The evening world. Newspaper, December 9, 1913, Page 8

8 | New York City, Pilloried * _ Unsuceessful Quest for a Lad * Vidous Enough to Join the Worst Ever. * —— Other States Furnish a Stand- ard It May Be Impossi- ble to Equal. ¥ 3 arrival in tile olty last week has Mhterviewed 189 of the boys by the probation offi of the rage Curt and other ai efficera very worst cases of juventic' and depravity they ever en- ‘The examination of the boys along the regular system em- fa alt other Mates. It is an fm that the higher ea3 of the exnmination thirty questions put to the The more the boy lies in the batter his outlook for @ting to the farm. One of the eight Biready selected told thirty-seven 4 fourteen minutes. But the very worst of the 10 New B boys etamined by “Big Brother” @howed a percentage of only @ bad to Nineteen goo, where- ‘the worst hey pieked ao far, a from Reeine, Wis., passed the tion by the:really terrible per- ot varying while @ bright, , Sppeare to giory boris about as bad boy ‘ip fine man," | removing one of her eara and in getting ‘Rebbins aterday, “He | himesif sent to a reformatory. mover bas had Wis home life] iach of the other five hus something ‘wen mlsorable hag had no bring-| almost as dad in his record, The list fag up of any wert axcept the worst. includes an Fast St. Louis boy, sixteen ‘Watch him in twp years from now and | years old, # per cent. bad. what ou system of treatment him.” = 7? ff f year-old acalawag from Detroit. perce Dumerous and awe in- + Among hie jatest crimes was Mg cebbery of hid uncie'a house. The bandit semt his uncle a fake note 2 tei on Ousiness to @ut him out of the ‘went in, kacoked bis with ‘| Gud and tied her to the bed awilic be removed al! the val hpusp 6nd eolkd them A, hen errested he was discovered also Ge have Molen eighteen bicycies, al! of ee eee eee, 12, (ue sober. ot ie ‘home, each neatly crated and feidy for shipment to purchasers with fhom be had arranged terms by mat}. t boy will be a great business some day,” said Robbins, “Once big energies are turned in the right li you can imagine how auc- eeseful he will becom: another of the woret of the eight incorrigibles is from #0 amull a tor'n ag Mishawaka, Ind. He is years old, but has @ murderous His most noterious fest wa: to Kil) his aunt by throwing « ‘Meat cleaver at He succeeded in 8 doctor's We many At oo king over that. PCE A Household Remed eee ApwaT eg CO Mew \ EIGHT © SAMPLE CASES. COHALL BE THE is another of the eight, a tage wha ¥ bad and his ‘+ As So Wicked, Has Not A Really Bad Boy in It WORST BOYS IN'‘TOWN ARE NOT SO BAD AS THEY MIGHT BE. Here are some statistics about the 108 worst boys in New York City: Average age, fifteen years seven months. Thirty-two earn 6 to 08 a week, sixty-one carn €8 to $12 a week, seven earn less than $5, elght are seeking jobs. Eleven have bank accounts, eight fave money im different ways, sixty-seven live above their means, twenty-two Nive within their means and nineteen are New ay eo lone veen|] ahead of the game. @Miloriea as the centre of ali human Forty-seven live at home, the ‘Wethedness thet it may come as con-| rest hoard with either strangers (Gterable of a surprice te hor detractors |} oe relatives tr ta ee ety » ball aad Nineteen hoys left school in the Top. You heard it the.firet time. Not || Mfth grade, twenty-seven In the @ realy tpd,. wicked, mean, ceominal sixth grade, twenty-five in the Ground ernery, eves of « kid in the|}neventh grade and thirty were whale towa. graduated from grammar achools, ‘Pots astounding statement tn based oni] Seven mever attended school in @o remarkable qaéet and investigation || (hin country. @f Back Methine of Chicago, one of the|} Seventeen of the boys do not Svumters of Already famous “Big Segara, ‘who is here fer the ho ana & New York State to the of eight vicious wide he has picked wp in ther Staten. Worcs he has grtunect in toaive ot|| Thirty-nine are underted, Atty {he worst boys in the Untied mates, || two are im bad health, seven Gam from a diferent Gate, he wii|| im argent need of medical oh lle all te @ nine-acre farm|] tendance, heag hg bed Megacod Bayh Porty-nine have only one su gee Su mana * : Fle of clothes, forty have two # ' eos omy ore ring ce six have three, two have four. + @ egal chance ‘o taaee Ghemecives into|] Sixty-nine smoke ¢! » TS mame) The backers of se} nine smoke pipes, two chew tos a ohohe| bacco, seven smoke cigars, 4 deformed oa gedit pot Bd don't use tobacco in aay