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BY MARJORIE WILSON.

VERY year the bodies Of 10000
~ unidentified persons are laid
away in nameless graves in
America. Every year in New
York city alone $4,000 persons are
reported missing, dropped from sight
and ken of their families.
When Big Tim Sullivan of Tam
many fame disappeared-renown as
perhaps no other person in New York
at the time-his body lay for full ten
days in the morgue and was on its
way to the potter's field before it was
recognized.
And no wonder" declares Grant
Williams, personal Identification ex-
pert. who formerly headed special
SQUAD in the New York police depart
ment and was in charge of it's missing
person and identification Of the un-
identified bureau, for the great ma
iority of people cannot give even
nearly accurate description of the
members of their own families. with
whom they live day after day. Few
wives can describe their husbands
and few husbands can describe their
wives so as to differentiate them from
others"
This is why Capt. Williams. finger
pElul cApeit, hoNoSaSihS the-e -
every family Bible should be register
ed the fingerprints of every member
of the family, as well as closeup pic
lures of their ears and noses. with
notes as to any physical peculiaritles
of marks. Then if one Of the family
is kidnapped, runs away or disappears
mySteTiously, is sufferer from
amnesia or asphasia. or is thought
to have been killed in an explosion
or earthquake or fire or accident,
identifying him or her would be
comparatively easy matter.
X 4
"EvERY person in his fingerprints''
says Capt. Williams. "is provid-
cd with a God-given name in mys-
terious characters that we call loops.
whorls and arches. in a combination
that no one else in the human race
has, or had, or ever will have. Finger
prints are absolutely individual. You
are born with the same fingermarks
you die with. Mummies 1000 years
old have them. They never change
and they never are duplicated. They
are the only infallible method of
identification. And they cannot be
forged.
Ears, too. have much individuality.
So have noses. An expert in ldentlnca-
tion could go into crowd with the
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it was learned that the assassins
sought to overthrow the entire gov,
ernment. Sentinels were doubled and
two monitors, the Saugus and the
yard wharf. head and stern. upon
which a strong detachment OF ma
rines was stationed under the COM
mand of Capt. F. Munroe with Lieuts.
J. NJ. T. Young, d. ?. Mannix, T.. X.
Miller and H. Bigelow as his sub
ordinates, to provide for contingen,
cies. The authorities had determined
to confine those who might be arrest
ed as suspects in connection with the
assa ssination and great conspiracy
ON hoard the monitors named. All OF
the prisoners arrested were guarded
by the marines, with the exception of
Mrs Surrat. Booths body was
brought to the navy yard ana placed
uron a carpenters bench on the nioni-
tor Montauk and securely guarded by
marines. .
president Mckinley was assassi-
pated at Buffalo, N. V. and died on
September IA. 1901. Marines from
Camp Haywood formed a part OF the
funeral escort and four n-commis-
stoned ofiicers acted as bodybearers
Can't. Henry Leonard accompanied
the body to Washington. A. portion
of the guard of honor over the BODY
while IL lay in state in the Capitol
were marines. Brig. Gen. Command
ant Charles Haywood was .nonoeE
Of the guard of honor at Washington
and accompanied the body to Canton,
Ohio.
One of the most picturesque fea.
lures of the Marine Corps. and one
which adds greatly to the bettermen'
of civil life. is the Marine Band. the
best organization of it's kind in the
whole world. This band leads all
the big celebrations and ceremoniais
at the capital. 1t furnishes band con-
certs at the Capitol and White House
and in parks in various sections OF
washington during the summer
months. II also makes tour Of
some Of the principal cities in the
United States.
AS will have been noted. the peace
time activities of the Marine Corps
link in with its military duties, and
are q continuous performances. The
heroic work OF the marines In the
world war is written In glorious, ool-
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1916 graduates who had the Initials
found on the pin. He was given six
names.
BY process of elimination he came
in touch with the father of one of
the six, who told him that his son
had gone to Boston the week before
and had not written the family since.
The father gave a description of the
lad, who had run off In q huff of hurt
pride.
"Your boy Ia Dead" Capt. Williams
had to tell the father as he handed
