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COMPILATION OF OREGON SUBSCRIPTIONS
' ' , TO LIBERTY LOAN PROVES INTERESTING
THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1917.
REPORT OF FINGER PRINT METHOD OF
DETECTING CRIMINALS IS INFALLIBLE
Lines That Mark Fingers at Birth Are Unaltered in Conformation at Death; Each Print Contains 32 Primary
Divisions, Each Containing 32 Sub-Divisions.
C. C. Chapman Comments on Patriotic
Oregon's Liberty Loan Record.
BY C. C. CHAPMAN.
INDEED it haa been a labor of love
to compile this detailed report of
what the splendid, patriotic citi
xenshlp of Oregon subscribed to the
First and Second Liberty loans.
I have traced 73.029 subscriptions, of
which a considerable number were sub
scriptions made for numerous individ
uals. The total number of actual bond
purchasers, as nearly as I can estimate
it. is 90,000, or one for each two families
in the state. The difference between
73,000 and 90.000 represents the un
known number of employes and other
Individuals who bought Liberty bonds
from employers and other wealthy peo
ple who sold them on terms.
The actual total of bonds purchased
In Oregon during the two loans was
$37,001,450, an amount equal to nearly
one-quarter of all ' the bank deposits
of. the state, or an average of $50 for
every man. woman and child in Oregon.
Comparisons Not Passible.
No official data is available as to
how Oregon's record compares with
other states, as the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington to date has Issued
no tabulation classifying returns by
states. From unofficial data, published
oon after each Liberty Loan campaign.
It can be asserted with confidence that
Oregon's showing in proportion to her
quota was higher than that made by
uy other Pacific Coast state.
For the first loan Oregon's quota
was $9,000,000. The amount subscribed
was 11,802. 900. For the second loan
Oregon's minimum quota was $18,000,
000,' and the amount subscribed was
$25,198,550.
The foregoing figures, as to total
subscriptions. I have compiled from In
dividual reports by banks.. I have
reason to believe that the amount ac
tually subscribed for the first loan was'
somewhat in excess of the total quota.
Newspaper announcement from San
Francisco at that date credited Oregon
with having subscribed $13,200,000.
"While I have been unable to trace this
reported excess, I believe unreported
subscriptions made by several banks
will make up part or all of that dif
ference. The figures I present include
only the actual reports as made to me
by the different banks. So far the
Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco
has issued no report showing the
amounts subscribed by individual banks
or communities. So it has been neces
sary for me to write to each bank In
the state and obtain from it the figures
upon which the following tabulations
are based.
Portland Does Lion's Shsre.
To the first Liberty Loan Portland
subscribed $8,369,700. Outside of Port
land the subscription totaled $3,433,200.
To the second Liberty Loan Portland
subscribed $13,502,850. The state out
side of Portland subscribed $11,695,700,
or more than three times the amount
subscribed outside of Portland for the
first loan.
Oregon's response from the outside
communities is reputed to have been far
ahead of what outside communities sub
scribed in any other state of the Union.
Again there are no actual figures upon
which to base comparisons. It is known
however that a more intensive cam
paign wss conducted among the smaller
communities of Oregon than was the
case elsewhere on the Pacific Coast, and
word received from Washington at the
conclusion of the campaign was that
Oregon's record in that regard sur
passed anything else that had. been re
ported. Small Communities Patriotic.
The conclusion is that the rural
population of Oregon and the people of
Its sTna.II communities felt the financial
responsibilities of patriotism more in
tensely than was manifest in other
states. Not only did they furnish
soldier boys but money to the cause
of the war, and furnished both to a
degree beyond that attained by . any
other state so far as any information
la available for comparison.
For the second loan, each county and
community was informed by Oregon
Liberty Loan headquarters in Portland
that it had a definite quota to obtain.
This quota was based upon bank de
posits 13 per cent of the actual av
erage deposits for the previous 12
months, or approximately 14 per cent
of the deposits In bank in October, the
month of the second great drive.
The following is a table showing how
well the counties of Oregon responded
to the call based upon these quotas.
