Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1922 — Page 8

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CRIME GROWTH AT WASHINGTON CAUSES ALARM Capital Has Twice as Many Murders Yearly as London. TINKHAM TALKS OUT By GEOBGE R. HOLMES, International ws Service Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, March 25.—When the average American back home thinks of the national capital, if he ever thinks abont It at all, he envisages a serene and seenically beautifnl city on the banks of tho placid old Potomac. In the background are the President and the White House, the Congress and the Capitol, Washington Monument, the Treasury with its millions of money, diplomats and statesmen; broad, spacions avenues unmarred by the smoke

CRIME GROWTH IN WASHINGTON Here is the astonishing crime sheet which Representative Tinkham held up to hia startled colleagues to show how disregard for the law is rampant within the shadow of the dome of the Capitol and how this disregard has increased a hundred fold in the last ten years. Court Cases Percentagi Crime 1910 1920 Increase Simple assanlt ................................... 3,459 1,566 38 (dec.) Assault to kill 5 15 200 Assault with dangerous weapon 73 147 93 Simple larceny 1,659 1,110 33 (dec.) Grand larceny 104 272 161 Forgery 21 36 71 Housebreaking 11l 108 3 (dec.) Robbery 52 62 19 Receiving stolen property 4 28 COO Destroying private property 48 91 89 Permitting gaming on premises 80 266 232^i Threats 183 332 81 Assaults to rape and rape 14 7 60 (dec.) Adultery 43 65 51 Carnal knowledge 23 30 30 . Fornication 131 445 232 Disorderly house 15 50 233

and grime of Industry; clean, neat parks with flowers, wherein nursemaids wheel the babies of fortune. Tet there Is another and more sinister side to Washington, held up before the startled gaze of self-satisfied Congressmen the other day by Representative George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts. He revealed, among other things, that the national capital of the United States, with a population of some 350.00 C, has twice the number of capital crimes, such as murder, annually that London has with a population of nearly 7,500.000. He revealed that crime and lawlessness In the District of Columbia are rampant under the nose of a complacent Congress which makes the laws. ASTOUNDING CRIME GROWTH IS SHOWN. Startling statistics were presented by the Massachusetts Representative to show the astounding growth of crime In what should be the best-ordered and most law-abiding city In the country. Some classes of crime haTe Increased as much as 690 per cent in the last decade, and only in four classes has .there been a reduction noticed. These are simple assault, simple larceny, house-breaking and rape. “Statistics," said Representative Tinkham, “show there are more than twice the number of murders in Washington than in London, and the District of Columbia has the greatest per capita murder record of any city in the world, not even excepting New York and Chicago." And this is true, the Massachusetts Representative emphasized, despite the fact that the United States is “dry.” while other cations of the world still cling to laws aimed at temperance instead of prohibition. Scotland, with a population three times as great as the District of Columbia (and. Incidentally, the home of a famous beverage), has from 200 to 300 per cent less murders than Washington. What is the answer? “Congressi" answers Representa*ive Tinkham. “Many causes can be assigned for these

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amazing, startling and portentous phenomena," declared Tinkham, while his colleagues listened in rapt attention. “One of the causes," he continued, “undoubtedly is the character of the legislation passed during the last eight or nine years by the Congress of the United States, the methods employed for lts enactment, and a consequent loss of respect by the people for these laws and for all law, and the holding of Congress in contempt rather than in esteem and reverence. “During these years the people have seen the Congress of the United States controlled neither by principle, courage nor unselfish devotion to the public weal, but surrendering itself and Its power for the making of laws subserviently and docilely to the will of others and acting the demagogue for selfish purposes as never before. “The people have seen an abject and obedient Congress pass laws of profound importance dictated to it by liberally financed and highly organized minorities outside of Congress, sometimes for purely economic ends of the minorities, sometimes sumptuary laws from sectarian sources, sometimes laws dictated by ‘blocs’ or minorities within Congress itself for purely selfish purposes or purposes purely of reprisal. "Laws passed by such Congresses and under these conditions cannot help lessen-

ing the obedience to the laws themselves which are so imposed and in turn to ail laws." Tinkham referred scathingly to the refusal of Congress to allow residents of the District of Columbia the right of franchise, to make their own laws and establish their own government. ELEGANT WORDS, SENATOR TINKHAM. “Congresses," he said, “which audaciously and contumaciously refusi obe dlence to the fundamental law whic governs them (the Fourteenth Amend lent), namely, the Constitution, can neithti expect nor receive obedience to Its .'uws or directions. “Another cause of penetrating effect is the lessening by law of individual fre?dom and individual responsibility. “But more than all these is the destruction and elimination of the American home, where no longer does the child know to whom to turn for authority and direction, and from which modera industrialism has subtracted parental car*, and State supervision and intrusion weakened parental obligations." BXsing DardenC Sftj THE LIVES! SPOT IN 'W' E&U WDIMAPOIIS Wit ■*s: Music by MIAMI LUCKY SEVEN RIALTO ”cS Continuous 1 to 11. Last Times Today. Gambols of 1921 Special Feature—JANE EYRE

SUGGEST SITE FOR COLISEUM East Washington Street Merchants Submit Proposal. The East Washington Street Merchants’ Association has appointed a coliseum committee to cooperate with the manufacturers’ building committee of the Chamber of Commerce. In a letter to James A. Daugherty, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce

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committee from Samuel Mueller, president of the East Washington Street Merchants’ Association, the full support of the retailers is given to the Chamber in its plan to erect a centrally located exposition building and coliseum of adequate size. The committee of the East Washington Street Merchants Association is composed of Harry Krause, chairman, Charles Kotteman, Elmer Stevens, Charles Hartmann and Frank J. Carlin. Although Mr. Mueller states, in his letter, the selection of a suitable site for the building should be the last phase taken up, he recommends for considera-

tion of the coliseum committee the block between Washington street on the south, Market street on the north, Noble street on the east and Liberty street on the west. • “This site has but one or two worthwhile buildings In the entire block and compiles with the recommendation of the committee w’htch suggests that the building be located on a main street car line, north of the elevated tracks, within ten mltfutes walking distance of Washington and Illinois streets and near a railroad track,” says Mr. Mueller. “A further recommendation for this site l/i that the Washington street side

could profitably be used for retail stores and shops. “Court street, a narrow street between Washington and Market streets, ends at Noble street and it is very likely that the city administration would order vacation on this street between Liberty and Noble streets. This would provide a solid city block, approximately 400 by 420 feet for a coliseum site.”

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Boxing Bout Without City Permit Stopped Police last night stopped an amateur boxing match at tha skating rink in Riverside Park. The officer who stopped the bout said he was doing so on the orders of Herman Rikhoff, chief of police, who had issued Instructions

to stop all matches held without permits issued by the boxing commission. HE’S A WISE WARDEN. MARION, Ohio, March 25.—Prisoners here started a fire in a ventilating pipe expecting to be released when the smoke was noticed. The warden grinned. ‘‘Can't fool me,” he said. “Stay there till it's out.”