Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 7

e RESPECT FORLAS FR0ED BY ISON Submits Reports on Crime jtuation Covering Lead- ing Cities of World. e District of Columbia with 500.- population had 53 homicides in . while New York City had 340 icides and 2,000 robberies, and in Jobberies, according to Representa- Gibson of Vermont, chairman of pecial subcommittee which is now ing a report on an intensive study e Municipal Government of the nal Capital. extension of remarks in the Con- jonal Record on “The Crime Sit- n,” Mr. Gibson referred to recent hes in the House on prohibition and the shooting of a youthful rum! runner, who was using a smoke screen, by a Washington policeman and de- clared that instead of criticising laws the American people should take stock and see what could be done toward | putting down tHe rising tide of crime.” World Records Cited. In comparing the crime situation in | this . country with the records from | other parts of the world, based on a study by Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of Chicago, Mr. Gibson said, in part: “We had in this country for the | year 1927, 12,000 homicides, 39.000 rob- | beries, and 32,000 burglaries, New York | City reported 366 homicides, nearly 2,000 robberies, and 2.500 burglaries. The record for the city of Chicago shows 413 homicides, more than 3,000 robberies, and 2,000 burglaries. The average number of homicides in this country for the past 15 years has been above 8.000 each year. “The homicide mortality has increased in the country from 2.1 per cent 100,000 in 1900 to 7 in 1915, to 8.5 in 1924, to 10.7 in 1927. The greatest increase was in the period from 1900 to 1915. These figures disclose an amazing pic- ture of our drift into crime and a grow- ing contempt for the sanctity of human e. “In the matter of homicides Italy is our nearest rival, with the possible ex- ception of Mexico. In Italy the average is about 5 per 100,000. In England the average is less than 1 per 100.000. The population of England and Wales is about 38.000,000. The average num- ber of homicides for the past five years has been 268, as against more than 8,000 in this country. For every death by homicide in England and Wales there occurred proportionately 16 in this country. For every robbery in England there occurred proportionately 50 in this country. Japan reports about 450 ‘homicides each year. For every one in Japan we have proportionately 10 in this country. Other Comparisons a Feature. “Other comparisons are interesting. New York City had 340 homicides in 1926 and more than 2,000 robberies. The District of Columbia, with 500,000 people is credited with 53 homicides. During the same year the city of Lon- don, with 9,000,000, reported 17 mur- ders and 28 robberies. The city of Ber- lin reports about 40 murders each year. The city of Paris had only 59 in 1924, the last year for which I have returns. Canada, with a population about equal to that of the city of New York, re- ported 86 homicides, against 340 in the ‘American metropolis. Let us bear in mind that the record of New York City is creditable in comparison with other ‘Thirty. robbed in the Unite For the same year only X ported for England: France. An average. ‘homicides r year would make ‘160,000 victims of ers in 20 years, and an average of 39,000 robberies per year would produce tims in -the same period “This is not all. ‘Of far less im- rtance is the money cost of crime, t that is of such staggering propor- tions as to challenge belief. The con- sensus of experts is that crime takes a toll of from 10 to 15 million dollars annually from the people of this coun- try. We can not comprehend the magnitude of such sums. “If our criminals would lay off for two years, we could cancel all the war | U. S. Worker Dies HARRY P. WILLEY. Remove the business man from the toll that is levied and business would go forward to a period ©f prosperity never dreamed of. “The situation calls for action. It calls us again to a stern contest for the preservation of liberty and to the ex- hibition of the highest degree of pa- triotism. In place of criticism of the enforcement of this or that law, or of its nonenforcement, we should enlist, without a mental reservation, under tje banner of law and order, in the ca) of orderly government and back up fhe President in his courageous stand, #nd find a way to put down this rising tide of crime and beat back the attack upon our country.” U. S. VETERAN MEDICAL COUNCIL PLANS PARLEY The tenth conference of the Medical Council of the United States Veterans' Bureau will meet here Friday and Sat- urday at the Arlington Building. About 26 of the 32 members of the council have indicated their intention of attending and Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- bur, Secretary of the Interior, who has been chairman of the council from its inception, will preside. ‘The conference will be opened at 10 o'clock Friday morning, with addresses by Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the bureau; Dr. E. O. Crossman, medical director, and Dr. Wilbur, at the conclusion of which program the conference will be resolved into groups for executive session. CARMACK DRY CLEANING CO. QUALITY SERVICE ECONOMY Housecleaning Hints Rugs Blankets Curtains Seat Covers ° This Week's Special FURNITURE COVERS $4.00 Set CALL and DELIVERY CARMACK DRY CLEANING CO. Lincoln 1810 Columbia 636 debts and be billions of dollars ahead. THE EVENING HARRY P. WILLEY DIES AT HOME HERE Bureau of Pensions Worker Is Stricken Suddenly With Heart Malady. > Harry P. Willey, chief of the law di- vision in the Bureau of Pensions, died suddenly at his home at 6000 Second street, last night. Mr. Willey was born in Oskloosa, Towa, February 14, 1868, and came to ‘Washington when a young man to ac- cept a position in the War Department. Later he went to Janesville, Ohio, where he practiced law until his return to ‘Washington about 1900 to accept a position in the Bureau of Pensions, where he had been continuously em- ployed. In 1921, he became chief of the law division. Mr. Willey was a graduate of George- town Law School. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Mount Vernon Lodge, Knights of Py- thias, in which he had formerly served as grand chancellor commander. He was keeper of the seals of the Mount Vernon Lodge at the time of his death. ‘The deceased is survived by his daugh- ter, Grace C. Willey, and a son, Harry P. Willey, jr. 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