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6 INSANITY DEFENSE MADE FOR MUNDING Further Witnesses Support Piea He Was Distracted by Fiancee’s Affairs. Another called to r effort to riding mas- dis- his flanc he April 11 now furth, was no! her last school, in Dr. Hulbert de- Dowell of nst Munding. Edith M Mim- 1ding ago's ed by nig never eled . quar her. former ad seen men and knowledge had pro STEPHENSONDEFENSE FAILS IN FIRST STEP Former Klan Grand Dragon Faces Five Charges in Assault on Girl sustained by lefense a formal plea bi f her making a she is al- ve given the grand jury n s charged with ault th intent to kil assault w itent to rape 1d con- Kidnaping u hoped She has physicians - wa given wred JARDINE WILL ACT SOON ON MERGER OF PACKERS Decision May Send Armour-Morris Case to Supreme Court of United States. not violate the s act and drop ssue BANKERS TO GIVE PLAY. Employes and Trust to Offer Annual Event. lub, American Security and Judsons t comedy, a8 their W Normal Harvard streets, will be taken by Theodore L. Miller, | and Miss Marga-| who will take M. Pugh, Car- B t “The son in charge William S 8 a ushers; Wood littees of the pro- Schooley, Ives, prompter; Miss Mildred ties; Mrs. Evelyn and Frank M. Per- Miss Center Market Dealers Announce to the public and its patrons that the enforcement 3f the one-hour parking limit about Center Market has re- lleved the congested condi- tion. ‘Where good Food for home |#¢ tew, if any, errors, thes the | | roster F inger-Print Records of 8,500,000 Men on File in City. Two Men Confident Their System Is Never Failure. Two of the most successful detec- tives in the world, who rarely see the object of their search, but never- |theless have thousands of “catche to their credit, are on the pay roll of Uncle Sam. They are Walter S, Kaye, chief of the identity section of the War Department, and J. H. Taylor, in charge of the identification section of the Navy Department. Kaye operates in a modest office in one of those low-bullt structures which sprung up overnight in Wash- ington during the war days, and has charge of the finger prints of 7,000,000 en now serving in the American Army, or who formerly were In the nation’ military establishment. Taylor has an equally modest office in the Navy Department Building, where he has supervision of 1,500,000 finger prints of present Navy and Marine personnel and those Who formerly were in the service Quick Service Aswsured. Developed to a science which admits e bureaus finger ‘print identification have reacied a point of efficiency where its application at times vies with the thrills of the most modern detective fiction Any active or former Amer- ican service man can be identified in from 10 to 16 _minutes by the print of his digits knd his full record laid bare. He may be one of the 75,000 Smiths, the 50,000 Johnsons, the 35,000 Browns or one of the 500 Willlamses, but absolute identification is certain, Kaye and Taylor assert Since their adoption by the Army in 1906 and by the Navy in 1907, as means of identification, these telitale prints of fingers have exposed fraud, protected innocent men from injustice, kept undesirables of the criminal type out of the service, ved the Government from unscrupulous claim- ants and uncovered the gullty. The files of the two bureau are filled with interesting and even romantic ac- counts of identificatio: Finger prints never lie, Kaye and Taylor declare. Out of the mlillions f tmpressions on flle in the two bureaus there are no two allke There is as mueh chance of finding two Identical prints, Kaye said, as t.ere would be in going into the fields and finding two flowers exactly alike. Value Known Since 400 B.C. The value of finger prints has been known since the year 400 B.C. The Chinese were first to use this method of {dentification India copled it from China. Sir E. R. Henry of Eng- land spent many years in India studylng the science as used there und through his untiring efforts in working a system of filing and cl cation the present-day “infal- stem has been devised. Finger prints, it is belleved, were concelved when a Chinaman in paint- ing screens accldentally allowed one of his fingers to make a heavy im- pression on the screen, showing the yarious ridge characteristics of the digit. From that time on the China- men experimented with finger prints and found their true value When a will was made in China the heirs to the estate were required to place the impression of their right.thumbs on the will When the will was probated only those whose thumb prints were shown were allowed to share in the division of the estate. Since the Finger Print Bureau of War Department has been in operation 200,000 ldentifications have been made. Through the prints In the Navy's bureau 18,481 identifica- tions have been accomplished. The most outstanding identifications made through the War Department bureau were those in the case of the sink- ing of the Tusecania off the Irish coast February 5, 1918. Hundreds of gruesome forms were washed ashore and piled in heaps on the beach. Identification of 35 was Impossible until finger-print impres- slons ~were taken of each form and tforwarded to the War Department. All Were Identifie A careful and