Twenty-four out of Oregon's 36 coun
ties 'exceeded the quotas that were as
signed to them. The table shows the
counties In the order of their rank, the
percentage column Indicating the per
centage of their quotas actually sub
scribed: Report Made by Counties.
County Pt.l Counts- TVt.
1 Benton.
lSOilO Clarkamai
113
113
113
10
107
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73
64
SO
45
2 T'nion . . . .
S I'matllla.
170 0 Hood River
151:1 Polk
Multnomah .
. .. 130 2-J Douglas
5 ClatBOD 142 23 Deachute
6 Orant 142 24 Washington...
7 Wallowa..
13 2."i Morrow
h Jarkton . . .
0 Tillamook.
10 Uk
11 "Waaco
12 Lincoln...
13 Wheeler..,
14 Cool
15 Crook
1 Yamhill. . .
IT Columbia..
18 Sherman...
132 20 Harney
132 27 Baker
131 2S Josephine. .
13" 2!1 Marlon
12f':to Lane
12H.11 Malheur
126 32 Linn
123 33 Currv
124 34 Ollllam
12i);3.-. Klamath...
14,36 Jefferson. ..
The following is a table showing the
subscriptions for both loans, classified
by counties and communities as to
number of subscriptions and amount
subscribed for tiie second liberty loan.
There also Is included a computation
of the percentage of its quota sub
scribed by each community and county:
BAKER COrXTV.
First Loan.
Town
Baker . . . .
Hainea ...
Halfway .
Huntington
Richland .
No.
Amount.
247 $
122.7..0
4.IKH1
. . . . -1
inn
ir.
7.4.K)
8oO
, Total
a S3 ( 135.U0U
Amount. Pet.
. Second
No.
1.226
178
Baker ....
-Ttalnes
Halfway ..
Huntington
Richland .
$ 447.2o 99
32.200 11B
20.1IM) $-1
5. TOO 41
8.300 37
Total 1.49 $ O11.000 6
BENTON COOTT.
First Loan.
Town
Corvaliis .
Monroe
Philomath
Total ....
No. Amount.
436 $ 93.600
2.130
, 12 6.800
437 $ 104,330
Second Loan.
No.
1.726
93
168
Town
Corvaliis .
Monroe ...
Philomath
Amount. Pet.
$ 361. sort 11
14.030 141
iM.100 104
Total 1.887 $ 389,150 180
CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Canby t 47 $ 6.2O0
Kstacada 6 l.oH
Molalla 7 1.130
Mllwauklo
Oregon . City 309 117.730
Sandy 3 . 12.400
Wilsonvllle
Total ....
Town
Can by ......
Katacada ..
Molalla ....
Mllwaukle ..
Oregon City
fcandy
372 $
138.000
Second Loan.
No.
Amount. Pet.
142 $
22.400 112
15.750 11.1
14.400 on
K.330 :i6
S5S.0.-HI 120
14.150 ISO
14)1
137
'70
Si
Citizenship of Oregon, Laying Particular Stress Upon Excellent Showing
Made by Smaller Communities.
Wilsonvlllo 14.650 122
Total 1.283 348,850 113
CLATSOP COl'KTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Astoria 432 $ 138.530
Seaside 36 7.050
Total 468 $ 143.600
Second Loan
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Astoria 2,606 $ 77,oO J39
Seaside 213 35.SOO 275
Total 2.819 $ 815.100 .142
COLUMBIA COCNTT.
Flmt Loan.
Town No. ' Amount.
Clatskanie $ 1,450
Rainier
St. Helens 40 9.150
Scappooso ................ 7 1.250
Total 47 11,850
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Clatskanie $ 33.900 94
Rainier 39.850 234
Ft. Helens 340 42.0OO 100
Scappooso 56 6.750 90
Total 800 $ 122,000 120
COOS COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Bandon , 47 $ 16.HOO
Coquille '..... 20 7.230
Myrtle Point 78 8.350
Marshfleld 134 80.4OO
North Bend , 36 24.55U
Powers .........
