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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-04-18
Alaskan En- Route.

The American Hawaiian freighter
Alaskan is due early next week from
Seattle and Tacoma with Pacific and
Atlantic Coast shipments. The latter
were forwarded via Tehuantepec route.
The Alaskan has New York and west
bound cargoes numbered 332 and 1873,
which were shipped from New York on
February % and March 3 in the freight.
crs American and Dakotan.
The Columbia is the next vessel to
follow the Alaskan. The Columbian will
sail from the Sound May 6.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
THE IRISH CHILD.

She had come TO this particular clinic at
the POSTGRADUATE Hospital in the hope
of having her helpless four and half
year child placed In city institution until
she was again in position 10 take care
Of il herself. Her case may not lave
been an unusual one. but her story ap-
pealed to the sympathies Of the writer.
She described how she. a girl not out OF
her teens had joined hands with an Irish
man and started home on an income Of
sl2 week and with furniture purchl I'd
on the instalment plan When the baby
was born II was bouncer, and gave
promise OF being a normal child. Whoop-
ing cough, accompanied by commissions
lasting for three days. seized the child
when only two weeks old At the age Ct
four months II failed to sit UP, as the In
terested ne!ghbors said it should. Then
the mother began TO be anxious. Her
anxieties were well founded. Although
now four and one-half years old 1t can
not walk nor say more than papa and
mama" Hard times have come upon the
little household. The father cannot work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

Institution Of Charities Department T las Demon
strated That Many Of Those Considered
Mentally Deficient Are Not So in
Reaity-Clinic Processes and
Plans for the Future.

comes to the clearing house for solution.
With this intelligent diagnosis the au-
thorities knew what could be done for the
child and could give advice to the mother.
II was sent TO an institution.
In describing the functions Of the clear
ing house. Dr. f. de L. Myers. VI. b.. CHI
b., Edin., a member Of the staff OF the
clinic and instructor in neurology at the
Post Graduate Medical School, said:
THE clearing house, which is in reality
a. specialized medical and psychological
clinic. gives an authoritative diagnosis as
TO the mentality of children who appear
to be abnormal atypical or dull and II
suggests efficient and proper methods OF
dealing with such children. To the parents
and guardians of children whose progress
and intellectual development Is unsatis-
factory or whose conduct is vicious. Grim
inal or bad, 1t affords an opportunity OF
ascertaining how the interests of such
children are best served and what particu-
lar treatment, mode Of education and SUI
pervision exactly meet the requirements
of their case.
ITO the community at large it fulfils the
important office of early recognizing and
diagnosing with view to segregation ana
special care the mentally defective class
who are a menace to others and from
whose ranks a large proportion of the
criminal and insane population are drawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

into penal institutions. This, OF course,
could have been obviated IL an authorita-
tive diagnosis, arrived at by searching
and painstaking examination, had estab-
lished the fact that special supervision
and special methods are required In deal
ing with children who are in reality feeble
minded, abnormal and atypical, and who
naturally form class by themselves.
EARLY diagnosis takes them early from
off the streets, before they have acquired
bad habits and INDUCED their vicious ten
denotes and before II is too late to do
what can be done by institutional care.
The family histories, constituting part
Of the record, too, Of many of these cases,
shows that heredity plays an important
role, but, as has been pointed out by Pro-
fessor Schlapp, environment-using this
term in it's very widest sense-is perhaps
even a more important factor. With the
present very limited accommodation for
the institutional care Of these detectives,
even when parents are willing and anx-
ious to have them sent TO an institution,
rot one-fifth of the cases which should
be segregated can be cared for. The prac-
teal result of this is an ever increasing
Amy of detectives, lunatics and criminals,
the false economy of which is at once ap-
parent
1.-The diagnosis is arrived at by elicitins
detailed history from relative or guar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

