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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-04
REFLECTION OF WARS
REACTION

"The business world reflects the
disturbance of wars reaction. Herein
flows the lifeblood Of material exist
ence. The economic mechanism is in
tricate and its parts interdependent
and has suffered the shocks and jars
incident to abnormal eman, credit
mutations and price upheavals. The
normal balances have been impaired
the channels of distribution have
been clogged, the relations of labor
and management have been strained
We must seek the readjustment with
care and courage. Our people must
give and take. Prices must reflect
the receding fever Of war activities
Perhaps we never shall know the old
levels of wage again, because war
invariably adjusts compensations
and the necessaries of life will show
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-04
President Harding In Inaugural Address Pledges Self 70 Nations Tasks

soul, to national defense. 4 can Wis
ion the ideal republic where every
man and woman is called under the
flag for assignment to duty, for what
ever service, military or civic, the
individual is best fitted, where we
may call to universal service every
plant, agency or faculty, all in the
sublime sacrifice for country and
net one penny of war profit shall!
inure to the benefit of private lndl-
vidual corporation and combination,
but all above the normal shall flow
into the defense chest of the ma
ton. There is something Inherent
ly wrong, something wrong, some
thing out Of accord with the ideals
of representative democracy when
portion of our citizenship turns It's
activity to private gain amid deten-
sive war while another is fighting
sacrificing or dying for national pre-
servation.
UNITY OF SPIRIT AND PURPOSE.
"Out of such universal service will
come new unity of spirit and pur-
pose, a new confidence and consecra-
ton which would make our defense
impregnable, our triumph assured.
Then we should have little or no dis
organization of our economic, m
dustrial and commercial systems at
home, no staggering war debts, no
swollen fortunes to fout the sacrl-
fees of our soldiers, no excuse Tor
sedition, no pitiable slackerlsm, no
outrages of treason. Envy and Jeal.
ousy would have no soil for their
menacing development and revolu-
ton would be without the passion
which engenders it.
"a regret for the mistakes of yes
terday must not, however, blind us to
the tasks Of today. War never left
such an aftermath. There has been
staggering loss of life, and measure
less wastage of materials. Nations
are still cropping for return to stable
ways. D:scouraging indebtedness
confronts us like all the war-torn ma
tions, and these obligations must be
provided for. No civilization can sur
vive reputation.
I'VE can reduce the abnormal eX-
penditures, and we will. We can
strike at war taxation, and we must.
We face the grim necessity, with full
knowledge that the task is to be solv.
ed and we must proceed with q full
realization that no statute enacted by
man can repeal the memorable laws of
nature. Our most dangerous tenden-
cy is to expect too much Of govern
ment and at the same time do for il
too little.
"We contemplate the immediate
task of putting our public household
in order. We need a rigid and yet
sane economy, combined with isca
justice and it must be attended by in
dividual prudence and thrift which
are so essential to this trying hour
and reassuring for the future.
~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-04
toms to the mRrts Of the world.
AN AMERICA OF HOMES.

