact of the monetary value of the arti-
Gle stolen, does not mitigate the nature
of larency. A thief is thief and the law
does not discriminate. The Judge who
sent the boy to prison was not to blame.
The people of the state of Georgia were to
blame for not having probation law.
Where the statutes specify penalties the
judges must obey the decree, for it is the
law.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
HEART IN RIGHT PLACE

Jacksonville, Fla, has in Judge w. w.
Anderson, of the municipal court, an OH
cial whose heart seems to be located about
the correct place. He believes in giving
criminals, and especially children,
chance, and the best chance that can be
given them. Talking about establishing a
Juvenile court and reformatory this Judge
says:
''Small boys are continually being
placed under arrest for having violated
various laws, and the question of their
punishment, with due consideration as to
the effect of criminal punishment upon
their future lives, is certainly very grave
task.
believing that the child is the father
of the man, will under no circumstances
send children to any Jail, unless their of
fense is particularly grave, and l can find
no other place for them.
He comes out strongly in favor of a
farm where boys may be taught to work,
be treated well and in time become good
citizens. .-Ex.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
DEVILS IN HUMAN FORM.

The governor of Ohio has pardoned a
man who has served twelve years in prison,
because convinced of the mans innocence.
This terriably wronged man has received a
pardon for crime he never committed;
but how about the twelve years out of the
best part of his life? How about the dis
grace from which no earthly tribunal can
ever free him? How about his ruined
home and business? He comes forth from
the prison walls as completely out of touch
of-the worlds activities as if he had been
dead. There are very narrow possibilities
of his being able to make any use worth
while of the remnant of his life that re-
mains to him.. Tardy justice is better than
never to receive justice, but these mistaken
sentences are almost worse than death and
often more tragic. Red Wing Republican.
We once heard Warden Wolfer, of the
Saltwater prison, high in authority among
penologists of the country, make the re-
mark that there were probably dozen in
nocent men in the Saltwater penitentiary.
Many prosecuting attorney has merciless-
ly pursued in the criminal courts men
whom they knew to be innocent solely for
the personal glory conviction would
bring them. 1t is difficult to fifty char
acterize fhe infamy of such proceedings
and it is hard to understand how men with
spark of manhood would do such things.
But it proves one thing, there are devils
on earth in human form.-Martin County
Sentinel.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
FROM the OUTSIDE m.

Wisconsin's industrial commission is not
white ribbon body. AT least it is not do
ing any preaching or proselyting. But it
has Just hit John Barleycorn powerful
blow by reporting, in casual sort of a
way, that 44 per cent of all convictions for
crime in this progressive state, in 1911, the
latest year for which figures are available,
was due directly to liquor.
Liquor men, like lawyers, have been do
ing great deal of talking about how they
meant to put their affairs in better shape.
They have quite bunch of good resolu-
tions on file. But the inquiries into vice
show that even where there is show oi
The mirror., 1913-08-07
DOOMED TO A
LIVING DEATH.
Such is the Fate Of a Man Who is Sen
fenced to Do Time in the French
Prison at Cayenne.

Cayenne-red pepper to the world at
large, living death to the few thousand OF
prisoners transported to the isolated north
eastern corner of equatorial South America.
Here, it was rumored, existed one OF the
worlds most antiquated and revolving pc
nal systems, where thousands of men are
exiled and doomed to living death. Men
from French Guiana had intimated con-
ditions which Wed with the crueltiessof the
old prisoner ships.
Groups of prisoners lounged about or
lay sick. and incapacitated on the verandas
At night the barred iron door of each dor
mitory is locked, and outside PAGES
guard, revolver in hand.
Sometimes under cover of darkness the
inmates settle feuds. Occasionally to es-
tablish leaders rival gangs fight with cudg-
els, knives and even paving stones. Some
disabled, others dead, the most indomit-
able are reconciled and form tyrannical
secret society.
Many a poor wretch breads the night
hours, and one suspected of informing may
be set upon by an enraged pack. Occas-
ionally murder is committed in profound
silence, and daylight finds dead or dying
prisoner in the passageway or entrance.
Questioning is useless, and few guards will
risk life in entering the barracks when
smothered cries and cursings warn them of
internal strife.
All the men l talked with were we'll
disposed toward me, one in PARTICULAR
tall, well educated man with pair of dark
trimmed glasses and large eyes fearfully
strained through inability to secure proper
lenses.
"You must not lose hope" l told a
group and almost swallowed my own
words. ''Hope!'' burst out the rich,
tremulous voice of the tall man. cit is al
ways the same; there is no hope here. >
"No; no hope here!'' was the echoed
murmur of his omrades.-Charles Well
ington Furlong in Harper's Magazine.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
SETTING WISE" At LAST.