! TO be growing In the bed Of the channel
where the water has not yet seeped In.
" hen the dixie is dynamited In few
Gays the waters Of thu Chagres ard OF
Gatun Lake will flow in.
The activities which are removing all
obstacles to the flow Of the water through
the channel are not all destructive; most
OF them are in reality reconstructive
The other night as the train passed by
Gorgona the railway ties and other refuse
were given up TO bontires. and that was
the last of the old Gorgona. But there
are newer Gorgonas to take the place or
the one that Is yielded up TO the waters
of the canal. The canal employees VINO
have been living there found almost over
night their homes ready for them. Coro-
zal, " hich had been hardly more than a
village became almost residence
metropolis. Ancon and Empire by the
addition of these removed residences
found themselves with overnight suburbs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
S5f 51s Vs. s e1"Sf % Locke ~"@ '''" ~

between the Pacific and the locks. Since
then there has been a sea-water channel
from the Pacific eight miles long. ] took
the trip in a tug few days ago and :he
dredges were active In removing the
ris Of this dixie. But the channel was
dear and open. Some OF the French
dr. dyes opposite the Rio Grande which
had been raised by the American en-
gil eeis. but not used. are the solitary
!, mlnders OF the French constructive
period. The water in the channel was at
the mean level of IS feet. 1t will be
characteristic of the completed canal
that comparatl lively little Of the walls of
the Mirafores locks will show.
Gamboa dixie, the artificial embankment
at the northern end Of the Culebra Cut
remains, but the work In the cut Is prde-
teal, ended The railroad tracks have
bee, torn I'D throughout the nine miles
ard removed. Looking down into 1t from
the surrounding heights the grass liz seen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

The railway shops were transferred TO
Balboa. Extensive as these shops are,
they are hardly more than fraction OF
the port OF Balboa that is being created.
with its drydocks and administration
buildings OH a scale commensurate with
the Pacific terminal of the canal.
over at Colon the provisions for world
commerce in the way of the new docks
and the projecting breakwaters which
form the shelterins arms of the harbor
are old stories. The great coal depot, with
its storage capacity of 10000 tons and
UPWARDS Is the new chapter at the At
lantic entrance.
Less apparent than the physical disso-
luton of the preliminary canal work Is
the disbanding Of the vast industrial army
which has been enlisted In the construc-
ton. There are few outward signs
that Il is dsbanding. The work trains
move with the precision of clocks. The
number OF laborers is almost as great as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

-. from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
So smoothly and swiftly and quietly the
work goes forward it takes strong ell
fort of the imagination to appreciate that
the signs OF demolition End destruction
which greet the eye along the Canal Zone
are the final preparations for the inter
flow OF the worlds trade tides. The view
is a dissolvng one.
The beginning of the work of destruc-
t,on was in 1911 when the rising waters
~ Gatun Lake began TO claim their spoil.
when the water was up 20 feet Tiger Hill
nod IN 90 In the following year Bohio
and other villages were. wiped out. All
49, time the relocation of the railway
tracks due to the canal construction was
destroying the old landmarks "hieh
marked the historic stations along the
railway. .., ,or
The month of September this year
broucbt the elimination. Gorsona, Mat
ochin and Bas obispo disappeared. Gatun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

Lake is an inland sea. Launches already
nIv it's waters. The Chagres Is tanned
Its waters, in complete control feed the
lake Much of the area is now water
forest. The tree tops whose trunks are
hurIed are seen for miles. In the swamp
areas where the waters were first let In
the trunks are already rotting at the
tose In time the forest OF tree tops Will
disappear and Gatun VIII be as TO lis
surface a normal lake.
Most of the engineering works are still
visible. A few days ago. looking south
into tho lake. II was possible to View the
final activities of The workmen as the
Iamp standards were outlined against the
ba ckpror nd OF green mountain vista. The
approa to the upper locks OF the east
channel show ed that they were now ready
for op,ration.
The dixie at Mirafiores was dynamited
ard the prism flooded by the first OF Sep
tember. This was the last remaining dixie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

because OF rheumatism. and the child
needs constant care The home has been
broken up, and the furniture stored and
the burden Of support divided between
relatives. So the parents want the city
10 take care of the child until they can
again make d home.
The story and the information about the
child came out only after long and care
full questioning. In addition, there was a
physical examination OF the child. The
Blnet psychological test was not given,
for the child was unable TO talk. As the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

