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The Washington times., 1911-07-01
Single Mark Left by Burglar
Is Cherished by
Police. -.+
THEIR ONLY CLUE TO
BATTLING PUZZLE
Capital Detectives Have Two
Thousand Records on
File. g..

One distinct finger print among sever
others blurred and smeared, Is being
cherished by the Washington police
force as the only clue they possess to
the robbery Of the Christiani drug store
on Ninth street northwest, a week ago
The robbery In Itself is not particu-
larly important. Less than $40 in cash
was obtained. But the importance OF
the slender clue of the finger tips lies
in the fact that for the first time since
the Introduction Of the finger print
system of criminal Identification into
Washington, a finger print left at the
scene of a crime is to be used In trac-
ing criminal.
The Christiani store was burglarized
June "a. Thieves had entered by "jimmy-
ing the transom over one Of the doors.
They had broken open the cash register
and looted 1t. When Detectives Barbee
and Vermillion, two OF the best men at
the Central Office, first looked over the
premises, there seemed to be nothing
in the way of clue Then on the tram
som they discovered finger prints-five
of them. and on the metal of the cash
register were a few more.
WINE niger pTlillS nave Deen USED
many times before for the identifica-
cation of criminals, no finger prints
found as these were were ever taken
up by the Washington force as practical
methods in tracing a thief. So when
Vermillion and Barbee suggested trying
this line Of investigation. in the alb
sence of any other. Fred Sandbery, of
fetal photographer of the Police De-
partment, photographed the marks.
Only one OF the marks was sufficiently
plain TO be Of use even under a micro
scope This. enlarged, was surrendered
to A. R. Lamb. who has charge OF the
work of compiling and fling the finger
prints in the local criminal cabinets,
where more than 1900 local criminals,
charged with and convicted OF felonies,
their fingers.
Busy Comparing
Them With Others.
He is now busy with the comparison.
II Is likely that the counterpart of the
finger tip will be found somewhere
among the 1000 local criminals. Even IL
Il is not, II will be a means Of Identify
ing any suspect who may be arrested in
the case, or perhaps the burglar who
robbed Christianrs may be caught on
another Job and be "hitched up" with
the Christiani case only through his
finger prints.
The Identification of criminals has oc-
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
Stafford to Get Eighty
Dollars Extra Salary

Chief Justice Wendell P. Stafford, Of
the District Supreme Court, will collect
$50 from the Federal Government next
week in excess Of his salary.
Justice Stafford was one OF the arbi-
traitors in the dispute between the Coal
and Coke Railroad Company and the
Order of Railway Conductors. His
claim was disallowed by the Auditor for
the State Department, but Acting Comp
troller of the Treasury Mitchell re-
versed his decision.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
WHY MINOR STREET PLAN
CONTINUES TO COME UP

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The scheme to perpetuate the alley
slums by opening "minor streets"
through them bobs up serenely every
few weeks. Like Banquo's ghost, It will
not down. In view of the fact that this
plan has been practically rejected by
Congress, and that the majority of citi-
zen associations also oppose 1t, that 1t
should still be continually forced to the
front (regardless of the fact that, as
solution Of the alum problem this RlAo
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
PROTESTS AGAINST
ILL-VENTILATED CARS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
I am informed that the revised
statutes of the United States would pre-
vent the shipping Of cattle in the ILL
ventilated street cars of Washington.
Is il so?
cause Of infantile paralysis. Is 1t not
the side seats Of cars that create the
trouble. MY spine Is double reverse
curve from riding sidewise.
GENERAL DISSATISFACTION.
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System Has Been Found
Effective in
Europe.
FIRST STARTED BY
ARMY IN INDIA,
London Police Have Identified
Thirty-one Thousand 4
Criminals. II

