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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Our Citizens Often
Unfit to Serve

The special spotlight which brought
cut this supreme necessity in our own
country was the fact that when the ma
ton needed the service Of her citizens
in order that she might be preserved.
many of the citizens were unfit to serve
because the nation had not given them
the proper care while they were chill
dren. Statistics show that of all the
men who were rejected in the draft
33 IS per cent were incapacitated be
cause of defects which might easily have
been avoided in childhood
In 1915, nine soldiers out of the whole
Of the British Empire were killed each
hour in tighting-but every hour twelve
children under one year old gave up
their lives in England and Ireland alone,
and tVenty-eight an hour in the United
States 1t was a great deal safer to be
a fighter in the trenches than a baby in
the cradle.
But during the second year of Eng
lands participation in the war her in
FAINT mortality was brought to point
lower than any it had ever reached
before.
France in the second year of the war
was being bled white And somehow
she. too, found the money and the re-
sources to provide government insur-
arce for mothers, to carry on a nation
wide campaign in infant hygiene and to
offer bonuses to working mothers in or
der that thew might take tho time 10
care for their children and not suffer
any loss of pay.
The United States is tagging behind
the European countries in this work Of
reconstruction. Yet many states have
already recognized its Importance, and
have taken measures to solve its prob
lens in addition to the great national
Children's Year campaign being carried
on from Washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

books on laws for women and chill
dren; Matthew ". Wood, attorney for
Paul Chapman; Miss Helen Varick Bos-
we'll, chairman Of the Womcn's Republic
can Association Of New York State;
Mrs. Charles u. Hirst president of the
New York Women's Democratic Club;
Mathilde Wallin, NJ D.. and Charlotte
+. Benton, y d. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

and the home in accordance with our
present-day advanced and humane views
views which were not current when
the state constitution was framed.
"When you propose new laws for the
welfare Of children you must first see
to it that the children's court, which has
sole jurisdiction of children's cases ex-
cept when murder is committed, is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
We Should Have
A Family Court

In other words, it seems necessary, in
the estimation Of Judge Hoyt that a
court considering cases of children Of
Tending and children offended against
should have some power to control those
who offend against the children. In fact.
III most cases of offending children, they
arc the victims of the carclessncss, neg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
By MARIE DE MONTALVO

~ the line Of progress in its pro
visions for the welfare Of
children
The war did not so much create new
problems for civilization to overcome as
it turned the searchlight of an emer-
gency upon the old ones. One Of the re-
suits of this has been to show us that,
having justified our slogan of Saving
democracy for the race we must now
save the race for democracy. Hence
Federal Childrens Year: a year begin
ming with the anniversary of our en-
trance into the world war which is be-
ing devoted to the development of the
generation just growing up, in order
that it may reap to the fullest the fruits
of victory which our own generation sac
riticed so much to win.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
League for Children's Rights
To Help The Tribune

At meeting held recently of the
small group of people who were inter
osted from the first in the case of Paul
Chapman, the sixteen year-old boy who
escaped clcctrocution only through the
clemency of Governor Whitman, it was
resolved to form an organization with
the purpose of securing better legisla-
ton for minors in this state. It was
declared that the main purpose of this
organization would be The furtherancc
Of The Trjbuncs campaign 10 improve
conditions for children, as begun by its
efforts in behalf Of Paul Chapman
a campaign which friends Of the boy be.
licvc was influential in obtaining the
Communication Of his sentence
The name Of the organization formed
at this meeting is the League for Chill
dren's Rights. It's membership includes
the names Of many people, men and
women, already famous throughout the
country for their work along these lines
Who's Who
In the League
Among them arc Judge Franklin c.
Hoyt, presiding justice of the childrens
courts of the city Of New York; Dr..
Hastings II. Hart, director of the Child
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Adoption Of
Children

