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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
IS STATES BACK
ATLANTA BANK
CAMP |CN

AS finale for the last week before
the coming of the Reserve Bank Or
ganizatlon Board Atlanta received
Saturday advices from thirty five
national banks, situated in sixteen
different States, including the Dis
trict of Columbia, and not includ-
ing any of the Georgia Endorsements,
all of which were received and listed
some time ago.
At the rate the Endorsements of
Auanta-all forwarded previously to
the national board are coming in, it
appears that several hundred impair
tial cities will have spoken in Allan
tas favor before the national commit
tee reaches this city. The meetings
will be held in the Federal Court
room, Postoffice Building, the coming
Friday and Saturday
Following are the cities from whom
assurances We're received Saturday:
Saranac Lake, Potsdam, Dunkir5.
New York, \ Y. Dallas. Cham
bersburg, Harrisburg, Nantlcoke, Pa. !:
Washington, d. c.; Flkader and
Sioux City Iowa; Grapevine, Gates
vile, Clarendon, Wichita Falls, Dali
las, Texas Lake Linden, Mich.
York and Nebraska City, Nebr.;
Cheyenne and Rawllns, Colo; Aber-
deem and Castlewood. s Oak.
jamestown, y. Oak; Boothbay.
Maine; Chelsea, Vt; Pittsburg.
Kans.; Fort Smith, Ark. Hominy and
CheCotah, Okla.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Editor Georgian :

EGltof Georgian.
In your issue OF the 9Th inst. is a
card signed by B. G. NJ. that goes so
wide of the mark that I deem it wise
to reply to it | do not care to en-
gage in any neWspa per controversy.
but simply 20 set your readers right
on the questions discussed. I appre-
Ciate the statement in the card that
the writer Goes not believe Judge
Patterson to be either ignorant or
cruel" The subject OF the article
contains a supposed quotation from
me, but whiCn I disclain, The young
man who quoted me may not have
fully understood me. and thus was
led into giving an erroneous Idea of
my position.
stated in substance my position
to be that the ideas OF a great many
newspapers and others on the ques
ton of crime and its punishment and
prevention were erroneous, and while
I did not agree with some that It
was "maudin sentiment" that it was
based on wrong viewpoint.
Not Solely for Reformati
The idea of punishment is not sole
w for reformation of character. II
that could be done. we would stop
building up OF character and SEND
everybody TO the penitentiary until
they were reformed and then turn
them out. But that society in Its or
Ranized state a 8 a government. makes
laws and provides punishment for
their violation in order to protect its
members IN their lives, their persons,
their property and pursuit of hap
pineSS.
Fxperionce shows that You can take
= community Of say 100 inhabitants,
and while the vast ma iority will be
abiding and respect the rights
OF the others some VIII be lawless
and dlsturbers OF the peace and un-
mindful of the rights of others. This
being so, the laws are SO framed that
the Government instituted for this
purpose can lay its hands on these
Iawless ones and thus remove the
evil influence and provide proper pro-
lection for the others.
Prisons for Punishment.
The parable of the leaven illus
trates-leaven is a symbol of evil and
corrupting influence, and the state
ment is that - little leaven leavens
the whole lump"
The only way to stop the working
OF the leaven is TO remove IT from
the lump Now. prisoners and peni-
tentiaries are established for the pun
ishment Of these lswless members of
society. to protect the rest of society
from them and their crimes, as a
warning to deter others following in
their example and, II possible. as a
CONSEQUENCE OF the punishment
inflicted, to reform the criminal so
that when ne is reieas ed he will no
longer be a bit of Heaven" or evil,
but. having been made to see the err
ror of his way and that crime brings
its sure reward of punishment, he viii
correct his attitude toward society
and become a respecter OF its laws
instead of a disturber.
Should Have Only Necessities.
Now, In order to best and most
surely accomplish this result, 1t is
necessary that these places of punish
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Commissioner Patterson
Defends Prison Methods

