| Show WAR MOTHER WAR AR BABEE BABE E K ANSWER weeks old Baby Raises Issue Which Thich Adjutant i General Fails to Solve Local Court Acts I W 7 lithE officers of the juvenile ju court held as divers di exhibits a n bah fraudulent adoption adoption old days baby tion papers and warrants for the arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest of certain per persons ons whose legal liabilities may be he decided today by bythe the prosecutors and tho courts a an in investigation was started yesterday a n wartime rom romance here in Salt Lake which involves in dramatic legal and and moral questions The problem which the juvenile court Is Is undertaking under Its Jurisdiction Juris jurIs- tt diction rud Its iLs wisdom wisdom to solve ol is much the tim same problem wh vh which h r- r year old w war r mother submitted to tv the adjutant general genera o of the army In a personal letter letter letter let let- ter ter- which she site addressed to him at tho the time lime when she was most perplexed and most forlorn She received no answer to her letter Wherefore 1 months mOl later I under a a. change o of ot events e It devolves es upon the court and its Us officers tc to at- at an answer to the perplexing I questions j The rhe facts In tho the case are of or record simple enough Officer Du Buy Bay lisby Mrs Iu I Katherine Palm a and d Joseph Friedman officers of ot tho the court representing themselves to beman bo be boman man and wife wIe went vent to tho the Ideal Maternity Maternity Mater Inter hospital 2361 S. S Ninth East street and secured from Dr S. S N N- Downing Downing- the proprietor a bab baby ostensibly for tot tott fora a adoption t 1 opt hon They allege allele that they drew from Dr Downing ln tho the statement that if It thc they would take the child he would make mako out itt t a birth certificate with their names fictitious attached there thero would bo be nobody tho the wiser to the amiable ar arran ar- ar ran rho The two a according to their statements entered into the under under- standing The They got Jot the thc bab baby Tho The birth certificate was as ma made o cuLAnd out cut And then the the- legal proceedings started lIon Don R. R chief chic probation officer off off- of ot orthe the Juvenile court swore out a a. S warrant for the thc doctor and threatened to swear out others against others In In- In Amon Among tho the questions Involved ed which tho adjutant general and others con- con ne neglected to solve were th these so is the doctor who soUght Bought to mitigate 5 the the embarrassment of or tho the mother and v c to place the he child In n. n home where its j future happiness and proper upbringing ing seemed assured d to be praised or censured Or should he be regarded as s a professional pro pro- rt meddler with the moral law aw 1 I J In I Mother Iother I IB I. a s. mother who sanctions any strat- strat gems In disposing of or her offspring to toba tobe tobo bo be held blamable for her concern How flow far tar should the law presumably infallible but but administered administered- to take a hand in the situation And SAnd finally of ot what stuff are aro these wartime romances made nn anyhow Tho The father rathel of or the child the mother avers and avers and her statement was forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming coming- at a time when whon she was in serious physical condition and no none nono no too sure that her life ife would not be laid on the altar of ot this amorous affair Is affair is Capt Karl Enc a a. member of the Infantry one o of the leaders in I social affairs In Salt Lake until the regiment was ordered from Fort Doug- Doug las laa Her tory of or the developments in tho the intimacy were recounted yesterday It Is in one of oC the doc documents ments In the matter She confided Jt It t as BJ she sho lay In tho the hospital Known Rim Him Three Months Month Sho She had m met t the captain she sho ho lal said 1 three months before he went away awa- Sno sho was Introduced to him b by a girl friend Sho She wan was a telephone operator I but Sh she eho considered herself a a. working I She was waa young lIe He was about 33 Jl U. The intimacy was not a spontaneous spontaneous spon spon- affair at first meeting He took me to the Wilson hotel and he be entertained me there she said That was wall a L simple simpio comment MeetIngs MeetIngs Meet- Meet Ings Ins followed They led to the cUm cli cU- m max ax The iThe affair happened at the tho Wilson Wil WIl- son Ion hotel the girl who shall be known as Clara said I f 1 know o no now flow that I made mado a a. mistake to go with him He Ho never novel took me to any place with his friends He was as also alBo er very not to introduce me to army men I She Sho had become Infatuated Infatuate lie promised to marry me she sho ex ez- ez She then declared that the army man had referred her to an m army doctor doctor and and when she sho visited tho the latter latter lat lat- attar at- at ter tar ho lie told her there thero was nothing tho the matter mattor with her Then tho the regiment went away away- though the captains captain's departure was at attended attended at- at tended by a a. small stratagem n which he worked successfully Ho IIo assured her he he said ald that ho would not leavo leave with the tho regiment She Sho believed him But hei she sought to find him later he WEa WB gone Letters Letter Are She wr wrote to to him three times after after- war ward rand and y received no answer er Then in her perplexity she wrote rote to to tho the adjutant general at lit Washing t ton ton D. D C. C and again she received recel no noan an answer wet Sh She She was left lett al alone ne to face the music What follows Is from tho the standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of the romance a mere sequel though from the viewpoint of ot the so sociologIcal sociological so- so questions Involved cd it is merely a prelude I. I The Tho doctor who sou sought ht to solve o the matter by having ha the child adopted bya by hv a couple who would assume at tho the par believes that ho did right His Ills I philosophy of or the matter runs thus tints n aa an ho stated slated last night We teach erring girls the Ideal part which I j ma may say ay IK lit the best moral part hart of or life JICe When hen thc they leave here hen the they do FO so with n a clean clan record AVo We Vo not only S great regarding the parentage but also alfo as to its Ils disposition The Tue mother does not hot know who taken her bab baby nor do the foster Coster parents know who tho woman is 18 wll I birth to it Girl Claim Our desire 18 is to shield girls in ever every possible wa way and we we- not only save unlimited grief grid for the mother monier but bul shield the childs child's name so 80 that It does doe not have h to Mart life HIe branded a t an the illegitimate offspring of ot an love match There l lIS is nothing strange in my opinion about a a. girl Irl giving U- U her tor child born orn under suet such I r 1 It la is apparent none olA ol oi A can live a a. sIngle h life and raise i a n. achild L t 2 child properly under such euch circum j stances Distances t most ho t who vho try t to toi I J i keep keen babies io o born 1 only to 10 I |
