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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1908. FOR YOUTH 1 IRE Juvenile Court Interposed to Make Xaughty Boys .. and Girls GoodHistory -,. of a Jferciful Movement - Scenes in Court. I :-; . By frederic j. haskin. Copyright, 1908. by Frederic J. Haskin.) - , Chicago, Dec. 7. One year ago the first court house in the world built ex clusively for children was dedicated hero In Chicago. Nine years ago Chi- '' cago established the first juvenile court In the world, followed a few months later by New York, where the first law In- this country creating children a courts was enacted in 1892. As far back (is 186S Massachusetts had a law providing for the hearing of children's cases separate from those -of adults, but tiiis was practically a dead letter for many years. Since 1899 twenty one . states have established children's courts and they are in active operation In forty or more big cities. Long be fore ' this, however. Judge Murphy of Hurralo, judge inasey oi irnver nu Judge Btubbs of Indianapolis tiad taken . to hearing the cases of children sepa rately because their own judgment . deemed it best. This new building Is in the part of Chicago that Hull House has already made famous with its settlement work. -Jt cost Cook county J5. 000.000 and is . dedicated to the service of dependent -and delinquent children. It contains the court room, waiting rooms, offices, npartmetfTS for the matrons and teach ers, school rooms, playgrounds, dlnin rooms, dispensaries -and dormlntorles for th children who are under arrest or orphans who are waiting to be sent to homes. 1 ' . w learning Wills Yon Walt. ' A. ".. most interestlne school is con ducted, every boy and glr detained here for any purpose being required to study. The school developed the fact that many children brought here are almost Illiterate despite the fact that they were born and have lived most of their -lives in Chicago, where the com- rmlsory education laws are good. Throughout the year this school has an average dally attendance of 200. , ' " The law requires that every boy and ' girl in the city under 14 must attend , some school, and that every boy under sixteen must either be in school or at work. This is the best way to keep them from mischief, and at the same time make good citizens of them. It they do not keep the laws, they are s brought before the children's court. - which hears all cases of boys under 17 and of girls under 18. .No Criminal Under 16. . The Judge is from one of -the circuit courts, chosen-for a year's service by ; the Judges of the other circuit courts. He combines with the wisdom of a Judge the patience of a parent and the penetration of a teacher long used to the convolutions of a child's mind. Each case is tried with the offender, his parents, the witnesses, the proba tion officers and the lawvers grouped about the Judge's desk. No one child may hear the case of another unless thty should be charged with the same act. Fear is gone from the little of . fenders who come, and with the Judge they talk over the case, and nine out tit ten cases develop the fact that the homo life has been broken by death or divorce, or by both parents having to go out to work,' and the little offender has been the unwilling victim of ad verse, circumstances. Tho law of the state of Illinois specifically says that . no child under 1 shall be considered or treated as a criminal. The idea of punishment Is eliminated, and correc tion and formation, rather than re formation are the ideas on which the work Is based. Soma Specimen Cassa. ' Here is a young girl of 17 taken - from the- streets. She has HO" home. She is an epileptic, the state has no provision for people afflicted as she is. hospitals cannot take her. she has frightened the children In an orphans' home, and it Is against the sentiment of the court to commit her to the hospital for the insane. "Keep her upstairs awhile," the Judge ays to the matron. We must find some place for her." Here Is another young girl, a quiet, beautiful creature, who has been , brought before the court at the request . of her father, because he believes she meant to go- away with a man who has not yet got his divorce. It is a patHet Jc domestic tangle where a hard-working father, too often given to drink, has tried his best to be both father and fnother to his three girls. The matter 'Is talked over between the Judge, the - family and the man in the case. The defense declares that the girl was onlv .... to keep house for the man and his aged jmotber until tho divorce could be had. The heart of the familv life, with the Vn, , suspicions of the Ignorant. Is laid bare but only to friends and when all the case In heard the Judere pays kindly: Margaret, didn't vou know It would be wrong to go to 'the home of this man?" ' I do now. Judge mce you hav talked to me." she confessed.