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JUVENILE COURT.

Twenty two hundred and sixty cases
were docketed in the Juvenile Court in
the year 1916. Slightly over ~ per cent
of this number were cases of non-support
within the restrictions placed on the
jurisdiction of the court by the Court of
in a ruling that allowed the trial
of such cases only where the alleged
failure to provide extended to minor
children. In consequence of the Court
of Appeals decision. the non-support fea-
ture of the Juvenile Court sessions has
been considerably curtailed. The average
amount of money paid through the Juve-
nile Court for maintenance of families
has been about $500 month.
OF the more than LOGO children arraign-
ed before Judge De Lacy during the year.
there We're but 152 old offenders Thirty
one of these children faced the court on
more than two occasions, and, failing to
avail themselves of the opportunity offer
ed to mend their ways. the majority are
now serving terms in the reform schools.
The court has sent about an equal num-
Der to the reform schools without allow
ing a probationary term. These We're
for the more serious offenses
triable before the court.
In number of cases larceny leads the
list of offenses charged against the juve-
nile offenders, :I37 such cases being filed.
Violation Of the police regulations, in
such OffenSeS as stone throwing,
riding bicycles on the wrong side of the
street and the like, ranked second, num-
bering 312, and disOrderly conduct third,
with 220 cases. Two hundred children
were tried during the year for incorrigi-
biity, 1O5 for depreciation on private
violations of the truancy law We're also
Of.
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WITH THE CORONER.

More than 400 deaths claimed the at
tention of Coroner hewitt during the year
1910.
There were no sensational homicides
during the year, however. nor were there
any accidents of unusual magnitude to
be investigated. The violent deaths in
vestigated by the coroner during the
twelve months number PA, as follows:
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Hundreds of printers from every city
in the country assembled here for the
meeting Of the United Typothetae Of
America, and the series of base ball
games between the various unions was
q novel convention feature. The union
lists adopted resolutions of thanks to the
various interests in this city who con-
tributed to their entertainment.
Following Is list of some of the Or
ganizations which held annual meetings
in this city during the year: The Amer
mems Association. the Ornithologists'
Union. the National Red Cross. the So
ciety of Agricultural Chemists, the Polish
Alliance. the American Therapeutic As
ISOLATION. the Medico-Psy AS
ISOLATION the Congress of Physicians and
Surgeons. the American Laryngological
Association. the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution, the American Pharma-
copeal Association the Ladies' Tailors'
Association, the executive committee of
the American Bar Association. the Ma
tional Liquor League. the Association of
Accountants. the Association of Life In
surance Presidents. the Association of
Marine Engineers. the National Board of
Trade. the Sunday School Federation and
the Allied Associations for Equal Suf-
frase.
Judging from the plans already formu-
lated by the Chamber of Commerce 10
draw scores of conventions to this CITY
during the coming year, especially the
large labor unions. 1911 will eclipse the
record of 1910 and Washirg ton by jan
uary OF next year will have entertained
more delegates and sightseers than any
city III the country.
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colored, was sent to Leavenworth for five
years for taking the property of Mrs.
Hornsby. Among the important arrests
was that of Andrew Lee. the professional
in this city and sentenced to serve twenty
years imprisonment for robberies COM
mitted in houses in Bloomingdale.
The arrest OF the three men and one
woman for alleged attempt at blackmail
attracted more attention than any other
case in police circles during the twelve
months. J. Bailey Knots and Wife Ben
tamin Knots and Albert Armstrong. de-
PENDANTS in the case. were accused of hav-
ing attempted to extort 81 900 from Charles
RoSenthal by means of the badger
game.
Drill Under New Tactics.
The suggestion Of President Taft's mes
sage that more military bearing on part
of the policemen was desirable received
attention at police headquarters. and the
police are drilling under new tactics in
the expectation of a change for the bet
ter in the appearance of the men.
One of the older members Of the force,
Lieut.. J. r. Sutton. died during the year,
after long and faithful service.
There was revolt against the contin-
ued use Of improperly arranged and
poorly ventilated cells in some of the po-
ice StdtlOnS. NOT only ala MAJ. SEi-
vester rebel against them. but humani-
tarians not in the police service took an
active interest in the crusade, and Con-
gress has taken up the question of rem
edying the evil. A new central station,
with armory, gymnasium and baths, is
hoped for In the near future.
An important innovation in police equip
ment during the year was the addition OF
the motor cycle squad for duty in the
suburbs.
Many robberies were reported to the
police during the year. AS the result OF
the activities of the police property val
ued at $12n,934.65 was recovered Never
before in the history of the department
was so much property recovered during
a calendar year
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FIRES AND LOSSES.

