Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-10
MORAL DELiNouENTs INFERIOR.
Purity Congress at Kansas City Told
Why Girls Go Wronq.

Kansas City. Nov. lo-Judge Charles
y. CiooGnow spoke before the ninth
annual conference OF the National
Purity Congress on the causes of de-
linquency among girls.
"Ths basal cause OF delinquency. as
based on the examination OF girls III
he psychopathic laboratory of the
Municipal Court OF Chicago, is feeble
mindedness," said the judge.
The examinations of these defec-
tive,s show thar they have appetites
and desires tina; must be satisfied. They
must eat, have clothing and shelter.
but they do not possess the necessary
amount of intelligence to he able to
satisfy these demands according to the
laws of civilization
They can only DO the simplest and
poorest paid work. and consequently
can not earn enough in legitimate ways
to maintain themselves
"Of the 126 cases examined twelve.
or e5 per cent, were normal; four. or
81 per cent, horderland detectives:
eleven. or per cent sociopaths, hav-
ing a mental age Of about IL years;
eighty-six. or $50 per cent. were
morons. under the mental age of II
years; five, or 4 per cent. had heredi-
,ary insanity: six or Al per cent. were
alcoholic. and two. or i.s per cent. were
drug fends.''
These findings correspond to the
findings in the Boys court, where SAB
per cent were found TO be feeble
minded.
The examination of 200 cases of
prostitutes has brought out come in
teresting conclusions We do nol re-
shall continue our study of the women
in the Morals court
The chief reasons for the frs; de-
i.nquency Of the girls examined COM
pare as follows:
Promise OF marriage, a.
Drinking 90.
Desire tor hrc dress. 10.
Lack of parental restraint, Is.
Dance halls, ).
"All other causes. each
, The great majority of the cases
were found 20 be American born.
! "Coarser types OF employment re-
curing little mental caliber were found
| to be the usual pursuits Of most OF the
women Salaries We're in most cases
very low. and Of these who carried
more than Sl4 weekly all We're on the
stage (nineteea never were employed)
! Most Of tire cases left the grammar
school at II years Of age, as soon as
permitted by the law.
/ breaking up ,he home by divorce
was found to be cital factor"
! Clifford G. Roe of Chicago spoke on
/ Girls Who Disappear" He made an
appeal to the United States Congress
| 10 create federal morals commission.
/ He proposed that this commission
CO. Operate with the department OF
Justice in the suppression of interstate
connercialized vice and the social EVIL.
! Mr.. Roe advanced as his reasons for
/ asking for the creation of such COM
. mission the following:
! l. Local and state police and officials
are powerless TO cope Wi h the excur-
sion and night boat problem. These
beats often run between two states, as
! in Chicago. between Illinois and Michi-
/ gan or Wisconsin.
More than $4,000 girls disappeared in
I America last year. The interstate boat
and train problem Is one OF the causes
| CT missing girls
! .. Another reason for federal vice
commission is .ae growing tendency to
/ Llackmail By threatening prosecution
under the Mann act The white slave
! law IS now being grossly misused by
designing and cunning women to
I shake down gullable and unsuspect-
iy