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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-18

.
Ships May Go to Philippines.
The number OF troops in the Philip.
pines is about 10000, including 5000
Philippine constabulary. There has
been no effort to increase this force
and nothing to show that an Increase
in the near future Is contemplated.
The decision OF the President 10
send the battleship fleet to the Pacific
had Its inception--at least, Its appa.
rent conceptlon--in disquieting infor-
nation furnished to the military de.
nartments OF the government by con.
fidential agents abroad. These reports
were al placed before the President
for his perusal. 81
The, outcome was a decision to send
the Atlantic battleshlp fleet to the
Pacific. The official assertion that
the fleets voyage to the Pacific is j
practice cruise is a technical qulb:
bic. Its practice will consist Of es.
tablishing proper bases OF operation
and Otherwise getting ready fora con;
flict. Present plans do not contem.
plate the return OF the fleet to the At;
lanae, or even It's retention at sta.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
THE TIE L L T A E + N u T. X ,

who had made the t-st ueaSure--.aur had made
some slight mistakes, and would .--ve concluded
that thew were Of the same man i- IS said that
there IS a double for everyone N r- world and The
record clerk asCertaIned this. even rl-neS- IUrn-
irlc, the card over he noted that William West Was
life prisoner He had HIM bru-.- from his wa-S
in the prison ward To the Otflyr nd there VII
West and W WIlIIarn West faced -.. .-ne- They
were durnbfOunded They locke nearly alike
as two peas and suspected that '.-. we've he VIC
tins Of some Joke. Twins Se,l. -.Hr r1o-e
r1larkabIe resernbIances They Gs-... relationship
one said that his mother dead -.e other tl4-
his father was. but both came ---. Texas
The finger prints OF the men wen. hen taken
They varied IN both primary and -..ary cla-sSl1-
cation The trend Of the ridge SOME nI -1er
fingers was the same, but Tho ----- rs were
different. No finger print ~-U..-- H--1 even
slight knowledge Of the system g.-- possibly have
confused them.
Another instance Cf the core. .- The 11Ser
print system and the failure .- -. her-.-on n
Identification was also found ..- --~on- j
prisoner. after being Be-t-Ion,z-- questioned
a> 10 whether he had ever he- N inmate
He stated that he had never .... ." any pr,son
before The BcTtIllOn records H.-. ..---1ed- oU-
none comparing with the man ~-lreIlei--s
was found. Later his finger print -.-. -eAen aI1
classified \ search Of the r,e~ -..-t q drI--
cate set Of prints II was then -.. med that -e
had been released from the. r-.-- .... wears PIE
vious. before he had attained -. --"1th n
that time he had grown un-;. .- -- ber---oA
Crr.ts>E ---
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

with some sheets containing figures n Chinese
characters. Roundabout. piled as high as the cell
ing were many tea chests y dozen Dg bags OF
coffee ard boxes Of soap completed the furnishings
Nothing could bc more regular
But the persons present were not so rea$SurlIi3
Standing next the Chlnaman was the hrenlaIl
who had talked with him the wharf, with the
snludge still covering his forbdding countenanCe
Beyond these two four Cinnamon with the
bodies Of dwarfs and the faces of murdereTs-
What Is the meaning OF this outrageous IN
trusionz" The speaker Joe FOw- His tone
was naughty and his manner menacng
Kelly was about TO reply when he felt Pluc 4
ing at his coat sleeve 1t was the Captain ol
police
Il looks as If you'd made mistake, he whis-
pered The thing do is TO get out OF It as grace
fully As possible
Kelly smiled I'll be polite" he whispered
back; but | can't answer for the graceful part
He turned to Zoe Fow. The tall merchant was
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

row. Kelly turned to the officer. We are gong
IN the .;lev and advise You to have your pistol
r,9IrhIn reach IN case Of any emergency
An right, laughed the other skept1cally, / m
under Your orders
cali your men and have them follow us as closely
IS possible"
fhe next moment Kelly had penetrated the
rhering gloom OF the alley and carefully teel-
NO his way forward. The aperture was brcked on
s:ther side and covered. Kelly had not gone tar
hen ne uttered al exclamation Of satisfaction
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

sronse. still with the door remaining partly closed.
u can talk out here
Then you cant talk at all
As he spoke the Chna1nan made as II to smut the
door. but Kelly was too quick for that He showed
his heavy soled boot in and kept it open on crack
The Captain Of police pushed his bulky form for
ward and the next moment the two men were III
the room. -,
1t was the rear apartment OF a warehouse / here
was 2 rough table IN the center OF the room, with
chair on each side Pen, INK and papers were there
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
Failure of the Bertillon System

