THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 192i.
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Criminals Spotted
By Finger Prints
Taken in Draft
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Government Establishes a
Bureau With Millions of
' , , Finger Prints To Aid in
Running Down Criminals.
Washington, April 23. In the
; identification section of the War de
partment in the old Ford theater,
! where Abraham Lincoln was shot,
there has been collected a mass of
evidence which is expected during
the years to come to play an impor
tant part in the conviction of thou
sands of criminals, and likewise to
aid in the exoneration of perhaps
i other thousands of innocent men who
, through force of circumstances be
come objects of suspicion.
. . The evidence in question is the fin
, gor print records of more than 5,000,
000 men whose imprints were taken
when they came in contact with the
machinery of the selective service
organization of the War department
during the war. Scarcely a day
passes that the War department is
not called upon by the police of vari
ous cities and towns throughout the
country to try to identify the finger
prints of some one who ha been in
volved in a crime or fatal accident.
Helped Solve Wanderer Case.
A recent inquiry from Chicago in
connection with the notorious Carl
' Wanderer murder case is perhaps
. typical. "The ragged stranger," who
is alleged to have been shot by Lieu
tenant Wanderer while the stranger
was staging a fake holdup for which
' Wanderer had paid him a small sum
, , of money, had never been satisfac
torily identified. The police believed
him to be Earl Keessee of Milwau
, kee, and that he had served in the
army either under the name of Kees-
see or that of Edward Morgan of
Texas.
- Knowing that the finger print rec-
. ords of every man who had served
in the army since the identification
system was installed w ere on file with
the War department, they sent the
imprints of the "ragged stranger's"
fingers to Washington for compari
son. Investigation showed that a
man named Earl Keessee had enlist
, " ed in the army from Milwaukee, but
the finger prints of Keessee were dif
fcrent from those of the "ragged
stranger." It was found that no less
' than six Edward Morgans had served
""'in the army and that two of them
;; were from Texas, but the finger
prints of the man slain in Chicago
' did not tally wit'i those of any of the
Edward Morgans who had served in
the army.
Handy for Sheriffs.
So prolific has the identification
section of the army become as a
. means of capturing criminals that
every now and then the department
has to squelch some ambitious sheriff
who tries to make the service pay
.. him dividends. The method ordi
narily used is simple. A sheriff
makes a collection of notices of re
ward offered for the capture of crim-
inals. Then he arrests every tramp
that comes his way, takes his finger
prints and sends them to the War de
, - partment in Washington for identi
'" fication. As the War department has
the finger print records of practically
every able-bodied ycung man in the
' United States, it often happens the
- War department is able to tell the
sheriff the name of the man he has
in custody.
Checks List
Thereupon the sheriff checks over
his list of rewards offered and if he
finds the captive's name among them
he immediately hotifies the persons
offering the reward and then pro
' ceeds to collect.
The identification section of the
, ' War department is in charge of Wal
ter S. Kave, who was the organizer
' of the first "identity section" in use
in the War department The main
purpose of the identity section is to
identify unknown dead in time of
. war, and to keep undesiraoie ex
service men from re-enlisting under
assumed names. Lately it has been
supplying identification records to
soldiers, necessary in securing dis
charges, and in addition has been a
source of great assistance to the po-
lice m identifying criminals among
i discharged service men.
" If You Want a Mountain
Won or Buffalo, Ask Him
' Chicago, April 23. Any buffalo
todav? Or, would you like some
Rocky mountain sheep, mountain
lions or antelopt for your zoo or
country place? ;
Howard Eaton, ranchman, of Wolf,
Wyo., is in Chicago to fi.ll orders for
anything from elk to prairie dogs.
He is a product of the west thj
r west that Frederic Remington and
1 Bret Hart knew.
He went west In 1868 and now
owns a ranch near the Big Horn
""mountains. The Custer traif passes
near. Buffalo used to come close
to his land. Indians raided Ws eor-
"Ji ' . ...
