Lindsey sends Addams a copy of a letter he wrote to the president of the National Congress of Mothers and sends news about an upcoming meeting of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections in St. Louis.
Speranza thanks Abbott and Jane Addams for their work on behalf of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology in its investigation of the courts.
Strong thanks Addams for suggesting that she investigate the training of social workers and relays information about her travels to conduct the investigation.
Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." The article was published in October 1913.
Addams was put in charge of Orr's estate until he was of age, and now that he is old enough, Addams would like him to go to court and regain control of his estate.
Addams gives a memorial address on Merritt Pinckney's work on the juvenile court at his funeral on June 9 at St. Paul's Universalist Church. It was published in Unity a month later.
De Silver asks American Civil Liberties Union members to allow the use of their names in an advertisement regarding the International Workers of the World free speech case.
Gulick discusses Japanese-American foreign relations and how they have been impacted by the Great Kanto Earthquake and the anti-Japanese immigration laws passed in the United States.
Addams offers a history of movements for world courts and peace. The speech was given at the Palmer House in Chicago to the Women's Roosevelt Republican Club.
Hays tells Addams that he believes that Joseph Cashman committed libel against the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and updates her on the status of their complaint.
McDonald summarizes a meeting of the World Court Conference that discusses the United States's reaction to the World Court and whether or not unity of action was desirable.