All day he tramped the streets in a New
England city, looking for work. Return
ing to his lodging house, discouraged,
sore of body and mind, minus position,
he went to his room to mediate. He
would ask himself again, and again, what
was the reason he was unsuccessful in his
endeavors, while others with less education
and weaker physically were more successful
than he.
What was there about his manner, his
appearance or his personality that should
be drawback to him?
True, he had held number of positions,
which he had given up of his own accord,
because he desired to roam, but these new
employers did not know that, for he had
not told them of his previous experience.
To be sure, he had ''traveled little
fast and dissipated some, but was he any
worse than thousands of others, he would
ask himself.
In telling of his experience later he said:
81 learned one good lesson. e. En-
ployers who make study of humanity can
invariably read mans disposition and
character from his appearance and manner
of speech. Some of these men knew bet
ter than to take chance on me. They
could detect in my manner that uneasiness
and lack of settle-down-to- business express
sion. had one good long hunt for job
and when did finally land a good one, ]
settled down.
Moral-You can't be ''hoater'' and al
ways connect with good job.-Our Paper.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
A MODEL STRUCTURE

The new federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kan, in which are housed prisoners of the
United States, is massive structure of
steel and masonry, containing 1000 cells,
each of which will hold two prisoner. The
building of this great prison was begun Is
years ago and cost the government 50, 000,
900. More than E, 900, 900 brick and sew
eral hundred tons of steel were used, and
the masonry for the entire structure was
made within the walls by the prisoners.
Physical punishment is not administered
in this prison, the corrective measures be-
ing limited to the wearing of certain uni
forms and confinement in isolation cells
where the inmates are given rock to be
broken.-Ex.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
JUST ORDINARY PEOPLE

Preston E. Thomas, warden of the Ohio
penitentiary, who has announced his in
tention of erecting building to be known
as Ethics Hall, in which he proposes to
teach ethics-the science of human duty
to the prisoners; was nettled when asked if
the prisoners would debate such questions
as whether nitro-glycerine or dynamite was
better for safe blowing purposes, or how
best to scale prison wall.
.'That question suggests the attitude of
the average person toward the prisoners,
he said. "Seventy-6ye per cent of the
prisoners here are just ordinary people,
who have come here by some accident in
their lives. l know that much reforma-
tory progress can be accomplished by my
plans. New York World.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
MAY Be GIVEN
CHANCE AT PONTIAC
Maj. McCIaughry will in all Probability be
Given a Chance to Accept or Refuse
the Management Of the Pontiac In
StitutiOn.

We note with qualification that Major
Robert w. McClaughry has been suggested
to Governor Dunno as just the right man
to be placed in charge of the reformatory
at Pontiac.
1t is an acknowledged fact that Major
McClaughry is one of the most able pen
ologist in the United States, man of hon
or and an expert of International fame.
Governor Dunno, by making this appoint
ment, would honor himself and win the
approval of every earnest and patriotic citi-
zen of Illinois. Major McClaughry was
the man selected by Governor John P.
Altgeld in 1893 to take charge of the Pom
tiac institution. 1t was during the four
years of the Altgeld administration that
the Pontiac prison for youthful offenders
was placed on high plane of efficiency
and gave added prominence to the warden
as national figure in this line of work.
Major McClaughry enjoys the distinc-
ton of having served more years at the
head of penal institutions in this country
than any other living prison manager.
With the exception of the last few weeks
he has been continuously in the business
of handling criminals and reforming young
offenders since 1874. In that year he was
first named to the wardenship of the Joliet
penitentiary, remaining there for fourteen
consecutive years. He resigned that po
sition in 1888 to become general Superin-
tendent of the Pennsylvania industrial re-
formatory. This position he held until
1891, when he accepted the post of general
superintendent of police in Chicago, serv-
ing through the Worlds Fair year.
In 1899 Major McClaughry was trans
ferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, to take
charge of the federal prison. He served
fourteen years at the big federal peniten-
tiary, and lay down the work only recently,
making his continuous practical service In
the field of penology thirty-nine years.
Dunlap's Dispatch.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
MODEL TOWN IN TEXAS.

