The Sunday Oregonian., October 30, 1921, SECTION FIVE, Page 6, Image 74

THE ST71AT OREGOIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER SO, 1921
WAR DEPARTMENT RECORD OF FINGER PRINTS
OF 5,000,000 MEN IS AID IN TRACING CRIMINALS
Identity Section Gets Daily Calls to Help Untangle Mysteries; Dead in Shipwrecks, Flood and Railway Ac
cidents Often Identified Through Use of System Inaugurated in 1888.
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Th value of this collection can
scarcely b estimated. Hardly a day
passes that the Identity section is not
called upon to lend its aid In untan
gling a mystery. In hundreds of cases
it has proved the means oi identi
fying unknown dead in shipwrecks,
fioods and railway accidents; in a
number of Instances the deductions of
its experts have resulted In the cap
ture and conviction of murderers and
other criminals, and on still other
occaslonit has proved the means of
establishing the Innocence of persons
who throuirh the force of circum
stantial evidence had become entan
gled In the mesh of suspicion.
The nrlmary purpose oi tne laenmy
section of the army is to Identify un
known dead In time of war. and to
keen undesirable ex-ervlce men irom
re-enllsting under assumed names. It
also has proved of great practical
value In supplying soldiers with lden-
Iflcatlon records necessary In secur
nsr discharges, and in addition It has
Droved a source of unexpected assist
ance to the police throughout the
country In identifying criminals
among discharged service men.
A recent example oi the sort or in
quiries that are coming In almost
Ja'lv la that in connection with the
Carl Wanderer murder case, which for
months baffled the police of Chtcaw-
An efort was being made to Identify
he "ragged stranger." the man al-
red to have been paid by Lieutenant
Wanderer to stage a fake hold-up and
who was shot by Wanderer while car
rying out the agreement. The Cnicago
polloa believed the "ragged stranger"
o be an ex-soiaier of Milwaukee, wno
was knewn to have served in the
army, either under his right name or
hat of Edward 31 oi uexAS.
knowing that the f'nger-print rec
ords of every man who served in the
army since the identification system
was Installed were on file with the
war department, they sent the im
prints of the "ragged stranger's" fln-
Bers to Washington for comparison.
It waa found upon Investigation that
he finger print were anierent rrora
hose on record, tt was found that no
less than six Edward M s bad
served In the army and that two of
hem were from Texas, but the finger
prints of the man slain in Chlcsgo did
not tally with those or any of the
M who had served.
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-5crz?jfrs 'JtCftfjry JtC&sss? S- site j-if
prints was well known to the ancients
and persists in various superstitious
and ceremonial practices, such as
"kissing the book" In connection with
the taking of oaths. In 1823 Purkenje.
a professor of physiology, read before
the University of Breslau a Latin
thesis on finger impressions In which
he gave nine standard types and sug
gested a system of classification. His
labors, however, failed to attract the
attention they merited. Francis Gal
ton, the eminent sociologist, did per
haps the greatest service in bringing
to the attention of the public the
great value of finger prints as a
means of identification.
When the Immigration 61 the Chi
nese was causing so much excitement
In America the suggestion was made,
but not acted on, that a system of fin
ger printing might be used for their
registration. But no departure at any
time previously made is comparable
In Importance with the systematized
labors In this direction of Sir William
Herschel of the British Indian civil
service. Finding false personation
prevalent In all the Indian courts, he
determined to introduce the use of
finger impressions In the district of
Houghly, In Bengal, of which he was
then In executive charge. The suc
cess of the system was instantaneous,
and it was soon Introduced In practi
cally all the departments of India.
Colonel C. V. Henry, an English
man, later became active in the ex
tension and application of the system
and worked out what is probably the
most satisfactory system of classifi
cation that has yet been discovered.
The Henry system, slightly modified,
is used by the war department in
Washington.