Total 315 $ 156,130
Second Loan
Town No. Amount. Pet
Bandon 393 $ 55.250 110
Coquille 267 35.000 96
Myrtle Point 392 47.400 118
Marshfleld 1.141 270.6OO 113
North Bend 153 74.350 177
Powers '. 37.950 633
Total 2.346 $ 521,150 126
DESCHUTES COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Bend 51 $ 33.700
LaPlne 12 030
Total 63 $ 34.650
Second Loan
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Bend 777 $ 138.100 126
LaPlne 8 1.250 60
Total 785 138,350 125
CCKBY COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Brookings $
Gold Beach 2 2.050
Port Orf ord
Total 21 2.O50
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Brooklnirs S 5.090 62
Gold Beach 15 5.300 SS
Port Orf ord 0.750 . . .
Total 15 $ 16,050 73
CROOK COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Prinevllle 67 $ 45.030
Redmond 40 4.350
Total 107 $ 49.400
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Prinevllle 146 $ 102,400 108
Redmond 203 28.100 104
Total 349 $ 130,500 107
V DOtGLAS COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Brain 10 X 2.400
Glendale 5 1.700
Gardiner 34 19.450
Myrtle Creek 1 1.800
Oakland ....
Rosebura 82 30.30O
Riddle 20 4.050
Sutherlln 12 7.800
Yoncalla ....
Total 164 $ 68.400
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Drain 96 $ 16.6O0 151
Glendale 43 13.000 180
Gardiner 170 43.000 122
Myrtle Creek 67 17.750 131
Oakland 18.050 31
Rosoburar 607 250.40O 125
Riddle 49 15.250 138
Sutherlln 55 12.500 loo
Yoncalla 23 3.130 45
Total 1.010 $ 889.700 109
GILLIAM COCNTT.
Pi rut Loan.
Town ICo. Amount.
Arlington , 27 S.IOO
Condon 39 23.20U
Total 66 $ 20,300
Second Loan.
Town . No. Amount. Pet.
Arlington 71 S 13.700 34
Condon 195 78.40O 75
Total 266 92,100 64
GRANT COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount. '
Canyon City ...J 34$ 16.2.10
-lohn Day ................ .. 21 200
Prairie City 24 0,550
Total 58 47.000
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Canyon City 120 $ 65.7O0 203
John Day .. 41.500 104
Prairie City 11T 21.600 114
Total 237 $ 128,800 142
HARNEY COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Burns 34 $ 31.800
Crane 3 600
Drewsey .................
Total 87 $ 32,400
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Burns 272 $ 121.750 87
Crane 33 6. 0O0 ..
Drewsey 8.150 ..
Total .104 $ 135,800 87
, HOOD RIVER COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town- No. Amount.
Hood River 139 $ 5U.500
Second Loon.
. Town No. Amount. Pet.
Hood River 911 141.500 113
JACKSON COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town Ho. Amount.
Ashland 143 $ 97.200
Butte Falls
Ct-ntral Point 40 " "tn6
Bade Point 5 1 05O
Gold Hill 8 1.2O0
Jacksonville 9 10.0O0
Medford - 278 109.85O
Rogue River 2 400
Talent 5 sou
Total 489 226,100
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Ashland 305 $ 172.950 124
Butte Kails ..... 2,450 31
Ceittral Point 15 40,100 223
Kb (tie Point 42 9.400 134
Gold Hill 27 2.450 4l
Jacksonville 96 22.850 229
Medford 1,028 345.950 13.1
Kogue River t. 23 3.600 80
Talent . 57 9.5U0 118
Total 2.828 609,250 133
JEFFERSON COCNTT.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Madras 22$ 2. Too
Metollus 12 3.800
Total ." 34 6,500
Second Loan. ,
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Madras 141 $ 13,100 37
Mrtollus 18 8. 300 64
Total 159 $ 21,400 45
JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
, First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Grants Pass 96 40,900
Second Loan.
Grants Pass 420 $ 105,650 83
' . KLAMATH COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Bonanza $
Merrill 32 15,050
Klamath Falls 194 63.300
Total 226 78,330
Second Loan.
Town Amount. Pet.
Bonanza $ 1.200 1.1
K le math Falls . . 433 122.II0O 61
Merrill 1 57 12.05O 57
Total 490 136,150 59
LAKE COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town . No. Amount.
