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Youth Leads in Ranks of Crime, U. S. Bureau Shows Active Criminal* Under 30, Bureau Shows. Washington. ? Youth continues to predominate In the ranks of crime. Boys and girls of nineteen form the largest Individual age group In the criminal element ? One-fifth of all known crimes are committed by per sons under twenty-one, three-fifths by persons under thirty. This was the record written In youth finger prints in the files of the United States bureau of Investigation during the first six months of 1933. While it set no precedent It added still another chapter to the story of youth's leadership in crime which has been told periodically by the investigation bureau ever since It began several years ago to catalogue finger prints of every person arrested for a criminal offense In the United States. Tills time, analyzing Its statistics, the bureau found In them a new In dication that it Is a short step from a minor first offense to more serious and deliberate crimes. Nineteen year olds, It was pointed out, exceeded the number of eighteen year-old offenders by only 10 per cent when the whole group of offenses was taken into consideration with minor crimes pulling the average down. But In the more serious offenses the num ber of nineteen-year-old criminals ex ceeded eighteen-year-olds by these margins: Criminal homicide, 74 per cent; carrying weapons, 37 per cent; assault, 34 per cent ; robbery, 28 per cent. Take to Serlou? Crlmei. "These llpures," the bureau stated, "tend to indicnte that youthful of fenders ro quickly to the more serious crimes." During the first half of this year, the bureau reported, 150,493 arrests were made In the United States and the finger prints of the arrested per sons transmitted to the Department of Justice. Of that total, 31,997, or 20.1 per cent were under twenty-one years of age and 02,977, or 39.5 per cent, were under twenty-five. Of the total number arrested, the bureau said, only 11,029, or 6.9 per cent, were women. Their most fre quent offenses were disorderly con duct, drunkenness and vagrancy, of whjch 1,903 cases were reported; lar ceny, with 1,910 cases, and sex of fenses, with 1,330 arrests. Thirty-five per cent of the 159,493 persons arrested during the six month was second among the more youthful criminals, while disorderly conduct, drunkenness, and vagrancy was third with 8,961 cases. In addition there were, among persons under twenty one, 2,450 cases of robbery, 2,458 of auto theft, 309 of criminal homicide, 499 of rape, and 494 of carrying and possessing weapons. At the end of June, 1933, the bu reau said, there were 3,780,584 finger prints on record in Its files, and 4,901, 443 index cards, containing names or aliases of criminals. Tn the month of June, It wns said, 347 fugitives from Justice were Identified through these records. Total Ages of London Family Thousand Years London. ? That he has the biggest family in London is the claim of Frederick Henden. Henden has had 21 children, 10 of whom are still liv ing, 01 grandchildren (as far as he cnn remember), and 10 great-grand children. Himself one of twins, Henden had 23 brothers and sisters, and as far back as the family history can be traced the Hendens have always had large families. His children are car rying on the tradition, for one daugh ter has 15 children and another 12. Next year the total ages of the family will reach 1.000 years, and Henden, who will be seventy-three, has only one ambition ? to give a par ty and Invite all his family, so that they could all be together. The Hen dens have the distinction of being the biggest family mentioned In Hie London Roll of Honor, for 47 sons and grandsons are mentioned as hav ing fought in the world war. His Paintings So Small 20 Fit on Postage Stamp London. ? Painter of miniatures so small that 20 of them will fit on a postage stamp, Stanley A. IUirchett of London, formerly of the Grenadier guards, claims that they are the small est pictures in the world. Two, about one-eighth of a postage stamp in size, have been purchased by the queen. One is a seascape show ing a sailing vessel at dawn and the other a still life of marigolds In a blue vase. To appreciate the pictures fully It is necessary to use a microscope. Many find It difficult to believe that the miniatures are real water colors painted with a brush. * . Cremation of a Buddhist Monk Here, nt Sarnath, India, In tlio funeral pyre of the late Sri Demavlttii Dhaminapnln, well-known HuddMst monk and preacher and one of the foremost authorities on Ituddhlsm. Over 100,000 followers of Ilmldha came from the out lying districts of Tndla to have a last glimpse of their departed religious lender. ' period hurl previous arrest records al ready on fllo In the bureau of InvoRtlcfi tlon, It was said. "This does not menn that they were previously convicted, nor does It mean that thoy were previously charged with committing the same offense," the bureau explained, however. "It means merely that at some previous time they were arrested and finger printed and copies of the Anger print records were forwarded to the bureau at Washington. "Six of each ten- arrested for viola tion of the narcotic drug laws ar.d approximately four of each ten charged with forgery and counter felting, disorderly conduct, drunken ness, vagrancy, robbery and embezzle ment and fraud had previous records," the report added. But-tftary Most Popular. The bureau fount! burglary tjia most prevalent crime among eighteen and nineteen year olds. jDuring the hair year, It #afc; aald1, persons under t'wenty-ene were arrested for thls ofs fanaa. Larceny, wit A n.RRR arret t*. ? GOES TO COSTA RICA Leo Suck, Washington correspondent for Scripps-Howard papers -since 1019, has been named United States min ister to Costa Rica by President Roosevelt. Mr. Sack Is a native of Tu pelo, Miss., and Is an Independent j Democrat. 