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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
GRIM WAR JOKE
RESULT DISCLOSED
BYFINGERP PRINTS
Identity Of Man Missing
Seven Years Finally
Established.

Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Finger-
prints-those little black, smudgy
records that never lie-have at last
brought about a solution of one of
the strangest mysteries growing out
of the World War, according to War
Department officials.
Fingerprint experts of the Govern
ment always insist that out of the
more than four million prints taken
of men in the military and naval
service during the war, no two had
exactly the same pattern.
But a short time ago the experts
found that the f1ngerprints of Glenn
Lee, arrested on a charge Of deser-
ton, were identical with those Of
Harley A. Wade of Centerville, Iowa,
who volunteered for service in the
Iowa National Guard the day after
war was declared.
The reliability of fingerprints as a
positive means of Identification was
at stake. The experts began a long
Investigation, with NEA Service CO.
operating, and here is the story the
ghostly fingerprints finally have told.
, When war was declared, Wade
was a bellboy in an Ottumwa Qowa)
hotel.
He enlisted and his regiment was
at Camp Mills, L. l., in September,
1917. Wade and two others were
on a special detail and did not re-
turn to their outfit until after the
evening mess. Orders had been left
for the cook to save food for them.
and they sat down to a "big feed"
as Army meals go.
Whats the idea of all the food?"
Wade asked.
The cook grinned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03
But here again fate interviewed.


The records showed that a young
man giving the name of Glenn Lee
had enlisted in the regular Army
at FIT. Bragg, N. c., and had deserted
from the 18th Ordinance Company
at Ft. Sam HoustonA San Antonio,
Texas. April &c, 1925, shortly after
the Wades instituted their suit to
collect the insurance.
The finger prints of Wade ard Lee
were identical. Their picture re-
vealed a striking resemblance. Lee
was traced to Washington and it
was found that he had married a
girl living in a nearby Virginia town.
Mrs. Wade's attorney sought to find
her in the hope of restoring the son
to his mother, but letters to the wife
came back unclaimed.
The Wades again instituted suit
to collect the insurance hoping they
would force the company to find
their son. Again the War Depart
ment experts insisted Lee in reality
was Wade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

letters of Harley to his mother, Mrs
Isaac Wade, suddenly stopped. The
army informed her of his desertion.
For months she was confident
Harley would show up and atone
for his thoughtless act.
But the months turned into years,
the war was over, the returning
troops were welcomed home and still
no word of her son. But she still
had hope.
Finally early this year, Mrs. Wade
and her husband brought suit to col
lect their sons insurance on the
grounds that his absence of more
than seven years made him legally
dead.
But insurance companies demand
positive proof. The company went
to the War Department records and
found the identical fingerprints.
The company insisted young
Wade still was living Mrs. Wade
was happy at the though of having
her son back with her.
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Il don't know how my folks got
trace of me" Wade said. Il realize
now the great mistakes ! made.
couldn't bear to face my family after
1 had deserted but only two weeks
ago l did tell the prison chaplain
had a niece living in Centerville,
Iowa.
Tell them to write me-" he said,
as he was taken back to his job of
raking leaves.
Back at the Wade home a mother
cried for joy.
Poor lamb she sobbed. "He was
the pick Of my lot. Nobody knows
whether he has had enough to eat
all these years. | hope pa can get
him back soon and I'll have dinner
for him when he gets here. He'll
want something to eat when he gets
here-he always did anyway"
Another prodigal son will return.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

More than five billion was spent
last year for goods sold on the in
stalment plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-03

reveille and a slit was found in the
back of his tent. He had deserted.
Back in Des Moines. Iowa. the
Evening star., 1926-10-31

European theaters, as every one
knows. are very broadening In case
you missed them in the l.. S. A.
you can see a lot OF American shows
i'll London. 1t will be a swell chance
to catch up on your home theater-
going. (Meet Miss Babe Johnson of
Par.s and Lenox avenue. New York
City,
Evening star., 1926-10-31

we did have such an interest
ing time in Paris. We met
Q III perfectly charming
Americans from the boat, who
knew just where To go. and we
Went to Ciro'S-l think it was
and saw Pearl White and
the Dolly Sisters. and loads OF
interesting people. My dear.
there wasn't a day we didn't
meet some one we knew IRON
hoult.'"
Evening star., 1926-10-31
Copyright 1925: BY The Chicago Tribune Synticatc'.

