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^**ft«*. .Kk. "*lM:f&*y-"X<y: ^-'•*** ^Tf^^C^" m" *Wm mmmMmmm&xmmwmm THE LAKE SHORE Nfcltff JtHtll I PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY i__-----------.â€"â€"â€"â€" BY---------------â€"------------ THE BOWMAN PUBLISHING CO. 526 Davis Street, Evanston. "All .boys niu brothers "Foremen out of walkers out of < a-^rf erg out <>f clerkH. »'» messenger boys and n Albert H. Bowman . Managing Editor Arthur Roberts . . Associate Editor James Leonard Lee .. . City Editor North Shore Officeâ€"648 West Rail- road avenue, Winnetka, ill. Lloyd F. Holllster, Local Manager. Phone 241. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1 A YEAR All matter for publication in any week's Issue should reach our office not later than noon on Monday. Entered as second-class matter June 28, 1911, at the postofflce at Evanston, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ' THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1913. is •'AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION." Two members of the faculty of the law school of Northwestern university, Professors Edwtn Keedy and Robebt QAtrvt, are said to be engaged upon a series of articles having to do with the mentally defective criminal and the nature of the treatment which should be given such cases as they come into the courts for trial. Colla- borating with the professors of law is Chief Justice Harby Olson of the mu- nicipal court of Chicago. The endeavor of the men engaged la this very important field of investi- gation is to abolish the "third degree" method of the police, a barbarous cus- tom, and to establish a psychological laboratory In which the cases of pris- oners suspected of being mentally de- ficient shall be studied, an Investiga- tion of their character ahd family his- tory be effected, and the nature of the treatment to which they shall be sub- jected, decided upon. There is need for work and experi- mentation, along these lines, but it is ;l; moat important, at the same time, -^': that the plea of mental irresponslbll- %-! •-â-  Itr shall not become a loophole ^through which criminals dangerous to .felthe community in which they lire may HI'--escape and continue in the perpetra- H tion of crime. Mental irresponsibility ^Implies the need of careful and con- stant supervision. It is right that there should be mental examination of criminals, but far more important is the prevention of mental defectives Xros) becoming criminals. Criminality on the part of the subject implies a victim. Who that victim may be, no r can say. It may be the innocent child of any citizen of the community which theV law allows mentally de- tective persons to run at large. It is much to be desired that, in the not too distant future, every state in the ^^; onion will have a law providing for the permanent custody in public insti- tutions of persons who are sufficiently undeveloped mentally and morally to e be a menace to the public. * - Illinois is sadly lacking in this re- apect at the present time and thejaeo- ple. In general, indifferent to the mat- ter because of ignorance of, or familiar- ity with, the conditions. There is need for the awakening of public opinion to thst detect In our state laws, the ' only means by which reforms of any sort can be accomplished. * X # pr^~ RtSABON FOR PBIDB. ^ Ne> greater monument to the honor j«f Glenwood School for Boys la pos- alhie than the action of one of the scodvets of that Institution In aashtt- Bsej fatty homeless, trlendlese hoys in 0m establishment of a home, headed ty & woaaaa wflh a. Wg motherly heart, for lhâ€"selves and others who want to join ihesn The official name ef Can organisation ie "Tilssjdlsni Boye* Self Defenee Crab"; their ohjeet lii sspsslilsi is set forth fa the rules *y which they will he gnveiaad. a iiinwrhahls â€"t of rognmtloaa to by a lad of thbr- unttretsed. tntl are the laws which hem of Fretl iV floor arekeep- out of ^.-oys, it will be"the aim of the organization to sup- ply with good help There could be no fore constructtve institutional work thai, 'his which the boys have develop"! from a realiza- tion of their own zeodi. AN VNEVFS FIOHT. It shows a lamentable situation when the people of a burdened na- tion, such as chili;, i* today, are forced to appeal to the cjvlliased world for protecti<>n from one of the most advanced an•â- < prosperous coun- tries of the tim. < hina, through her National AntiO-.ii.n â- â-  >iurress, seeks the aid of the Yo .nx Men's Christian association and th. missionary socie- ties of the various I'rotestant church- es, which arc naturally supposed to have the welfare of the Chinese people at heart, to protect tl.< m from the curse of the opium traffic by purchas- ing and destro.Mt,^ as much as pos- sible Of that rirtiK as it is shipped to Chinese ports from India The fact that opium, a drug which can have nothing but a destructive ef- fect, is forced upon a people not only willing but anxious to be freed from the evil which its â-  ousumption en- tails, ought to enlist the aid of every organization which has for its object the uplift of humanity and the bring- ing a little nearer the coming of the kingdonj of God upon earth. The Christian church cannot afford to be'deaf to this cry for help from a people who have done their utmost alone to help themselves. The fight which the Chinese have put up against the production of opium and the vic- tory which they have achieved over this, the besetting sin of the nation, ; demands recognition and admiration i from all those who have enlisted in the war for universal righteousness. 