exhaustive compari- son of these prints was made with the records on file in the department and were positively identified Iden- ity of the other soldlers was made through the checking up of the entire of the ship, which disclosed the name of the one left unknown. The greatest number of :dentifications | made from the Navy flles was in the case of the destructions of the de- stroyers on the California Coast last year, when 40 officers and men were disfigured beyond identification. Their finger prints were taken and even- tually identified by Director Taylor of the Navy Iidentification section. Shertly after the system was in- stalled by the Navy, a man was found on Pennsylvania avenue here in & full dress suit and sllk top hat, and bare- footed. He was walking leisurely along Washington's historic thorough- fare, which was covered with a three- inch layer of snow. After removal to the Naval Hospital, his finger prints were taken and by comparison with to. handle and table has been served by faithful dealers for over fifty years. THE SUNDAY U. S. DETECTIVES CATCH SCORES WITHOUT LEAVING OFFICE HERE WALTER S. KAYE. the records on file was identified as an enlisted man in the service. ‘I'rapped Counterfeiter. In & raid made by the Secret Serv- fce in Providence, R. T, & gang.of counterfeiters, a small of paper the length and width match was found in the room ten-dollar On this last year on lp of a where the tound. of a fingerprint impression reen. fingerprint expert of Treasury Department, and Chief lor of the Navy's Identification reau {dentificd the impression of the finger of one of the men. Later in the terfeiters Green and Taylor testified that on this small slip of paper were found six ridge characteristics which corresponded with those of one of the gang, and this testimony proved an important element in procuring the covviction of the counterfeiter. It is @ matter of history that the re-enlistment of deserters, bounty jumpers and other undesirable char- cters in the service became embar- rassing to the Government during the later years of the Civil War and were guite troublesome even in the World War. Several schemes were tried to do away with the practice in the Civil War, such as marking the man with nitrate of silver fnation. The Bertillon sy was also tried, but it was fo®™ to be too bulky and burdensome for establish- ment as o standard. The present finger-print system was then hit upon as the most accurata’and cer- taln mode of identification The science of finger-print reading involves the study the ourtous frcling network of lines on the ball of the thumb and fing Ixamina- tion of millfons mens shows that the normal formation is the whorl_or scroll. which winds these lines from the outer edge in & gradu- ally reducing ci to their inner termination the core of the net- work. There are four main groups of classifications of prints—arches, loops, whorls and composites. The whorls have 1,024 values or combina- tions, and the loops, arches and com- posites have *h’ their respective values to simplify segregation for filing and to make them the more easily located when identifications ere " sought. This evaluation of prints has thus overcome all difficul- ty of dealing with large collections of finger markings and enables the searched to make prompt identifica- tion of any given finger-print im- pression. counterfeits wel small slip was a part Gal the Tay: Bu- as that used trial of the coun- of spec Visitors Inspect D. C. Schools. A group of teacher: from Freeport, Y., headed by upt. Hartley, in Washington on an ster sightseeing tour, made an inspection yesterday of several public schools. Central High School was one of those visited. These teachers have planned a din- ner tomorrow night and have invited Supt. Frank W. Ballou to address them. Elsie Southgate, considered one of England's leading violinists, possesses 2 $15,000 violln presented to her by the Shah of Persi the rush. UNIVERSITY WOME END 40TH SESSION Association Will Convene Here in 1927—Annual Gathering Given Up. By the Assoclated Press, BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 11.—The American Assoclation of University Women brought its fortieth annual convention to an end here today with a serfes of soclal gatherings and group conferences. The conferences brought together university truétees, presidents, eans, professors, alumfnae associations and educationak chair- men. Dr. William Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University, addressed the delegates on the subject, “What Are College Girls Thinking About? in answering the question on which he spoke, Dr. Bryan sald: Life Essentially Healthy. “I can only answer by faith, for how can grown-ups know? However, I belleve with all my heart in the essentially healthy life of our youth and I belleve that it is they who will make the world safe for humanity.” The group conference of alumnae assoclations was presided over by Mrs. Frank Wilkins, president of the Mount Holyoke Alumnae Associa- tion. This conference elected as its officers for next year Mrs. Charles B Martin of Oberlin College as presi- dent and Miss Harriet Sawyer of ssar as secretary. The conference of deans, professors and presidents elected