Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1925, Page 3

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Printz, HAVE THAT ROOF REPAIRED NOW! callOu, 18 the time—We are rooters, Roofing_ 1121 5th n.w. TRONCL Company Phone Main 14 | “Cleanliness Is Next to Godlmess" ar Diamond Ri q I Ao S Jer':ffmbr:gm.'f’r:g bottle, b0c. R HARRIS & cO. Corner 7th_and D St N TR ORRAT 70 HAVE A BED w5 GORS fortable that you DIEoxOME Hurry to It at Night Yours might feel a whole lol your box spring. matiress and Billowe well novate Bio' -:LFTP SERVICE." ooMrl FTF REEES, 610 r . »:w Uain 3621, Why Not Talk Over With Us . Fithe subfect of FALL PRIN BIGH GRADE. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, FBRTER, Arrests have increased greatly since prohibition went into effect, but no small part of the increase can be at- tributed to such érimes as overpark- or driving the wrong way on one- Arrests for serious felonies have not incréased materially, but there has been an upgrade in arrests for that type of misdemeanors which :llhow an increasing disrespect for the aw. Crime figures have little value in determining the effect of the dry law, since, judging from the past, an in crease of crime was to be expected in the wake of the war. It is impossible to determine whether or not prohibi- tion had any effect on this. There is apparently as much or more drinking among young people. But there has been a general tendency among young people to break away has had less to do with this than the automobile. On the whole it is very dangerous to try to draw conclusions on the ef- fect of prohibition from crime studies. Views Based on Research. These are some of the conclusions of Rev. F. Ernest Johnson, head of the Department of Education and Re- search of the Federal Council of Churches, contalned in today's release of his study on prohibition. He has determined that there has been no increase in drug addiction due to the dry law. turn to drugs for relief, he sa. cause, however stringently the dry law may be enforced, it always is easier and cheaper to buy liquor than “dope.” Moreover, the two habits are founded on a different basis. Drugs are not substitutes for alcohol, or vice versa. Rev. Mr. Johnson says: “The implications of these figures are the same as those of the World League's figures, namely, that there is unmistakably a rapid increase in violations of the law, chiefly of the misdemeanor class. It is gratuitous, however, to blame prohibition for this fact. All that can be asserted is that prohibition has thus far not prevented an increase in such offenses. “The greatest caution should be used in drawing conclusions from crude statistics of crimes, since a growing proportion of them represent minor offenses that signify little save the increasing difficulty of keeping the procession of humanity moving and keeping individuals out of each other’s way. Experts are not ready to say whether serious offenses are actually increasing or decreasing in the coun- try at large. The opinion of the spe- clal committee on law enforcement of the American Bar Association, con- tained in its report for 1922 and re- affirmed in 1923, is worth noting in this connection: ‘From all the data and and opinions of experts which your committee has been able to gather, 'we beg leave to report that, particularly since 1890, there has been and_ con- tinues a widening, deepening tide of lawlessness in this country, sometimes momentarily receding, but swelling again into greater depths of intensity; at intervals this tide billows into waves that rise and break, but only for a time attracting attention. * * * The criminal situation in the United States so far as crimes of violence are concerned is worse than in any other civilized country. * * Unable to Give Exact Figures. “‘While your committee cannot ob- tain the exact figures, from all avail- able sources of Information we esti- mate that there were more than 9,500 unlawful homicides last year (1921) in this country; that in 1920 there oc- curred not less than 9,000 such homi- cides, and that in no year during the past 10 years did the number fall be- low 8,500. In other words, during the past 10 years no less than 85,000 of our citizens have perished by poison, by the pistol, or the knife, or by other uniawful and dealy injury.’ “Whatever the precise facts are, we seem to be dealing with forces that have long been operative and are fair- ly independent of liquor laws. is obvious that to rest the case for SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sailings From New Yorl be- Daylight Saving Time. Amu\'zn AT NEW YORK. Southampton, . Haifa, o QTR RIRD ~Liverpool. DUE TODAY. E Cristobal. Hamburg. - Brem V.U LA Guaiyr: DUE TOMORROW Pr. Der Nederlanden, Port au Prince e.. Sept. REE Aconcagus . Arabic Luetzow . Tachira . Sept. Dt Domingo iy, DUE FRIDAY. Stuttgart. 5 Bremen, § Rochamibea 11 Havre. President Ranu\'elt Bremen,, Mauretania. . . . Southampton, S DUE SATURDAY. . .Rotterdam, -Antwerp, DUE SUNDAY. Port_Limon, -Curacao,” S MONDA -Rio de Janeiro, Naple _Hamburg, Hamburg Liverpool Liverpool . - Progreso. Panama Cristobal. 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Phoue Main 93, Riv City t S Dmlmlnrhnlm——G thenbu ren—1 S verpool’ Qrizaba—Havana Antilla—San_Juan PORRAO 2322333323 Zarapa—Santiago .. Ordun uthamnton Baracoa—Barbados . .. |drinking has become one of the many |terial factor is more important than from convention, and the pocket flask | Alcoholics will not | But it | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CRIME FIGURES OF SMALL VALUE IN SHOWING EFFECT OF DRY LAW . : E e B SN e Rev. F. Ernest Johnson, Head of Department of Edu- cation and Research, Sees “Gratuity” in Blam- ing Prohibition for All Law Violations. prohibition on the crime data and our present knowledge of them would be to choose an insecure foundation, “One of the most disputed questions in connection with prohibition is the effect of the law upon moral condi- tions in colleges, high schools ‘and eisewhere. The findings