The most philosophical treatment of
the subject, however, is probably that
of Francis Qalton. In addition to
providing types and a nomenclature,
suggesting a system of classification
and examining the character and pur
pose of the ridges in their physio
logical aspect. Gallon, who made use
of much of the data collected by Sir
William Herschel, has discussed the
all-important question of persistence
and has proved that the details of
ridges constituting the patterns of
finger Impressions persist through
out the whole period representing the
life of man, those found on the An
gers of the new-born Infant being
treaceable on the fingers of the same
person In old age and apparently ef
faceable only when, after death, de
composition sets In.
Galton has brought together some
evidence to Indicate the transmissbtl
Ity of patterns by descent, but finds
that no sensible amount of co-relation
exists between the patterns or Im
pressions and the bodily faculties or
characteristics or that these finger
markings are distinctive of race or
temperament.
Baaing his conclusions upon exam
inations of many sets of prints taken
at different times and covering the
interval from childhood to boyhood,
from boyhood to early manhood, from
early manhood to middle age and from
middle to extreme old age, Galton has
this to say as to the persistence of
the same characteristics in finger
prints throughout the lite of the sub
ject: "As there Is no sign except In one
case of change during any of these
four intervals, which together almost
Vholly cover the ordinary life of man.
we are justified In Inferring that be
tween birth and death there is abso
lutely no change in, say, 699 out of
700 of the numerous characteristics
of the markings of the fingers of the
same person such as can be lmprcsseu
by him wherever It is desirable to do
so. Neither can there be any change
after death up to the time when the
skin perishes through decomposition.
Kor example, the marka on the fingers
of many Egyptian mummies and on
the paws of stuffed monkeys still re
main ltfglbl. Very good evidence and
careful inquiry ia thus seen, to Jus
tify the popular Idea of the persist
ence of finger markings. There appear
to be no bodily characteristics other
than deep scars and tattoo marks
comparable In their persistence to i
those markings; at the same time
they are out of all proportion more
numerous than any other measurable
features. The dimensions of the
limbs and body alter In the course of
growth and decay; the .color, quan
tity and quality of the hair, the tint
and quality of the skin, the number
and set of the teeth, the expression
of the features, the gestures, the
handwriting, even the eye color
changes after many years. There
seems no persistence in the visible
parts of the body except In those mi
nute and hitherto disregarded ridges."
So useful has the Identity section
of the war department proved that
every now and then officials are com
pelled to equelch some ambitious and
mercenary sheriff who tries to make
the service pay him dividends. Ordi
narily his method of operation Is sim
ple. He makes a collection of notices
of rewards offered for the apprehen
sion of criminals. Then he arrests
every tramp who chances to pass
through his bailiwick, takes finger
print impressions of the unfortunate
wayfarer and sends them to Washing
ton on the chance of their proving to
be those of some criminal with a price
on nis neaa. as tne war department
has the finger-print records of practi
cally every able-bodied young man in
the United Statea. it often happens
that It is able to tell the sheriff the
name of the man In custody. There
upon the sheriff checks over his list
of rewards offered and If. he finds the
captive's name among them he imme
diately notifies the persons offering
the reward and then proceeds to col
lect tt.
The war department Identity sec
tion is In charge of Walter S. Kaye.'
who enjoys the distinction of having
organized the first identification bu
reau ever established in the American
army. Mr. Kaye, who is recognized
both in the United States and abroad
as an authority on finger prints, has
many Interesting stories to tell of his
experiences in the work. One of the
most striking cases that has come be
fore officials of the Identity section
is that of a soldier known to officials
as the "champion deserter and re
enlister." This man enlisted and de
serted 29 times before finally identi
fied and Interned.
"It is a matter of history that the
re-enlistment of deserters, bounty
Jumpers and other undesirable char
acters in the army became a very
serious embarrassment to the govern
ment during the later years of the
civil war and were quite troublesome
even In the world war," said Mr.
Kaye. "Stimulated by the large boun
ties which had been offered by towns
and counties or the large price paid
by Individuals for substitutes, amount
ing sometimes to hundreds or even
thousands of dollars, men would en
list and desert, then re-enlist and
again desert, repeating the process
again and again.
