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before the runaway boy was dis.
covered.
Many banks, according to Mr.. Tit
tie, have adopted the finger print
policy, as defense against forgery,
Any clever rascal can forge the sig
nature of a depositor, but forging
finger print is difficult matter.
The Bowery Savings Bank, the Pio-
neer Safe Deposit Company and the
Sand Street branch of the Franklin
Trust Company were among those
ne recalled. The Sand Street Bank
does business largely with sailors
from the navy yard and the mer-
chant fleet of the Brooklyn water
front, many Of whom are awav from
America for year or more at a
time. They can be identified at any
time by their finger prints. Some
times letter comes from across the
world asking for draft on a sail
or's account and, when accompan;ed
by hnger prints Of the depositor, is
unquestioned. This bank has never
lost dollar through mistaken iden-
tlty when finger prints were used
Many of the sorrows Of the world
and good deal of it's sin would he
eliminated if the habit of finger
printing were universal, according
TO Mr. little. Travellers could es-
tabllsh their identity without wan
oer'ng around in strange cities.
Starving for lack Of a friend tn
Identity them in bank; insurance
companies would be protected
against swindlers; honest men could
establish their alibis in crime cases
ana criminals be traced; railroad
and fire insurance companies could be
projected against persons who have
the habit of falling off cars or burn
ing up their barns; and the 10000
paupers who are buried
each year in Potter's Field could be
given w burial by their own people.
People have the impression that
finger printing is something nasoes-
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nave telegraphed to the Jersey City
police the classification of the finpe,
prints Of the child they held and all
questions Of his being or not being
the lost Jimmy Glass would have
been settled at once.
The most thoroughly satisfactory
story of the value Of finger prints
that has come to the attention Of
Mr. Title for many years is that Of
.ne runaway son Of DR.. Joseph Pet
luck, Of 1860 Washington Avenue.
Young Joseph was an idolized son
OF well-to-do parents, who. how
ever ran away from home, as
'ooilzed sons sometimes do. His
parents could get no trace Of him
Tor years. When tho war broke out
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Marks of the Feet,
AS Unchanging
AS Thumbs

sarily connected with criminal
classes" said Mr.. Title, "but each
and every one Of US is liable to meet
an emergency in which it would be
valuable to establish our identity
beyond a doubt. Accidents may hap
pen to any Of US, in wreck or fire or
sickness, when we lose consciousness,
and no trace Of our identity is found
on our person. If you had ever been
to the morgue after a terrible acci-
dent and seen the relatives searching
among the unidentified dead for
their loved ones, you would realize
the value Of a device which would
spare them this horrible experience.
Uuder system Of universal finger
printing, the authorities could trace
the identity Of two-thirds of all vie
Tins without the assistance of the
relatives.
"Of course, the time is far of
when the system will be universally
adopted, and until that is done its
full value cannot be experienced;
but there is no reason why individ
uals, even now, should not avail
themselves Of its protection. Every
person should have his finger
prints filed away with his Liberty
bonds and birth certificate, either in
a safe deposit vault or, at least, in
the family Bible"
There is one chance In $4,000
100000 that two finger prints will
be identical, according to the compu-
tations Of science. If all ten fingers
are taken into the reckoning it will
be one chance in 64,OO0,000, 900
raised to the tenth power.
Classification Of finger prints de-
pends upon the patterns Of the tiny
ridges which traverse the skin. Four
chief classes are recognized-the
arch, the loop, the whorl and the
composite. There are seven sub
classes, all Of which are easily dis
tinguished by an expert and tagged
with a trade name.
The use Of finger prints gees back
TO ancient times, when the monarch
used the impression of his thumb
as his sign and seal. 1t was revived
IN the Orient under British rule,
when Sir William Herschel used
nnger prints to prevent false per-
sonatton and for tho detection Of
crime.
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Loop