20- Year-Old Farm Boy Is State Checker Champ , Mollis, Okla. ? Oklahoma's champion checker player this year Is a lanky, i twenty-year-old overalled farm boy, | rather than the usual elderly or be- i whiskered veteran. G. T. Redrode, Hollls, the youthful title holder, received but scant atten tion when he entered the tournament, j but he soon wrecked the carefully planned campaigns of several ex- j champions and other experienced foes. | In a scheduled ten-game final series with K. H. Gill, several times cham pion, Redrode won the first six con tests and left Gill scratching his head in wonder at how it happened. Hailing the hoy as the "Hobby Jones of checkers," Gill took him to Okla homa City for a visit. Redrode Is back at home now, planning to prac tice on an old board with the folks ot home so he can get In shape for some of the major tournaments. Ruler of Irak Confers Order on King George London. ? King Feisal of Irak be lieves In a sort of royal tit-for-tat In the conferring of orders. He has been given many orders In his time and now he has some of his own to confer as a kingly ruler In Arabia. King George conferred upon him the Grand Cross of the, Ruth and he conferred upon the Rrltlsh monarch the chain of the Order of Hashlml. He also decorated the duke of Glou cester with the Order of Rafldaln. Farley's Name Costs Taxpayers $10,000 By W. L. BRUCKART Washington. ? I'ost Master Gen eral James A. Farley's name Is go ing to cost the taxpayers of the country some $10,000, about which there was no advance planning or codes or anything. It comes about In this fashion: The new building that Is to house the Post Office de partment will have a couple of gi gantic blocks of stone near Its en trance on which are engraved the names of all postmasters general since the first. The contract for the building and, of course, for those two engraved stones, was let during the administration of Presi dent Hoover, so that the last name on the list was Walter F. Brown of Ohio. But nlong came a change In administration and a new head of the Post Office department, and hin name had to be Included. The two* great stones carried an equal number of names when they were shipped from the Indiana qunrr'y. To Include the name of Mr. Farley, the nr?mes on one stone hnve had to be shaved off because they exactly filled the space. They nre now bolng relocated In some what closer proximity to each oth er so that Mr. Farley's name may be placed In the list. The contrac tors said that the cost was approx imately $10,000. Racket Picks Coin Off Family Tree Despite Warnings Hundreds Fall for Swindle. London.? Americans In search of a family troe should take warning from (ho hitoHt of many statements about bogus genealogists issued hy the Unit ed States consulate general In I?ondon. Kor, according to the consulate gen eral's ofTIco, those fly-by night gentry thin year are reaping a richer hnrvest than ever from the United States nt the expense of those people who be lievo they are missing heirs to vast fortnnes or have claims to nohle hlrth. Sixty letters h week sre t>elng re ceived at the consulate general from Americans who believe they are miss Ing heirs. As usual, most of them have no legitimate claim to any for tune and are totd so hy return mAll, bttt for those who write to the consu late general there are hundreds of others who place their claims? and their dollars ? In the hands of bogus genealogists. At tlio consulate general's ofllce theYe nre hundreds of cases on record of people who have been defrauded of their hard-earned coin by these men. Only recently a trickster living In London started ? or claimed to have started ?to compile the history of the Hennett family. Hundreds of Ren netts in America nnd Hrltaln were rlr cularlxed by this man, who snld he thought they were associated with this "noble family." He promised to have a record of nil the Bennetts privately printed. The dollars rolled In but the subscribers nre waiting for their book The ancient Society of Genealogist v Is up In arms at this traffic, which, I hey contend, Is dimming the fair nama of nil latent genealogists, hut the au thorltleH have a hard time In catching the RWltidlera, who move from one ad dre*M to another with great rapidity. This Week b Arthur Brisbane New Acid, New Vitamin Not the Same Brick Twice Astronomical Paradox Short Waves Kill Disease A new ncld has heen Identified, ex isting In every living thing, from men down to bacteria and molds; a strange substance that stimulates growth, "composed of long chnlns