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Evening star., 1926-10-31

To music lovers. trip abroad means
a treat for the ear from the moment
the ships concert gets under way.
Here, ii you please, is J. J. Boom.
serio-comic-baritone. who is going to
sing at the concert aboard the good
ship Acne of the Royal Glue Line.
Mr.. Booms selected piece will be a
simple little ballad about a tickle sun
beam and red rose The sunbeam.
naughty rascal. never came back and
the red rose died for want OF atten-
ton. Very sad. Ii there is an en-
core. J. J. will render Come Away.
Death. with his own setting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
MARYLAND j. MAN
HEADS CONFERENCE
HeWett Elected President of
Tri-Diocesan Body of
College Students.

At the final business meeting OF
the Tri-Diocesan Conference or Col.
lege Students of the Episcopal
Church, held In st. Adams School
last evening. the following were elect
ed as officers for the ensuing year:
President, Frank Hewett OF the Uni
versity of Maryland In Baltimore;
first vice president. Carroll Brook
Of George Washington University;
second vice president. Miss Eugenla
Stroll of Hood College, Frederick,
Md; secretary, the Rev. II. N. Ar
rowsmith, canon of the Pro Cathedral,
Baltimore.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the retiring officers and those VINO
had made arrangements for the con-
ference.
The delegates to the conference will
attend service at ST. Paui's Episcopal
Church at IL O'Clock this morning.
This service will be read by students
and the sermon will be preached by
Pat Malin, a layman and a graduate
student at the University of Penn
sylvania Rev. A. A. McCallum.
rector of st. Paurs and chaplain OF
the Episcopal Club Of George Wash
ington University, will celebrate holy
lOE lHc oLuuChIo at s'oV'
All students, whether affiliated with
a church club or not. will be welcome
at these services.
Before adjournment, the conference
adopted a number of resolutions as
the result of their general and group
conference. The desire was expressed
that college church groups should in
Nite students Of other denominations
to attend their meetings. and that
friendly hands should be extended to
foreign students. The study of in
dustriaI relations was urged to help
those suffering from lack Of social
opportunities. Members and units
were counseled to exert their in
fluence to uphold the regulations OF
their colleges and "by their example
as practical Christians to help raise
the moral standard of the campus"
The next meeting will be held In
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
The Rev. II. +. Kloman of Salisbury,
Md, and the Rev. Ronalds Taylor of
College Park, with the officers Of the
conference, are a committee to arrange
this meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
D. c. ALUMNI ASKED
TO ASSIST HARVARD
Howard Corning Seeks Contribu-
lions to Fund Council
at Meeting.

Financial assistance for Harvard
University was urged on prominent
local alumni by Howard Corning,
Cambridge, Mass, class Of 1890, who,
as executive secretary of the Harvard
Fund Council, addressed q luncheon
meeting here Yesterday.
Unrestricted funds are needed to
increase teachers salaries; to provide
for more and better tutors under the
tutorial system. and to improve lab
oratorv equipment, classroom faclli'
ties, materials for research and kin
dred items. Mr.. Corning said.
Outlining the history and aims of
the Harvard fund. MIR. Corning ex-
planned il was inaugurated October
Is last to provide a means whereby
all Harvard men may contribute an
nually to the support of the univer-
sity. 1t is a permanent institution
and it's officiating body is known as
the Harvard Fund Council, composed
of 80 alumni of which Howard Ell
lott, 81, chairman of the Northern
Pacific Railway, is president. The
Harvard fund is in no sense
drive There is no quota and the
money raised will be turned over an
nually to the president and fellows to
be used entirely in their discretion
the speaker amplfiied.
Mr.. Corning spoke of the recent
endowment fund and of the $40, 00O.-
600 campaign to raise money for the
Business School, the Division of
Chemistry and the Division Of Fine
Arts. These, he pointed out, were for
endowment purposes, and Harvard is
still in the greatest need of unre-
StriCted money.
The success of the fund, according
to Mr.. Corning, will depend on the
number of contributors rather than
on the size of individual gifts. 1t is
not intended that the Harvard fund
shall conflict in any way with the an
nual gift to the university each COM
mencement from the twenty fifth re.
union class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
HARRISON PLEA FUTILE.
Widow of Ex-President Asks Len
iency for Maid She Accused.

