■I U I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I H 1 M
Assails Memory
of Robin Hood
Blind Football Star
Invent* Improved Kite
[ Finger Print Data
on 7,000,000 Men
i
Although lie »»» !
ears ago. I’erry •
blindi*!
Hai*, formar Yale all American .
football »tur. bau Invented a klle ;
«hlch he la demon«trat!ng Rine* ..
thè tragedy nhhh darkened the ;
world for him h* Tm» brought
bapplneoy to hundred» of <hil
dren through th* *07*
learned to fashion.
In was in
«nd H«*» that .
Mr. Hale reached the gotd of »It '
football player» when b* was .
picked for the all American foot .
ball team. Wb*B be left Y»le be •■
started In bl» chosen profession ,,
of civil engineering.
;
On hl» thirty-fifth birthday an .
nlversury an explosion of chem ■
|<ula with which he wa» expert .
mentlng, blinded him. He was •
sent to the hospital for the blind .
st Evergreen. Md., where he ;
learned the toymaker’» art.
SAFES FOR CHURCHES
ment from unscrupulous claimants and
uncovered the guilty Many Interest-
mi l lux! of tnocuintioq »guln»t »mall
Ing accounts of such Instances are con­
Railroad Threaten» to Dese­ pos.
tained in official papers of the War
In
mou»
«tory
I
"Hut
Thoresby
’
S
most
crate Sherwood Fore»t.
Washington.—Finger print Identifi­ department during the last 15 years.
la Unit of the duches» "f King»ton. ,
N»v»r a Mistake.
cation ha» been developed by the
After n secret marriage, nt which the |
Nottingham
Washington
Those
who
have worked in the Idea
army
to
the
point
of
efficiency
where
proposal io parson read the »«rvlc« by thè light
ported imllgnnnt ut the
I
it» application at time» vie» with the tlficatloD bureau since Its establish­
of
»
taper
In
the
'best
man
’
s'
hat,
ami
.
-
railroad
Bn«
run a coal carrying
ment are authority for the st a lam ent.
thrill» of detective fiction.
____ homa of j the birth of a child. Elizabeth Uhud !
through Sherwood f' Forest,
Any unidentified man who ba» that never has a mistake been made.
John
and
Maid
i^iui,
Bn
d
her
flr»i
husbund
separated.
Hobln Hood. Uttia
served in the regular »nny can be lo­ They have made more then 200,000
! She »ought a reconciliation when It
Marian.
cated In from ten to twenty minute». identifications.
no« <>nl» looked a» If Lord linaloi wa» about
"The finger print system," Mr. Kaye
and ifia full record laid bare. In that
her
long
neglected
die
and
leava
from respect for a fammi» legend but t
Ì» »uperlor to any other syatem
short
time
a
aearctier
find»
him
»ays.
because of the abiding IxmUty "f the I husband that title.
among the more than 7JXX1.9UQ men ao fur deviat'd. In that it permits of
“After wl»W bad arrange«! a forged
considerable |M>rtlon» «f 'he forest
who have been In the army »Ince 190«. no error. This may seem a strong
which remain.” »ay» a bulletin from • registry of her marriage Lord Bristol
when th« finger print system was Im statement, but the finger print, when
set
her
pinna
awry
by
recovering
In
the Washington heudqunrtei
troduee«!. He may have been one of clearly made, allows of no misrepre­
the meantime she had scandalized the
National Geographic society.
sentation; It Is an actual presentation
the 50.328 Hmlths, the 40,101
county
by
various
escapudes
—
Includ
­
“The early Sherwmal fu
sons, 28,902 Browns, or one of the 27,- and duel not permit the personal equa­
her
appearance
In
an
extremely
ing
towns
of
bounded, roughly, by the
938 named Williams. All Iho army tion of error to enter. Other systems
Nottingham. Chesterfield, Worksop decollete gown at a masked bull. Goa but the earl of Bristol inconveniently
need» 1» bl» finger print to find bls allowed errors of measurement and er
alp
associated
her
num*
with
the
amt Newark. It tr ver J»» an un­
died about the »»me time, embarrass
rors In location of marks."
