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Evening star., 1912-07-07

violence upon the person we intend that
the violence should be real, that II
should do harm"
"Lacour acted under ordersf roareo
the president.
NO" retorted Daudet, I'VE give gen.
eral instructions Of which We accept the
responsibility"
But this witness proved too exciting for
the court, and this time the order to re-
tire was carried out
-
But when Daudet is questioned upon
the means by which he proposes to es-
tablish the monarchy in France he re-
pudiates all idea OF violence and blood
shed. His leaguers. unlike Ulster. are
not arming. His "Jeunes Files Royal
istes" carry no vitriol His Camelots
charge the police with nothing more
deadly than walking canes. He Processes
not to know how the revolution will be
brought about. and talks airily OF a coup
d. d'etat.
He makes no attempt to bring about
Evening star., 1912-07-07

HEN William r.
George founded the
Junior Republic.
which bears his
name, he was put
ting before the
world q I h e o y
that was considered
original to t n g
point OF being rev.
olutionary. Since
he started his re-
public seven others
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prophet is Leon Daudet. royalist. author.
newspaper man. confirmed duelist and
one OF the most picturesque personali-
ties in Paris today.
In the role of prophet Daudet has this
great advantage-that 1t is he himself
who is the king maker. In little ofiice
overlooking the busy Chausee d'Antin
this energetic son of the great Alphonse
Daudet sseminates the seeds Of mon
archy. And one can imagine the hopes
Of the exiled Due d'Orleans rising higher
as the crop grows.
The propaganda Of king making is
quite complete. First and foremost there
Is daily newspaper. L'Action Francaiss,
of which Leon Daudet Is the editor-in-
chief. But L'Action Franchise is much
more than q newspaper. II Is a Cause.
a movement. q league. 1t Is, TO adopt
French idiom, "all that there Is Of the
most patriotic" 1t wants France for
the Frenchnan.
According to Daudet and his fierce. en-
tAusiastic co-workers. France ut the pres
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streets-for love, be it understood-just
as the suffragettes do, and. like the suf-
fragettes organized violence is one OF
the most important planks In their plat
form. They are merry young barbarians,
these Camelots. and however much one
quarrels with their lawlessness. one can
not help but admire their enthusiasm for
the royalist cause.
With such a cause and such a follow
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like 1t have sprung up Aho Inc i~0o ~
which he based his theory. that young
peoole are capable OF efficient self-disci-
pl,ne. has made its appearance on every
side
But. tust as Mr.. George was fuil OF
original ideas fifteen or twenty years
ago, SO he Is now. He feels We have al
ready discovered that sense OF SOCIAL
responsibility follows having responsible
ity put upon US. You train people TO Do
good citizens by starting them In as citi-
zens. and his theory Is that what has &C
complished such remarkable work with
young people could be made to apply to
adults who have shown a lack Of social
sense.
If a man commite crime. or in other
words. shows that he has not a proper
sense of social responsibility. what do we
do with him? We take him at once away
from all chance to learn these RESPONSE
bil,ties is the theme Of his contention.
We lock him up in a jail. We teach him
that he must hereafter live by rules and
regulations made by others, while he HIM
self Is to be as much a machine as possi-
BILE, and by degrees we actually bring
about an atrophy Of such imperfect So
cial sense as he may have had before.
-.
Mr.. George. after twenty years of ex-
perience with boys and girls of all kinds.
feels that he Is justified in bringing for
ward a plan for treating adult criminals
In a totally different way from any that
has vet been devised.
You cannot teach a child to walk ex-
cept by letting him try to walk" says
Mr.. George, "and you cannot turn a man
who has committed crime into q useful
member of society by shutting him OF
from all human intercourse.
I'VE believe. in the junior republics,
in self-governing. as everybody knows.
We believe that the collective wisdom Of
young people Is most valuable, and I
think the years have proven that our be-
lief Is absolutely well founded People Of
different ages of different points of view.
see things differently, and we have to
have the wisdom Of all Of them before
we can arrive at justice for all.
Now, because q man has committed q
crime We are not to assume that he has
not q point Of view that might be most
interesting and valuable any more than
we have a right to assume that he Is
wholly depraved because he has had one
moral lapse.
People do not realise that Of all crimes
committed only one In 100 IL punished.
One man of all that number Is treated
like a pariah, unfit for human society,
and Is sent on to the penitentiary. The
ninety-nine Of them stay in their homes.
mix with other men. and presumably in
the vast majority Of cases become law
abiding men.
They have been given their chance
simply because 1t happened that the law
did not catch them. and they have made
good. The unlucky one who Is caught Is
punished for himself and the rest Of
them. II he has anything In him that II
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way of imparting his own enthusiasm to
others. Revolutionary as the idea OF tho
penal colonies seems. IL may not be really
very long before we see them.
Evening star., 1912-07-07
OUND Err of Great

