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| conciliate public confidence. The Com
munists did their nastiest to destroy
the solemnity Of the proceedings.
| On August Z, the bill authorizing
the Bank of France to purchase gold
| and foreign currencieS, for defense
Of the franc and for fortif1cation of
| the metal reserve of the bank; also
authorizing the bank to issue notes
to total corresponding to the total
of gold and foreign currencies pur-
chased, such emission to be independ-
ent of the provisions of the act fix
| ing the maximum limit of note cir
! culatiOn: and. still more important.
| granting the minister of finance a
| comprehensive power of decree for
three months-this bill, previously
passed by the chamber, 365 to 1871,
was passed by the Senate almost
unanimously.
| The immediate legislative program
Of the government having been real
lied, on Wednesday Parliament ad-
| journed to October. Our information
on this head is by no means perfectly
authoritative, but apparently Poin-
care, anticipating desperate shedding
| for the treasury and bank until the
yield from the new taxation should
! be in full flourish, against the grain
proposed to his colleagues of the cab
met that the government ask Parlia.
ment to ratify both the debt agree
ments without modification before
| going on vacation, so opening the door
| to foreign credits: and apparently the
intransigents turned him down. At
| any rate, no such action was taken.
| Before adjourning, the chamber re-
ferred the agreements to subcommis-
| SionS for study and for report when
| TO,,s.1 ANT CHI
There Is, of course, the possibility
of the reassembling of Parliament
with view to ratification, should the
| government program of absolute self
help, no imitation, go "f1uey"; should
| the franc go definitely to the bad
again: should the effort to lower the
cost of living, to adjust internal to
external prices, fail: should the alter
native present itself .unevadably of
imitation or foreign credits. I eschew
prediction, merely remarking that
Poincare has a bitter hard row to
| hoe
| The. most striking development of
| the week was the publication Of
! Clemenceau's open letter to President
Coolidge. Some are sure that it will
operate powerfully against ratification
| of the debt agreements by the French
Parliament: some hold the opposite
views: still others with whom 4 am
inclined to agree) think it will operate
about, equally in the two directions
and not very powerfully in either.
The infinite pathos of the appeal from
the dying old man touches the heart
of the world, but still more pathetic
is the evidence, furnished by the in
conference of the note and it's eXtrava-
giant charges against the United
States. that the intellect of the hero
is in sad decline. Little offenSe has
been taken in the country, because of
the obviousness of the latter. 1t may
be that the striking recession of the
franc after it's great appreciation was
a reaction to the Clemenceau note; but
l hesitate to draw that inference.
The franc stood at 2.95A cents on
New York exchange on August 6. It's
subsequent career is interesting. It's
I quotation at closing August was
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FINCERPRINTINC ALIENS
URGED BY NAVAL EXPERT
]. W. Taylor, Who Identified Victims OF
S-5l, Tells How to Beat Immigra-
ton Law Evasion.

