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The New York herald., 1921-05-15
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palm of which certain raised ridges de-
scribe various figures These no less than
the finger ends. when examined micro
scopically. display the open mouths Of sweat
glands Listen to Mr.. Faurot on this fas-
cinating theme
1T Is an established fact that the traces
OF the sweat pores either in the finger end
prints or the palm prints constitute points
Of identification that offer the same guaran
tees as do the characteristic finger tip pat
terms such as are commonly designated
forks ends and islands, vhorls aud the
like. The pores, always the same in a
given subject. are modified neither by age.
useSnor disease. In a given subject they
differ from all other subjects in form and
size in their position relatively TO the axis
of the ridge. and in their number in unit
OF length. They are, therefore. a valuable
adjunct to the dactyloscopic proof.
Naturally, considering the large number
of sweat pores to come under consideration
more than 900 in single average finger
prlnt-there can be no possibility Of formu-
lating and indeSing them. Yet in specific
case, where nm identification hangs upon an
impression in which only few ridges may
he clearly made out II Is quite possible by
the study Of the sweat pores present to iden-
tify definitely this fragment with n part Of
q known print in The possession of the in.
vestgator and thus render certain q sup
posed identification"
by the employment Of poroscopy III the
method Just Indicated Commissioners Faurot
and his associates IN 1910 achieved what he
calls "the first hand print conviction OBJ
tained in America" The case to which he
referred IS illustrated BY reproductions nc.
companying this article. They were taken
from the police originals through the cour-
tesy Of Mr.. Faurot and heretofore have not
been published. The hand print in this
case was the final and conclusive evidence
which sent William Ackerson TO prison for
life for murder committed in Rockland
county.
Ackerson's victim was taxicab driver,
who used to carry farei 10 and from the
railroad station at Suifcrn, n. y. lie was
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Youth Must Be Served
In Any and All Sports

knew that aviation has aye limits. It's
young mans game wholly, absolutely, ex-
clusively. Every one knows that was
familiar with all that stuff about coordi-
nation ana synchronzation-yo know; the
theory and practice that in youth only do
mind and muscle work together with per
fection, thought translated into action
swifter than lightning can fash, faster than
Instruments made by man can split sec
onds. Would the army or navy take a
flyer beyond his twenties? II would not !!
Why? Because men who hop the thirty
mark aren't all there in coordination when
il comes 70 air navigation.
Take the sports-tenns, baseball. any
thing YOU please, except golf maybe. and
even IN golf youth must he served-isn't
that the phrase that tradition has handed
down to us? Whoever heard Of a cham
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

tion in the famous case OF Boudet and
Simonin.
Commenting on the Importance Of poro-
scopy, Commissioner Faurot said In his re
cent address 10 the police chiefs: CAS- com
pared with one case where definite finger
patterns are left upon the premises, there
are dozens where only the marks of a few
ridges can be obtained and these often Of
other parts Of the hand than the finger
bulbs. Such fragments may he often iden-
titled by poroscopy If we have for compari-
son the prints of the corresponding parts of
the hands of suspected persons"
Commissioner Faurot would like TO en-
hance the yellow peril by making the hum
ble Wun Lung and Sing Lee instruments Of
greater police efficiency. The laundry
mark on collars and shrtsH said he. ERE
quently has been found all important in
the Identification Of unknown dead or un-
conscious persons. persons mentally unbal-
anced, or those who temporarily have lost
their memory. Every police department
should have a laundry mark fle compris-
ing record of the Indicators used by every
laundry within the community.
TO complete this data effectively the
city should be zoned and all aundries with
i'm the respective zones should have AS
signed to them uniform zone indicators. All
laundries dyeing and cleaning establish
ments. places devoted to hat renovation or,
broadly speaking. any and all places to
which are entrusted clothing or other arti-
cles OF personal belonging for the purpose
of laundry or renovation might be I'M
cluded Such places should be licensed by
the municipality and should he supplied
with distinctive registration marks of iden
tifcation to be indelibly marked on every
article laundered or renovated. records OF
such registration marks TO be kept by the
police department"
The apparatus for the taking OF finger
or palm impressions for the Bureau of
Criminal Identification of the New York
Police Department Is exceedingly simple
and equally compact The outfit now com
monty used, indeed. is carried readily in n
small suitcase. the small portable table be-
ing fitted with folding legs. When an eX-
tcnsivc raid Is contemplated il Is customary
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
New Science Poroscopy, Is Hard Blow to Crime