ment be provided only with those
necessary things to prevent needless
suffering and cruelty, for it will not
DO to give the prisoners more luxu-
ries and comforts than the common
citizen IS able to provide for him
self, and givehlm license in prison 10
have his own way with impunitY
for by so doing YOU give them no
fear of punishment and train them Ia
disregard restraint.
1t will not do to levy heavy taxes
on the common, law hiding citizens
to maintain government, to provide
expenses of courts TO maintain order
and then to provide luXuries for the
violators of law, the murderers. bur
glars, robbers etc, the very cause OF
all this outlay of money, that this cit
izen is unable to provide for him
self and his loved ones.
The wisest and most humane thing
that can be done for a criminal is to
punish him, not that the law delights
in the punishment of any of its citi
zens. but that he may know that the
law is just and that its provisions
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

Ing to take care of the brothers and
sisters who were left alone when the
mother died.
Learned About Crime.
Il was sent up for burglary" he
said, and was released shortly after
Christmas ! guess / was considered
a bad boy when l went into the chain
gang, for l was only II years old, and
all l7-year-old boys are likely to get
into mischief. But Tlknow more about
crime, and how to commit crime and
how to dodge the consequences, than
| did When they put me in the chain
gang; ! know more vicious habits,
and | think more about how easy 1t
would be to rob a store or house
than did before | went in the chain
gang AMI had men standing over me
with loaded guns all day long, apply
ing vile epithets to me and to my
mother They made me work six
teen hours a day. shoveling dirt with
grown men, and was not as strong
as they were and couldn't do as much,
and they'd have me beaten because
couldn't work as hard as the big men
could
u was whipped eight times while I
was in the Adamsville camp. six
times without any reason at all and
twi' q for trivial offenses and viola
lions of the rules. One time | was
logged because | dropped spot OF
grease on he floor of the mess hall,
while was getting my breakfast,
and Captain Thomason gave me five
lashes on my bare back
Whipped on General Principles"
Il had been there only seven days
Wien | was whipped the first time,
and never did know what il was for,
except that they told me it was on
general principles They called me
Spider at the camp. The guards
gave me the name because I was so
little and seemed to be all legs and
arms, | guess, | never was very
strong. One morning before we went
out on the chain the guard man
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
% IS MARK &c I
FOR COLD WAVE:
IN ATLANTA
Frigid Weather Sweeping South
east-Monday Expected TO
Bring Record Chill

The weather office declined to back
down from it's cold-wave prediction
Saturday. In fact. Mir, VonHerrmann
had additional evidence.
The thermometer stood at 40 N
Atlanta this morning" he said. "At
noon it was IS, and falling BY even
ing the mercury viii be fairly on The
toboggan 1t probably viii reach 10
degrees by Sunday morning But that
temperature, while the coolest of the
winter, should not be unpleasant 1t
will be bright and clear. with little OF
no wind
May Go to 10 Degrees.
MIR NonHerrmaun said that sun
day would be cold all day and Mon
day morning should dawn several de
grees lower.
we may have II as low as 10" he
said but l think Il viii miss that
mark by few notches. Monday aft
ernoon win turn warmer, and then
the cold snap soon win be over
More than TWO inches OF rain fell in
the hard showers 'rld3N nlSht.
The coolest weather of the season
here was in November. when the
temperature fell to %.
The wave which started in Mon
tana. the home OF cold waves and hot
mining propositions, is spreading over
the country, Zero weather started
South Friday, and In many places in
the Northwest the mercury went to
80 below
AT last accounts the coolest section
of the present wave was moving
southeast, while in the trans Missis-
sippi region another cold center APP
peared 10 be moving in the same di-
rection.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Coolest Weather of
Winter Speeding Eastward

