Potpourri

A survey of crime in 1925 made in 25 cities by the United Press showed chiefly:

1) Buffalo, Toledo, Cleveland, Portland, New Orleans, Pittsburgh Philadelphia, San Francisco have had a greater number of murders than in the same period of 1924.

2) Dallas, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Indianapolis had marked decreases in the number of murders.

3) Indianapolis had burglaries and hold-ups some 100% more frequently than last year.

4) Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles had considerable reductions in the numbers of burglaries and holdups.

The Department of Labor began to feel its purse and advise discretion in the choice of Chinamen for deportation as the result of the recent tong war. The cost deporting the 267 Chinese-seize-in-. Manhattan alone will probably come to $56,000, a sum greater greater than the appropriation available to the Immagration service for deportation purposes.