"Several schemes were tried In the
civil war to do away with this prac
tice, but had to be abandoned. At one '
time each soldier was marked with
nitrate of silver, so that he would be
discovered If he attempted to re-en- i
list. At another time he was marked !
by vaStinating him on the left leg, I
four Inches below the knee, but the!
time lost on account of lameness
caused by the vaccination made the
process unsatisfactory. After the civil
war ended the custom of repeating
continued, and the Te-enlistment of
deserters and dishonorably discharged
men became so frequent as to cause
real embarrassment to the army of
ficials. "In 1SS8 the war department inves
tigated the Bertillon system of iden
tification as a means of coping with
the re-enlistment evil. This system,
however, waa found too bulky and
burdensome for the purpose. After
due consideration an outline figure or
card system of identification was de
vised and put into operation in 1SS9.
This outline system consisted of the
figure of a man front and back on
which were recorded all scars, marks,
moles, etc.. and all the dimensions of
the individual.
"The system was continued, with
l
good results until 1908, when the
finger-print system was adopted In
i its stead. The finger-print system is
superior to any, other so far devised,
in that it Is quick, compact and per
mits of so error. The other system
allowed errors of location of marks
and errors of measurements, but the
finger-print system, as far as can be
discovered, is absolutely infallible.
"During the flood at Galveston, Tex
in 1915, .the body of an unknown sol
dier was found among the debris
washed ashore. The authorities, cot
knowing what to do, cut off two of
the fingers of the deceased and sent
them to Washington. The skin of the
two fingers had on arrival become
separated from the flesh, but by care
ful manipulation the skin was trans
ferred and carefully glued to two
pieces of wood formes into the shape
of fingers and impressions were
made. After an exhaustive comp&rl
son with those of an persons re
ported missing about that time, it
was discovered that the impressions
were Identical with those of a sol
dier who had enlisted at Jefferson
barracks. Mo., in 1913.
"A man in soldier's uniform was
found asphyxiated by gas in New
York. There were no letters or papers
on the body, but the police made
finger prints and sent them to Wash
Ington police headquarters. When
the record was presented to the
identity section of the adjutant
general's office it required less than
five minutes to discover that they
were those of a man who had en
listed at Fort Slocum N. T., in Oc
tober, 1917."
Hundreds of other cases could be
cited to show the absolute accuracy
of the system. Briefly, the system
employed by the war department.
which is a modification of an imprea
sion of all ten fingers made on a
form which is prepared for that pur
pose. As trees, bushes and plants are
classified according to their various
petals, stamens and pistils, so are
finger prints grouped by "loops,"
"whorls," "arches" and "tents." You
may have a "tent" or an "arch" or a
"whorl" or a "loop" on your finger
and not know It until the identifying
Inspector looks at it with his enlarg
ing glasses, then he can tell by a
classification system whether your
finger print is one of the more than
5,000,000 prints which the war de
partment- has on file ready lor in
stent use.
The first finger print record was
received In the adjutant general s of
fice on November 10, 1906, and the
first man to be identified by this
method was a man who was enlisted
January 22, 1907, at Columbus bar
racks, OWe. He was identified six
days later as a man who had been
rejected at Jefferson barracks, Mo.,
on November 8, 1906, on account of an
imperfection of vision.
Ons of the greatest advantages
gained by the finger print system is
the ease with which the applicant for
pension can identify himself, after
losing his discharge or for any rea
son whatever, and prove himself the
man he claims to be. In former times
It required months to establish one's
Identity by getting witnesses who per
haps were scattered all over the coun
try. The finger print records of the war
department have many times proved
of assistance to the public in appre
hending and Identifying criminals, but
they have also proved valuable in
freeing Innocent persons who through
circumstantial evidence had become
involved In criminal cases. Shortly
after a trunk murder mvstery came
to light in Detroit last year finger
print records were received in Wash
ington of a man who waa suspected
of having killed a woman and shipped
her body in a trunk from Detroit to
New York. The man suspected an
swered the description, even to a
broken nose, of a man whom the po
lice had every reason to believe had
committed the crime. It was known
that the probable murderer had served
In the army and the war department
was asked to decide whether the man
held by the police was the one toward
whom all evidence pointed as guilty.