eve would not have an America
living within and for herself alone,
but We would have her self reliant,
independent and ever nobler, strong
er and richer. Believing in cur high,
er standards, reared through consti-
tutional liberty and Inained oppor-
tunity, we invite the world to the
same heights. But pride in things
wrought is no reflex of accomplished
task Common welfare is the goal
of our national endeavor, Wealth
is not inimical to wclfaTe; it ought
to be its friendliest agency.
There never can be equality Of re-
wards or possessions 50 kong as the
human plan contains varied talents
ard differing degrees IF industry
and thrift, but ours ought to be q
country free from great blothes OF
distressed poverty. We ought TO find
way to guard against the perils and
penalties Of unemployment. We want
an America Of homes, illumined with
hope and happiness, where mothers,
freed from the necessity for long
hours Of toll beyond their own doors,
| may preside as BELTS the hearthstona
OF American citizenship. We want
/ the cradle of American childhood
/ rocked under conditions so whole
some and so hopeful that no blight
/ may touch it in it's development and
we want to provide that no selfish
/ interest, no material necessity, no lack
Of opportunity shall prevent the gain
! ing Of that education so essential to
| best citizenship.
There IS no short cut to the max
| ing of these ideals into glad reali.
! ties. The world has witness, again
and again, the futility and the mis-
/ chlCt Of iil-cOnsiderea remedies for
| social and economic disorders. But we
/ are mindful today, as never before, of
! the friction Of modern industrialsm
/ and we must learn its causes and re-.
/ duce Its evl! consequences by sober
| and tested methods. Where genius
has made fer great possibilities, jus
! tlce and happiness must be reflected
/ in greater common welfare.
SERVICE, THE SUPREME .
COMMITMENT.
Service is the supreme commit
ment of life. / would rejoice to
acclaim the era of the golden rule
and crown it with the autccracy of
service. l pledge an administration
wherein all the agencies OF govern
ment are called to serve and ever
understanding Of government purely
as an expression of the popular will.
/ Cone cannot stand in this presence
: and be unmindful of the tremendous
responsibility. The world upheaval
has added heavily to our tasks. Bur
with the realization comes the surge
OF high resolve and there is reassur.
ance' in belief in the GOd-given dest-
ny of our people. If / felt that
there is to be sole responsibility in
| the executive for the America of
| tomorrow, | should shirk from the
! burden. But here are hundred mil
| lions, with common. concern and
shared responsibility, answerable to
God and country. The republic sum-
mons them to their duty and / invite
! cooperation.
4 accept my part with single
mindedness of purpose and humility
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-30

If the democratic Central Committee will follow the lead of
Editor Lawrence, of the Grenada Sentinel, who is secretary of
the committee it may rescue the party primary from the non
deScript association forced upon it by a lOOSeneSs which has
seriously affected the character of nominations of state officials
and members of congress. No republican,, and no democrat VINO
habnuallV votes the national republican ticket IN presidential
elections, would have the hardihood to walk into a democratic
convention and demand a right to d seat and d voice In nOmlnat-
ing democratic candidates. At least it was unheard of in the
days of party conventions. This would also be true, a s 1t has
been true, of republican cOnVentlOnS-and 1t seems now tnat
the principle is important. as the republican party Is about to
become a general organized body in the state. AS the party
primary is the lawful substitute of or successor to the party con-
VentiOn, the bona fe adherentS to that party should control It.
Democrats have endeavored, in a way, to carry out its machine
ny by electing, in an orderly way, a central party committee IN
he state, with county and district committees. Certainly there
is a responsibility resting on these democratic cOmmlteeS-and
primarily on the state central cOmmlttee-tO prevent partlclpa-
ton in primaries for nominating any officer, state or national,
by any man who is not a demOcrat-and who does not believe
in its principles, who will not be bound by the platform of the
national party, will not vote for its head of the ticket, and who
is hostile to its aims, purposes and candidates. Such participa-
ton is a false pretense but thinly disguised and is a fraud on
the electorate and the party itself. In union there is strength,
and III political union was found the earliest means OF preserV-
ing ~liberty-BloXi Daily Herald, Sept. "a.
The Editor of this paper is very much pleased to receive the
endorsement of his position as to those who should be allowed to
vote in the next State primary from the facile pen of the brilliant
aid and son Of that distinguished citizen and rock-rbbed Demo
crat, Hon. H. D. Money who passed away about twelve years
ago.
In speaking of following "the lead of the Editor of The
Grenada Sentinel, Mr.. Money had reference to an interview
with The Sentinel Editor which appeared in the Biloxi Daily
Herald September %, and which is reproduced elsewhere in
this issue of this paper.
AS Hon. John Tally said in the last Democratic State Con-
to tighten the belt. In our judgment. the future of the party
and the best welfare Of the State demand that a stricter OBJ
servance of the legal requirements of the right of suffrage IN
Mississippi in the conduct of our primary elections, otherwise
our primaries will fall into disrepute. The law contemplates
that only those who meet the legal requirements OF the night to
vote shall participate in naming the public officials OF the state
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-30