him the high school pin.
"She always carried her keys on q
fuzzy silk cord with an empty wooden
spool on It for a sort of handle" q
woman who was looking for her miss
ing mother told Capt williams.
A few moments later a woman who
had been lying in the morgue, the
victim of 4 street accident. had been
identified by her daughter; and the
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commit suicide removed all the marks s
from his clothing. labels and laundry
marks. He was wise enough to know
that all the steam and hand laundries
in the metropolis cooperate with the
unidentified person bureau by using
a system of laundry marks by which
men have often been identified in
about five minutes after they or their
bodies were in the hands of the po-
lice.
This man threw himself in front of
a train. Later his body was picked
up. Capt williams noticed that all
the marks except the laundry mark
at the neck Of the shirt were cut out
The mark at the neck was evidently
torn out. Clue.
Capt. williams reasoned that the
man had not discovered this mark un-
I'll after he had cut out the others.
It was a little thing. but success in
identification work is built up on pay
ing attention to such minor details.
He set out and walked up and down
the railroad track near where the man
was killed, looking for that torn-9u. M
hours. About a quarter of a mile
down the track he found 1t.
Back to headquarters and tele-
phone communication with laundry.
The name and address of the man
who had that laundry mark We're CIV
him, he went " bhC oSoi CSt' g
roomiug house. There they told him
that the man had been in love and
seemed to have gone crazy. He had
locked up his room and told the land
lord he was going on long jour-
ney.
Capt. Williams found the address
of the girl and of a brother of the
dead man in a trunk in his room and
communicated to them the news of
the suicide.
Just a ragged. torn-out hole at the
neckband of his shirt had given away
the identity Of this man who wanted
to leave the world unknown. unwept
by any one.
TOWN in the hold of a ship they
- found skeleton. 1t had been there
for two or three years. 1t was fully
clothed and showed no signs of death
by violence.
v illiams looked 1t over and decided
for himself that the death had occurred
or or after May 8. 1914. and that the man
had been a dockhand.
The skeleton had a peculiar and promi-
nent upper dental plate set with gold
teeth. Williams had chart OF the
mouth made.
Then with the gold teeth in his pocket
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ors in history. and is natural re-
suit from nearly $50 years of valiant
service under all suns and stars. on
all the seven seas and in every cline.
After the glorious ending of the Bit
ter revolutionary struggle only u
few of those heroic marines who
fought on Champlain and at Tren-
ton, in 1776; at Princeton, in 1777: at
Penobscot bay, in 1879. and In all
the sea fights. remained to preserve
the continuity of the corps during
that period when all demanded the
abolition of all military, and which
ended when war with the Mediter-
ranean pirates, and later with the
French threatened in 1889. In that
year the Marine Corps, as II stands
today, was authorized by Congress.
After the short naval war with
France-179S-1s01- which the ma
rines distinguished themselves. and
up to the war of 1872 with Grant
Britain, they garrisoned the naval
stations ashore, assisted in the In
dian wars. and added TO their laurels
in the Tripolitan war.
War with Mexico came in 1886, and
the seagoing marines on both coasts
with the Navy eqHaled the achieve
1e,,a the army, and who shared in the
eisy. eeiiey.es OF chaDul'eDee and Mexico
After the Spanish war and up to
tuo ucElnhihS OF the worlo war, the
marines were engaged in several
parts of the world-in 1899 in Samoa,
in the Philippine insurrection. in the
Chinese Boxer war, In the army of
Cuban pacification, in Nicaragua ir
1912, in Vera Cruz in 1914 and In
Haiti and Santo Domingo. In addi-
ton to the foregoing, which involved
actual fighting, detachment Of ma
rines hiked across the African des-
erts in 1903 as a guard for an Amer
ican emissary to Abyssinia for a
diplomatic conference with King
Menelik, visited Panama and Hon
duras and for a time maintained a
garrison on that sand speck called
Midway Island in the Pacific. Since
1898 marines have garrisoned Guam
maintained an American legation
guard at Peking, China. and since
1919 an American legation guard s&
MAnagua, Nicaragua
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CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE PERSON
YOU KNOW BEST?

