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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Mad Dog Bites Nine.

Mon'clair. y. J.. July 2S.-A mad dog
BIT nine persons here to-day. Four
were sent Immediately TO the Pasteur
Institute for treatment; the others are
in other hospitals. The dog also at
tackled a horse and several dogs, two
OF which ne killed.
The dog was first seen IN Bloomfield
last night. FrothnS at the mouth. he
attacked several dogs. Then he ran
20 Orange ST.. where he jumped az
Miss Mary Eiggens. He sank his
teeth into her arm. tearing the flesh
badly. He then sprang az Emil Rich
ter. Michael journey and Joseph Prlsk,
bitirg them in the arms. Next ne
Jumped upon the back of Ratfaele
Nigro In fighting the dogs Nigro s
LEFT arm and back were badly torn.
The animal then made MS escape and
was not again seen until this morning,
when ne turned up in Montclair. His
first victim here was Lorenzo Marcel.
bitten IN the back; then Angelo Cros-
SO, on the right thigh; Annie La Curia,
On the breast. and Music Cavallerio.
The first three were treated at the
Mounta inside Hospital and directed 20
20 70 the Pasteur institute at once.
Af-er attacking these persons the
animal ran % the stable OF Peter
Soda and jumped on one Of the horses.
biting is LEGS and body. Policeman
John Mclaughlin followed the dog and
killed IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
YOUTH MARRIAGES VALID
Court Holds Illegal License
Does Not Affect Contract.

Olympia. Wash. July -s.-rhe state
supreme Court held in a decision yes
.crlay that r. a boy and girl under
legal age marry without their parents
consent such marriage B. ,egal and
binding. regardless % Inc :ac' that the
license urder which they married was
illegally issued.
The court said shat 90 hold othcrwis &c
would De against public Dolicv. sucn act
on the part Of = couple not removing
mo resPonsiblliugs Of tne marriage
VOWS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Pvthians Elect Officers.

Oswego. y. Y. July 2s.-The
knights OF Pythias, Grand Lodge Of
New York state, in session mere to-
dav elected the following officers:
Grand chancellor. william Grossmsn,
New York: grand vice-chancellor.
Clarence MacGregor, Buffalo; grand
Drelate. John A. R. kapps, Troy; grand
keeper of records and seal, Alonzo
BideU. Haverstraw; grand master Of
exchequer. O. W. Mddaugh, Syracuse;
grand master Of arms, +. 5. Hollock.
Poughkecpsic; trustee of Pythian
Home. u. :. Radcliffe, OsweCo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
JOHN BENSON PRESCOTT.
Ia relegraph to ~ TrIbnne. ]

Webster. Mass. July 2s.-John Ben
son Prescott. wealthy iron manu-
facturer. died suddenly this afternoon
in his home here after four days IL
ness of heart disease. at the age OF
ghty-three.
Mr.. Prescott was born IN Dexter;
Me-. April 3. 1881. the son of Jesse and
Sarah II. Benson Prescott. He was
founder of the j. B, Prescott & Son
foundries in Webster and Douglass, re
firing ten wears ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
WOMEN TO GO ON BALLOT
Constitutional Convention To
Be Final Judge, Says Carmody

ALBANY. July 2S.-Ihe names OF wom-
en- candidates for delegates TO the Con-
stitutional Convention may be placed
ON official ballots and voted for, but
the convention itself will be the final
Judge of the qualifications of its mem
jership. including any women who may
be elected.
This is the gist of the answer At
torrcv General Carmody gave to-day
~ the iuouirv a. to whether women
could participate in the deliberations
of the convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
DIPLOMATS GO UP A PEG
Promotions Follow Creation
of Embassy in Chilli.

Washington. July 2s.-The President
to-day. ny nomination 10 the Senate
made the following changes IN the DIP
lomatic service:
George r. Summerlin. Rsysvllle, La
now secretary legation. Santiago, Sec
rotary embassv. Santiago. Chill
Perry Bciden. Syracuse now secre,
tary legation. Teguclgalpa secohu
secretary embassy, Santiago, Chih;
Francis Travis Coke, hiiadelpn a
now second secretary legation. ha-
vaual. legation TegUciga honduras;
Glenn Stewart. Pittsburgh, second
sccretary .egatIon. Havana.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
STARS HUSBAND GIVES UP
Bell, Whom Adele Richie Left,
Charged with Assault.