as its officers Mliss Cora Helen Coolidge of the Pennsylvania College for Women for president and Miss Helen Alvord of Depauw University secretar: Pre-School Child Proble: The problems of the pre-school child were discussed at a meeting of the educational chairmen. Dr. Lois Hayden Meek, educational secretary of the A. A. U. W., presided at this conference. It was decided to in- crease the pamphlet library service offered by the organization. The university women held the first three days' session of thelr conven- tion in Indianapolls and came here this morning for the closing events. The next convention is to be held in Washington in 1927, the present con- vention having decided upon biennial instead of annual sessions. PROSECUTOR HELD AT ROCKVILLE ON CHARGE OF FRAUD tinued from First Page.) Chief of Police Aud and Sheriff Plum- mer brought charges that Littleton 8. Poole, then a prisoner at the court- house had been beaten by orders of “higher-up.” As a result of the rges an officer and a civilian were convicted of assault, but the “higher- up” was not brought into the court action. Garrett and Aud have not been on speaking terms with each other since that time, 1t was stated at the court- house todsy, except when it was nec- essary to discuss officlal busine The same situation is alieged to have existed between Plummer and Gar- tett. Garrett was visibly shaken by the excitement. He talked coolly ahd ealmly to newspapermen butiadmitted that, although entirely unfounded, the excitement had the effect of wor- rying him. He was confident, how- ever, he sald, of his ability to clear himself completely. rrett went into office on Janu- ary 1, 1924 He has been practicing law in Montgomery County about 17 vears, gaining during that time no little recognition as an outstanding crimingl lawyer. He was popular with the younger element during that period and his worth was recognized along political lines by State leaders who gave him the support of the Democratic organization during his campaign for office. Some months ago, however, a split was noticed be- tween Garreft on the one hand and Brooke Lee and and Robert Hilton on the other. Hon—u Member in Play. presentative Willlam P. Connery, jr., of Massachusetts, will take part at the Trinity Auditorium, Thirty- sixth and O streets, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, at 8:15 p.m., in bene- fit performances to be given unpder the auspices of the Holy Name Society of Holy Trinity Parish FURNITURE RENTING FOR Household Parties Receptions Drives Conventions Office Weddings 5,000 F Chairs Always im Stock H. BAUM & SON 464 Pa. Ave. NW. Franklin 5393 R Wanted---50 Men's Clothing Salesmen Qur town-famous sale of Men’'s Hot-Weather Suits is on the way. year in our annex (613 E St. N.W.) where we will have 5,000 square feet of floor space We will therefore need, temporarily, 50 men who have sold men’s clothing. It will be held this Apply C. L. MARLOW, Supt. 624 F Street N.W. e Hecht Co: F. Street at 7th STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 12 Summerless Year : Predicted for 1926; Ocean Cooling Off Navy Hydrographers’ Belief Not Shared in By Veteran W eather Man. Unless scientific Lieut, Comdr. George E. Brandt, aide to the naval hydrographer, this Sum- mer will be a cold one and the Sum- mer of 1926 even a colder one. A study of solar radiation ocean temperatures has him that next vear ' 1816 may be duplicated. Lieut. Comdr. Brandt points that cyclonic disturbances are the unknown quantity In the weather squation, and that while the present outlook 18 for a deided temperature drop, actual conditions at the time may be far different because of fac- tors that are now known. He be- lleves, however, that ocean temperi- tures greatly influence the weather and that the 1925-6-7 weather already has been largely determined by the heat of the sun that was stored up in the ocean during 1922-3-1,° when solar radiation was below normal. slgns fail, and convinced ummerless” out By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 11.—Any effort to forecast weather over a period of a year or two years would be nothing more than wild guessing, said Prof. Henry J. Cox, district weather fore- caster here, today in commenting upon predictions by others that the next two Summers would be cold wnd that 1926 might duplicate “Sum merless” 1816, Maybe the next two Summers will be cold or they may be hot,” he said That the Federal Government does not try to forecast more than a week ahead Is recognition of the impossi- bility of it, Prof. Cox pointed out, and even then the data are called a “outlook” and not a “forecast.” There has been nothing in solar radiation or reports of ocean tem- peratures to ridicate to him that the coming Summer may be cold, with no Summer at all next year, sald the forecaster; the year is starting off well above the normal for the entire country. GROCER ROBBED OF $14. Two Men Flourish Pistol in Hold- Up of 0. S. Wrenn. Stanley Wrenn, chain grocery store at H. streets northe the point of a pisto $14.80 at Georgia av bla road shortly last night by men. Wre o. manager of a Eleventh and held up at and robbed of nue and Colum- before midnight two unidentified white was on his way home to 942 Shepherd street when the hold-up occured. The men fled fn & touring car A sturgeon recently caught off the North Carolina coast measured over nine feet in length and had a mar- ket value of 3306 . TIKHON PROPOSED THREE FOR BOARD Suggested Council Be Form- ed to Head Church After His Death. - By the Associated Pross. MOSCOW, April ‘11.