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The Republican., 1925-08-20
A DETACHMENT OF STATE
POLICE

of lawbreakers will be more easily
facilitated with the improvement in
the roads.
The State police necessarily have to
depend on telephone service as the
principal means OF communication.
The telephone functions as the most
satisfactory and dependable means of
'liasOn" between the outpOsts and
headquarters, and every State police
man from the superintendent down to
The last trooper in the ranks is a
booster for telephone service.
superintendent Arnold says:
THE telephone is the most versatile
ally Of the State Police. 1t has a
long arm that is far-reaching and al
ways brings results. There is no Cr-
sanization in West Virginia with
which we have to deal that gives this
department more efficient service than
the telephone system. 1t has proved
its worth innumerable times and dur
ing the five and one-half years that
nave SGi Ncu dS iIe HGdu Oh JIle state
police l am yet to find fault with any
operator. The State police get the
best OF service and |, on behalf of the
department. want to commend them
for their patience and perseverance in
getting calls completed during emer-
gencies. Their help is invaluable and
their promptness in handling long dis
tance calls has been the direct result
OF bringing to successful conclusion
some important cases that at times
looked extremely difficult The State
police in West Virginia are under ever.
lasting obligation to all telephone op-
orators"
Colonel Arnold cited interesting
cases where telephone service has
been of great help;
"On May 10, 1920, one of the worst
shooting affairs that ever disgraced
the State occurred at Matewan, Nfingo
County. Several men We're killed.
but, due to the prompt action on the
part Of the telephone operator, the
State police were soon on the ground
The Republican., 1925-08-20

Adequate stocks of poles for electric
light ana telephone lines are main
tanned by the West ern Electric Com
pany to assist in quick restoration of
service when Storm has damaged
existine poles These poles are cut
under scientific forestry regulations,
New York stands thirty-fourth IN
average number of homicide cases.
Blockade of Rum Row off New York
clogs Halifax Harbor with liquor
ships
The Republican., 1925-08-20

conservation Of the countrys natural
resources. This treatment has made
possible the utilization of this valu-
able and rapidly diminishing timber,
cover considerably longer period of
usefulness.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
DifheuIties Of Detection

DifheuIties Of Detection
It is because the detection Of for
gerry brings into play such a variety
of talent and exact knowledge that
the forger is able to operate success
fully. often for years, before he Is
ultimately apprehended. The bank
teller may know a certain signature.
He may even compare the name
signed to check with his card on
which the depositor has written his
name without being able to identify
skillful forgery. This is something
that is happening constantly in
banks Then there is the matter Of
check alteration, often even more
difficult to detect by superficial ex-
animation than an outright forgery.
Forgery OF endorsement on lost or
stolen check may further complicate
the situation for the banks. The ex-
pert picks up where the facilities OF
the bank leave Of, and marshals the
forces Of science and experience to
the task of establishing genuineness
or fraud.
The skilled forger knows, Just "a
does the forgery expert, that there
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

seven innings against the league
pathfinders yesterday. Then he
blew up and the Pirates got to him
in a rally which upset what appear
ed to be an almost certain New
York triumph.
The Cincinnati Reds profited by
the defeat of the Giants to edge back
within three games of second place
by binding the Brooklyn Robins
with a barrage of IA hits, winning
over Oeschger and Brown easily, Z
to .. Larry Benton limited the Chi
cago Cubs to four hits and the Bos-
ton Braves breezed through to an
easy win in the only other National
League game, to >.
The American League turned in
three well pitched games, with the
veterans Rommel and CoveleaSie
carrying along the leaders, Phila-
delphia and Washington at an even
pace which both clubs have main-
tanned for the past month. Coveles-
kie was liberal in his hit allowance
to Cleveland, giving eleven safeties.
but he permitted them to score only
in the first inning and the Senators
finished on the long end, 3 to l.
Rommel allowed two more hits
than Van Glider of the Browns, but
the Athletics punched their five bing
les in the fifth and sixth, to win, 3
to 2, on Poole's homer in the latter
frame.
Ray Schalk, celebrating the 18th.
anniversary of his entry into organ
ized baseball, joined his mates on
the White Sox in stampeding the
New York Yankees who have been
engaged during the last two months
in spending 100000 for new play
ers. Nineteen hits gave Chicago a
one-sided victory, 13 to .. Rufting
of the Boston Red Sox shut out De-
troit 1 to 0 in the other American
League game after mound duel
with Rip Collins. Rogell's triple and
Lees single were the deciding
blows.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
!, 7

