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be placed high and some low in the
line. Some will be rotated, and some
will make contact on one portion of
the face, before the other portion hits
the paper. Adjustments for minimiz-
ing these discrepancies are made by
inspectors. who usually reduce these to
apparent uniformity. insofar as the I'M
aided eye is able to Judge.
These variations are all susceptible
to precision measurements, and when
these are made and compared with
it will usually be found that five to
ten characteristics are SUFFICIENT to es-
tablish the identity of the machine
which produced the document. The
product of probability fractions rapidly
reduce the probability of two machines
existing which will produce documents
having the characteristics specified
For the number of agreements given
above, and in the absence of unex-
planned disagreements. the ratio usually
reduces below the ratio for the number
Of machines In existence, and there
fore justifles the conclusion of identity.
Speaks From Every Line.
The excellence Of this type Of EVIL
dence arises from the consistency of
the variations: the evidence speaks
from every line OF the document, and,
barring q few readily explainable va
riations, there are no contradictions.
Attempts at destroying these beacon
lights Of evidence through mutilation
are seldom successful, as to do so would
require perfect analysis of all defects
in the machine, and facilities for this
type Of analysis are limited
Some of the special types of instru-
ments used for comparing typewriter
documents have been designed and
used by Albert s. Osborne, New York
City examiner in questioned docu-
ments. Here as In fields of meteorology
the value Of the measurement depends
upon the precision of the instrument
and the ability Of the user. Inac-
curacies in either render the result Of
little value. Experts in this field usually
design their own type of measuring
instrument, and assemble numerous
specimens OF typewriting from which
they draw conclusions as to what con-
stituteS proof of identity,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
WASHINGTON BOYS
ELECTED BY D.S.N.
High School Fraternity in Con.
venton Here Gives All
Posts to Capital.

Three washington boys were elected
to all Of the national offices of Delta
Sigma Nu High School Fraternity al
the closing sessions of the convention
in the Hotel Mayflower yesterday.
Chester r. Draper, alunnuS of Nc
Kinley Manual Training School, was
reelected president of the national
body. Joseph L. Ramisch and A. Ed
ward Sweeney, both Tech High stu
dents, we're named national treasurer
and national secretary, respectively.
The convention, composed Of repre-
sentatives of At chapters from %
States, decided to pursue methods that
were followed In securing recognition
from the District Board Of Education
In other States where the scholastic
organizations are not favored. 1t was
voted to collect information concerning
every locality where governing school
officials did not favor scholastic So
cieties and launch campaign for
recognition simultaneously throughout
the country.
The convention determined upon a
program of national expansion In COM
munities that recognize high school
fraternities that will be begun In the
near future. 1t is planned to grant
about 20 more chapters before conclu-
sion Of this program.
President Draper reported on prog
reSs OF the committee that Is framing
a new constitution. He said that the
new document would specifically pro-
vide that chapters of D. s. N. are to
operate with the knowledge and CO.
operation Of governing school officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11

