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ments. and get his record if possible. This
is sent broadcast to other bureaus and we
wait for results, which are often forth
coming.
Have Six Designs
There are only about six different de-
twinc- loops. whors, accidcntals. central
pockets and lateral pockets.
Each of these, with their variations. is
given value and on this scale the print of
each OF the ten fingers is given a numerical
value. After they have been grouped in
pairs the total of them is taken and this is
known as the primary classification.
The primary classifcatio ion alone limits
the possible total of ingerprnts to about 900
OF the 10000 in the gallery. Further sub
divisions and classiilcations cut the num-
Der down further each time until the in
vcstigator finds himself with but five or six
sets of prints to compare with the one he is
seeking to identify. In five minutes he has
found his man out of 80 900 others
"a fingcrprnt classification reads some
thing like this: "a Ia 1I2S OIL.
There will probably come a time when
there will be municipal bureaus of finger
print registration where every one will have
to be entered This would be of immense
value, not only in the detection of crime,
but in the Identification of persons who are
found dead under mysterious conditions or
so badly mutilated in accidents as to be
unrecognizablc even by their families.
Banks Could Use Prints
"Fingcrprnts would also be n great thing
in founding institutions and children's +
homes whore mistakes in identity are often
made. Banks could we'll use q fngerprint
system of identifying their patrons.
THE time is also coming when the finger
print system will be used throughout all the
different states. Thus q man who is wanted
in Philadelphia for burglary or murder might
be picked up in some small town upstate for
some slight offcnsc like vagrancy or petty
larceny. The authorities of the town, If
they filed prints of every man thus brought
in, would know in a day whether or not the
man was wanted anywhere else throughout
the state. and he would be apprchended and
brought to justice.
There is large army of crooks moving
about constantly all over the country The
only sure means of knowing them that the
police have is the hngerprint system. and it
Is never wrong. Names are nominal to us
when We have mans fngerprints. They
never lie"
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THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET

MAYOR MOORE speaks for all Philadcl-
lNl phia when h" says that every effort
should be made to prevent IN increase in
the tax rate. Owners Of property, par-
ticuIarly the householder, already face Il
virtual increase in taxes by reason of the
raising of assessments.
City Council, sitting as a committee Of
the whole, is now working on the budget
for next year. A number of sessions have
been held and yet, with the study Of de-
partmcntal requests nearly completed, ap
nroximatcly 81, ,00O. 900 must be shaved from
the total if the tax rate is not to be in
creased For the theory Of the budget and
the suirit of the charter alike demand that
the receipts and expenditures shall be
rQuallzcd as closely as is humanity possible.
City counclmcn have real job on their
hands. Within the next two weeks they
are obliged, under the law, to decide on the
budget and tax rate for 1921. Up to this
time they have been alert in searching for
unnecessary or cxtTavagant requests for
funds. Taxpayers have the right to expect
that Philadelphia will not enter the new
year, which promises to be the beginning of
a return to something like normal conditions,
with tax rate even higher than that now
IN effect.
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THE OPERA SEASON

VIRTUALLY oil seats have been sold
' for the winter season of the Metro
politan Opera Co. at the Academy Of Music,
starting tonight. People who can afford
only the less expensive seats followed the
example of wealthicr patrons and sub.
scrbed for the season \ city in which
even the cheapest opera tickets are sold
months in advance cannot be said TO be
otherwise than generally prosperous and
unusually fortunate.
Means for the mechanical reproduction of
music have been brought to an extraordinary
state Of perfection and this IS one Of tho
reasons why grand opera has grown so
rapidly in popularity. Thanks to modern
science almost every American home knows
a vast lot about good music. The Metro
politan Company, sing" II has benefited by an
unprecedented demand for seats at the
Academy, can now afford 70 carry the rduca-
tional process further. 1t need not pntice
patrons with hackneycd and too familiar
things.
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SOCIAL SERVICE: NEW STYLE

WHEN 1t was shown yesterday TINT ice,
W men, milkm"n. retired merchants and
others seemingly in need of help were on the
payroll Of the Municipal Court. il was DOS
sible for the people of this city to understand
Judge Browns theory of social service. The
oeneiciaries of the court go about their rer.
sonal business regularly, il they work at all.
But, needing extra money and having votes
10 deliver. they are registered as social
workers and stenographprs and engineers
unlicensed in the employ of Judge Brown.
nou cannot deny the efficiency of this
system for helping the poor. But if we are
to put on the public payroll every man.
woman and child who might drift into
trouble for want of sufficient income. we
might as we'll become n mitaristic com
munity and lay in lot Of tanks and bomb
ing planes. For we shall have to raid and
plundcr all the neighhoring counties to OBJ
tain means necessary to the continuance of
Judge Browns novel system of practical
charity
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THE MAYORS SALARY

