CHICAGO POLICE URGE
PSYCHOLOGY AS CURE
FOR CAUSE OF CRIME
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.{/P)—The psy
chologist and the policeman make a
battery against criminals which ex
ports anticipate eventually will re
duce outlaws to a no-hit gamp in Am
erican cities.
Through the Psychopathic Labora
tory of the Municipal Court of Chi
cago, the old-line, hard-shelled crimi
nologist whose faith Was in brass
knuckles and the hangman’s rope
gradually is being replaced by expo
nents of a new dispensation, who re
gard crime as an effect of psychic ir
regularities and work for its eradica
tion thru science rather than shot
guns and sentences.
A brief summary of the major con
clusion of the laboratory directors,
based on the eleven years’ history of
the institution, is the statement that
the wh»le American system of crim
inal jurisprudence is long overdue
a; the junk pile.
For the present order in criminal
procedure they would substitute a
scheme, based upon the accepted fun
damentals of psychology, wherein the
offender is a patient instead of a
prisoner.
The laboratory is a branch of the
Municipal Court, which is unique as
the largest court in the world. In
1924 there went on this court’s
docket 94.000 civil and 225,000 crim
inal cases for the consideration of
its 37 justices.
Chief Justice Harry Olson estab
lished the laboratory after 20 years’
experience as assistant prosecutor j
nnd Criminal Court judge in Cook j
County, to test his hypothesis that j
crime is fundamentally a problem of
the mental and emotional disorders.
As prosecutor of thousands of crim
inals he had observed that most of
fenders were repeaters, and that a
large majority of men sentenced j
to the gallows suffered various de- j
grees of mental debility.
Dr. William J. Hickson, widely
known criminal psychologist, and
his wife, Mrs. Marie Hickson, have
been directors of the laboratory
since its foundation in 1914.
As the largest clearing house for
criminal mental defectives in the
word, the clinic attracts police mag
istrates and students of criminology
from all parts of the world. Its rec
ords constitute a veritable gold mine
of source material for psychologists.
Thousands of personal histories cor
related with criminal records, have
been characterized by reputable au
thorities as “the largest body of data
on crime which ever has been put
together under scientific auspices.”
Here are the conclusions Dr. Hick
son draws from his eleven years’ ex
perience in the laboratory:
(1) Mental debility is the primary
factor in crime, and the elimination !
of the criminal is a problem more in j
psycnoiogy uian m me emeieiu au
ministration of thousands of police
with quick trigger fingers.
(2) Virtually all criminals are
short-changed on mental equipment
<or emotional stability.
(3) In reference to the number of
offenses, 90 per cent of the crime
in Chicago is attributable to some
form of mental debility, usually not
apparent to laymen.
(4) . In more than 80 per cent of
the criminally inclined mental weak
lings, the delinquency is manifested
before the period of adolescense.
(5) Crime could be completely
wiped out in one generation by prop
erly caring for youths of criminal in
clinations.
(6) A large majority of persons
convicted of major crimes, such as
murder, robbery and assault, have
been in court previously, some many
•times, for some minor offense. In
most cases they have been fined,
sentenced to short terms, or put on
probation, only to return soon to
face some more serious charge.
(7) Punishment is not a deterrant
to crime in the eyes of most crimi
nals.
(8) Criminal inclinations in mental
weaklings is a dominant impulse
•quite as irresistible as the healthy
social impulses of normal individuals,
and the criminal, because of his de
bility, does not regard punishment as
retribution, but merely as a conspir
acy of society to rob him of his
right to self-expression.
(9) The degree of viciousness and
brutality in revolting crimes is in a
fixed relation to the degree and na
ture of the mental derangement.
A number of case histories are cit
ed by Dr. Hickson in support of each
conclusion.
The direction in which the court
is leading Chicago is indicated by a
comparison of the three principal
crimes in 1919 and 1923. In the
former year there were 330 murders;
6.108 burglaries; 2,912 robberies.