educa ton on the reservation and taught
to follow some useful occupation.
The school system Is archaic. The
schools are old fire traps, plumbing
poor. ventilation poor and until recently
corporal punishment was inflicted and
1t was corporal punishment.
The superintendent on one reserva-
ton admitted he took si1 girls, ages
ranging around 16 to 10 years. made
them bend over chair while he held
their dresses tightly around their bodies
and beat them with q strap-thc
Indians said it was piece of q harness
tug. One boy, so his parents said. was
beaten across his bare badk until 1t
bled.
The tales Of brutality told by the
Indians, and In some instances admit
ted by the agents, reSenbled the stories
Of the dark days Of slavery. Many of
these school teachers and agents asked
the question, What are you going to
do with them when they won't mind,
If we can't infiict corporal punt Bhment?"
That's the same question some slave
owners asked. That's the same queS-
ton husbands ask when charged with
assault upon their wives. But our
present enlightened civilization believes
there Is better way then brute force.
But many Indian agents don't belong
to our present civilization. They are
living in civilization that is passed.
They are politicians, most of them.
who hold their jobs through the influence
of some Senator or Representative They
are appointed to pay some political debt.
The Indian has paid political debts for.
10. these many years He has paid them
to his sorrow and to his moral, physical
and economic ruin.
Secretary Wilbur was quoted in the
newspapers as saying something to the
effect that the Indians should be given
pickle" The trouble is, Mr.. Secre-
tary, that the Indians have had too
many pickles. 1t isn't pickles they need
but an honest efficient business-Iike
administration of their affairs. They
have been exploited and plundered by
Indian traders, lumber concerns. oil
companies, ct cetera. until they have
little of their resources intact.
Lists Recommendations.
Rations.-You have heard how the
Indian Bureau fed the old INDECENT
Indians. Well, they have given them
rations-$106 every two weeks. They
have fed some of them horse meat and
rancid pork until one old Indian said
he had eaten horse meat until he whin-
MED In his sleep.
Conclusions.-The old and INDECENT
Indians should be cared for by the Gov
eminent.
Proper hospitals should be estab-
lished to care for tuberculosis victims.
The young should receive an educa-
ton that would make useful citizens out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
SPECIAL FEATURES
FOR BOTH DIVISION
Veterans of Division Will Hold
Four-Day Session Here
Next Week.

Many special entertainment features
Will mark the tenth national reunion
OF the Veterans of the 80th Division.
A. z. r., which will open here next
Sunday.
An open-air memorial service in the
amphitheater at Arlington with must
cal selections by the United States
Army Band will offlcialIy omen the con-
vention. An air show at Boiling Field,
Cavalry drills at Fort Myer, a reception
to the delegates on the White House
lawn by President Hoover, a trip to
Mount Vernon on board Navy vessels,
inspection Of the Navy Yard. visits to
Annapolis and other surrounding points,
a divisional banquet, a military ball and
numerous other events make up the
program for the four days the veterans
will be in Washington.
Reduced rates have been granted to
the veterans and members of their
families on all railroads and special
concessions will be made by the Wash
ington hotels.
approximately $4,000 men who served
with the division reside in Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia. West Virginia, New
York, New Jersey and Ohio, for which
this city forms a central meeting point.
Many will also come from States in
other sections of the country. Eastern
and Western Pennsylvania. Virginia
and West Virginia are expected to have
the largest representation present.
The present national commander,
Howard Wells, resides in Petersburg.
Va. which is near the site of Camp Lee.
where the S0th trained. He served as
bugler in the 318th Infantry and was
blinded in action. Maj. Gen. Adelbert
Cronkhite OF Baltimore. war thine leader
Of the division the late Brig. Gen.
Lloyd NJ. Brett of this city. commander
of the 160th Infantry Brigade; Lieut..
Frank Schoble, jr.. of Philadelphia. who
also lost his sight in battle; Capt Carlo
D. Cola of New York, and Capt. John
Morgan of Charleston, w. Va, were
other commanders.
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BOY SCOUTS TO END
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
Officials Of Camp Roosevelt Expect
High Rating by Inspect
ing Officers.

The last group of Boy Scouts of the
District Of Columbia attending Camp
Roosevelt, at Calvert Cliffs on Chesa-
peake Bay, will complete training there
tomorrow when the fourth annual
training week for Scout leaders will
begin.
Several hundred boys have attended
the camp this Summer. Chairman
William T. Ellis of the Regional Camp
ing committee, Boy Scouts of America,
and Regional Executive Roy r. Sey-
mour, inspected the camp last week for
the purpose of rating it. The grade
received will not be made known until
later, but local Scout ofdcials express
confidence that 1t will be given an "A"
grade.
Camp Wilson, on Burnt Mills road,
another Scout camp, Is expected to re-
main open for sometime yet
Two Of the regular Boy Scout in
structors, Fred Stewart, counselor In
handicraft work, and j. S. G. Boswell,
instructor In nature work, have been
Loaned" to Camp May Flatters, the
Girl Scout Camp, at Raleigh Springs
near Harrisonburg, Va, to instruct the
Girl Scouts there for the remainder Of
the Summer. The latter camp. with
about 100 girls Is scheduled to remain
open until August 26.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
SECRETS OF RIVER.
RLUMBED BY PAIR
Two Washington Men Have
Saved Many From Death
in Potomac's Depths.
%Help. a man is drowning"