however, they figured, knowing the
boy, that he would be sure to enlist.
Therefore they obtained copy of
his finger prints which had been
slowed away in the savings bank
where he had had modest account
during his high school days. These
finger prints they sent to both the
army and navy authorities in Wash
ington, with request to watch out
for any man with those finger
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baby after six MONTHS" he said
MRS. Wentz was shown a baby
which looked, she believed, as her
lost Arthur might have looked after
SIX months, and she became con-
vinced it was he. Newspaper report
ers Who saw the baby agreed that
it looked like her baby. She may
have been emotionally unfit to de-
eide such question, but surely no
one ever accused reporter of being
hysterical. Yet it developed that
that baby was an Italian, and the
facts OF its parentage were proved
beyond doubt.
All this fuss and sorrow for Mrs.
Wentz could have been avoided had
she been in possession of footprints
OF her lost baby. I believe everv
child should have it's footprints
taken within a few days of it's birth.
1t Is obviously impossible to get clear
prints Of ten little fingers, although
the lines and ridges which make up
the finger print would be distin-
gulshabie under microscope. An
infants foot would be easy to handle.
and the papillary ridges there are
precisely as valuable for identifca-
ton. Every child's footprints
should be recorded in the hospital
where it is born, or in the Bureau Of
Vital Statistics, with the record of
its birth. This is being done in the
Lying-1n Hospital in Chicago.
Science has proved that these
ridges never change with age. Our
modern research goes back only to
1861 80 1t has not yet been possible
to record the impression of the same
persons finger prints through
whole lifetime, but it has been done
IN periods Of ten years, to the thor
ough satisfaction of scientists. One
group OF young children has been
nnger printed each year for ten
years, and no change In their ridges
,as been found. Another group Of
'haldrsn IN their teens also has been
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Mr.. and Mrs. Wentz
Might Have Been
Saved Much Grief
family Bible, and not
merely the Rogues' Gallery,
~ Is tho place for finger prints.

NE family Bible, and not
merely the Rogues' Gallery,
Il Is the place for finger prints.
No longer are the Grim
fnal classes TO be tho exclusive heirs
to the infallible science Of finger
printing, with its possibilities Of ON
nipotent jurisdiction over cases of
mistaken identity, kidnapping and
aphasia, which may happen to the
most moral Of US. Modern science
foresees the time when every home
will have its portfolio Of "arches"
and "loops," and Thanksgiving and
Christmas reunions will be given
over to admiring Aunt Ethyl's un-
usual thumb or displaying the his
toric print Of Uncle Merton's fore
finger, which cleared him Of sus-
picion in the great bank robbery.
Pudd'nhead Wilson will become
tho patron saint Of all babies. for
finger (or foot) prints Of infants
VIII be an inevitable part Of the sys-
tenn. Melodrama may suffer. for
lack OF those stories Of babies ex-
changed by their nurses or stolen
by gypsies, but fewer mothers IN
real life will suffer the anguish ~
lost children.
1t was, indeed, the incident Of the
kidnapped Wentz baby which pro-
vided New York's finger print ex-
perts with fresh material for their
campaign. coupled with another in
cident OF recent date, which proved
most dramatically the value Of An
ger prints In the tracing Of a run
away boy who enlisted in the navv
Charles O. Title, professor Of
finger printing in New York Univer-
sity, and also assistant supervisor of
the Finger Prints Bureau Of tho
Magistrates' Court Of New York
City (although he does not wish this
TO Be emphasized lest the public
gather the impression that II it has
its finger prints taken Il will be
hauled before . city magistrate) |
was tho first to call attention to the
great assistance that finger (or foot) |
prints might have been in the Wentz
baby case.
Little babies change 80 quickly
IN general appsarancs IL ID
zufts coneeivsbls that . mother
would not b able - recognise her
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camp or under other suspicious
circumstances. Then the mother
has made the long journey, only to
nnd That the child. who had attract
ca the attention Of local policemen
bore no real resemblance to her SON.
All Of this toll and expense could
nave been saved to Mrs. Glass had
sne been able to compare Jimmy's
niger prints with those Of the chill
dren thought to be him. Finger
prints are all classified under let
ters and figures which sound like
aoracadabra to the layman, but are
az simple as volume twenty, chap
ter eight, paragraph sixteen" in the
hands Of experts.
The police in Kentucky could
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reached a showdown, and, mirabil,
dictu, the Speaker held four kings
Take the money, Carlisle; take
the money! exclaimed the President
If ever I am President again yor
shall be Secretary Of the Treasury
But don't you make that four-carc
draw too often.'
"He was President again and Mr.
Carlisle was Secretary Of the Treas
ury."
The beauty Of Watterson,s auto
, : biography is that he puts in the
things the other historians leave out
Nor are they facts to be lightly re-
garded. If President Cleveland had
never played poker is it conceivable
that he would have taken such a
bold and daring stand in the Vene-
zuela dispute with Great Britain? ?
He was, Of course, in no advanta-
geous position actually to employ
force against nation whose naval
superiority at that time was simply
overwhelming, but he had learned
the lesson that much may be done
with determined face and a large
stack of chips.
Watterson's personal knowledge of
Presidents, Of course, goes back far
beyond the time of Cleveland. AS
a small youngster his uncle took him
to see General jackson.
Looked for the ''Hickorv''
II remember it wildly" writes
Watterson. "The old hero dandled
me IN his arms, saying, so this is
Harvey's boy,' 1 looking the while
in vain for the Hickory of which 1
had heard so much"
Later he records of General
Zachary Taylor that he "paternally
stroked my curls."
Watterson was sort of amateur
page in the House of Representa-
tives. Here he met "a little, old,
baldheaded gentleman who was
good to me and would put his arm
about me and stroll with me across
the rotunda to the Library of Con-
gress and get me books to read. I
was not so young as not to know
that he was an ex-President of the
United States, and to realize the
Of it. He had been the
oldest member of the House when
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Also, He Explodes
Myth Regarding
Mint Julep