Within a few minutes identity ex
perts were able to prove conclusively
that the man about to be sentenced
for murder was not the person sought.'
That some system of classification
IN THE PORTLAND CHURCHES
(Continued From Psite 2 )
Teachings of Jesus." Miss Hilda
Schleunes will lead the discussion on
the subject, "Jesus' Teachings About
Man and His Neighbor." .
Sunnyside-Methodist church is alive
clth activities. Three big "drives"
are now under way. The men of the
church are straining every effort to
reach every unchurched ooy in tne
community. As a part oi un p
gramme a great banquet will be
served for "lads and dads." The
young people of the Epworth league
have a striking programme mapped
out for "Win My Chum" week. A
huge drive Is now In full swing
throughout the Sunday school with
the result that this Is the largest
Sunday school In the Oregon confer
ence. This week a public reception
was held In honor of r. ana Mrs.
T. H. Gallagher. Large audiences are
crowding the church every bunaay.
Bunday sermon subjects: 11 A. M.,
Life's Deeps and enaiiows ; i:to
P. M., "Dads Wife."
Good Literature Sunday will be
observed at both morning and evening
services at the Vancouver-avenue
Norwegian-Danish Methodist Episco
pal church. Vancouver avenue ana
Skidmore etreet. The text for Sunday
morning devotion will be "The Word
of God." The evening service at 8
o'clock will be in English, over the
text "The Most Beautiful Book Ever
Written." The Rev. Gustav A.
Staraker will speak at both services.
At the Rose City Park Methodist
Episcopal church Dr. C. W. Huett,
the pastor, will speaK ai tne ii
o'clock service upon the theme
"Divinity In Humanity." In the
evening the theme will be "True
Cause for Rejoicing."
Rev. ' Alfred Bates, pastar of the
Methodist Episcopal churches at
Tualatin and Wllsonvllle. will have
charge of both services today and the
special music will be a feature of
both services. Tualatin church serv
ice will commence at 11 A. M. this
morning and Wllsonvllle 8 P. M. this
evening.
Sermon Will Be Delivered
for Students Today.
Rev. Harold H. Griffla to Speak on
"The Credibility of Christian
Scriptures."
THE sermon this morning at 11
o'clock at the First Christian
church will be delivered for the par
ticular benefit of students or the
Holy Bible. At this meeting hour the
Rev. Harold W. Griffia will have for
Lis sermon theme "The Credibility of
the Christian Scriptures." the dis
course being mainly an historical ac
count of how Christians got their
Bible.
An unusually interesting and at
tractive programme has been ar
ranged for the evening worship at
7:45. Mr Mary Adele Vann, choir
leader and contralto soloist, will
present a musical offering of seven
special numbers, consisting of solos,
duets, trios and anthems. The main
quartet features will be renaerea oy i
Mrs. Eloise Hall Cook, soprano; Mrs. I
must be employed if an enormous col
lection of finger prints, such as that
of the war department, is to be of
practical value, is perfectly obvious.
Without such a system, inspectors
would have to go through the whole
5.000.000 records before they could be
certain they did not have the finger
nrlnts of any given Individual. In
numerable trials have been made with
a view to fixing standards or types,
according to which all Impressions
can be readily sorted. Purkenje pro
posed nine, Galton three. As the out
come of much experimenting fourfold
classification has been adopted, which
meets all requirements, while greatly
reducing the number of gradational
caa.es. These four types are arches,
loops, whorls and composites.
In arches the ridges run from one
side of the finger or thumb to the
other, making no backward turn. In
loops some of the rldg-ea make a
backward turn, but without twist. In
whorls some of the ridges make a
turn through at least tine complete
circuit. Under composites are in
cluded patterns in which combina
tions of the arch, loop and whorl are
found in the same print, also lmpres.
slons Which might be deemed to pre
sent features requiring definition as
being loops In respect to the majority
of their rldgea and whorls in respect
to a few ridges at the center or side.