THE Bertillon method is not perfect as was re
Gently proved at the United States penltentiary
on The Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military reServs
ton y Young Negro arrived q the prison. and
was being measured IN the room OF the record
clerk Ills features seemed familiar 10 NJ W Nc
Claughrv the expert, who asked the man whether
whose name was VIII West said that he had
been there before The record clerk searched IN
the Bertilon files and there found the signalruent
card and photograph of William West The photo
graph wa, shown 10 the prisoner. who. startled be
vond measure. admitted that It Of him. but
again asserted that ne had never before been IN
prison. and could not understand how his likeness
had been obtained as he had never had II taken.
The Bcrt,llOn measurements were then compared,
and in only two Instances did they differ, and then
slightly from the scale or limit Of variation,
that any BcrtIlOn expert. measuring W III West
with the signa'rnent card Of William West before
him. would have been fully convinced that the one
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

-.rct The rear end Of a brick building confronted
IN The door was closed tight. The window had
10 shutters, but the blind on the inside was drawn
down Kelly turned TO his companion.
Mack We Il 90 in here alone. We III citizens
clothes. We can have a quiet talk with the folks
inside Tell Your men to lay low and watch that
window II the blind flies up, it will be the signal
that they are wanted on urgent business
Mack nodded conpre hendingly
Kelly advanced the door and knocked loudly
with his cIenched fist.
immediately there was a scampering within, and
the sound Of MANY hurrvng feet. Presently bolt
was withdrawn, and a Chinaman poked his head
ont Of the half opened door. 1t was the ChIna1nan
whom Kelly had seen the wharf
What do YOU want" asked the latter IN good
English.
I'D Ike to speak to Joe Fow.'
"Thats my name
'.Verv good Id like a few words with YOU
Go ahead and say them was the sullen re-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

put Your pretty heads IN the Hon mouth and Can
take the consequences!
The words were scarcely out ot mouth befo-e
Kelly plucked the bottom Of the U.-5 dow shade and
giving the spring jerk sent the bind 3yng % tie
ton Gf the window. Before the b. Of the click
had died away ten stalwart office were IN he
room. pistols in hand, and IN cor- -te control Of
the situation Joe Fow. the grim. led one. and
the nurderouS looking ChInamen handcufed
and then the mail bags were drag... 20 the certer
Of the room. 1t took only a few minutes 70 make
the examination. The result Was conclusive
There were a dozen Of the bags, and -ach one was
stuffed full Of snuggled opium It. -s-ue ran into
thousands of dollars.
Two more davs sufhced TO b-.-- ne scattered
threads OF evidence together. y >pracv was
established The confiScation OF the .-,rn and tie
conviction of Joe FOw and his assoc. -es broke uP
the game. and after that the rernar srnugge-s
transferred the scene OF their opcre rs 10 British
Columbia.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
Bv HARRY H. SECKLER

remove at least portion of his clothing, and bare
his left foot and left fore
But a great compliment has been paid 10 the
finger print system by BertiIlon. On signalTnent
cards recently adopted by him he has left space
for the prints Of the finger tips or bulbs OF The
fingers OF the right hand Of all measured by his
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

several # the larger prisons IN the United States
and police departments of the larger cities have
recognized Its .ufa.h,li;y IN the detection OF crin
nal- and installed bureaus # Identification; but in
,.nc when lis real worth becomes more generally
known It VIII IN all probability hc adopted by life
insurance companies banking concerns the United
States pension department, the immigration bureau
and hundred and one different ways, all leading to
The dcn'icatJn ot persons, and It's use IN detecting
criminals alone VIII be II minor importance
Nam articles have been written during the last
few wear regarding he 1-Ign ot The system credit
IN. 80 China hundreds of years ago, and OF those
n whom W, are indebted f.r The method of classi
.oa,lun # prints We, none has mentioned It's rrac
-.oI raluv o. tac world a. large. Until few wears
ago fhe BeTt:llon system WAS used exclusively n
tracing criminals. and was looked upon periect.
Many were convinced rha, The world would never
:.nI q more accurate method. but the great draw
back 20 is adoption by other than criminal investi-
gators MS That. wh,le II does not necessarily rc-
:Ic that one remove much o hrs wearing apparel.
Yet t,r perfect measurements this IS absolutely
Heceaa AIRY. Even n is smpll1ied form must
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01


Fow.' said the detective 80.
Government has recently missed So .-
Of its mail bags. Can YOU tell me wba-e
they arec"
The bony forefinger. still suspended :
air. trembled a trife The harsh va;-d : -
was mOdulated bit with the -e,,i,' en-
How should | know anything abo+5.
mail bags" U-
Oh said Kelly careIesslv, Won "a
such a clever Chinaman, | thought 70,
might know"
We'll. / don't" he answered -.yo-
please leave here and 60 about YOUR b-,s;.
ness
All right" said the detective.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

frowning upon him orninously. Mr. Fow bs
blandly, we started for the postoffce, bur 80. sd
how landed IN the back of your store"
Well" said the other st1rlv the soo,a
get out the better, unless YOU want to be f,-! 51
over TO the police 'l
Please dom mention the police" said E.r..
with significant smile; 81 don't like the SOUND !:
the word u
Get out" shouted the big fellow, pofn4;r,
bony forefnger to the door. a
Kelly never moved Mack was beginning r. .,
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