guest. A poker game was offered .
an additional inducement, but Mars.
Henry was not to be captured
II don't dare do So" was Ii.
reply; Il know that shall fall ~
love with General Grant. We ~.
living in rough times-particular,v
in rough party times. We hav. .
rough Presidential campaign abesa
OF US. If go down to the seashor.
and go in swimming and play nennr
ante with General Grant 1 shall not
be able to do my duty"
Later, however, the men bec.m.
good friends. and Grant is summed
up as:
Tribute to Grant
"The most interesting Of men
Soldlerlike-monosyllabic-in his of
fetal and business dealings. h.
threw aside all formality and re.
serve in his social intercours. 4.
lightfully reminiscential; indeed. !,
capital story-teller. do not won
der that he had constant and dis;n
terested friends who loved him sin.
cerely."
Of the later Presidents, nearly all
Of them friends Of Watterson. even
though many were political foe.
there is less mention. The interest.
ing and sometimes tumultuou.
friendship with President Wilson I.
not mentioned, although Waiter.
son devotes almost an entire chap
ter to an attack on the league of ma
tions. To the Kentuckian it seems
an absurd notion, which is all a
part Of somewhat disturbing change
in national ideals.
ut looks" he writes, "as though
the United States, having exhaust
ed the reasonable possibilities Of
democracy, is beginning to turn
crank. Look at woman suffrage
by Federal edict; look at prohibi-
tion by act Of Congress and consti-
tutional amendment: tobacco next
to walk the plank; and then-Lord,
how glad feel that l am nearly
hundred years old and shall not live
to see It'll"
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ago he was called upon to make the
dedicatory speech at Baltimore al
the unveiling Of q monument tt
Francis Scott Key, the author OF
The Star-Spangled Banner After
the speech, which contained numer-
Gus quotations from the national an
them. had been set up in type Mr
Watterson made many changes in it.
At least q dozen proofs went back to
the composing room in rapid success
sion until the head proofreader was
almost frantic. When the final set
reached him he exclaimed fervently:
Thank God, at least he never
changed q word in "The Star-Span-
gled Banner"!'"
Watterson, according to the esti-
mato Of Marcosson, belongs to the
galaxy Of great phrasemakers." It
was Watterson who originated the
Democratic slogan Of "A tariff for
revenue only" He also enriched po-
litical language in a savage editorial
attacking the denomination of
Grover Cleveland, in which he said
that If Cleveland were named the
party would "wade through the
slaughterhouse to an open grave"
However, Watterson was not al
ways on such terms with Cleveland.
At one time he knew him we'll enough
to record In "Marse Henry" that
Cleveland liked to play poker, but
seldom for more than dollar limit,
and that "he held them exceeding
close to his boo-som." He also de-
scribes q game which included him.
self and the President, Senator Cam
eron and Carlisle, who was then
Speaker Of the House.
Presidential Paper
"It chanced," writes Watterson,
chat on q deal picked up a pat
flush, Mr.. Cleveland pat full. The
Pennsylvania Senator and 1 went to
the extreme, the President, Of course,
willing enough for US to play the
hand for him. But the Speaker Of
the House .persistently stayed with
US and could not be driven out.
"When it came to a draw Senator
Cameron drew one card. Mr.. Cleve
land and I stood pat. But Mr.. Car
Isle drew four cards. At length,
after much banter and betting, it
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of the nation. Lincoln at that time
showed no sign Of being worn by
the pressure of the situation.
"He delivered that inaugural ad-
Dress" says Waterson, "as if he
had been delivering inaugural ad-
dresses all his life"
For a long time Watterson fought
shy of meeting Grant; even after
the war, that is. He was asked to
go down to Long Branch and pass
the week end as the Presidents
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Composite