By an elaboration of these primary
classifications finger prints can be so
classified and card-Indexed that when
a finger-print record is presented to
the Inspectors of even so large a col
lection as that of the war department
the search is narrowed to 15 or 20
cards. Thus, Instead of having to go
through the entire 5.000,000 records
in order to And out if the "ragged
stranger's " finger prints were on file,
the war department inspectors had
merely to look at the specimen pre
sented, decide what subclassificatlan
It belonged to and look through some
15 or 20 cards filed under that sub
classification.
The flnger-iprlnt system of idenlfi
cation is now in use in the police de.
partments of practically all important
cities of the world. It is also In use
In the United States navy department
and the marine corps, so that the
United States government has records
of not only every man who served
regularly in the naval or military ser
vice of the United States during the
past decade, out also of the men who
appeared before the various draft
boards throughout the country during
the war.
The enormous value of a compre
hensive collection of finger-print rec
ords such as that which is represent
ed by the various bureaus of the gov
ernment can scarcely be overesti
mated. The photographing of finger
prints left by criminals on artlclea
such as plated goods, window panes,
drinking glasses, painted wood, bot
tles, cash boxes, etc. Is comparatively
simple. Situated on the ridges of the
finger bulbs are the numerous mouths
of the ducts which conduct to the
surface the perspiration from the
sweat glands, which lie below the
true skin; and through these there is
a continuous flow, although generally
Imperceptible to the naked eye. In
consequence of this moisture, when a
finger comes In contact with a cold.
dry, smooth surface the pattern of
the ridges is left more or less dis
tinctly on the article touched.
Finger prints on light painted
woodwork are easily photographed,
as the finger marks appear In a more
or less dark color on the light back
ground. It has been found beneficial
to distribute a little "gray powder"
over the finger marks and then brush
oft gently with a camel-hair brush,
thus bringing out the print more
clearly. Once a good photograph of
the finger prints left behind by a bur
glar, in opening a safe, for example,
is secured. It is a simple matter to
send these photographs to the war
department bureau. If the man who
left them Is among the 5,000,000 whose
finger prints are on file, th war de
partment will within a few minutes
know his name and military record.
There are, of course, many other col
lections of finger prints, such as those
at the various penitentiaries, police
departments and Immigration bu
reaus, with which the marks could be
compared, though this would, of
course, take 'time.
Copyright, 1921, by the Washington Star
Vann, contralto; W. G. Manna, bari
tone, and E. A. Morgan, tenor. The
chorus numbers will be given by a
choir of 20 voices, representing many
of the advanced students of the Vann
Conservatory of Music of this city.
In addition to this evening's pro
gramme of music, the pastor will
present to his congregation "The Call
to Prayer for the Limitation of Arma
ments and for World Peace," which
lias recently been issued to all the
Christian churches of America by the
United Christian Missionary society.
At the New Christian church
(Swedenborgian) Rev. William R.
Reece will speak on "Ideal Wife
hood" this morning at 11 o'clock In
the assembly room of the Portland
hotel. There will be a violin solo by
wmiam Molmes and a vocal solo by
Mrs. Grace Holmes.
Homecoming day will be featured
today at the East Side Christian
church, corner East Twelfth and Tay
lor. It will start with an old-fash
ioned rally day in the Bible school at
10 o'clock, with Superintendent C. T.
Saling in charge. The classes are
competing for an attendance banner.
The young people a classes are grow
ing rapidly. The morning sermon by
tne pastor, Kev. isorman Johnson,
will be on "Foundations." The choir
under direction of Harold Moore, will
sing "Savior, Pilot Me" (Wilson). The
Christian Endeavorers will have an
unusually Interesting service at 6:30
P. M-, when Biblical and historical
"ghost stories" will be related, and
the pastor will have for his topic at
the evening service "A Bible Ghost
Story."
Monday evening the Christian En
deavor society will have a regula
tion Halloween social at the church.