sent set Of finger prints to Londonl
was found to have a long record in I
assizes courts there.
Restores Aphasia II
Victim to Relatives.
In November, 1863. a man was sent d
the Washington Asylum Hospital SUI
terinz from total aphasia, or loss n
memory. All efforts OF the police Id
Identity him were fruitless FinallHh{
r. Lamb obtainsd his finger prints III
they We're sent to The Navy Departn I'd
where the finger prints of all s3
are kept. Within day he was idfh
fed as a man who was supposefus
have deserted from the Virginia. kll
lying in Hampton Roads. hi
The "Cockney Crook Johnsonho
arrested here with Dick OsborneS
is said to be the best safe workAS
the country. They were accused q
series of housebreakings in Mt. p
ant. Johnson would not talk.
finger prints were taken and
furnished a long criminal his
the strength of them.
Many Black Hand letters hav
traced by the f1nger-print syster
nowadays there are very few
with the traditional handprint in
The members OF the Black Hand
draw their emblem.
So well established has the system
come that 81, 900 identifications Of CT
inals were made in Scotland Yard, Ld3
don, within ten years by finger print
alone. While the system is widesprea
here, there has been only one murderl
convicted solely by this means. He
Thomas Jennings, found guilty OF
murder of Clarence A. Hitler in
cago on the night of September 19,
Jennings left finger prints on a fres
painted porch railing.
There are two cases in the annals
criminal history having to do with fin
prints which are almost parallel to
In February, 1911, a New York hon
was burglarized- Finger prints on Ii
lass panel of the front door furnishe
the only clue One Charles Crispi was al
rested, protested his innocence, but wa
brought to trial. Near the end Of III
hearing the deadly parallel of his finge
patterns and those left on the pam
five minutes afterward he rose an
pleaded guilty.
The plate glass in the baEement {
a house at Crisp street, London, wa
removed by a burglar, November
1904. On It were found the outlines {
a mans hand. There was the rigt
forefinger, right middle finger, lei
thumb, and left forefnger, all of thel
of the loop" pattern except the lei
the marks were classified and the rex
ords searched they pointed to an ol
offender, Walter Ross, as the burglal
When the Scotland Yard men called g
his home they found a part of the plur
der and he confessed.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

partment, imported from Norfolk, be-
cause of his intimate knowledge of
street cleaning, will handle the details
connected with the actual work of the
$50 men of the organization.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
Fruit and Nut Growers
Want Name Changed

Legal rechristening is sought by the
Scientific Agricultural Association in an
application filed with the courts. The
organization seeks to be designated in
the future as the National Pecan and
Orange Groves Company. The petition
states that the new name is sought as
more: indicative Of the objects Of the
association.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

cupied the attention of penologists for
many years, and when the invention OF
Bertillon, whose system of measure
ments bears his name. was introduced
and found practical, many crfminologists
believed the day of the undetected GRIM
inal had ended. But while Bertillon's
unsolved crime to an astonishing extent.
even the cataloguing OF every lndiyid-
ual mark and measurement on GRIM
malls body has been found faulty
Not long ago, at the Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary, young negro ar
rived and was being measured by the
Bertillon system before incarceration,
when one of the officials said he knew
the man had been incarcerated before
he remembered him, he said. from a
picture.
This the prisoner vigorously denied.
The picture was searched for and
found. But IL was marked that OF VIII
West. "lifer" in the Leavenworth peni-
tentiary. West. was sent for. The two
faced one another, and save for the
stripes Will West wore. were counter
parts.
At times many substitutes have been
suggested for the Bertillon system, the
most unique probably being the sugges-
army. who declared that no two men
have palates of the same shape.
Hits On The
Tell-Tale Tips.
But in the end II remained for z. R
Henry, c. V. o., c. S. l.. police commits
sioner of the city of London. to take up
the work Of the "Tell-taIe Tips" and
evolve the present effective system of
the Identification of criminals by finger
prints. The system really had its prac-
teal demonstration in the district of
Hooghly. Bengal, India. about ten years
ago, when Sir William Herschel perfect
ed a system by which the natives, many
of whom resemble each other. could be
told apart by their finger marks, and in
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
M. J. Jones to Speak
At Falls Church, Va.

Myron j. Jones, head Of the educa-
tional department of the Young Mems
Christian Association, will speak at the
Baptist church at Falls Church, Va,
Sunday, July q at s p. m.
sing.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

The net total circulation Of The Wash
,gton Times daily during the month OF
une was !, 165, 769, all copies left over ana
turned being eliminated. This NUMBER.
+hen divided by rs, the number OF days OF
iblcation, shows the net daily average for
une to have been "A, S37.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
Concert Today
By the q. S. Marine Bind, a.
The White House, at 5:s5 p. m. -
WILLIAM H. SANTLEMANN,
Leader.