Right in the heart of the Texas chad
lands has been found at last the thoroughly
moral town. 1t is Guthrie, in King S
county, and for three years past not a
Kings county prisoner has darkened the
doors of its Jail. The locks and keys of
Guthrie's bastile are rusting. The sheriff,
G. w. Moore, and his family are its only
occupants. His chief duty is, not to
track the willy law breaker to his lair, but
to keep the Jail from falling into complete
decay.
Guthrie has no county attorney; in fact,
no attorney at all. Also, it has no news
paper. Ranters at civilization say this ex-
plains why there is no crime. Be that as
it may, the people of that community are
law-abiding. They often get hilarious;
they never get foolish.
Once in awhile other sheriffs passing
through the county with prisoners stop ov
er night at Guthrie and then the Jail has an
occupant, but he is not of Kings county.
This is always big event in Guthrie, and
is town talk for several days.
Guthrie is in the heart of the cow coun-
try. Immense cattle ranches surround it
on every side. 1t is one of the few stands
of the cattle kings, and real cowboys live
in the vicinity. Sheriff Moore is very
proud of King county s. record. Il want
the people to KNOW he says, ''that we
have the most law-abiding citizenship in
the state. Lots of people don't know we
are on the map, but when it comes to a
showdown we are lively enough even if we
don't violate the law.
Just to show how moral they are, Guth-
RE people tell of preacher who went to
Guthrie to hold revival services. When he
got there he had to admit that there was
nothing or nobody to reform. However,
he preached, and the cowboys came to
hear him. The jokes he told were very
ancient, but the people there had never
heard them before, SO they were also very
funny. The crowds grew, and even the
saloons closed so that their owners could
attend the services. One of the saloon
keepers, John Sheperd, always occupied a
front seat and took leading part in the
singing. He was just as happy as anybody
else when the preacher finally left, declar-
ing the town to be 100 per cent pure.-Ex.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
BOOKS WRITTEN IN JAIL

Jail seems to be good place in which
to write books. Literary men surpass
themselves there. John Bunyan wrote
Pilgrims Progress in Jail. Cervantes
wrote esDon Quixote" in prison. Defoe
laid the plan for Robinson Crusoe' dur
ing term of confinement imposed on him
for the writing of pamphlet called ''The
Shortest Way with the Dissenters.
Leigh Hunt wrote "Rimini' in Jail. Sir
Walter Raleigh during his fourteen years
imprisonment in the Tower of London
wrote his excellent History of the
World" Sivlo Pellico and Tasso both
did their best work in jail.-Ex.
The mirror., 1913-08-07
FOUR MlxHEso1AAs ON PRISON PROGRAM.

October II to 16 the American Prison As
sociation, the membership of which is
made up of the wardens of the state pris-
ons throughout the United States will gath
er at Indianapolis, Ind, for the annual
Convention. c. S. Reed, of St. Cloud,
Mimi, is president of the association and
Henry Wolfer, warden of the Minnesota
prison at Saltwater is on the program COM
mittee. At the Baltimore convention last
year Governor Eberhart accompanied
Warden Wolfer to the gathering and made
a vigorous campaign to bring the 1914
meeting to St. Paul. Their efforts were
met with such success that it is predicted
the Indianapolis meeting will vote to send
next years delegates to this city.
One St. Paul man and three other Min
nesotans will address the convention this
fall. DR.. Samuel G. Smith of the People,
church will speak October IL. The sub
ject of his address has not been announced
The doctor was a member of the state
board of visitors while it was in existence.
c. S. Reed will make the presidents ad-
dress October Is. At the afternoon~ses-
sion of the same day, F. A. Whittier,
state parole agent at the Minnesota peni-
tentiary, will make his report as chairman
of the committee on discharged prisoners.
Albert H. Hall, of Minneapolis, will
speak in the evening.
The mirror., 1913-08-07