Remington, Underwood and Smith
Premier small US, enlarged about
seven diameters, showing three dis
tinetly different designs Of letters.
with proof, however, in the form Of
charts and examples of writings Of
various periods-for fashions in
writing change with every genera
ton. In the case Of typewriter
document he is often able to identify
the specific machine on which it was
written, for even typewriters have
distinct individuality.
All this refers, of course. to the
real expert. In every field Of en-
deavor there is the charlatan. For
tunately, however, in the field OF
questioned documents the -four
fiusher" has short shrift. The very
rules Of evidence, and mass OF
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
bu:iness Enlists Science and Invention in
Relentless Warfare on Clever Criminals
Who Prey Upon Bank Accounts.

T% 1HE pen is mightier than the
jimmy-mightier, too, than
- nitro-glycerine and other
aid6 to the cracksman
whose gaze rests with
longing speculation on the modern
bank vault To be sure, burglar
alarms. guard systems and all the
means Of protecting cash from phys
ical assault fail to stop entirely the
operations Of occasional bandits en-
dowed with more nerve than judg.
ment. But even these gentry usual
ly concentrate their attention on
more accessible collections of cash
most often on the amounts carried
, from the banks for payrolls. All of
which terminates the life of many a
! payroll messenger in sudden TRACE
i dy, but leaves the bank deposits in
tact.
Enter, then, the pen-in hand of
an artist in crime who disdains the
crudities Of banditry. His eye on
the greater treasure guarded from
] his personal approach, the forger
collects his raw material in the form
OF pilfered checks gathered at slight
personal risk. Then he sets to work
with his chemicals and inks. Or he
may obtain sample OF the desired
signature. and duplicate it with rare
skill. His facile pen draws from the
bank its treasure while gongs rest
silent and guards pace their rounds,
all unaware Of any crime.
Forser's Path Thorny
Such, at least, is his plan. But
the way Of the forger is hard-and
grows ever harder as the business
world learns Of means so readily at
hand to check each new step OF his
devious course. Keeping ever apace
with the forger's activities, science
and invention produce the means for
their circumvention. Your success
ful forger is man Of parts and a
fast worker, but he Is little slower
and little less resourceful than the
man whose business it is to root him
out Written into the records Of the
patent oflces and courts of the
world is the romance Of forgery pre-
vention and forgery detection-the
thrilling tale Of the achievements of
the inventor and the expert exami-
ner Of questioned documents.
Criminals are for the most part
opportunists, and your forger is one
Of the greatest opportunists Of them
all In the neld of negotiable instru-
ments he has been taking advantage
OF his opportunities since the early
seventeen hundreds, when the first
Bank Of England notes were circu-
lated. He has seen in valuable doc.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Kearns Maintains
Will Have Say in
Dempsey-Wills Bout

New York, Aug. 12.-(AP)-Fistic
managers and promoters today entered
upon the second round of their heavy
weight auction with Jack Dempsey and
Harry Wills on the block.
Promoter Tex Rickard with Gene
Tunney of New York signed to a coh-
tract to fight Harry Wills next month,
held one important telegram and was
waiting for the wires to bring him an
other. The message in hand contained
an urgent request from Dempsey to
sign Wills for a championship battle
as soon as possible. He waited an
other from Wills, touring somewhere
over there with regard to the Tun-
ney fight.
Paddy Mullins, manager of Wills, to-
day had two conferences on his sched-
ulee. After discussing with Promoter
Floyd Fitzsimmons of Michigan City.
Ind, the latter's proposal to stage a
Wills-Dempsey fight next year, he re-
served decision until word is received
from Wills, Fitzsimmons. packing an
agreement signed by Dempsey to box
the negro, arranged for another con-
ference today. Mullins also booked
himself for a session with Richard
at which they planned to take up both
the Tunney and Dempsey fights.
Jack Kearns, who is manager of
Dempsey according to his view. and
who has nothing to say about Demp-
sey's affairs in the opinion of the
champion, exploded once yesterday and
threatened to do SO again Friday.
"I'll have plenty to say to the box
ing commission" was the promise of
the man who guided Dempsey through
his important battles, declaring that
he would sign Jack to fight Wills and
Mickey Walker to defend his welter-
weight championship against Dave
Shade.
These forecasts threatened to touch
of T. counter bomb in California.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

