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But newborn infants finger

But a newborn infants finger
prints
Capt. Faurot interrupted: "A new
born infants finger prints will identify
him till. after ninety years of life, he
sinks victim OF old age. into the
grave, said he. THE lines upon the
finger tips of human beings do not
change in their design or number or
relationship between the hours of birth
and death. no matter by how many
years these episodes are separated
Their measurements will change, with
growth. but otherwise they never
change. And they are singularly in
dividual. The mothers finger prints
and those of her newborn. baby are
certain to be as different as any other
two. There is. apparently. no family
relationship in the fine tracery Of the
Tiny wrinkles in our hands
L can illustrate this point from our
experience. here at the New York police
department. One day party of half a.
dozen men came here, and, putting one
of his companions forward. its leader
asked me:
Do you know this man"
No. l replied. i never saw him BE-
again.
This made me suspicious Of some trick,
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tribute to those who have run their
course. There each year are brought yet
more of the remains of the historic dead
for interment. There is the federal Con-
gress steadily building up a memorial to
the dead which is intended to be in pro-
portion to the magnificence of the deeds
performed in life. There, just at present,
Is Congress planning a great amphithea-
ter which will be the most magnificent
structure of its kind in America and the
purpose of which is largely to furnish
fitting place in which the nation may Of
ficially pay tribute to her military dead
Already is Arlington the greatest Of the
national cemeteries. There rest the re-
mains of more than 1900 men who have
fought her battles in the time Of war;
There are constantly being garnered in
the dead of the army and navy who are
still fighting the nations battles wherever
the service calls. The marine who is
drowned In China, the private soldier who
falls victim to the fanatical Moro In the
Philippines. the men of the Medical Corps
who die of tropical disease in Panama,
each and all are brought to Arlington at
government expense and there buried
among their honored fellows. The great
Of the service for half a century have
been choosing Arlington as a resting
place, and there are to be seen the monu-
ments that mark the graves Of heroes
whose names have been on the lips of the
multitude for half century.
To him who casually strolls through
Arlington and reads the names upon the
gravestones will be called up the memo
ries of the deeds of such men as Gen.
Phil Sheridan. Grants chief Of cavalry,
who rode that twenty miles to winches-
ter. There will be seen the tomb Of
Gen John NJ Schofield, commander of
the Army of the Tennessee in the time of
the war Secretary of War five years
later and commander-in-chiefo Of the army
OF the nation in 1880. The grave Of Cen
George Crook. the fighter of many Indian
campaigns and particularly the hero of
that latest encounter with the red man
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CROSS the historic
Potomac is that
great cemetery at
Arlington wherein
rest the remains of
more of the ma
tion's great than at
any other spot.
There on Memorial
day go the great
among those in ma
tional affairs who
are living to pay
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and l reached forward for the mans
hand, giving it a moments examination.
l picked out a few of their peculiarities
and made a mental note Of them. 1 hard
ly took the time to make a close exam
nation Of his face. Here in this bureau
one gets to noting hands far more than
faces. Yes, / should know this man
again. I said; and they went out with
him.
"A few moments later they returned
the casual glance the make up Of the
party was the same that 1t had been
Its leader again thrust forward what
apparently. to the casual glance, was the
same man / had seen before.
is this the man you spoke to few
minutes since?' he asked
again l paid no attention to the face.
but reached for the mans hand. mo-
ment's glance revealed the fact that this
man was not the person who had previ-
ously been there. The slope in the loop
on his index finger was quite different
from that which 1 had noted on the first
hand had looked at. But J myself was
much astonished.
NO 1 replied, this is a different
man.. Then 1 told them why 1 was quite
certain Of It,
Their chagrin was rather laughable
The two men were brothers. They were
appearing on the stage together. Their
voices were the same, their faces were
the same, their height and other measure
ments were practically identical-so near
ly so that the slight differences were not
more than are admitted as possible err
ror when measurements are made, accord
ing to the Bertillon system. Their head
widths, for example. correspondent with
in one millimeter and their arm spread
did not differ in the least. They dressed
alike. their voices were alike, and they
parted their hair in the same way
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In the Spanish-American war plot there
stand two imposing monuments. The first