PROGRAM.
March, "The Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea" (new).
Overture "1S12" .Tschaikowsky
Idyl, "The GIow-worm". $500. Linske
Duet for Piccolos. THE Nightin-
gale and the Blackbird". ..... Killing
Musicians r. Seel and w. Dellica.)
Entrance of the Gods in Walhall.
from "Rheingold" Wagner
Scenes from "Lakme" ".........D .Delibes
Indian War Dance. ........B .Bellstedt
The Star-Spaagled Banner"
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

The fact that Peter Grogan has climb
on a real as we'll as symbolical water
wagon Will make it doUbly dangerous
for him to fall off.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

alexandria florists are quite ready to
jSin in the general demand for protec-
tlon from a'rmen who drop in on them
without notice.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

With so many changes the Jail will
hardly seem like home this morning.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Even the squirrels seem to be ht-
Tie lonely around the White House to-
day.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Once more delay has been encounter
ed in the work on the Grant memorial,
at the eastern end of the Botanic Gar
dens. The contract for this big, beau
tiful statue of the civil war general,
and the impressive, symbolic figures.
which surround 1t was let ten years
ago, but for one cause or another its
completion has been postponed from
time to time, and now two more years
have been allowed the artists who are
constructing it. When the award was
made the extreme youth Of the sculp-
tor who got the contract was cause
for comment. At the present rate. he
will be an old man by the time the
memorial is unveiled.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

The fiscal year is ended. and "Ol'
Figgers' Will be in his glory.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

hopes to have the item included in the
omnibus building bill. II Congress pays
any attention at all to the recent dis
coveries of unsafe conditions in public
buildings in the District. 1t will not hes
itate to make an appropriation for the
construction of a freprocf building OF
size sufflcien: to house the books, rec
ords, papers, and documents Of the
Government, which are now exposed to
the danger OF destruction.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

where are YOU going this after
bon?
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Even such summer resorts as Ashe-
Nlle surpassed US in temperature yes
J. Nterday. The myth about Washington
heat is dissolving in face of the facts.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
What's on the Program in
Washington Today.

CThe Times will be pleased to an
nounce meetings and entertainments in
this column.)
Meeting of Canton Washington, Patri-
archs Militant, l. o. o. F., drill and
social session, tonight.
Meeting of Champion Council, No. Is,
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, 623 Louisiana avenue
northwest, tonight.
Annual outing of the California State
Association to Marshall Hall; boat
Concert by the United States Marine
Band, White House grounds, $3.50 p. m.
Meeting of the Board of Education.
Franklin building, Thirteenth and X
streets northwest. p. m.
Amusements.
New National-Aborn Comic Opera
Company in Robin Hood" 2:15 and
ReIascpo-The la 60 vagabonds in The Mer-
chant of Venice els and $40 p. m.
Columbia-Columbia Players in IAN
Cosmos-Continuous vaudeville. / to Ii
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and NIL
sic by section Of Marine Band.
Glen Echo Park-Dancing and music
by section of Soldiers Home Band.
Luna Park-Midway attractions.
Arcade-Motion pictures, bowling, and
pool
River View-Dancing and other amuse-
ments; boat leaves Seventh street
wharf 10 a. m, 2 and p. m.
Colonial Beach-Boardwalk, bathing.
and other amusements; steamers leave
Seventh street wharf daily except
Monday, a. m: Saturday, 2:30 d. m.
Marshall Hall-Steamer Charles MacaI-
ester leaves Seventh street wharf 10
a. M; 2:3O and 6:45 p. m. daily. Stops
made at Mt. Vernon.
Steamer st. Johns leaves Seventh street
wharf for forty-mile trip on the Po-
tpmacs 4 y. N.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

net total circulation of The Washington
= Sunday during the the month OF June
i66,sIe, all copies left over and returned
agents being eliminated. This NUMBER,
In divided by 4. the number Of Sundays
Ing June, shows the net Sunday average
1 June to have been Il, T05.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
Sunday,