uments such as wills, deeds and-con.
tracts field for his activities since
paper and printing have been in ex-
istence and education has been gen.
eral.
Vast Field of'Foraer
Today six billion checks in circu-
lation every year AFFORD unlimited
opportunity for his work because
among these checks hundreds upon
hundreds Of thousands are written
as il to make the forger's task as
easy as possible.
But let US watch at work the man
whose business it is to study the
product of the forger and to prove
with scientific accuracy where he
has been at work. We find the ques-
toned document expert in the wit.
ness chair in court.
els that signature genuine?"
The dramatic question that her
aids the climax of the trial is fired
at him. The courtroom is silent.
Judge and jury concentrate their at.
tention upon the witness. With lib
erty hanging upon few strokes of
pen, drop Of chemical and the
lenses of microscope, the accused
becomes tense.
And then the qualified expert
speaks. In these days his testimony
is not mere opinion. He speaks from
knowledge. He sees with the eye
Of experience as well as the eye of
the scientist. The paper upon which
the document before the court is
written may alone justify conviction.
The inanimate ink with which it is
written may become eloquent. The
microscope, the camera and special
instruments give testimony that is
unanswerable and cannot be cross
examined. Much evidence of this
fkind is visible, not oral.
1--WE, the jury. ind the defendant
guilty"
Science Removes Doubt
No quibbling here. The jury has
seen, because the very existence oi
the forger has been responsible for
the creation of a profession thai
rivals in skill that Of the surgeon. OF
in acumen that of the lawyer-the
questioned document expert!
To make the crime itself the Grim
inal's accuser is the experts task.
THAT will was written twenty
years after the date it BEARS" he
says.
Judge and jury register doubt.
"The paper on which it Is writer
was not manufactured until twent,
years after the document is supposed
to have been written" continues the
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Women Freshmen
To Be Told What
They Cannot Do

Berkeley, Cal, Aug. 12.-(AP)-
Women freshmen who enroll in the
University of California this week will
learn that the women's executive COM
nittee has been active during the va
cation.
In outlining a campaign to promote
intellectual pursuits rather than friv-
olities, the committee let 1t be known
today that it will not tolerate:
Coming home from dances after 1
A. NJ.
Entertaining men friends after 1890
P. NJ.
Hose rolled below the knee.
Too generous use Of rouge and lip
stick.
All extremes in dress and conduct
Indulgence in cigarettes.
Petting parties.
Drinking intoxicants.
Violations of the code will mean
trial before the women's committee.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

price Of sugar. which at levels OBJ
tanning for the past several months
will return him an average OF
ninety-one dollars an acre for his
crop. At the figures OF the past
few weeks, he would receive even
less. This means fve dollars an
acre as a maximum for his years
work.
Gravest concern II expressed
throughout the beet-growing area
at what the farmers claim Is an
annual price war. directed against
their crop by what they term the
Cuban sugar monopoly.
1.-THE Cuban sugar people" said
Townsend Mcneil. q farmer OF
Montrose, Colorado. "can well af-
ford to cut prices. They have Wall
Street backing in plenty and on the
closely, controlled Cuban planta-
tions they use peon labor. men.
women and children who eke q
horrible existence at rate OF pay
which could sustain no decent
American family. Once they have
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

morale Of forgers generally. But the
real work Of prevention falls within
the province Of the inventor and the
business man-the inventor furnish
ing the devices for the protection Of
documents, and the business man
putting them to use.
Progress Of Prevention
It is in the field OF negotiable in
struments that forgery prevention
work has made real progress.
Check writing machines have been
developed which protect the amount
line against alteration. Safety pa
pers, which are so intricate in de-
sign and SO distinctive in their chem
ical action as to be the despair OF
the "scratcher," have been produced
through chemical research. Insur-
ance has entered the field OF check
protection with policies completing
the protection afforded in large de-
gree by check writing machines and
safety papers.
The annual loss from forgery and
check alteration in the United States
is recognized as being not less than
800 900, 900. OF this vast total,
generous portion consists Of so al
tering negotiable instruments as to
increase the amount for which they
were originally written. Check writ
ing machines, which shred the
amount in fndelible ink, into the pa
per. guard against the menace. Prop
erly designed and carefully safe
guarded, safety papers furnish the
weapon for combating another big
source Of check fraud losses, in the
form Of changing payee's name, date
and number Of check, and in many
instances outright counterfeiting.
Forgery of signature and forgery of
endorsement, which probably consti-
tute the remaining check fraud
source, are being guarded against
by forgery insurance. =,
And 30 the war against the fcrger
becomes more persistent with each
increase in the Nations business,
the expert establishing the guilt Of
the criminal and the business man
applying preventive measures which
may some day, with universal use,
remove forgery from the list Of conn
mercial crimes. i,sss.4sszyss,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