Of these Is the Rough Riders monument
and the second is that imposing shaft
erected by the Colonial Danes. Opposite
this plot Is what is known as the day-to-
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representative memorial service that n
held anywhere in the nation Because the
representatives Of all the people partici-
pate in ii and because the heroes of all
sections are buried in Arlington the am
phitheater will be considered memorial
from all the nation to the heroes Of all
her wars.
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"HE Cherub stood shoulder to Shout
der with his fellow-creatures, with
a tranquil, beatific smile on his
face, as only a Cherub should, unabashed
and unafraid of the entire Office force, re-
garding him and his brethren so critically.
We each settled upon the Cherub as the
one particular candidate to fill the va
cancy Of Office boy. He was frankness.
brightness, goodness personiaed: you
could almost see the halo shining around
cred ourselves especially discriminating
and keen in selecting him from the varied
assortment before us. and then and there
adopted him for our own special pet and
protege.
He was accepted. The Boss looked at the
waiting army of applicants which had be-
sieged his Office and frowned; then he
looked at the Cherub and smiled. No one
could resist the Cherub. The Bookkeeper
munched his pen pensively; the Leading
Lady" Of the show, commonly known as
the typewriter" beamed cordially She
dearly loved ''bossing.'' and saw in the
Cherub an eligible bossee df the name
may be allowed). The Chief Clerk seemed
about to extend the right hand Of fellow
ship. and the last Office boy, promoted to
the position above that, looked trifie
Jealous His entrance had never won
such hearty commentator.
X X
The Leading Lady named him the Cherub.
and the name chung to him. We petted.
pampered and spoiled the CherEb. and he
bore It all with his unchanging smile. He
was diligent and cheerful. accomplishing
and busy. If he had one fault it was
his generosity. It seemed that he spent
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his entire salary on goodies, which he
literally divided with the lot of us.
After he was with us for few months
we wondered how we had ever done
without him. His smile was his greatest
asset; the friends he won with it were
legion.
The Leading Lady found him very con-
siderate and thoughtful. lowering near
her desk. he would daily sympathetically
inquire If she had very heavy mall
and naturally she would pour the tale Of
her woes and her many long letters into
his listening ears
The Cherub was the mail clerk, and
took pride in his title. He had full sway
OF the mail desk" and with the mail in
his pocket would march proudly to the
post Office a few squares distant, and
there, purchasing the stamps, would mail
the letters promptly and carefully. The
boss every Saturday got out a. batch of
printed circulars. and the Cherub worked
like little Trojan folding and inclosing
the circulars. Then. with twin boxes
stuffed with the circulars he would march
to the post office and stamp and mail
them How we admired and commended
him!
One day a Stranger came into the Of
flee. We did not like his face. It was a
gloating face, and expanded into q broad
knowing smile, as he took from his peck
ct one of our envelopes with circular in
closed therein. You could tell by his face
that he had no confidence in human ma
ture. He didn't. He informed the Boss,
still with that triumphant smile on his
face, that he had found the envelopes in
vacant lot, with a collection of other of
our circulars, and had furthermore seen
the Cherub, our dear, sweet, innocent lit
tie Cherub, threw the entire contents OF
his two boxes there.
The Boss called the Cherub. and he
came in with his sweet little smile, and
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with a smile of satisfaction. .'Uncon-
sciously, by CHANGING to impress your
finger on that little pad of ordinary pa
per you made portrait of yourself which
cannot be mistaken.
IL does not show your eyes, or mouth
or beard, or ears. but il shows YOU with
greater accuracy than any photograph
which ever has been made of you You
old not mean to do 1t: the portrait was
completed. probably. In not more than
nve seconds: IT consists merely of a Sc
r1es OF queer lines, curved, all of them
and many of them broken, here and
there But no other man upon the sur
face of the earth. or who has ever been
on earth. could have made, in like
manner, an imprint which would CORE
spond exactly TO the one which you have
made; no man Will ever live between
now and eternity whose finger pressure
VIII exactly duplicate 1t.
~
1T is through finger prints chat we
could and should change ourselves into
a nation of the known and movable
from what We are, nation of haphazard
folk. who may. II we are killed in a
street accident, lie in a pauper's grave
though we be worth our millions: who
may-but II started on the list Of pos
sibilities the recital would be endless
DO you mean that we should all be
finger printed?'
Beyond a question Of doubt In
clearing up the mysteries OF the un-
known dead, alone
How many unknowns die in the
United States each year and are buried
