Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1923, Page 5

1. C. NEEDS BIGGER - PROBATION FORCE 500 Judges and Other Of- ficers Told of Situation by Amos A. Steele. The National Capital is sadly in need of additional officers to continue proper supervision of the adults Placed on probation, this work hav- ing quadrupled in the last few years, while Congress has failed to recog- nipe the need for more help. This situation was emphasized to- day at the conference of more than 500 judges, probation officers and others banded together to promote so- clal and effective treatment and pre- vention of delinquency throughout America, by Amos A. Steele, chlef probation officer of the Supreme Court of the District. He led the dis- cussion on “Securing Public Support.” Joseph W. Sanford, chief probation officer of the Juvenile Court of the istrict, also participated in the dis- ussion’ on the relation of juvenile courts and probation to educational agencies. “Our probation law for adults in the District of Columbia is ample in its provisions,” Mr. Steele said. “Our Judges are in thorough sympathy with probation. and we have had the sup- port generally of the police. the churches and welfare and civic or- anizations. But we are hampered * lack of help and have more work n we can properly perform. The work has more than quadrupled in the past five years and the help has not been increased. It has been dif- ficult to convey to Congress this need for more help. At any rate, the help has not come, and the result is just what must be expected. Complete as Necessary. “So far as preliminary investiga- tions are concerned, these are made as thorough and complete as are nec- essary. In_ these investigations the office” has the hearty support of the police and any organizations called upon. But we do not have the help necessary to keep proper supervision over those placed on probation. _“In adult probation I do not be- lieve in such supervision as would advertise the fact that the person s on probation. Too close super- vision might irritate and.discourage the probationer. But we should have help sufficient to make investigation of all cases where there is reason to believe that the probationer Is not properly conducting himself. Any failure to bring in such defaulting probationer, who is known to be on probation by others in his com- munity. tends to discredit probation work generally. “lL am a firm believer in giving adult probationers but one chunce. Any adult who commits an indictable offense and who is placed on proba- tion well knows what the require- ments are, because he is fully in- structed as to his duties when he is released on probation. If he falls to conform to the conditions of his pro- bation he should be brought in and requircd to serve a sentence. Fallure to do this is fatal in the administra- ton of probation and will do much to alienate public confidence in its value, “We could not expect and would not merit public support for a work which “fails in this important es- sential Probation as Profession. “This probation business is a pro- fession, just as the practice of medi- clne is a profession. We are called upon to deal with the moral and mental infirnities of humankind and to try to correct them. More and more the courts having criminal ju- risdiction are leaning upon probation officers. They depend upon them to furnish correct and complete infor- mation of a defendant's past history and life as well as the extenuating and aggravating circumstances of the offense. “But probation officers cannot ac- complish the impossible. They can- not “get satisfactory results when they are overworked and are not fur- nished sufficient help. Most of my time is taken up in making prelim- inary investigations, and while in aduit probation I think that the di- agnosis—the preliminary investiga- tion—is the most important phase of the work, the results will be unsat- isfactory if sufficient time or help is not afforded for supervisory work. Obviously, a correct diagnosis is of little value if it is not followed by the Indicated treatment. “So far as our own office is con- cerned, we have no complaint to make as to the support extended from the citizen body, but we have not as yet secured from Congress the recogni- tion desired in the matter of suf- ficient help necessary to the proper administration of the work.” Lack of Public Support. Mr. Steele explained that securing public support for probation is large. 1y a business proposition, and thai what seems a lack of support is due to the fact that the public is not yet familiar with this phase of court work. Much of the criticism against probation is because of the way it has been administered, he argued, and warned that there must be a more careful selection of those admitted to probation and possibly a closer super- vsion of those on probation. Other speakers on the program to- day included, “Section on Relation of Juvenile Courts and Probation to Educational Agencles.”” Miss Anna B. Pratt, director, White-Williams_ Foundation, Phila- delphia; Dr. Esther L. Richards, dohns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. ¥Section on Special Problems of Adult robation,” Edwin J. Cooley, chief pro- tion officer, magistrates’ courts, New York; “The Judge and the Probation . Officer,” James J. Ryan, chief proba- tion officer, court of speclal sessions, New