Filings and other forms of filings
give an infallible check on identity.
and the only thing required to make il
as efficient as fingerprinting is the
working out of an algebraic formula
by which the peculiarities of each set
of teeth may be quickly recorded Mr..
Taylor has discovered no less than
five million combinations of the
teeth.
The identification of the Lake Den
mark and S51 victims by their teeth
required one to two hours per victim
as compared to three to five minutes
to identify the nine men taken out of
the Ssh at Newport just after they
hado drowned and their flngerprints
were still recognizable. Under the
new system Mr.. Taylor hopes to MAKE
Identification of teeth equally efficient
The vast file of fingerprints now i'm
possession of the Army and Navy
has justified the time and trouble
necessary to keep IL, on scores of
occasions. by preventing impoSters
from posing as men who have died
or disappeared. One case which Mr.
Taylor recalled was that of Arthur
Frazier, who was killed in France
and whose body was buried at his
home in South Dakota. Some time
IL
paper and saw the picture of a
Mexican who was suffering from
aphasia and claimed him as her SON
His name was Lopez and he also
claimed that she was his mother. II
took a jury trial to straighterH the
question out. One hundred and
thirty-eight witnesses were called
The mother swore on the witness
stand that Lopez was Arthur Frazier
and that he had never been killed
at all. Finally Mr.. Taylor was called
from Washington. He took Il finger
print record of Lopez and compared
1t to that of Arthur Frazier. They
were not the same. This settled the
case for the jury
Used I'm Examinations.
FingerprintinG is now being used
by the Government and the State of
New York in order to prevent the
stealing of examination marks by
those taking civil service exami-
nations. This is rather a unioue
form of theft by which one man takes
an examination and sells his grade
to some one else for the average foe
of 500. 1t was impossible To deter
mine whether the man who took the
examination was the real candidate
until recently, when he WAS re
quired to place his thumb print on
the bottom of the paper.
F1ngerprinting was first invented
by the Chinese. as far back as 400
BIC. They discovered il quite acct
dentally through their ancient art of
fingerpainting. Later the Chinese
used fingerprinting to Identify rela-
tives and benefiCiaries of wills. For
instance. when Il Chinese had com
pleted his will he gathered his i'm
| mediate relatives around him and
each placed his thumb print upon the
VIII. Later when he died no one
VINO mad not recorded his tiugerprints
on the VIII could share in the estate.
Copyright. 1928
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gardens, vineyards, ana nelos OF
wheat, barley. maize, hemp. ETC.. OF
such richness and beauty that your
true Damascene is convinced that Para
disc itself can be no better than a
replica thereof Well. to be brief,
by that French solicitude. But a re-
cent report declares that the French
high command, seeing no other way
of Cleaning" have at last devast-
ated the Ghutah.
United States of America Gull
the following from a report issued
by the Federal Trade Commission:
The national wealth at the end
of 1925 was about $3.50. 200. 900 900.
The yearly increase is about Is per
cent as against Is per cent for the in
crease in population. About Il per
cent of the population own about 50
per cent of the wealth. about Is per
cent of the population own over 80
per cent of the wealth. Eight COM
panies control three-fOurths of the an
thracite coal reserves. two companies
more than one-half of the iron ore
reserves.
1t would seem that there are about
4pcVVsUVV SASASS All TIC IIlillppILLCS Co
pable Of a total annual production of
500 900 900 pounds of rubber, or about
three-fourths of the annual rubber
consumption in the United States.
X x X X
MiScellaneOuS.-The Belgian franc
as usual, has been acting sympathet-
ically with the French franc. On Au-
gust 8 closing it stood at 2.7SA on
New York Exchange. Then 1t rose to
2.83h, after subsiding to 2.69 at Au,
gust IL closing.
The German trade ministry's report
for July indicates appreciable recovery
in trade and industry.
The governments of Greece, Jugo-
slavia and Rumania have sent a col
lectiVe note to the Bulgarian govern
ment, protesting against the alleged
activities Of Comitadjis operating, so
the charge goes. under the direction of
the Macedonian revolutionary commit
tee from Bulgaria across the borders
of Greek and Serbian Macedonia and
OF the DObrudja CRumania) The bust
ness is the very Balkanism of the
Balkans. and really satisfactory So
luton seems to await the next Ice
Age. 1 shall remark no further than
to say that Bulgaria is by no means
solely to blame.
1t Is reported that similar Franco
Rumanian and FrancoJugoslav trea-
ties, of much the same complexion as
either the Franco Polish treaty or the
Franco -CZechoslovak treaty reports
differ as to which of these treaties
is the more nearly resembled) have
been initiated and will soon be con-
Summated.
The total net principal of the debt
of the Russian government to the
Government of the United States is
1892, SOL 97. AS of date of November
Is, 1925, the total of the debt, princi-
pal and interest. is $26O,991.4 O1. The
Russian government is indebted in
the principal sum of $75,00O,0O0 for
two loans f1oated during the war by
j. P. Morgan & Co. and a syndicate
headed by the National City Bank of
New York City. The total value of
property of Americans confiscated by
the Soviet government is estimated
at about $40O,000.00
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The new genus of ancient American
camel IS being compared with fossil
bones of other better known kinds bv