recorded each year for ten years, and
no change found. Similar groups
have covered the entire age of q
man."
Mr.. Title also referred to tho
tragedy Of the lost Jimmy Glass,
whose mother has travelled more
than the entire distance around the
globe and spent thousands of dol
lars investigating clues to her miss
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the paper. This Is due to his bad
vision"
His handwriting is probably the
worst in the world.
This probably is the reason for
the fact that upon one occasion
when he advised his readers to buy
only "gilt-edged bonds," it appeared
In "The Courier-Journal" as "guilt-
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Kentucky Editor
Tells Experiences
of a Long Life
By Haywood Broun
ENRY WATTERsON may
hardly be said to have been
an impersonal figure, even


hardly be said to have beer
an impersonal figure, even
when he was actively en-
gagged in newspaper work, but no
man can write q two-volume auto
biography without telling something
additional about himself. And if
there are any gaps due to difference
or whatnot in the portrait which
Colonel Watterson paints Of himself
in "Marse Henry" these arc filed
by the chapter on Watterson in
Isaac F. Marcosson's Adventures
in interviewing"
Some Of the information furnished
by Marcosson is of such prime i'm
portance that perhaps it is we'll to
let him have the floor before the
colonel has his say. From Mr.. Mar
cosson, for instance, we learn that
there is no authority for "the tradi-
tion that the mint julep and Henry
Watterson are Synonymous terms.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. Mr.. Watterson has never
partaken of this famous Kentucky
concoction, except when there was
nothing else available. His favorite
beverages include the two extremes
Of drinking-beer and champagne.
with a strong disposition in favor
Of the former
This, Of course, has since grown
academic, and yet it Is of interest,
although hardly as important as
Mr. Marcosson's revelations concern
ing the character Of Colonel Waiter
sons handwriting. An apprecia-
tion Of the nature of this may serve
to show the monumental task Of the
George H. Doran Company in get
ting out "Marse Henry" and may
even. be one Of the undiscovered fac
tors In the printers strike.
It's just Possible
"Mr. Watterson's method Of writ
ing," records Marcosson, ais as
unique as the character Of the man
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son, who was no rough-and-ready
soldier, but a polished gentleman.
"Call that man a backwoodsman?
He's the finest gentleman 1 ever
met" was the remark Of Mrs. Clai-
borne, "who knew European courts
and society better than any other
American woman"
Watterson met Lincoln several
times when he came to Washington
as President. He went to his hotel
to get a copy Of the inaugural
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my father was the youngest. He
was John Quincy Adams"
The history books, according to
Watterson, have perpetuated a
wrong impression Of Andrew Jack
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Ing boy. In far away towns in tho
hentucky mountains and from lone
ly villages in the South have coma
70 her frequent messages that a
enid answering the description Of
her Jimmy has been seen In a gypsy
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he had entered "the sleep that
knows no waking" to "the ship that
knows no shaking"
"Mr. Watterson not only writes an
atrocious hand," continues Mr.. Mar
cosson, "but he revises his already
wellnigh. undecipherable manuscript
viciously. 1t is like adding insult to
the injury Of copy Some years
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prints, whatever the name under
which he enlisted. AS both the
army and the navy took finger
prints Of every man who enlisted
and as the navy was prompt in
classifying them, it was not lono
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
arse Henry" Watterson Sees Himself in His Own Gas