"The ink shows that the question.
ed line was added several years at.
ter the original portion Of the docu.
ment was written" says the expert,
positively. And then, out Of his ex.
act knowledge of inks, and as a re.
suit OF chemical and microscopic ex.
aminations, he shows that the kind
OF ink with which the questioned
portion was written was not manu-
factured until some time after the
date Of the document. His micro
scope permits the Judge and jury to
see where lines that were supposed
to have been written first were in
reality written last. His chemical
tests establish the differences in in
gradients Of the two inks In Ques
tion. He removes all mystery from
his conclusions and all questions
from the minds of his hearers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

destroyed the. American sugar beet
farmer it will be easy for them.
by simply planting less acreage. to
create an artificial shortage and
charge the American people any
price they choose for sugar.
Twenty-three cents a pound, the
price reached when war demand
nullifled temporarily the American
consumers protection furnished by
the domestic supply. will be far
from improbable"
To add to the seriousness OF the
problem, so far a. the reclamation
areas are concerned. sugar beet
tops and pulp are the principal
modern food for cattle and sheep.
so two great agricultural industries
are at stake in the present low
price Of sugar. the only important
commodity now virtually at pre-
war levels srssf4ksesS<xsss .s,. ., -----<'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

The pictures above show q wo-
man farmer in one Of the reclama-
tion areas Of Colorado. group OF
cattle feeding on beet tops and the
crushed pulp returned by the mills.
and one OF the beet fields wnlcn
represent the whole hope OF hveli-
hood 20 thousands OF American
farmers In a dozen states.
Figures gathered by the western
sioos Beet Growers Association
rive the present average cost OF
rsising beets ut eighty-six dollars
an acre, subdivided as follows:
allowing 1896, lsveling $40; seed
Saoa: planting $.s4: cultivatiris
ss.ss: irrigatins ss.67: handwork
st1 90: plowing out 1888: hauling
sit.0s: rental Of land and water
ffs.ooi depreciation OF stock ana
souipmsnt S2.oo: interest on stock
and equipment investment $500;
taxes on equipment sl.oo; fertiliz-
alton so. :. ..,a
The beet sugar farmer Is paid
IA direct Proportion to the marker
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
indian Boxer Dies
opponent Is Held

Prescott, Ariz., Aug. 12-(AFl-
issac Jose-- 27, a Mohave-Apacne
mdlan, who boxed under the namo
indian Ike" died here yesteroay
Iom . hemmorrhage believed 70
ve heen caused by q blow duI'
vs bout at Jerome Saturday nient.
lung Gotta, lightweight, Is oeins
s.'a pending an inquest.
Hferee Jack Lynch stopped tns
s Any Saturday in the fourth rouna;
Ssarihg that indian Ike" nao
s sa fouled. Ike !, continued tne
4snI and was given q draw.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Giants Midsummer.
Road Trip Looks to
Prove Disastrous

New York, Aug 12-Four and one
half games behind the leaders again
as result of defeat yesterday at the
hands of the Pirates. the New York
Giants today neared the end OF a
disastrous mid summer road trip
without the prospect of securing an
even break for the trip before they
take the back trail home tomorrow
night.
BY snatching victory from the Ma
tional League champions with a five
run rally in the eighth inning, to a.
the Pittsburgh pacemakers tagged
the New York team with its 18th de-
feat in 10 starts since MeGraw led
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

Dempsey, nettled by the action Of the
New York boxing board in declaring
him ineligible for delaying the Wills
negotiations, has stricken New York
state off the list as a possible scene
for tho defense of his title. He has
also rejected Kearns. Since the latter
still holds a contract as the cham
pion's manager, prospect Of throwing
the situation into complete tumble
loomed as an almost certain outcome
of the fulflment Of Kearns' promise
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
EAST WINTHROP