In 1888 lie caught the last buffalo
calves on thepen range and now he
" is interested in the preservation f
' the bison, of which there are 3,000 in
: the United States. ,
" " Mr. Eaton was a friend of Buffalo
Bill, Theodore Roosevelt, Texas
Jack. Yellowstone Kelly. John Bud
roughs and others and has enter
tained on his ranch members of
' royal families and distinguished per
sons from all over the world.
English Air Omnibus Will
Carry 2 1-2 Tons of. Freight
London, April 23. A three-decker
air omnibus, fitted with 240-horse-power
engines, is being built by the
Bristol Airplane Construction com
. pany for the air ministry. It car
ries two and one-half tons of freight.
The air ministry reports that dur
inff 1920 the value of imports and
exports bv air exceeaea w,wu,uw.
"The principal classes of goods carried
were clothes, furs, watches, wireless
apparatus, human hair, paintings and
cinema films.
Shades of Grandmother!
Look What's Happened Now
London. Aoril 23. Fashion has.
,'ithout warning, introduced the
trinoline into the new evening
'dresses. All the fashion graces of
the last century are to be seen em
bodied in them. Some of the models
-are designed with rows of piped
frills and flounces, while others are
executed entirely in black and velvet
Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller
By RACHEL MACK. I
A Woman'a Temper.
A young fellow with a sad, shy
smile drifts in today and sits twirlin'
his hat dejectedly while awaiting my
attention. Something tells me at
first glance that some girl has hiiu
on the rack, and one look from
those appealin' brown eyes of his en
lists me on his side forever,
"You are seekin' occult advice?"
I asks, assumin' a business-like air
and hoping to win his confidence.
"I am," he answers, extendin' his
palm for examination and lookin'
shyer than ever.
Of course, I start with the fifth
finger base and probe for the signs
of romance. "Only one love line of
any depth," I exclaim, "and your !
heart line spells fidelity with a cap-'
ital Fl"
"Yes," he answers seriously,
"there's never been but one girl in
the world for me. I thought when
I won her that I was sitting on top
of the world."
"Then you're engaged?" I asks
with genuine interest
"I'm married," he states simply.
This comes as a knock-down sur
prise to me and opens the door to
some unexpected propositions. "Do
mestic troubles," I suggest tactfully,
putting out a feeler, "are often too
slight to register lines on the human
palm."
"My domestic troubles did seem
slight at first," he answers gravely,
"but each misunderstanding has been
worse than the one before and this
last quarrel is just about to wreck
the good old ship of matrimony I"
"Well, son," I says, graspin the
situation perfectly, "if, this one
doesn't, the next one probably will!
If there's one thing that'll lead a cou
ple straight to the divorce court at
90 miles per,- it's the daily quarrel
habit" ,
"I know that's true," he agrees
helplessly. "That's why I've always
made the overtures of peace and
patched up the misunderstandings.
Kitty never means half she says when
she's mad! She was born with that
temper and she's had it ever since.
At times it seems like a mild sort of
insanity with her. She simply gets
wild with anger and says anything
that comes into her head.
"And of course she's very sorry
afterward," I venture, sizing up at
long range.
"Indeed she is!" he agrees loyal
ly. "After I've apologized for the
cause of the quarrel and won her
back to good humor she's always
ready to kiss me and forget it all.
I'm generally not to blame at all,"
he goes on to explain, "but, you
see, I happen to know that apologiz
ing to Kitty is the surest way to
win her over. That's the way her
own family used to manage her."
"Kitty's older sister," he says
confidentially, "tipped me off to a
i'ajv things the day before we were
married told me if Kitty flew into
a rage on the honeymoon just to
cut the self-defense and surrender
without argument. I found it
worked perfectly 1"
"But the quarrels have been get
tinjf worse and more frequent?' I
asked.
"Yes," he says, "they have. And
this morning she ordered me to
leave and never speak to her again
until I was invited. I tried to win
her over in the usual way, but she
rushed to her room and locked the
door in my face. I couldn't get an
answer from her so I left and I've
been walking the streets ever since
trying to figure a way out."