The number Of complete and perfect copies
The Washington Times printed Sundays
hiring the month Of June was as follows:
ne l............ IS, ,002IJu une 1S........... SIT
he u.......... AZ, ,055 June 25............ 46,3lI
Total for month. th...................-.... lSS'o4O
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Entered at the Postofhce at Washington
c., as second-class matter.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

No, Geraldine, the Sixteenth street
herdic was not exactly modelled after
the Deacon's one-horse shay. but 1t
was probably built about the same time.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01
JUNE CIRCULATION.
n.Nu-

Total for month ], 81, $50
Daily average for month. bl,67S
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

|lunday average for month. al
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Representative Morris Sheppard of
Texas shows a proper appreciation of
economy and patriotism. He is chair
man of the Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds, and announces that
he will do all in his power to obtain
an appropriation for a hail of archives
IN Warrington at the next session. He
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Bailif Hewitt is firmly planted on the
lid in Rockville, and says that for the
first time his town is to have quiet
Fourth. He has warned all the boys
not to waste any money on fireworks.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Employees of the Capital Tractio
Company greatly enjoyed their outin
!. at Marshall Hall yesterday, in spite Q
the fact that they are about the las
people one would expect to wish to "g
for a ride"
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

The illness Of Hon. John Tempt
Graves, one OF the most eloquent oya-
tors and best-known newspaper men
! in the country, has elected the SYM
pathetic interest of a large ciycle OF
friends. 1t is gratifying TO know that
he has sufficiently recovered to go to
his home in New York.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

After publicly announcing that the
only Recommendation the transportation
committee would make last night to the
Board of Trade would not relate to the
proposed public utility commission, the
committees report contained a recon-
mendation in opposition to that legisld-
ton. Why did the officers of the board
fail to put It on the program? Why did
they bring II in after they decided tu
omit Il? The sooner the Board of Trade
begins to ask itself some such question,
the sooner the people Of Washington
viii increase their respect for its de-
alterations.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

sent set of finger prints to LondonI
was found to have a long record in
assizes courts there.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Former Secretary Bonaparte does not
over highly compliment the Baltimore
evening newspaper to which he is a
much advertised contributor when he
refers to my present innocuous OBJ
sScurftv"
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Treasury figures show that the re-
ceipts from internal revenue, during the
fiscal year just closed, have greatly IN
creased The Tobacco trust was doing
fairly we'll when the dissolution cams'
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

washingtonians will be pleased t
learn that plans for the new bridg
across Rock Creek at Q street are rap
idly being completed, and that work ol
designs for the structure will soon be
gin. An appropriation of $275,OOO for tn
bridge has been authorized and 500, 90
has been made available during tn
year beginning today. II is probable
however, that work on the CONSTRUCTION
of the bridge itself will not be starte,
before next spring.
The Washington times., 1911-07-01

Capt j. ]. Knapp. U. s. N, VIII
was elected departmental commander O
Spanish War Veterans at their meetin
last night, has the distinction of bein
the first naval officer to head the Dis
trict organization. Captain Knapp
record is an enviable one. and a NOR
satisfactory outcome of the election
could not have been possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15

said. objected to his bringing his wife to
live with them. He and his bride, there
fore, went to live with his brother. Law
renee Allnutt, who keeps q store at Daw-
sonville. The objection raised by the
mother and sister was solely. it is under
stood, on the ground of lack of room at
the Alnutt homestead.
For some time. it is said, the relations
between Richard and his mother and sis
ter became strained, because of differ
enceS over property.
The trouble was accumulated about
month ago. when a bill was filed in the
circuit court here by the mother and
daughters to require Richard Allnutt to
give an accounting Of his conduct Of the
farm and to set aside the widows dover
interest. The case is now pending.
Being connected with one Of the pron1i-
nent families in the county and a brother
Of Henry c. Allnutt, for many years reg
lister of wills of Montgomery county.
Richard Allnutt is we'll known through
cut the county and has always had an an
excellent reputation. The news that he
had committed such crime has created
profound sensation throughout the
county. There is no topic OF converse
ton I'm the Jacksonville end of the coun-
ty except the tragedy in the Ailnutt
home.
The tragic death Of Mrs. veirs recalled
TO many of the older residents of Mont
zomery county the sudden death OF her
husband almost a score of years ago.
Mrs Veirs one morning missed him from
his room on their farm about three
miles from Rockville. searching TOT
him she came across his dead body IN a
spring near the house He had suffered
from, vertigo, and, it is thought. was at
tackled while on the edge of the spring,
IA ling into the water as he tainted ana
being drowned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15