Existing methods. Legal difficulties.
Supply and demand Fact that there is
larger city appropriation for delin-
quent than for dependent children, and
that in order to make this fund avail
able where it is most needed it is nee.
essary to declare delinquent children
who arc only denondent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Our New Crime:
Juvenile Delinquency

How Illinois has given the child the
protection of the childrcns courts with
out the stigma of arrest and crime. How
We managed it here by creating new
crime: Juvenile delinquency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
What Two of Our States
Have Done for Children

Minnesota and Missouri found not long
ago that their laws affecting children
were scattered through their statutes
in great confusion, and with many con
Trajectory and paradoxical provisions.
Laws were difficult to locate, interpret
and administer because they were so
scattered through codes and decisions
declaring the common law, and listed
under every existing classification. SO
IN these two states a survey has been
made of all legislation, and such pro
visions as had any bearing upon minors
We're separated from the other laws,
analysed, and incorporated, with such
amendments, corrections, additions and
TevisionS as experts deemed advisable,
Under single classification known as
The Children's Code.
The laws of New York State remain.
however, "the result Of two hundred
Years accidental and haphazard growth
and change to quote Dr. Hastings II
Hart, head of the Department Of Child
Helping o. the Russell Sage Foundation.
A series Of articles will appear on the
New Citizens Page and elsewhere from
time to time in The Tribune bringing
cut the views of experts on the New
York laws for children on the folloq-
ing points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
The Proposed
Remedy for 1t All

Is complete codihcation Of chlldren's
laws advisable-such as has been made
in Minnesota?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Payment for
Prison Labor

The fact that man while being pun
ished for a crime is unable to care for
his family. The fact that Indulgence in
the family tends to produce criminal
chi 1Jrop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

clothed with the power and authority to
carry out the intent of the new enact
mcnts without conflicting with the con-
stitution Of the state"
Why Childron's Courts
Need More Power
As an example Of the way the court
is hampcrcd by the limitation of it's iu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

Statistics show large percentage of
delinquent children are feeble minded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
The Health Of
Children

Milk stations. prenatal care for moth
crs; the fact that one-half the infant
mortality is from easily preventable
causes; child hygiene; the school lunch
problem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

mcnt of the authority vested in the
courts so that an order of adoption
might be entered or guardian appoieted
in proper cases.
Here on my desk continued Judge
Hoyt, sis the very cornerstone. more
than that, the foundation, OH which to
build the structure of new and better laws
for children He pointed to a page
showing a draft of an amendment to
Section Is of Article 6 of the state con-
Stitution by concurrent resolution of
both houses that amendment was agreed
to in 1917, and it is now under consid-
Grafton by the present Legislature, and,
if. adopted, win go to the people for
approval at the next general election"
How the Law
Can Be Amended
Judge Hoyt's amendment would change
the section Of Article 6 which forbids
the Legislature ito confer upon any in
ferior or local court of its creation any
equity jurisdiction" and would read into
~ UilS duQIllOIi
The Legislature may establish chi-
drens courts and courts Of domestic
relations as separate courts, or as
parts Of existing courts or courts
hereafter to be created, and may con-
fer upon them such equity and other
jurisdiction as may be necessary for
the correction, protection. guardian
ship and disposition of delinquent,
neglected or dependent minors, and for
the correction and punishment of
adults responsible for or contributing
to such delinquency. neglect or dc
tendency. and to compel the support
of a WIFE child or poor relative by
persons legally chargeable herewith
who abandon or neglect to support any
of them. in the exercise Of such iurs-
dctlon such courts may hear and de
tcrmine such causes. with or without a
jury. except those involving felony"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09

Editors nodt: The next article ut Nv
series toill appear Sunday. Mo~ch 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Problems Of
Education

Americanizatior. Vocational @uii-
ance. Military training m schools
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Death Penalty
For Minors

y child as young Is seven may he
indicted for murder in the first degree
aid sent to the electric chair; yet. in
most circumstances, he cannot be sued
for the smallest sum of money, nor have
any other responsibility under the law
save that of answering for d crime which
involves life and death itself.
A bill has just been submitted TO
the Assembly purposng to remedy this
condition by extending the jurisdiction
Of the chiIdren's courts to cover crimes
o. every degree committed up to the age
Of eighteen instead Of minor crimcs com
mitted under the age Of sixteen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Mothers
Pension Law

