A TRIP VIA Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. IS A PERPETUAL PANORAMA The scenery along the entire route is entrancing, surpassing in variety, beauty and grandeur anything to be seen east of the Rocky Mountains. The 160 miles beside the beautiful Ohio, on whose surface steamers and odd craft are sighted every few minutes, are succeeded by miles of graceful curves along the banks of the Big Kanawha, and then come the canon's of the New River with their awful wildness and grandeur; the gentle Greenbrier with its pastoral loveliness; the heart of the Alleghenies with its matchless beauty of scenery; the famous Springs Resorts; the renowned Snenandoah Val ley; the towering Blue Ridge; the wonwar; and the surf of the Atlantic at Old Point, or the beauty and interest of Washington-just as one's destination may be. Stop-over will be allowed at Covington, Va., where branch train is taken for Hot Springs on all first-class one-way tickets and on return portions of all round-trip tickets. When ready to resume journey ticket agent at Hot Springs derful panorama of the Piedmont Valley; the famous battlefields of the late will exchange tickets which have expired. A Delightful Sea Trip to and from New York Via the Old Dominion Steamship Co. Magnificent steamers sail from Old Point Comfort at 4:30 p. m. daily except Sunday, and from Norfolk at 7 p. m. daily except Sunday, arriving at New York next afternoon about 3 p. m. I. P. SPINING, N. W. P. A., C. & O. RY. 238 Clark St, Chicago. IT IS WISER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO SAVE CHILDREN THAN TO PUNISH CRIMINALS TJUVENILE CURT RECORD ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR TUTO PARKING 10 CENTS SINGLE COPY The JUVENILE COURT RECORD is the official organ of and published by the Visitation and Aid Society and will deal with social problems in child-saving work and give an account of the workings of the Juvenile Court. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS can commence with current number. 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AGENTS are authorized to sell single copies and take subscriptions, who bear credentials signed by the President and Secretary of the Visitation and Aid Society. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY-1904-5. James F. Bowers, Treasurer. Finance ...John Cudahy ...Michael Cudahy JUVENILE COURT RECORD Published by the Visitation and Aid Society 79 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. VOL. VI. New Series NO PLACE FOR THE BOYS What can a boy do, and where can a boy stay, He cannot sit here, and he must not stand there, The beautiful roses and flowers that bloom On the floor of the darkened and delicate room, MARCH, 1905 Should step round the corner and pause at the door, O, what if they should, because you and I, While the days and the months and the years hurry by, For the touch of their fingers, the tread of their feet. 'Mid the gildings of sin and the glitter of vice, And with heart aches and longings we pay a dear price For the getting of sin that our lifetime employs, If we fail to provide a good place for the boys. -Boston Transcript. New York Office 53 W. 24th St. Boston Office 147 Milk St. JUVENILE COURT NOTES TENNESSEE A Bill-For a Juvenile Court Law for Tennessee has been introduced in the legislature. This Bill has met with favor throughout the state. CINCINNATI NEW YORK Senator Armstrong of Rochester, has introduced two important measures in the New York legislature affecting juvenile courts and probation. There is a strong movement in Rochester for the establishment of a separate juvenile court and these bills originated with the friends of that movement. They have been prepared after consultation with the attorney-general, representatives of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the State Charities Aid Association, and others. DETROIT James F. Hill, attorney for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and a candidate for police justice, has drafted a bill for the establishment of a juvenile court in Detroit and Grand Rapids, to be presided over by one of the circuit judges chosen by the entire bench, and for a similar court under the jurisdiction of the probate judges in the other counties. It provides that a child who has committed only one or two unlawful acts will be tried apart from the hardened criminals and registered as a delinquent. A probation officer will then take charge and report the child's conduct to the court. COLUMBUS, 0. Samuel L. Black, Probate Judge of Franklin county, has been selected as Judge of Juvenile Court in Columbus. Another step in the operation of the juvenile court demonstrating that it is in full operation, developed Saturday morning when a little colored girl, the first offender brought to the attention of the court, appeared before Probation Officer Dresbach, with her initial report, consisting of a letter from the principal of the school the child attends, stating that she had been a regular attendant at school during the last week and that her behavior had been good. These reports, under the rule of Judge Black, are to be made every Saturday morning by those who have been before the court and have been given a suspended sentence. INDIANAPOLIS The Delinquent Children Bill is favored by a majority of the Senators, providing for the punishment of parents and others who are responsible for delinquency in children. This bill has the sanction of many judges of the courts of the State and it is believed by its friends that the bill, it it becomes a law, will correct many evils that are now deplored. The bill was reported from committee today and there was a strong recommendation accompanying the report made by the committee that the bill be passed. CLEVELAND An appeal is being made by Judge Bushnell, for money to equip a detention house. At present the only place to keep the boys and girls is the jail. Children from eight to 15 years of age are put behind the heavy steel bars along with criminals of all classes and both sexes. Judge Bushnell believes there are many people in Cleveland who will donate a little to save the children. He wants to rent or build a house, not having the appearance of a jail, where the children may be held until their cases are disposed of in court. "The boys and girls must be kept out of jail. They are contaminated by association with veteran criminals. They learn bad talk and bad actions, and they go swifter down the path that leads to ruin." SPOKANE On Feb. 1st the principal measure passed by the house was