the paleontologist. There have been
number of kinds of camels in this
country as far back as the eocene
period Of geological time. which
means 4O.O0O,O00 years or even longer
ago according to recent estimates of
the earths history. Some of the
prehistoric specimens had long legs
and some had short legs, DR.. Gidlev
says. Some had long necks ana
some short. Some were like the Old
World camels. but bigger, and some
We're like strange little colts. no
larger than big. long-legged dog.
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German Colonial Hopes Are Clashing
With Avowed Projects of Mussolini
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
It is the line of least resistance.
Meantime, as I'm the recent Abysn =
MAN agreement with the British. she
may pick up little trities. minor con =
cessionS which serve to please mo =
mentarily. But after all, Italian CO.
lonial possessions about Abysinnia
Eritrea, Juhaland and the rest are Of
little Importance. They can never
be the foundation of a real empire.
In this situation Italy Is bound TO
stand forth as the constant opponent
Of any German colonial acquisitions
If there are to he renuncia tons If
France or Britain seriously con-
siders resigning colonial territories
a thing which is. in itself. rather I'M
likely. the Italian claim will be
urged with every conceivable VIC
lence. And in the matter of man.
dates the Italian veto Will he con-
tinuous. as II would be adequate.
Obstacles Before Germany.
One is bound to see. then. that
German hopes in the direction of a
restoration of the old colonial en-
pire are unlikely to be realized in
any present time, indeed in any time
face to face with the German eX-
pectation, with the German belief
that such restoration is not only
Germany's right. but that it is nee
essary TO the moral reha Utilization of
the country.
Assume that Germany is admitted
to the League of Nations in Septem-
Der, and every one agrees that the
inevitable consequence will be the
formulation and presentation of
Germany's claim for colonial terri
tories, for some mandate as a sign
bf the moral vindication of Germany.
The allies took Germany's colonies
IN the strength of the declaration
that Germany was morally unfit to
govern native races: the allegation
was false and is now abandoned. but
the Islander can only be abolished
when Germany has. by allied agree
ment, new colonial possession.
That is the basis of the German con-
tention.
But conComitant with the German
demand is the Italian. which at al
most weekly intervals Mussolini
proclaims. from the houSetops.
Italy must expand. Italy must have
colonies. Italy is strong. watchful.
ready. Italy will never consent that
Germany get territories while Italy
is still empty handed There Is the
burden OF the Italian contention.
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AAAS AOiiO"Ai6 n ia lCA o0lh
mary OF the most important
news Of the world for the
i seven days ended August IA:
The British Empire. s
no doubt that the advocates of q very
considerable extension Of operation OF
the principle of imperial preference
will make a vigorous effort to obtain
acceptance of their views at the i'm
perial conference in October. These
views are more and more being for.
titled by the extension in number and
height of the customs barriers against
British products. Considering how
dependent Spain has been on British
markets for sundry Spa nish products
the British are particularly eXas
perated by the new Spanish zeal fol
protection. particularly in regard to
coal and steel
III they go on treating us that way
say the champions of imperial pref
erence, the obvious answer Is to put
our chief dependence on intraimperial
trade. But no doubt the British gov
eminent will move cautiously in this
matter pending the results Of the
coming international economic con
ference to be held under the auspices
of the League of Nations. According
to Prof. Peake of Columbia, speaking
at the Williamstown Institute of
Politics, between 1913 and 1923 Great
Britain's trade with China fell off
from 48 per cent of China's total for.
eign trade to 80 per cent, whereas
during the same period Japans share
increased 800 per cent, and that OF
the United States 400 per cent.
The population of all Ireland in
12d7 0A0 000 i'm. a
The census of 1911 showed 4,384 900
The excess Of births over deaths dur
ing the intermediate period was fair
ly satisfactory, the population de
crease being chiefly due to emigra
ton. In 1852, 100000 persons emf
grated (the record), but thereafter emf.
grafton fell off gradually, the mum.
Der Of emigrants in 1921 being about
IA 900. The total number of emf.
grants in the 20 years, 1851-1921, was
about 1900, 00O The present popula.
ton of the entire country is estimated
to be about 100000, whereof perhaps
5000. 900 are residents of the Free
State.
The Canadian parliamentary elec-
ton campaign Is on briskly, not to
say ferociously, with plentiful ex
change of amenities.
X X X X
France.-On Friday the measure
providing for establishment of a sink
ing fund for amortization of the
floating debt, recently passed by both
houses by handsome majorities, was
submitted to the National Assembly
ii. e., the two houses Of Parliament in
joint session at Versailles) for incor
poration in the constitution. 1t was
SO Incorporated, the vote being GIL tC
144.
Poincare was at his best in his ad
dress to the assembly on this occa
sion: and Poincare at his best is very
good indeed, so clear. logical and force
full. Poincare's object in proposing in
corporation of the measure in the con
stitution was twofold--to protect it
from Parliament, and. by furnishing
a solemn guarantee to the bOndholders
that the state would not repudiate, t.
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Trial in Irish Tongue.