Lnkevlew 10 $ 4.850
Paisley
Total '. 10 $ 4;S50
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount
Lskeview 264 225. 150 120
Paisley 32 18,550 169
Total 296 $ 243,700 131
LANE COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town - No. Amount.
Coburg 1 $ 50
Cottage Grova - 14 19,509
Creswell 10 2.000
Eugene . . .-. 310 180.700
Florence
Junction City 41 9.100
Springfield 20 8.630
Total 306 220,350
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Cobnrg 26 $ 5.000 123
Cottaa-e Grove 48 40,950 82
Creswell 5 12.000 120
F)uene l.uuu so.J".-
Florence 72 22,400 332
Junction City 71 17.6O0 65
Springfield . . 61 27.730 82
Total 1.334 $ 492,800 83
LINCOLN COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Newport 12 $ I f.'"
Toledo - y ..
Total 12 $ 3,730
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Newport 79 $ 11.700 106
Toledo 35.2O0 144
Total 79 $ 36,900 129
LINN COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Albany 143 $ 121.5.50
Brownsville 14 7.1.0
Harrisburg- ?6
Halaey .7 19 4.850
Lebaon".-.: 16 18.000
Shedda 1- 3.000
Sclo 13 9.80O
. Total 243 $ 172.800
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pot.
Albany : 464 $ 207.150 75
Brownsville 200 31.950 116
Harrisburg 262 aZ-"2 J
Halsey 74 20.350 102
Lebanon 38 '"'"W "
Shedds 38 13,500 115
Sclo 88 0.350 55
Total 1.114 .. 371,500 81
MALHEUR COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Jordan Valley 3 $ 1.200
Juntura 3 -it,:
Nvi.hu 30 2,750
OntSlo .... 2"4 45.400
Vale . 41 14.8O0
Westfall 21 3.750
Totals 301 67.800
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Jordan Valley 36$ 14.0OO 25
Juntura 30 7.950 57
Nyssa 101 9.10O 33
Ontario ... 45 105.800 90
Vale ' 72 102.100 lift
Westfall 88 , 14.100 236
Total 783 $ 253,050 82
MARION COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Aumavllle 6 $ 750
Aurora 19 5.750
Donald 8 600
Gervals .....
Hubbard 7 5,500
Jefferson 13 l,5O0
Mill City
Mount Angel
Btayton 26 4.050
Salem 207 12O.0O0
Sllverton S7 2,ooo
St. Paul 8 1.600
Tumer 8 550
Woodburn ................ 01 lw.oy
Total 439 $ 202,050
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Aumsvllle 31 $ 14,000 200
Aurora 68 7.850 31
Donald 65 6.200 104
Gervals . 15 3.50(1 25
Hubbard 22 K.lOO 51
Jefferson 66 20.500 113
Mill City 150 . . .
Mount Angel 8.45U 24
Stayton 72 16.650 42
Salem 147 tuo.Hou
Sllverton 315 110.1OO 102
St. Paul S3 12.000 133
Turner 20 2.300 33
Woodburn 173 70.650 101
Total 1.768 X 902,250 85
MORROW COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Heppner 55 X 28.500
lone 18 6,950
Lexington
Total 73 $ 35,450
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Heppner 670 X- 114.450 82
lone 4S 89.7O0 144
Lexington 83 11.100 ...
Total 648 $ 165,250 99
MULTNOMAH COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Bridal Veil
Gresham 57 $ 16.800
Portland 8,268 S.36U.7U0
Totals 8,325 $ &.366.0UO
Second Loan.-
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Bridal Veil $ 11.450 ...
Gresham 236 87.40O 89
Portland 24.098 13.502.S5U 150
Totals 24.3.14 $13,531,700 150
FOLK COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Dallas 73$ 44.250
Falls City 18 4.UO0
Independence ............. ..... 5.000
Monmouth 47 11.800
Parkers
Totals 138 65.150
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Dallas 283 $ 116.450 137
Falls City 113 II.20O 124
Independence 42.20O 77
Monmouth 177 23. 800 86
Parkers 300 . . .