Directed by Justice Anderson in
Ford Damage Suit,

Justice Anderson. sitting in Circuit
Court No. /. has directed verdict in
favor OF the defendant in the case of the
administrators of Thomas RI. Ford agt.
Dr. William A. White. superintendent OF
the Government Hospital for the Insane.
Ford. who was employed as day
laborer at St. Elizabeth, was killed
August 3, 1901. by being run over by a
coal train on the hospital grounds. The
administrator. who was his daughter.
Mrs Swami. sued Dr.. White for <1o.OGl
damages. Evidence of other employees
who were working with the deceased was
TO the effect that Ford had been warned
of the danger. and Justice Anderson. In
directing a verdict for the defendant
called attention tn the fact that the
warning of his fellow-workmen was OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15
REALLY DOES BREAK
UP A SEVERE COLD.
How to Cure Bad Cold
and End Grippe Misery
in a Few Hours.

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Yea vili distpctly feel yeur cold breaking
ssd al the Grippe symptoms leaving after tax
Ing the very Arst dose.
1t IL q positive fact that Papes Gold Osu-
pound, tatsa every tive hours. until three CO.,
seeutive doses sre taken, will end the Grippe
and heeak up he most severe cold. either u
the head. chest, hack, stomach o. limbs.
1t promptly relieves the most miserable
headache. dullness, head and nose stuffed M
fsvseishssss. snsesiag, sore throat, running -
the psse. mucous catarrhal discharges. ssss-
ness, stiGnsss and rheumatic twinses.
Rsps's Cold Compound II the result Of thsss
Year, rsssarch at Q cost Of more than nfty
Sasunnd dollars and contains no quinine.
Take this harmless compound - directed. win
the kuoviedse that there IL no other medicine.
made anywhere else in the world. which viii
cure yosr cold or end grippe misery a. promptly
and without any other sssistancs or bad after
seects ~ q accent package Of Pspe's Cold Gem
pound. which any druggist in ths werid css
slpply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15
MADNESS OF THE TROPICS.
German Colonial Clerk Kills Two Of
ficials and Himself.

Foreign Correspondence OF The star
BERLIN, March 5. 1911.
In her short experience as colonizing
power Germany has known many OF
those tragedies which spring from the
conflict OF the European temperament
with tropical conditions of life. but none
Of them has had more appalling conse-
ouences than an act of madness which
Is now reported by the deputy governor
Of the Cameroons.
It appears that at Buea, the seat OF
government. a secretary named kerner,
who was in his first year Of colonial serv-
Toe, was seized by an attack OF insanity,
and ran amuck with a revolver. He shot
dead District Supt Biernatzky and Sec
rotary .Gniess. slightly wounded two more
government officials and then committed
suicide The governor adds that the two
murdered men We're tried and trusted Off
Gals, and that their loss Is heavy blow
to the administration.
Kerner, who was twenty-seven years
OF age. was trained for service 1T the
Colonial Institute. at Hamburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-15
AGED WOMAN DIES.
Mrs. Johnson Succumbs to Injuries
Received. in Fire.

Mrs. Ann johnson. eighty years old,
whose feet and hands were seriously
burned about ten days ago during a fire
at her home. go Virginia avenue south
east, died at Providence Hosnitai thi,
morning.
The police found that Mrs Johnson re-
cetved the fatal burns following an acct
dental IRE resulting from the handling of
an oil lamp near q stove.
children were cleaning the lamp, the
police were told. when the fire started
Dr. Charles r. Luce attended her. Her
condit,on was SO serious that il was i'm.
possible to save her life. Coroner hewitt
TINS afternoon gave a certificate Of acct
dental death.