- "I think It would hp wise to put. ,.hr ,n the school at Geneva for while, says the Judge. He answers I.o hrlll protest of one of the sisters Since you have no home of vour own yhere you can take her, and since nhe ..has been ordered from vour father's house, this is the best and onlv home 2.rt?r;, ne the Probation officers will tell you of the home so vou will understand how good it is for your sister." Three dry Sad Soys. Three little bovg have been brought In by the sheriff from a Michigan county Just over the line. One has been before the Judge twice before and re leased on parol. The second, the small, wiry son of an Irish saloon-keeper, who Is also known to the Judge, and the third is a small negro of inkv blackness. The charge is rather grave. They had broken into a section : tool house and. taking a hand-car, had gone out for a Journey down the Pere - i : 1 . ' j. frifV?rrr Si si 1 mm I o mo n A heavy supply of Plumbing Supplies, slightly damaged by water and smoke in our recent fire, are to -be placed on sale REGARDLESS OF PREVIOUS PRICES We do not belong to the trust, consequently we will not be dictated to regarding what prices we will have to place on our . OWN STOCK. We sell to individuals as well as to the trade. If you are in need of any Plumbing Supplies, avail yourself of this opportunity and SAVE MONEY. Here are a few of the prices mentioned for quoted articles. You will notice a saving is evident when you compare our prices with those of the plumbers. .. i ' x IT'S A LEAD PIPE CINCH That we are going to sell the goods when such figures are placed on staple articles as below. b foot Last Iron u nite Jinameiea Joatn lubs, very sliefhtly damaged. Plumbers' Price $30. 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OUR SPECIAL PRICE. . . .$t)l!U We carry all other sizes in stock. . We carry complete stock of soiled Pipe and Fittings of all kinds and in all sizes. Also anything and everything required in plumbing work, be it for a cottage or a skyscraper, CONTRACT WORK is executed by us on short notice. ONLY THE MOST SKILLED OF UNION LABOR is employed upon plumbing executed under our direction. PERFECT WORK and PERFECT SATISFACTION. Try us. We strive to please. Sale Opens Monday, December 7, 1908, 7 A. M., Closes 6 P. M. Saturday, Dec. 13 CALL AND SELECT BEFORE THE LINES OF STOCK ARE BROKEN M0 "NOT IN THE TRUST" HO NORTH THIRD STREET ON PHONE MAIN 1027 Marquette railroad Just ahead of the through express. lister they had broken Into a barn, demolished twenty odd window panes, and emptied several barrels of lime down to the second floor. Carefully the case is gone over. Just why had they played there? Did they not know it was wrong to destroy prop erty? Did they not know they had broken laws? Why did they break the door and go into the section house? The Irish lad Indicated the little negro. "Hs climbed In. the window." "Oliver, why did you break hi the window?" I didn t break no window; It wui already broki an' I Jes' dumb in." "You Just couldn't resist it, could you Oliver?" says the Judge smiling. Matters are sifted, and finally the two boys who had been given parole before and had not made good are committed to a reform school, where for half tho day the idle little hands will be given manual training, and for the other half the idle little brains com mon school studies. It is Oliver's flrt offense, and after a lecture by the Judce, he is committed to his mother's car';. "Yo Honor." says the mother, "ain't there no place I can send the boy to study workin' with his hands? He ain't over bright In his had, but he can do things with his hands if he learns." A probation officer takes up the case, and Oliver will be put in a trades school. Parsnts Who Don't Cars. Another little negro, a girl, is brought up to answer why she has not kept her word, gone to school regularly and conducted herself as she promised. She argues her own case with the shrewd ness of a lawyer, meets every charge with the cleverness of a trained fencer and finally dparts under a negro pro bation officer to be given a trial In an other school where the mother and the teachers seem to be on more harmon ious terms. Two little boys are charged with taking a bicycle. It is the third time one has done such things, though complaint had not been made but once before. The old offender is sent up (o the John Worthy school, and the other is released with his name cleared. Tho father and mother of the convicted one are there apparently indifferent to the results of the trial, and when the littlo fellow pulls out a bit of red cotton handkerchief and begins to cry. it Is in the arms of a probation offioer that he finds comfort not thoso of his pa rents. If those arms had always been a refuge for him he might never have been brought to the children's court. Another boy. working at 5 a week, hug been brought in at the instigation of his parents. He had made away with his last week's wagea without their permission. "I didn't take but $1.50. Judge. I needed a new hat, and I bought that and a tie. The rept of the money was in my pocket, and when I went to sleep in a loft that night the other boy took It." "Why didn't vou p home to