CHICAGO Feb. The coolest
weather or the year is speeding
eastward toward Chicago to- day, be
ing pushed along by the bitterest
winds that have swept the Western
plains for ten years Zero weather
was reported to- day from a large sec
tion of country centering In Mon
tana and extending east to Nebraska
and Kansas The lowest tempera-
ture was 40 degrees below zero in
Havre Mont A. Silver Lake rs was
40 and at Billings IS below -Four
days OF below zero weather was pre-
dicted
The upper Missouri River valley to-
day was In the grip Of cold wave
that extended south into Oklahoma
and the panhandle of Texas. Warn
ings were sent out 70 shippers Ia the
Middle West 70 be prepared for a
long period OF extreme cold,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

while they may seem TO weigh heaV-
lily on him, are really provided in
mercy and loving kindness to those
who obey its precepts, and If the pun
ishment inflicted can bring the con-
vtct to see this and work in him
reformation of character, then you
have done him an act of mercy and
not of vengeance.
Doesn't Approve Cruelty.
OF course, no right-thinking man
approves of acts of inhumanity and
cruelty to prisoners, and least of all
do the members of the Prison Com
mission.
1t is not to be presumed that a
changing will be the only ideal in
stitution in the land. Those in charge
of all the desperate and hardened
crin< mails must of necessity be deter
mined men, else you could not main
tain discipline. This being true, there
will occasionally be acts of seeming
brutality and when these occur and
come to the notice Of the Prison Com
mission a correction is always ap-
piled. 1t must be remembered that
in a republican form of government
the theory Is that the man next to
duty will perform that duty, and then,
too, we are compelled to rely on off,
the rule of the Commission.
In order to take extraordinary pre-
caution that this is done, while the
law requires semi annual inspec-
tons, we have monthly inspections at
an expense Of about $4,000 per year.
We are constantly striving to prevent
abuses while carrying out the law.
Plan to Abolish Stripes.
Recently the Commission adopted
rule (Which has not vet been put into
complete effect on account of the ex-
pense II would entail to put in i'm
mediately, abolishing stripes except
for the lowest grade OF convicts We
hope by this to encourage the men 10
good behavior and thus avoid the ne
cessty for whipping.
Each member of the Commission
went before the legislative commit
tees and urged the passage of the
probation law. We also urged the in
discriminate sentence law, which we
feel will aid very much in maintain
ing discipline, for it will largely abol-
ish the inequalities of punishment
now inflicted by the various courts
and thus the convicts will have in
stilled in them a greater respect for
the business Of the law.
We also urged the establishment NJ
a girls reformatory. There are va
rious other efforts that we have made
and are making to make our penal
laws and institutions as near perfect
as humanity possible.
We also have made strenuous eff
forts to secure from the Legislature
sufficient FUNDS to better equip our
boys reformatory, SO that better
training can be given for usefulness
in their future lives.
For Road Work.
am opposed to some of the meas
ures proposed in the article in ques
ton. I do not believe the convicts
should be taken from the public
roads | believe this road work.
while promoting the improvements in
rural conditions. also is an aid to the
reformation of the convict. The fact
that there is no private gain from
his imposed labor, but the public gets
the benefit and he. himself will share
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
OBITUARY..

The funeral Of James /. Clark. aged
seventy -one who died Friday night
at his home. No, 1879 East Hunter
street. will be held Sunday at :
P m. at Pattersons chapel In
terment will be in Greenwood Gem
etery. The deceased is survived by
brother H. A Clark, and a half
brother. w e Eaton, OF Maine.
Emmett Merrill, the 9-year-old son o.
Nlr and Mrs. T. r. Merrill, OF No. as
Deane street. died Saturday morn
ing at 6 o'clock The body was re
moved to Harry 6 Poole's chapel
and will he taken 10 Carrolton for
funeral and interment
The body OF A. o. James. Jr.. the boy
killed Friday in an elevator in the
Third National Bank Building. was
taken saturday To Madison for III :
neral and tntermsrt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

Typewriters rented 4 mos,
SIS up Am. Wig. Mich. Co.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Electrotypers Quit
As One Is Discharged

Electrotypers in the Southern Ru-
ralist plant, No. 11S East Hunter
street, walked out Saturday in
sympathy with one Of their number
who had been discharged for being
repeatedly late TO work
The management said that the
plant had not been crippled to any
extent, and that new men had been
hired to take the places Monday. Only
three or four were involved in the
walkout, according to officers OF the
VOruDanV
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Continued From Page l..