of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen." It Is so powerful that "one part In a billion," a very small drop In 2."i0 gallons of water, Is enough to affect the entire living hotly. It Is called "panthothenic," meaning that It comes from everywhere. If you knew how to remove all traces of It from food you might breed dwarfs a few Inches high and produce the fabulous "liomunculus." You are also told, and may safely believe, that carrots, fYesh letter and other substances contain the most pre cious of vitamins, one that prevents colds or cures them when you have them. But don't try to live on raw carrots. Eat them well cooked. And don't force your children to eat them If they don't like .them. What chil dren don't like they can't digest, and other foods possess that vitamin. Only things we like cause the gastric juice to flow. No gastric Juice, no digestion. The late President Ripley of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe said: "The three important words in the lan guage of success are organize, depu tize, supervise." That Is wisdom. Another wise thing was said by another railroad man, A. J. County, one of General Atterbury's Important associates on the Pennsyl vania railroad: "This is a time to re member that you cannot get experi ence without paying for it. Paying for It Is all right, If you don't pay too much, and If you don't buy the same gold brick twice." Buying one gold brick, says Mr. County, quoting nn old friend, Is no sign that your mind is feeble. But buying the same gold brick over again proves that you are hopeless. Sir Arthur Eddlngton. great British ! astronomer, bewilders you with this 1 statement: "The earth is older than the universe itself." The universe, he believes, is 2,000, 000, (XX) years old, J and the earth is older than that prob- ! ably. Only a deep astronomer can under stand how one grain of sand in the universe can he older than the uni verse. The late Ixml Kelvin said the age limit of the sun and enrth could not be above r>0,000,000 years. The high school child laughs at that estimate now and Eddlngton admits that future generations may laugh at his estimate. The universe is constantly expanding, according to Eddlngton, and if you deny that yon "wregk the relativity theory and knock the bottom out of apace." It would he too bad to do either of those things. Dr. Schllephake, sound German scientist, not a quack, tells the British Medical Journal that he has succeeded In treating deep-seated abscesses In the human body by passing ultra-short wireless waves through the patient, the latter not In contact with any In strument. With waves of varying lengths he has treated abscesses of the lungs, following pneumonia, peritonitis and other troubles. Waves that you cannot see, attack ing burled diseases, out of sight in the human body, create a now respect for science. H. (?, Wells' drenm of a world with no crimes of violence and only a few thefts scattered here and there over the earth's surface Is still far from realization. In Silesia recently a wom an and her son were beheaded, by the nx, for the murder of her husband. The dispatch does not say whether the headsman wore a dress suit, or whether, like the French headsman who beheaded Catherine Howard, ho first knelt with clasped hands before the victim to beg pardon for what he was about to do. From New York's viaduct, at River side drive and One Hundred and Thir tieth street, a man plunged to death on the pavement of Twelfth avenue, seventy-five feet below. Mere plung ing and dying would attract no atten tion, but this man was extremely well dressed and wore a diamond ring worth $1,000. To many It will seem strange that a man should kill him self while owning a ring worth* $1,000. That measures part of our civiliza tion. The learned Professor Sherman says keeping old men alive and vig orous In old age Is most Important, because wisdom that comes with yenrs will thereafter be active, In stead of slowly dying away. The new diet will realize Plato's Ideal of "an Intellectual aristocracy" I which "philosophers will be kings, and kings will be philosophers." 1 The French, finding public legalized lotteries popular, start another. The I den Is to "bring out some of the hoarded money," estimated as high as seventy thousand million francs, three and a half billions of our dollars. Frenchmen resist with difficulty the temptation to put hoarded money Into a 100-frano ticket that may yield a five million franc prize. ?. 