r OUND Err of Great
i Juvenile Institution
Believes Such a Colony
Would Solve Penal Question.
Three Grades in His Pro-
posed Settlement. Convicts
to Be lf-Governing and to
Work at Trades, Enjoying
Fruits of Their Own Labor.
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the Judgment of his fellows. talk with the
man himself, and If they thought him
sincere in his desire to live life In ac-
cordance with all rules of society they
would call his confinement at an end.
Before the man came out into the
world again he would have to make resti-
tuition, as far as lay in his power, to the
person he had Wronged.
-
Il do not see why we should not have
results as good from this system as we
have had from our other republics.
started the first junior republic with the
idea of taking in boys Of the poor. l
took all kinds Then / discovered that
the boys who were called unmanageable
made much better citizens than the e+h-
ers. They had initiative, self-respect and
all the qualities We needed, and / deter
mined to specialize on so-called bad boys.
Il did so for a good many years. and
found that the plan worked as well as
could have been hoped for. do not mean
that the boys did not make mista les.
They made many, but in my judgment
they were not so serious as the mistakes
that the grown-up world had made with
them. They had little understanding OF
the technique Of administration, but they
soon learned it, and in general they had
a keen sense of justice. / think In our
courts the right course was taken as
often as in the big courts outside, and /
know it was more expeditioLsly done.
The way in which responsibility rouses
people into thoughtfulness was, by lie
way, illustrated during my recent trip
over the United States. 1 lectured in
states from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
and when 1 got where there was woman
suffrage the difference in the number and
responsiveness Of the women in the audi
ence was most marked. WhSre women
had votes they felt that they should see
and understand the theories that would
help them to do their part in running the
government of their state. Where they
had no votes fewer women attended, and
they seemed to take a less keen and in
telligent interest.
"At a luncheon given for me in a sii-
frage state. at which men and women
saying to each other, following discus
sion, that il. was odd they should be
agreeing with a group Of women at an
other table. They explained to me that
these women had led the suffrage move
ment in the state, and that they had
been antis 1 asked them If they would
vote to repeal the suffrage act and their
reply was: No, We fought having 1t, but
now that we have it I'VE like it. Every
body likes having responsibility placed
on them. I do not see any reason for
hesitating to extend system that has
worked we'll.
THE boys and the women learned to
adjust themselves to responsibility IS
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tablshed for the detection of juvenile
criminals / would have these young
people empowered to arrest Just as
grown-up policemen are empowered.
Understand me. / would not nave
them start at once all over the country.
/ would have them experimental with
in the small towns first l believe the
experiment would prove TO be won
derful success and would do a great
deal to diminish juvenile crime.
"I have another idea that 1 hope soon
to put into practice-that is to extend
the republic plan to boys who are not
able to leave the city. The best thing TO
do when possible is to take them to the
country, but for boys who work In the
city and cannot leave want to have a
city republic. 1 want to take fiat or
two somewhere and get some real live
young men to go up there and run II
along the lines of the other republics l
think training in self-government is too
important to be kept only for boys who
enjoy it."
When Mr. George talks about what he
intends to do one is pretty sure that ne
will do it. He is the type OF man who
starts right in to carry out an idea, no
matter what the difficulties may appear to
be- At the first he ran counter, very
sharply, to an established conception of
how to deal with boys. especially bad
boys. He had them selling eggs and but
ter and other produce Of their farm, and
organized charity found that he was let
ting them control the financial part of it.
Organized charity protested and said
that he should have a board Of trustees
to keep track of the money He indig-
nantly explained that a board of trustees
to supervise the boys was exactly what
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rood material we all know that it Is
pretty we'll smothered not only in jail
but by the treatment he gets when ne
comes out of Jail
4 4
INV scheme would be this: Let us have
a place Of some sort-we will call IL an
inclosure-and let us send to that all
men who are convicted of crime Let
them live there just exactly AS they hveo
outside. Let them work at their trades,
learn new trades, and cultivate the SOIL
and fill their lives with as many dlnerent
and agreeable varieties Of occupation as
possible.
.while living in this inclosure they
would be brought under the best lnnu-
ences and given every opportunity 10 oe-
yelop whatever tastes they had in any
legitimate direction. If they cared to cor
rect the faults Of their previous environ
ment they would have every opportunity
to do so. They would not be especially
cached at or moralized over, but would
be treated just like ordinary human De-
ings.
ing. II would have its officials and its
court Just as we have outside When one
of the residents violated the rules OF the
community that had been formed, az
everybody knew, for the purpose or max
ing things run smoothly, he would De
tried by the other residents and condemn
ed to serve certain time in another IN
closure.
.aThe second inclosure would be In every
respect like the first. 1t would be 1ui
of all of life that could be pressed into 1t
There would be no more stigma attached
to 1t than to the first inclosure. 1t Woulc
be self-governing and If it should nappeI
that one Of the residents transgressed ths
rules he could be sent to a. third lnclo
sure.
"Now. having got them into their In
closures, let us get them out. 1t Is to bt
supposed that a certain sense OF prize
would attach to the residents In the diff
ferent Enclosures except those who art
especially depraved.
I'VE would make 1t possible for mar
to get out Of the second inclosure wher
he appealed for readmission to the frs
havior and his intention to keep the rules
Of the first Enclosure in the future.
board of Judges. made UP Of residents OF
the first inclosure, would sit on his case
II they thought him sincere and deserving
Of another chance. he would come out.
the same rule would hold good for 8
man who wanted to get out of the thire
Enclosure into the second.
within the inclosure the board, whicf
would decide a mans right to promotion
would necessarily be made UP OF mel
who had been lawbreakers. but there
would be a final board. composed OF dis
tinguished men. authorities along sucf
lines, which would decide when mar
was free to leave the first inclosure anc
to live as others in the outer world. This
board would go over his records. ta@e
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ing 1t is no matter for surprise that Leon
Daudet has been engaged in newspaper
work throughout his career. The pen and
the sword have both lain ready to his
hand. Leon Daudet once denied that he
has fought more duels than any news
paper man in France. This denial made
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The New Version.

