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PAGE SIX W"EHFOKD MATL TRIBUNE. TMEPFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY; AUGUST 14, 1936. OF FINGERS SEEN E Compulsory Imprints Will Cut Criminality, Bring Swifter Justice, Bureau of Investigation Avers WASHINGTON (UP) If finger prints were as compulsory as birth certificate there would be less crime In the United States and Justice would be swifter, the bureau of In vestigation of the department of Justice believe. Officials admit, however, that the public will have to be educated to the Idea before any federal finger print law can be passed. "Law-abiding citizens are beginning to realize that fingerprinting may mean death to a criminal, but that It also may mean life and liberty to an innocent man, woman or child," aald an assistant to the director of the bureau. "A tourist losing his passport In a foreign country could more readily obtain a duplicate If hts fingerprints were on file In Washington. Every police station has fingerprinting equipment, and this enn be done In a matter of minutes. As soon as they are checked at headquarters a new passport could be Issued without further delay." Advantages Clulmed This Is not the only advantage of fingerprinting registration for law. abiding citizens, It Is pointed out. If there were sufficient demand by the public, fingerprints could be made at home and forwarded to head quarters, but it would be far easier to file the fingerprints shortly after the birth certificates and thereby, In thousands of Instances, prevent crime rather than detect It, official argue. Human beings, many of them at least, would think twice before committing a, crime If they knew that their fin gerprints were on file at "headquart era" and that ttielr conviction and punishment would be swift. J. Sdgar Hoover, director of the bureau of Investigation, says: "Long since the time has passed when criminals hid In dark alleys or skulled In dark basements. The day of the mask and the dark lantern is ever. Crime Uvea next door to you. Crime often plays bridge with you. Crime dances with your sons and daughter. These persons of the under world aro not simply poor boys and girls or moral Invaltda, as the super entlmentnllsU would have us be lieve. They are marauders, who murder for a headline, rats crawling from their hideouts to gnaw at the vitals of clvlluitton. True, they are dreesed aa we are dressed; they' live m we live and often tar better, owing to the rich rewards of their 'profes sion,' but their standards of life are those of pigs In a wallow, their out look that of vultures." Technique Developed Fingerprint can be "lifted" from playing cards, from cloth, from glass and silver; from wood, metal, leather or paper Anywhere that a finger print Is suspected, a certain type of "dust" can be sprinkled over the sur face which will rovenl It If It la there, no matter how faint It mny seem. In addition to the 13.010 finger prints of men and women who are viewed by the bureau of Investigation as the most dangeroua and deadly of the army of more than 3.000.000 per eons whose fingerprint records are elear and who are and will continue to be. in all likelihood, law-abiding eltlrens, Twenty per cent of 30th century crime la committed by persons not old enough to vote, statistics show. These minora should be home play ing In their own backyards, but In stead they are out stealing automo biles and committing nearly a thou sand murders a year and tens of thousands of burglaries and larcenies, officials declare. Among the arguments advanced for universal fingerprinting are: PlngerprlnU never lie and no two ver are alike. There are nine classifications of prints that are foolproof, and Into these will fit the Imprints of the fingers of 1,840. 185,3ftf all he peo ple In the world. Burning will not change finger prints. Scar tissue will show, and If the skin grows back again It will be exactly the same aa before the Injury. ACCUSED DOG WINS ACQUITTAL i - "-wjy.ft-g i-rpwCT Here It "ldho," th dog charged with drowning i youth at Brockport, N. Y., on July 4, In "conference" with hit defense attorney, Harry A. 8etelont, at he went on trial for hit life. After a day of teitlmony Juttlce of the Peace Homer Benedict freed "Idaho" to the cuttody of hit matter. (Attoclated Prett Photo COAST OF FRANCE Picturesque Village On Med iterranean Now Guarded Only by Battered Dikes Protection, Is Sought GETS STAMP AS TO KNOX SAYS NEW DEAL IS MOST EXPENSIVE 'AMATEUR HOUR' YET HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Auff. 14. AP) An attack on the new deal as "the most expensive amateur hour In history" hy Frank Knox, vice presi dential candidate, who also advocated a "real share the wealth movement' of widespread employ ownership of stock, opened a drive by Repub licans to recapture West Virginia. The nominee, sneaking before hts party's state convention and an over flow crowd of several thousand per sons, added: "And In November, the American people will lve nil those new deal performers the (tons." Knox declared there had been a .strong movement In the direction of wider Hock distribution amon work -era, but that this had been halted "only temporarily by the depression. He also amplified hta party's posi tion on labor matters, saying: "The relentless forces In the Amer ican system are moving towerd shorter hours and higher wages. Our Republican administration will en courage this trend." Alfred Gwynrie Vanderbllt It suit mentirs his stable with hunters snd Jumpers. Prank Demaree s real first name Is Joe. PHILADELPHIA (UP) Medical science once again has come to the aid of mankind with the discovery of a new and powerful non-poisonous germ killer. The finding of silver oxide powder, produced from any sliver salt by addition of sodium or potassium hy droxide, bridges a great gap in the use of silver as a medicine, medical men say. The oxide, a brown pow der, was described for the first time at a meeting of the American Philo sophical society In session In Philadelphia. The germicidal, the chemistry of which was explained by John J. Muller, professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, where the j discovery was made, combines silver I nitrate and collodlal sllyer. I Silver nitrate, a salt, la probably one of the most potent germicides, but burns. Collodlal silver Is mild, but lacks much of the metal's germi cidal ability. The new powder, when mixed with paraffin, makea a salve for external use and It will dissolve In water , for use Internally. A test proving Its non-toxlcatlng properties was made substituting the germ killer for drinking water and glen to baby chicks. On the "silver : water" the chicks grew to full feather and showed no signs of retardation