This law az il now stands fails to
provide for unmarried or alien mothers,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
ChIdren's
lOfmfs

Their function, powers and methods
&c administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
How New York State Fails to Protect Children

or mothers whose husbands are alive but
incompetent disabled or imprisoned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
How the Law
Can Be Amended

approval
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
King and Cardinal
Worship Together
Ru Associnted Prssf.

Boston, Oct. 6.-King of the state
and prince of the church, Albert of
the Belgians and Desideratus, Cardi-
nal Mercier, worshiped yesterday
under the vaulted dome of Holy
Cross Cathedral. The two most
heroic figures of the little land which
was the earliest prey of Germany
met here for the first time upon the
soil of the land which succored
them.
The towering figure in the khaki
of a lieutenant general and the VEN
erable prelate in his crimson robes
of office, each in his own way typi-
fed O. courage which was unconquer-
able. The one inspired his armies
on the field to deeds of valor, while
the other kept the faith which light
ed the fires of hope in the hearts of
tortured people.
The scene within the Cathedral
was unique in the annals of the
western world. 1t might have been
a reproduction of a medieval paint
ing. Two cardinals sat upon their
thrones and with them the King,
his Queen and heir apparent as was
their royal right under the laws of
the church.
A tea at the home of President
Lowell, of Harvard, brought the for
NAL program of the Kings visit to
Boston to a close and he returned
to the Copley Plaza, where he re-
mained until his special train left
at 7.30 o'clock for Niagara Falls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Foreign Trade Of
Brazil Encouraging

Rio de Janeiro, Oct! 8. - The for
eign trade of Brazil during the first
half of 1919 is regarded as very en-
couraging. An increased exporta-
ton of some OF Brazil's staple COM
modities, such as coffee. rubber,
cocoa, chilled beef, hides, oil-bear-
ing fruits. ETC., as well as the high
prices which these articles have
commanded, leaves a very respect
able trade balance. That Brazil has
rapidly forged ahead commercially
during the years of the war is gen.
orally conceded. The country's ag-
ricultural possibilities are as yet
practically unexploited. and the war
acted as a stimulus toward ascer-
tanning the wide range of her pro-
ductivity.
Brazil has been able to export to
Europe foodstuffs which. few years
ago, she was not able to supply to
herself. In the same way, animal
husbandry is making strides which
point to making meat products one
of the country's chief exports.
While Brazil has always been q
cattle producing country, 1t is only
during the last three or four years
that she has been looked upon as a
world supplier and even more re-
Gently several large modern packing
houses have been constructed or
projected. These are financed prin-
cipally by American packing inter-
ests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Liberty Bond Information
For Sighted Soldiers

Owing to numerous inquiries con-
corning Liberty Loan Bonds, the
Recruiting oficer at Harrisburg
gives the following information.
Liberty Bonds purchased under
the monthly allotment system may
be obtained from the Zone Finance
Omcer. Allotment Branch. Bond Sec
ton, Munitions Building. Washing
ton, d. c. This is the only place to
request delivery, either in person or
designate any address for the de-
livery of his bond or bonds. He
may designate any third person,
bank OF individual, to receive his
bond or bonds. One whose dis
charge from the service takes place
prior to the completion of full pay
ment Of ailotments may obtain his
bond or bonds by sending q postal
money order for the amount due to
The Zone Finance Officer. Washing
ton, D. c. Instaliments will not be
accepted. II he does not wish to
do this, he has the right to decline
acceptance of his bond or bonds,
and receive a refund on his final
payroll or final statement of all he
has paid. Thus far the Government
has fixed no time limit within which
he shall do one or the other. Never
thelesS it is advisable to clear up
the transaction at the earliest pos
sib1e moment
When allotments have been made
to private banks or trust compan-
les. no refund will be made on
final payrolls. Arrangements in
such cases must be made with the
banks or trust companies as to COM
pletion of payments, or the settle
ment of accounts
All of the foregoing applies to
sailors and marines except that they
do business with the Disbursing Of
ficer. Bureau of Supplies and Ac-
counts. Liberty Loan Section, Navy
Department, washington, D. c., and
not with The Zone Finance officer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
|FIREMEN READY
FOR CONVENTION
Big Three-Day Gathering Will
Open in Lancaster
Tomorrow