Totals 573 $ 193,950 110
SHERMAN COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Grass Valley
Moro 73 $ 18.300
Wasco 15 . 2.500
Totals 88 20.800
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Grass Valley 74 $ 34.200 62
Moro 176 - 71. 800 159
Wasco 93 85.700 127
Totals 343 191.700 114
TILLAMOOK COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Bay City 1 $ 2.500
Cloverdale 2 1.600
Tillamook 28 9.300
Wheeler ,
Totals 31 $ 13.400
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Bay City 24 $ 4.100 51
Cloverdale 70 7.-000 175
Tillamook 162 103.200 120
Wheeler 1U.25U 232
.Totals 256 $ 130.550 132
UMATILLA COUNTY.
First Loan.
No. Amount.
Town
Athena ..
. . . . . w-ai 9 $ 4,2,lu0
Echo 28 15.000
Freewater ...........
Helix 4 5.300
Hermlston 20 5.300
Milton 37 18.730
Pendleton- 575 ' 572..1O0
Pilot Rock..' 30 . 5.450
Stanfield
Weslon 6 4.600
Totals 735 $ 669.050
Second Loan. -
Town - No. Amount. Pet.
Athena 106 $ 103.400 103
Echo 105 63.050 317
Freewater ..... - 22.700 . . .
Helix 51 52.450 164
liermlrton 120 17.300 115
Milton .. 136 107.75O 103
Pendleton ... 1,236 1,207.030 161
Pilot Rock 143 40.63O 123
Sranfield 11.000 122
Weston 91 32.050 117
Totals ............. 2,050 1.657,400 151
UNION COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Cove
Imbler 12 $ 3.6l0
La Grande 462 105.450
North Powder '.
Union 27 5.1O0
Total 601 $ 114,150
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Cove $ 6.550 60
Imbler 29 22.050 157
La Grande ; ' 6O8 449.40O 1S7
North Powder 43 18.950 126
Union, J 149 47.8UO 120
Total 829 $ 544,730 170
WALLOWA COUNTY.
First Loan. -
Town - ' - No. Amount
Enterprise ............... 75$ 25.500
Elgin 11 7.100
Flora 7 3.8IMJ
Joseph 9.500
Lostlne 3 150
Wallowa 25.050
Total 95$ - 69.100
Second Loan.
Town . No. Amount. Pet.
Enterprise 448 $ 141.450 181
Elgin 165 24.05O 75
Flora 85 8.450 106
Joseph . 50.050 83
Ixstlne 42 8.250 ...
Wallowa 71.000 ...
Total 1 . 740 $ 803.250 138
WASCO COUNTT.
First Loan. -
Town No. "Amount.
Dufur 31 $ 8.000
Maupin 3.000
Mosier 27 5.0OO
Shanlko 29 13.000
The Dalles 389 199.550
Total 476 $ 229,150
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Dufur 160 $ 43.750 122
Maupin 86 28.50O 158
M osier 67 18.0OO 276
Shaniko 94 52.200 148
Tho Dalles 1,038 372.930 124
Total .'. 1.445 $ 515,400 130
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Banks 7$ 6.6OO
Beaverton 14 2.000
Cornelius ................ ..... .........
Forest Grove ..... 33.500
Gaston I 1.OO0
Hlllsbo.-o . 24 6.200
North Plains 3 1,300
Sherwood
Total 49 $ 49,600
Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Banks 68 $ 17.200 122
Beaverton 84 16.750 120
Cornelius! 6.4O0 43
Forest Grove 108.050,108
Gaston t 15 8.250 59
Hillsboro lot - 154.500 103
North Plains 73 10.7O0 110
Sherwood 1O.80O . 67
"Total '. " 344 $ 332,650 101
WHEELER COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Fossil 4 $ 6.750
' .Second Loan.
Town " " No. Amount. Pet.
Fossil : 196 $ 45,250 129
YAMHILL COUNTY.
First Loan.
Town No. Amount.
Amity 1 $ 1.000
Carlton 20 5.100
Dayton 12 8..I00
Lafayette 13 5.100
McMinnvllle ' 34 60.300
Newberg 131 29.100
RVierldan 20 4,950
Wlllamina 10 2.5O0
YamhiU .; 15 3.000
Total '. " . 236 $ 117,330
. Second Loan.