The sisterhood will hold an all-day
meeting in the church Tuesday, in
preparation for the annual bazaar
which will be held this year on De
cember 2. On Friday evening at the
church will be held the quarterly
meeting of the Christian women's
board of missions, to which the men
are Invited. A man will lead the
meeting and a man will be the prin
cipal speaker. H. L. Ganoe is sched
uled to lead and J. J. Handsaker of
the near east relief, who has recently
returned from the near east, will tell
of conditions there, particularly re
garding the political situation. There
will be a social period afterward. A
cordial welcome will be given to all
attending any of these services.
Rev. Guy Fitch Phelps of this city
will leave Tuesday for Jefferson,
where he is scheduled to begin a
series of lectures on religious sub
jects Tuesday night in the M. E.
church of that city.
Rosicrucian Fellowship will meet
In room E of the public library to
night at 7:30 o'clock. Studies in the
"Cosmo Conception" will be started.
All are welcome.
e
Rev. T. M. Mlnard. pastor of the
First Divine Science church. 816 East
Clay etreet. near East Twenty-fifth,
will occupy his pulpit this morning.
"We Are Saved by Love" is the topic
for the discourse.
Mr. Francis W. Richter, the organ
ist, will play "Consolation." by Men
delssohn, for the offertory.
The midweek meeting is held every
OLD ENGLISH LETTERING IS CONSIDERED
TO BE MOST POPULAR OF ANY JUST NOW
Initial, Beautifully Embroidered, Gives Air of Distinction to Any Article Work Needs to Be Perfectly Done
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IB
BY CLOTILDE.
THE old English is probably the
most popular of all letters shown,
judging by the frequent requests
for it.
An initial, beautifully embroidered,
will give an air of distinction to any
article. It is work that needs to be
perfectly done to look well, and this
perfection will only come with prac
tice. Initial lettera should be first out
Thursday at 8 P. M. The subject
chosen for the next Thursday's lec
ture is "Concentration."
The lecture topic for 3 o'clock this
afternoon at 441 East Twelfth street,
corner Sherman, with the Independ
ent Bible Spiritualistic society and
church will be "Rending the Veil."
A ladies' circle meeting will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 and Thurs
day evening at 8. A public message
circle will be given by the Rev. Mrs.
Ida M. Schorl, pastor.
Robert H. Reed will speak on "Pow
ers and Possibilities of the Mind" at
8 o'clock in Modern Conservatory of
Music. 148 Thirteenth street In the
fourth address of his 6eries on con
structive nhyschology. H. Edward
Mills of the Realization league speaks
at 11 o'clock on "What Faith Is
Doing for Scientific Men.'
Congregational Church to
Have Special Service.
Musical Programme and Anawer
Ing of Questions Scheduled.
A COMBINATION musical and
question service Is announced
for tonight at the First Congrega
tional church. Mrs. F. B. Newton
the new organist, will prelude the
service with the following brief or
gan reoltal at 7:30 o'clock: "Evening
Song" (Armstrong), "Intermezzo In
E" (Major), "Moment Musicaie
(Schubert).
Professor Fred Turney, who has
recently come to Portland from De
troit, Mich., where he was a most
popular cornetist. playing in all the
Important churches, will assist In the
human song service which follows
the organ recital. The big chorus
and the quartet will sing: Anthem,
"Ye Shall Go Out With Joy" (Barn
by), ohorus and quartet; anthem,
"God Is Spirit" (Bennett); "The Lord
Brings Back His Own" (Galbraith).
quartet; "The Lord la Great" (Men
delssohn), chorus. .
Mrs. F. B. Newton has been fleeted
permanent organist of the church
choir. For the past seven years she
has been the organist of the FirBt
Christian church of this city. She
is a graduate of the New England
conservatory of music of Boston.
For a number of years she has been
a pupil of Mr. Coursen. More re
cently she has "been a pupil of Mr.