sisters who were left alone when the
mother died
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

while they may seem to weigh heav
lily on him, are really provided in
mercy and loving kindness to those
who obey its precepts, and If the pun
ishment inflicted can bring the con-
vict to see this and work in him
reformation of character, then you
have done him an act of mercy and
not of VENGEANCE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
$1,000 DIAMOND RING Of
SLAIN WOMAN SOUGHT
IN MYSTERY Of TRAGEDY

ing to stories told the police by W
f. Zorn. Of No. 116 South Pryor
street who saw the shooting, Amer
son seized the woman and bitterly re
preached her for letting another man
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
TROOPS REVOLT.
SEIZE ARSENAL
At TANP|CO

VERA CRUZ, Feb. IA pr,,,...
dispatch from Tampico to-day stats.
that the garrison there has reyor...
and taken possession of the arsar.,
and the Government buildings
The dispatch said that the ,t.-,
can gunboat Vera Cruz prepared -.
lombard the city, but was preven,.s
by the foreign warships in the harbor
The leaders in the mutiny were p.
ported to be in league with the cor
stitutionalists who attacked and oon
tured Altamira, near Tampico, ros.
days ago.
The members Of the Tampico cav
rison had not been paid for vel.
and were ripe for sedition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

in it when he is released. stimnlat..
that principle in him that encoure ess
and elevates.
1t iss true also that health co,5,
tions are better in Georgia than i,
any penal institutions In ths copr a
try. This Is attributable very Iergoi,.
to the outdoor life that is folIoTa5
both at work and in camp The me-.
are built up physically, and the rao.
ord shows that a large majority ~
them when they leave prison becsms
iaw-shidtng citizens, SO NC can infar
that they are also built M in THAR
character.
Yours truly,
r. E. PATTERSON
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-02
BY GERTRUDE M. PRICE

BY GERTRUDE M. PRICE
Santa Monica, CAL, Feb. a.
There is something Enthusiastically fas-
cinating about a cowboy and his
happy-go-lucky outdoor life. From
the careless tie of his neckerchief to
the cool, calm, daring, determined
way he sits a bucking broncho, his
every act and appearance bespeak
freedom and courage. f.~
That is how the cowboys on. the
big Kay Bee ranch up the coast from
Santa Monica impressed me the day
they gave an exhibition of western
horsemanship in my honor.
1.-THE boys are going TO ride wild
horse" was the word that spread like
wild fire all over the camp during
the morning. 1t was just like telling
children circus was coming to town.
who is going to ride?" was the
first question.
why, Earl Severn, of course"
was the reply. And right away the
interest doubled.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-02

Earl Severn, otherwise known as
Whitley" because of his light hair,
is q. years old and superintendent OF
the ranch. He is called the most
daredevil rider in the country, and
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29
Pilot and Gas Engineer

The United States Civil Service Com mission announces that a pilot and gas engineer examination will be held on May 23, 1914, to secure an eligible regis ter from which selection may be made to all a vacancy in the position of pilot and gas engineer, S1 800 per annUm In the Forest Service, Ketchikan, Alas ka.
 Applicant must be familiar with the "Coast Pilot" and Coast Survey Charts of waters of the Alexander Archipelago and be familiar with the channels, in- lets, bays, etc., of these islands.
 Must have both a pilot aud gas en- gineer's license.
 Must have had two years experience in navigation of launches of light draft in the waters of southeast Alaska
 Age limits 21 to 40.
 Applicants should apply at once to Mir. c. D. Garfsl3, local secretary, board of civil service examiners, Gus. tom House Bldg, Juneau, Alaska; or the Secretary 11th Civil Service Dis tic, Satlr, Washington, for applica tion form 1900 and full information.
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29
Making It Strong

At Ketchikau, where a federal grand jury is in session, the Morning Mail prints a signed article under the cap ton of "Hints to the Grand Jury" which contains the following:
 "There are not less than 50 Japanese and half that many Mexicans out troll. ing from Ketcbikan and all in open violation of the law; for they are not, and cannot become, citizens.
 "Each of these undesirable aliens, many, in fact most, of whom are not even lawfully in this country, is de priving a citizen of work that will yield him a living. Two-thirds, at least, of the Japs are here in violation of the immigration laws, and the man who hires them or buys fish from them is liable under the laws of the United States.
 "Go after the men who hire these uudesirables and make it too risky to
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