Town No. Amount. Pet.
Amity 91 $ . 15.60O 120
Carlton loo 31.750 227
Dayton IOT 13.3O0 103
lfayette - 33 9.350 187
McMinnvllle 723 254.250 127
Newberg 533 108.350 120
Sheridan 118 27.730 77
Wlllamina 106 16.200 11."
Yajnhlll 158 23.150 122
Total 1 .991 X 501.00O 124
GIRL VICTIM OF SHOCK
Hospital Patient, Found Semi-Con.
sclous In Street, Hysterical.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 20. Suf
fering from the effects of a nervous
shock, 16-year-old Catherine Fagan, of
710 Rhode Island avenue Northwest,
lies semi-consrious at Kreedman's Hos
pital. She has been in that condition
for the last 12 hours, or since she was
discovered at 1:30 this morning: lying
on T street between Seventh and
Eighth streets Northwest by police of
the Eighth Precinct.
According to the girl's mother,. Mrs.
Ethel Fagan, she was returning from
an evening's entertainment at the home
of a girl friend and must have fallen
to the pavement after getting oft a
Ninth-street car. Mrs. Fagan thinks
her daughter slipped on the ice, but
this view is not shared by doctors, who
attribute her condition to effects of
hysteria.
She has been unable to make any
statement other than that she was
alone at the time. She was taken to
Freedman's in a passing automobile.
All efforts to arouse her from her coma
have been fruitless.
HIGH WAGE WRECKS HOME
Belgian Earns so Much in Detroit
That lie Prinks 5 Days in Week.
DETROIT, Mich.. Dec. 23. It was
the high wages paid to floor layers in
America that wrecked the frail matri
monial craft of Eugene and Marie
Deleau. according to testimony in Mrs.
Deleau's divorce suit before Judge Tap
pan. In Belgium Eugene earned only
enough to get drunk twice a week, but
on his $35 to $40 in Detroit he made
merry five days out of seven, Mrs. De
leau's sister said.
"I pleaded with him to cease for the
sake of his three little children," the
sister said, "but he told me the thirst
was in his blood, and he couldn't."
Mrs. Deleau told of alleged threats
her husband made to kill her, and
Judge Tappan gave her a decree, the
custody of her children and $8 a week
alimony.
MORE SUGAR IS DESIRED
New York Restaurant Proprietors
Deplore Shortage of Product.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Five hundred
restaurant owners signed a petition re
cently to be presented to Herbert C.
Hoover, Federal Food Administrator,
urging that they receive Individual al
lotments of sugar.
The petition, which was drawn up by
I. O. de Pass, of the tea and coffee de
partment of the Acker. Merrill & Con
dit Company, charges that some dealers
re disposing of their allotments of
sugar in combination sales, despite the
ban placed upon such sale by the food
administration,
BT BEN HUR LAMPMAN.
THE villain of this prelude was by
profession a "minion of the moon,"
as the country press used to phrase
it, when parties unknown looted a
hen roost. Which is a roundabout way
of stating the facts, implying that the
marauder operated in the hours that
lie between dark and dawn upon prop
erty lawfully held by another.
If hen roosts ever had engrossed his
attention and talents, that time was
dim in memory. In the school of crim
inal experience he had matriculated,
holding degrees in several social in
stitutions, from tank-town jails to the
reinforced concrete hostels that states
provide for those who make the mis
take of getting caught with the goods.
His string of aliases reads like a pedi
gree from William the Conqueror to
the present day of grace, and marked
the periods of a career that had been
attained with resplendent success in its
own particular sphere.
Curious acquaintances, actuated by
motives of uplift or the desire to chron
icle with exactitude the trend of a
mind so sadly brilliant, frequently
sought for light on why he did thus
and so, when the law specifically for
bade it and the chances were that he
would be brought to task, anyhow.
For these our friend in error had but
the one answer, given in all sincerity.
Though the intricacies of a time-lock
were as simple as a jig-saw puzzle to
him, the meshings of his'own thought,
impulse and action were problems
which baffled him. So he was inclined
to smile, sun.nily, if somewhat sardon
ically, as he made reply:
"I don't know."