Charles Nelson Bell. husband Of
Adele Richie. comic opera star. whom
the Newark police wanted on a charge
Of an assault upon George ". Spcel
last Friday. gave himself up to the au-
thoritics yesterday. He was arraiCned
and gave $500 bail Acting Judge
Rooney set the hearing fer August (.
Warrants are out for Two other men.
believed TO be professional thugs.
Blackiacks we're used. and Speel was
left insens;blc on the street after the
beating.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
MRS. LEAH ROSEWATER.

Omaha. July 2s.-Mrs. Leah Rose
water. widow Of Edward Rosewster,
founder OF THE Omaha Bee and
mother Of Victor and Charles {.
Rosewater. present owners Of that
paper. died at her home here to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
New York Gets Philatelists

Boston. July IS New York City was
selected az the place TO hold the 1918
annual convention at to-dav's session
OF the National PhIlatelic Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29

Contributions. preferably by check
or money order. shold be addressed 20
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund. The Trb-
une. New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Salem Relief Fund 100000,

Boston. July y. The fund for the
relief of the Salem fire sufferers passed
the 100000 maxi to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
CEMtTF RlES.

Iur WOODLANDS ttNtrURy
I'D ST By HARLEM Train and ~ lroisy.
once. 20 East I'D ST.. n. Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29

rom m" ITITlNe '0T7 -'0Iu'H--I
Washington. y. J.. July IS. Crawl
inc Under the Kitchen table 20 net a
hound that had been a favoritc of the
children. Helen. the three year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Ryan,
to-daF was attacked by the animal and
bitten 50 savagely that she will be dis
cured FOR life. A soon as the father
learned Of the attack he returned home
and shot the dog.
The little girls mother was about
hcr work when she heard the screams
Of the :niid and the grow.s OF tho dog.
She ruchoG into the room and beat the
animal away. but not before Helcn's
cheeks and one Of h"r cyelids had
bcen pierced By the animals teeth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
Time Curtain Rises c-day
bFTGS NOON.

2.f5-potash d Perlmutter.....Co3ans
Z.cgfcld F'ollies.New Amsterdam
Too NAM Cooks. 9th street
Apartmopt FIX. MaHine Eiliott's
2.3O-Thc Dummy .----.--.-... HUDSON
pair OF SKIES. ........ LOngacre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29
AFTERNOON FEATURE FILMS
EVENING.

s.oo-rassIns SHOW i9li..Winter Garden
s..5-potash q PcrmUtter 900. Conan :
Ziegfeld's F'olles. New Amsterdam
Too Many Cooks. .3ath Street
Kitty MacSay. Comedy
Apartment Elk. Maxine Elliott 5
0:50-The Dummy ..''''-'''.'. 'hudson
A pair OF SiNes........I.orga crr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-29

Cowing. Howard r. Lounsbery. G. E.
Darrell, G. Freder'k. Mitchell. {. ".
Haines. George W. Scott, Helen Il.
Howey. Alfred.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
Declares He Himself Was Flogged Cruelty With
Heavy Strap Studded With Copper Rivets.
Tells of Seeing Unwarranted Brutality to
Sick Convicts
Continued r rom Page I.

that prevails Fulton County Convc under the
system fed better and logged less and they worked
until their tongues hung and their bodies racked with
don't believe there Georgia wouldn't rather
work under the lease system than under the system Full
ton County.
After serving six months to Captain Tom Donald
at Buckhead where Captain Clyde Thomson
placed in double shacks and nagged until spirit
broken had been like man at the brick
yard and had to be cured The bunch that with
head all longtem and the guards afraid
they started what practice racing
lunches OF men at work Convcs supposed have
OF comparatively work which hardened for
OF the raod work the roads but they rarely The guards
all ignorant and and immensely proud of positions
Nothing pleases them than boast of the
of their gang of their high rollers bully bows There
were eighty divided into squads each
der the command armed guard guard
bunch against the of another guard proddng
with barrels cusng them and threatening foggng
the other crew the They made shovel dirt such
way that the slightest break the finger gone
hacked off by the sharp edge of shovel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
Crazed Into Cutting Fingers off