form. ap Cf tte environment and can Bighteen attend dances over by right treatment. They] larly, seventeen play cards propering @ teat of their theory upon ie the entire sclentific world ie took ‘with tnterest. having had one chance to 4 better. ‘Sixty-eight have had home sar. roundings, nineteen are fairly! ised “gangs,” fifty-two run with evil companions, six belong to the Y. M,C. A. Forty-four were before the court once, thirty-seven twice, fifteen three times, four four times, three five times, one neven times, four never. Ninety-seven have been in in- stitutions. Of these fifty-two have been from six months to eight years In orphanages, forty- two shave spent three months to ir years and two months In reform schools, The records of seventy-two ether bad boys examined by Mr. Robbins were slightly better and consider them to be ssed as bad Boys, althoagh the Juvenile court officers consider them hopeless delinquents, | bey, fourteen years, 87% per ¢ Lima, ©., boy, sixteen years, 87 per cent. bad; Sioux City, Iu., boy, fifteen years, and a Hartford, bia per cent. bad, Conn, Ind, 8 per cent, bad, OF WINNERS. PROSPECTS OF FINDING COUPLE THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913. ‘ASSEMBLY BACKS DEMAND FOR FIVE-CENT PHONE RATE REPORT SCORES in Charges Through The World, Called Dishonest. GIVEN SEVERE CENSURE Corrupt Campaign — Fund Proved—McDermott Guilty CONGRESS LOBBY MANUFACTURERS Methods Exposed by Mulhall, largely and primarily for persona) lobbying,” their paid hire. | ol buttonholing | to induce them | rte Was being | Hewitimate was found tn American Medara- 1 Wash found to prevented enders have tow orl Methods used by the maanfacturers’ | organization tn organize temporary association: denounced and dishonent. Noe denice of “Grave Impropriety.” | | WASHINGTON, Dec 9 —Resuits ot | the House lobby investigation committed headed by fMopresentative Garrett of Tennessee, ordered by Con- wrete on disclosures made by the New York World, were made public to-day ip two reporte—a majority report signed bY Democrats and Republicans alike and @ supplemental report filed by Rep. | | fesentative McDonald of Michigan. The majority made no recommenda- Howe, Wut declared that Representative McDermott of Miinola nad been guilty of acte of grate impropriety, unbecoming the @ignity of his position, though “we cannot say that he has been corrupted in his votes." The majority report also held that MeDermott, having intimate relations with I. JI. MoM.chael, former chief page of the louse, knew that M. M. Muthall, “a lobbyist for the National Ansoctation of Manufacturers,” employed McMich- by FINDS N. A. M. SPENT MONEY TO ELECT CONGRESSMEN. The majority held that both the N tional Association of Manufacturers ar the American federation of Labor @eaed in political activities and ox- pended money to effect nominations and elections of the members of the Louse Of Representatives. Representative MoDonald, who agreed whh the majority findings, declared that Congress had fallen from {te high estate in the of the American people, that th been @ broadcant suapicion of cc existing in Congress that a system has been built up for defeating or preven- ting remedial legislation. He made rec- ommendations for legislative reforms, ‘The main conclusions of the majority define @ lobby an “a person or hody of persons secking to influence legislation by Congress in any manner whatso- over.” The National Asvoviation of farturers, ational Council < dustrial Defense, the National Tariff Commiasion Association, the American Federation of Labor, the Washington City Associations of Iiquor, Dealers, and jocal loan #harks are found to have maintained lobbies, Martin M. Mulhall ix held to have admitted errors in eome vitil state- ments made In his charges, but to have been corroborated in other matters of importance by officials of the National Association Manufacturers and the National Council for Industrial De fenwe. Muthall, the report says, wax extravagant In many of his claims and overstated his potency and tnfluence with members of Congress and public men generally; he entertained animus against many of those against whom he made allegations awl used namnen of public men with an unjuntified freedom. METHODS OF MANUFACTURERS SCORED AS DISHONEST. ‘Migh superior officers of the Manu- feotarers’ organization and the Counci] for Industrial Defense used him “very al was found of emple of the House for inp of members purposes