Fire damage in the District during the
year 1910 is estimated at nearly $500, 900
An up-to-date automobile for Frank j.
Wagner. chief of the fire Department.
has been provided during the year and
enables the chief to reach fires without
delay. The chief hopes the time is not
far distant when more horseIess vehicles
will. be in use in his department.
The erection of new quarters for No .
engine company not only provided the
chief with suitable quarters for night
service, but has provided a model fire
house. with all the latest ideas, for the
downtown section.
No. 10 truck company, another new fire
fighting company. was installed in a
house on * street southwest between Sd
and AZ streets the last of March, and
No .i engine company, also new, took
possession of its quarters on q street
northwest between 21st and nd streets
the latter part OF November One of the
old trucks was made into an automatic
truck. an engine was rebuilt and a hose
wagon purchased
ants had busy year. Their work in
cluGed the inspection of theaters and
other places of amusement and the in
spection of business places, especially
those in which inflammable material is
kept. and hundreds of such places were
visited and inspected. They also visited
the scenes of all the fires during the year
in order TO fix the amount of damage the
cause of the fire and to make investiga-
lions of those attributed to the work of
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About thirty-five members of the de-
partment were injured during the year.
two fatally. Seven persons We're burned
to death and about fifty painfully burned
or injured at fires which attracted the
attention of the department.
During the first month of the year there
we're 1Ol alarms of fire received by the
department, 66 bell and 81 local alarms.
Ten of the former were false The total
amount of damage was estimated at
siS,O12. There was only one fire which
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Probation Glass Larger.

At the end of the present year the
courts probation class numbered Al, an
increase of about 10 per cent over the
class of 1909. Reports of the probation
officers for the year indicate the morale
of this years probation class is higher
than it has been since the establishment
of the court four years ago The BIZ
monthly good citizenship meetings have
had an enthusiastic attendance, there
has been an increase in the court Ii
brary and augmented attendance at the
court Fairgrounds during the past sum-
mer. The efforts of the court to make
the probation class meetings and the
Fairgrounds sufficiently attractive to
bring together its charges without COM
pulsory measures have exceeded expecta-
tons.
The observance of the child labor law
has been more than satisfactory in the
past year. The joint work of the in
spectors and the court has resulted in
few prosecutions, while there seems to
be an earnest effort on the part of both
children and parents to comply with its
regulations In the neighborhoOd of a
thousand permits have been issued to
children during the year permitting them
to work under the stDulatons of the
law.
there have been about forty adults tried
for other offenses coming within the
jurisdiction of the court. Among these
We're thirteen cases of contributing to
the delinquency of minor child, one
case of engaging in the white slave traf-
flee and one case Of cruelty to children.
Heavy penalties were imposed where the
defendants confessed their guilt or We're
convicted. These figures compared with
those Of previous years show a decrease
in crimes against children in the Dis
trict.
Recognizing the necessity of having a
prosecutor in attendance at the court S
daily sessions. Corporation Counsel T.. Fl.
Thomas detailed his assistant, f.. Fl.
George. the prosecuting attorney of
the court. His investiga tons of all ap-
plicatiOnS for warrants and kindred mat
tiers have expedited the business of the
court considerably, and large num-
Der of trivial cases which would otherwise
come before the court are satisfactorily
settled.
Among the recommendations made by
Judge De Lacy during the year have been
those for the erection of modern build
ing to be used as a court building and a
house of detention. The increased bust
ness of the court makes new building
imperative. he urges The recommends
ton has been incorporated in bill soon
to be presented to the District commit
tees of Congress.
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CONVENTIONS.