Denton. Mrs. D. D. Fisher, who has
been filling In as soprano soloist,
was elected to the position perma
nently. Mrs. Fisher comes from
Spokane, where she was well known
In musical circles. For a number of
years she was the soloist of the West
minster Congregational church of
that city. Prior to that she was the
soloist of the Baptist church of
Spokane. Musical people will recall
her splendid services in connection
with Harold Hurlbut's master class.
Dr. McElveen will answer two
questions at this combination service.
The two questions are: "Is the Chris
tian Science church to split?" and
"What troublesome ghosts may
frighten tihe delegates at the dis
armament conference?"
The Congregational minister an
nounced that he will hold a special
disarmament service Sunday morn
ing. November 6. He has been in
vited by the labor federation of
Portland to deliver an address on
that topic in the Labor temple on
Friday evening, November 11.
tvia s a n 1 o r Endeavorers have
planned a very unique entertainment
for Friday night. November 4. They
cail the party "The Frolic of the
Ay 1
lined in a close-running stitch, then
the spaces filled in with a chain or
other padding stitch. When a run
ning stitch Is used it should be longer
on the upper side, and it should al
ways be more heavily padded in the
center than towards the edges thus
giving a curved or rounded surface
when finished. The padding stitches
must all be on the right side, having
the stitches that come to the wrong
side as small as possible so as to
keep the wrong side flat.
The embroidering should be done in
Great American Shades." The ghosts
of a number of great Americans of
the past will appear. The Invita
tion reads. "Come dressed in the
costume of your favorite historical
character."
A very large" attendance is assured.
The seniors are rehearsing weekly
for a minstrel show to be given
December 2. Forty voices will take
part In this "Black and White" per
fermance. Miss Ellen Strand is the
leader of the senior society meet
ing tonight. Dorothy Sandstrom is
the leader of the intermediates. Mrs.
Mangold is the leader of the Juniors.
All three societies will discuss at
their meeting "How to Apply the
Golden Rule."
A. D. Whltcomb's class has chris
tened itself "The Juata Buncha Boys."
Recently the teacher entertained the
class at dinner. Last week the class
went for a hike, at the conclusion of
whioh they enjoyed a delightful lunch
at the home of Mrs. Rice on East
Twenty-sixth 6treet. Next week an
other hike is planned, and of course
another lunch.
Messrs Mangold. Riddle. Colton,
Whitcomb and Huntington constitute
a committee on the "Father and' Son"
service to be held on Sunday morn
ing, November 13. Fathers will be
urged to come and sit with them at
the church morning service. The
committee has asked the pastor to
preach a special sermon on the topic
of "Fathers and Sons," on that day.
. .
The Woman's association, which
holds Its meetings Wednesdays, has
planned a number of novel affairs
for the future. Monday night, No
vember 21, the association will rive
a basket supper with the members
of the brotherhood as special guests.
Tuesday. November 29. the annual
hazaar will be held. Next Wednes
day a special birthday table will be
reserved for all whose birthdays oc
cur in October. November and De
cember. Mrs. E. N. Howe, the president, at
the meeting last Wednesday urged
the large company to come earlier
and to plan to stay later, as there
was an immense amount of charity
wp-rlc to be done. Last Wednesday
noon the association entertained the
members of the Oregon missionary
committee and the members of the
South Portland welfare committee at
lunch.
This morning at the Highland Con
gregational church the pastor. Rev.
Edward Constant, preaches on "The
Mother Heart of God." At night
Chaplain Howard will be the preacher
and will speak on "Individual and
Social Elements In Christianity."
Tuesday the Sunday school workers
have their monthly business session
and dinner. Wednesday the Ladies'
Aid will hold a meeting for work
in connection with the Thanksgiving
sale, which will be November 18.
Lunch will be served at noon. Friday
the Good Fellowship club will hold
a women's night, the programme for
which will Include an address by
Rev. E. E. Flint.
Rev. Elbert E. Flint, pastor of the
Atkinson Center, a community church
v.ti TTverott and East Twentv-
ci i. i . o i . -
ninth streets, will preach this morn
ing on n uvv w. ......
he will take for his topic "Jesus
. u . r-.i.li " a H i himi ni nn nf the
Christian's attitude toward the trou
bles and problems of the present.