Under the Free States constitution
the Irish language Is equally with
English the legal language, and
acts Of Parliament are bilingual. Oc-
casionally in the law courts some Irish
is used in the course Of the proceed
ings. but neither the bench the bar
nor the litigants are as yet capable
of using Irish as freely as English
However. case has just been heard
in which, for the first time, the Irish
language was exclusively used. The
chief justice who heard the case
proved himself a fluent Irish speak
er. though he had acquired the Ian.
guage and did not know It In his
youth.
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Training a Child.

How To teach children is a problem
whose difficulties are expressed by an
English authority. DR.. j. a. Had.
field. in the terse statement: THE
three main principles in the training
OF children are to make them do
what one wants, to let them do what
they like and to make them like
what they do
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cept possibly the completion of the
installation of apparatus on some loco.
motives, according TO the railway ex-
ecutives. Here again there is a diff
ference between the railroad figures
and the figures Of the commission, ex-
piainable by the fact that the roads
do not report to the commission work
completed until 1t Is in fact finished
and ready for test.
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Bought for White House.

President Monroe was wont to go
to market and personally do the pur-
chasing for the White House during
his tenure as Chief Executive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15
BY HENRY w. BUM.

- HE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven DAYS ended August Ia:
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BY WILLIS j. BALLINGER.

YHAT would old Neanderthal
~ man have thought if he
wv could have looked down the
telescope of time and have
soon tho tyopi,,S of biu do
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II AkING the fingerprint records
of every immigrant entering
the United States, and even
L tually of every citizen of the
The Washington times., 1926-06-29
, .: n

fiARIE JERIfZA for late hours
and e1citements ever more insis-
tent
If your: late hours are due to
mistaken devotion to work, the
results may be just as serious in
loss of youth. loneliness and
strength. It's we'll to look ahead
10 the forties fifties and sixties
and to save yourself bit now in
order that you may not be a
sufferer ind burden to others in
the years to come.
Beauty sleep" includes the
hours before midnight. Except on
special occasionsg every woman
should plan to enjoy at least one
hodrz OF sound slumber before the
6troke Of twelve.
:. AS q rule. If YOU sleep sound
eight or eight and one-half hours.
you will find yourself fully rested
and restored TO fresh loneliness
iH the morning. provided YOU
slept in a comfortable bed. fully
relaxed. in a quiet, dark room
Hooded with fresh air.
fs-Take the few moments needed
stoaremove the Crime of the day
before YOU seek your pillow. You
: RafIl siumber more 2 peacefully,
: knowing that your body is clean
: .tandt your complexion. softened
with cold cream. hot oil or a
mild .astringent. according to your
Individual need.
- Dent neglect the humble hot.
: water bottle in your efforts to
prevent insomnia. An electric
rad is more luxurious, but, the
hot.water bottle serves Just, as
well to. remove damp chill from
the. sheets when the. weather has
been raw or stormy. Even in
midsummer. there are nights. .es-
,peeially in the country, when a
hot water bottle to warm YOUR
feet viii send you quickly off ito
Dreamland.
II you don't sleep we'll watch
! YctIr. diet, a little more closely.
Cut down on rich food and stin1lI.
lanfs, such as strong coffee. Sub
: stitus milk cocoa or other
health drinks" and fresh vege-
!. tables and fruit. You need. how.
ever, sufficiency Of wholesome
food at regular hours.
1t doesn't pay to go to bed
hungry. A glass Of milk or an
!. apple or a bowl Of crackers and
5 milk may help you to settle hap
: PLY to slumber. Be sure to walk
outdoors every day in all kinds
!. Of weather. for fresh air and ex-
ercise are essential If you hope to
!. enjoy sleep that will. build UP
2 your beauty.
: Do YOUR reading before you get
!. into bed, thus saving eye-strain
and nerve strain Switch out the
I lights. open wide your window.
Z take few deep breaths, then
. stretch out comfortably in your
bed. ready for deep. unbroken
Z slumbar. =.
; AS you drift off, remember the
: pleasant, sweet, kindly things that
!, have happened all day and send
|, out thoughts of goodwill 10 all
{ A woman who enjoys beauty.
: sleep in this fashion should re.
. serve her wholesome loneliness
: Of mind and body all the years of
I her long life.
The Washington times., 1926-06-29
is THIS YARN
A MYTH?