Mr. and Mrs. John Williams OF FIJI
field were callers in this place sunots,
Nj. and Mrs. Millard Jackson an1
little daughter Pauline were weeK-eno
sussts Of friends in Corinna.
Harry e. Packard and family OF o1
dmore arrived by auto Monday .nu
/ viii visit fer a few weeks at his ia'n-
Gs s. e. Packard. .,.
Mrs Robert Waugh and ht.ie
laughter Patricia, who have been Wis
ting In Aroostook county, nave re-
nrned and are stopping at 9. ~
Waugi,s.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Equipment Of Expert

Chemistry. the microscope, the
camera. mathematics and marvellous
measuring instruments are allies Of
the foe Of the forger. But these are
not enough. The expert knows psy-
chology, he knows handwriting, he
knows typewriters and other equip
ment used in creating written and
printed documents. He may aston
ish the courtroom by giving the ap-
proximate age Of the writer Of a
document without having seen the
writer or heard his name. Such a
statement is invariably accompanied
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13

his cohorts out Of the Polo Grounds
on July 90. An even break at Bos-
ton and three victories out of series
of four at Chicago gave the club an
encouraging start until the western
tour brought them into ST. Louis.
The Cardinals gave the champions
their first shove down the chute and
the Cincinnati Reds, catching them
in motion on the slide, added push
resulting in six straight defeats.
Rallying to. victory in the Cincinnati
getaway and fighting bravely in the
opening game with the Pirates,
they lifted their string of triumphs to
eight, but by stopping the Pittsburgh
club today and tomorrow they would
still fall one game short of an even
break on the road and would re-
duce the gap to first place only 70
two games and half.
Dean pitched unbeatable ball for
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
High Tariff on
6erman Fo0dstufs

sln, Aug. 12.-(AP)-The gov
thi,s tariff bill, which passed its
aftss reading in the Reichstag TO-DAY
cs,r one Of the stormiest debates In
Md.s Parliamentary history, pro-
fdos.. censpicuously high duties on
H,ssus and various categories OF
lal products.
Wssl - United states has a most fa-
nas astlcA' agreement with GER.
= assumed that there will pe
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
ON THE RAlLoF rHE:F0RGER

expert. and doubt begins to dissolve.
When he has shown conclusively
that the paper was manufactured in
a certain year. by a specific mill. and
even. perhaps, that it was part Of
specific lot that left the mill, the
case has ended. and a forged docu-
rnent goes into the discard.
Ink Bears Witness
Again 1t may be a question Of an
addition to an admittedly genuine
document.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Wall Street Briefs

New York, Aug. 12.-(AP)-The
financial district heard that Stan
dard Oil of New Jersey shortly will
make an independent announcement
concerning gasoline sales, probably
elimination the posted tank wagon
price of gasoline which would
abolish the public price and place
wholesale gasoline in an open price
field. Another possibility discussed
was adoption of the policy of Stan
dard Oil Company of Indiana
which discounts posted tank wagon
prices on large gasoline purchases
Public Offering of 10000 shares OF
the United Light and Power COM
pany cumulative class A $3.50 divi-
dend preferred stock first series, al
$94 share, and accrued dividend to
yield over $50 per cent, was an
nounced tonight by a syndicate
headed by Howe, Snow and Bertles
Inc. This stock is without par value
and is listed on the Chicago Stock
Exchange.
Eastman Kodak today declared ar
extra dividend of Is cents a share on
the common stock, the same amount
as in the preceding quarter, also the
regular quarterly preferred and com
mon disbursements, all payable Oct
l to stock of record, Aug. 81.
Holders Of American shares o1
Rand Mines, Ltd, will receive s149 &
share on Aug. 25 from the Banker.
Trust Company. the souivalent u
Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-13
Potato Crop of u. S. Reduced

Improbable Of the 1924 potato
the main this and the prospective
further sashed by frost and dry weather.
to Agricultural Foundation Index for July Prices
probably will higher and the total income for the present
crop the Of last when frequently
production Prices old potatoes had sharp
of the final shipment from the
bumper cheaper than the previous The
earlier than
spring outlook promising from intermediate sections
starting ship.