himself He has acquired upon another ~
'ne oca1on habit even for letters cason the closing
DE does all his writing
SUD pen While ne writes his Louisville who had
lace scarcely three inches from anspod
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speech for The Associated Press,
and reports that he was struck by
his unaffected Kindness" though,
of course, it was a moment Of un-
usual strain and stress in the life
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1hnso prints of four cosscoos as soavm aboue The
sersor @ @sTf15 9f tbs spsfe Msn wo Of q at Alfred Ha
pmas are those Of the douqhter Of Chnrzes
1e tmger print instructor at NeqU York I1u;re~s;ts,
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-04-02
HIAwATHA MAN PUT ON
STATE POULTRY BOARD

Enthusiastic support Is being given
the Utah Poultry association with the
realization of the work Il is under
taking, accordings 10 ID. II. Cannon.
secretary Utah's vast imports OF
poultry products take several million
dollars from the state every year
when this amount could easily be adj.
ded 10 her resources by encouraging
the raising Of poultry. But little eff
fort has been put forth in the past
along these lines aud the result is that
although the climate is ideal the
states production 10 greatly below
what IL should be. The initial efforts
of the association are proving success
full as many growers are improving
and adding 10 their coop0 some of the
best birds available, through the medi-
um of the organization.
The firm of Heir & Thomas and A.
o. Stubs have been selected as coun-
~ vice presidents for Utah count,
Other appointments are Frank Hyde
of Kaysville, vice president for Davis
county; Sydney Ellsworth for Box
Elder; g. Howard Beard of Summit
Edwin Brickert for Beaver and NJ
w. Won Helm for Carbon. Prof
George NJ. Turpin, formerly with the
poultry husbandry of Ames Uniyer-
sity OF Iowa, will deliver MS see .nd
lecture before the association at a
meeting at Salt Lake City Thursday
April Sth, He will speak on "Care
of Chicks and Heredity."
The week of January 10, 1921, has
been set as the time for the next an.
nual show, Plans are being made IA
have more than fifteen hundred birds
on exhibit.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-04-02
CLOSE TO EIGHT MILLIONS
SPENT TO RUN THE STATE

Official figures compiled by Joseph
Ririe, state auditor, show that in the
fiscal year ended November 30, 1919,
the warrant disbursements were Sl2,-
900, 39766, which included payment
of loans and the investment of land
funds of $500, 1852, making the
true disbursement for the carrying ON
of the state government SS,130,S6
OF this amount S3,655,l7llG was
for educational purposes or 1850 per
cent of the total and S3,3l0,6Os.5U
was for highway purposes or 1910
per cent of the total, the two aggre-
eating $1,000, 1914 on 1880 per cent
If the total. Other disbursements
were interest on the public debt of
S340,7s9; administration, S544,002,25
penal and charitable institutions cost
S4l5,0l5; judiciary, $l22,65S; fish
and game, $43,2S2; maintenance of
capitol, $40, $40; military and defense,
SlOO,02l; fairs and exhibits, S39,0JS
state bounty and determination OF
wild animals, $3.50, 46S.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1920-04-02
BUT SLIGHT CHANGES IN
NEW TIME CARD, SUNDAY

Under new time card that went
into effect ON the Denver aud Re
Grande last Sunday Train No. l3s foi
Sunnyside runs out of Soldier sum
init, arriving at Price at ll;l5 of lh.
forenoon. Returning as No, 1870 81
gets here at 1880 of the afternoon
and goes on through 10 the summit
Both carry passengers, Main line
Passenger Train No. 3, for Salt Lake
City and connections west, now ar
riyes at 3;lS o. clock of the afternoon
some two hours earlier than formerly
But slight changes are made in othoI
main line trains. No. | now arrive
in Price at 7;l0 a. m, No. , at o;''
p. m, and No. A at :55 o'clock of
the afternoon There is genera
shuffling up in the Sanpete VALLEY
service. For Scofield and the Glen
Creek the connections are made viii
No. 4 as formerly