Two plain-clothes patrolmen on
pawnshop detail, took him Into custody
as he idled down North Fourth street.
Not that there was anything in his
appearance, from his $6 cravenette hat
to his $10 English shoes, that In any
way appeared to warrant his detention.
If you should ask the grave old bea
gle why he gives tongue on a rabbit
track and he might answer, it isn't at
all probable that he could enlighten
you. Nor could these, who hunt and
harry the gray wolves of the city.
"A crook or a yegg," said the one.
"You're on," agreed the other.
With such scant and intuitive com
ment he was made the jailer's guest.
At headquarters they talked with him,
conversationally, very much as new
found friends might chat over their
cigars, but with flashes of sharp pur
pose that sought to shear his secret
from him. It was "old stuff," for all
its finesse, and the graduate smiled
easily.
So they urged him politely into the
Identification bureau, as the last shaft
left, to loose, and placed his digits,
from thumb to little finger, on a
smoothly blackened slab, transferring
the impressions to squares of white
paper. Curleycues and whorls, rivers
and lakes of minute tracery appeared
on the sheet. Over the face of - the
suspect crept- just the trace of appre
hension, fleetingly, as on the map of
one who holds a dubious hand at poker.
A filing case creaked open, with its
methodical array of card indexes, thou
sands of them. The identification ex
pert glanced now at the smudges on the
paper and again at the cards. He chose
one of the last and laid it aside, veri
fying with scrupulous precision.. He
turned to the hopeful, anticipatory
sleuths and their enforced companion.
Quite Impersonally he read from the
"James P. Wellington," he briefed it.
"Did time In San Quentin, Leavenworth
and Walla Walla. Wanted at Akron,
Q.. for safe-blowing."
The plain-clothes men grinned at one
another. But Jim Wellington shrugged
his shoulders the least bit wearily be
fore he-smiled and nodded.
"That's me," he agreed.
It .was Dr. Alphonse Bertlllon, a
French physician, who perfected the
system of measurements which bears
his name and which is in practice
wherever the police seek their-garue.
But it was not he, contrary to the pop
ular assumption, who first hit upon
the significant observation that the
tiny lines on the ends of the fingers
are never duplicated, though millions
might leave their digital signatures.
Investigators were delving at the
subject before Ben Franklin flew his
kite. They fared the fate of those who
pioneer, in blazing a trail that led to
incalculable benefits for society, but
were consigned to their fathers with
out glimpsing the fruition of their
work.
So infallible is the report of the
finger print method, according to
James M. Hunter, in charge of the
Portland bureau of criminal identifica
tion, that it is certain to be but a mat
ter of few years before the involved
Bertillon method. necessitating the
taking of many measurements by the
metric scale, will have passed into the
discard.
The lines that mark your fingers at
birth, assuming that you retain the
fingers, are unaltered in conformation
when the papers print notices of your
87th birthday. Coarsened they may be,
but to the slightest detail the mysteri
ous tracings which characterize the in
dividual, and none other, are there for
reading should occasion arise.
Pacific Coas.t bureaus hold the rec
ords of the Pacific Coast alone, running
well into the thousands, but at the
Federal prison of Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., is a complete clearing-house for
America. In its archives, available to
branches of the police service, are the
Bertillon measurements and the
finger signatures of every man and
woman who has snarled with the law
and on whom society bends the black
look of suspicion.
There are 32 primary classifications
of finger prints, each with 32 sub
divisions. Loops, whorls, deltas,
islands. outer and inner termini,
arches, tented arches, pocket loops,
composites and accidentals, are but a
few of the distinguishing terms for
the ordinary or freakish disposition of
the ridges that ride on the tips of the
fingers.
The finger print method of tracing
perpetrators of crime is too well
known for detailed repetition. Briefly
it consists of procuring some object
touched by the unknown suspect, of
dusting that object lightly with pow
der, usually the ground charcoal of
the willow, and of observing with in
terest the signature that springs there
from. For the tell-tale perspiration
has left a document for the undoing of
the criminal.
