Show I CRIME WAVE IN UNITED STATES ns IIa been hea head of or Scotland Yard and aud chief of o the secret tr hr Bail Thomson now no iu in U Salt t alt Lake Lakei I o oa OD a lecture tour Is recognized as an anI ani I authority on He I new point of lew as to the crime waie wa e has hat been experienced not only here but in ether other countries by the was vias VI as not re e that ar ar Ie as the marked increase In crimes began In Europe In 1910 and continued sil sho ears carB then I and then clune caine up again Dealing with America Sir BasIl says Probably one reason for tor the large existing per ver cent of capital crimes In rica mt is the fact tact that ou have no universal law against the carrying of pistols Not Mot ot c Men een en the police are al- al allowed al allowed lowed to carry pistols in England An AnOther reason Is ii the Jaws Jaw's delay In America It If a potential criminal un- un unI un-I un I that it IC caught his punish punish- I I ment 1 is swift and certain this under under- understanding standing is unquestionably a deterrent deterrent clement toward his criminal tendencies cies des We get 88 per cent of the murdel 4 ers in n England but I ha hase hae ha c e no statis- statis statistics statistics tics to permit or o 0 comparison with con con- convictions for tor capital crimes in the I States Students of ot capital crime In III the j I United States agree that the failure to the earning carr Ing or of o pistols is a aI abig abig abig big factor in our records of murder I II I The fhe Capper bill now before congress congress congress- 38 is intended to overcome the weakness I I In our laws as to deadly weapons and andi I ill 1 provisions arc are None but citizens personally known tl Identified to a licensed dealer In firearms are permitted to toI I pistols or revolvers Each I I must sign a record of sale 1 i copy of or which must must be bo tiled flied with the police pollee I INo No pistol or revolver may be delivered ered to the purchaser until the day after the sale sale- sale Owners Oeners of such firearms are not d to carr carry them on their per per-I per per- perg per persons g sons or in a vehicle without a license from the police I Ij I i ia a Dealers aro are not permitted to display I II I or revolvers or imitations I 1 11 hereof thereof 1 where they can be seen frOm I 1 e outside of ef the store 1 Possession of a pocket firearm by a aIl l I person committing or attempting to I commit a felony is regarded as prima I evidence of cri criminal nal Intent and andis andis andis is punishable by five years extra j Im-j im- im Im Imprisonment pr I i Heavy lIea penalties are prescribed for second and third offenders Fourth offenders may be sentenced to life lire Im Imprisonment Manufacturers serial numbers or other leg marks on pistols or orI I revolvers must not be b altered or erased Miens Allen and persons who have been j of a felony are not permit permitted ted to possess a pistol or revolver permit permit-I f |