1 ASS, by Kin* P*?turM Syndicate, Tim*. , " WNtT Porvlr. Fur- Adorned Cloth Coats for Fall Py CHERIE NICHOLAS A S TO the fantastic touches of fur which glorify the new cloth coats ? not a dull moment In prospect for the autumn and winter season through. Because of their departure from the commonplace, the Incoming fur-adorned coats are proving nothing lesskthnn a sensation. Oft not be surprised at any of the doings of these new fur embel lishments, for they are Just about as tricky as human Ingenuity can devise. Not even If the structure of a coat de velops a slimle fur pocket, with no other to balance it at the opposite side, are you supposed to register a questioning glance. Likewise, if little fur bows gambol up and down a front fastening, or If they stray off to sleeves and shoulders, accept their idiosyncrasies with good grace, for the antics which they perform are all In the cause of smart fashioning. So also are the narrow strips of fur run criss cross or spirally up and down the en tire length of a coat sleeve ? just wait until you see some of the tricks the new fur trimmings are playing! Perhaps the most startling role of nil in which fur is starring is that of the new collars, which are that refresh ingly out of the ordinary, they bespeak season 1033-34 at a glance. By way of proving thnt It's every whit true, cast your eye toward the seated figure in the picture. Unusual to the Nth de gree is the fur device which collars this stitched rough wool coat \Vhuse color is a rich autumn beige. A many way affair is this chic collar. That Is. you cnn adjust it to suit your whim nnd your comfort ? like you see it here, or button it across in a more protecting manner, or unbuttoning It entirely, it may be mnde to lay flat like as if it were a wide scarf or stole ? lots of fun to play with. The fur Is beaver, which is in high standing this season. The materials of the other two coata in the picture are intriguing They emphasize the importance designers attach to fabrics this senson. The story of the new cloakings is one of the many chapters. Paris is especial ly doing spectacular things with high color tweeds. Most often the silhou ette Is exquisitely defined in tall, slen derizing form-fitting lines. The nar row tubular contour gives way to breadth at the shoulders where in genious contrivances break into square architectural effects. For the most part they are trimmed in short-hair furs such as beaver, Persian lamb, mink, weasel, and often gay-spotted pelts, tnese fur touches concentrat ing about tlie neck and shoulders In cunning ways. Lots of brown is coloring the au tumn fashion picture. In the Instance of the striped model, centered above In this trio of smart new coat fash ions, the material Is brown on a beige ground. The beaver collar and cuffs reflect a harmonizing brown. The young-looking checked travel or sports coat, If you prefer so to call It, to the right In the illustration, Is also brown and beige. The belt Is brown, so Is the beaver fur which trims It The Peter Pan collar ties with a bow of the checked material, which 1b a very youthful way of doing. ?, 193 3. Weatorn Nowspnpcr Union. STRIPED JERSEY IN DIFFERENT EFFECTS It's Incredible the different effects you cnn pet with striped jersey.' Take it In yellow and white, for instance, for a sports dress with the stripes run nlng up and down. There Is a two inch panel down the front, clear from the neck to the hem of the skirt, with the stripes running crossways. A V cut yoke Rives the blouse a geometric look and a black satin belt and trl angular scarf knotted at the throat are all the trimming necessary. With this particular dress there is (i coat of black and white striped Jer sey, the stripes through the body of the coat (loose and three-quarters) run crossways while for the Just-be low the-elbow sleeves they run up and down. Standing out from the shoul ders and tapering to nothing under the arms are awning effects In the cross way run of the stripe. Powder Compact* Arc Now Made to Match Costumes The latest wrinkle in this matching up business in the smart feminine cos tume Is to match the powder compact with the frock. For linen milts there are compacts that look ?r though a linen weave had be* * Impressed onto their covers. They come, as one might expect. In black, white, blue and In a natural shade of linen. And to go with pique, that smart fabric of the moment In frocks and ?ccessorlep, there are compacts the outsldes of which resemble the weave of that cotton material. If the new frock Is blue and white checked glnghnm, why, there's a blue and white checked compact Tk? N?w R?lt? leather holds Its own In the new belt mode. A black crepe frock has ? belt of white leather cut to resemble M feather, a green wool dress Is fin ished with a deeper gr/?en leather belt studded with silver nail heads, and a brown wool aports suit Is worn with ? waistcoat holt of pigskin. SAILOR COLLAR Hy ( IIKItlK NU HOI, AS Sailor collars are on t ho fashion map once more. The cull for square nhoulder linos Is responsible for the revival of these youthful sailor effects. If the dross or blouse you nro consld erlng hns nny sort of n snllor collar version, buy It, for you cnn depend upon It being I he latest. The sntln blouse pictured Interprets the snllor rollnr vogue In softly arranged pleats The wide nt the nrmhole sleeves Is further proof that this sntln frock I*3 nn up to the moment model. This pret ty miss tops her sntln costume with n velvet beret. It Is becoming quite n hnblt with designers to associate sntln with velvet. Fftll Style* in Footwenr Fnvor Spat-like F.ffccti Fall styles In footwear, ns displayed hy metropolitan fashion houses, ndd several new notes for mllndy's shoes. Hpats are one; simulated spats, t tin t In ? not the old fashioned gaiter. F? some of the new spat shoes the bottom part Is of black or brown kid with th* upper part, which gives the spat effect. In a contrasting color gray or tnup?, for Instance.