1 * * * LEST THEY FOROET. \ It Is said to be the purpose of Presi- I dent Wilson to urge early action on I the part of the new congress "while I their campaign promises are fresh in ! the minds of the congressmen," there- I by recognizing the fact that what men j say they will do and what they really intend to do are sometimes quite dif- [ ferent things foi the small boy to tread the straight and narrow path just before ChrJtt- mas. but exemplary behavior at ,that season is no true earnest that he will be tractable and sweet in the days to come. Likewise is it an easy and, perhaps, natural course for a candidate for office to adjust his halo and assume a properly saintly attitude In the period preceding the fatal day on which hia succeas or defeat is made known to him. As in the case of the small boy it Is as well to obtain the performance of promised good deeds while the promises are fresh in the minds of both parties concerned. •r- * * ________A^CJtlTLCAL Believers in and supporters of the cause of equal suffrage will do wisely to mark weli their steps in connection with the lawlessness of the mob and inactivity of the police in Washington at the time of the suffragist pagceant there last week. By their display of dignity and self-control in the face of unexpected and unwarranted Insult and indignities, the women-marchers aroused the admiration of all the bet- ter class of citizens in the country. It wijl be easy to kill that newly awakened respect by an ill advised and childish demonstration such an the women present in the room of the in- vestigating committee Saturday per- laitted to themselves. The women hare suffered In the cause to which they are conunlttei. but they should take care that they glory in their martyrdom In a nans and sensible manner. * * * A WOMAN'S RIGHT! IX is Jest possible that BnoOKS did not forget to He to Qualify for the office of police she announced a fortnight ssje termination to do. la spite of the fact that has accomplished for Went Bsnun*asj4 what ne man of that Utile etty has been able to do. in the way ef np the eesanranity, the fair George N. Linday in Indignant Communication Decries Use of Chemical to Purify Water Supply. TOUTS MEDICAL RESEARCH Applies Term of "Serum Fiends" to Bacteriologists Who Give Advice on Impurities Discovered. means wish only to be let alone will do oar best to keep well without the city's dictation, Wants OernvLaden Water. I hope the florists will protest so vigorously on the plea of property loss and by threats of damage suits that we will have no more "sticks" of chloride, but just plain germs with our drinks of water hereafter. George N. Linday, 2218 Colfax Street. iiTsHow SISTER MRS.JOSEPHINEWARREN DROPS DEAD IN HOME Well-KnownWoman Succumbs From Same Cause as Hus- band, Who Died Recently. The address of Dr. Lillian Johnson, Bister of Mrs. Ida J. Shotwell, 630 Uni- versity place, Evanston, and Miss Ernestine Uva is "Care of the South- ern Commercial Congress, Washing- ton. D. C" where they will be for two weeks longer. These two women recently ad- dressed the Current Events class of the First Congregational church on â- Co-operative Credit for Farmers." They are in Washington getting out literature relative to the commission which sails April 17 for Europe, where tbey will remain until July. Guitar lessonB. Tomaso's Studio. Mien johanna waxvio WA^iefe Announcement .has come :;$**•!*-.â-  Shreveport of the marriage ofKWiiP Johanna C. Waxvlg. former^ of IBfH anston, to Mr. Alfred Bdgard, Ssjwdsa/ evening at 8:30 o'clock. The young P^W;.^^nniiB^|nii... ReVt'1 %r A. Freeman, _ :**riv*S^ ^tn^'chVeli*- ...._ tor* of the church parsonage •. street J«r. and Mrs. Bdgard ^;^'v«2*,..l^hM is**^,:. Mrs. M. Josephine Warren, for more than thirty-five years a resident of Evanston, dropped dead in her home, 1562 Maple avenue, Tuesday night at 11:80 o'clock, death being ^i..-„„ („ ir;,„„af«« tnr caused presumably by apoplexy. JuBt There is one citizen in Evanston for " * Lake Shore Sanitarium our s,~wtr i^h.s«^»m^£rf I JrM Nervous and whom the germ-laden lake water, be- fore it is put through any purification process has no terrors. He is George N. Linday. 2218 Colfax street. Following the story which appeared In the last issue of The Lake Shore News, telling of the damaging effect the lake water, now treated with cal- cium hypochorite, has on growing plants in hothouses, Mr. Linday has submitted a communication to that paper which teems with condemnation for the city officials and the health department in particular for using the chemical to purify the water. So strenuously opposed is Mr. Linday to the treatment of the water with the chemical that be states in bis com- munication that he hopes the protests and threats of the Evanston florists will cause the authorities to cease using the "hypochlorite sticks." Treatment Only Temporary. In arriving at bis conclusion on the present problem to provide water as nearly pure as possible, Mr. Linday has overlooked the fact that the city authorities have employed the use of calcium hypochlorite only as a tem- porary measure pending the installa- tion of a filtration plant, bonds for which were approved in the election conducted last December. He falls to -----â- â€"--' give any credence to the advice of bac- It is a comparatively simple matter terlologista and experts who have .u-------„ _. .. ♦_„., .k- .*•.!.