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. at din
~ ner in New York, condemned twen-
tieth century extravaganza.
Look at motor cars" he said. Every
other man you meet has a motor car.
Most of them can't afford it, either Most
OF them
Mr.. Davis smiled cynically.
Most OF them have a hard job he
said. ito keep the wolf from the garage
Cruelty to a Poet.
From Satire.
Poet-I called to see II you had an open
ing for me.
Editor-Yes, there's one right behind
you: shut 1t as you so out, please"
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the militant section Of LAction Fran
caise. They are young. these Camelots-
50 young, indeed, that one Is apt to mis-
take for neglect Of one mornings razor
what Is in reality a brave attempt to put
on the things Of a man. They sell the
organ Of their political faith In the
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he was working to abolish. He said that
he could not think of such thing under
any circumstances. and the result was
that he was catalogued as man per-
sonally honest but erratic in his methods,
and not fully to be trusted.
One cannot blame charity for doing this
in the case of young man they knew
little about with an idea that had never
been tested up to that time. although, as
it happened. charity was entirely wrong
and Mr.. George was entirely right. But
the time passed many years ago when he
was young man and his ideas remained
to be tested His one republic, looked at
with so much suspicion at first. has null
tiplied beyond perhaps even his sanguine
expectations.
He is a proved success In the world OF
advanced social work, and he has a great
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
Evening star., 1912-07-07