EMPLOYMENT OF M'MICHAEL SEVERELY CENSURED ie of House employers reprehensible was de: ment by Manu former Chief Py House was seve Representative Bart holdt of Missourt ke of Pennayivania, Calder of New k, rley of Kentucky, \S th Carolina, were upheld ax “netth reached nor influenced by the manufae-! turers committee held that Representa tive MeDermott minimixed bis intimate tons with Muthail, that MH loans: from Mutha, a that “these were personal acts of Mul- hall, and we do not believe that he) let MeDermytt have the money with a prrupting him, nor di added the $1,509 or $1,000 as alleged.” | ‘The committee concluded that Mcber- Mott's training and associations have not given him the ethical perceptions and standards relative to public office that usually characterize public “We ¢ kay that he has been cor- rupted in his votes,” it added, “but some! things Which a private citizen may do| with impunity must be avoided by one| tn official station.” M'DERMOTT UNDER FIRE IN CON. GRESS RESOLUTION. Reprerentative McDonald introduced two resolutions after a conference with Representative Murdock of Kansas, the Progressive leader. The first provided that the House should forthwith proceed to determine whether the report did not show Rep- resentative McDermott to have been F disgraceful and dis| dering him unworthy of remaining as a member of the House and liable to expulsion." the other requested the House to de- termine whether the oficers and agents of the National Association of Manu- facturers, including Mesars, Bird, Kir- ery, Mulhall and others bad not von guilty of continued grosa miscon- duct against the good order and. dig- nity of the House, rendering them Ha- ile to punishment for contempt. — —— —- PENSION FOR MRS. GAILLARD. Conurens mit a Her 820 0 Month—Alao Gitt of $16,000, ¥ =A bill pro- ) and a pension of $30 a month for the widow of Col. Gaillard, late Pana Canal engineer, was favorably re to-day by the House Interstate Com- merce Committee, ny fending © Mulhall | learrimer through the country with funds to [1h 0 | honed t improper, disreputable | 5. J. Quinn to De An ALBANY, . a New York newspaper man, will be ap- | pointed Ex Auditor by Gov Glynn, T It formerly was held by Samuel Bruck- heimer, resigned. oe (Continued from Meat Page) and tn my opinion should prevatl Tt Vill atrengthen the commission “This resolution wilt bring about what weare Mighting for-a five-cent rate for five minutes’ conversation throughout Hiquor | Greater New York and t hope tt wit prevail.’ When the resolution was introduced, vubtican leader Hinman asked for @ reading of it. After it was read Demo- cratic lea y suggested that Mr. tunily took action, han aker Smith put the question] Clerk of the Assembly to the Public and declared the resolution adopted) Service Comiaision in the Second without a dissenting vote, ‘The full text) District, of the remoluuion follows: In discussing hie resolution Assem TIME TO STOP DELAY AND] blyman Goldberg said: FINISH INQUIRY. na of the they have excessive rates New York Tele vublic utility eor- * operations in and, ire 6 the has shown fon by the tw bill, providing that the rate between any two New York City for a Jon of net. more duration should sim of five cents, bi also making proviston for n case of overcharge, and hereas, said mea failed to become a law reason of the fact that Gov, Sulzer tnaisted upon ftw recall by its tutroducer, and, Whereas, more than one hundred organizations have been represented at the public hearings held in the City of New York before the Public Service Commi in the »Second District, and, Whereas, they reduction in sa have demanded a ‘ates and tolis so that the maxim ate should not bo more than five cents and the minimum rate not less than two cents a call, and, Whereas, tho public interest de- mands @ speedy disposition and ad- Justment of this all important ter to the telephone user, the criber as Well a# to the public pay ion patron, and, Whereas, public hearings on mi ving complaint necessarily delayed by the corpora- tion Interests, and, WANT A REPORT READY FOR NEW LEGISLATURE. Whereas, the newly elected Legis- Jature of 1914 convenes on the 7th day of January next, when legisia- tion on this all important question can and will be introduced if neces- gary, to bring about a final adjust- ment of the question now under con- sideration. Therefore, be \t resolved that the Public Service Commission in the Second District which has this quea- ter