The Washington times., 1913-06-10
BLAMES MOTHERS
FOR VICES OF GIRLS
Michigan Chief Starties Experts
/: on Crime by Denunciation
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of Women's Neglect.

of Women's Neglect.
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tleship." declared the chief But / am
not here to deal with that class
81 am here 20 talk to men Who know
what the terrible evil is and to plead
with you Ia work to remove the causes.
and to deal with the problem from a
humane standpoint
{ Chief Behrent followed his arraign-
ment of the mothers with another on
the drug laws. which he declared were
not nearly stringent enough to prevent
girls and boys from indulging in drug
habits.
Three Causes.
Classifying the causes of the social
bad associations. and poor home sur
roundings are the main causes Chief
among these. however, he placed i'm
proper home environment with lack OF
proper advice and training. Many girls.
he admitted. took the downward path
merely for excitement but for the most
part the fault Law with the mothers ana
fathers, he declared.
He smashed the idea that most girls
of the underworld are naturally the
poverty-stricken classes, for his ex-
perience had shown him that girls from
the best families In the land were In
cluded in the army.
II hope that society will come to a
realization of its crime in casting on
the fallen woman forever" he said.
Then he pleaded that the reformers
come down from their philosophy and
show that they mean what they say by
taking fallen girls into their own homes
as an example to society.
Is Threatening.
Concerning the drug habit, Chief
Behrendt said that it threatens to anni-
hilate the vitality of young manhood Of
the nation. Then he pictured the terrible
drug conditions unearthed by his force
.'sleighride parties OF young cocaine
and heroin victims.
The result of today's conference may
be an organized method of attaching
ready resulted in favor of a resolution
requesting the national board of moving
picture censors to eliminate ridicuie OF
policemen IN movies.
Congressman Borland of Missouri
made a distinct Impression on the ..on-
vention when he declared that ,egis-
lators had been backward in meeting
the legal requirements of handing crim-
inaIs. especially the occasional and de-
fective criminal.
This lack on the part of lawmakers
he attributed I'm large measure to the
come from country districts rather than
from cites, which produce the criminal
types. At the door of society he laid
part Of the blame for criminslity: for
the bum" he recommended sociologica1
treatment rather than police interven-
ton: for the girl and boy with way
ward tendencies. he advised corrective
rather than punitive methods: for the
babitual criminal, he counseled coutin-
Dal restraint.
Praises Chiefs.
The Congressman praised the chiefs
and the rank and fiie of police through
ont the country as of the highest type,
of whom the country should be proud
Chief J. n. Tillard, of the Altoona
police. declared against the Sabbath
operation OF moving picture theaters.
but was inclined to agree that the sulrft
Of the community should have much
He declared that movie managers are
not inclined to oppose pubic opinion
Major Sylvester, superintendent of the
Police, and president of the
association. urged the members to take
up in their respective cities the problem
OF preventing police ridicuIe In movies
and the presentation OF immortality.
Washington. he declared, is free Of
both problems because the managers
have shown every inclination to meet
the requirements of the police In these
respects. Chief Kizer, of Norfolk, Va,
offered a motion. askine for a request
to the National board OF movie censors
motion carried unanimously.
George w. Dougherty, first deputy
police commissioner Of New York. told
OF the use Of automobiles in police
work, ana declared that the recent in
Of this kind Of service is al.
ready proving beneficial.
Recommendations for a uniform teIe-
gram In reporting police cases to other
cities were made today. The work of
the committee on legislation showed a
report Of laws beneflting police and the
community in the last year. The bureau
growth In the last year. and interna-
tionaf cooperation.
Discuss Paper.
The discussion in the afternoon ses-
sion which opened at O'Clock is rela-
live to Chief Behrendt's social evil
paper. Later several matters of new
business Will be considered. Tonight the
conferees will attend the Poll Theater,
and tomorrow will be given over to
pleasure on a trip down the Potomac
river. An elaborate program Is pre-
pared.
At led o'clock the women Of the
party had a ride through Rock Creek
Park and visited the Soldiers Home.
The rathskeller and the palm garden
With cabaret shows and boisterous hilar-
ty were branded by Chief c. q. Kizer.
1f Norfolk, Va, In the late afternoon
session yesterday as chief sources of
present day immortality. AS a result of
mis- speech, a committee of five was an
pointed TO draft ideal regulations for
control Of such places. This committee
will report at the next annual conyen-
lion
Chief Rizer declared that sex hygiene
ought TO be taught In the public schools,
and that existing laws. together with
new ones, should be rigidly enforced to
stamp out the evil of the Cabaret niaces
He characterized the rathskeiler and