Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 58, 9 March 1922 — Page 7

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922

SCALES WHICH METE OUT JUSTICE TO YOUNG SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO A HAIR'S WEIGHT

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Kd I tor's Note i -The dlaruaaloa of the Juvenile eonrt la the fourth article of a aerlea wblth a atudeut of aoelal problem la contributing to the Palladium.

In these social studies whih we have been pursuing reference has been made to the juvenile court as a general institution and this present allusion seems to be necessary to explain that which has preceded and will succeed the problem of delinquency. The juvenile court is a court in every sense of the word. It is not a toy or a miniature of a "real" court. It does not dispense diluted justice or mitigate its demands. The members of the community should realize that the juvenile court has to deal with problems which require the finest and most delicate judgment. A wrong decision in the case of a hardened offender almost at life's end and past all hope of reformation is one thing; a wrong decision in the case of a ruddy cheeked lad or lass, standing at life's gateway, is another. The scales which mete out justice for the young should be sensitive to a hair's weight because many of the sins of youth against society are embryonic. Reproach to Home The juvenile court stands as a reproach to the modern home. In the olden days, when it made some difference to parents what their children did or did not do, the wood shed represented all that is now connoted by the juvenile court and the reform school, but domestic and parental discipline today ranks with the fossils which antiquarians delight to disinter. Lacking a wood-shed, the modern parent might use the garage. This is the advice which the candidate for the bench of a neighboring juvenile court is giving to the people for whose votes ho is asking. He seems to think that old-fashioned methods will produce old-fashioned results. But, we are discussing the juvenile court, not oldfashioned homes. Society Is made the receiver of the home that has become bankrupt in the -production of youthful character and its agent is the juvenile court. The judge, as society's representative, prescribes the correction provided by the statutes which is executed. In the case of a conviction, at a disproportionate expense to the taxpayers. Whether this term "disproportionate" Is rightly used or not must be

in those phases which touch youthful problems. As necessary as is hiknowledge of the law, knowledge or youth is even more necessary to his efficiency. He should be above reproach and suspicion both as a jurist and as a man. In the juvenile couit. of all places, purity of motive and of decree should be dominant.. It is not necessary that the judge be buttressed by all the accessories of a conventional court. These too often strike terror in the heart of a child when trust should be evoked. Some courts are held in small home-lika rooms which are free from all semblance of law. Here many a youns offender has sat on a judge's knee, or leaned against his shoulder, and persuaded by a stick of chewing gum or a piece of candy, has poured forth the story of his guilt with all the gusto of reminiscence, as a boy would tell his pal. And, without being mawkish, many a judge has listened symp

athetically as he drew the boy closer

to nis heart. Then m the boy s ear the man known in law as a judge would pour out the advice and repri-

mana mat snouia nave come from a

father's lips. So, with a firm grip of the hand, and a pat on the back, the boy would be released with the in

junction to sin no more, and thus

many a violation of the law has passed into thin air and many a thoughtless

or neglected boy has gone out into the world to redeem a promise made

to be a "good sport and a "regular guy." This seemingly simple outcome is possible only under certain conditions: (1) If the discharged is returned to a constructive environment, or (2) if he is released on probation under the care of some one who is capable of directing and advising the boy and the family of which he is a member. The second stage, probaticn. will be discussed in the next study.

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GERMANY PAYS AGAIN. PARIS, March 9. The German government yesterday notified tlie allied reparations commission that it had placed on deposit Germany's sixth tenday reparations payment, amounting to 31,000,000 gold marks.

one. Colonel Rhea sent orderlies dashing through barracks and squadrons with orders to turn all men out, and telephoned the news to the nearby marine barracks, where the commanding officer, Major Clayton B. Vogel, took similar action, with the result

that within a quarter of an hour, more

ture can be accomplished without calling for outside aid. Not the least interesting of the achievements of the marines in the line of efficiency has been the work done by accounting experts and economists. These have made an economic survey of the corps with a view to es-

than 200 marines with trucks contain-1 tablishing the most economical and

ing jacks, acetylena torches and other j efficient systems with the result that devices were bucking their way. costs have come down in a surprising through the heavy snow to the seine ( manner and efficiency has been raised

of the accident two mileB away.

"Thank God for the Marins'

Their work" on arrival is too well

to even higher standards.

The effect of these economies Is best shown in the returns of the Marine

known all over the country to need re- j Corps Quartermaster's Department,

which show that, exclusive of pay, the cost of maintaining a marine in 1919 was $1,127 for the year, and in 1920 ?958. In 1921 it had fallen to $694, while for the current year the marine corps estimates that $458 per man will be sufficient. It points with pride to the fact that the actual expense for the maintenance of 21,000 men for this year will be only about nine and onehalf millions, whereas in 1920, for maintaining 18,000 men, the cost was more than seventeen millions.