rs it possible for a human being
II to freeze to death in the des.
ert, with the temperature above
ITO degrees Fahrenheit? Are old
stories Of such deaths ffctional
and fantastic, or are they based
upon scientific principle? Was
the often told story of the death
by freezing of George Boden in
Visalia, Southern California, 20
years ago. pure myth, fabrication.
or authentic?
Nationwide scientific interest
and. sharp differences of opinion
among physicists have been
aroused by the revival of the
George Boden incident by Carl
.Clausen, writer, who has used the
alleged Visalia "115 degrees free2-
ing case as the basis of a story
entitled Zero" published in Nc
Cures Magazine for July.
Paul de Kruif. we1l.known sci.
enlist and author of the "Microbe
Hunters, after some investiga-
ton. has declined to support the
possibility. -
The Washington times., 1926-06-29
Test Your Knowledge:W
Times Daily Dozen
by A, L. Wilbert., M. A

; drums mat can be tuned to sound
different notes?
IL. HEALTH. What is a "bal
anced diet?"
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
/. LITERATURE. Mrs. Aphra
Ben. THE Divine Astrae," novel.
ist and dramatist of the 18th cen
fury, was the first English woman
to earn a living by her pen.
2. HISTORY. The Holy Roman
Empire and the Papacy were the
two great institutions that grew
in shape and form during the
Dark Ages
8. GEOGRAPHY. The United
States and Chile are the two coun.
tries that lead in the production Of
copper.
4, BUSINESS. There are 3s5, 900
retail and chain grocery companies
in the United States. 49,
S. MANKIND. In. order to have
the minimum of comfort, an Ameri-
can family must have an annual
income Of at least $3.50.
6. HUI IAN NATURE. The
world, as we see 1t. is only a re.
lICCLlutI III O"H
z. GENERAL SCIENCE. At
the present time. electric power is
transmitted to points 230 miles
distant from the generating plant.
s. LAW. Courts Of record are
those whose acts and. judicial pro.
ceedings are required by law to
be enrolled and preserved. per
manently: -
9.:CIVICS. The four principal
federal boards for the regulation
of: business are:rThe Interstate
Commerce Commission. the Fed.
eral Reserve Board. the Tariff
Commission and the Federal Trade
Commission. t:
10, ART: Marauetry, Isl orna.
mental wood. inlaid with ivory.
metals. mother.of-pearl. etc.
IL. MUSIC, TinTbre il the
quality OF tone that Is character.
istic OF, particular instrument.
For example, the. same note, played
in the same time with the same
intensity on a violin and on a
flute differ in quality or timbre.
~. HEALTH. Every normal
individual needs. on the average.
from $500 to 5000 Galleries Of food
daily ''- : -
The Washington times., 1926-06-29

1. LITERATURE. Who was
the author of the notable French
romance called "Manon Lescaut"?
2, HISTORY. Why Is the end
of the world called the Millennium?
8 GEOGRAPHY. Which State
leads in the production Of baux-
lite, the ore from which metallic
aluminium is obtained?
4. BUSINESS. What percentage
of the worlds steel output is pro-
duced in the United States?
5. MANKIND. What Is So
cialism?
s. HUMAN NATURE. Why is
it essential to let a child do
things for himself?
Z. GENERAL SCIENCE. Which
achievement first proved beyond
doubt that the earth is a sphere?
s. LAW. What are the two
chief duties of a principal to his
agent?
9. CIVICS. Who said: America
is another word for opportunity"
10. ART. Which celebrated Ger
man painter ranks also among
the worlds greatest engraVers?
II. MUSIC. Which are the only
The Washington times., 1926-06-29

To DR., w. B. Caldwell. of Mon
ticello, ILL.,. practicing physician
for Al years. 1t seemed cruel that
so many constipated infants and
children had to be kept constantly
stirred up" and half sick by TAX
ing cathartic pills, tablets. salts.
calomel and nasty oils.
While he knew that constipation
was the cause Of nearly all chill
dren's little ills. he did not believe
that a sicl1ening purge" or ply.
ic" was necessary.
In DIR. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin.
he discovered laxative which helps
to establish natural bowel Regular
ity" even il the child is chemically
constipated. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Persin not. only. GAUGES a gentle.
easy bowel movement, but, best OF