without being properly identified?''
In round numbers, $4,000 people"
This was rather startling talk. In
stantly there popped into the writer's
mind picture of the great maneuyer
camp OF the United States Army, which
he saw in Texas about a year ago. 1t
covered with brown tents a mighty area,
swarming with men in uniform. Yet in
1t there were not as many human beings
as Capt. Faurot credits to this legion
OF a single years unknown dead. The
western city which boasts a total popu-
lation amounting to that thinks itself
entitled to be known as metropolitan.
How could you make records OF the
finger prints of a great nations popu-
lation?" was asked.
1T sounds hard. and n probably
could not be done at once" he granted
but 1t sounds harder than II would be
and 1t could be done sooner than you
think
1t would be easy. for example, to
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How would you do it, the writer in
Quired. This question was asked Tuesday
at police headquarters. Tuesday, it will
be remembered. was a warm day, not
hot one. and for long time the writer
had been indoors and inactive. secure
from tendencies TO perspiration.
These things seem unimportant. They
are not. Upon the captains desk was a
small pad OF ordinary paper. white, not
very smooth-just ordinary paper. Quite
by chance the writer had laid his hand
on IL.
The instant after the captain had been
asked how he would improve the situa-
tion he had been complaining OF he
reached for the little pad and from a desk
drawer took little box OF jet black pow
der With a brush he busted some OF
this exceedingly fine powder on the pad
on which the writer had CHANGED to lay
his hand.
To the latter's amusement when he
blew the powder of his finger print ap-
peared upon that pad. perfect In every
detail
In that way" answered the captain,
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get finger prints of all the children in
the schools of the United States. No
skill is needed in making an impress
sion of the hand. 1t is a very simple
matter. Thus, in the school children's
finger prints we would have a basis.
We would have the finger prints of all
our future citizens save those who
came to us by immigration. To get
theirs would be as simple-to finger
print each one upon his entrance to
this country would be the work OF a
few seconds only. 1t would scarcely
add appreciably to the work of regis
tration which already Is required.
That would provide for school children
and immigrants. The finger prints of
all the little immigrants who come by
the stork line could be as easily re-
corded. 1t could be made the duty of
the doctor. or the nurse. attending at
birth, to register the 'whorls' and
loops of both mothers and their new
born infants. Some sort of blank must
be filled out when child is born, at
present in probably every thickly set
tied portion of the nation, in connec-
ton with the record of the vital
statistics of the nation, state, county,
township or city. To add the finger
prints of child and mother to such
blanks would be very little added trou-
BILE"
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zone OF their turns upon the stage
was q boxing bout. After sparring for
some time. and one had apparently
got the better OF the other, they would
Immediately leave the stage. Then their
manager would offer reward Of $500 to
any person in the audience who. when
they returned. could pick the winner. The
reward had not been claimed up to that
time. l think it never will be, unless
it be through finger prints
Il had never seen before nor have 1
ever since seen any such astonishing
case af facial and bodily resemblance
between two men. although I have seen
amazing twins IN London and Paris and
we have some extraordinary twins among
our New York criminals, and even In our
police force. But those finger lines were
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OF nm III the mOISueS, taken
dead from rivers. street acct
dents, railroad wrecks. what not: the
mysterious wanderers who drift to our
asylums, of one sort or another. princi-
pally our Warehouses;. would, II mustered
in an open field, rival an army corps In
numbers.
Coming as we do from all parts of the
world. being by nature the most restless
people upon earth. unlikely to thrust the
roots of our affection deeply into any
neighborhood and thus gain the impulse
10 cling there: forced by the nature OF
the businesses we have built to move frors
one part of the country to another more
frequently than any other people In the
world save gypsies: moving by choice
from tenement to tenement, from fiat 10
fat or house to house whenever the spirit
moves US. in the cities which we pause in,
we really have no homes. Capt. Joseph
A Faurot. chief of the Identification bu-
reau of the New York police department,
says we have no individual Identities He
wants to change all this, to supply this
need. for he declares 1t Is need, and
very urgent
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PIE unidentified American-we
find him everywhere trouble is.
Annually there are thousands
of him In the morgues. taken
dead from rivers. street acci-
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
SEI,NINNS NDNANCE
SLOWLY INTO TURKEY