Labor Council Hopes To Assist Jobless Efforts will be made by the Central

for three days. I Labor Council to provide more employ-

Service Credits for Peace Victories By FREDERICK J. HASKIN

WASHINGTON, D.

Victories of peace and public service

decided by the reader when he consid- are to be entered on the records of

ers that it is costing the state and Wayne county $11,000 a year for the fifteen boys and seventeen girls in juvenile reformatories. One of Three Things When the discipline of the home breaks down, if it exer existed, the offender is brought before the juvenile court by due legal processes. After a proper trial, the judge must do one of Ihrce things in the case of the accused: (1) He must discharge him, (2) sentence him to a term in a reform, or semi-reform, school, or (S) release him on suspended sentence on probation. The real usefulness of the juvenile court, is shown in the third possibilitv probation. The child who has not had a chance before is to have a chance nfter his appearance in court. The child is as truly a ward of the state when on probation as he would be if he were confined in a state institution, and the parents, guardians, or friends of the child are obliged to obey the court under penalty of contempt.

It is manifestly impossible for the'

judge to investigate all of the cases of juvenile offenders brought before him. therefore at least one paid investigating officer is necessary to assist the judge in securing proper evidence. Vitally Necessary The investigations made by. such an officer are vitally necessary to the proper presentation of cases in any juvenile court. He gathers evidence with an impartial mind and hand. He hears complaints and excuses, listens to the agonized mother declare that her Willie or Mamie is an angel, while he hears an outraged and indignant neighbor assert that he or she ought to be l'ung. Out of the heat created by this "ooal friction the social crucible is raised to a point of temperature at which the truth comes trickling out and it is this absolute, unbiased deposit that the investigating officer retains as evidence. This officer is really the determining factor in the case. There must be no animus or partiality in his findings. He should lack the blind determination to convict so often displayed by the typical district attorney and the sickly urge to acquit so often shown by the typical lawyer for the defense. The officer has but one motive to discover the evidence that will do justice both to society and to the accused, since the accused is part cf society. For that reason the investigating officer should be consecrated and sympathetic. His sympathy will not undo the wrong done to society, perhaps, but it may move the offender to repentance and start him on the road to reformation. Knock-down-and-drag-out methods harden the plastic snirit of youthful offenders Into steellike resistance to the subsequent overtures of society. One false move on the part of the Investigating officer miy turn a thoughtless boy into a lifeIons: enemy of society. The juvenile court judge should be a. man learned in the law, especially

marines alongside the entries for service in war and equal credit is to be given for each, according to a new policy outlined in a recent order of Major General John A. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corp3. The order relates to the members of the Marine Corps who took part in the perilous work of rescuing the imprisoned and injured at the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster and directs that a commendatory notation similar to the marking of credit given for participating in battle be entered in the service-record book of every marine who participated in the work of rescue. Prior to this time such credit has been given only for service in battles, skirmishes, campaigns and other warlike enterprises. ... , The decision of the Marine Corps to award credit equal to battle credit for the hazardous and heroic service in peace of the men who took part in the rescue at the Knickerbocker is a continuation of the policy of the Marine Corps adopted about a year ago by which it was determined that almost as great service could be rendered to the American public by marines during peace time as during war. According to General Lejeune this policy is based on a theory which has seldom been considered in connection with the military serv ice, namely, that the Marine Corps exists not only to sfyve the nation in war, but to constitute a reserve of educated, trained, technical men ready to come to the

aid of the country in any manner in

C, March 9. in emergencies of peace. At the same

time it is his theory that a most important factor in the mission of the Corps is to administer its affairs so efficiently and economically that its cost may not be a heavy public burden. Surprising Results Already Since the summer of 1920, when a beginning was made toward putting this theory into practice, results have been obtained which have surprised and delighted even its warmest supporters. The practice of placing the marines in all localities at the service of the community in every emergency has enabled them to be of service In a multitude of manners and instances and has built for the Corps a reputation for peace-time usefulness which has rendered it in public opinion more than ever an indispensable adjunct of the government. During this period,

also, efficiencies have been introduced and economies put into effect which

telling. The ejaculation of one of the

survivors: "Thank God. for the marines!" sums up public sentiment in a sentence. After working for five hours, cutting steel beams, lifting concrete blocks, and carrying out crushed and

mangled victims, the marines were re-J

nevea at two o clock Sunday morning by an army detachment from Fort Meyer, Va., which had been summoned through the usual military channels. Work of a less sensational character in the public behalf was done during the blizzard which visited Washington during the last week in January. Owing to snow and cold, railroad traffic was at a standstill, tracks were blocked, switches in the Washington railroad yards were frozen and no

trains had moved

Washirgton's food supply was running! ment. The American Legion, Veterlow and the city was thrfatened,withjang 0f Foreign and other organizations a shortage as railroad officials feared are expected to assist the labor counit would be many days before traffic ; COUld be resumed. Calls for labor j MaBHaaaaaaaaaaamMBni