MAYOR MOORE, who has gone to Nor
AV1 folk. Va. to attend the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Congress is astonShcd to
learn that the city manager Of Norfolk re
ceives salary of $4,000 n year. The city
has only 12J 900 population and its annual
budget amounts to $4,000 900.
Philadelphia. with population of . .oOO
600 and an annual budget of 500 1000. 600
pays its Mayor S12.0OO. The reason he is
not getting more at tn" present time is that
Mr.. Moore objected to any Increase in the
Mayors salary when the budget for this
year was being prepared He knew that
the city would need all the money that it
could raise and he refused to consent to a
higher salary for himself. AS result he
must serve out his term at the present rate
Yet no one will argue that the pay is ndc-
quate for the character Of the service the
Mayor must give to the people. If Norfolk
finds it profitable to pay its city manager
SIG, 900. Philadelphia might find il equally
profitable to fix a salary Of 1000 for its
Mayor to be elected in 1923.
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been chased and harried and seemingly put

been chased and harried and seemingly put
out OF existence. Rut they return in
evitably, as they continue to return in New
Jersey, to haunt the trolley people and the
Legislature.
The Public Service Corporation in New
Jersey aims. through legislation now being
framed, to drive jitneys off the streets on
which trolley cars are operated. This law
would eliminate the jitncy in Camden and it
will be fercely fought not only by the jitney
owners but by the general public. 1t must
seem to observers on the sidcincs that
device which has served as well as the jitncy
ought to be preserved and that trolley cor
porations would be wiser IT, instead Of
trying to stop the process of evolution. they
accepted and used motor vehicles as details
In their system OF public service.
The very fact that the jitncy has been able
to survive shows that it is needed
Trolley companies, operating with heavy
overhead costs. need to be protected against
unfair competition. But that is no reason
why the riding public should bo denied the
benefits of modern invention.
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SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

CORRFCTED returns from Erie indicate
y that the total vote poled by Mrs.
Marion. prohibtionist candidate for United
Stotes senator, was 1872 $40 instead Of 1873,
G24, as given out in Harrisburg on Satur-
day.
But these corrected figures still give her
90 600 more votes than were pollcd for the
nrohihitionisi candidate for president. Mem.
bcrs Of other parties voted for her rather
;han for the candidate of their own party.
Mrs. Marion was not the only candidate
for the Senate who prOftcd by III" cxtraor-
dinary conditions in the contest this year.
The labor candidate for the presidency re
rciyrd 1862 votes and the labor senatorial
candidate pollcd 27,S92 and the singIe-tax
candidate for the Senate received 2ll0 votes,
while the presidential candidate of the party
rollod only SOB
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IlTNEYS RESURGENT

NdEN of science who sit in laboratories and
lNl probe among the mysteries of creation
often have been baticd and astounded at the
evidences of a sort of life that can persist
without interruption for many centuries
Living frogs have been found imbedded in
stone. There are disease germs that seem
60 be almost immortal
In this general category of tenacious and
indestructible life the modern jitneys seem
70 deserve high place Their staying power
In the face of autagonistic forces is phe.
nomenal. Trolley corporations have fought
the jitney with terrific energy. Jitneys have
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The Superior People

! TWITI IWE ''lNHIOaF NhHVIJt,
The following proclamation was recently
published by the MOhammcdan community:
praise be to God and peace with the
prophet. We return thanks to God for having
made US superior to other creatures in
having granted us this holiday, which has
spread all through this island amongst us
all. both those who live near the sea and
those VINO I'VE on me mainland those who
North, amongst young and old, male and
female. We celebrate great rcjoicngs on the
arrival of our Master, the owner of this
country. lie came to see us, his subjects
and to inspect his country"
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The PrettieSt Things

TNIIE prcttiest things there are must lie
l. Unused, unhcedcd utterly.
As where the lorries drop bright oil
Weed shaped, to turn our highways soil.
As lovely AZ the ocean bed,
Blue branching green, gold branching red.
And all the little friendly words
In secret nests of mice and birds.
And window missal- scrolls of frost
Tnnumbcred times achieved and lost.
And songs that ill the blackbrd's head
In March, that August finds unsaid
And tales we dreamt ut five years old
That by no later skill are told.
While towns and faces dull as clay
Are praised and copied every day.
Camilla Doyle in n. Y. Tribune,
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amount Of the Ia. out Of tho borrower in

amount Of the tax out OF the borrower In
some way.
II the new revenue laws are framed in
accordance with the few well established
economic principles and without desire TO
pcnulize any one because he happens to have
property, the evils Of the present legislation
will disappear and business can go on its
way without undue trammels and sufficient
revenue will be- raised.
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JOHN KLEIN
On Identification by Flngerprints