York; “How Can Good Case Super- vision Be_ Secured for Adults on Pro- bation?” Fred R. Johnson, chief pro- bation officer, recorder's and circuit courts, Detroit. On training for probation work: Leon Stern, director, -educational depart ment, municipal court, Philadelphia. chairman; “Training From the Point of View of the Judge.” James Hoge Ricks, judge, juvenile and domestic_relations court, Richmond; “Training From the Point of View of the Expert,” Dr. Georsge W. Kirchwey., New York School of So- clal Work: “Training From the Polnt of View of the Probation Officer,”” Joseph P. Murphy. chief probation officer, Erie ffalo; “The Boy and the Girl in Court,” Bernard J. Fagan, chief pro- bation officer, children's court, New York: “What the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Means to a City, Charles W. Hoffman, judge, court of domestic relations, Cincinnati; “Proba- tion's Essential Place,” Herbert C. Par- sons, Massachusetts commission on pro- bation, Boston. “Federal Probation”—report of th committee. by Edwin L. Garvin, judg United States District Court, Brook- iyn, chairman. “Probation Laws and Court Decisions”"—report of the com- mittee, by Charles T. Walker, pro- bation officer in charge juvenile divi- sion, municipal court, "Philadelphi; chairman. “Report of the Board of Directors, by Franklin Chase Hoyt, chief justice, children's court, New York, chairman. “Report of the Gen- eral Secretary,” Charles L. Chute, New York. Qualifications of probation officers were outlined last night by Dr. Miriam Van Waters, referee, juvenile court, Los Angele: Dr.’ Van Waters declared that pro- ‘bation officers must possess skill, love, tact and enthusiasm. In discuseing the lssuance of war- rants against children the proba- tion official declared that warran should not be issued until the evi- dence has been carefully weighed. The sessions last night were in ’eharge of the committes on the rela- tion of juvenile court and probation work to_educational agencies. Dr. ‘Thomas D. Eliot, associate professor of #0ciology of Northwestern Univer- #ity, discussed “The Treatment of! l Series of Outrages, 1 Americans on Train, Show Turmoil Racks Most of . By the Associated Press. PEKING, May 16.—Banditry in six provinces, anti-Japanese riots in one province, Japanese boycotts in several,, piracy on the southern coast and up the southern rivers, war in three provinces and warlike preparations in a fourth are outstanding problems of the past few weeks confronting the Chinese govern- ment. At the head of the list, owiug to the international complications invelved, stands the Suchow outrage, in which bandits from Shantung and Honan prov- inces raided the Peking-Shanghai ex- press May 6 and kidnaped a number of foreigners, including some Americans, who still are prisoners. The captives are threatened death, unless the Peking government,in- dorsed by reliable foreigners, grant the brigands' immunity f crime, restore them to their places in the army from which they were dis charged and immediately recall troops besleging them. Troops Loot Bank. At Tangshan, in Chili province. Sunday, Chinese troops mutinied and attempted to loot native bank. Fearing damage to the railroad, which it is their duty to guard, American troops at Tientsin were ordered out. Later they retired to their quarters without taking action, when it was found that the railway was not threatened at the moment, but the United States soldiers are being held ready to act in an emer- gency. Outside of Hankow, in Hupeh prov ince, 1,000 Honan bandits are en- camped demanding a heavy cash payment and gifts of ammunition from the Chinese authorities as the price of their departure. On May 13, near Shaowu, Fukien province, two American missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Christlan, were robbed | by bandits of everything they pos- sessed. The dispatch added that banditry generally throughout Fukien was growing worse. Tobacco Man Escapes. Away to the south in Kwangtung, where Sun Yat-Sen holds sw dits near Pakhoi captured H. C. Row- son of the British-American Tobacco Company April 27 and demanded $30. 000 ransom. After being bound and imprisoned in a cave, with his arms bound in a cast, for six days, Row. son regained his freedom when Chinese troops attacked the ban- dits, who fled. Banditry has been rampant in Honan province for months and only a few weeks ago a large party of prominent Chinese were carried off and held for ransom. Piracy Is the form of lawlessness that infests the rivers of the south and the coast line from Hongkong as far north as Swatow. In several Instances recently boats plying up Misbehaving Children by Non-Court Agencies,” while Dr. Bernard Glueck, director bureau of children's gufl- | and her oriental passengers forced 3 With $60,000 worth of loot. with | Hupeh. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1923. Banditry, Boycott, Riots, War And Piracy Confront Peking ncluding Capture of Vast Republic. the Canton_ river from Hongkong have bLeen fired on by bandits, and one, a Chinese-owned craft, was seized, beached and looted a few weeks ugo almost within sight of Canton. Coasting vessels have been seized by Chinese pirates traveling as passengers, the passengers robbed and the cargoes stolen. Robd Ship of $80,0C0, In the case of the Chinese steamer Taishun, bound for Shanghai from Hongkong yesterday, the craft was seized by pirates and run for twenty- four hours with her European pas- sengers locked in the captain’s cabin into the hold. The pirates abandoned the ship near Swatow and escaped Serious anti-Japanese riots broke today at Shasl, province of Shasi s on the upper Yangtze river above Hankow, from which latter point a Japanese gun- boat has been rushed to reinforce the one Japanese craft already there. Ad- vices from Shanghai state that sev-| eral were killed and many injured in | the Shasi disturbance, which grew out |of the Chinese boycott of Japanese I goods in retaliation for Japan's re- fusal to abrogate the famous “twen- ty-one demands” treaty of 1915. The anti-Japanese agitation in Fukien province, centering prin- cipally at Amoy, has been in full iswing for several weeks. An orga- [nized” boycott has been launched, with committees In charge and in- spectors to make sure that Chinese {merchants do not ship in and sell Japanese goods. War in Kwangtung. War is in progress in Kwangtung province between the constitutional- ist army of Sun Yat-Sen, composed of Kwangtung and Yunnan troops, and forces from Kwangsi province, which are said to have the backing of the northern militarists. At the moment the constitutionalists appear to have the advantage. A struggle broke out in Fukien province recently between forces actively supporting the Peking gov- {ernment and & combination Kaid to be composed of backers of Sun Yat- Sen, Chang Tso-Lin, dictator of Man- churia, and those leaders who favor the independence of Fukien. This conflict _still in its early stages iand only a few minor engagements have been fought, with the odds so far_about even. The northern militarists recently scored some successes in Szechuan province against levies declared to favor Sun Yat-Sen's southern gov- ernment. but these victories for the north_only followed earlier reverses the Peking faction had suffered in the same territory. { Northwestern Chihli is the scene | of active preparations for war, ac- cording to reports from some quar- ters. Tsao Kun. northern militarist, is said to be massing troops and mu- | I nitions above ing for a struggle | with Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war | lord, but both disavow any intention of fighting. out ance, New York School of Social ‘Work, disoussed “The Conception of Treatment Place in Probation Work.’ and Its To Enhance Psychiatric | TAXIS & AUTOS Lower Rates | Main 431 the Beauty of Your LAWN We have asse mbled a most remarkable collection of EXTERIOR FURNITURE A finish that is pearance) of marble and which is easily restored from year to year. 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Miss Rous expressed the odd sensations aroused by much of this music as indicating the fact that the musicians seemed to be “walking into the future backward,” and sug- gested that, as the general public cannot grow new ears as easily as a lobster grows new claws, the price to be pald for keeping up with the times musically i8 a heavy one. She quoted one humorist as saying. “Well, if that is the music of the future it will prove a veritable hell on earth, and I can wait to hear It after I am dead.” The first number played bv Rous was Palmgren's “Isle Shadows. Miss of Thursday Star will tell you all about it The Hechft Co. Oakland’s Plan” enables you to estimate in advance the minimum num- ber of satisfying miles you can reasonably expect from the Oakland Six—free from trou- ble or expense. an odd, subdued composi- | what has been kindly called tion quite suggestive in its title and discords. Boys! This is better than a circus! T-T-- and his army of 8,000 will be here Friday theme of the moods of shifting twi- light. The next two numbers were by two of the most explosive of mod- ernist Schoenberg and Ornstein. Mis ous stated that Ornstéin's compositio are always filled with what she terms “note clusters,” note crowded closely on the single stem, and she quoted Cyril Scott as saying “Orpstein's music seems pregnant with conflict, regardless of the title of his works. His music is the legit- imate expression of the age in which we_live.” Schoenberg’s “Plano Plece From Opus 11" was full of harsh disson- ances to orthodox ears and was re- plete with “major sevenths. Possibly the music students of the future wliil revere the three Ss a they now revere the three Bs,” said Miss Rous. ‘They include Schoen berg, Scriabin and _Stravinsky. Scriabin’s “Poem.” which was on the program, s a short composition based upon a single chord, similar to his famous “mystery chord,” and Stravinsky was represented by “Rag- time.” aptly described by one critic in_the statement. “It doesn't seem right to mess up music that wa: Of the impressionists on the pro- gram Debussy and Ravel were the mildest examples. The former's “Gar- dens in the Rain” was a lovely por- trayal in music of the subject. and Ravel's gruesome “Gibbet.” with its ever-recurring chord, was most im- pressive. Bela-Bartok's “Bear Dance” and Malipiero's “I Partenti” told their storfes definitely, and Poulenc's | “Valse From Album No. 6. played in sixths, was a quaint combination of sophistication and childish tunes. One of the oldest numbers the radical Prokofleft’s “Sarcasme.” in which the right hand played in three sharps, while the left hand played in the key of five flats. 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