now for Sergeant Tom Reilly or some other
expert of the bureau to pack his finger
printing equipment along with his artillery
hop into n police car and accompany the
raiders to the firing line.
That is the way it was done in the
recent roundup of the New York Anarchist
and Communist headquarters. AS soon as
the scores of prisoners had been securely
netted Sergeant Reilly opened his little suit
case and set up his equipment. Then. while
his companions guarded the exits and rode
herd" on the Reds" he mixed his roller. pre-
pared tho plate glass and in the persuasive
tones of a shell game barker urged "Step
right up. gentlemen. and have your fingers
manicured! That's right but don't crowd
and watch your step, There'll he cards
enough for all of you and ink enough to
90 round Fine. that's beautiful
smudge likeness. Now. sir you're next Z"
Scores of prisoners thus were recorded
so rapidly that ii took their breath, and
even before they were hustled away in the
"hurry up wagons to the changing music
of the patrol gongs they had yielded up 10
the forces of law and order an identified
tion tag that would spot them nfallibly.
whethey tested IN Kalamazoo, Turks
Island or Soviet Russia.
A somewhat more elaborate dactyoplane
Is the invention Of Patrick Ryan of this
city. finger print expert of the Municipal
Civil Service Commission. Writing concern
ing the speed and accuracy with which that
instrument does its work. Major Henry l..
De Forest NJ. D.. former surgeon i'm the
Police Department says
I'm recent examination for patromeu
AZ the candidates were entering the room
for the mental examination. 4 finger print
impression of the right index finger was
made Eight hundred and fifty-four such
impressions were taken in sixty-four min
utes. an average of about four seconds for
each candidate. To Or. Henry Moskowtz
president of the New York Municipal Civil
Service Commission. and his associates
much credit is due for the Inauguration
after lapse of many years, of this ac
curate and rapid system for preventing i'm
personaton and fraud 1T civil service AZ
uminations.'
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Real Source of Information
Has Confidence Of All

Wen ask Dick" said Diggns Dicks
judgment can't be beat. Where is the old
rooster?
Went to Great Neck to see one of Il flock
of married stepdaughters, returned the
engineer. should be back by now. Give
him ring. He'll have visibility probabili-
ties wind velocity and direction. and likely
temperature all worked out by this time
and set down on O neat little chart slclSer
than Greenwich and mighty near as ac-
curate"
Diggns went to the phone.
Member the time old Dick flew from
Wichita-seven hours actual flying time
with his white whskers streaming in the
wind. the time the Aero Club gave him the
big blowout" 2" put in Post of the Aero Club,
Augustus of the Black Beard.
Rather" grinned Coffyn "And the time
The old boy got spilled somewhere down in
the Ozarks. flying alone, and was two days
drilling through the underbrush to civiiza-
ton Never turned hair
Hes going to fly through Russia as soon
as things get settled down. said Diggins,
returning with the news that Dick was
on his way downstairs. lie has notion in
his confident bean that before he is 10 he
will have flown around the well known
world. ringed her around with the sun"
Hell do 1t. then" said Post calmly.
There isn't brag or boast in the old
boy. He's all performance. hundred per
cent accomplishment"
Now, had sat there hearing that cheer
ful rattle Of talk about this absent person.
Dick somebody or other, but ] fear
hadn't got the meat out of il. Certain as
tonishlng phrases had hit me in the me-
dulla oblongata or thereabout and had
knocked coherent reasoning out Of me-
Dlck-old rooster-hew from Wichita-old
boy-before he is seventy he will have
flown round the world, What was all this
gbberish about, anyway? What did these
lounging gentlemen Of the upper air mean
by so seriously asserting flying competency
On the part OF a septuagenarian, or as good
as a septuagenarian? What did they mean
BY yarning away about some old feH0ic-
old fellow. mind you. in the actual sense of
being old in point Of years flying alone
through the Ozarks? What was the sense
of jestlng about absurdities? Such things
weren't, aren't. couldn't be. They were
ioshing the stranger within their circle, the
greenhorn from New York. the .enderfoot
from Manhattan. Well. il amused them.
But knew better.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Friend of All Flying Men
And Pillar of Air Progress

