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may be sentenced to life for fourth
offenses, was down for a talk on the
operation Of the law at this after
Moons session. Odell Smith, chair.
man OF the public order committee of
the Washington Board of Trade, and
other members of the committee ar
ranged to listen in on his address,
with a view to deciding whether such
law. in modified form. is feasible for
Washington.
Richard Washburn Child. chairman
of the National Crime Commission,
was unable to attend the conference
because Of absence from the country.
but his annual report was distributed
to the delegates. The report outlined
the history Of the commission and the
growth OF the crime reduction move.
ment in America.
Convinced that the brazenly open
operations Of the receivers and sellers
OF stolen goods Is responsible for
practically all the thefts of merchan.
disc on large scale in this country,
and Is directly responsible for the
many murders incidental thereto
Mr.. Child's report said. 1.-THE commits
sion has recently secured a special
committee of men prominent In com.
mercial activities of our country to
take up the framing of legislation to
suppress this nefarious traffic. To this
committee, the district attorneys of
several of our large cities and dis.
trict attorney of the Federal Govern.
ment have been added to advise them
on the technical legal problems in
volved.
Stringent Laws Asked.
"As will be seen from our program,
the commission feels that the most
important thing to be discussed, and
improved in our efforts to reduce
the number Of crimes OF violence In
this country, are sweeping and
the nefarious traffic in stolen goods;
the securing of at least a few simple
and easily collectible statistics In re-
gard to crime by all states; the solv-
ing of the perplexing problem Of
prison labor, and the general i'm
provement OF our system Of pardons
and paroles"
More than a score Of State crime
commissions presented brief reports
this morning. The subject for dis
cussion this afternoon will be "elimi-
nation Of the receiver Of stolen goods"
and tonight, "the prison labor prob
lem"
Chief Justice Taft will speak on
means for expediting Justice at to-
morrow mornings session. Presi-
dent Coolidge will receive the dele
gates tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock.
A list follows of delegates attending
the conference from the District Of
Columbia: Charles v. INLAY, commits
sioner on uniform laws; J. w. Connel.
ly superintendent Of police, Southern
Railway System; Maj. Gen. Merritte
w. Ireland, George 8. Wilson, director
of Board of Public Welfare; Justice
F-ederick L. Siddons, District OF Co
lumbia Supreme Court; DIR. ID. Percy
Hickling, District alienist; Mrs. John
d. Sherman, president. Federation
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Nina c. Van
Wrinkle, Women's Bureau. Metropoli.
tan Police; Leonard P. Steuart, poten-
tate. Imperial Council, Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine.
Charles w. Darr, Chamber Of Com.
merce: Lewis Merriam, Institute for
Government Research; William
Knowles Cooper. Y. M. c. A.; B. r.
Tolson. manager Washington Termi-
nal Co.; Joseph A. Burkart, Bar Asso.
citation: Dorsey w. Hyde. ir.. Chamber
of Commerce; Harry ". Haynes,
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank: William j. Donovan, Assistant
Attorney General: Ogden l.. Mills,
Undersecretary of the Treasury: Lieut..
Col Townsend Whelen. War Depart
ment; Brig. Gen. G, LII. Ruggies.
War Department.