and inasmuch as our primaries name our public officials and are
in reality our elections, it is a patriotic duty to insist that only
those who are qualified to vote in the general election and who
can meet the party test shall vote in the primaries. It is a well
known fact that in many counties in a number of state primar-
les during the last ten years, there has been too much, entirely
too much, elasticity III constituting our election rA"<. - 80 /"
Doe pays his taxes as required by law and meets the other re-
Jones to exercise the same privileges of the ballot without his
contributing his part, be that much or little, to the support Of
his county and state government and the maintenance of good
society.
The State Democratic Executive Committee should be alive
to the best interests of Mississippi and the requirements Of the
Democratic party by seeing to it that steps are taken to hold
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-30

We received last week a copy of the Fall Number Of the
Yazoo City Daily Sentinel. 1t was an edition of forty pages and
contained a vast quantity of excellent reading mater. The edi-
ton was we'll arranged in every respect and was d tribute to its
editor and publisher, Mr. Brdsall, to whom we extend our con-
CALCULATIONS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-09-30

Divorces are getting to be so frequent in Germany that the
has seen fit to fix a penalty of five years imprlson-
ment for inidelity to the marriage vow. The separations are
due largely to proven cases of infdelity.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
More Than 10000 Unknown Dead
Buried Each Year in America

~ universal finger printing system would
change this country from Il nation Of un-
known factors 10 one Of known potential
ties Arart from It's utility in the capture of
criminals there would no longer need 10 be-
any unknown dead. DO you know that there
are 10000 unknown dead buried annually
m the United States: 10 you know that
New YORK literally Is the port Of missing
men aud women. that $500 of them vanish
utterly ID this city every year, police agen-
clos falling 10 trace them:
How such system. if universal would
strengthen The inviolablity and prevent the
abuse of passports what deadly blow II
could bc made 70 election frauds i'm prevent
ing lmpcrsonation. and to the misuse Of
licenses by chauifcurs and others, what a
boon n might he II in al hospitals and ly-
ing In institutions prints should be taken
Of both mother and child. thus limiting, n
not making impossible. the reckless aban-
donment Of foundlings.
"And did YOU ever reflect when thou.
sand unidentified dead from the Titanic
were taken into Halifax Harbor. The grim
AotSam If n great disaster. how II gruesome
task and a well nigh hopeless one might
have hccn simplifed II each victim in llfc
had been finger printed and registered?'
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Found by Their Finger Prints
Far From Scenes of Crimes

But internationally speaking this reci-
procity in criminal exchange works both
WAYS Bob" Emmett. another notorious
safe blower. was sought by the Boston police
fer n bold job. Australia. along with the
rest Of the world. received imprints of his
digits. He was picked up away down there
IN the antipodes and now he is doing the
Massachusetts lockstep a young fellow
whose prints were taken in the Mansfield.
ohio. reformatory was idertified by means
uf them MS fugitive who was wanted in
Harlem for murder Alexander Sampson
who was accused Of completely in the muir
der of Mrs. Nichols. was similarly located
In prison In Salt Lake city, where ne was
Serving a term for burglary
Arrests and convictions brought about by
comparing finger prints found at the scene
Of the crime with those on file in the New
York Police Bureau Of Criminal Identihca-
tlon have become 50 numerous that they no
longer cause surprise. The crook who care
lessly leaves a finger print on the scene Of
his activities nowadays might almost as
we'll leave his business card and phone call.
ON the ballroom floor OF the Hotel Commo-
dore. whore the national police conference
was held, was Il most interesting photo
graphic exhibit Illustrating some ~ these
detective triumphs
Frank Schleman, for instance, who
tried after that monikcr an interesting
string of aliases turned up one morning TN
the Swedish Hospital Brooklyn. suffering
from pistoShot wound. or course he
had some kind of d cock ana bull story 10
account for his plight But chance finger
print impression which he had left on i
glass howl identified him as the man who
had entered the residence of George Staber.
80 East Eighteenth street. Brooklyn. to
commit a burglary and who, in an ex-
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

