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Addams discusses the juvenile crime rate in Chicago.

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Addams asks MacDougald to organize the women of Atlanta to seek a reprieve for Leo Frank in order to review the evidence.

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Addams telegrams the president asking him to hear the Ludlow delegation about the violence done to striking workers.

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Lindsey thanks Addams for her help with the Ludlow Massacre and tells of the threats he as received and his anxiety over rising violence in the United States.

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Selborne discusses the charges of rape made against the German army

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Hyers denies that Mrs. J. K. Weston was a representative of the Woman's Peace Party.

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Haldeman recounts a recent forgery case for Addams.

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Haldeman tells Addams about a forgery case that she has been dealing with.

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Stuart asks Addams for support to defend Bouck White, a cartoonist who has been imprisoned for desecrating the American flag.

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Addams catches up with Haldeman-Julius and hopes to have her visit.

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Addams prepared some cases of poverty that she did not use on the Devil Baby at Hull-House article.

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Morey writes to Addams to ask her to contact President Wilson about intervening in the detention of Alice Paul and Rose Wilson.

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Addams protests the execution by hanging in front of 200 prisoners as savage.

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Newspaper story about the latest in the disappearance of Jeanne DeKay contains a short statement about the case by Addams.

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Addams tells the press that the woman pretending to be the missing DeKay is an adventuress.

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Addams doubts that a girl held in the disappearance of Jeanne DeKay is the heiress.

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Mosher writes Addams to criticize her remarks regarding political deportations.

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The Tribune reports on the sentence of social worker Anita Whitney.

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Addams and Breckinridge send Older a telegram defending Anna Whitney.

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Older asks Addams for a statement protesting Anita Whitney's sentence for the San Francisco Call.

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Also known as To all who still feel like humans, ca. March 1920

Misař describes political turmoil and oppression against Socialists and Jews in Hungary.

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An article that criticizes the imprisonment of Charlotte Whitney on the grounds of free speech.

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Alvee tells Addams that the State Department cannot interview in John Reed's arrest save to assure he has a fair trial.

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Addams argues against the death penalty for Nicholas Viana because he is a minor.

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Addams defends her views against capital punishment for minors.

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Addams defends her views on capital punishment, replying to a critical editorial.

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The Tribune praises Governor Lowden's decision to allow Nicholas Viana to be executed and calls Addams's appeal sentimental.

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The author asks Addams to try to stop Nicholas Viana's execution.

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Rich disputes Addams's views on capital punishment, claiming that sentimental opposition results in more crime.

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Knox takes issues with Addams's opposition to capital punishment, offering examples of English justice.

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Stahl criticizes Addams for her opposititon to capital punishment.

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Also known as Lord Mayor of Cork

A Guardian clipping reports that sixty men were sentenced to ten years imprisonment for connection to the Caherguillamore shootings and that the Lord Mayor of Cork testified in Washington.

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Ernst tells Addams that she thinks the French occupation of the Rhine should not be stopped and that American women should resist the urge to object.

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Terrell tells Addams that she cannot sign a petition calling for the removal of African-American soldiers from Germany on accusations of abuse of women. Terrell believes that it is race prejudice.

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Blackwell asks Addams to help efforts to aid Soghomon Tehlirian, the assassin of Turkish leader Mehmet Talaat.

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Winsor thanks Addams for a peace pin, discusses her recent address and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom invitation letter.

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Hart tells the ACLU that the prisoners that they asked to be released have refused parole until other prisoners were freed.

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Mary Field reports on her interview of Addams with regard to the criminal case against Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for the murder of fourteen year old Bobby Franks in Chicago. Other comments were made by Carl Sandburg and Elllsworth Faris.

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Grimes discusses problems with the justice system that result in prisoners returning to crime.

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Addams tells a story of a sixteen year-old bootlegger as part of a speech about juvenile delinquency.

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Addams discusses the value of social work at a mass meeting held at the National Conference of Social Work in Cleveland.

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Addams discusses the importance of social work to the health of a community in an address to the National Federation of Settlements in Cleveland.

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News reports a teenage girl's escape from an assault.

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News repors an assault on a woman by two men in Wisconsin.

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The News summarizes Addams comments about the impact of Prohibition in the Hull-House neighborhood.

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Addams, as told to the Newspaper Enterprise Association, discusses the murder of unwed mother Rosa Stoble and argues for love and sympathy rather than punishment and stigma. This article was syndicated and published in many newspapers in March and April.

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An editorial criticizes Jane Addams for wanting to disarm policemen.

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Addams discusses the increasing rate of juvenile crime and the efforts to combat it at a meeting of the American Crime Study Commission.

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Article discusses the creation of an American Crime Study Commission to investigate the causes and prevention of crime.

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Newspaper story of a young girl being brutally attacked by two men she was with. Relates to the rise in crime in America during the Prohibition Era.

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