║ Charity ║ ║Taylor, Graham Chicago Chicago Commons ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ COMMITTEE ON TIME AND PLACE ║ ║ ║ ║Bowen, A. L., Chmn. Springfield, Ill. State Charities ║ ║ Commission ║ ║Gates, W. Almont San Francisco State Bd. Char. & ║ ║ Correction ║ ║Almy, Frederic Buffalo Charity Organization ║ ║ Society ║ ║Fox, Dr. George Fort Worth Charities Commission ║ ║Wing, Frank E. Chicago Muncie Tuberculosis ║ ║ Sanatorium ║ ║Riley, Thomas J. Brooklyn Bureau of Charities ║ ║Glenn, Mary Willcox New York ║ ║Darnall, O. E. Washington Natl. Training School ║ ║ for Boys ║ ║Logan, Joseph C. Atlanta Associated Charities ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ FAMILY DESERTER BROUGHT TO BOOK Probably the first check of its kind ever received by a charitable organization is for $755.43 reimbursed to the United Hebrew Charities from the bank account of a deserter who was brought to book through the action of the National Desertion Bureau. Six years ago Elias Zepnick deserted his wife Yetta and their eight minor children in New York city, leaving them penniless. Their condition was so serious that the United Hebrew Charities gave rent, clothing and living expenses to the unfortunate family. For two years Zepnick kept under cover but in the latter part of 1910 he was located at St. Louis. He was defiant and the Legal Aid Bureau, in whose hands the case was at that time, brought proceedings under the Child Abandonment Law. The arrest of the offender and his extradition to New York quickly followed. He was convicted and the court was about to pronounce sentence when it was discovered that the prisoner had a considerable sum of money upon deposit in a St. Louis bank. The judge pleaded with him to provide for his wife and his eight little ones and held out the hope of a suspended sentence. His refusal aroused the court and the maximum punishment, two years at hard labor in Sing Sing and a fine of $1,000, was meted out to him. [Illustration: CHECK WHICH BROUGHT ONE DESERTER TO BOOK ]