The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-25

must be either released on probation in
the custody of his parents or sent to
the Jamesburg school. The probation
officer believes that the proposed insti-
tuition should be a sort of disciplinary
school, where boys might be kept under
observation for as long as the authori-
ties would deem it necessary. An add
ed advantage would also be that the
hayward boys would not come in con-
tact with the boys who had marked
criminal instincts.
Essex and Hudson counties, Morri-
son points out, have such disciplinary
schools, and they have proven very sue
cessful. In these schools the boys are
under constant observation by trained
specialists, and when 1t is sen that a
reform has been accomplished and sim
cere desire to make amends has been
implanted in a boys mind he is releas-
ed. This Is in line, Morrison declares,
with the modern idea of penal institu-
lions, where the object is to reform the
offender and give him a new outlook
on life.
There has been considerable trouble
lately in securing the admittance Of
juveniles to the Jamesburg home ow-
ing to its limited capacity. In some
cases, Morrison says, 1t has been neces-
sary to parole boys who have not
SQrvad thnir Full IL, l..
room for new arrivals Last Friday
two boys were sentenced by Judge
Marshall to the reformatory, and as
the school refused to accept them as
inmates 1t was necessary to hold the
boys in the county jail until arrange
ments could be made to place them
elsewhere.
Epilepsy Still Battles.
For the first time in many years the
annual report of DR.. David F. Weeks,
superintendent, shows a decrease In
the number of patients at the State
Village for Epileptics at Skillman.
This decrease is due in large measure
to the heavy mortality from the cpl
demic of influenza last fall The sta
tistics show that 376 patients and 40
employees contracted the disease, of
whom 234 were men and 1888 women.
Sixty-five patients and two employees
died.
Conclusions drawn by DIR. Weeks
from his study of the epidemic are that
persons between the ages of ten and
twenty years are most susceptible to
infection, that those of sixty years and
over possess higher degree of i'm
munity than those of other ages and
that males are more susceptible than
females Of the same age period.
Conditions existing at the village,
says DR.. Weeks in his report have
made it impossible to give to research
work the time and attention it should
have. The administrative and the rou-
tine duties of the institution exhaust
so much time that the superintendent
and his staff have little opportunity to
study means of tightening the burden
of the disease of epilepsy borne by so
many people in the state.
1t is the opinion of the board of man.
ayers, Dr. Weeks states, that one Of
the most vital needs of the village is a
treatment house and a laboratory. The
former is required to give patient the
proper care and attention which his
particular case requires, and labora-
| tory is needed for the use of scientists
who will devote all their time to the
| study of epilepsy. Although epilepsy
| and its cure continue as one of the
great mysteries of science, DR.. Weeks
expresses the belief that material prog
rss can be made toward more effec-
| tive treatment through intensive scien-
| t;fic study.
During the past year the patients at
lie village raised truck valued at
SS,336.55. The farm credits for the
same period were S34.S65, and the
products of the dairy had a valuation
of SO, 53S.2S. This work, the report
says, serves the twofold purpose of
providing occupations for the patients
and of reducing the maintenance cost.
Motor Income a Record.
Receipts of the Office of the state
1 commissioner of motor vehicles for
the first six months of 1919 exceeded
the gross receipts of the entire
year of 1918, according TO a
statement issued by Commissioner
Dill. From January until June of this
year, inclusive, the receipts We're 81
1876, 314.93, as against s2,431, 1880 for
last year. The commissioner esti-
mates that the receipts for the year
will be at least 100000 in excess of
the receipts for 1918, and that appWxi-
mately 275000 drivers will be licensed
and 100000 vehicles of all descriptions
registered.
Up to July 1 there have been regis
tered in New Jersey 1861 passenger
cars and 1860 commercial vehicles,
and POP, 433 drivers licenses have
been issued. For the full year of 1918,
POI, OPP licenses were issued to drivers
and 1916 commercial vehicles and
139, 1888 passenger vehicles were regis
tered.
Risk Goes With Licenses.
Members of the city commission of
Trenton, have not as yet determined
whether they will grant the liquor
licenses of local dealers which will
come before them when they meet as
an excise board.
City Counsel Bird is of the opinion
that the commissioners may grant Ii
censes for the sale of vinous and
braved Iinuors containing not more