~OULD describe wlfes If she should
dsappear today and you would have to put the police
~ her traiI7
You give complete detailed description Of
your husbands mustache his nose2
Probably not "ost people unobservant Of familiar
things" Grant Williams Identification
until his retirement short time head Of famous special
squad the New York city police For this he advocates
recording finger prints in the family Bible.
Some of strange which the identity of has
told in this
Marjorie Wilson had with Capt Williams recently.
You things that give your
identity laundry patch
coat gold tooth set of false teeth pair Of glasses
key finger print wad of in the toe of shoe,
the taiors in the lining of coa-a these have served
to identify people.
An enlarged joint Bhmark your shoulder
blade be the whereby could
This Is article that should thinking. 1t
much of the thrill of scientific detective story from
the authorities field modern science
Of personal Identification important in the large city
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in potter's field. A description of him,
including the laundry mark, had been
kept.
A letter from a worried mother in
New Orleans came to the bureau ask
ing them to look up her boy Sam.
Sam used to send her money regularly.
but hadn't written her q line since
May. She mentioned the hotel where
he had been working.
Inquiry at the hotel brought forth
that Sam had left one night after
work and had failed to return. They
had given his job to some one else
and had bundled up his clothes to
keep for a while II he should happen
to turn up and want them.
Sans clothes were examined. They
had been to the laundry often. They
were marked Lx311x.
He had been buried for months. No
name on his grave. His mother was
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thanks to Lieut.. Reynolds, and the
marines under his command.
Marines were on those ships In the
forties that were stationed on the
African coast to regulate slave trai-
fic 1t was Sergt. Michael II. Garty
who was mainly responsive Tor pre-,
venting serious mutiny on board
the brig Somers that resulted In the
execution by hanging of midship-
man and two enlisted men. Sergt:
Garty was loyal to the core, ana IL
was we'll that he was, for the Keys
to the arms and ammunition were III
his possession.
When the new Ironsides was de-
stroyed by fire on December 16, 1865,
the marines again came in for pub
lie appreciation. The new lronsides
was just out of commission and moor
ed at League Island. philadelphia. The
cause of this fire was believed to be
accidental, The New York Times is
quoted as follows: I'm times Of peace
the Marine Corps has saved millions
Of dollars to our national Treasury by
its faithfulness in guarding pubic
property in our navy yards and maya
zines. It is worthy of attention that
no large fire has ever occurred at any
Of our navy yards where guard OF
marines was on duty. Had the new
Ironsides been in charge of even
guard OF marines, instead
Of irresponsible watchmen, tnc nre
never would have occurred. ana the
goyernment would not have been a
loser thereby to o sum equal to the
amount appropriated for the support
of the entire corps."
The very recent tribute OF the ma
rines to the hero dead. in jealously
guarding the body of the American
Unknown soldier from the time it
was taken from the grave in Elan:
ders field to the hour 1t was placed
in it's final resting place of honor at
the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
Guarding 1t as q possible hero from
their own corps-is q reminder that
the marines have been on duty at
several presidential assassinations.
\ r
A BRAHAM LINCOLN died in WASH
"a ington on April IL. 1855. The
guard at the navy yard gate, under
Ssmporafy command Of 1st Lieut.. r.
n Cnliurn. W1s strengthened, because
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famous exclamation-"Blood is thick
er than water!" They were in Japan
in 1852 to 1854 and in 1863 and 1864
and in Korea in 1871. AS there was
little fighting with all three Of these
countries. it favored the incidents to
the marines taste. They were present
also when the doors Of Siam swung
open in 1856 to the west.
During the Chinese-Japanese war. in
1894. large force of marines landed
at Tientsin. China. as q part Of an
International force to protect foreign
interests.
The Marine Corps began its notable
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cultural conditions. This splendid
work eliminated in 1912. under the
direction of Lieut.. Edwin N. McClel-
Ian. now major and historian Of the
corps. who was appointed justice of
the peace by Governor General Cam.
eron Forbes and placed in charge of
the civil affairs of the reservation by
the naval commandant.
Five thousand natives lived in the
town of Olongapo, and as many as
ten houses were clustered in a line
between two parallel streets. These
were cleaned out, ten-foot alleys es-
tablished, houses numbered, legal
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from amnesia. She wore a brown
corduroy jacket. Six days later. we
found out. a woman reported to the
missing person bureau was described
by a relative as wearing a brown vel
vet coat. We put two and two to-
gether, sent out to Bellevue and
identified the woman. Usually such
inaccuracies in description do not ad-
nit of successful outcome. The lack
of observation Of parents or friends
has often been the reason why it has
Evening star., 1921-12-04