These had decreased in 1925 to 270
murders; 3,019 burglaries, 1042 rob
beries.
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Prisoners Taken Over To
Valdez Jail On S.S. Alaska
A. C. Dowling, deputy marshal
who arrived in .Seward last week on
the steamer Starr, bringing with him
a large number of prisoners, in
sane and witnesses, most of whom
were from the Bristol Bay region, de
parted for the Valdez headquarters
last night with a few of the prison
ers. The ^ remainder will be taken
over to Valdez and sent out to the
asylum, possibly on the next sailing
south.
“Honey Boy,” one of three dogs
left an estate worth $7,000 by Miss
Louise lams of Trotwood, Ohio, is
dead. When the other dogs die the
estate goes to two hospitals.
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Parts of Bear’s Anatomy
Sought As Health Charms
OLYMPIA, Wn, Aug. 25. (£>)—
Chinese &ifth in the curative quali
ties of selected portions of a bear’s
anatomy has resulted in several uni
que assignments for government
hunters operating in this state de
clares Dr. Glenn R. Bach, field lead
er for the federal bureau of the bio
logical survey in the Washington dis
trict.- ,
Recently, a Chinese resident of
Washington, D. C., requested the feet
of a bear while some months ago
another asked for a bear’s gall blad
der, the information was volunteer
ed that it was wanted as a health
charm. Such a talisman when worn
around the neck, it was averred, as
sured the wearer 1,000 years of life.
Although the supposed curative
qualities of bears’ feet were not dis
closed, the hunters have been in
structed to forward the first set of
bruin’s feet available to the Olympia
office for reshipment to Washington.
They also have been instructed to
use salt unsparingly in the curing
process. This essential was neglect
ed in the case of the gall bladder,
with the results that the talisman ar
rived in such a condition that of
ficials were prone to believe that
the warmer the weather the more
powerful the charm would prove.
PROOF
OF A BETTER OIL
The function of a lubricant is to
reduce fricftion and thus increase
the effective power of the engine.
The best proof that Zerolene does
this to a superlative degree is found
in the fad: that the Zerolenedubri'
cated automobile or motor'boat has *
more driving power; it averages 5%
more gasoline mileage than 1when
other oils are used.
One good test of the purity and
stability of a motor oil is the amount
of carbon it forms. Zerolene forms
less carbon than any other motor oil
\nown to us. That is why the Zero'
lenedubricated automobile or mo'
tor-boat may be driven from 25%
to 50 % farther without having the
valves ground or the cylinders re
bored.
Truly, you can buy no better oil
than Zerolene. Ask for it by name
—Zerolene.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
An egg weighing three pounds, two
ounces was taken from the body of
a seven pound hen at Tucson, and has
been placed in the University of Ari
zona museum.
^Sergt. W. E. Amment of the Har
risburg, J^a., recruiting station, was
given $5 as a reward for the return of
$5,000 lost by Jacob Haverstock.
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The railroad will change back to its
twice a week schedule September 1.
There will be no Sunday service be
tween Seward and Anchorage after
September 13.
Head the Gateway advertiseents.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
Mon.—Wed.—Fri.
A train leaves Seward at 8:00 a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate paints. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD '
7:00 P. M.
T ues.—Thurs.—Sat.
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON. Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*.
SEWARD, ALA8KA
SERVING ALASKA
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Sails from
Seattle—
Aug. 25
Arrives at
Seward—
Sept. 1
South from
Seward—
Sept. 8, 9 p.m.
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Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
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Pacific Coastwise Jerviee
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Aug. 15
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Scheduled Sail
from Seward
Aug. 23
/ Aug. 30
Sept. 6
Sept. 13
Sept. 19
Sept.
steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR
O’CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing dste.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with
above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is
land points, subject to change without notice.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
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See the Interior
“The Golden Belt”’
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understand, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and devleopment; traveler? to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA’S “GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm, An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt. Mc
Kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley ad Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent;
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other in
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
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