Infants cos Invalids HORLICK’S ng & gift from Congress of about | Wt meame the Origine! end Geasinc MALTED MILK “Ctheré ue Smitalions The Feod-Drink for all Ages Take 20 substitute, Ash fer HOMLIGIS GORLICK’S Contains Pure MU ber ankle and. te coming aay other doctor then Mad- Mf aot PZ, tt, il drussiot’ “So far I haven't been able to find in Nev York a really bad boy who can compare in viclousness with any of Pecta in Schenect: the Jamesburg reformatory, whore he has the ‘reputation of being the worat boy ever in that inatitution, If (hi no better success in this city I al run up and take a look at these y They sound quite promising. “Woll, what's the matter with the New York City boys? Why aren't they bad enough?" was asked of the Bix Are lots of ordinarily bad boys n,” he answered, ‘Hut there om to be any really welous kid—an absolutely hopeless case—accord: ing to the judgment of society, We don't want ordinary mean boys. We want the worst we can find, and I'm afraid your New York bad boys are pretty poor tmitations of the real thing. Why, the very worst boy the court officers could show me here has been before the court only neyen times and in Elmira once.” Think of that. Only seven times ar- rested and one Jall sentence. The poor Little angel JKT Gove Sse SSS Broker Crise Dies of Stroke, Thomas Ball Criss, fifty-three years old, a member of the Cotton Exchange, Was stricken with apopidxy at his home W years, had been @ for several days of tonailitis, Death came #moking in his library. He was nber of the firm of Rob- orts, Hall & Criss, at No, 11 Broadway. confined to his he with an OPEN EVENINGS. 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Sixth Avenue, Corner 17th Street to VOID IMPURE MILK came to-day in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, when a jury in Justice Crane's court awarded a verdict of #4,.50 to William H, Kiseman for the death of his wife, Mary E., who died of burns, following an accident, on the morning of July 4, 1909, Mr. Elseman, who liven at No. 12 State street, sued for $10,000 an a4- mintstrator of his wife's estate, the defendanta being Andrew F, MovWil- Hama, son of @ Staten Island dock con- tractor, and the Brooklyn Repid Tran- it Company.’ According to Mr. Etseman’a testl- mony, his wife was In an automobile with MoWititams, coming from Coney Isiand, when the auto came Into col- lision with a surface car at Fifteenth street and Ninth avenue, the car line being operated by the B. R. T. ‘The collision remulted_in the ignition tion under connideration and !s hold- ng hearings in the City of New York on this matter, be requested to speed- ily dispone of the same 0 it can be able to express its attitude thereon prior to the convening of the new Legislature, and Be it further resolved, that the Vublio Service Commission grant no further adjournments or delays to the New York Telephone Company or ite subsiduaries for any cause, of on any application, and that it pro- coed at its next session now set for | | of the @asolene tank and man’s dress took fire, severely burned ome way to the Geney Hospital tickling, which he described as his vorite way of “caressing” her. Deo, 22, 1913, without delay and hold its hearings dally until the matter « cloned, Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent by the “The Bvening World is making 6 valiant fight for a five-cont rate, and I profict the Legisiatu: enact a saw early in the sion giving. the people of Greater City a telephone rate that will allow them to talk bet @ny two points in the city for five cents for each five minutes of con- versation, gad for « less sum for each should be prices from "J shall band up a bill the first week of the segsion of the new Legislature. “The poor man who is compelled to use @ public phane when he wants to talk between Manifettan and Brooklyn pave 10 cents for. the while the owner of a private phone pays consid- sideraply lene, “It should be remembered that cheap | telephone fervice helps reduce the cost | of living, as many people order their! meats and groceries and other house- | hold supplies over the telephone. 1 have figured that in certain cases eight cents is added to the cost of the goods which the housewife telephones for, by the charge imposed by the telephone company.” ‘A copy of the Goldberg resolution will ho sent to the Second District Commia- sion in a day or two. pan AA COSTLY AUTOMOBILE RIDE. 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