prints which ihe police found. A A~negro,
who had been an acquaintance Of the
woman's maid. fell under suspicion, but
could not be found The maid said she
believed he had enlisted He had. The
army had his finger prints. They matched
perfectly with those Commissioner Faurot
had secured, though the recruit had enlisted
under mn assumed name. The army sur
rendered him and he IL now doing time
in Sing Sing
Commissioner Faurot hopes to live to see
the day when every human being in civil
lied countries win be subjected 10 the
finger printing process. He holds that IT
should he as universal ms teething or taxes
and more 50 than vaccination "The an
tagonlstic attitude Of the public toward this
idea" he says. "is due TO the fact that they
are accustomed to assocating the finger
printing process wholly with criminals.
Undertake to finger print them and they
imagine you are placing them in the same
class with crooks
But this Is mere prejudice which
education would overcome. In large groups,
such rs We find In great corporations. II
often becomes difficult TO keep trace Of the
employees because Of similarity OF names.
Finger prints overcome this difficulty.
They re taken now as n preliminary TO ex-
aminations for eliglbles under the civil ser
vice and they make fraudulent impersona.
ton impossible In the old days more than
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

As means for the Identification of ha-
bitual criminals the Interchange of finger
print records among cities, towns and penal
institutions has proved its value in hundreds
of instances. The New York Police De
partment has on its mailing list for this
purpose 10000 individuals and Institutions.
including prosecuting officers. jails. reforma-
tories and penitentiaries i'm all parts of this
and other countries. The system often pro-
duces notable results.
Not long ago "A cracksman was wanted
for an $4,000 safe burglary in Belgium
From Brussels came the customary circular
containing finger prints and other police
data Of the culprit One morning a man
was brought in here in New York on COM
paratively trihing misdemeanor charge But
when he was finger printed he was identified
az, the Belgian safe blower. He was sent
back and now he is in thieves parlance,
doing his stretch"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

one man was appointed to the police force
and TO other branches Of the public service
on the strength Of a good examination
passed by another fellow That can't be
done any longer. for cops finger prints
are registered both before and after TAX
ing and a lout can't win an appointment
now in any civil service branch on the
c0mplce.
THAT the identity of all immigrants en-
tering this country should be established
upon their arrival there can be absolutely
no doubt. Think of the help II would have
been in suppressing the enemy alien had
such a Federal Identification bureau been
IN existence prior 10 and during the war.
And now. when thousands Of dollars are
being spent rounding up and dcporting un-
desirables. what safeguard have we that
these same persons. though perhaps mas.
ducrading under assumed names. will not
be reentering our ports before they have
hccn out Of this country six monthsy
MANY time of late | have been dis.
aistcd 10 see SyndcaIists. anarchists. Com.
munists dlsloyal agitators. who have been
M brazenly three months later IN our daily
lineup IN Police Headquarters
"If immigrants are not finger printed unon
their arrival here II Il of small usc to
print them upon their deportation and il
it be necessary 70 print them upon dcporta-
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

ION, then why not upon their arrival in
America?
And again. II finger prints be taken. why
not have central bureau where all these
finger prints must be filed: The Federal
Government should enact suitable legisla-
ton and establish a grand central identifi-
cation bureau. working IN accord with the
municipal and State bureaus. together with
those agencies such as the Secret Service
already established in the Federal depart
mcnlS.
The finger print system reduces identifi-
cation to method Of bookkeeping And II
is nm infallble method. for Sir Francis Gal
ton. by Investigation and experiment. long
ago established the persistence from birth
to death of those multiform convoIutions Of
ridge and furrow. the precise form Of which
is never duplicated in two human beings
or the millions Of prints examined no two
have been found exactly alike
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