\ named Will Clemens whipped so>ofen that he
became almost and night he his thinking
maybe they put him in the hospital him days of
rest They whipped him for doing put back into the
gang
There young boy in the camp who got whipped so
much and worked hard he committed eating
He eating the stuff guards knew
IL and he dying when he finally convinced them
and they put him in the hospital One day fall
exhausted and the road and they
and whipped HIM and put him to work He died
There convict named Sam who crazy. saw him
whipped 20 times because he little couldn't keen
with the big guard named Kent Newson gruge
Sam because he Newsom poor half
Fted creature couldn't do much work gang dn
win Therefore he had
often twice day. and finally ravng idiot out Of the
fellow.
The convicts also whipped if they woudn lend the
guards the that their folks them The men who
the guards their money had time than the
who wouldn't do it.
We heard guards walk a convict who working as
hard as he could and who WASH violating rules and
say:
Damn YOU don't like your looks' And then after a
string of oaths he would have the convict whipped
Every time man complained about anything-he got
whipped he asked for things that the printed prison rules plain
" said he could have. the guards would
To hell with the Prison Commission: Tom
nng this camp You what he you can havel
And then the convict would be hogged asking for the few
rights he is supposed to have.
Because of the races with which the guards to their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
The "Jack-Man" and His Strap

Always, if when race some of the men of
the losing whipped because they lost
whipped IN bunch for that of them.
Many of small and weak while the other
all big strong but the little fellows logged
mercuy because they couldn't do much big
During these when the top speed
for hours at time the guards stand the bank
ee the convcts with horrible oahs threatening them
whipped And of the convcs ags behind guard sends
for the captain whom they call the ackman the captain
- inches wide and feet long, of 3ply strength
IT'S length and ply the The last had studded with
"a copper rvets.
After the ackman gets there he asks the matter
and the guard usually says:
Kill that --; he's azy!'
Then the captain drag the curses
HIM and makes him down his hands the
convict forced to drop his hold his up
h head exposing his bare back Then the captain gives him
nine ashe sometimes with leather strap if the
convict lets his shirt drop he gets extra stroke for time
It happens Those whips they terrible weapons
break heavy jug with four feet away.
During the year in Thomason's camp men were
whipped for the most trivial ofenseS and for
90 logged until they hardly stand and then
forced back into the ditch and shoveng dirt there
were lot of whppngs although hear the
devils crying and begging for mercy Men whipped
the public highway with people passing which against the
law.
Willie Jones' a safe blower who doing five wear bit
small weak little with cough the strength of
kitten lie was placed with of husky
weighing less than 1870 and 200 pounds coun do
much work they could he logged numerically
HIM strapped while the wounds still
whipping he got a few days before.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
FORMER PRISONER MAKES NEW
CHARGES OF PRISON ABUSES

vanity the worked hard they can sleep
night Of convict expects work hard and prob
ably should work hard but there limit
We used shovel dirt the roads that
could hardly drag ourselves into camp at night tired and
racked with pain could
Our beds mattresses spread side by side of
planks Each shacked besides regular
he chained to 2nch log chain that made fast
trees and posts lie forced his clothing by pulling
them through the cosefttng leg he ddn hurry
whipped
We fed peas that had weeyls in them
bacco filled with On Sundays had beef
Mondays everybody sick always The only thing
that fit to the bacon and there mighty little
that.
We ate supper Of tin bucket and then
bed The only sound you could hear the night
grooming OF the they tried to find comfortable position
Most Of had muscular night and relieve this
given srychnine tablets
'lve try suicide because they had
whipped numerically and worked hard convicts
continually trying hurt they would have
the hospital and get few days Once
wheel but they tied around and
to work.
Living conditions at the simply awful Our
cd Of taking bath will illustrate: barrel two
half of used for tub holding five gallons of
water Ten stood in chained together tub
passed from the other he take bath
without changing the towel the the The
forced battle in water that had been
other who had worked for fourteen drtes
kind of abor!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

ably will carry the marks o. the strap
to his grave.
They will tell you that the con
victs can't be handled except by the
use OF the strap. That is very true
You may be surprised that | concele
this but it is true because Of the men
they have as guards Let the county
and the State get competent and hu-
name men to act as foremen OF the
camps and the strap can be dispensei
With. SO long as they let men of low
or brutal character remain in charge
OF the conNicts there are certain To be
repeated instances of the grossest
cruelty.
You all have heard for months Of
conditions I'm Georgia. The situation
seems TO have come 10 a focus nov,
Action must be had. ana al once. N
remains for the ministers to act. II
the Grand jury is intending TO find
nut the whole truth | want to saw
they have only begun. And after they
have done their work, II is for IN.
Prison Commission to throw the leht
on conditions all oyer the state"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02