at any time but this is merely the cu.-
mination In order to have everything go
through on schedule time. Since work
was completed in the Culebra Cut regi-
ment of steam-shovel men find themselves
with nothing to do and are on their way
back to the States. In a few days ten
thousand Of the West Indian laborers VIII
be laid OFF. After that 1t will be
gradual scaling down until few thou
sand men will have employment. ana
later It will be simply the force neces-
sary for the operation and maintenance
Of the canal.
It Is significant that in these fnal Gays
foreign governments are sending their
trained men, not to study the cana'
works but to study the marvellous or
SANITATION that has made the complexion
OF the canal possible. The coming OF
these foreign representatives Is the hnest
tribute that has ever been paid to Amer
lean constructive capacity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
ID lNDlJcIpM Bull DNoS for MENTAL OtftoVNtS
on RANoAllS ISLAND

investigation had shown that the family
history of both parents was OF health and
freedom from tuberculosis tendencies, 1t
was evident that the mental condition OF
the child was due entirely to local and en-
vironmental causes, and was not heredi-
tnry. Apparently, the whooping cough
coupled with the commissions, had cut OF
nourishment from the brain, and the child
would never be menace to society. The
case was an illustration Of one OF the
ways In which mental deficiency may be
caused. II was also type OF case when
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
ON RANDALL'S ISLAND.

The boys are shown at work On the
island in the industrial school. At the
end of the year the two boys are taken
out by their parents. despite the pleas Of
the authorities that they be retained in
the institution. The third boy remains
for longer period. In the course OF The
succeeding ten years. according 10 Tie
film, the two boys released get into the
hands Of criminals. One commits arson,
while the other becomes a murderer. The
third boy at the end Of ten years. is
shown on a farm, contented and happy.
A few days ago the writer sat in 1T
tie room. with tiled walls, in the big build
ing standing at the northeast corner OF
Second avenue and 10Th street. The door
Of antiseptics pervaded the corridors and
the furnishings Of the tiny apartment
were Of the type which one has learned
to associate with the modern hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

, will aid him in disposing of the case.
! Should he go to prison. to a reformatory
| or a place of segregation? Is he a men
ace to the community? These questions
! the carefully collected data will help to
| answer. In addition, they will prove VAL
| unable in the study of the laws OF hered-
| ity and in the application of the princi-
| pies of eugenics.
One of the interesting discoveries which
, has been made is that many who are, off
hand, considered feebe-minded, are not,
| Out of one thousand cases diagnosed in
| this manner two-ffths were found not TO
| be feeble-minded three-fourths of this
fraction being simply physically defective.
| In the effort to acquaint the public with
the Importance of the work which is being
done beginning October I, and continu-
ing throughout the month, the clearing
house will conduct an exhibition Of its
work and provide daily programmes, cd
vocational and informative in their char
acter, in the south arcade Of the Metro
poltan Building, at the corner OF Fourth
avenue and 23d street Every day at II,
4 and o'clock, there are 10 be talks ny
specialists, illustrated by moving pictures.
One moving picture will depict the story
of three boys who have been arrested
for stealing from push carts. Two OF them
are brothers. All are brought TO the Chill
dren's Court. The judge, suspecting men
tai deficiency, sends them to the clearing
house for examination and report. The
report IS that they are all mental and
moral imbecies, and it is recommended
that they have institutional care. The
third child has no legal guardian. and Is
placed at the disposition of Or. Schlapp.
the head of the clinic, while the two 9TH
ers are sent to Randalls Island for
probationary term of one year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

Many of these detectives, unrecognized as
such, are a constant source of misery and
anxiety to their relatives and guardians
who, not knowing the actual state or al
fairs, after trying a variety of Intellectual
modes OF dealing with them, are often
cortent to allow them to drift. Such chill
dren, however, go from bad to worse
their inherent proneness to crime ana
vicious tendencies eventually leading them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