So, 900 In fruitless effort to determine
whether death claim IS valid or fraudu-
lent. Many of the banks and savings insti-
tutons in this city are having digital prints
made Of their patrons. especially among the
illiterate portion of their clientele Hand
writing experts agree that while a clever
penman may readily forge passable imi-
tation of signatur successful forgery Of
human finger print is an impossibilty.
The Brooklyn Savings Bank has many such
records of its depositors who are unable to
write their names and 1t employs an expert
to take their finger prints.
Another Brooklyn institution, much ia
vored by members of the navy and sa ilors OF
the merchant marine. who leave their saw
ings with it, Just finger prints these lads,
and whereer they may roam, If they want
TO draw on their accounts all they have to
do is TO submit their finger prints and the
money is sent to them without hesitation.
OF course. everybody knows that in the
army and navy every officer, soldier and
sailor wore an Identification tab of metal.
In the navy this bore his thumb i'm
print. But everybody does not know
how often the thumb print, despite a
false name. has enabled the local police to
turn back into the army or navy a deserter
from the coors. BY the same process of
Identification also the converse of this stu
alton has been realized and the police have
found in the army. or the navy, where he
has sought Intellectual sanctuary, some har-
dened criminal whom they wanted
During the war period woman in this
city was assaulted. robbed and left for dead
but her aSsailant had left some finger
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

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The New York herald., 1921-05-15

Poroscopy Provides Legal Clues Formerly Overlooked

Startling
to
That
File Banks Army
Civil and Already
With
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Test Case With Twins Proves
Superiority of Finger Print Systel

SupcifOifty VI lHSci a iiht oJoacM
BY way of a graphic illustration Of the
superiority of the latter method the speaker
showed Photographic portraits Of two diff
ferent men. These were taken. full face
and profile with the Bertillon measure
ments noted below them in the old fashioned
Rogues Gallery style. But they were
photographs Of young men who are twins.
Not only were they so marvellously alike IN
appearance that they looked like duplicate
portraits Of one man, but the Bertillon
measurements of the pair were literally
identical and they differed In weight by
only three pounds. Under Bertillon methods
not one person In ten thousand could have
differentiated the twain. but their finger
prints wholly dissimilar. have given TO
each distinct individuality which nature
denied them in face. form and measure
ments.
The Deputy Commissioner argued there
was absolutely no reason why all police de
partments regardless OF their size and all
penal institutions should not finger print
their prisoners, as little skill Is required
and the cost Of the necessary outfit is trihlng.
Such prints should be taken by all depart
ments In the country and forwarded 10
central bureau for reference.
"Not day passes he Says, that fails
To call our attention TO the urgent need for
personal Identification. The frequent dis
coveries Of unknown dead. with oil marks
Of Identification removed the numerous
cases Of aphasia where the subject himself
hss lost his identity. the faxed deaths plot
ted against insurance companies by the sub.
stitution Of body as that of the insured,
and the forging of checks--all these could
he easily overcome through q proper system
Of personal Identification"
In conversation with the writer Commis
sioner Faurot cited the case Of 4 life insur-
ance company which recently has spent
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
INABILITY. to establish an identity
is the sole cause of failure in 80

:. T NABILITY.to to establish an identity
is the sole cal use of failure in 30
per cent of the cases of unsolved
crime, and In as large proportion Of the
cases of missing persons and Of unknown
dead 1t may readily be seen, therefore.
how vitaly important is the subject of
criminal Identification and how indispen-
sable it Is to police work" 4
The assertion was made before the re-
cent National Police Conference in this city
in the course Of an address by Joseph A.
Faurot, Deputy Police Commissioner. who
Is pioneer in the development In America
Of finger printing as an infallible means Of
Identification. He had for his audience
hundreds of police chiefs from other cities
Of the country.
All of them know the marves Of to-day
and that, as such, they are scrapped and
tossed into the discard. But 1t surprised
many OF the silver shielded bulls to hear
the expert say that the celebrated Bertillon
system--a scneme Wnlcn at lts Inception
less than a generation ago was hailed as
the last word on the subject-has been
practically superseded in the most progress
sive police departments obsolete and
inadequate. This Is what Mr.. Faurot SAID
.In New York we have abandoned the
Bertilon system inNfavor Of the finger print
.>stem, inasmuch as finger prints have
every advantage over Bertillon measure
ments and are entirely adequate for all
police purposes The majority of our work
ing criminals now are registered under
finger prints so that we have dropped the
Bertlon system. The photograph. together
with the descriptive signalment or portrait
pre system. however. is retained and in
corporated with our finger print system"