broken woodland ! It Included P»» duke of Kingston and she confirm*«! Ing the duchess of Kingston with tin
So many of the offering boxes In
In the more than 70,000,000 digit
Waiter 8. Kaye, in charge of the
turc», heath«, and even barren tro't» the rumor» when »he was Installed a» added title of the eountes» of Bristol
photographs In the Identification bu­ Catholic churches In Chicago have
hoatees
"f
tl
‘
*
merry
entertainment»
bureau,
says
the
indexing
has
been
with here ami HoT» • densely w«H>de«l
The court» being fio’ed with this
reau's files, Mr. Kaye says, there are been robbed recently that many
grove. It» original area -oom« *•' at Kingston house. Like the Illustri dilemma, commanded the lady’» arre»> worked out BO eflkleutly that even a no two of them alike. There 1» Just . churches
churcbe» are now using a specially
specialty
<>u«
Lady
Hamilton
»be
then
began
to
new clerk, one never before having as much chance of finding two prints deviser! burglar-proof offering safe,
miles long by 10 inlle» wide already
on
a
charge
of
bigamy.
The
countess
I» cut through by railroads and in dream of marriage, an«! she persuaded atte»te«l that the registry of her flr»i bad knowledge of the system, can be­ alike a» there would be In going Into having three-Inch wajls and an arrange-
Mds there older limit* t‘"h'> "r* lier husband t<» divorce her until he marriage was bogus, which was true gin work as a searcher with little pre­ the fields and finding two flowers ex । ment of chutes through which coins
liminary Instruction.
towns and one cluster of benutlfu learned such a procedure would mean but wltnesse» turned up Io swear tha
actly alike."
drop from »lots In the top.
his »«sumption of hl» wife's heavy
estates known ns the ‘Dukerle».
The science of finger-print reading
though the registry wa» false the mar
“Nottingham, on the »outhern sir
Is based on the study of the curious,
"Nothing daunted. Elizabeth brought rlnge »ctmilly had occurred.
der of the Ohl forest limit». I» n tltrlv-
“ ‘Fair enough.' pleaded Elizabeth circling network of all but Invisible
u
suit
accusing
her
husband
of
falsely
It
Ing city of nearly *W.tMX> people
lines on the ball of the thumb and
proclolmlng bls marriage to her. »he In effect, 'if the honorable court ad each finger. Examination of millions
Jure» I am a counte»«, I nm. But ns
am! the beauty of It» women: for the was duly declared a ‘»plnster, and a countess I am Immune from brand of specimens »bows that the normal
size of It» estrnaira market place, London gn»|>ed when »he married the Ing In the hand.’ Th« bewildered Jur formation la the whorl, or the scroll
the mvsterv of It» enve«, the annal» duke of Kingston.
or» discharged the ducbe»»-counte»».
which winds these lines from the outer
"l ive year» later her .tusband died.
of Its rock planted en»tle. »nil the
edge In a gradually reducing circle to
festivities of Its goose fair.
their Inner termination at the core
of the network. A majority of human
••While tlx casti* rock stand».
city
Inhabitants will tell you. their
beings are marked with thia scroll, but
was 79 per cent. This recuperation
there are others whose finger-print i Compilation of Man Power procured 650,000 men for the noncom­
will endure.
la the
lines run in flattened figures or in
batant arms.
Raised by Republic.
complications of figure» fir removed
w here Kobin Hood and his merry hand
Volunteers Total 229,037.
chiefly responsible for the acquisition
took »belter!
Parts.—The army committee of the
States in Dixie l-and Follow of such state parks ns now exist, there from the simple, easily-read whorls.
"Voluntary
enlistments reached a to­
The first step In identification has to last chamber of deputies undertook. In
Built by ths First William.
tal of 229,037, of which 2.480 were
la a strong movement for u definite do with determining the brand general
Lead
Set
by
Texas.
Nottingham
ensile
response
to
a
resolution
by
the
cham
­
The original
policy of Increase In such facilities.
division in which the prints under ex­ ber to prepare a statement showing made by men more than forty-six years
was bulll by William the Conqueror
old. The foreign volunteers numbered
Tennessee
1»
Interested
In
the
pMa!
Wnshingtcn.
Interest
In
state
park
amination are to be sought.
the losses in dead and wounded suf­ 29,796, the Iulians taking the lead
Its grlmmeM memory 1» th* hanging
1 '* blllty of a national park In the “Great
There are bnt four main groups or fered in the great war of nil the bel­ with 7,125.
of 28 Welsh boy*, whose bodlea were «ystems bit» Increaned greatly
■u»pended over the wall« no the town Mouth during th* l»»t y*»r. according Smokies." on Its eastern border, bnt is du|i4fications of prints, arches, loop«,, ligerent nations. The army committee
"Here is an Important point. On
also planning state parks, an Impor- whorls and composites. Each type of the present chamber has continued
might see. by order of King John. to observation» made In n survey
December 1. 1918. th® list of slackers
It
eel
foot
tant
unit
of
which
would
be
state
park»
thtoughout
the
country,
has It« gradational cases. The whorls this work.