-. pv'b'""'' H''''"' Wv go nc lonr
,''lN Va" ARMIES arc advancing Slowly
''',o l"rN'sh i'frI'orS hut ar" meeting
~ ''''''"i''N i''"' Wv
iu'h,S' 'rooPs, uceo'u'hg 70 official
LIT" I'''"'" mere from 'h' front
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" Wv wv" '' Wv W. =" "' w 'S-
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Wv ""' " N''' ",'''N v" '"'
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
Injury of Roosevelt and Re-
tirement of Wilson from
Stump Causes Sudden
Change of Program.
REPUBLICANS CENTER
STRENGTH ON NEW YORK
Democrats to Make Strong
Fight in Pennsylvania
While Johnson Will Fill
Progressive Dates in West.
my Leased Wire 90 Evening meraldl

ny Leased Wire eo ENs,I,,- ,,,, 4,
-. ""r"'"
~" '"'N' vet 21 -"I Campaign
managers are revising rItus for tho
NIudup of llr .,r,..,,I,.,tI.y. ,..., ,r,..
iuiIr, in r,l.,,,, ,... "'
'''''''''''' '"' vol
uht'iI Miihdr1N'! ui rulrluur VIII
sou it"n the stump .ud the lIti that
u'IhrI president TAIN ur N,,r prrsi-
"'nl Nh'iIndh hI" taken part M tho
''uN, N"lh oi lu" campaign, has re-
sun" ~ 'nhhgiug plans ia au thruo
~ ,u' 'hI'I p"lili,hl campaigns.
INC ensuing l"u weeks VIII witness
~ concentration "i activity IN the see
,'"hS Nnrr" the respective managers
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
STUBBORN FIGHTING
MARKS ADVANCE OF
ALLIED ARMIES
INTO TURKEY
Servians Bear Brunt of Battle
and Drive Back Ottoman
Defenders With Heavy Loss
on Both Sides.
IMPORTANT BATTLE
EXPECTED TOMORROW
lUy Leased wire to E,rnrns Herald,

ny tfhard wire To LtFntnE nrraid
London, oct - TIL" aru,. u'
~''Ntu. Bulgaria aud Greece continued
to-day To- clear their way To- thon main
objective points, the Turkish ruurrs.
SOS "f uksui,. hdrrauuprr aud Sur,la.
lh" last ui these Il Turn.u town ON
the Grccian frontier
creek armies have crossed TIA,
Turkish frontier 1T two Iuml.. IN
Epirus, on the west, they have urcu.
pied the heights of Grimhu, % .un.h, at
tile eastern rnd they are pursuing the
IurNIsh troops to their base al tho
town Of ScrNia ia, where an important
battle Is expected to- b." fought Thr
taking ui the Town by the Grrrks
would carry them apprcruhl urarrr
ln The Muuastir ana SdIuuiN road
The SorNiuns are probably having
ih" hardest lighting at the present
moment Operating tuNlrd I'shrp
ana Prshliua. and further uurrn M
Ia" district ut \oNipltzdr. tlcy hd,r to
contend not only against rarkt,h reg.
ulars out also against the Arutuis.
nrr'0 Albanian trlhcsmrn one OF
their armies has advanced as far az
the outskirts of Euunauuva, tn prin-
cipni town between the ScrNiIu from.
tier and Iskup.
The Scryians have secured possess
siuu of the mountain pass leading to
PrisLtiua.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
OYSTER BAY UNABLE
TO GREET FIRST CITIZEN

SyOssct, l.. J.. oct. Theodore
RoOscNClt and party arrived here al
80 this morning. This place is fnuI
miles south uf oyster l!nN uud the
train wHS routed thithor IN order to
avoid amy crowd only handful oi
persons were on hand when the
colonel stepped from his car and
walked unassist"d 10 AN mut"muhil"
lie was driven immediately To Saga
more mn.
The colonel Wds carefully Wrappcd
up before he got into the automobile"
and wore the heavy army uvcrCOat
with the bullcthulr In st.
~ am feeling just fine" snid the
colonel, ~ II" waved his hand 10 the
FmHll crowd.
TO the town folks ~ oyster BAY,
who were n bit surprised at not su"-
ing Mr. ltunsCVclt at ia" station, the
following was sent hy his PHYSICIANS:
Colonel Roosevelt has stood tho
journey wcll, but We believe him IN
no condition 10 stand th" excitement
ul receiving his many friends az Oys-
ter Bny II" deeply appreciates their
Interest In his welfare.
we regret the necessity uf NO.
landing at oyster Bay. nut deem .
better for him tO go from Syossct 20
sycamore Hlll.'
when he arrived at Sycamore Iiill
IN" Colunels wound was dressed ana
u" went to bed at once, with instruc-
tinns 10 remain quiet all day The
physicians said the wound showed no
III effects Of the trip.
After a conference with the doctors
George II. Roosevelt said this morn
Ing.
Colonel Roosevelt must have u
week Of absolute rest II hc has this
rest he positively viii be- able tu make
his Madison Square Garden address.
II he does not get the rest ho will
be unable to make IT,"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
Register NoW if
You Want To Vote