Lancaster, Pa, Oct s.-The stage
Is set and all is in readiness for the
great convention of State F1remen
which will open here tomorrow
and continue for three days. For
weeks and weeks the committees
which are arranging the affair have
been working like Trotans and they
now say on the eve of the great
event that the convention will be
the greatest ever held in Lancaster
and that the parade will surpass
any that has been held in the city.
The finishing touches were put in
the arrangements to-day. Captain
Frank Deem, chairman of the public
fty committee. stated that final esti-
mates were THAI there would be six
thousand firemen in line with q vast
amount of the latest and most mod
ern fire-fighting apparatus.
Seventy companies from all parts
of the State will participate. Three
of these that signified their accept
snces Saturday were the following:
Lebanon, with 20 men; the Chemi-
cal Truck Company of Lebanon,
with 30 men and a chemical truck
and, the Lebanon Fire Police No. /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
BRITISH SPEED
UP PRODUCTION
Labor Leaders Take Up the
Movement to Hurry
= Work Along

London, Oct. 6. British labor
leaders have begun q general move
ment to increase production by in
dustrial workers. Complaints have
been made for several months of a
decline in the amount of material
produced. This has been attributed
to refusal of the workers in many
Industries to work full time.
John Hodge, a member of Pariia-
ment and labor leader. expressed
the belief that the adoption of the
piece work system as already ap-
piled to the iron and steel indus
tries, would solve the problem. To
this, he declared. many workmen
were opposed.
w. A Appleton, secretary of the
General Federation of Trade I'm
ions. urged the men to refrain from
political strikes, as the first move
toward increased production.
Political strikes must either fail
or end in revolution" he said
"They are not against the capital
list but against the community. It
is not the capitalist that suffers but
the people. The effect of such strikes
is to decrease production and in
crease the price of commodities"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
CRIME WAVE
SWEEPS GERMANY
Criminals Have Become
Numerous Since The
Revolution

Berlin, Oct. 6.-Germany has in
creasingly taken to crime since the
revolution, and the once orderly en-
pire. where pickpockets were al
most unknown and holdups and rob-
berries created a sensation, is under
going an epidemic of crime. Prob
ably no system has proved more eff
fective than. in these days of un-
certainty and change. playing the
official or impersonating a soldier
or a policeman.
Recently two clever criminals who
discovered that certain man had
coacealed in his house lis thousand
mark notes of the old type and liable
to confiscation had frightened him
into surrendering the money on the
promise of escaping prosecution.
A real official, who had nosed out
the plot. entered just in time to see
the transfer of the money and really
did confiscate it, besides arresting
the three men.
More successful was another false
official scheme. Here q group sue
ceeded in inducing a man who had
boarded SO thousand mark bills to
sell them at a handsome profit. The
deal was in progress when fellow
conspirators, posing as officials, ap-
peared, confiscated the money and
robbed the owner.
Use Airplane
An airplane was used to capture
criminals when the authorities got
wind recently of an attempt to carry
100000 marks on On express train
to Munich whence they were to be
smuggled across the Swiss border.
Robberies at railroad stations
from freight cars have been fncreas-
ing to a great extent. Countless
cases of false papers for the deliv-
cry of goods have been discovered,
usually after it was too late.
The discovery of two freight car
loads of bacon lying on siding at
suburban station led to the dis
covery of a huge swindle original
ing in Holland, conducted from the
Rhineland, and making use Of false
bills of lading. Many railroad men
were involved in a small way for
their share in handling the faxed
bills of lading.
The constant swindling extends
to every imaginable kind of food
and raw material. A young man
appeared recently at a storehouse in
central Berlin and asked to have
some cases stored. When the ware
house watchman saw the cases he
was suspicious because they came
from the imperial textile plant at
Zwickau. So he reported the pres
ence of the cases, investigation
showed 5000 yards of textiles worth
10000 marks and the young man
was captured by a ruse. He had
procured the cloth on a forged order
bearing the signature of the textile
authorities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Will Eliminate "Obey"
IN Marriage Service