Z finger print system Of identifica-
,ion. now used almost exclusively in
England for the identification OF
criminals. has recently been adopted
hv the War Department OF this Gov
crnnent. 10 he used for the Identified
non Of unknown dead on the field OF
battle. and for the detection Of de
-erters from the service; also to pre-
vent the recnlistment If dishGnorably
DISCHARGED soldiers In recent wears
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
Going About His Business

HE started to move across the -oo-,
II and as he did So c.utrlved TO e.
near a pile OF the tea chests. He gave q
forcible push of his arm and one high n-l@
Of boxes toppled over oa the foor. Tbev
were empty. The detective oujcEly
pus he'd his way into the .-en.ng. and ~
next moment emerged ~ich two hesvv
mail bags. one IN each luI
FoW gave d Wild wl..p, and rusri-1
over put his bony finger shout KeIIv'S
neck With d great ed.-- the detectiv4
threw him OF and bounded 20 The 9TH
side of the room. Mac. 1T last alive -
the situation, pulled oer lis pistol: but
it was almost immediate -cized bv he
fireman.
Now ~ 'snarled the --r---ar ..,-.-.,,,..
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
The Closed Door

4 II. here We are,
n " hat IS i:
sred the officer.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

.-sGed the officer.
i gateway q
~ooden gate Put
-our shoulder against
: and help me 10
open the thing. II $
evidently bolted from
-he inside, 80
They were only
aaltway up the auey.
At the far end could
u seen the subpost-
o.:ice. The police
Captain was staring
at him in a stupid sort
+ way. The detective
.urned 10 him almost
.arshlV:
Put Your shoulder
u the gate ndpush,
The officer obeyed.
ne bolt gave way.
and they found them
selves INSIDE a little
ard.
Tell Your men .
come IN close, cav
t:oned Kelly.
The squad entered
the vard and lined
~ ready for action,
hiie the secret SER
ICE man reCounOl-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07
M'CORD TELLS WHY REPUBLICAN,
 WASN'T PLACED BEHIND 4 POST

and heavy, no matter if three-fourths of the gathering were Republicans You ought to have seen some of the lively meetings I had up there. One day said to a big gathering;
 Send Republican down. to the Leg islature in Montgomery If you want to. What sort of a show do you think he will stand with every other man in the House a Democrat? Why, they. would set him down behind post. The Speaker would never see him, and he would never see the Speaker
 There were half a dozen of these Re- publicans on their feet, sassing me back all during my speech. One of them. great big strapping fellow. waved the others down and got 'em quiet with a sort of Let me get at him air. Finally he said:
 'T want to tell you. sir I went down thar to the LeRlslatur, and they didn't set me down behind post.
 was mad then and l shot It back at him:
 "Of course not. Anybody could look at your face and see you haven't got sense enough to hurt anything or any body They didn't think it necessary to put you behind a post because you haven't got sense enough to understand what was going on around you"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07
seni-AnnuaI Tests for Tesehers Begin
 Today.

senai-AnnnaI Tests for Teaehers Begin
 Today.
 Beginning this morning and lasting through Wednesday, Superintendents of Education of the several counties of the State, will hold the semi annual examinations for teaching positions in the public schools of Alabama. The examinations of white applicants in Montgomery County will be conducted at the residence of County Superintend- ent of Education George W. Covington. s20 Montgomery Street, while negro applicants will be held at the State Normal School for Negroes, on South Jackson Street.
 The following schedule of tests has been issued:
 Monday Morning-Applicants for Life Certificates must begin and finish to- day. Preliminary questions. Agricul- ture. (Give Monday morning questions to life applicants at this tine). Read ing. Penmanship will be graded from the reading paper.
 Monday Afternoon Orthography. (Give Monday afternoon questions to life applicants at this time). Physiol- ogy, geography.
 Tuesday Morning-Arithmetic Eng lish, grammar.
 Tuesday Afternoon-United States History, Alabama History.
 Wednesday Nothing - Preliminary questions (for those holding second grade certificates). Algebra. geometry.
 Wednesday Afternoon-School laws, theory and practice, physics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07