committed to the proper place, and if a
first offender let him be dealt with accord
ingly.
'The coming of the juvenile court, the
parole and the indeterminate sentence,
speak the highest word of hope and is a
great step forward in the right direction.
1t is dealing with crime in its causes. -
Duluth News Tribune
The mirror., 1913-08-07
JUDGES REBuKE.

This incident of a judges rebuke is re-
lated in the case of lawyer of the ag-
gressiye and belligerent class. When the
latter concluded speech of great length,
delivered in particularly loud voice, the
Judge quietly remarked that he had few
observations to make to the jury snow
that the uproar in court had subsidized. -
Maple Lake Messenger.
The mirror., 1913-08-07

improvement there is still rushing busi-
ness going on in many rear or upstairs
rooms. Such records as our industrial
commissions, sustain the opinion that, if
there is any way to reform the business
from the inside, it is not as yet very much
crowded with followers. Our social house
cleanings must come from the outside
Wisconsin State Journal.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID
TO THOMAS EALY


Declaring that In the death OF Thomas
Fealy. who was killed In the collapse Of
the Saul Building Wednesday afternoon.
nthe church had lost q xealous and an
ideal layman, officers and members Of
st Aloysius' branch of the St. Vincent
De Paul Society at a meeting held yes
terday. paid tribute to the memory Of
Mr.. Fealy. who had been associated with
the organization for more than thirty-nve
years. q great part Of which time he had
held the ONCE Of secretary
The Rev. James Noonan, spiritual d.
rector Of the society: President John J.
Fuller. and others. spoke Of Mr.. Fealy's
long and faithful service In the cause OF
Christian charity. 1t was said that MI.
Fealy had frequently devoted his even
ings and Sundays to the work Of visiting
the poor, whose cases had been brought
to the society's attention. and having
their wants attended to.
Mr.. Fealy's whole life was . prepara-
tion for DEATH" said Father Noonan. 1T
is pious custom to pray that We may be
delivered from a sudden and unprovided
death. The death of Mr.. Fealy was In.
deed a sudden one, but those who knew
him are aware that the end had been well
provided for. His life reflected credit
upon the Church and upon the Society
Of st. Vincent De Paul"
Mr.. Joseph Ryan, for several years as
sociated with Mr.. Fealy in the charita-
BILE work of the st. Vincent De Paul So-
ciety, was appointed by President Fuller
as secretary to succeed Mr.. Fealy.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
DIED.

BYRNES-On Friday. August ]. 1918. AT
Haven, Me, EUGENE A BYRNES. or
s23s Street Northwest. Washington.
ID, c.
Funeral at 4P. NJ. on Monday. August
4, at the house. Friends are invited
DAY-on Saturday, August 2. 1915, 10.
SEPH p. DAY, at 3O2 Ninth street
Northeast. employe Of Government
Printing Office.
Friends and business associates invited
HAMMER-On Saturday. August 2 1913.
in his sixty-eighth year. KARL HAM
MER, beloved father OF Mrs. John N.
and Emile Hammer.
Funeral from his late residence. 4o5
Sixth Street Southwest. Tuesday. Au-
gust 5, at A. NJ, followed by re-
Guiem mass at ST. Mary's Catholic
Church at $3.50 o'clock. Interment at
St Mary's Cemetery.
McCAFFRY-Suddenly on Thursday. July
81, 1913, at 3 p. m, MARY L. T. Nc
CAFFRY. beloved wife Of Charles
McCafYry.
Funeral from her late residence. 400
North Capitol Street, Monday. Au:
gust 4. 1913. at 3 a. m, followed
Church. Friends and relatives invft.
ed to attend. Interment at Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
at $50 p. NJ, JOHANNA SKIDMORE.
beloved wife Of George w. Skidmore.
Funeral from her late residence. 2l9
Nichols Avenue. Tuesday. August .,
at A. NJ, followed by requiem mass
at st. Teresa's Church. Relatives and
friends invited to attend. Interment
at Congressional Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
POLICE SAY WOUNDS
were SELF.NFLICTED
0f6eials Satisfied George ". Collins
Did Not Meet with Foul
Play.
BODY WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER

Satisfied that George w. Collins. civil
war veteran. whose body was found float
ing in the Potomac River Saturday aft
ernoon near Dixie Landing, did not meet
with foul play. the police and Acting
Coroner Charles S. White have con-
Guided their investigation into the death
Of the aged man.
In the opinion of the police the wounds
across Collins abdomen. believed by
friends of the dead man to have been
inflicted by a knife or some sharp instru-
ment I'm the hands OF an assassin. were
None was severe enough
to have caused his death.
w. ii. Collins. son OF the dead man.
when told last night by Central ONCE De-
tective Embrey of the result of the po-
lice investigation. said he could not be-
lieve that his father had taken his own
life. yet he saw no reason why he should
have been murdered.
Collins left home Friday. When last
seen alive he got Frederick Troup, who
lives near the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, to ferry him across the canal.
According to Troup. Collins at the time
perfectly well and showed no
signs of contemplating self-destruction.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

der way with a view to extending the
service to fourth-class offices at points
where there Is 4 demand for it.
Many Other Changes.
MANY other changes" said the Post
master General, have been effected In
respect to matters coming within the
Jurisdiction of the Third Assistant Post
master General. which cannot fail to
commend themselves to postmasters and
the public"
He referred particularly TO the modifi-
cation of the regulations permitting the
delivery OF mail reaching the Office Of
address on which wrong stamps had been
used. TO the addressee, without additional
charge. Prior to this modification, mail
bearing wrong stamps, upon reaching Its
destination, was charged with postage
due at double the prepaid rate, no allow
ance being made for the value Of the
stamps affixed. Such procedure aroused
widespread criticism and complaint. and
imposed an unjust and unwarranted
hardship on the addresses Of mail. Its
discontinuance gave great satisfaction,
increased the popularity of the parcel
post, and relieved both the postal service
and the public Of much annoyance and
trouble.
In order however, to give full relief
from this annoyance, the mandatory use
of distinctive stamps on parcel post mail
was, with the consent of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, In accordance
with the terms OF the parcel post law.
discontinued July !. and it was provided
that either ordinary or parcel post
stamps may be accepted in payment of
postage on mail of any class, whether
foreign or domestic. as well as for reg
istry, insurance. and collect-on-delivery
fees. This will result in permitting the
dispatch of hundreds Of thousands Of
pieces of mail which otherwise would be
returned to the sender for the purpose
of having different stamps affixed, or, In
cases where the sender is unknown.
would be sent to the division of dead let
tiers, and will effect an economy OF more
than sj0,Oo0 a year in the cost of fur
nishing postage stamps to the public.
The regulations governing the use of :
precanCeled stamps have been liberalized
by discontinuing the requirement that
such stamps could be used only in cases |
of mailing of lots of at least 200 iden- |
teal pieces. This method OF prepaying |
postage, as well as that of the permit !,
system. under which identical pieces of |
third and fourth class matter may be |
mailed without stamps affixed, the post |
age being paid in money, results in saw
ing much time and expense to both the
postal service and the mailer.
There has been a modification In the
rates of postage on copies of Sunday
editions of daily newspapers mailed to
in Canada. through an ar
with the Canadian postal ad-
whereby copies OF Sunday
editions addressed to persons who are
also subscribers to the weekday issues
may be mailed at the cent-a-pound rate.
instead of at the rate of cent for each
four ounces, as formerly. This has been
the source of much qualification to pub
fishers of daily papers.