NEW YORK, February 27 N).-
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison. 67-year-old
widow of President Harrison, made
o. futile plea in police court today for
clemency for her maid. Anna Bern
hardt. arraigned on the charge OF
larceny of antique jewelry and linens
from Mrs. Harrison's Fifth avenue
nome Magistrate McKiniry held the
maid in $4,000 bail for the grand
fury.
The prisoner pleaded with Mrs.
Harrison for "chance to prove her
Innocence" Mrs. Harrison asked the
MAGISTRATE not to send the maid to
fail, but he explained that he had no
power to grant such clemency. Mrs.
Harrison did not give the value of the
jewelry stolen, but said it was very
Valuable" 1t included two diamond
rings, diamond chain and bracelets.
The articles were found in the serv
ants trunk,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
MANTONS TO LIVE APART,
ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES
Explains Reasons for Sudden Sus-
pension of Divorce
Litigation.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 27.-Al-
though their present divorce litigation
has been suspended, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Kevitt Manton will not resume
living together, it was announced to-
day by Warren I. Lee, Mrs. Manton's
attorney.
The divorce action brought by Mrs.
Manton. in which she named Marjorie
Rambeau, actress, as correspondent,
came to a sudden end last night, while
the jury which heard the case was
deadlocked Supreme Court Justice
Wasservogel, trial judge, announced
he had effected a reconciliation.
1.-The fact that the jury was hope
lessly deadlocked, coupled with Mr..
Manton's repeated expressions of ad-
miration and respect for Mrs. Manton,
led to a suspension of the present
litigation between the parties" Mr..
Lee said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
FLYERS HOPE TO MAKE
NEW RECORD FOR SPEED
Will Go From Dayton to Boston
Partly for Test of
instruments.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio, February 27.-A
nonstop flight between Dayton and
Boston, in which it is hoped to set a
flight record, Is scheduled to start here
by Lieut.. Lyman P. Written and
Navigation Engineer Bradley Jones,
both of McCook Field, tomorrow morn
ing at o'clock. The distance of
1875 miles is ordinarily a seven-hour
trip.
BY reaching favorable wind cur
rents at an altitude of about 10000
feet, the fliers say that 1t may be pos
sible to lower this mark considerably.
Navigation instruments alone will
guide the flyers on the trip.
The flight is not purely a speed rec
ord attempt. 1t will also be a test
of navigation instruments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Rather Unreliable.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Mugg;ns - Harduppe assures me
that he will square up his account
with me next Saturday. Is he good at
keeping a promise?
Buggins-That fellow couldn't keep
a promise in a safe deposit vault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Just for an Outing.
from the Pittsburgh Sun.

From the Pittsburgh Sun.
Mrs. Blosswell was visiting the en-
ployment agency.
II want a good cook for my country
house." she informed the manager.
The manager turned to her secre-
tary, Have we any one here who
would like to spend day or so in the
country" she inquired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
PLAN FINAL DRIVE.
Jewish Campaigners Seek 1903
Members to ELL Quota.

With the goal in sight, 900 cam
paigners in the Jewish Community
Center membership campaign this
morning will open the final drive for
quota of $500 members.
The last report, two days ago,
showed 1852 members enrolled and
campaign leaders predicted that the
|, 03S additional members necessary
to make the campaign a complete
success would be signed by o'clock
tonight.
A campaigners' dance and buffet
supper at the center tonight will end
the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
Matches Always Strike.

