Show IJ USE X-RAYS X TO id WIPE JUT OUT GRIME CRIME I New York Physicians nsF Find New Find n New j Use For Radio Activity S of Light ft S1 S. S S J 1 5 TO DESTROY THE THE CLASS CLASS J Simply Prevents Kind Therefore Us Useful ful Say Say Experts Experts- 4 New 22 That That i ture pr proportion porto or f cri crimi- crimi l- l I nal lon of oC this this' c can be beastly vastly lessened and anC in fa fact t the cl class s sS almost wiped out by tho tIlo o X-rn X ray X-ray Is the f startling declaration ton made today b by I Dr Graeme Hammond alIenist and student of criminology who w was was s one of the experts In the tho Thaw case It has been discovered b by science I that tho the application of oc orl X-rays X r renders ren- ren ners n- n ders ers sterile the spark of or of fut future r life lIe J Dr Hammond said Ill and nd I am h heartly heart heart- artily arti- arti ly Iy In iii favor faor of oC legislation that would permit such application to be made to all aU persistent offenders against the laws r ii f Dr W. W J J. J Morton tho the leading X-r X ray X-ray y i expert of oC this city and the tho man who y found that cancer b be cUr d' d dby by ra radium lum confirmed neWs of f this discovery discovery dis dis- cover covery and the the- them m mysterious rays ray's ras S power i From all In indications ns criminals so treated would latt the thc last Ia t. t of their generations sener ns he ho said Th The results of application of or X-rays X are bare apparently 5 sure and permanent z treatment treatment treat treat- ment meat would woul be entirely painless be besides be- be sides S Belie Believe c e in Heredity Dr Hammond Is Isa a a firm believer Inthe In Inthe the effects of o heredity Ho He d declares clares I that the chi of cir criminals crl are likely likely like like- 14 ly either through h heredity or through or-through evil environment to become nals mUs themselves lIe He quotes several authorities supporting supporting- th that t view and Instances numerous cas cases cases' to prove his argument The obvious measure to fight crime successfully therefore Is to Insure the world against st tu future ure generations of criminals ne he contends Others haver havy urged d emasculation o ot of criminals but the tho ray X-ray a as a remedial measure Is brand new idea x xIt It was d b by quite recently J i that the fa x qu dr ot dt strong Gt U n. n Dr i o 15 i COV ATt wr wrIt It arsi J t rp o doctors who ho Bp spent urs cac cach day usIng tho the ray Experiments upon animals followed The Tho Idea came mo to mo me then that here hero Was as an Ideal method of ot carrying carrying carry carry ing InS out the plan of or making criminals sterile which has hag be been n urged from time to time That the world wor will come to such me sure sure-s ures as as a general and accepted proposition Is is s' s c certain in fJ and I 1 think we WO weare are read ready tor fOrit tit now 1 Not nh criminals b but the In ine the 1 I physically Inc incompetent and iid fh those se af- af with tuber tuberculosis ld d be prevented pre pre prevented vented from p perpetuating their de deficiencies In my i Sug Suggests New C Ln I a S Personally I do riot not not know know that these effects of the ra ray are are p permanent perma perma- rma- rma J nent neat but If If th they y are ie fe I will be glad glaI to to operate co with physicians a aid law lawmakers makers to put l them m into use tTe The Tho world world would Ut h proved d l place if It the incompetents e ts w Vere r prevented prevented pre- pre f fente vented ente from existing Mrs Elizabeth Grannis president of ot tho the Nati National inal Christian League for lor forthe OJ the promotion of oC purity and a A an advocate of ot the sterilization of or K criminals has h a h 1111 to fo pr present sent Into the tho legislature looking ng for Cor the tho I Ian of Dr Hammond's Hammonds purpose but by surgical means I I. I |