Washington during the last wear set a
new record convention city. Meet
Ings conferences and reunions served to
draw thousands of delegates and visitors
to this city, and in nearly every case
the cOnclaves were national in char
acter.
The conference of governors last jan
nary. the meetings of the American So
ciety for the Settlement of Interna-
uOnal Disputes and the prison congress
were regarded as among the most inn
portant. These latter two conventions
were International in character, and the
Esperanto congress, which was in SEES
sion here last August: the international
humane Congress and the meeting of the
b. Maj Birth were also world wide in
their scope.
President Taft has been kept busy dur
ing the last twelve months making ad
dresses at public sessions and greeting
delegates at the White House.
The press of conventions has again
demonstrated the need of an adequate
hall or building. such as is proposed by
the George Washington Memorial AssO-
citation.
All sorts of conventions have been held
at the various hotels. and the new home
of the pan-American union has been
used as meeting place for several Or
ganizations. The hall of the new Smith
sonian building was thrown open to the
public for the first time at the humane
conference in September At the Cath
Ollie University the Catholic charities was
in session for a week, and new era was
begun in this phlanthrOpic endeavOr.
Peace at Big Price.
The eyes of the world were centered on
Washington several weeks ago when the
leading opponents of peace of this nation
discussed for three days the best means
Of abolishing war. The donation of $1O.-
OOO.OOO by Andrew Carnegie to aid in es-
tablishing a worldwide peace made the
conference especially significant.
What was perhaps the most cosmopoli-
tan gathering ever assembled in the
United States was the congress of prison
reform advocates who came here from
every nation in Asia and Europe. Their
deliberations and legislative action were
heralded by scholars everywhere as a
distinct step forward in the progress of
mankind. Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise OF
London was elected president of the in
ternational congress. and the next meet
ing will be held in London.
The seventh annual convention of the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress,
held at the New Willard December Z, 8
and g. was attended by more than 1000
delegates, and the addresses of men and
women prominent in all the states as
leaders in social, Industrial. legislative
and philanthropic circles gave a new i'm
petus to the movement.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

~ INCE, Jan. /, 1910. twenty two
49, aviators in heavier than air
machines have lost their lives
~ IN fails. In the list are tn
cludeo men who had worldwide repu-
tations as fiiers, men OF more than the
usual skill in the handling of their
novel machines Among them. ton.
are numbered men OF virtually every
nation in which the science and art Of
flying has established itself.
The year opened inauspiciously for
the bird men. On Jan. 4 Leon Della
grange of France. one of the earliest
and most famous of the hiers. fell at
Bordeaux while maneuvering his Far
man biplane around a sharp turn. One
OF the wings OF the machine collapsed.
the other followed. and the aviator fell
fifty feet to the earth. with the heavy
motor on top OF him. He was killed
instantly.
Following Delagrange's death so
early In the year the fatal accidents
came fast. The climax OF the years
fatalities came In October. when no
fewer than six fliers met death while
engaged in advancing the cause of
aviation and adding 20 their own fame
or wealth. In one week there were
three fatal accidents.
The deaths of many of these pioneers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06
Now the City of Chicago Has Censor of Plays