He drifted out of the room very light on
his feet for his bulk and years. 1 had be-
gun to see number of reasons why this
Dick" person was u, first rate flying man.
But there were gaps in his story and l
wanted to fill them 'out. 80 / returned to
the company in the smoking room. They
heard me, holding affirmation to all that
Mr.. Dickinson had seen fit to say.
But he hasn't told you half" said Post
of the Aero Club In all truth, that little
old chap has done more for aviation than
any other individual in America. He's
worth millions. made out of the grain and
feed business. from which he retired years
ago. and his whole life is given up to love
of flying and to developing the science. He
lives at the Blackstone in Chicago when
he's at home. but you're likely to find him
any place in the country where there Is
flying field He knows 'em all and has
flown from most of them.
"He's as liberal as a prince with his
money and many an aviator in hard luck
has been helped out by Dick. He never
takes dollar back. He makes 'em work
it out He insists that they cancel the debt
by giving him rides. In that way he has
pretty well covered the country, and the
birds don't know the eastern part of the
u. S. A. better than Charles Dickinson.
Many of the skille aviators that have given
him rides have Ntaught him tricks of their
game and he stands to-day as a very com
petent pilot There isn't doubt that he will
qualify for his license. and If he cares TO
drive 4 passenger machine between New
York and Chicago | wouldn't have a qualm
about taking a ticket. He's all right, that
old boy Whatever you write about him.
treat him NICE
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Charles Dickinson,
w e althy Retired
Seed Merchant of
Chicago, Has Flown
for More .Th an a
Decade,

Think you can meet the test-its fairly
stiffY
Reckon So he said. They demand that
you 90 up 6,000 feet and stay an hour. and
that you land within 160 feet of desig
mated target. Those are the main require
ments. I've done that lots of times. I've
driven my own plane up to 1900 feet, and
can come pretty close to lying up against
any target they set for me- | hope that
doesn't sound like a brag but. honest, can
do that Course I've had lot of accidents
and have smashed up few planes-Cana
dian ]. Ms mostly-but all of us had gone
through that experience
He eyed the forbidding night and shook
his head in disappointment.
Here Diggins and I had it all fixed up
to light out of here from Hazlehurst Field
at A. NJ. and to be in Cleveland for lunch
by TO- he grumbled. 1--WE had it figured
out we could be In Chicago by 2, and ex-
pected to be in my rooms at the Blackstone
by the middle of the afternoon. Now comes
this darned fog and rain and don't know
when we will get off, Got TO go to bed
now, anyway. Much obliged for listening TO
my rambling. and don't. for heavens sake.
make me out to be anything remarkable.
I've never been in the newspapers and pub
licity ScareS me-
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

continued Il used to ride the old high
wheel bike, and when the safety came along
had one Of the first that ever rolled in
Chicagos streets. Then came the talking
machine and ! played around with phono-
graphs But when the flying machine ar
rived ! found what | had been looking for
and didn't know it, 1t seemed as if l was
born TO fly. l can't tell YOU how much hap
piness ii gives me. Age has nothing to do
with it-not a thing.
After making myself Il nuisance TO all
the flying boys atRelmont Park that meet
| knew EN- all, White, Johnny Moisant,
Ralph Johnstone, Hoxsey. all the rest. most
of them dead now, victims Of the early days
before machines We're made safe"
Are they safe now?'
Safe enough for me-" said the boy of 63.
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

