The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, September 27, 1933, Image 2
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.
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. 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*.
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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.