Help, a man Is drowning.
For half a century Bill Reynolds
and Charlie" Birkigt have been stirred
to prompt and efdcient action by this
cry along the Potomac River.
Charles M. Birkigt is a policeman at
tached to the harbor precinct. VIII
liam T. Reynolds, dean of the rivermen,
Is known to every fisherman and canoe
list In town.
Neither of the two knows how many
men, women and children they have
saved from death in the river. We
don't bother to keep track Of such
things" Reynolds explained.
Friendship Between Two.
The friendship which has grown up
between these two men is OF an endur-
ing nature.
Both were born along the river near
the site Of the present Key Bridge 60
years ago. AS boys they swan and
fiShed the river together, gaining an in
innate knowledge Of its physical char
acteristics which enabled them in later
years to recover approximately 100
bodies. So familiar are they with the
river that they can with accuracy
name the depth of the water at any
given point.
They tell of one incident which &C.
Cured while they were fishing on the
river. A boat nearby tipped over and
its male occupant, clinging desperately
to the side of his craft, started to call
for help Stand up" Birkigt called.
The drowning" man did so, and found
he was in water only waist deep.
Saves So Bet for Man.
It was Reynolds who went out In a
boat several weeks ago and rescued
man who had dived from the Key
Bridge on a bet. Thanks to the alert
ness of the riverman, who recognized
the sound Of the body striking the
water, the young man collected his So
bet. He was unconscious when Rey-
nolds pulled him in.
Returning ia his home city, after
serving In the Navy, Mr. Birkigt Joined
the police force, which he has served for
SO years. For the past 10 or more years
his duties have taken him to the water
front and river. Birkigt often remains
after work hours to talk of old times
and swap yarns with rivermen.
Mr.. Birkigt is married and has sev-
eral grown children. Mr.. Reynolds, how
ever, is q bachelor and has spent prac-
tically his entire life on the river
The services of these two men often
are called for at distant points in Mary
land and Virginia when others have
failed to recover the body Of some
drowned person. Birkigt and Reynolds
always ready. respond and persevere
until they have succeeded in accom-
plishing their mission.
Warns Against False Cries.
In connection with cries for help,
however, Birkigt and Reynolds warn
persons never to pretend to be In dim
Guilty and call for aid, because some one
actually in distress may be mistaken for
a Joker" or like the boy who called
wolf, wolf" when there was no wolf
and was devoured by one later because
neighborS thought he was still Joking.
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of them. and, in my Judgment, it should
be handled by the State
A busineselike accounting system
should be established and the Indians
rendered an itemized quarterly state
ment of their personal and tribal funds
In the hands of the Indian Office.
The Indians should be given a voice
in the leasing of this trust property as
we'll as his tribal property.
We have a new Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, a new Assistant Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, and it Is the
hope of those interested in the Indians
that many of the incompetent super
intendents will be relegated to the
political Scrapheap and In their place
and stead We will have men who are
not just seeking job, but who are
anxious and willing to render a service
to the Indians and to all mankind as
we'll.
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EXERCISES PLANNED
FOR SUMNER CLASS
Friendship House School Com
mencement August 1o-Found-
ing Date to Be Marked.

Commencement exercises for the
children attending the Summer School
of Friendship House, 326 Virginia ave-
Monday evening, August 19. The class
has been conducted by Miss Ercel
Brown, assisted by Miss Lily May Free
man and Miss Mildred Williams.
Tentative plans are under way at the
house for the celebration of the twenty
fifth anniversary of its founding in
October. DR.. John Elliott of Hudson
Vile, N. Y. will be one of the speakers
at the celebration, 1t is announced.
A program of Fall activities at
Friendship House are soon to be an
nounced by Miss Lydia Burklin. head
resident, returning from q vacation.
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GROWERS VISIT BOARD.
New York ers Call on Federal Farm
Group Here.