the convict guards and the RESPONSE
hility for their actions.
1t seemed the disposition Of the
commissioners to pass the response
billty on TO the State Prison Corn
mission. Tull c. Waters, chairman
Of the County Commissioners. is said
to have told the Grand Jury that.
while the County Board has the APP
pointment of the guards, the Prison
Commission makes all the rules and
regulations under which the guards
act and by which they control the
convicts in their charge.
Mr.. Waters testimony, in effect is
said to have been this:
I'VE name the foreman of the camp.
The Prison Commission takes him and
desginates him as State deputy
warden and he becomes virtually a
State employee and works under the
rules and regulations formulated ny
the Prison Commission. He is re-
sponsible to the Prison Commission
and not to us
"If the Prison Commission objects
to him, they can put him out and we
will select another man. We are glad
10 cooperate with the Prison Com
mission in any way possible"
Chairman Waters said after he had
never had heard OF any OF the abuses
since he had been on the County
Board. He said that while he was
chairman of the Public Works Com
mittee in 1912, the committee which
has the supervision of the camps, he
had occasion to visit the camps, and
never had heard one word of com
plant from the prisoners.
Waters Favors Lash.
Mr.. Waters was of the opinion that
it would be impossible to abolish
logging. He said that he viewed the
convicts much in the light of grown
up children, whom it was necessary
to whip once in a while in order to
enforce discipline.
Many of the convicts are of a
sort" he said. who could not be dis
ciplined in av other way"
General Clifford l.. Anderson ad-
mitted that the practice of logging
convicts was revolving and brutal
one, but he did not know whether
discipline could he enforced without
II, He is said to have told the Grand
Jury that in the counties where an
attempt had been made to do away
with corporal punishment il was a
question If the discipline was not even
worse that it had been before
Anderson Probed Shooting.
General Anderson is reported to
have related that he made quiet
Investigation of the shooting Of Har-
ris by Thomason at the time. and
TO have found that Thomson appear
ed justified.
one of the jurors thereupon re-
marked, il is said: Il guess you must
have got the wrong dope"
Shelby Smith, another member of
the county board. was questioned al
length. The trend of the inquiries
showed that the jurors are making
a rigid investigation with a view Of
finding II the logging can not be
completely abolished in the convict
camps of the county.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
Weltner Tells Ministers
OF Unbelievable Cyueltu

Philip Welmer, secretary OF the
Georgia Prison Association. at the
meeting OF the Evangelical Ministers
Association Monday told in graphic
manner of the horrible mistreament
and brutality of which prisoners had
been made victims
Il want to lend my testimony" he
said, that the camp on which they
have begun their investigation. as bad
as it is, and as inhumane and uu-
civilized as are the punishments they
visit upon the conviCts. is the best
camp in Fulton County.
Let them investigate the other
camps also. They will uncover con-
ditions Of which they could not have
dreamed or conceived
Saw Mark of Lash on Man.
The tiogging In Captain LucS's
camp became So fearful that persons
living IN the vicinity were compelled
10 make formal protest
"A man now in the insane asylum
came to me from one Of the Fulton
County camps with great flesh
wounds covering his body. He prob
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
State and County Will
Join in ThOrOuqh Probe