In no instance is the wide variation
between reel and real life' evidenced
than in the ingenious, though mis
taken, efforts of the scenario writers
to ayail themselves1 of the melodra
matic effect of the finger-print. Not
so long since, because the board of
censors feared that the film might
afford criminal instruction. Sergeant
Hunter was summoned to pass Judg
ment upon a six-reel thriller.
The duplicity of the villain almost
passed belief. A crook of high attain
ment, it had become his obsession to
"get" the star of the drama, the in
credibly agile and erudite young de
tective who followed his trail, usually
a lap or so behind.
So he cooked up a scheme, did the
villain, to rifle a millionaire's strong
box, contriving at one and the same
time to procure "the papers" and leave
the sterling young sleuth in the hottest
sort of predicament. Consider his
cleverness: In some wise he had ob
tained duplicates of the detective's
finger prints and affixed the same to
rubber gloves.
Donning the gloves, our vengeful
villain set about the deed. Upon the
strong-box, when it stood as bare as
the Hubbard cupboard, 'were the prints
that would bring disgrace, dismissal
and conviction to the hero.
Sergeant Hunter sat through the
special performance . with commend
able patience. He did not remark the
numerous departures of. the hero from
accepted police decorum, nor did HJ
more than smile at the antics of th
villain, which, beyond the film, would
'assuredly have brought him before a.
sanity commission.
But he balked at the rubber gloves.
At their apearance he rose to assure
the censors that the film was devoid of
aught that might benefit the rising
young thug, but that he wished to
protest against its light disregard f r
technical accuracy.
"The best yegg of the lot can't per
spire through rubber gloves," decreed
Sergeant Hunter. "No perspiration, no
prints. Aside from that, and a few
other minor matters, it's a fine film."
WAR BRIDES ARE NUMEROUS
Camden, J., Has Large Number
Who Charge. Desertion.
CAMDEN, N. J., Dec. 20. The rec
ords of David Rankins, supervisor of
charities in Camden, show that 226
deserted wives have asked for assist
ance in the Jersey town during the cur
rent year.
The supervisor says that investiga
tion has shown that a vast majority of
the 226 were so-called war brides, or
girls who were led to the altar by
young men of draft age.
Despite the high total of deserted
wives, the supervisor of charities says
that Camden is remarkably free from
poverty. In past years a heavy snow
and cold always brought a line of men.
women and children beggars to the
charities office, 223 Kaighn avenue.
WOOLEN SWEATERS ARRIVE
(Continued From First Pare.)
you. She's in the downstairs cup
board." Her nurse proved to be a Red Cross
nurse doll, but we feel lUie old friends
on the strength of it.
Another young patient of mine who
is about three years old and squashed.
her fingers in "missus-next-door'i"
washing machine, arrived yesterday
with her hand out of her sling. I
scolded her and asked her why it
wasn't in the sling. She smiled an
angelic smile and lisped:
"It's a very windy day. nurse, I fink,
it must have blowed out."
A poor excuse, but better than none
perhaps.
My very best little boy was having
tea the other day and his mother and
some friends were telling fortunes in
their tea-cups. He watched them and
listened, and then excitedly passed up
hi little cud. do find her in there
muvver?"
His "muvver" told me next day with
great gusto.
A grateful patient of mine who is a,
barber, generously offered me the pre
scription, all free of charge, of a. most
wonderful dry-shampoo mixture. Ho
really is a kind-hearted man for ha
comes up and shaves the wounded sol
diers in his off time all for nothing.
It was my rejoicing out. Patients
who graphically described to me the
whole German Army being rolled outj
flat like a tennis lawn by the British'
Tanks. I had not seen the paper that
morning, so relied on them for the
news. Their war news never lacks in
cident. . The "wobblyne9" of Russia annoys
them vastly.
The war comes home to them sure
enough where all their fathers, broth
ers and sons are fighting. A boy with,
a damaged arm patted his sling affec
tionately this morning and said:
"This scarf belongs . to my unrle,
nurse. He's a prisoner 'of War in Ger
many now."
Then he told me what a fight ha
made before he was taken prisoner.
Only five of them were left alive out
of 75 who went into action together.
The boy was very proud to wear that
scarf, - '