Du you expect a. east u vote
y for president of the United states (
y on November 5th'
. II you do you must be regis. I
. tered.
y Tho registration closes on Sat 4
y uTdaN, lf you do not register 4
y before that time you cannot vote, I
y Go Ia your registration office 4
. righl now ana register,
y 1hc registration offices nro on I
. follows:
u Precinct -, flrHt district, all
= east uf Second street Hnd north I
. of Central avenue" New Mexico
= Cigar company
= Precinct ~. second district, an I
y north of Central ana west of Seu-
v ond street, Rupees drug stare. 4
y Precinct 20, first district all
east of Second street ana south I
OF Central, -. n, liontriEhts I
q store, 4
= Precinct 90, second district, all
. south OF Central and west OF Sec-
= ond street. Matson's book store.
SA0ANA AANN NNNAAl
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
DRY FARM CONGRESS
DOWN TO BUSINESS
NY Leased Wire e. EvsnInw msvsld1

tBy Leased Wire &C. EVsRIn1 MepaIdI
Lethbrldgc. Alberta, Oct. 22.--The
lnteri@tional Dry Farming congress
today got down TO hard work. No
general meetings OF the congress were
held hut the organization split up into
component sections, each OF which
became an animated forum. busy with
discussions.
A feature Of today's program was
the opening OF the second internatton-
al congress- OF farm women. Mrs. Les
lie NJ. Gtavert OF Winnipeg who Is
the president OF the organization, con-
Vened the assembly. Mrs. Bulyea.
wife OF the lieutenant governor OF Al
oerta, welcomed the delegates ON be-
half OF the dominion.
Already q keen fight In one for next
years congress. Regina is the only
Canadian city contesslng for the
honor, while Salt Lake City. Boise and
other American cities are putting for
ward thelf claims.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
.SICKENING TRAGEDY
IN MINNESOTA
VILLAGE
Babes Crcwdlad in Flaming
Dwelling While Their
Mother J. Under Arrest for
Drunkenness.


I'uhl. Nuu '"i. 22. a puurruIu
VIM "t. rN. Its, Nichnllg Matt.
ruu to lHu .u hargc ui druuh'u.
nrtH }'l'uH.. 'pppcd at u trhuul
tor hui l'l.'n ar 1Id ron lu Iu
nom" ana 'HE' 'pr her other lWu
children 1uo nn, finding the house
culd uud the 'nidrcn crying, lighted
out To prurur" .pInething to cat aud,
returning found the house burned ~
the grOund aud ~ the ruins tho
Churrcd bodies ul his brother und SIX.
ter aged respectively three y,Hrs
uud ,i'.ru months,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
TURKS FLEE ~ PANIC .-.
IIIcIOIlI; INVADING ARMY

Athens. oct. Eth" Turkish army
is fleeing In manic from Dhisikstu on
the way 10 the Turkish town Of Scr
via in the north, according to semi
official statements issued here today
Tho Greek troops are said 10 be- pur
suing them vigorously
When the Turks prcclpitately aban
doned tho town Of Elhhsonh, II Y
said, they left behind them their ataIi
mans and million cartridges, They
also dropped during their retreat
much of their clothing and most ot
their engineering implement.
The total losses to 'he Greeks dur
Ing the first days engagement arc
given AS one captain, iva sub-lieuten
ants and nineteen men killed and sew
enty-nve wounded.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-22
SluhlHtn Mine I.Iur.

N.p"u, '"I"., oct 80. For ia, pur.
p".r "l "NluguHhiur nro Ia lhr
-mursl,r coat uliur which hnH been
huuius for IA" lai HNtoun ycura,
lud'rI r.rruo ear So . arrived here.
Nh n,.rpu# JDt'mp'8 lu oxiingulsh
lur lnms h,,, lil,d nud II ls tho
intention at Tho vny' 'rumrut oxprris
10 wurh uul 20 Iriuutilc utiuck.