With the Grand Jury of Fulton
County starting an investigation into
the stories of brutality and incompe-
tence among the guards at the seven
convict camps-instance of which
are contained in the merciless fog
ging Of the prisoners and the recent
shooting Of one by Captain" Clyde
Thomason--it was announced by r.
r. Dawson, chairman of the State
Prison Commission that an entirely
Independent investigation would be
undertaken by the Prise nCommlssion
and the Board of County Commits
sioners.
The joint probe will begin with an
automobile tour by all the members
of both bodies to every one of the
seven convict camps in the county.
Then a conference will be held at
which Convicts and eX.convictS will
be heard at length
The Grand Jury Monday had before
il three members of the Board of
County Commissioners and several
eX-convicts The only formal action
of the day was the indictment of
Captain Thomson for the shooting Of
convict John Harris. A bill was re-
turned at the session of the Grand
Jury last week, but through an over
sight the bill was not signed at that
time.
Thomason Indicted Twice.
Two indictments We're returned
against Captain" Clyde 4. Thoma-
son by the Grand Jury in connection
with his shooting of John II. Harris,
a convict.
One charged assault with intent TO
murder This was because of the
shooting. The other charged assault
and battery, The latter indictment
grew out of the alleged fact that
Thomson dashed James Brannan,
another convict, because he had pro-
tested against the shooting of Harris,
MY God, That's murder pure and
simple" Brannan is said TO have eX-
claimed when Thomson shot Harris
down. Thomson is said 10 have be-
come infuriated at this interference
and to have ilogged Brannan cruelty
for his INSTRUMENTATION"
Thomason's bond on the first indie
ment was fixed by Solicitor Dorsey at
$3.50, and on the second at 5000. He
called up by telephone wheif he heard
of the action, and said that he would
be in town TO surrender himself To
the authorities and make bond
Probe To Be Thorough.
Alfred c. Newell. at the conclusion
of Monday s hearing, announced that
another session would be held We'd
nesday and that many more witnesses
would be suhpenaed, most of them
convicts. He said that there would be
nothing of the superficial in the probe,
but that II would be thorough and
would include every one of the sever
camps OF the, county.
Every one of the three Count.
Commissioners called Monday were
interrogated in a manner to indicate
that it was the determination Of the
Grand Jury to fix positively the re
sponsibiity for the appointment of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-02
WILKINSON SEES
SUNSHINE On
ALL SIDES
Declares Citizens Must Be Care
full Not to Attack Institutions
Doing Good Work.

Nell r. Wilkinson, the new presi-
dent Of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce, looked out of a spacious win
dow at an elaborate setting of blue
sky brightness and Joined the Sun
shine Club with the following we'll
chosen expressions;
"On such a glorious day it would
be hard to make any other kind of
talk than one about sunshine-even
the sun, which the astronomers tell
us is something more than 90,000,000
miles away, seems to have singled
out Georgia for his especial regard.
And all the wealth of sunshine is
not in the air. / was recently in
New York and the East, and l was
immensely gratified, and not little
surprised, TO note the sentiment of
bankers and business people general
~ regarding The Southeast, and par
ticularly Georgia and Atlanta.
Boost Atlanta for Bank.
"Why, there wasn't banker but
thought the Southeast should be made
d
and they all agreed that Atlanta
should have the bank This, I may
add, very closely corresponds to my
own private opinion.
"Our section is facing splendid
year of prosperity and opportunity.
Perhaps the main thing will be to
keep intact our balance and sense OF
proportion under the temptation of
all this opportunity; TO expand con-
servatively. not to overtrade or
plunge; and yet be ready to make
the most of the rich field before us.
and right here I should like to
make a little statement.
Publicity Seekers Warned.
Il think this is especially a good
time for some persons, in whom the
itch writing and the craving of
publicity is strong, 20 refrain with
some care from flying into the col
umns of the newspapers with sensa-
tional statements, ill-considered as
well as ill-timed, attacking institu-
lions less from a knowledge of their
short -comings than from a desire for
passing notoriety.
81 may even mention case in
point
"A youthful ministers, whose name
escapes me, made an attack not long
ago on the Associated CHARITIES. 1t
resulted in the Chamber of Com
merce appointing a special commit
tee to examine the books and methods
of that institution, Frank NJ. Inman
being the chairman of the commit
tee A most thorough examination
was made. and that committees re-
port, given to the press, was most eff
fective and convincing. as to the thor
oughly good work being done by the
Associated Charities.
Georgia Chamber Praised.
CAS- to our State at large, the Geor-
gia Chamber of Commerce is whoop-
ing up things all over the State, and
is becoming most potent factor in
its upbuilding and betterment. Or
ganized effort by the business men
of the State, under the guidance of
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce
is destined to do for Georgia what
the citizens of Atlanta are doing for
their city, with the aid of our own
Chamber of Commerce.
"One Of the most cheerful things l
can see in the Sunshine Club of At
lanta is the ease and conscientious
enthusiasm with winch it is possible
even neCesary-to become a mem
Der I don't remember ever to have
seen the sunshine of prosperity so
beautifully distributed before"