Chicago is proud to state that for tthe first three weeks of the present month there was less crime in that city than for any similar period for the last 17 years, Extinction of the criminal species has played a large part in the apparent cleansing pro-"Forty-seven out of thi class," says the report of the chief of police, "have been killed by police this year, while nine were slain by civilians and another group killed off through their own deadly fights. In addition, during the 12 months ended August 1, the number sent. to the penitentiary increased 70 per cent. over the year before and 100 per cent. over two years ago."
Judging from these figures, it is obvious that Collier, if he can get succeeds, the "biggest" things that this eountry has "put over" for a long time past. It may be that there is at idea in the above for the Shanghai police, for in the present state of affairs, criminals of singular daring seem to come up out of the earth mistaking their law-breaking proclivities for highly laudable patriot ism,
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