Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1929, Page 36

'THE - EVEN CGROWTHIN CRIME LAID T0 WEALTH Wade H. Ellis Says U. S. Dis- | F respect for Law Has Come From Prosperity. Reviewing conditions whlch have made the United States t| less nation in the worl Ellis of Washington, a former assistant to the Attorney General, in a radio talk last night over Station WJSV appeal tional Commission on Law ment. “But all the commissions that can be appointed and all the investigations | Pe that can be made,” he warned, “will do no good whatever unless they arouse to a deeper sense of personal responsi- bility the conscience of the lndlvldu-lv citizen.” Mr. Ellis declared that the country expects some good results from Presi- dent Hoo\'ers efforts to remedy crime conditions. “Every other duty, whether public or private, is secondary to this supreme task of demonstrating whether | we can or cannot maintain an orderly | government.” he said. Every intelligent citizen, he “knows that the United States has the most money. the most power, the most laws and the most criminals of any nation in the world,” in reviewing the cirminal m(fl'd of the country and its crime bill of “about $13,000.000,000 & year, or approximately the total of the war debt.” Pistols Made at Big Rate. Only in one instance, Mr. Ellis d clared, has Congress taken mln.nce of the exposure of these ugly facts, by passing a law forbidding the trans- portation of firearms through the mails, Although the pistol is responsible for more than three-fourths of the 12,000 murders in the United States each year, he pointed out. manufactured at the rate of nearly 500,000 per annum, of which it is esti- mated about 50,000 go to law officers or others entitled to use them, “and the remainder go to bandits, highwe: men and other criminals.” Mr. Ellis discounted the fl\m that the American crime increase is a re- sult of the World War, pointing out that crime was increasing steadily be- fore the conflict and has since kept up its steady pace, “while in every other country there has been an actual sub- sidence of crime since the World War.” “The real root of the evil goes far r’agel' than either the World War or P! bition,” he said. matter is that we have been wit a :ltmdy. progressive lncre‘u:e in crime | and disrespect for the la: try for at least 30 yeas “Easy Money” Is Faetor. “America’s tremendous growth in wealth, its extravagance and the exist- ing temptat . 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OUR MAGNETIC SYSTEM Repairs Runs and Snags in Hose Southern’ Stelos Co. 701 12th St. N.W. said, | they are still being | “The fact of the itnessing made for advantage to the thief and the thug. “Just as these things have flourished more In the United States than In any other country, so crime has flourished more in the United States than in any jother nation,” he said. “The inefficiency of our mdlclnl nyl‘ 1tem In the matter of prompt and effec- | tive punishment,” Ellis declared, has glven direct encouragement to lawless- “Finally, all the other causes cembined, has been the fact that the great body of our citi- zens, though honest and law-abiding, have been so busy amassing wealth, manufacturing products -and giving their leisure time to frivolous enjoyment that they have no inclination to seri- ously consider the dangers that threats | their country. They have thoughtlessly | encouraged an attitude of disdain nnd | . | flippancy toward all the serious things | of life. They have encouraged the smug habit of passing the responsibility for good order in their communities, as Iell as for the Government itself, to the police authorities, the judges, the prose- cuting attorneys and those whom they have made their agents to keep the ace.” Mr. Ellis deplored the sensationalizing | {of criminal news in the press, declaring | that the “very hawking of crime may spread the disease.” |MAN, RESCUED TWICE, [SAYS POOLS CRAMP STYLE |J. C. Fleet Tells Judge He Went to H Challenge Life Guard | to Race. ‘When James C. Fleet, colored, wishes | to live up to his name and participate {In swimming races he likes to have| | pietity of water in which to desen- strate his ability. Fleet was arraigned before Judge Gus | i rA Schuldt in Police Court yesterday.| |charged with intoxication and disor-| | derly conduct. ~Policeman L. N. Kelly | (M the seventh precinct testified that | | Fleet went to the Francis Munlclp-l; Swimming Pool in Georgetown Satur- day. Different versions of the later events were given. Montague Cobb, superintendent of | the pool, said that Fleet was drunk and disorderly, and th.t it was necessary for Clarence Pendleton, a life guard, to rescue him from the water and resusci- tate him on two occasions to prevent him from drowning. Fleet says he went there to challenge the life guard to a swimming race, but wanted to swim in the river, where there is plenty of water. “These pools cramp my style,” Fleet declared. Unable to pay a $15 fine, he was leommmed to jail for 15 days. S e e Mechanics constitute the most intelli- and more important thnn» | Education was expressed by the Trin- | | site north of H street northeast for the | be erected on H street northeast from | Third to Fifteenth street and on K | street from Third to Twelfth street, ac- | the public utilities gent class of the Nation, leeordl.nl to | some psychologists. Engineers and technical men come next, with business | men third. THE H MED it today. CHOICE OF SCHOOL HEAD PROTESTED Trinidad Citziens Criticize Selection of Central Princi- pal From New Jersey. Disapproval of the lp;nlntm:nt of a man from New Jersey as principal of Central High School by the Board of dad Citizens’ Associationl, ‘which met | in the Wheatley School, Montello ave- nue and Neal street northeast, last night. - | A resoluuon was ldapled requesting that “in the future when vacancies occur in administrative branches of | Washington high schools, due consid- | eration be given to the merits of the many capable and efficient teachers now holdll)l executive positions in our schools.” The association voiced approval of & location of a Northeast branch of the Public Library. Traffic signal lights will cording to August Paland, chairman of committee. school stadia to the e Opentng o all APPY IUM between going there and wrifiu there is telephonii and cheaper than going. Frhl\d- liu and easier than writing. Try ing. G R 0O S N E R’ | G i T SR STREET G STAR. WASHINGTON, D. public during the riod is desired by the Illol:llflon, w h !D- pointed a committee to mtkr with the District l-hllel’l and a letter will be sent to base ball teams asking that they urge Commu- nity Center officials to favor the prop- osition. BIDS FOR REPAIRING TWO POOLS CONSIDERED HIGH ‘Work Calls for Cleaning Reflecting Basins of the Lincoln Memorial. ‘Two bids were received yesterday by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the Office of Public Buildings and Pub- {lic Parks, for the cleaning and repair- ing of the reflecting pools of the Lin- coln Memorial, but officials of his office said the bids were considered high. ‘The work under the bidding calls for ite and coping around both the large and small reflecting pools, the caulking of the expansion joints in the copiirg and the resetting and repairing of the | coping stones at the four corners adja- cent to the east end of the large pool. In addition, the work calls for demol- ishing the bottom of a small pool and the construction of a reinforced con- crete bottom for that pool and the placing of an experimental strip of bituminous protection in the bottom of the large pool to. seek a satisfactory waterproofing surface. 25 Die in River Storm. RANGOON, Burma, June 25 () — ing of a launch carrying 45 passengers up the Kaladan River. rescued and are in hospitals, ‘but the others were drowned. The accident was due to a storm. the cleaning and repairing of the gran-| Word has reached here of the founder- | Twenty were 7 TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1999 TODAY’'S AMUSEMENTS. | National*-“Rain,” drama, at 8:20 p.m. | Barle—"The Squall,” photoplay, at | 10345 a.m.,, 12:45, 3, 5:05, 7:15 and 9:30 pam. Fox—"“Father and Son,” at 11:40 am., 2:30, 4:40, 7:45 and 9:55 p.m. Columbla—"The Cocoanuts.” at 11 am., 1:05, 3:15, 5:25, 7:30 and 9:40 pm. 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