~In_his ng testament, the Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, requested that the Agaphangel of Yaroslav, Cyril of Tamboy, and Peter of Moscow, be named as & council of three to carry on the dutles of the patriarch and the church authorities will observe his wishes “The question of appointing a per- manent successor to Dr. Tikhon will remain open until a speclal conclave of all orthodox churches is called.” the Metropolitan Peter declared to- day. % It is scarcely , possible, bowever, that such a conclave can be convened since neither the Soviet government or the large body of dissentists know as the living church recognize the followers of Dr. Tikhon as & legally constituted church organi tion. Consequently, foreign observers here believe the office of patriarch may disappear for the present. In any case the patriarch functions will be discharged temporarily hy the three ecclestiasties named in Dr. Tikhon's testament Funeral Rites Today. Final preparations day for the funeral of 12 Tikhon, who Will be interred in ro of office In a speclally built viult under the comcrete floor of the oldest chapel of the Donskoy Momas- tery. The first Donskoy monastery was erected by the czar, Theodore, in 1691 A stone sarcophagus and marble altar later will be erected where the faithful may venerate the patriarch’s memory. The civil authorities hav given the church officials a free hand in the making of arrangements for the funeral, allowing them to select the time and place of the burial and to make all other plans. Since Dr. Tikhon's Tuesday requiem m the main chap where the body rests through the day and night, get a final glimpse of the venerable patriareh whom the more devout regard as a martyr to his faith. Even soldiers and officers of the red army with bared heads ar conspicuous in the crowds, which appearance, if not in number, are like the huge gatherings that went to s Lenin lying in state were death early continuous progress in monastery n a plain oaken e Howze to Be Relieved. M 1. Robert L. Howze will be relicved from duty at Fort Bliss, Tex., June 8, and will take 45 days’ leave of absence. On the expiration of that period. he will proceed to Fort Hayes Ohio, and assume command of the 5th Corps area Metropolitans | Alchemy Formula ‘Held Worthless by State Prosecutor New York Official to Ask Sale of Stock in Firm Be Stopped. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALBANY, N. Y. Avril 11-—The attempt of Richard Rodrian, German chemist; to better the efforts alchemists of the middle iproduce gold from | metals by a “magic formula” styled dismal failure” today Attorney General Ottinger. Mr. Ottinger ‘announced he wou act at once to obtain an injunction under theyMartin stock frauds law to halt sfock selling operations of the North Reduction Co., reported already to have issued $15.000 in shares to business men of Glovers- e, N. Y. Among the stockholders ar E. C. Naylor, president of the Fulton County Trust Co.; Dr. Alex Johnson, health officer, d several leather merchants, The attorney general said he recelved a report from Dr. Truman Beans, prof: or of istry at Columbia University, “there {8 no prospect the Rodrian formula. Dr. Beans sald tests made presence produced only 23 ¢ worth of gold per ton SHAKESPEARE DINNER TO BE HELD APRIL 23 English-Speaking Union Is Spon- soring Observance of Great Poet’s Birthday at Rauscher’s. wi had Hal chem- th: of success” in his ents The annual hirth anniversary dinner will be held Ap: |23, by the W English-Speaking Union, at F Among those of a num tinguished guests who have accepted invitations are Gen. and Mrs. B Admiral and Mrs., Wainwright miral and Mrs. Glea Admiral Mrs. Beatty, Admiral Mrs. F Admiral and Mrs. Colvocoresses | miral ana Mrs. Kimball, ¢ Allen, and Commodore Da the absence of Sir Esme Howard Henry Getty Chilton, counselor of the British Embassy, will attend Col. Robert M. Thompson, president |of the local union, will preside and | Mr. Langdon Mitchell of F a Wiil be the principal speal The celebration he |branches of the English- | Tnton throughout the world servance of the birthday of speare as the symbol of herltage of all peoples Shakespeara er of was 1538, when were ordered to place candles of their houses, New in people in Paris in front SCHOOL FRATS ASK AID TO FIGHT BAN Funds Sought for Financing Legal Action Against Education Board. v fu to finance ngs which the hi es plan to institute Board of Education over ban on secret ed to members it was ane J execut! a Frate already the fund, but it has will be ne fon. A large was donated raternity boys. . Be Filed Within Week. Probey indicated today that t cek before fra erni by T Suit May Mr will be suit g Court t n h a barrin, d from 1o secret in the probe the bo Greenwood join in t wer of the cther mem- s of the board,” said Capt. 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