tertainment law. Everything spoken.
sung. acted or pantomimed for the
Willing away of the idle hours of CHI
Cages populace must bear the o. X. Of
Sergeant O'Donnell-or else, nix on II.
What called the worlds attention
recently to Chicagos praiseworthy re-
solve to censor It's opera houses, the
aters. moving picture nickelodeons and
other places of amusement was the
ban placed on the opera "Salome."
But the city did not censor "Saloms;"
II was the directors of the opera house
who did the trick.
They feared that Chicagos repute as
highly moral city and incidentally
their own regulations as purveyors OF
unimpeachable lyrical drama would
suffer from further representations of
the scene In which Salome addresses
impassioned words OF love to the sew
cred head of John the Baptist sacri-
need by King Herod to her lust for
blood. 1t Is the scene In which Mary
Garden. the Chicago prima donna has
made her greatest success. In the ac-
companying picture she Is seen as she
appears In the Strauss opera, but the
head OF Sergeant O'Donnell Is sub
stituted for that OF the murdered
| evangelist.
| New York smiled when It heard what
Chicago had done to "Salome," for Il
remembered the furore of criticism
which attended It's own performances Of
the opera and the comments which ac-
companied its withdrawal. Speaking
in New York about Chicago's action,
Oscar Hammerstein. who knows much
about opera and what is permissible
on the operate stage, said:
"'Salome' was turned down. That's
all. The reason has been kept se-
cret. Chicago is the home OF the beef
trust. and maybe the packing houses
out there want no competition In the
slaughter house business. Another
thing-this is confidential-the women
In Chicago wear fiannels, 80 they arc
opposed to the nude. Artistic lines do
not appeal to them"
1t must be noted particularly thaS
after thus venting his, spleen axainss
Chicago Oscar took the very nrss
steamer for Europe. r.f Atri
But Chicago really has q censor. ana
an uncommonly efficient one at that.
He is Sergeant Charles O'Donnell. whs
has been a member OF the city's police
force for eighteen years. Aimosf any
man who has been "poundina tia
pavements" OF Chicago for aImost two
decades and has been familiar with its
life is able to tell when a song or A..
aot or play is far on the wrong sid,
OF the line which divides moraiitu
from Its opposite. but II requires :
man OF uncommonly acute mind ana
keen discrimination as we'll as knovl-
edge OF human nature to tell jnst
where to draw the line. That is whxss
sergeant o'Donnell shines. He pes
sesses these qualifications In a high o..
gree. and In addition he has the oon4
ndence OF his superiors and the pubiIe
IN his honesty and Justice. Aitogethss
he Is valuable man for Chicago -
possess Is Sergeant Charles o'Donnsik
ARTHUR ]. BRINpofN, \
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death of George Chavez. the young
Peruvian French aviator. on Sept. 81
In conjunction with other aviators this
young man of twenty three formed the
project of flying over the Alps. Others
tried and failed. but Chavez succeeded
only to lose his life when the worlds
plaudits were waiting to crown the
repetition of the feat which had aided
in establishing the fame of Hannibal
and Napoleon They had won their
toilsome ways over the peaks by
methods known TO mankind before
their eras. but Chavez fixed an era for
himself by flying in monoplane from
Brig, Switzerland to Domodossola,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

in aviation-for It is admitted that the
winning of the realms OF the air is only
begun-have been attended by many
pathetic circumstances. In July Daniel
Kinet. a Belgian fler of note, who held
the worlds record for an aeroplane
flight with a passenger. dropped at
Client, Belgium, when his rudder
broke, and he died from his injuries a
few days later. Less than a month
afterward his brother, Nicholas Kinet,
also an experienced aviator, was
crushed to death under the motor Of
his machine after the biplane had
dropped $50 feet
While Daniel Kinet was lying on his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

bed of pain in Ghent, with his life in
the balance which finally registered
against him. Belgium's neighbor across
the English channel. England was
shocked by the death of the Hon.
Charles Stewart Rolls, a young and
wealthy aviation enthusiast, member
of a noble family. Rolls dropped to
death at Bournemouth. England, du--
ing an aviation meet which was being
held at the summer resort.
Probably the years most striking in
stance of defeat at the very moment
of victory and one of the most dra-
matte happenings of the kind In the
worlds history was furnished by the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