Were sent from Boston to Richmond,! but it was Impossible to secure enough men to make headway. In the emergency the railroad officials applied to the federal government which turned to the Marine Corps. As a result, the engineering force at Quantico, 30 miles south of Washington, was sent to the Washington railroad yards together with nearly a thousand marines. Blow torches, portable furnaces, and heating devices were set up and the marines turned to with a will thawing switches and clearing the right-of-way under expert supervision, with the result that within 24 hours the task which had baffled the railroad authorities wa3 accomplished and traffic was resumed. Marines Halted Mail Thefts Another sensational incident of the

peace-time service of the marine corps is the work done by marines ! guarding mails. During the week bejfore the marines took over the task 'more than a million dollars had been

lost by the government in two mail robberies, occurring within a few days of each other, in New York and Chicago. During a little more than a year prior nine million dollars worth of cash and securities had been stolen by mail robbers and large quantities of valuable documents lost and destroyed. The post office authorities were contemplating organizing a force of guards, but were staggered by the difficulties of organization and the prodigious cost In the emergency the late assistant postmaster general. Col. Shaughnessy, suggested that the marines be called on, which plan appealed to all as the solution of the difficulty. So quickly and efficiently did the corps respond to orders from the president to supply postal guards that in less than 12 hours after orders were received mail trains leaving New York, New Orleans, San Francisco and other cities, carried marine guards armed

I with sawed-off shotguns and pistors

cil. Arrangements are being worked out to hold a mass meeting when possible plans for relief will be discussed. A speaker of national reputation will be brought here for the mass meeting. An effort will be made to open an unemployment exchange. ; Special Revival Nights AtWebsterM.E. Church Provided On Program WEBSTER, Ind., March 9. Revival services at the M. E. church are now in progress. Invitations to attend in a body have been extended the fol lowing organizations of the community, by the pastor, Rev. Victor C Stoner: Thursday night, March 9. Publio school. The superintendent, Mr. Armstrong, will speak. Monday night, March 13 The Farmers federation. At this meeting. Horaito King, a member of the federation, will give a short talk. Tuesday night, March 14 The I. O. O. F. lodge and Daughters of Rebecca. Wednesday night, March 15 Fathers night. Thursday night, March 16 Mother' night. Friday night, March 17 Family night. Good music by local talent will b3 given at each service. Everyone is invited to come to all meetings.

JOY CLUB TO HAVE PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT The Community Joy club will hold a St. Patrick's Day party in the art gallery of the high school Friday night. The club is composed of the girl3 of the Community Service basketball league and their friends. Th? party will begin promptly at - 7 rSO o'clock. , , V ''- A class of 30 new members will be initiated into the club. The Initiation committee promises some good stunt3 for the candidates. ;. Following the initiation will be ft

program of Community games. Refreshments will be served. The girl.i are asked to come to the Ninth street entrance to the high school. Candidates are requested to reach the high school promptly on time. . v: Girls wishing to become members of the club may join by ceeing som member of one of the girls', basketball teams. '

Masonic Calendar

Friday, March 10 King Solomon's chapter, No. 4, R. A. M. Stated convocation.

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ui luaiuiatiiiug iui? iticii mc v,ui pa, pel man, to less than half the sum for

merly necessary. An apt illustration of the manner in which the Corps' new policy has put all marines "on their toes" to serve the nation whenever needed. Is furnished in the happenings of the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre. The roof of the ill-fated building fell shortly after eight o'clock on the evening of January 28. A few minutes after the disaster, a private of marines, whose name has never been ascertained, telephoned the news to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Y. Rhea, commanding officer of the marines at

the Washington navy yard. Without

which their services may be needed; awaiting authority or orders from any-

marines took over this task attempts at robberies stopped as if by magic. Over the whole time since the marines have been guarding mails not one cent has been lost by the post office department through a holdup. Not the least interesting feature of the new policy of the peace time service is the manner in which it has worked out inside the corps. Marines now build houses for themselves, survey and direct their own camps, build athletic stadiums for their own amusements and do all manner of work in their own behalf. Engineers, architects, mechanics and specialists of all kinds have been developed among both officers and men so that almost any task no matter of how technical a na-

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