GREAT DEAL has been spoken
n and written in the course Of the
"A last year or two about the problem
=, tbe feeble-minded, of the menace to
society of mental effectiveness. Very lit
40 has found its way to the public ear
and eve about a step taken by the De-
nortment of Charities last January tow
ard a solution of the problems. The Clear
inc House for Mental Detectives was or
sanizeo at that time by Commissioner
hammond, with DR.. Max q. Schlapp at
us head. and in the course of its nine
ronths OF existence it has done some
foundation work which promises to have
uuch value not only In ameliorating the
conditions Of those afflicted, and of their
relatives and guardians. but also in de-
,ermining the causes of eeble-mindedness
and what remedies. If any. can be APP
nlied. The Importance Of such work is
great. for il has been discovered that
many cases are hereditary, and that
much pauperism, crime and sickness are
due 10 the unchecked distribution of what
,bs biologists call contaminated proto-
plasm. DR.. Henry H. Goddard, in his re-
mort on conditions in the public schools
II the city, estimated the number of fee
,lAminded at fifteen thousand. The work
Of the clearing house has led some of the
members OF the staff TO believe this
very moderate estimate.
WORK OF CLEARING HOUSE.
The work Of the clearing house consists
IN the examination Of all children whose
parents need help from the city in caring
for them because Of some disabling all
nent affecting the children. The clearing
house also decides as TO the kind of help
they need and the institution to which
they should be sent Children are sent
TO the clearing house from a large num-
Der of institutions in this city, including
the Chidrens Court. In the course OF
the nine months which have elapsed since
II was organized approximately three
thousand children have been examined,
thus demonstrating its usefulness. Its
work will mean In the long run a most
carefully drawn picture of the situation
In the city as regards fee ble-mindedness
and promises to be. If it is not already
one Of the most complete studies Of the
subject In existence. Its work ought TO
be of great value TO those who are try
ing to solve the problems which have
been traced to feeble mindedness, for
every case is studied from the medical,
psychological and social points of view,
and a full report Of the examination fled
away for reference when the subject Of
the report comes into conflict with the
authorities in any way. If he comes up
In court the judge may secure data which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
BY Charles VI. Pepper.

Panama, September %. 1913.
NO-DAY is a national holiday for the
Republic Of Panama. BY ofhcial
decree the Inhabitants are cele-
rating the four-hundredth anniversary
:. :. 'he discovery of the Pacific by Balboa
.ne ofiicial decree speaks Of the discovery
working a transeendental transfor-
~auon In the destInies of humanity. Inc
.ueofation is not vociferous; few such
vents are In Latin-American countries.
Dut II Is expressive and characteristic.
while Panamanians are thus celebrat-
,rs, the quiet Industrial army OF the
United States. with many nationalitles
.noer Its banner, Is moving compactiy
.v"srd the last stage in making real the
.'eam that followed Balboa's discovery
"e channel from ocean TO ocean. WITHIN
fortnight Gamboa dixie will be blown
" The waters will flood culebra Cut
-'o there Will be continuous channei
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

The room was hardly wider than the sim
gle window, which admitted as much light
as a court In the centre Of New York
tenement block will permit. on the alum
mum stool. with her back TO a tile wash
basin, sat wholesome faced and neatly
dressed young Irish woman. She was
silhouetted against the window as she
faced the physician who sat at an alum
minum table opposite jotting down tie
answers she gave to his questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

dian of the child starting from the CHIEF
complaint, or what appears to be the most
outstanding symptoms in the child's case,
and questioning along these lines so as
to bring out the presence of other symo-
toms; by obtaining all the data relative
to the child's personal history, from It's
conception to it's early childhood; by OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