Matches which are not harmed by
wetting have recently been invented
by mixing the milk of rubber with
the Illuminating material and then
vulcaniZing 1t.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-02-18

Kenmore, Home Of Betty. Washington.
unusually elaborate. On the ceilings
and on the walls are encrusted beau
tiful frescoes. The material is stucco
and has remained fresh as if shaped
the day before yesterday in spite or
the nearly two hundred years they
have been in existence.
Although built I'm 1853. when Col
Onel Lewis and betty Washington
1919. married, KENMORE was not COM
Atil long afteFward Like ev-
zshQme, nav additions and
led AZ the years went
& paw dkhecessities.
<. bounds.
. &; E. l| nty years after
nd already af-
many famous
y Z 4. |; d been wit
tined to be-
ous decOra-
charming
S. Beautiful
q S' hung with
ks pake
Use Of ex-
&. 4 81 = 4 s 4 is the cot
Ellington, the
Atty, lived and
es to within
s 3 81. 81. ke shaft which
:. a.
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tory sentence being revoked. Meld-
eris wife was sent to the reformatory at
Clinton.
Judge Ruff v. Lawrence in common
pleas court Freehold Monday set
March as the date for the trial Of Ray
mond Pitman, former Avon cop and
state trooper. who was indicted with
three others in the disappearance OF ~
cases Of ale hol from the Avon boro
fire house on Oct. 10.
The grand jury failed to find an
indictment against Fred Hansen, q
cop who was supposed to have guard
ed the LIQUOR with Pitman.
Bail bonds of $4,000 were required
on the conspiracy charges and $1,000
addition on the separate charges. Al
furnished bail bonds.
The Avon commissioners recently
rein tated Pittman, who howeye re-
signed fr M the rec a week ater.
David Hall, eolored, pleaded guilty
to u anslaughter char and r
nished So, $40 bail to await trial March
9 on charge Of causing the death Of
of Leigh Eberle in an automobile ac-
client ,ct.3
William Trotter of Freehold, who
has rived large part OF each ear
in the unity jail for several years
III the county Jail for several years,
pleaded guilty of desertion of his wife
and five children ard he was sentence
ed to two to three years in state pris-
on
TIE illegal liquof selling cases that
were brought in Monday all enan-
ated from Asbury Park, and all furn-
ished bailed bonds for trial ON dates
set. They were Julia Quatrano,
candy store at Second and Kingsley
street; trial March 9. Louise Con-
STANCE, 11O5 Kingsley street trial
March 8. Frank Anderson, coIored,
Smile Awhile inn. tlantic avenue;
tr ial March 9. Nick Aldrelli 1925
Springwood avenue; trial March 9.
Bazario Ingoe, Vesuvia resJaur Mt,
West side of Main street; trial March
8. Harry Hart colored Roseland
cabaret, Springwood avenue, trial
March 10. Julian Carbone, Oil
Springwood avenue; trial March 10.
Oscar Richmond entered a plea OF
not guilty for assault and battery upon
and attempt to steal $40 fir m Lulu
Marks at Asbury Park Aug, 16. Mrs.
Celia Ri mond OF "a Jefferson street,
Perth Amboy, became bondswoman
for her sou in the sum of 81 900 for him
to await trial March 10.
Ernest Corrin, pleaded not guilty of
breaking and entering the store of Her
man Lefkawitz at Sea Bright Dec 81,
and stealing small quantity Of mer-
chandise. He was remanded to jail to
await trial March 9th.
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M onmouth County Courts

