Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-13
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More Crime

A nationwide wave of law violations has
taxed the energies Of several government
departments.
Attorney General Daugherty is giving per-
sonal attention to the situation with the as
sistance of government detectives, members
of the cabinet and special committee Of
lawyers
Crime, especially offenses against the
federal government, has increased approx
mately eight times since the pre-war period
records of the justice department and of the
federal courts show.
Nearly 100000 criminal cases brought by
the government and it's agents now are
awaiting trial in the federal courts. The
department of justice is spending nearly
$2O,OOO,OOO a year in maintaining courts
and their number is insufficient to cope
with the situation.
Attempts to defraud the government gen.
orally follow the lines of raising checks,
counterfeiting coins and bank notes, pre-
senting false petitions for compensations to
the war risk bureau, and the like.
Mail robbers obtained in loot approx.
mately $6,00O,000 worth of checks, certif-
Gates, bonds and other securities in the last
ten or twelve months according to the re-
ports of the postal inspection service. Most
of this, however, was recovered.
Violation of the prohibition laws also are
crowding the courts to such an extent that
Attorney General Daugherty has proposed
special tribunals to handle this business.
The department of justice is also burden
ed with the investigation and prosecution OF
hundreds of cases of alleged war contract
grafters. In addition, antitrust investiga-
lions are pending. ..
The crime wave had its origin in the war
period, officials believe.
Helps Lepers
Hidden in a little Indian village Chan
dag, India 80 miles from the nearest rail.
way, is the story Of Mary Reed, which, when
generally known, will place her name along
side that of Father Damien and others who
have made inspiring tradition OF sacrifice
! in their devotion to lepers.
It's sort of serial or service, the story
of Mary Reed, which has been continued for
| 80 years and v hich promises to go on for
| good many more.
Miss Mary Reed, solitary white woman
missionary, presides over the leper asylum
here with it's three-score inmates. She is
herself afflicted through close contact with
her charges. That is but part of the price
she has gladly paid to relieve suffering and
to inspire Christian ideals.
Thirty year ago Miss Reed closed the door
on life of ease and material promise in
America, journeyed to this desolate spot
| 900 feet up in the Himalaya mountains,
and offered herself to the leper cause. Since
then the management or the institution,
maintained by the Methodist church, has
been in her hands. The financial burdens,
as we'll as spiritual guidance and personal
attention to the afflicted, nave devolved
largely upon her. Although a victim of the
scourge and now grown old, Mary Reed Is
still active in her mnistrations.
Friends of Miss Reed are sending out
call for funds to provide helper and an adj
ditional building to house her, so that she
may be somewhat relieved of the moro
ardous duties.