printed above II will be understood that
the membership Of the order is more
select and exclusive than that Of many
another military and patriotic order.
There are now about 1000 human
carabaos. and not many accessions TO
the ranks are expected, save from
among the officers of the volunteer
regiments which served In the Philip
pines between the two dates given.
Provision has been made, however, for
the perpetuation of the order. since, ac-
cording to its constitution, "the oldest
direct male descendant. over twenty
one years of age, of a veteran carabao
or of person eligible to become a vet
eran carabao shall be eligible to be-
come hereditary carabao after the
death of his ancestor. The Oldest son.
over twenty-one years of age. of a vet
eran carabao or a person eligible to
become one shall be eligible to join the
order as a carabao calf during his
ancestors life. At the latter's death
the calf shall become q hereditary
carabao."
The principal corrals OF the carabaos
are In Washington and Manila. At
recent computation the membership of
the Washington corral consisted of
458 carabaos and one carabao calf.
The latter was John II. Knapp, pay
master in the navy, son OF Captain
John ]. Knapp, also OF the navy.
Among the well known men who have
been members of the Washington cor
raj may be mentioned Generals Chat
fee, Young, Humphrey and Crozier, all
OF the army; General Elliott of the ma
rine corps and Paymaster General
Harris of the navy.
Another little known military order
is the Military Order OF the Dragon,
composed of officers who served In
China during the Boxer war. Its mem
bership, however. includes foreign off,
GERS as well as Americans, while the
Order Of the Carabao is exclusively
American. At the head of the Military
Order of the Dragon is General James
b. Aleshire, u. s. A., who is also a
member OF the Washington corral OF
the carab9os.
While the human carabaos extol
their patron saint" as a patient beast
and sing his praises at their annual
dinners. authorities differ as to his
meekness. For instance, Dean G.
NSANSSNcAt DOOK on tne PnlllD-
pines, declares that while the carabao
will go where horse cannot, he is
most uncomfortable brute TO ride and
has certain pecullarities of disposition
which make him rather unreliable
means of conveyance. He has an in
born prejudice against white men, and
the smell OF one is sometimes enough
to stampede all the buffaloes in a vii
iage. The worst trouble with him is
that he absolutely declines to work In
the middle of the day If the sun is hot.
When one urges him against his in
clination an impromptu mud bath Is
likely TO result, for sooner or later he
VIII get his eye on tempting slough,
and into It he will go, regardless OF
what happens to be attached TO him or
on his back"
But the carabao is strong and a will
Ing worker and Is docile most OF the
time. The female OF the species gives
very good milk.
WILLIAM HENDERSON.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

killed. He was literally man without
fear. Months before his death he was
heard to express n desire to loop the
loop" In his aeroplane. meaning there
by to glide ahead with every ounce of
power In his motor. turn his planes
upward. make a complete revolution In
the air and trust to his skill and good
fortune to right his machine before 1t
fell.
These are but few of the pathetic
incidents marking the fatal falls of the
year. There were nonfatal falls In
great number. from which men and
women emerged with broken limbs and
bruises.
Daring the perils of the air in diri-
gibie and other Saloons. upheld as they
are by their big gas bags, has proved
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

no safer than aerial navigation in
heavier than air flying machines. OF
notable balloon accidents during the
year which resulted in loss of life may
be mentioned the loss of the great Ger
man balloon the Pommern, carried
over the Baltic sea by adverse winds
after leaving Stettin. In this catas-
trophe Herr Delbrueck. a famous
member Of the reichstag. and two COM
panions were killed. on July 13 the
envelope of the dirigible balloon OF Os-
car Erbsloeh. well known air navi-
gator, exploded, and the falling gas bag
carried Erbsloeh and four companions
to their deaths. The number of per-
sons killed I'm balloon accidents In the
past five years exceeds forty Of vari-
Gus sorts. -,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06

Italy. Eight thousand feet or more he
scared and fell when fifty feet from
the ground on the other side of the
mountains than that from which he
started. Death came as the result OF
an error in judgment in handling his
motor.
In November America furnished a
case parallel to that of Chavez when
Ralph Johnstone. one OF our most ia
nous and popular fiiers, holder OF the
worlds record for altitude (the record
has been surpassed since his DEATH
and known to all followers of the sport
or science as one of the most daring OF
men. fell 500 feet at Denver and was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-06
President Tafts Going to Ride the CarabaO Soon

The local divisions of the Military
order OF the Carabao are known as
''corrals," from the Spanish word
meaning Enclosures In which horses
and other animals, and presumably
carabaos, are kept when they are not
engaged in hauling loads. Each mem
ber of the order is called carabao.
and the head of each corral Is known
as the paramount carabao. Next TO
him in rank comes the patriarch OF
the herd. The other officers In their
order are given as bell carabao,