MAI, GEN. JOHN A. LEJEUNE.
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE
CORPS.
-. nsnartment until the Postmaster
ESneraf can organize a body Of
Civilians to efficiently carry on that
work. .,a
recosnftion of the United States Ma
rines as a police and guard organiza-
ton was notably illustrated recently
when the Marine Corps was observ-
ing its 146th anniversary. Maj Gen.
John A. Lejeune, the commandant, IN
q General order, directed that this an
niyersary be commemorated at every
marine post in the world. The cele-
bration followed the sun in It's west
sasa States. Hawaiian Islands. Guam !near
Yap). the Philippines, Peking. China;
Russian Islands, Siberia. virgin
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MAN killed in an accident al

A MAN killed in an accident and
brought to Bellevue morgue in
May some years ago had his clothing
laundry marked Lx311x.
This mark meant little to the police,
for the bureau for Identification was
not then in running order and the
laundrymen's association was not yet
working with the bureau. In Sep
tember the bureau was on the job.
sMeaflXhile the man had been buried
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MARINES Take Up New Duty, Combating
1v1 Thieves Who Have Preyed Uncle
Sans Mail Service-A Branch of Fighting
Men Who Have Been In All Sorts of Warfare
on the Seven Seas and In Every Cime-Early
History of Maxine Corps-What the Marines
Accom- plish in Time of Peace.
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=" HE best police force in the
entire world is the United
States Marine Corps - and
are 50 recognized interna-

are so recognized interna-
tionally." That is what Chairman
Madden of the House of Representa-
tives appropriations committee said
when the District of Columbia author
tiles sought a special appropriation 10
hire civilian policemen during the in
ternational conference on Limitation
of armament.
When Postmaster General Will II.
Hays sought the most dependable and
ready guard for protection of the
United States mails, without hesita-
tion he asked for details from the
Marine Corps. This service is one OF
the best possible illustrations Of how
the marines for nearly $50 years have
been used efficiently in civil affairs,
entirely aside from their glorious
record as combat organization in
every war. both afioat and ashore. In
this connection it should be empha-
sized that the marines are only be-
ing used temporarily by the Post Of
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THE great fire Of 1888 in New York
city again found the marines
under First Lieut.. John J. ReyuoidA
co-operating with the city authors
ties. The gratitude OF the city was
.conseouently exDnessod in q vote -os
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VERY year the bodies Of 10000
~ unidentified persons are laid
away in nameless graves in
~ Amarica Every wear in New
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face, any tattoo marks. warts, wens,
birthmarks, moles. scars.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-12-30

the excellent work done by teachers,
Miss Birdie Carl and Miss Brosseau.
The Farm Club male choir sang
Star of the East" and Santa told of
transportation troubles, etc., after
which presents and good things were
distributed to young and old by the
Jolly old man.
Each year finds this community
affair bigger and better which is the
result Of united efforts. of practically
everyone in the neighborhood. Am
ong those who deserve special praise
for their untiring efforts to nata it
a success we will mention Pat Mar
tineau, Bell Nagel, John O,Hara, ].
3. Renville, Robt. McLennon, Cliff
O'Hara, Henry Dietrich, Fred Gelder
Carl Grill, Walter o'Hara, Ben Grote
s.: D. McCaffery and others, and last
hut bv no means least, Misses Carl
and Brosseau.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-12-30
THE YEAR or 1922.