The boy» had been placed there as
contained only 42.227 names. As to
hostages for the good behavior of now undor way for the national con­ lake.
have 1,024 values or combinations and
The first Installment of the report, the deserters, 74,398 were caught In
North Carolina has lately added to the loops, arches and composites have covering the French military effort,
their father». When th« parents re ference on »tale park» by Its field »ec-
the interior or abroad and 7,228 at the
retary, RoyBund U. Torrey.
Its state parks a tine beach property each their respective values to sim- I has been compiled and appears in a
'
execute
Die I »-nd In state park acquisition of 490 acres' near llenufort, trans
time» of direct action, but to
pllfy segregation for tiling and to make i do«rument written by Deputy Louis front.
“Either at the time when the classes
and improvement for public n-creatl<m
to thè »tate by the United them easily located when ideutiCca- ; Marin. As a preliminary to the loss
their «m«.
were incorporated or in the course of
War
departmont.
Opportuni
Im»
been
taken
by
Texas,
which,
with
­
show
n
tions
are
sought.
The
evaluation
of
To thl» day visitors are
tabulations, it presents a picture of
men were dis-
in » little more than a yenr. ba* move« ties for the acqulsltlon of a large num prints thus made has overcome all dif­ the entire French mobilization effort hostilities, 1.029.881
•Mortimer » Hole.’ » imtwage
charged
for
physical
disability.
which young King Edward 111 gained’ l<> a position up among the lending her of these surplus mllltary rvaer ficulty of dealing with large collec­ and the enormous French contribu­
“The natives mobilized consisted of
entrance »nd »urprl»ed hl» mother, states In th!» respect. Fifty one tract» vallons. In the Atlantic coast and gull tions of finger markings, such as are tion to allied victory.
173.019 Algerians, 80.339 Tunisians,
containing
30.000
nere»,
have
been
do
w
blcl>
the
War
department
de
­
queen !»nbelln. tn company with tier
in the army tiles.
Lucien Cbassaigne has given In an 40.398 Moroccans, 181,512 Senegalese,
Hre how open.
Finger prints, since their adoption article In Le Journal a highly Inter­ 41,355 Malgaches (natives of Madagas­
lover. Koger Mortimer. The queen- noted for park purposes, and another ( g^w| to
In 1906. have exposed frauds, protect­ esting summary of the findings. He car). 48,922 Indo-Chinese and 3.500
mother’s plea. ’Fair »on. have pity «n gift of 25,000 acres In the Guadalupe
Hie gentle Mortimer.’ you will recall, mountain» Is expected.
ed Innocent men from injustice, kept
Somalis. On November 1. 1918, 2.346,-
Governor Brnndon of Alabama ap­ STOCK SWINDLERS
had no effect, and after a so|<>urn In
undesirables of the criminal type out suys:
000 men were in the armies, 1,297.000
"In
1914
France
had
under
the
col
­
pointed
a
committee
to
study
a
park
USEMAGNETISM of the service, protected the govern- ors the classes of 1914. 1913 and 1912, in the interior, 1.387,000 in factories
ths tendon tower the ’Gentle Mor­
timer’ was tied to a horses tall and plan so that he may recommend a law
representing 992.905 men—817,000 Eu­ or in reserve and 25,000 on leave. On
at the next session of the legislature.
dragged to the Tyburn gallowa.
ropeans, 53.705 native Africans and the same date 2,619,000 men were on
Hit
Upon
New
Methods
to
Red
Swears
by
Emblems:
School
land»
are
very
extensive
in
-Nottingham’» history span» the
the fighting lines in northern France
52,200 native colonials.
Alabama
nnd
might
be
devoted
to
renturles from the period when the
Keep Up With the Times.
and 227,000 were In the army of the
Hammer,
Sickle
and
Cork
8,501.045
Men
Mobilized.
Dune* fought the Saxons for a foot- park purposes without prejudice to
“
During
the
war
there
were
enlisted
Orient.
Paris.—“! will only consent to be
|i<dd on the Trent, down through the any income they bring the school».
