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‘i _ â€"New Low Prieu | Today and Every Day in The Writer in Magazine Says Crimâ€" . inal Survey Abcard Indicâ€" ates U. S., Not So Base activities, lags far behind other naâ€" tions in the borror and frequency of aâ€"hfi‘.fl-dm Woodhull, writing in the November Welfare Magazine, a publication isâ€" â€"dbythulh.hb.nfl_tol Public Welfare. The article, Phases of Foreign Crime, is the first of a series in which the peculiarities and causes of crime in various countries will be studied. "Only upon perusing the stories of crimes in otherâ€"lands and their corâ€" relative statistics do we realize, happily, that after all we are not a nation of murderers and thieves, but, on the contrary, comparatively speakâ€" ing, alyzes some of the atrocities pracâ€" ticed by crime leaders in Germany, France, Russia, China and India. der, homicide or manslaughter. Rape, â€" 0 J Un "In our United States," he says, "all death resulting crimes are murâ€" which in our country is punishable by the infliction of very severe penâ€" alties, is in Germany regarded lightâ€" ly and we find it punished by a maxiâ€" mum: penalty of imprisonment for statistics, this crime is six times as prevalent in Germany as in the United States. Because the German we find the Teutons also leading as a nation in this dereliction which in Paris Apache Not Extinct That the Apache of Paris is not extinet but is flourishing today with bloodier and more daring crimes than ever before is the leading statement in a resume of French crime. "The reported _ crimes, per _ annum, cially laid at the door of the Apache alone," says Mr. Woodhulil, "proporâ€" tionately speaking, greatly exceed all crime, delights in giving fantastic names to his criminal feats, the wriâ€" ter claims. One of the latest is the "Coup de pere Francois," in which the victim is lassoed ‘by the neck and ‘That America, far from having a hung suspended in the air while he Dead or alive, he is then thrown the pavement and abandoned.â€" as a particularly low and abandoned form of criminal activity, existing in all social classes and specializing in mu.Jer and rapine. The administraâ€" tion of Soviet law, under which reâ€" gime the officer detecting or thinking ‘Two Bulk Plants â€" Eight Trucks operated ON the north shore to assure s PROMPT, EFFICIENT SERVICE Braun Bros. Ou Co. Highland Park 3290 â€" Telephones â€" NEW FRIGCIDAIRE "A CORRECT GRADE FOR EACH BURNER® of Highland Park Emergency Service Call H. P. 3291 â€" in the United he detects crime deals out speedy jus~ tice in accordance with own imâ€" tice in accordance with his own imâ€" .â€"uâ€"uu«-flvuâ€"awu ‘wm‘w Piracy in China "Piracy remains the chief crime in China," he continues. "Almost unâ€" touched by the generations, China goes on in crime as an art, religion and education ';_'---u" ted Fé-"h-i-'b :.. massed as an institution in mandarins derive the best part of their incomies from their soâ€"called ‘inâ€" activity‘ in dealing with these offendâ€" situation concerning crime and crimâ€" inals. Existing there is the strangâ€" est and the largest union in the world, known as the Union of Crimâ€" inal tribes. It is known to have well over a million members who work .ndmnhuhunfldeobd tribal law and who recognize grades on a degree of procedure between tribes. Children in this terrible orâ€" der are taught to steal and rob from infancy and a large percentage of m.'m.m'â€"n-idhmd-u-r.‘ in other words reared for q life of profligates is the deliberate deformâ€" ing or dwarfing of children for the profession of begging. There is noâ€" where else in the world, we believe, such a low, vicious type of criminal as in ‘Mother India‘ The union members work without gun, pistol or dagger and they carry on a successâ€" ful guerilla warfare with all classes of society. "They have unlimited courage, darâ€" ing and enterprise and they inhabit practically all of the native states. Many of these men are addicts to the habit of drink, or drug known as bhang. This is the most horrible inâ€" toxicant of which the world is cogâ€" nizant. If an Indian wants to comâ€" mit some peculiarly atrocious crime, he fortifies and prepares himself with two annas worth of bhang. The only other country now using this deadly tains a special and efficient service to surpass the smuggling of it into her country and its importation has long been prohibited. "The most common crimes atre prostitution, murder, and