"Well, son," I offers candidly, "if
you're wanting me to slip you a hint
on the effective method of apologiz
ing to this little feminine volcano
you're going to be disappointed. Be
cause in my opinion these temporary
little kiss-and-make-up scenes you're
stagin , with yourself in the role of
repentant slave, are all bunkl It's
about to ruin your wife's disposition
and your own happiness. She may
be a wonderful little wife, but she's
got a wonderful little temper, too,
and she's going to cultivate those
pet tantrums of hers as long as
you're soft enough to stand for
them."
"Is this occult advice? he asks
curiously.
"No." I answers, "its just woman-
ology, but it's as old as the Garden
of Eden. I want you to hold up
that honest right mit of yours and
swear that you'll take Kitty at her
word and not speak to her until
you're invited to! I want you to
swear that you II stand like Mone-
wall Jackson till the enemy waves a
flag of truce and eats her humble pic
to the last crust! Will you?"
"I hereby swear" he says, holding
up his hand; and a certain new sport
ing light in his eye tells me I don't
need to fear he'll weaken!
Then I sent him out with a "bon
voyage" and called it a day.
(Next Should She Confess?)
Cotton? They Grow It, But
Wear It? Well, I Guess Not
Greenville, S. C, April 23. Wom
en in the south who wear silk stock
ings and urn other things will be
the object of a movement launched
here to enhance the value of cotton
products.
Strangely enough, the south, home
of cotton, is sadly addicted to the use
of silk. Therefore a movement has
been started urging southern women
to wear dresses made of cotton goods
alone. F. Gordon Cobb, mill super
intendent, started the movement,
which has been taken up by the
Greenville chamber of commerce.
Other cities will be asked to help.
Remarkable Ability
Shown by La Fayette
Car as Hill Climber
As a hill-climber and a wonderful
automobile from every angle the La
Fayette is due much credit, asserts
Ralph Hitchcock of the LaFayette
Hayward company. No hill in Oma
ha or Council Bluffs, has proved too
much for the high-gear stamina of
the LaFayette. '
The latest test of the hill-climbing
qualities of the LaFayette was
brought to light recently on the hill
leading to the Schiebel home north
of Florence.
According to Leonard Schiebel,
during the eight years they have
lived in their present country home
the JLarayette was the first car to
negotiate this hill in high gear.
Several guests and a representa
tive of The Omaha Bee were pres
ent when the LaFayette made this
hill climb and all were quite willing
to credit the car with remarkable
power.
British colonies produce more than
40 per cent of the world's supply
ot cocoa beans.
War Correspondent Urges
Australians to Visit U. S.
Melbourne, April 22. .Americans
know as much about Australians as
they know about the people of Mars,
while Australians know as much
about Americans as they know about
the cannibals at the head of the Fly
river in New Guinea. This is the be
lief of Lowell Thomas, the American
war correspondent, expressed re
cently before -the British Empire
league here.
The ditTerences of opinion existing
between Americans and .Australians,
Mr. Thomas said, is due to the lack
of acquaintance-. The only way in
which the mutual ignorance could bo
dispelled is by the exchange of visits
between the peoples of the two coun
tries. Australians should seize the
opportunity to visit America durintf
their journeys to Great Britain.
The history of the button dates
back to Queen Elizabeth's reign.
ESSEX
Men Know It Best For
Its Reliability
, It does not grow old, because it is rigidly.built.
Adjustments are provided to take up wear.
Thus it is always tight. Repair freedom is not.
all that results, but bird-like smoothness,
whether in the first or 50-thousandth mile.
Is it remarkable that its owner friendship is so
manifest that it causes comment everywhere?,
' Thousands buy Essex because of it.
GUY L.SMITH
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With Spring Comes the Rush Season
for Ford Cars
Each year thousands have beqn compelled to wait for their cars after
placing their orders. Sometimes they have waited for months.
By placing your order now, you will be protecting yourself against
delay. You will be able to get reas onably prompt delivery on your Ford
car. And you will have it to enjoy when you want it most this spring.
Don't put off placing your order.
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