More than 100 members of the New
York State Fruit Growers Association
paid a call on the Federal Farm Board
in its Hotel Mayhower headquarters
yesterday, after completing motor
tour of the Shenandoah Cumberland
apple regions of Pennsylvania. Mary
land, West Virginia and the Piedmont
section of Virginia
Charles S. Wilson, representative Of
the miscellaneous agricultural inter-
ests of the Northeast on the board.
received the delegation upon its ar
rival, and Alexander Legge. chairman.
and other members of the Farm Board
were photographed with the delegation
outside the hotel following the
luncheon. The party broke up in the
early afternoon. many of them staying
in Washington for the night and others
beginning the drive back to New York
State
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Finally Granted Privilege.

AIVeI Years OF dBIIdIlUN GIlc IluIdn. II
most instances, has at last been granted
this privilege. But the Indian Burea,
fought against granting his request TO
years.
What have we done for the Indian
How have we fulfilled our obligation t.
him? Whose fault has it been and car
we do anything to rectify the wrong i
wrongs have been committed? Thes,
are the questions you ask and want tt
have answered. cannot answer al
Of them, but I will try to answer some
As q member of the subcommittee
on Indian affairs. have been making
survey Of conditions upon the IndiaY
reservations of this country. We f1av,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
HONOR GRIMKE.
Colored Association to Pay Tribute
to Groups Ohicial.

A resolution authorizing the draft
ing and framing of q testimonial to be
presented to Archibald H. Grinke, pres
bia branch of the National Association
for the Advancement Of Colored People.
and q vice president Of the national
organization. In connection with the OBJ
servance of his eightieth birthday
August II, was adopted at o meeting
Of the branch last night.
Neval II. Thomas, president Of the
District OF Columbia branch, N. A. A.
G. p, presided at the meeting.
Evening star., 1929-06-28
By a stan Correspondent of The star.

BY STAN Correspondent OF The star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 2S.-Although
Commissioner Lacy Shaw of the north
ern suburban district and Berry E.
Clark, clerk to the county commission
ers, will not begin their canvass OF the
property owners in the square west
Of the present courthouse until late
this afternoon, Mr.. Shaw said that
several of the owners had written to
the Board of County Commissioners fix
ing the price for which they would sell
their holdings to the county government
at a private sale.
MeSsrs, Shaw and Clark have been
designated by the full board to aScer-
tain from each property owner the
lowest price which he would be willing
to accept at a private sale to the
county for an addition to the present
courthouse site.
will Report Tuesday.
The result of the conferences to be
held this evening will be laid before
the county commissioners at their regu-
lar meeting here next Tuesday. II the
prices are considered to be reasonable.
it is very likely that the purchases will
be made promptly 50 that the construc-
ton of the proposed new courthouse
may get under way this Summer. How
ever in the event that any or all OF
the property is held to be too high in
price, the commissioners in all probable
ity, according to those in close touch
with this situation, will direct the clerk
to the board to institute condemnation
proceedings.
The county attorneys, Cissel and
Woodward, have rendered an opinion
in which they inform the board that
Evening star., 1929-06-28
SOME OWNERS SUBMIT PRICE
FOR COURTHOUSE SQUARE
Write Rockville Board Fixing Figures at
Which They Will Sell-To Confer
With Holders Today.