When some poor unfortunate looks too long upon the wine and winds up in tbe police court, our esteemed con temporaries make much fun of the vic tim, as if such happenings were a good thing for Che community aud a credit to existing conditions. But if the law was enforced with as much care in such cases as it is in others, the saloon keeper who sells booze to an habitual drunk will not only pay a fine, but will stand petty good chance of losing his license. The federal govern ment carries some things with a high hand, aud for no very good purpose either, but it will take the municipal governments-the direct voice of the people-to put the shoe on the right foot, and protect those who cannot protect themselves.
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

use these animals to deprive men of a chance to make a living. Gut the Jap and the Mexican out of this country and soak the nonresident fisherman with a license tax of s25 at least, and better $50, for the season, and the com ditions for Alaska resident fishermen would be improved fifty per cent.
 "Half of our court and jail expenses are for taking care of the Mexican, who with only two per cent of our popula. tion, yet furnish half the inmates of our iail, in other words he is 49 times as frequent violater of the law as the rest of the population. At any time ten per cent of the Mexicsns iu Alaska are in jail, and for a good cause at that.
 "It is the duty and should be the pleasure of every fisherman to aid both himself and the government by report ing every Jap and Mexican he finds fishing iu violation of the law.
 "Understand that no Jap under any circumstances has any right to catch Ash for the market in Alaska, and most of the Mexicans are in the same boat"
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

Friday is the first of May, and all property in the town of Douglas not in a sanitary condition on that day will subject the owner to the penalty of the law. This is not only law, but common sense. Douglas is a cleaner town than 1t was ten years ago, oreven five years ago, and for that reason it is a better, safer place to live. There is class of filth that is a menace to health. This should always have attention frst. But there remains rubbish, brush, lumber, old boxes, etc. All of these things are unsightly and disfgure the streets. They also should go. Just you remem- Der this one thing. When your front yard, or back yard, or the street, is a sight to behold, your neighbor thinks that you are an old sloucb, and some simes they even say 1t. A little pride is a mighty good thing
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29
Notice fo Creditors

In the United States Commissioners Court at Juneau, For Alaska, Division No. li In Probate.
 In the matter of the Estate of Charles Doty, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been appointed admiuistrator or the estate of Charles Doty, deceased, by an order of the U. S. Commissioners Court at Juneau, Alaska, sitting In Probate, made and entered on the 10th day of April, 1914, and that all creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said dece0sed' are hereby notified Go exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, within SIX months aiter the first publication of this notice, to the said administrator at his place of business in the City of Douglas, Alaska, being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate.
 Dated. April 29th, 1914. --.-....,,
 Md O'CONNOR, Administrator of the estate of Charles Doty, deceased.
 First publications April 29th, 1914. Last publication May 2lth, lOll.
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

Our mind is set at ease by the posi- tive statement of the Juneau Empire that it "has not defended the seven senators for the purpose of defeating Delegate Wickersbam for re election" !" That being the case the Empire has been guilty of am irreparable injury to the political prospects of the said sen ators, all to no purpose whatever. lt gave great publicity to the very thing which they sought to conceal, and they have probably been led to pray "and may the Lord deliver us from our friend, the Empire"
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

Statement of the Ownership, Management, etc., of The Douglas Island News, published weekly, at Douglas, Alaska, required by the Act of August ga, 1912.
 Editor Managing Editor, Business Mana ger and Publisher. Chas. A. Hopp, Douglas, Alaska
 Owner. Chas. A. Hopp. Douglas, Alaska.
 CHAs. A. HOPE. Sworn to and subscribed before me che 29th day of April. 1914. JOHN HENSON, lsEALl Notary Public, Douglas. (1fy commission expires May 70, 1916).
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

An exchange declares that the organ izatiou of boy scouts is a magnificent scheme Co take the husky young lads out on thrilling hikes around the coun- try, while their mothers chop kindling and carry in coal.
Douglas Island news., 1914-04-29

What has become of the big railroad celebration that was Co have been held at Juneau9