New York.—The financial under sworn on the symbols of my religion, ’ In the military service (outside the
“The distribution of the troops
Governor Fuqua of Louisiana fa-
meeting of parliament» there In the
world
which
fringes
Wall
street
stead
regular classes) 702.500 Europeans. shows the broadening of the scope of
declured
Kaffin
Dugens,
former
Com
­
vorad
a
bill
establishing
a
commission
Fourteenth century, the raising of the
240,051 A 'rlcans and 223.089 colonials. the fighting. On May 1. 1915, the in­
lly lilts upon new’methods to keep up
standard of Charle» I In 1012. and the to »«licit gifts in Texas, and such w Itii the times and ahead of the law munist deputy, when he appeared be­ Including the 34 classes
fantry comprised 1.52(1,000 combatants;
dismantling of the castle by Crum a measure will be Introduced at the its Jargon Is elastic. Impromptu and fore the parliamentary committee, service, tie total of men mobilized tn April. 1918, 1.036,000, and on Octo­
which
Is
investigating
election
cam
­
next
session
of
the
Louisiana
leglsla-
well’» troop» two years later,
ber 1. 1918, only 351,000. The com­
reached 8.501,045.
bizarre.
paign funds.
“Then the strife shifted from feudal ture.
batants In the artillery showed a move-
“
The
number
of
officers
io
the
ac-
For
example,
»windier»
who
fleece
Chairman Mistral said he was afraid
Governor Whitfield of Mississippi I«
to Industrial rtrugglea For It» pro«-
tlve and supplementary services rose ment ln the opposite direction. In 1915
pcrlty today Nottingham thanks not studying a program with particular I the public through sale» of fake stocks he could not oblige the witness with
. they numbered 395,000; In 1918, 601,-
but
kings, or general», or armies. •
“" reference to transfer of school land» ! work by telephone In what Is called the necessary symbols, but M. Dugens to “ 90.000.
From the 1st to the 15th of August. 000. As to the air fighters, they in­
a
boiler-room.
Telephone
salesmen
said
be
was
prepared
for
that.
Frotr
Hhhard Arkwright for setting up for the purpose.
ar» said to “hook the suckers.” Dyna a portfolio be drew forth a hammer 1914. the mobilization brought 288.000 creased in the same period from 8,000
there. In 1769. the first spinning
Governor Walker of Georgia was In- miters, »o-called. "build up" the vic and sickle, the point of the blade men from the complementary lists Into to 51,000, while the auto service was
frame, and John Heathcoast who, 46 terested In the Texas plan and a bill
the active army. In the followlng^ten expanded from 18,000 to 91,000.
years later, opened n new era In lace erenting a forestry board and empow^ tlms nnd hoodwink them Into switch guarded by a cork, crossed them on months the effort continued, and 2,«40r
“The number of the noncombatants,
„
-
.,«,.
„„i
of
ln
8
from
standard
securities,
first
held
the
table,
raised
his
band
and
declared
manufacture by his machines for mak­
Include re< <
I
„(tract Investment, to
000 men were recruited from the old by reason of our Industrial necessities,
In a loud voice:
ing bobbin net. Today Nottingham Is lands It might acquire by gift, trans­
increased steadily—from 101,000 In
worthless stocks which the conspirn
•'I swear, on this emblem of the classes, dating back to 1887, and from
famous for Its hosiery ami lace.
fer or purchatw will be Introduced In tors are In business to unload
1915 to 555,000 in 1913."
union of the workers of the city and the classes of 1914 to 1915.
ThOresby was the home of latdy
••The picture of the contribution of
July.
Gone
Is
the
“
gold
brick.
”
gone
the
the
of
the
fields,
to
tell
the
truth,
M n ry Montagu, witty correspondent
In Florida, where the State Feder- bunco man who struck up acquaint whole truth, and nothing but the these classes Is a curious one. and INDIANS INCLINE
who I» credited
and travel
Clubs hns been ance with prosperous visitors from the
truth.” The members of the commit­ proves the robustness of our race. The
with bringing back fumi Turkey a atlon of Woman’s
TO BUREAU RULE
class of 1887 had 244,000 men living at
Interior at metropolitan railway de tee held their sides In laughter.
the
time
of
the
original
mobilization.
pots In the Ws. The get-rich-quick
Dugens. who was recently expelled
man of today tins Imagination. Avoid
from the Communist party, first came Of these. 54,000 served actively during Feel Their Status More Secure
The proportion Increased
Ing the mulls as much ns possible, he to public notice as one of the Klenthal the war.