Thursday nignt win oe mo mommr
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Dlnner will be served at 6:30. after
yhich there Will De minor cuniweimci
i-hnri-h work and community life,
as well as a social hour.
The Halloween social Friday night
brought together the young and old
of the community for real pleasure
ta5fc?SundaTand
jwibbitbc J'Wilt
a frame, and the stitch is a simple
over and over, taken evenly and close
together always running at right
angles to the padding and taken s
close together as is possible without
lapping.
Letters are sometimes outlined with
the over and over stitch, and the In
closed spaces filled with the seed
stitch, but there Is nothing more
beautiful than the plain laid embroid
ery if well done.
The last installment will appear
next Sunday.
and profit. All enjoyed the moving
pictures and the music and then ihad
plenty of fun with "witches" and
"ghosts." and finished off with re
freshments. These "fun" nights are
to be monthly.
The Woman's association of ths
church will hold its regular monthly
meeting Wednesday afternoon In ths
church. Circle No. 2 will be hostess.
An interesting programme will follow
the Important business of planning
for the bazaar to be held in Decem
ber, after which all are Invited to
remain for the social hour and be
come better acquainted with the new
women of the parish.
The sermon this morning by Mrs.
J. J. Handsaker, pastor of the Laurel
wood Congregational church, will be i
on the subject, "Counting the Cost."
This sermon is the second of a series
of sermons on the disarmament con
ference. At this service. J. O. Leake
will sing "Shadows." In the evening
at 7 o'clock the Christian Endeavor
service will be led by Sam Thurston.
The Men's club of the Rose City
Park Community church, Forty-fifth
and Hancock streets, will organize
a large Bible class, starting Sunday
morning. October 80. at 9:45. A class
attendance of 60 men is expected.
Rev. Floyd E. Dorrls will be the
teacher.
Dr. J. J. staub or Sunnyside Con
gregational church will occupy his
pulpit both mornin? and evening.
Tuesday at 2:30 the Ladies' Aid so
ciety will meet to sew for the Al
bertlna Kerr home. Full attendance
Is desired, as there is much work to
be done.
Wednesday evening Dr. B. B. Sut
cllffe will give his second lecture on
the personal. Imminent and pre
millenlal coming of the Lord Jesus
tnrist.
Thursday evening the prayer meet
ing will take the second chapter of
Romans for study. Dr. Staub leading.
The dedication of the new pips
organ will occur Sunday morning,
November 6. at 11 o'clock. Professor
Lucien E. Becker and Miss Martha
Reynolds will preside at the organ.
In the evening the choir will co
operate with the organist In an ex
cellent sacred concert.
"The Nearness of God" will be the
subject of the morning discourse In
the Waverly Heights Congregational
church. At the evening service the
people will be given a chance to ex
press their views by a "referendum
on prohibition,' answering such ques
tions as "Is prohibition a failure?
Has it made any difference in Port
land. In the looks of the city? In
safety of the people? In the poverty
of some homes? What could be bet
ter than prohibition?'"
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary so
cieties will hold their monthly meet
ing Wednesday. Luncheon at 12:30
with a social afternoon and a pro
gramme. This is to be a "welcome
meeting for newcomers."
The First Spiritual Science church
will hold services in Alisky hall,
Third and Morrison streets, Sunday
at S and 8 P. M. Lectures by Mrs.
L. E. Phillips and Mra Emma Lister,
"The Feast of All Saints."
At the Primitive Church. Fast
Tenth and Weldler streets, M. E. Fer
dinand, pastor. At 11 A. M.. "The
Boy Preacher," Wesley Fleming,
preaches. "Broken Cisterns" wilt be
the topic at 3 P. M. and "The Boast
ing Ax" at 8 P. M.
Mr. Rawson's society for spread
ing the knowledge of true prayer Is
now established In its own rooms
at 301 Fliedner building. Tenth and
Washington. Meetings are Monday
evenings at 8 o'clock.