Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-12-18
WANT NEW CHILD COURTS
Juvenile Procedure IN Each County
Proposed by q Recent Confer
enee In chllileoths.

An agreement on the provisions OF
new juvenile court law to apply TO
every county In Missouri was reach
ed at recent conference here In
Chilllcothe. The meeting was called
by Mrs. A. M. Clay, superintendent or
the State Industrial Home for Girls.
Amendments to the law governing the
commitment Of girls to the institution
at Chillicothe were also agreed upon.
The object Of the meeting was to
discuss how the juvenile court law,
now confined TO the six counties with
q population OF more than fifty thou
sand, could be best extended TO all
the other counties of the state where
the usual criminal procedure still Is
In vogue In the treatment Of chhdran-
It was also agreed that the proba'
ton system In rural counties should
be identified as closely a. possible
with the public school system. pre-
ferably by appointing the school
truant officer as the probation officer
Of the court.
II is hoped to include all the neces.
sary juvenile court legislation OF the
state In one act to be presented to
the Legislature.
Burglar Binds Womsn.--A masked
burglar recently attacked Mrs. Fred
Thompson at her home near Humboldt.
bound and chloroformed her, aud then
continued his search for valuables. He
escaped with a small sum Of money.
Mr.. Thompson, who was In Humboldt.
returned and found his wife lying upon
the floor.
Contracts to kansas City Packers
Kansas City packing houses were
awarded the contracts for furnishing
the Fulton state hospital with meats
and kindred products for the hext
year,
f., Wreck Near Joplln.-Frisco passen'
ger train No. ., from St. Louis. was
wrecked two miles north Of Joplin re'
Gently. The baggage and niail cars
and one coach turned over and rolled
down the embankment. The chair
car and sleeping cars and engine re-
NAMED on the track. Several per
sons were injured.
sherlff's Clerk lndlctsd.--Thomss
B. Kilcullon. execution clerk In the
office OF the sheriff of st, Louis, gave
bond to answer to an indictment
charging him with the embezzlemeni
Of s4,7o0 from the sherift's office. XII
cullon is alleged TO have taken fees
from certain estates handled By ths
sheriff's office.
Mlssourl Editor plss.--Charles II
Luster. 81 years old. Tor forty year
engaged In newspaper work in his
souri,. is dead at bis home in Spring
field OF heart disease. He was edit
or Of the Brunswick MOL News b
1870 and postmaster under Harrisoi
In 1891. He estabhshed tns hoNs'
! Comfy News 81 West Plains In iss
! ana retired three years ago.
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Scratch or Nese Fstai.--Prot. u
win G. Beach, instructor Of violin !
the Drury college conservatory OF mi
sic, died in > hospital at sprinsiisl
Of blood poisoning. starting from
slight scratch on bis nose. Protessc
Beach was % ysars old. His hom
: was at Lincoln. Neb. He came !
Drury Il the beginnins Of the sressf
/. term.
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n Fulsen Alds BslalzHs.--Ths iir'
!. movement In Fulton toward aiding u
starving Bslgisns tock place Nhen q
I lisanhsrs of WlIliafn Wocsls eolIs'
J; ! rave : prlvsls entertainment. The Pr
i eeeas of which will be hsnasd o.!
81 70 tha nslklum rniies eemsaitass. 3
affair natksa zheul So.