Tn THESE days Of crime waves finger
L print identification Is one of the greatest
helps to the police In running down law
breakers, according to John Klein. assistant
identification expert of the Bureau of Police.
In City Hall there Is library of the
fngerprints of 10000 of the best known
criminals In the country. some 10000 Of
which have come under the attention of the
local authorities. In five minutes time any
new offender or any person rounded up by
the authoriticS can be positively identified
If he has ever come to the notice of the
Philadelphia police or any of the other big
bureaus of the country.
'Thc public does not realize the value of
fingerprintS nor the many ways in which
they are of such great value" explained Mr..
Klein. who is recognized as one of the lead
ing experts in this line in the United States.
In the first place. We have the great army
OF crooks that operate in the big cities fairly
well catalogucd. When n man Is brought to
the Hall for any crime, even n small one,
we take record of his fingerprints and go
through our gallery of prints. We may find
that he is wanted for burglary or murder
in Chicago under n different name. II we
don't have him we send his prints to the
other large police bureaus. and it is quite
possible that he is just the man they have
been looking for on some entirely different
charge.
Life of Print Forty eight Hours
'Thc scene of almost any crime is almost
certain TO yield large crop Of fngcrprints.
Any hard. smooth surface takes fingerprints.
The life of a print, which depends on the
rapidity Of the evaporation OF the moisture
from the pores of the fingers, is about forty
eight hours. The trouble about getting
prints is that man committing crime is
almost invariably nervous and in hurry
and consequently leaves series of smudgcs
that cannot be identified. Any implement
or II revolver used by criminal is apt to be
smudgpd rather than clearly marked because
the mans fingers slipped around 1t in use
1--WE powder the print with a mixture Of
mercury and chalk to make the lines stand
out and then photograph it. When it is
printed the prints stand out black on q white
background
when a prisoner is brought to City Hall
charged with crime, we make prints of his
ten fingers, photographs, BertillOn measure
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The Happier Greek

From the Louisville Courier journal.
Happier far is the lot of the Greek who
shines shoes than the Greek who shines as a
statesman The shoe sinner builds up a
business. The premier builds up an unholy
and crushing opposition.
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ii Brindcll were a Door mon md hoa
kept himself poor in the defense of his fol-
lows and If, further, there was nny likeli.
mood that he would not get fair trial when
taken into court; why. then, there might ,be
some "N'sSo Tor members Of the union hand
ing out $40 apiece to help him; bur thsrs
action. "' 'o' Suen
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I'm, The French budget sets aside sixteen
Dillon francs for rebuilding the places made
IN insisting on the terms of the treaty which
demands payment from the Germans for
damage. done: Somebody has to poy II
France Is paying it now, poor as she is, Ger.
many should be mnde TO pay il lnter
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No Reprisais!

From London Punch,
after ALL" asks writer, why
shouldn't Ireland have n Parliament, like
Englandf' Quite frankly we do not like
this idea of retaliation while more humane
methods are still unexplOred
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

In the recent airplane race In New YorL
there was one bombing plane capable ~
carrying five 1000 pound bombs. A feyv
such planes could destroy n large citv
which gives rise to few interesting NOS,
Hhiiti'S' Economists and socioogists hays
deplored congestion in large cities. The next
war WAR may cure all that, There is little ikeli
hooi that cities destroyed would ever he re.
bullt as they are today. With airnlane.
Slmph'ylng the matter of transportation
there Will be little excuse for oycrcrowdins
IN restricted areas and the poprlation will
be likely to distribute itself over the land In
small commn,ginities., And, more happily, the
avontpi'' .,e pIsS'p,nty OF war contingencies may
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Getting Wet

From the Boston Glohe.
Apparently the ink used in writing the
Volstcad act is about the only thing about
that act which is dry today.
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"AIarkleton Hosnitnl 10 mo. 6. L.

"Markleton Hospital is not fit for a
cs, aog TO I I'VE M declares Colonel Galbraith,
Gdds that the legion will not rest until the
disabled veterans quartered there and else
where are properly cared for by the nation
they fought to save. And in their efforts so
directed, the members of the legion nav feel
assured ass that they will have the backing Of
the entire American people. y"
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All we can say Of the story that comes
from Occanport. y. j.. to the effect that A
pet rabbit kicked three cats to death, is that
ocean port must have some kick
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

We wonder If Henry Arthur Jones was
not just a little bit careless in first refer
ring to II. B. Wells as Balaam and then
Chiding him.
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What Do You KnOw?


QUIZ
J. How long is the Mississippi river?
2. Who were Hengist and Horsa?
3. What was the name OF the first opera?
4. When was 1t writer?
o. How old is Sarah Bernhard?
D. How many shIllings make n guinea I'm
English money? ~
T. Wh"t KIND or an animal Is a kinllajou ?
8. What Is meant by Hermetic philosophy .
D. To what country are chrysanthemums
Cattve?
10. What is the game OF curlingo
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Mlsquoted


FTOtI
The man who said that the United States
mails are slow but sure was shamefully mis-
quoted. He didn't say they were sure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

General Pershiug grinned and mali.
saw doughboy lick COB on Mitchell Ficld
New York. If the COB had licked the dough.
BOY the secretary might have gently chided
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

It will soon be too late to advise you 70
do your Christmas shopping early.
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Why an Education?