the Vilas act to provide for the apprehension, detention, trial, treatment and control of delinquent children, and establishments in counties of the first and second class of juvenile courts. The provisions of the act encompass children under the age of 17 years. A bill providing for the punishment of parents responsible for the delinquency of children was also passed. Mr. Vilas spoke briefly in support of the two measures. He explained that the juvenile court bill was the product of the state bar association, and that the system had been adopted in other large cities with marked success. The danger of con tamination of children by bringing them in contact with criminal classes, as under the present system when children are brought up in the police court, was described by the member from King, and in conclusion he stated that two petitions, signed by more than 1,000 persons, had been filed in support of such law. TEXAS Members of the Woman's club in El Paso are deeply in terested in the juvenile court bill which will soon be presented to the legislature by Hon. Curtis Hancock, representative of Dallas county. Through Miss Campbell, one of the officers of the local or. ganization, the club is working hard for the passage of the bill. Letters are being sent from here to all the representatives requesting their support. The women are also giving the matter publicity through the state press. Mrs. E. P. Turner of Dallas, president of the Texas Federation of Women's clubs, is in communication with all the clubs and is urging that the women give attention to the matter. The proposed law does not create a new court with necessary expense, but amplifies the powers of the county and district courts in the matter of handling children. The law concerns itself with two classes, the neglected or dependent child or the delinquent child. TOLEDO Where to imprison the unfortunate boys and girls who fall into the hands of the law, through Juvenile court, is a question agitating the members of the board of public safety. Since the juvenile branch was added to the judiciary of Lucas county, children have been turned over to the matron of the Lagrange street station, pending their hearing in court, but President Knisely of the safety board believes there is no authority for this procedure. Investigation of the law seems to show that there is no provision for confinement of the lads and lassies, but it is often necessary to detain them, so Probation Officer Beecher has placed them in the Lagrange street institution. The board of public safety has been paying for the keep of the youngsters confined there, and it is to this expense that it objects. Mr. Knisely conferred with Prosecuting Attorney Ulery, and was told that he was right in his opinion that children cannot be fed at the city's expense in the sub-station. The problem of caring for wayward children until their cases are heard, is difficult. If they are under twelve years of age, it is unlawful to confine them in any jail or police station. If they are above 12, it is legal to do so, but the law does not specify any particular place. Probation treatment, which consists of placing a refractory child on his honor to reform, has worked successfully in many cases, but in some it is absolutely necessary that bad boys be deprived of their liberty. Who is to pay for their care is a question to be settled. Somebody will have to feed and clothe them. NEW ORLEANS The report of Superintendent Agnew is printed in the pamphlet of the society, and is devoted principally to narratives of cases where the society has taken care of children and provided homes and comforts and taken them out of all sorts of evil and squalid surroundings. There have been 620 cases, involving 2,300 children. Children under sixteen are no longer detained in police stations unless the charge is very serious, but are paroled, and the society notified, when the child is taken charge of by an officer. The Waifs' Shelter is not a permanent home, but cares for children only until homes can be provided for them. Touching on the question of juvenile courts the superintendent said in his report that the society wanted a court separate from the recorders' courts, where the children could not be brought into contact with other prisoners, and where no one could be present except those interested in the cases. This matter was under discussion under the head of new business or something similar when the question was asked regarding the possibility of a civil judge having jurisdiction of the cases of children. J. J. McLoughlin replied that a civil judge could very well handle the cases and it would not take much of his time. He said in other States such cases were handled by the probate judge, who is a civil judge entirely. Mr McLoughlin said the society was contemplating the framing of such a law. CHICAGO The value of the Juvenile court law of 1899 has been demonstrated. It has kept thousands of Chicago children out of the police courts and the jail, and prevented their becoming criminals. The public familiar with what has been accomplished will approve of all that may be done to add to the efficiency of a beneficent law. Its successful operation depends mainly on the employment of good probation officers. There are now about half as many as are needed, and their small salaries are paid by a private organization. The law which authorizes their appointment makes no provision for their payment. This is a defect which should be remedied, and a bill for that purpose is before the legislature. It makes provision for the payment by the county of a number of probation officers to be determined by the judges of the Circuit court. These officers are to be appointed under the county civil service law, so that they may not be mere political appointees and hence good for little or nothing. The authority the judges now have to appoint probation officers who serve without pay, other than what they may receive from private funds, is not taken away. The old probation officers will remain in service, but will be reinforced by those who will be paid by the county. At present each probation officer is looking after more than a hundred cases. That is twice as many as he ought to have in charge. Philanthropy and true economy dictate an increase in the number of officers, so that a smaller number of children may grow up to be criminals and prey upon the community. The Illinois Supreme Court has handed down a decision sustaining the Juvenile Court in sending boys to the parental school without a trial by jury. |