The present House has two Republi- can members. The Senate has none. The two House Republicans are bound to be legislatively lonesome. The two who are isolated politically are w NJ. Barton of Winston and J, Osmond Mfd dleton, of Chiffon.
 " The seating of the Winston County member will be anxiously watched by Leon McCord, Secretary of the Supreme Court MT. McCord was one of the star spellbinders in the campaign last fall for the Democrats. Good reports as to the effectiveness of his campaign talks came to headquarters continually Part of that work, and the most stren- uous part of 1t was done in Winston County.
 Ever been to Winston County?" he asks. when he is telling the story. well, when Alabama seeded from the United States, Winston County seeded from Alabama. They raised company after company of Union soldiers in that County. Years after the war they used to hunt Democrats down with dogs to give the dogs practice, and they'd shoot Democrats just to try the sights on their guns. That's where the Campaigh Committee sent me. And I had a time. femme tell you.
 T threw 1t Into the Republicans hot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07

way, which is the means of bringing 10000 bales a year to a town is great commercial asset of that particular town. And that's what the Tennessee river does for Decatur.
 The passenger trade does not amount to much. It Is all right to ship cotton by river, but when the planter wants to get to Decatur he cuts across the country and takes the nearest railroad. The cotton in the main comes rom small landings. although Guntersville which has a river connection with De- catur is a considerable town. ana Bridgeport is village of some size and some business. But cotton Is not the whole thing on the river. It has been intimated that Decatur is great hardwood center, fact due in a large degree to the big L.ouisville and Nash vile shops which are there. The Tennessee river has been great boom to these hardwood establishments which are doing business In Decatur. And the steamboat men get fine re- turn from the trade of hauling hard wood logs into Decatur.
 The river trade of Decatur. 1t may be truthfully said, is a local trade. because only light boats can get past the JOCKS at the Muscle Shoals and go to Flor encA None of the boats go beyond Florence on the west or Chattanooga, Tenn, on the east.
 Beyond Florence on the west and not far from that city are the Colbert Shoals, which Congressman Richardson
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07
An Interesting Rock.

The Life and Letters of Robert Ed ward Lee, by Rev. J William Jones D. D. Neal Publishing Co.
 Just as the whole country is prepar- ing to honor the tooth anniversary of the birth of General Lee it is will to read splendid record of histcivil and personal life. This work has been re- gently we'll done by his close friend. Rev. J. William Jones. D. D. One of our exchanges in referring to this book says:
 'Dr. Jones has written of a man among men. His hero is man whose strength was he might of gentleness and self-command. A modest, God loving gentleman a firm. staunch pa- triot and intrepid soldier. a brilliant commander, a ma gnanimous foe. a thor ough scholar, a useful and honored citizen, Robert Edward Lees place is at the head of the great men Of record time. We can not have too many biog- raphies of him we can not raise too many monuments 10 him. we can not see his gentle face too oftens Noble, just and generous tender. strong, and loving, he IS Venerated and loved throughout the world. Here we have his life as told by himself through his letters and by his chaplain. the fight ing parson.' whom he greatly loved"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-07
DECATUR's RAILWAY STATION.

calls ''The stopper of the Tennessee River They are the obstacles to the complete navigation of the Tennessee If it were not for these shoals heavily laden boats could go from Decatur and for that matter from Chattanooga to the mouth of the Tennessee where ft empties into the Ohio at Paducah Kr. But these shoals can be removed. Gov, ernment experts have drawn plans whereby they can be removed. But the money, and it will take quite a good deal, is not yet forthcoming.
 Fight Muscle Shoals.
 To go a little bit further in the ex- planation of the improvement of the Tennessee River of which a great deal is said. and of which but little is under stood in Middle and southern Alabama. 1t should be explained the river will be completely navigable only when both the Muscle Shoals. which are be- between Decatur and Florence and the Colbert Shoals on the other side of Florence have been improved by locks and channels. Great improvement has already been made in the Muscle Shoals. The average Tennessee boat which is a small one, can pass those shoals ex- cept in very low water. due to the ex- pensive Improvements made there by the Government.
 There are six boats on the Tennessee River between Florence and chattanoo- ga. One of these boats and perhaps the largest. plies the river between De- catur and Chattanooga and is the prop erty of the Chattanooga Packing Com pany.
 The steamboat business in Decatur is in the hands of Capt. J. N: Riker. He operates five Of the light draft. agile river boats They come into De- catur during the fall and winter with great big barge on either side pack ed and piled high with cotton. only one of them can the year around make the trip to Florence over the locks at Muscle Shoals.
 Captain Riker has a profitable busi- ness in his steamboat enterprise. The greater portion of the cotton which comes by river. the hard wood logs and the divers and sundry other articles of freight which come into Decatur or go out of the city Is carried on his river steamers.
 On the edge of the river he has a nicely furnished office with a big ware house in the rear. And such place of business, which was formerly so com mon in, the river towns of fifty years ago are, thanks to the competition of the railroads, becoming exceedingly rare. It Is almost like a relic of the past. this steamboat office and ware house along by the river, for landmarks of this kind which hourished in other years have now passed away.
 
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