WYE were lounging in a quiet corner
w Of the Garden City Hotel smoh-
ing room, emitting great deal
Of smoke and much harsh criticism of the
weather this latitude had served up in the
merry month of May, all fog and drizzle
weather for those whose lawful occasions
take them aloft.
The company was mixed but Interesting
with a strong flavor Of aviation, flying men,
engineers and the like making up two-thirds
of the group Of a dozen Berteau, French
pilot over here to hurdle the Appalachians
with an Italian plane; Frank Coffyn, an
engineer of note; Dfggins of Chicago,
pioneer on the commercial side. who hopes
TO have his fifty passenger air trains de
luxe beating ii back and forth between New
York and Chicago regularly as the sun
swings round: two or three young lieuten-
ants Of the Army Air Service in from
Mitchell Field; the editor of an air jour
nal-that was about the lot.
Diggins, with the black eyed Berteau as
pilot, was hoping to hop OIL or'Chlcago IN
the morning. early enough in the morning
TO make lunch landing at Cleveland. but
the night was out of the bottom of the bag,
rain driving in slants through steam laun-
dry air certain to deposit fog fluff over Il
soaked landscape come morning Visibility
prospects were just about nothing at all,
and the outlook for Monsieur Berteau and
his boss getting away for Chicago was a
poor bet at 20 TO !. The air postman, in
from Cleveland scarcely an hour clnched it.
There wasn't 100 foot visibility coming
over the mountains grumbled this young
person. How in the Creator condemned,
sheol delivered circumstances, do they ex-
pect me to make time through 400 miles of
asparagus soup?"
mo chance of getting away in the morn
ing. then?' asked Diggins.
Figure it out for YOURSELF replied the
air post youth. still smarting from his call
down at headquarters
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

by New York Herald staG Photographer
over Russia rather. in my own plane.
Maybe / will make a trip around the world.
The idea IS strong in my head and I see
no special objection to it,
l took another look at this white haired,
white bearded, bespectacled man Of 63 who
talked so modestly about record breaking
achievements and who was so highly
thought of by the young men of the game.
II understand you are going to essay the
test for n pilots license?' / asked.
why. yes said Mr. Dickinson. II
never particularly thought about it before
but my friend Ralph Diggins may start a
line Of air limousines between New York
and Chicago and | may take a hand at
plotting one of them occasionally To do
that / would have to have a license or !
couldn't have my fun"
The New York herald., 1921-05-15

Nobody need have an accident if he avoids
stunts and takes proper precautions about
wind, fog and the fitness of his machine,
along with correct care of himself But as
was saying, got the flying fever in those
days and have simply let it have its way.
For eleven years l have been doing what l
could TO help aviation in this country and |
have done lot of flying myself"
do you mean as a plot?"
"Of course" Mr.. Dickinson replied sim
ply. II have been plotting planes for sew
eral wears and have taken more flights than
could possibly count up. ] have flown
alone innumerable times and | have piloted
other people. have plenty of money and
can afford to crafty my tastes. Within a
year or two. nj least ! hope il will be that
soon. | expect TO fly through Russia. or
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
RI les HIS OWN PLANE AT g. HOPES TO DO SO AT 80

his
f spot he
The New York herald., 1921-05-15
Man Despite General Belief Air Navi-
gators Must Be Boys
BY EDWIN c. HILL.

WYE were lounging in a quiet corner
Nv of the Garden City Hotel smok-
ino room amittino a 1raat deal
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-04
Rail Union Heads
to Have Statement
on Wage Reduction

Chicago. July 3.-A formal state
ment setting forth railway lahor's at
titude toward the impending abroga.
ton of the national working agreement
and the wage reduction put into effect
last week is expected Monday from
the 500 union leaders who have been
in session here since Friday.
The statement. it was said will deal
chiefly with the working rules which
are now recognized as the primary is
sue to be disposed of. Indications
were. that the rail unions were pre-
pared to accept the wage reduction
with little more than formal pro-
test. but will seek assurance that
working conditions will remain salts
factory.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-04
Two Women Killed
When Auto Plunges
Over Embankment

Spokane, Wn., July 3.-When an
automobile driven by w. F. CALLAHAN
of Wallace. Idaho, foreman of the Cal
laban ZincLead Mining company of
Interstate, plunged over an S-foot
embankment of the Appleway, II miles
from Spokane, Sunday morning, his
fiancee, Miss Ruth Mcdonald. aged "a,
and Mrs. Bertha Wilson, aged %. both
of Spokane, were instantly killed.
Miss Hazel Mcdonald, sister of the
bride to be, also an occupant of the
car. received painful injuries. Mr..
Callahan was slightly injured
The party was bound for Wallace to
spend the fourth when the accident
occurred The machine, according to
Mr.. Callahan, was going about 80 miles
an hour and was near the edge of The
embankment when Miss Mcdonald.
who was riding in front. grabbed the
aAn of the driver. The machine swerv-
4 and plunged through a barbed wire
fence and into the ditch.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-04