From the pittsburgh Dispatch.
A university professor in Chicago held out
until he found that the driver OF pie wagon
received three times his salary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

Here and there there are indications
that the Russian Soviet is growing conserya-
tive with the years. A case Of education
from without.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

A fright smart" of the employes OF the
Municipal Court seem to be attached to the
domestic relations department'-
own.
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Now that bread and milk are coming
down, the simple life becomes smplificd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

1t is TO be hoped the hunters won't by
mistake shoot Santa Claus reindeer when
they start in tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

It's recent landslide prompts Pittsburgh
and Governor Cox to send sympathy to Mont
Blanc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

Taking it by and large. it occurs to us
that 1t is pretty darned hard for a critic
not to be smart -alecky
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

The world is full of pessmists Here s
Joseph Cawthorn visualizing the return Of
the German comedian"
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The coming Congress hasn't a thing TO
do but to decide how much of our money IL
needs and how it shall be spent. No wonder
there is general lack of interest in what IA
bound to be fiat, stale and unproftablc.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. The total membership Of Congress IS 531
,. Hamlet" "A Midsummer NIGHTS
Dream and THE Tanning of the
Shrew" are three plays OF Shakespeore
which contain play within themselves
8. Daniel Webster died in 1882. nina veors
before the Civil War
Z. The Latin kingdom of Jerusalem was
founded by the Crusaders in 1899 and
came to an end in 1891 '
b. the Spaniards discovered, in the six
teenth century, the famous silver rnines
or San Luis PotOsi in Bolivia. the de-
posits OF which are still workable
G. Eleutherios Venizelos Is a native of tho
island OF Crete. VI '''e
7. The escapement of a clock Is the mech
nnism connecting the motive power a nd
the regulator. '
s. The planet Mars IL supposed TO contain
an elaborate network Of canals
g. The Republican party came into exist
ence about 1855. ''
10, Foods prepared zen brochette" are those
cooked upon skewcr or small spit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

The drop in the prices of bread and
milk is not expected to have any appreciable
effect on life in the jazz palaces.
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SHORT CUTS

Perhaps the Rev. Bowlby is merely q
clever satriSt
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A FoUR-YENR PROGRAM FOR
nIIIl AnEI DIIIA

Things on which the people expect the new
nuinihstrntion 10 concentrate Its attention!
Jhc D,,otCurc fiUcr briigC
drpdock big enough 10 dccpu,,no,at, tb.
largest ShipS, Wv
DercloDin ont Of tho rand irauSi, S,,sto.n
a conUCrtion hail
An Art huScun,
EnIdroemeht Of the mater Supply
Homes 10 accommodate thc population
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

Seasonal appointments to the Harding
cabinet might be Edgar Snltus and George
Wharton Pepper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

The population of West Virginia ap-
pears to consist Of miners, operators and
some negligible outsiders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

Germany has big potato crop; but Its
small potatoes are still begging off.
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T r. MCINTOSH is one individual who
=. has an abiding faith in the devotion of
certain government departments to detail
and routine; notably the Department of
Internal Revenue. as it has been conducted
for generations in this district of which
Philadelphia is the headquarters.
Mr.. Mcintosh is manager of large
Wholesale and retail drug concern. 1t is
about this time that he makes annual ap.
pli"aton for renewal of the firms privilege
to dispense alcohol and alcoholic drugs
There are considerable data and statistical
memoranda demanded of the government,
particularly as to sales, etc, in recent
years.
All this had been colated by him and
placed in an envelope which was either lost
or misplaced before he reached the Federal
Buildng. Through the agency of friend
he secured permission from the revenue
authorities to copy from their records Ger
tain figures which he knew they had in their
possession.
lie was directed, he tells mo, 10 a Young
girl in her teens. who took his name and
address and then turned to a file in n NUN
Der of reCeptaclrs. She took from 1t fiber
envelope or Containcr, bearing a number in
five figures, which she handed over to the
much disturbed gentleman.
To his astOnishmcut he found not only
nll the reports desired, but every other re-
port he or his firm had ever made, every
application they had filed and every letter
or memorandum they had written, together
with the governments reply attached, from
III" date, n quarter Of a century ago, when
thC firm was established.
There may be- rrookcdncSs in the shin
ping board and in war contracts, but no one
will every hc abl" t. c0nyinc" !. r. Me-
lutOsh that the old revenue service ism I
strong on detail and accurate as 10 data.
Hes had visible evidence OF the fact.