Next Sunday fishers in the new
year of 1922. The people of the
United States, more than any other
nation, should be thankful for con-
ditions as they exist in this country
IS compared with those Of many
ether nations. In commercial way
business is hampered with shortage
in the money market caused by IN
dated values and extensive credits
brought on by the world war. But
when one compares the conditions
now with what we experienced in
1894 we ought to be thankful that
We are getting along as well as we
do. There is no Coxey's army para
ding the country There are COM
sparatively few failures throughout
the country as compared with then.
And when it is considered the enor-
1nous expenditure Of money the coun-
Gy has been to the last few years
.let us be thankful that we are get
ting, along as well as we do. The
year 1922 will be a tryinm. ore for
many but the better, Judgment will
prevail and we look for improve
'ments generally before the year is
over.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-12-30
ST. THOMAS

County Agent Parizek and Mr..
Fred -Sutterlin Of this city, left Mon
day for points in Wisconsin for q
carload of Jersey cows to be shipped
here. This car Of cows being shipped
into the county is a result Of meet
ings held by Mr.. Parizek some time
ago in st. Thomas.
All Of these cows will be high
grades and bred to pure bred bulls
with the exception Of four pure breds
This stock will have to pass the live
stock laws Of both Wisconsin and
North Dakota; this means that they
must pass the tuberculine test and
subject to retest after 60 days.
The total cost Of these cows will
be in the neighborhood Of $4,000
apiece I. o. b. St Thomas. I.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-12-30
HENRY WATTERsON,
I. JOURNALIST.

In the death Of Henry Watterson
the United States loses one Of ita
most prominent Journalists. Mr.
Watterson was, Of the Daniel Web.
ster and BENJAMIN Franklin type Of
journalist and his memory will be
Sherished by every true American.
We find at the present time there are
very few writer's whose opinions get
from hshind the newspapers toEwhom
they contribute The prestige of the
newspaper obscures the individuality
u the man. It was different with
Henry Watterson. The Louisville
Courier Journal, to which he contri-
uted mostly in recent years, was
second to the man when reference
vas made to the editorial columns.
Henry Wattersan was Democrat
Of the southern type, fearless in his
spinions, which were expressed for
eibly, without consideration for any
thing but his convictions Of what
was right. We remember the fam
sus campaign that defeated Grover
Cleveland for President when Free
Trade was the paramount issue. Mr..
Watterson opposed Cleveland and
other leading men of the Democratic
party. Later he fearlessly attacked
the free silver policy and Mr.. Bryan
went down to defeat. Henry Waiter
son could have held any position at
the disposal of the party but he
thought more Of being free from
political handicaps than he did Of
the pecuniary benefits he might have
derived from such public patronage.
If we had more Of such journalists
as. the late Henry Watterson,, the
eoilntry. would benefit thereby; as a
man Of high ideals and Journalist
Of sound judgment, his memory will
never die. q.
He died at Mama, Florida last
week Of mature age, and the remains
were laid to rest in Kentucky by the
side of relatives.
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tine last summer. A young man By
the name Of J. T. Cameron of Win.
mpeg, was visiting particular
friend here and on his return home
we gave his initials as j. F. Sorry
to have made the mistake but al
ways glad to correct them.
A lot of the people were disap-
pointed Christmas day owing to the
fact that one member of the Sacred
Heart choir did not sing. If we had
la Latin teacher amongst us this
disappointment would not have hap
|pened.
The toboggan slide at the Wells
farm is again going at full speed.
A party went out Monday evening
and had a glorious time.
Talk about going some, and bad
roads don't cut any figure, Dave Du-
puis covered the entire northeastern
part of the state on Christmas day,
in about two hours time. Did he
have an aeroplane? Ask Dave. II.
Mr.. Darling, the road contractor,
left for Winnipeg last week to spend
the Christmas season. He informed
us that he has two good men (?) to
look after his stock while he is gone.
Last Friday man came into town
from far away barber college and
began to practice on some of our
young men. He called himself a
barber but he reminded person Of
a wood chopper. And by the actions
of some Of his victims we believe it
was a good thing that he left as sud-
denly as he came.