The attitude of Leon Daudet toward
the forces OF law and order Is strikingly
shown in the appearance he made tn the
witness box during the trial OF the
Camelot du Roi Lucien Lacour for an as
sault upon the person Of Monsieur BRAND,
who was then president Of the council.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
BONER LEFT CITY
THURSDAY EVENING
Local Police Ascertain Fugi-
tive Preble County Man
Is Not Here Now.

Sheriff Boner. the fugitive Preh!e
county official. spent three hours in
this city Thursday evening. leaving on
the $40 train for Indianapolis. from
where it is presumed he transferred
for ST. Louis. While in this city Boner
wrote three latters to his wife. and
met and talked with three men whom
he knew here. To all OF them he stat
ed he was going west TO look for
position.
Boner's haste in leaving his home
town when his defalcation was discoy-
cred. is shown by the fact that he had
no suitcase or baggage with him here.
The local police have abandoned the
search for the defaulting sheriff.
Late this afternoon Mrs. Boner
made a visit to this city and called
upon Chief of Police Gormon. She
was in search OF information regarding
her husband.
Mrs. Boner stated that the defalca-
tons of the sheriff would be paid by
the bondsmen, and that no prosecu-
ton would be made IL her husband re-
turned. Although a search is being
made for the man, he is not desired
for prosecution.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
MAYOR BARNARD TO
BOSS THE MEETING
Chosen Temporary Chairman
of Republican District
Convention.
Palladium Specially

CONNERSVILLE, Ind, Aug. g.
From all reports there is to be some
thing doing here next Tuesday when
the Republican delegates of the dis
trict meet here to nominate candi-
date for congress. 1t is known that c.
w. Stivers and w F. Bossert, both OF
Liberty, are openly seeking the nomi-
nation. The names of A. ]. Roos, OF
Franklin county and former Mayor
Burton F. Swain, of Shelbyville, are
also mentioned as receptive candi.
dates
George NJ Barnard, mayor of New
castle, will preside as temporary
chairman.
Some of those running have made a
canvass of the district and claim that
sentiment is quite strong in their ia,
vor. They call attention to the fact
that two years ago there were 5000
stay-at-home Republicans in the dis
trict and these will vote this year
They are counting on but small losses
because Of the Progressive ticket as
that party has made no move as yet
to put ticket in the field.
Men other than those mentioned
have been talked of and the race may
prove an interesting one
The Auditorium has been leased fol
the occasion and this will afford room
for any who may wish to attend.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
WILL TALK ON HE'LL
Bible Student to Offer Some
Explanations, Sunday.

Joseph Cooch, an elder in the Day
ton class of International Bible stu
dents will deliver an address next
Sunday at three o'clock in the Pyth-
ian Temple, upper floor. Admission
will be free and no collection will be
taken. "Hell'-What it is? Where it
is? Who are there; When will they
get out; When hell will be destroyed;
When and why the doctrine Of burn
ing hot hell and less hot purgatory
were added to the gospel of Christ.
The true meaning of the Bible term,
Lake of Fire and Birthstone" These
points will be conclusively and rea-
sonably explained by Mr.. Cooch and
all Christians and skeptics dissatisfied
with the impressions received in child
hood on Hell" are specially invited to
hear. Hundreds of ministers through
out the world have within the last
four weeks publicly repudiated the
burning hell fire theory. They have
cast away the error. Every one is in.
vited to hear Mr.. Cooch next Sunday
afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
CH|LO IS VICTIM
OF RARE DISEASE
Four Years Old Thelma Plat
Died Last Night from In
fantile Paralysis. -

