Show Women W Ol en Reported As Miss Missing 1 g During 1923 e I Travelers Aid Societies Declare DeCla Over Girs Have Haver r Not ot Been Found New More York More than girls and women were reported missing during 1022 b by police pollee headquarters in 33 American cities and approximately approximate l ly Iv of them had bud h d not b been en located by hy December lher 31 These figures were gathered by hy the I National Association of Travelers Aid Societies of this cit city In an effort to I estimate e the number and types of persons persons persons per per- sons who vho dro drop out of sight each euch year ear Reports from 37 n cities the as tion said gave ave n a total of men women and children who disappeared about 2500 of whom were not found Seeking for people who disappear is a part of Travelers Aid service which protects Inexperienced travelers from front harm b by giving in advice ad and help at nt railroad stations and steamship piers according to John it II It general director of the tile National association asso asso- i n tf unI un I Works in Cities Travelers Tra Aid worl workers er in cities helped more than persons ons last year ear he said saving in thousands of girls from being lured off b by designing lIesl de lIe- sl signing individuals in crowded sta stat The service helped all nil travelers travel travel- ers from mere Information seekers to those in dire emergency gency enc Police reports show how that In New NewYork NewYork York city 2440 girls and anti women were reported missing In 1022 1922 of whom were girls under Yent t twenty one one years Chicago o recorded 1540 1549 L Los s sAn An Angeles eles 10 1020 0 Philadelphia 1000 1006 St SL StLouis Louis hac 78 San Son Francisco and Detroit About 02 per cent of the missing were finally located located- dead or alive but olive but the records show that ninny many had unde undergone gone experiences worse than death eath Large e as ns these figures fig are they represent represent represent rep rep- resent only about o one half of the actual act act- ual Dumber of those who actually dropped out of sight nt mot some song time during the time year in the time opinion of Capt John H. H Ayers chief of the bureau bu bu- realm reau of missing persons persons New York city Fall Fail to Report Disappearances People often fail fall to report disappearing disappearing members of their family to tous tous tous us because the they mistakenly enly fear we will rill grin bring publicity upon them when that Is the In last t thin thing we want to do said Captain Ayers In a n statement to the time National association Many Ian also drop out of sl sight ht who have no one sufficiently Interested to tomake l I make 1 il report In our our hest best Judgment we feel It fair to double actual fig fit figures tires ures making a n total of women and girls irl In New York city of whom were under twenty one one years ems of ot ota a age e. e If the time same ratio of disappearance disappear disappear- ance holds good for the United States as applies to New York city then we can arrive by hy an arithmetical computation com com- computation computation com com- at nt the time total for the United States tat which will approximate COOeD COOCO girls who probably disappear an an- 11 Of course coarse It must he be understood that thai those are not permanent disappearances as os n a ner er very large per cent centore nr ore are accounted d for Our record for last year ear was OS 98 per cent found |