Under Uncle Sam.
»trikes over tHe telephone and tele pilgrims during the war, going to that very rapidly. The class of 1897 gave
graph, often to bring down quarry as Swiss village to meet representatives a contribution of 81 per cent. As for
the younger men. they served In the
Washington.—The little lad who has
much ns Severn I Rtntes away.
of the German Socialists. He now la
a weakness for war paint, feathers and
These swindlers operate from offices accused by his political opponents of proportion of 89 per cent.
“The writer of the report follows Indian tales may take heart at the
that usually nre obscure, sometimes having accepted a check for 5,000
merely desk room, so customers will francs toward his expenses In the last step by step the efforts at recupera­ Indian bureau’s announcement that
And telephone calls hard to trace. In elections from an advertising agent, tion (the return of the Incapacitated) there are still 345,000 of these prime­
the larger plants there often Is a bat­
He readily admitted the fact to the and the figures pay a striking tribute val Americans in the land.
to our sanitary service. For the years
The attention of the Sixty-ninth con­
tery of as many as eight telephones committee, declaring:
This Is the boiler-room, the term be
••To tight Mistral’s gang I would 1916. 1917 nnd 1913 the proportions of gress will be called to the fact that,
wounded cured and returned to service unless the nation's lawmakers make
Ing derived from the practice of ere have accepted money from the devil."
other provisions, the period of govern
atlng an atmosphere of bustling activ­
ment wardship in the five civilized
ity to Impress Inquisitive suckers who
tribes will expire in 1931. There are
cannot be kept awny.
»bout 17,000 Indians under federal su­
The bustle Is not wholly fictitious,
pervision in the five civilized tribes,
the better business bureau InvestIgat
and elsewhere In the country the bu­
ora have found. Hour In, hour out.
reau of Indian affairs has 200,000 “re­
salesmen with good voices canvass by
stricted” Indians who are supervised.
wire a list of names selected either
The Indians themselves, Indian bu­
from a secret “sucker's list” or the
reau officials say, are anxious to have
telephone directory.
the restriction extended, as they de­
They hook their man by offering t-
sire government guardianship to con­
let him buy some active standard
serve their lands.
stock guaranteed to advance on a par
Under the June, 1924, law, all na­
tlal-pnyment plan. He can sell out al
tive-born Indians are now citizens of
the rise ami take a profit perhaps
the United States. There are 190
equal to as much ns he hns paid In.
tribes, many of them being small
The money Is duly received, but the
groups.
stock Is never bought.
The number of Indian children In
An attorney In Toledo. Ohio, was
schools* the health appropriations by
reached by long-distance telephone
congress, Indian hospitals and the
from Philadelphia and New York. He
value of farm products raised by those
placed 8515 on a curb stock here nnd
citizens have materially increased in
won. He was persuaded to switch to
the last decade.
a worthless mining stock nnd ngreed
Farming and stock raising have de­
to send $2.500 more. Postal Inspectors
veloped appreciably among the In­
nnbbed one of the «windier» at a tele
dians, and large sums of money are
graph office as he was waiting for the
being spent by the government on irri­
remittance. I.nter they caught two
gation projects on their lands, the In­
others.
dians being the country’s first Irrlga-
Appointment of Miss Lucy Wright to the Important office of K*"’'™1 cnr
tlonlsts. The Navajo Indians In par
dlstrllXr by the Grand Trunk came as n big surprise to Mh hlgan rnllr. ml
Was He?
licular are great sheep raisers, their
men It is believed she 1» the only womnn In Ameilcn occupjlng such n p<>
Woman (suing for damages)—My
H n I ii lX duty to keep on the move the thousand.« of freight ears on Grand
women being noted weavers of blank­
Trunk rll- supplying the demand, of shipper«. Miss Wright was born on eyes have been so bad that I have been
Pli • windings of the Hiver I
ets.
i farm near Durand. Mich . nnd nt her father’s death, when she was eleven attending an optimist ever since the hind, us seen from an airplane.
atddent.
y«urs old. she took active charge of the family.
Army Can Locate Any Reg­
ular in 20 Minute».
French W orld W ar
Total Is 8,501,045
SOUTH IS INTERESTED IN
ACQUISITION OF MORE PARKS
Only Woman Car Distributor
Winding Course of River Forth