Detroit, Mich, Oct. s. - The pro-
posed revision of the Book of Com
mon Prayer of the Episcopal church
which Is to come before the trien-
nial convention, opening here Oc-
tober 8, embodies changes in the
marriage service in recognition of
1.-The new status of woman in the life
of the world-that of political equal
ity with man" 1t is proposed to
eliminate the word "obey" from the
woman's pledge in the marriage SER
vice, making the promises of man
and woman the same, while the
words. with all my worldly goods
I thee endow''. in the mans pledge,
would also be stricken out.
1t is stated by church leaders that
the proposed revision would not
only enrich but "modernize and hu-
mamie" the Book of Common
Prayer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Challenges Gary to Take
His Wife Through Mill
District to See Conditions
By associated Press.

Chicago, Oct. 6.-John Fitzpatrick.
chairman of the national committee
in charge of the steel workers
strike, in an address before the Chi
cago Federation OF Labor. yesterday.
declared that 100000 men walked
out on the first day of the strike
and that by the third day 10000
men were out. At least $4,000 still
were on strike last week, he said.
He asserted that E. II. Gary. head
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, was without conscience, and
defied him to take Mrs. Gary into
the Pittsburgh and Chicago steel
districts. "She would quickly make
her husband change his plans" the
labor leader asserted. 1t Is to be a
finish fight between Gary and his
form of autocracy and organized la
bor," said Fitzpatrick.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
VIEWING FALLS
By Associated Press.

niagara Falls, Oct. 6.-The King
and Queen of Belgium arrived here
on their special train from Boston at
9 o'clock this morning to view the
wonders of Niagara Falls. The
length of their visit is uncertain,
but they probably will reach Buffalo
at 1890 p. m.
Their majesties enjoyed their long
rest after their fatiguing day in Bos-
ton. Both were delighted with the
warmth of their reception there,
and King Albert was especially
pleased by the honor conferred up
on him by Harvard which made him
doctor of laws. It was the first
time in the history of the university
that such a ceremony has taken
place on Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Welsh Tinplate Men
Make Inquiry Here

London, Oct g. - The Welsh tin
plate industry has sent to the United
States a technical delegation with
instructions to make special inquiry
into the systems used in that coun-
try for the intensive production of
tinplate. The delegates will repre-
sent the South Wales and Mon
mouthshire Tinplate Industrial
Council. an organization made up OF
employers and employees.
Thirty years ago sucn an inquiry
would have been received with
blank amazement for. the industry
at that time was scarcely established
In America and Welsh tinplate max
eEs Lad trade Of the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-06
Catholic Choirs Unite
For Work During Winter

The meetings held by the Catholic
choirs last June have been resumed
and the study of Masses and motets
written according to the liturga of
the church and in conformity with
the Motu Proprio of Pope Plus x,
will be taken up. The next re-
hearsal is to be held next Wednesday
in Cathedral School. In addition to
ecclesiastical music. secular works
will form part of the program to be
studied: Rochmaninoff's "Glorious
Forever" being one of the secular
numbers for next Wednesdays re-
hearsal. The undertaking is under
the direction of the Catholic organ
lists and choirmasters. All singers of
the different parishes are invited to
attend these meetings.