sleep?" "Because thev would whip me for spending the $1.50." sobbed the boy. "and they'll tell you now that I took money before, and I never did They've cot so they always make out I steal. ' The mother stands stolidly by. This child, too, appeals to the Judge for sympathy, not to his own people. It is one of the most pathetic cases, yet the child had once before been brought up for this same fault, and because the foundations of his future character must be honesty, obedience and depend ableness he is sent to the reform school for a year. And so it goes on through the long MUCKRAKE DUE FOR RHEUMATISM Rheumatism is caused by an excess of uric acid ia the blood, which gradually pets into the circulation because of indigestion, 5onstipation, weak kidney action, and other irregularities of the system which are sometimes considered of no importance. This uric acid causes an inflamed and irritated cr.Sitiom ct the blood, and the circulation instead of nourishing' the different jvjrj$& eJ fee body, continually deposits into the nerves, muscles, tissues xxd jkictii, ii jrjialing pain-producing acid with which it is filled. Rheu riiiUfcra can 3y iiecsrcd by a thorough cleansing of the blood, and this is jpst a& SL . S. ikit. It goes down into the circulation, and by neutral izing the vxk. 6$ u-d driving- it from the blood, effectually and surely removes the caue. S. S. strengthens and invigorates the blood so that icjttad of a.jrttf etream, catisingpainand agony tboughout the sys-j tt-rn, it become &a invigorating, nourishing- fluid, furnishing health, and' vipor to every pert of tLe body and relieving- the suffering: caused by thisj :israye. S. Isang a purely vegetable blood purifier, is the surest andj t jiw mrc mi r,L.cmuau.sm ia any oi its forms. Boot on Rheumatism and nay 'tfiedical adf desir$d teat iree to all who , ? ; . . . i - -- r ; - THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA.. CA. Ill WIHDY TOWN Politicians of Every Name and Order Prepare for Coming Storm. (United (Teas Lsnsed Win. Chicago, Dec. 7. The wholesale In dictment of politicians for frauds in the last primaries has caused Consternation amor.g local politicians. Several are said to be already preparing- to sell real estate and get ready "for the worst." The "worst" is expected to come when the defendants are placed on trial. It Is reported that- several Indicted men have offered to turn state's evi dence and thus gain Immunity. Special State's Attorney Loesch ex presses the belief that Chicago Is about to be treated to the same sort of graft disclosures as San Francisco and St. Louis had. He says the rottenness of every election held here In the past 20 years Is incredible and declares the reason It has net come to light before is that, the politicians have united to cover it up. Retiring State's Attorney Healy has been the first official in control of the inquisitorial machinery who was "de feated by the bosses" and many reve lations have already been made by him. How far he will uncover the condi tions is a question of Interest to the alarmed politicians. The Brand Jury having the mater un der consideration will meet again this week when other indictments are expected. tiusv day. There are parents bringing '".children whom they cannot control, officers bringing In little fellows wno have found mischief more attractive than home or school, girls who are aC,.ut to KO "Stray, and pathetic little children who have been thron on the eounty far support by the death or in competency of a parent. In everv in stance of delinquency there is the ef fort to show the child the difference be tween right and wrong, which no one had ever shown him before, the effort to awaken the principles of honor and obedience, and over all is the great friendliness of the court for the boy and girl, the eagerness of even the pros ecution to see that the childlf rights are preserved. The Chicago court has not the advantage that Denver has of be ing able to make parents responsible for the good conuuet of their children. This is one of me wisest laws on the statute books of the state of Colorado. H More Forcing Into Crime. The one great aim of the Juvenile courts of the land Is to keep the youth ful offender from prison or reformatory. 1-or this the probation system has been instituted. At the last special census made for this purpose it was found that thore were over 23.000 Juvenile delin quents in this country. Before the days of children's courts 'thesf were herded with the most debased criminals In pen itentiary and workhouse and were lost to citizenship. Today the majority of these can -be kept out of Institutions of any kind and made into good citizens niiuugn ruucuuon. inoustr a training and a. system of supervision in their LOVE LETTERVAfT DECOY FOK IIUBIJY (United Prcw Lfawu Wlr. St., Louis. Dec. 7. The mysterious love letter in the Lemp divorce cVZl was a decoy missive. Mrs. Lillian Hand! Ian Lemp, "the lavender lady." savs ln her reply to William J. 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