the property in this square, west OF the
present building, could be acquired by
condemnation under the provision OF
the act of 1927, which provided the
original fund for the erection of new
and modern county building here.
Fact Overlooked.
Opponents Of the plan to buy the
square west Of the courthouse sought
at the last session of the Legislature
to prevent the enactment OF any law
which would permit the acquisition OF
the square west of the present site as
an addition to the county property.
However, the fact that it could be ac-
uuired under the original act appar-
emily was overlooked.
The committee designated by the
board to gather the price data will seek
first to obtain from the of1cials Of the
Farmers and Banking Trust Co. price
at which that institution will sell its
holding to the county. At least one
Of the property holders has informed
the board In writing that he would
not name a price until one had been
fixed by the banking institution.
Those who have been ofncially study
now that no one will stand in the way
Of the plans Of the present county ON
cials to provide new and modern
county building which will serve the
people of the county for many years.
1t is even doubted by them whether
any of the property holders will seek
to stay the efforts to go ahead by at
tempting to enjoin the county officials
from the condemnation proceedings, If
the property cannot be obtained at q
reasonable price by private sale.
Evening star., 1929-06-28
COUNTY mn APPLIES.
Duckett's Hotel Asks for Roadhouse
License.

Duckett's Hotel Asks for Roadhouse
License.
By STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, June 2e.-
Application for license TO operate a
hotel of the type that comes under the
new roadhouse law has been received
by the Prince Georges County commits
sloners from the new management of
Duckett's Hotel here. The application
has been set for hearing July 16.
A traders license has also been OBJ
tanned by the hotel, which is scheduled
to be reopened for business within a
week.
The hotel, long local landmark and
once one of the principal gathering
places of politicians and society, was
acquired a few months ago by w. p.
Ryan, Washington bondsman. Bennett
F. Duckett, its last owner, died in
February.
BY applying for license under the
new roadhouse law the management
signified that they intended to conduct
dances more than once a week. The
establishment has always been a
popular place to dance and was used
several years ago by marathon dancers"
driven from Washington.
The application is only the fourth
filed with the commissioners for road
house licenses. The others, from the
. Club Marlboro, the Lone Star Club and
the Chillum Manor, will be given hear
ings Tuesday.
Evening star., 1929-06-28
ARLINGTON LEGION
POST PLANS HOME
Sale of Community Hall
Makes Erection of New
Building Necessary.

@~AAR1SSAA
CLARENDON, Va, June 2S.-Left
without q permanent meeting place
when Clarendon Community Hall was
sold, Arlington Post. American Legion,
at its meeting last night started plans
for a new home all It's own. George
Kicker was appointed chairman of a
committee to determine what can be
done toward the erection of q build
ing. Other members of the committee
are Herbert H. Porter, Frank Sherwood,
William Leigh and c. p. Helms.
The following nominations were made
for officers of the post, the election to
be held July "a: Ira L. Brashears and
s. H. Yorkdale. commander: S. H. York
dale, George D. Kicker, o. r. NOVEL;
and A. F. Stevens, first vice command
er; William r. Gould, Herbert Hutson,
second vice commander; A. F.. Stevens
G. w. Manger and william M. Whit
lock, adjutant; A. F. Stevens and Frank
sherwood, finance ofncer; DR.. w. G.
man, Stuart Thompson, Edward Smith
and T. Cumberland. senior and junior
color bearers; G. p Helms, Edgar w.
Pumphrey. c. w. Hanger, William r.
Gould and A. F. Stevens, executive COM
mittee. two to be elected; Patrick Burke
and Paul Sprinkel, sergeant-at-arms:
Herbert N. Porter. historian; Frank
Sherwood, chaplain; DR.. j. A. Boston.
child welfare officer; Joseph Mcdonnell
and Patrick Burke. athletic officer.
Delegates and alternateS to the de-
partment convention to be held in
Petersburg, Va, September 2, 3 and 4
were nominated as follows: w. NJ. Leigh,
c. p. Helms, Ira Brashears, w. r.
Gould, Joseph ]. White, s. H. Yorkdale,
George Kicker, Stuart Thompson, Jo-
seph Maycock. r. T. Diggs, Herbert
HutSon, Edgar W. Pumphrey, paul
Spinkel, Roy Weaver, j. A. Reese, Pat
rick Burke and A. G. Swortzell.