theft, all of which are carried on in definite, businesslike way according to the ‘Hoyle‘ of the Criminal Union code. The criminal record of India would be more appalling if perjury, which our system of criminal jurisprudence has well defined as a serious felony, were there considered as a crime but we find that perjury is a mere venial offence and the rule rather than the "Upon realizing that the ‘submergâ€" ed tenth‘ in India amounts, in round numbers, to over twentyâ€"six millions of people; that in British India &lone there are seven hundred and thirtyâ€" seven jails\ averaging seventyâ€"five thousand, nine hundred and twentyâ€" two prisoners each and that the great majority of offenders are never apâ€" ;n"l;euied. 7'." are convinced that the crime situation in America is neither as deplorable nor as hopeless as we USE OLL truth, that our methods of crime deâ€" Questions and Answers Qâ€"&.y-dnmmfin figures showing how the value of manufactured products in Illincis is increasing year by year? _ _ 1914 1919 *â€"Peak of warâ€"time prosperity. Government figures for 1927 are being prepared now and probably will be issued very soon. It is generally agreed that the 1927 figures will be greater than the warâ€"time peak. â€"W. M. M., Freeport. Aâ€"Among the records of Randolph county, on the Mississippi river, is an ancient writing that purports to tell the population of the "Illinois counâ€" try" as of 1765. Apparently it is but an estimate as it is in round figures. Here it is: White women ..._._._._._._.............. 500 White children . ipmnrmeniens Bb0 MOLRL ... 2uussl is ucce 2,000 The whites were almost all French and they were spread out in settleâ€" ments along the river bottoms from the present site of East St. Louis on the north to Chester on the south. Many of their descendants still live Qâ€"How does Chicago‘s water borne commerce compare with some of our THE HIGHLAND PABK PREESS, HIGHLAND PARK, Aâ€"Figures follow: â€"When was the first census, now record, taken in. Iilinois? â€" Where __.............. 8,705,879,662 ... 5,041,519,545 N_ 5,821,837,866 360006 Your Children salt water ports? For example New Orleans, Galveston, San Francisco or eral of our cities compare as follows: Aâ€"Total commerce, in cargo tons, both inbound and outbound, for sevâ€" New Los Angeles Baltimore ... New Orleans Houston The above figures are for the year ending December 31, 1926. The greatâ€" est inland port and the second largest port in the nation, for all commerce, is Duluthâ€"Superior with a total comâ€" merce for the year of 47,972,782 tons. NORTH CHICAGO BANK TO ERECT STRUCTURE Lake County State Banking Inâ€" ‘The Lake County State bank, loâ€" cated in North Chicago,â€"will build a $100,000 building rather than remodel its present site according to anâ€" nouncement made by William R. Dalâ€" ziel, president. » North Chicago‘s new institution, which will be one of the most modern of its kind, will be located at Sixâ€" teenth street and Sheridan road, on what is now known as the Dormey property. This property has a frontâ€" age of 50 ft. on Sheridan road and extends back 118 ft. The new building will be a twoâ€" story structure and in addition to the banking room will be occupied by two small stores on the first floor. "I‘ll bet since he saw me this mornâ€" ing Joe Simmons has more things buzzing around his head than any man in town," said old man Mintz. "He come to see me with a bee in his bonnet and I sent him away with a flea in his ear."â€"Farm and Fireside. stitution Plans Building to Cost $100,000 THAT properly training a child for a start in this complex civilization is a true science, every parent knowsâ€"so that the science is successful only in its commonâ€"sense applicationâ€"that Great today is the child‘s need of clear, straight thinking, unbiased by prejudice bulwark of successful character and ing, enthusiastic! . . . Articles that are human, interestâ€" By Olive Roberts Barton 20,981,196 15,510,451 11,201,249 10,801,599 7,190,297 4,849,305 On the Magazine Pages EVENING PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION EVERY AGE __ 33 West Grand Avenue, CHICAGO I want the booklet "Concrete Improvements Around the Lawn and Garden â€" . . . all of these are things that you can makeâ€" many of them during winter months in the home basement. Working with concreteâ€" the stone you can mold â€" is fascinating. 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