Show WICKEDNESS OF A LARGE CITY There Is a saying as to ehat hat wilt will happen It if QU ou gh give gie e a dog a 0 abad bad bad name Washington has been l bUg and so nothing Is too to bad to say In describing the af fairs or of o the capital city I The latest contribution on the of ot Washington Is from i I George horga Holden Tinkham 1 wh ho charges harges that W Washington Is 20 O times more murderous than Lou Lon London London I don ion and ae times more drunken than ParisI Paris I The Massachusetts 1 II e In claims statistics cl ci the police department of Wash Washington show that lo in the past ten tenI I ears there has his been beell an Increase of from flom SO Oper per cent to 2000 per perI I ent in almost every crime iI h e of or violation of ot the prohibition I law lawI I The congressman attributes the nth I 10 th in crime to lo th the slippIng away alray of the people from froID the spir- spir spiritual spiritual lual direction and leadership of othe the church and he aaa I As As respect for tor the chul chuich ch and Its teachings decline so must andI its lIa It I authority 0 over oer er the hearts and con can consciences consciences scIences of men diminish One of othe the highest Ideals and greatest sources of ot strength to American until recent sears vears ears was the character and permanency of American family life lite In the home as built the character ot or the In- In Individual there were taught the alue alue of cf felt elt restraint and the virtues of honesty honest and iid obedience to authority A close study or of the Increasing I crime ulme might disclose that the war tad much ranch to do with the 10 ered warl regald d to for human human life No doubt the lessened power of or the home Is i r having a big Influence on young people In la an e evil II II way ay We are itro Increasing our tens nerve strains and developing Impatience The II weaker eaker elements of ot society are breaking down under this false living and Indulging In excesses I lead to crime on I |