Continued on seventh page.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-26
The Confessions
%eeeeee of a Wife
Are Women rs Vain as Men Think Them'


a sleeping II seems though were
a HOSPITAL WARD with lot Of strangers
ia close proximity.
the from did not ice
could read that lie wou1
told him tina, marriage with DICK WOULD
would TAKE CARE OF ME
ALWAYS
ny actual count. therew ssn sleeper
Thorn vent 20 bed but this morning
MOST THEM WE'RE SIGHTS
pretty would not return my smile got into
was ne OF femnies bombardng the place
Buffalo. toia Wck Just
~. hunted un pounding break the
INTO that iws And a.
esriookn7 CT Ayrs seer
some hin and some OF them only
while held switches and
foru galore H. their hands
In a isrth tho LOOKS OF SUPERIORITY
who we're aorous encas
ing CLOTH AND STEEL while they put on an ar
don't like With End
pinned red locks ap on tho top OF my
hea started out
remarked IN 'oic> hht any one
might hear:
Gee Madoe enough Of marriage whom he
the faces Of who travel"
whispered. but think tho men look
acknowledge Dick that no woman
such OF undess as do tho oNAsb
MEMBERS OF YOUR sen
wonder what whispered Dick. musngly
who look SO different before and
pantT'
don't paint demonstrated VI course \
,owaer INV nose What
ooh don't said Dick senteptously.
Now what by that7
ITO De Continued Tomorrow)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-26
BAUSMAN SUPPORTS L0GGED-0FF
Land BILL AND Tells STAR WHY

tirely. ! am not pleased with that
provision OF tho bill which allows
the commissioners TO issue bonds
without n vote OF tho people. Tho
question In. however. whether this
provision, which can be- amended
at the next Legislature. In a fatal
one, and whether We ought not
now 10 organize our district and do
something Mt once.
n AM IN FAVOR OF THE
LAST.
IL believe. first. we should create
the district at this election. Tho
district will be, Of course, the en-
tire county. for less than that the
law does not permit. and any Law
that did give less would be folly.
Secondly. I believe that the com
missioners, who. as they serve
without salaries, will seek the place
I am sure purely for honor. should
be required To state before the cleo.
ton the exact limits 10 which they
will go before the act II modified
at the next legislature. ! have no
fear OF their violating their word.
IAN experiment on the basis. then.
OF $4,000 for the county. would
be- well applied. A fair test could
DO made OF the law. though on a
small scale.
This BUSINESS IS VITAL. IL
10 imminent. II has been deferred
too long"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-26

I'VE are In the position Of a
man who, being hard up, 10
told that he can make some
more money by . certain out
lay. He knows II 10 true. but
he shrinks from tho outlay.
statistics show incdntrovertibly
that during several years past the
iogged.off lands arc converted Into
the tax column OF improved" nj
tho rate OF only ono per cent per
nnnum. and improved" is very
indulgont word. applied to the eroo'
ton OF . shack. tho pulling OF a
few stumps. and tho planting OF a
small garden with shaky fence
around Il.
.soMETHlNo MUST Dc DONE.
WE ARE PARTING WITH OUR
CAPITAL. OUR FORESTS. AND
LEAVING A BLASTED LAND
scAPE BEHIND.
Ono measure was proposed
called tho Hanson Bill. II was
found utterly futile by every com.
mittee OF tho legislature. II pro-
posed Improvement districts with
no taxing power behind them.
Other than such lands as should be
contributed. nearly all were unim.
proved stump lands. These were
lands upon which nobody would
lend money on mortgage. II was
absurd 10 say that anybody would
buy the bonds
1T was plain. In short. that some
governmental unit OF the state
must lend its credit To the enter
prise
II then proposed that tho state
itself undertake tho thing. that II
borrow money on bonds as II could
get probably AZ. that II acquire
lands where 1, had no public lands
available for tho purpose, and that
Il subdIvide these tracts. that In
each tract II mako a little clearing
sufficient to enable u settler 10 live,
that II leave tho rest of tho tract
unclearcd 30 that the settler could
DO thst work himself: that tho set
tier pay for this land on 20 years
time NJ about 49, interest. that
existing settlers have the right 10
sell their lands 20 tho state and
buy back the partial improvements
on the 70-yenr payment plan.
The Eastern Washington mem