The diagnosis of the disease, which
caused the death of Thelma Plat, the
four year old daughter of Mr..
Carl Platt, last night, resulted in
the decision that it was infantile par
alysis, new and peculiar disease in
this part of the country. The little
Plat girl had been confined to her
bed for about eight days, suffering
with disorders of the stomach, severe
headache, high fever, and vomiting.
The child died at the home OF her
grandparents, asa South Thirteenth
street.
Infantile paralysis is very serious
contagious disease. 1t is more preva-
lent in Europe and in the eastern
states more than in this section of the
country. Only few cases have been re-
ported in the middle west. The disease
in Wayne county has been extremely
rare. The first symptoms of the dis.
ease are sore throat and bronchial
trouble.
Every precaution was taken in the
Platt case to prevent the spread OF
the disease.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
TO TEST EYES OF
COUNTY STUDENTS
Teachers in Twp. Schools TO
Be Shown How to Make
Examinations.

To assist the children in the coun-
" schools who are deficient in their
school work because of some physical
disability. il has been decided by
County Superintendent Charles o. vii
liams. to give the teachers of the coun-
" schools a course OF instruction as
to how TO examine the eyes, ears, nose
and throat DR.. J. E. King, county
health officer, and Dr. T. Henry Dav-
is. city health officer. will give these
instructions during the county insti-
tute on August "a.
Drs. King and Davis will make
several demonstrations for the teach
ers at this time, and will prepare a
chart so that teachers can make their
examinations of the pupils the first
day of school. The reports OF the
teachers will be filed with the county
superintendent and DIR. King.
This is something new for the coun-
" schools. II will be a great aid to
the teacher, as il gives her informa-
ton in many instances why a pupil
deficient in his or her work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
GOVERNMENT CROP
REPORT JUST OUT
Shows Condition of Cereals
on August First Was
Quite Satisfactory.
(National News Association

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The crop
report issued today by the depart
ment of agriculture, makes the fol-
lowing estimate ON the condition of
crops on August l: Corn, 80 per
cent; spring wheat, 90.4 per cent;
oats, 90.3 per cent; barley, s9.1 per
cent. The quality of winter wheat,
90.7 per cent, against 90 per cent
last year. The quality of rye is "a per
cent, against 91.5 per cent last year.
The amount of oats remaining on
farms August l is estimated at 3.S
per cent of last years crop or about
80, 100000 bushels, compared with g.
100000 bushels a year ago.
The yield indicated on the basis Of
condition the first of this month are
as follows: Corn, 26 bushels per acre,
total production 2,811 100000. Winter
wheat, ISL bushels per acre, total
800 100000 bushels. Spring wheat,
Isl bushels per acre, total 100000, 900
bushels. Total of all wheat CSC, 1000, 900,
oats 1907. 100000, barley 202 100000,
rye 35,O00,000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-09
FINAL PLANS
Of CAMP A|GN
ARE DRAF TED
(National News Association

tNatlOHal news ASSOCldllOn1
CHICAGO, Aug. 9-Members of the
Progressive national committee com
pleted their preliminary conferences
today. Many left Chicago on morning
trains. George w. Perkins, the New
York member of the committee, left
this afternoon for Oyster Bay to con.
suit with Col Roosevelt. Senator Dix.
on, chairman of the committee, eX
pected to leave for the East tomor-
row after arranging for the opening OF
committee headquarters here.
1t is planned to open the Chicago
offices Monday although a definite 10.
cation had not been decided on. Sena.
tor Dixon will divide his time between
Davis, of New York, secretary of the
committee, will probably be put in
charge of it's publicity bureau. Chaun
cey Dewey or Medill Mccormick, pos
sibly both, will be put in charge OF
the offices here, and William Allen
White, of Kansas, also will be con
nected with the Chicago staff.
Henry F. Cochems, of Wisconsin,
who was formerly connected with the
La Toilette presidential boom, may
be given charge of the Progressive
party's speaker bureau.
Senator Dixon will hold a confer
ence with Col. Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay and will return to Chicago early
next week.