*• ^^^ ^ topwe lake water problem a study for years, and touts any sug four months ago her husband, Fred Warren, was fouifd deal in bed. The similarity of cause of death is one of the most unusual cases on record. Until an hour previous to her death, Mrs. Warren was apparently in the best of health. She had entertained a few friends earlier in the evening and enjoyed the social evening lu cards and other entertainment. After the friends left she complained of feeling slightly ill. She went to the basement to attend to the furnace for the night. Winen she returned from the basement, she swooned and fell to the floor, dying a few minutes later in the arms of her daughter. It is thought that the exertion in climbing .the basement Btairs brought about the stroke ot apoplexy. A physician was summoned, but death occurred before he arrived. Mrs. Warren was 59 years old. She was born in Syracuse, N. Y., April 7. 1854. She leaves two daughters, Miss Annabel and .Miss Georgia, both of Evanston, and one son, Abraham F. Warren. Mr. Warren was in Mem- phis, Tenn., at the time of his mother's death. Funeral services were conducted in the family home by Rev. O. F. Jor- dan, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The burial was in Rosehill ceme- tery. CHEAt>E$t QUICKEST, CLEANEST AND MOST CONVENIENT /^ARC LIGHTS FOR STOBfc SPACES. mCJftBESCR THE HOME. ^HUnGES' HEATERS, WATER HEADERS. The Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co, 1611 Benson Avenue. Evanston j Telephone 93 *i*m gestlon that germ-laden water is dan- gerous to public health without some chemical treatment. * Mr. Linday's communication in full follows: To the Editor:â€"As everybody In Evanston knows, at least those who are in the habit' of using water for drinking purposes, that we have been provided at the city's expense with water with a "stick" in it, which goes by the pretentious name of calcium hypochlorite. ^ Those of us who endeavor to keep reasonably healthy by using only pure water and pore air and pure food, as procurable, have been obliged to nee the city's medicated water, and none has so far seen fit to object, but have taken our medicine like good children. There hi a large number of people who wfll not voluntarily saturate their system with any kind of dope, bnt we have taken this compulsory maltreatment la good parts, knowing that the human body can stand a great deal of abuse without Immediate or apparent harm. We are not very much impressed with the dire predictions of the germ- cranks or sernjn-nends that we will aU sneenmh to one or all of the 300 diseases with which we axe suffering, In spite of a few thousand years of B»iiHrsl research and ministration, nn- Isss we pump our oodles full of fifty- â- even varieties of poison. Oar feeble its may mow. however, receive ___eoaatderatioa when it is pointed oat that plant life is endangered and by the eitys LIBRARY STUDENTS PRAISE SYSTEM HERE Twenty-six students of the minoLi Library college were unanimous in their expressions of pleasure and com- mendation on the arrangement of the local public library, which tbey vis- ited Friday. The state school has about thirty students who are taking a special course preparatory to doing into library work. Each year they visit the libraries In either St Louis or Chicago and vicinity. Friday they were in Evanston to view the public library and the university libraries. Two of the party. Miss Nellie Rob- ertson and Sahra Stevens, have been at the library for a month learning the technique of the work of the dlf ferent departments of the local Insti- tution. All Of the* attending .the state school are sent out one month before the trip to different libraries in this part of the state, to work without remuneration and to learn the practical side of handling hooka. The party was In charge of Miss Frances Simpson. They were espe- cially pleased with the system here. T( Wheal It esse reaRy to losing the to look sert- heatthhy that kiad of water thought ef ss long - â€"â€" hate their BOY SCOUTS TO MEET FRIDAY EVENINGS Troop No. 1 of the Evanston Boy Sconto was entertained Friday even- las; at the homo of BroomaH Wilson 42S Greeulenf street. Two new mem- bers and the new scoutmaster, Mr. O. D. Davie, of the cMss of If 15 of North- university, were included those present. This troop has adopted the plan of meeting each Friday evening from 7:90 to t o'clock, at the home of one of the n»embersL Before- the uliasum of the evening axe entered into, the for the next days outing. The hoys are very abeat the work aud plan for the Modern Means of the Present / It has always been the weak- ness of numerous Grandpap- pies to refer to the good old times. Some of them remem- ber when the best available method of indoor lighting in parts of these woods was rep- resented by a gourd full of with a wick floating in it. 0.& I did hot Ties Alice in Wonderland did hot^lfear the Gumg^iy to U&e Whadjumacdljjt>^Do to go^hick to the^g«*(ird?" But light msfe said it; he certainly re saitMc if modern lighting had topic of conversation. Would Yon Say It? The average man would. If he did not his wife would sure, especially «if she had been over her neighbor's house equipped with Electric Light. Look at it. It's the modern Light. Just push a button and it blazes outâ€"the pur- est, in quality, the most healthful and adaptable and the most-economical of all artificial lights, if you use it properly. The number of houses in town is the number we want to connect on. If yours isn't wired*, well equip it for electric light and power, and spread the bill over 24 months. i^^f^jSi3 OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ' i '-V"-v£'~M'- "Si % % B*M=g2Siii^^ws