Negotiations looking to the renewal
of the AngloJapanese alliance have
not yet begun says the statement
In the meantime, a campaign seems
to be actively at work misrepresenting
the possible effect of the alliance upon
the United States, but by no stretch
of the imagination can it be honestly
stated that the alliance was ever de-
signed or remotely intended as an in
strument of hostility. or even Of de-
fense, against the United States.
The AngloJapanese Alliance. in its
history for nearly 20 years. has twice
been renewed In each case. the fun
damental policy underlying it has re-
mained unchanged
To Secure Peace
ut aims permanently to preserve
and to consolidate the general peace
of the far east. The original agree
ment of 1902. in line with that policy,
was calculated to localize any war
which might be forced upon either con-
tracing party in defense of its de-
fined interests of vital security. 1t
was made when China was under men
ace of foreign aggression. and the
United States. showing the utmost
friendliness towards both parties to
tne aiiance. viewed the compact with
and approval
in 1905. when the alliance was re-
newed and revised to meet the changed
conditions that followed the Russo
japanese war, no thought occurred to
the statesmen of either country that
the United States might possibly be-
come a potential enemy of either. and
for that reason, and that alone. no
provision was inserted taking so re-
remote contingency into considera-
ton.
Revised in 1911
The alliance was again revised in
1911. and article of that agreement
contains the following provision:
Should either high contracting
party conclude treaty of general ar
with third power. it is
agreed that nothing in this agreement
shall entail upon such contracting |
oarty an obligation to go to war with |
the power with whom such treaty of
arbitration is in force /
This provision. in its relation to
he United States, has often been made /
he subject of conflicting interpreta-
lions. To practical mind. however. /
he circumstances which led up to its !
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-07-04
FOCH PAYS TRIBUTE TO AMERICA
ON INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY
An Opportunity to Pay
Homage to u. S.
Army, Its Chiefs and
to Soldiers, He Asserts

Paris. July 3-fBy the Associated
Press s.)-Marshal Ferdinand Foch OF
France sent Sunday through the Asso-
ciated Press message to the nation
On the occasion of the anniversary of
the Declaration of Independence. The
message embodies tribute to the
American army, and to the people Of
the United States as whole. 1t
reads, in part:
I'm celebrating Americas Independ-
ence day in union with the United
States, France does not only commem-
crate the heroic days when Lafayette
with the best of her sons brought help
to the noble cause of the liberty and
independence of the United States. but
she commentaries also the days more
recent and not less heroic, when the
American nation stood up, fully Dent
upon defense of another great and no
BILE cause Liberty of the world was
in danger France. in fact. can never
forget what America did to help in the
great ana coup!ete lIluLpu oi EtSAl
over brutal strength.
Effort of Victory.
''Today before the world. on this
great anniversary. what was the Amer
ican effort of victory. what was its
cooperation on the battlefields of
1918. is for him to say who had the
terrible responsibility of leading into
battle the six million soldiers to him
committed by the allied and associated
governments; it is one more oppor-
tunity to eagerly embrace and pay
homage to the American army, to its
chiefs, to its soldiers.
Germany intended to settle the fate
of the entente before the Americans
were compelled to come into line. Act
ing strongly and quickly. America ruin
ed the plans of our adversary.
AT the time of the armistice. more
than two millions of American SOL
diers we're on French soil.
Much Glory Is Due.
"In the long war that the free ma
tions had to fight against the oppres-
sors of the right. the direct participa-
ton of America lasted only short
period. but to the American nation is ,
due the glory of having thrown her.
self wholly into the struggle at the de- |
cisive moment and, in order to insure
victory. to have made every branch of
The national activity an unparalleled |
effort. !;
"Her army. too. SO quickly hero from
50 far away, showed itself from the |
irst, by incompatible qualities Of |
spirit, courage and heroism. America /
rushcd with all her youthful ardor into
he vast turmoil Of the battle. and thus
contributed nightly to the victory of |
light and liberty. She has generously
given her blood to the common cause:
1900 Of her children, dead on the soil !
Il France, testify to this in an undying
way.
: ''Glory to these dead! Glory to the
American army! Glory to the Amcri-
an people!"
(Sixned)
"FERDINAND FOCH.'