A suit for 81, 6S2 AZ instituted by Com
missioner William H. Spayde. con-
tractor and builder Of Avon, against
Mrs. Marcella Masteller of that place,
which was begun Tuesday and adj
iourned to Wednesday of last week
was again adjourned on account Of
the snow storm until Tuesday before
Judge Lawrence and jury. Mr..
Spayde, represented by District Court
Judge Ward Kremer, contends that
ON June 10, 1911, he contracted with
Mrs. Masteller to erect for her q
house on a cost plus 10 percent basis,
also agreeing that Mrs Masteller
should be permitted to pay him at
the rate Of $50 per month until the
full amount, th int crest was paid.
The work cost total of SO, 131 but Mrs
Masteller, he contends, paid him bat
%4OO and q lien claim OF Perrine u
Buckelew Of Jamesburg for 81 1882,
leaving q balance claimed due him of
$682, AZ.
Mrs Masteller, represented by Max
Finegold OF Freehold, is defending
the suit on the ground that the work
was improperly performed, causing
her to expend further sums to make
the building safe, and also that thru
permitting lien claims to be filed
against the property she was Obliged
to give a mortgage on the property
to pay the claim and that the con-
tract was thus broken, she having
been obliged to pay two years in adj
vance Of the payment as stipulated
in the contract.
Joseph Bruno Of Red Bank, who
had snant two unonths in ia1l flowing
his third arrest for Illegal sale of liq-
uOr was fined $500 and costs Thursday
by Judge Lawrence. Judge Lawrence
directed that $500 Of the fue be paid
at once and the balance in INSTALL
ments of So per week and also di-
rected Bruno to leave the county.
Rebecca Weinstein pleaded guilty
of illegal transportation and posses
sion6of liquor at BelInar on Jan. is.
She was given a suspended Jail sem.
tence Of three months in the count
Jail and fined $3.50 and costs. to be
paid in installments of $25 per month
to Probation Officer H ughtop. in
whose custody she was paroled for
is months.
Tony Cucurello, the 16-year-old
Asbury Park youth, who last week
pleaded guilty Of entering the Sachs.
store after a fire in the middle of
January and stealing small guam
tity of clothing, was fined $40 and
costs and paroled for 18 months in
custody of Probation officer Hough-
ton.
James Melder. who with his wife,
GsskRE o.. Aatenced last week to
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to him. The Washington stock went
Ito the endowment Of an institution
that had been established before the
Revolution and after 1t had been re-
named Liberty hail. This became
Washington college, and is now Wash
ington and Lee university. During the
interval between 1888 and 1889, when
he was not in public life, Washington
made journey through the Mohawk
valley, and in letter expressed the
view that that route would constitute
the best line for connecting the region
of the Great lakes with tidewater. He
did not live to see the construction Of
the Erie canal and the subsequent rise
of the port of New York to commercial
domination.
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Betty Washington
Home National
Memorial c. 5
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Kenmore, the home of Col Fielding
Lewis and his wife, Elizabeth Betty
Washington, the only sister of George
Washington, has been converted into
a national memorial by the Fredericks-
burg chapter of the Kenmore associ-
alton The house is In Fredericks-
burg, Va; and is the only Washington
home that is not in the care of pa
triotic society.
Washington himself spent many
days at Kenmore and received there
many guests who are now national fig
ures. II also was at Kenmore that he
met Martha Parke Gusts, who was
later to be Martha Washington.
The house is a beautiful Colonial
mansion, said to be the finest type OF
architecture of that period, and Wash
ington had a large share in the de-
signing of it, making the plans for
many of its exterior decorations which
were executed for him by Hessian
artists, war prisoners whom he as
signed to the task.
Funds Raised by q. A, r.
The leaders in the movement for Its
preservation plan to make it national
patriotic shrine, a lesser Mount Yer
non. Some time ago it was threat
ened with destruction, but the mem
bers of the Fredericksburg chapter Of
the Daughters of the American Reyo-
luton raised the funds for its preser-
walton.
The house is of solid brick construc-
ton Colonel Lewis. when he built 1t,
was a man of wealth and taste, and
made 1t one of the most notable resi-
dences of the Colonies.
Imposing as IT'S exferIor Is, IT'S chief
glory is within. Its decorations are