of the pres. ent study in this respect may be briefly stated. “There is a marked tendency on the part of young people to depart from conventional rules of behavior. This tendency is in no apparent way re- lated to prohibition save as liquor commonly tabooed performances that are turned to for the ‘kick’ that large numbers of young people are trying to get out of life. If any single ma- another, it is probably the automo- bile, certainly not the hip flask. Re- vorts of school administration offictals and of teachers who have made ex- tensive studies of moral problems in the schools give little support to the theory that prohibition is in itself a cause of moral breakdown. It may perhaps just as truly be sad that it does not appear to be a great asset. Certainly, the non-observance of the law by parents has a rather tragic effect on boys and girls. “In the colleges, undoubtedly alarming conditions have de Even in a conservative denominational college a student has been known to earn his way through school by boot- legzing. The evidence, however, seems to indicate a favorable trend ‘at the present time; at least this is the opin- ion of nearly all the college deans con- sulted, ahd it receives some measure of support from other sources. Most Serious Aspect Considered. “The most serious aspect of the sit- vation in the colleges is the fact that the students’ attitude toward drinking appears to be determined almost wholly without reference to the law. 1t is a matter of personal preference or perhaps of school discipline; the responsibilities of citizenship play but little part. It should be said, how- ever, that if the alumni can be per- suaded to forego their bibulous habits on the occasions of class reunions and festivals the problem will be much simplified. “But however much we may legitl- mately discount stories of excessive drinking among young people, the fact that prohibition has had no more de- cisive effect in heightening their moral tone gives food for earnest thought. “It has been intimated many times that however successful prohibition may be in reducing the consumption of alcoholic liquors, it has tended to in- crease the use of drugs. It appears, however, that statements to this effect have beeh chiefly on the plausible guess that & person forcibly deprived of alcohol would turn to drugs. The assumption quite overlooks the fact that it is probably everywhere at least | as difficult for the addict to 'procure | drugs as for the habitual drinker to procure liquor, and in most places more difficult; hence there is little point in the contention that alcoholic have been driven to drugs. Another | important element in the situation is| the fact that the physiology of alco holism and that of drug addiction are quite different. “But we are not dependent entirely upon guesses in this matter. An in- quiry has recently been made into the subject by the Forelgn Policy Associa- tion through its committee on traffic in opium, the results of which make it quite apparent that the reported in-| crease of the drug traffic due to pro. hibition is a myth. Summarizing thd) findings, the secretary of the assocta- tion, in a letter directed to Gen. Lin- coln C. Andrews, says: ‘It is the ex- perience of every authority, without | exception, that prohibition has had no | effect whatsoever on the prevalence of drug addition in the United States.’ ““The narcotic division in the Bureau | ‘ported by facts. of Internal Revenue, whose agents copstitute one of the most efficient and best organized forces in govern- ment service, reports that drug addic- tion in the United States is decreas- ing, a conclusion which is supported by medical authorities in the Public Health Service. It must be admitted, of course, that our information about drug addiction 1s limited. “The general impression that re- spect for law is declining leads many ardent supporters of prohibition to believe that its foes are undermining all citizenship, while the latter assert very positively that prohibition has destroyed respect for all law. Fortu- nately, neither contention is fully sup- The best authorities and education agree that a person's attitude toward law and government is not determined with reference to a single statute, and that hostility toward one law does not carry over into the whole fleld of the citizen’s responsibility. The attitude of people toward their government, al- though it often gives cause for con- cern, rests upon a broader basis than the popularity of a single law. Every one takes some laws more seriously than others, and necessarily. so. All laws have not the same importance and some have greater social sanction than others. For this reason it would seem to be a mistake to rest the ap- peal for observance of prohibition merely upon the general duty to v the law.” Rather, an attitude of Intelligent sympahty toward the law itself must be built up if it is to be | generally observed.” LIRS = Republican Women to Meet. Mrs. John A. 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Attorney General Sargent an- nounced yesterday that the investi- gation of the Manufacturers' Air- craft Assoclation in New York had disclosed no information. indicating violation of Federal laws, and had been terminated. The United States attorney in New York, Mr. Sargent said, reported that s inquiry disclosed that the manu- facturers of airplanes in 1917, in or- der to clear up a patent situation which threatened to hamper them in war work, exchanged non-exclusive licenses, which still are in effect. It was found that the licenses, in addi- tion to beggx mon-exclusive, provided for modera™ royalties and contained no restrictive covenants, S R e Soft felt hats with turn-down brim are expected to take the place of straw headgear as Summer wear for men in London. SEPTEMBER 16, 1925, Ice-Box Cookies “Simply stir up the cooky dough at night along with getting the supper, and slip it into the ice-box. In the morning, cut into cookies and bake. 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