or bad effects. Tests for medicinal effects were made In conjunction with Dr. Wil liam Lentz, of the department of veterinary medicine at the university, but the findings were not published. Prevloua experiments with various forms of silver caused argyr.'a, or deposit of metallic silver in the skin, turning a. person a ghastly gray color. The new brown powder caused noth ing of the like to happen. This new discovery has been placed on the most delicate membranes, In cluding the eye, without Irritation. It has been given only to animals by the mouth, and cats, dogs, horses and cows have been cured of Intestinal Infections without 111 effects. Muller discovered the germicidals remarkable and unexpected solubility In water and other substances while making pure silver oxides for non medical uses. ARE ASSESSED FINES Thomas A. Bedlngfleld of Trail, em ployed In the pear harvest in the Phoenix district, was assessed tl and costs In Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman's court yesterday, for operating an auto without a muffler. Molvln L. Gibson, a California fruit worker, waa assessed $5 and costs for operating an auto with Improper li cense plstee. D. O. Woodrum was fined 1 and costs for non-possession of a driver's license. LES - 6AINTES - MARIES - DE - LA MER, Prance (UP) This ancient town on the Mediterranean, one of the most picturesque In Prance, la In danger of disappearing In danger so Imminent that the prefect of the department of the Bouches-du -Rhone h&n been asked to do something about It, The sea Is eating Its way Into the coast. Already the city proper, once three-quarters of a mile from the sea U protected from It only by dikes one of which, on the west, has been almost destroyed by this year's storms. Middle-seed Inhabitants re member playing In fields now well out In deep water. Custom officers huts that once stood on a cliff above the sea now are In deep water. The town la almost entirely sur rounded by water. To the south Is the Mediterranean, to the west the salt lake of Lea Lones, to the east the Imperial salt lake. Both of these bodies of water are separated from the sea only by a thin strip of shore, through which narrow channels are beginning to be cut. To Be Swallowed It will not be long. If nothing Is done, until the barriers break down, the lakes become part of the Medi terranean, and Les-Salntes-Marles- de-la-Mer, a small promontory on the end of the neck of land bearing the road from Aries, gradually will sink beneath the sea as so much of the land about It has already done Dikes built along the -banks of the little Rhone to protect the region from f J coda have helped to increase the speed with which the sea Is eat' lug away at the. coast, for the silt which the Rhone used to spread at Its mouth to replace the land eroded by the sea Is now carried out ino the Mediterranean. Les - Salntea - Maries-de-la-Mer re tains all its plcturesquenesa because Its Inaccessibility keeps all but the most determined tourists away. Whereas other famous old cities of Prance have been spoiled for the sensitive traveler by the commercially KAtlon of their attractions, Lea Sn lutes-Maries -de - la - Mer has re mained untouched. It Is too far off the main roads, It Is the only point of Interest in a desolate region, and so It retains its native customs and Its primitive character In Desolate Region It Is In the Camargue, the desolate region of salt marshes In the delta of the Rhone's multiple mouths, where the only thing that grows Is cattle fodder. There the cowboys of Prance live, armed not with lasso, but with a long pike. Large stretches are practically uninhabited, Les Sa in tea-Maries -de -la-Mer being the only, community In Its administrative district. Chief attraction of the town Is the curious fortified church of the 12th century with beetling walla within which worshippers could, In case of need, become defenders. In the church Is housed the Black Virgin, which the gypsies come regularly to worship. 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But the aetor-slnger-pltcher had hearty laugh at the expense of the old man with the scythe no later than yesterday when he made his first start since his recovery and stopped the Cincinnati Reds with seven hits and the Pirates chalked up a fi-4 victory. Hoyt has been around the big-time 19 ycara now, the oldest hurler In point of service In either league. This wasn't the first time the game apparently had given up on him, only to have him pop up somewhere else and go right on winning, Hts all-time record shows 224 vic tories with seven major league ball elubs .starting with the Red Sox. and going through the original Yankees' murderers' row, the Tigers, Athletics. Dodgers, Giants and, finally, the Buca, The only other hurler active In the game today to top his victory record Is Lefty Grove. Hoyt'a win yesterday didn't help the Pirates at all In their efforts to Attorney Porter J. Neff will preside at the Democratic rally to be held here Monday night, It was announced today by J. R. Marshall, chairman of the Jackson county central committee. The meeting, open to all county voters, will be held at 8 o'clock. In the new Democratic headquarters on the ground floor of 317 West Math street, opposite the California Oregon Power company. "We should like to have all Jack son coun ty voters of whatever po Utlcal affiliation attend the rally and see and hear the candidates who will be present," Mr. Marshall said. "Un fortunately, we cannot Issue an In dividual Invitation to each voter, but everyone will be given a cordial wel come. The rally will give the voters an opportunity to get acquainted with their candidates for public of fice and learn what they stand for." Jack Murray, president of the Young Democratic club of Jackson county, today urged all members to make a special effort 'to be present at the rally. It la essential, he em phasised, that young voters keep abreast of political affairs. Among those who will speak at the meeting are U. S. Burt, candidate for state treasurer; Alfred P. Dobson. candidate for state attorney-general; Willis Mahoney, candidate for U. S. senator; E. W. Klrkpatrlck, candidate for congress from this district; and Claude McColloch, chairman of the state central committee. Two Industrial Deaths. SALEM, Aug. 14. (AP) The ttate industrial accident commission re ported two deaths during the pat week due to accident In Oregon In dustries. There were 031 accidents. The fatally injured were William P. Yaden, Scappoose loader, Injured Au gust 8 at Scappoose, and Ralph V. Swett, Ivan, timber cutter, injured August 10 at Klamath Palls. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. 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