War Department Has 5 Million
Witnesses 'lhat Never Can Lie
Fingerprint Who’s Who Has Yet to Be Csug ht In
Untruth—Mothers’ Love Clashetl With Records
But Lest Sons Were Finally Revealed As Ill- _
posters.
WASHINGTON. D. C.—-—Five mil-
lion sets of smudgy cards repose in
carefully indexed and cla-liled dies
gin due of the hureaus of the United
1- War Department-here.
ey constitute the world‘s great-
.t “Who's Who.’ '
, Each set of cards comprises the
xlllgerprint record of a volunteer or
drafted soldier, past or present. of
the United States Army. The rec-
ords date back to January 1. 1901.
Five million oi them—and never
. a one ever has been caught lying in
an identification dispute!
Day after day they are tested by
the thousands. these gilt: bits of
cardboard. silent witnesses to the
truth or falsity of identification
claims. and always their testimony
are found infallible.
'l‘hc Pail-(ls Of It
Not. nithout its pathos is the op-
eration of the fingerprint bureau.
. Ill testimony clashes time and again
‘with.obdurate mother love.
It happened so senationaily in tho
. else of Arihur Frazier. young Sioux
Indian of North Dakota. who enlist-
ed in a national guard cavalry unit
‘ earw in 1917.
Arthur Frazier was killed in 111--
did»: during the fighting of Company
:, 28th Infantry. First Diiisi'on. in
en" Mouse-Argonne campaign in
.‘P nce. his comrades reported.
'l‘ho‘news came back to the states,
-d Frasier's sot-rowing mother.
rs.'Chnrles Frazier. woreoa gold
:r‘ Then a second message came. 11
”-.id Arthur healer was alive. in an
A. E. F. hospital.
:1. A simplo error wns discovered
th » me. The man in the hospital.
' Var Department ascertained,
. . "l“rezer Arthur." But the pur-
. of Arthur Frazier became dis-
ful of War Department reports
I result. They sliii cherished n.
. their son would come back to
Oh.
The Fingerprint .Eeho
was years afterward that the
rprint echo came. Arthur Lo-
bocamc known in the oil fields
‘ Oklahoma. He wore cast-off por-
ous of an army uniform.
.. A South Dakoto visitor to Okla-
ins. Gregory Lossnrd, thought to
entity Lopes as a lost brother. He
~ led. hut pictures of iiopez. taken
ck to South Dakota. fell into the
do of the parents of Arthur
l or. They recognized him; they
‘Is their son.
Frazicrs journeyed to Okla-
"a to see Lopez with thlir can
The father was doubtful. The.
insisted Arthur F‘raiicr had
(1 at last.
ends of Arthur Frazier sup-
the mother's identification.
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boys, husbands and sweetheart.
Time and again it identifies persons
accused of breaking the law. .
:videaoe accumulated. Afldavlts
piled up.
investigation by the War Depart-
ment lasted for weeks. Newspapirs
took a hand. Fingerprints of Arthur
Lopes and the Arthur Frasier who
had Joined the army were compared.
"He's mine." said the mother.
"No." said the ’War Department.
"The fingerprints are not the same."
Suddenly Arthur Lopes ,wrote a
letter to Mr. and Mrs. Iii-aster. He
had claimed them as‘ parents. he
said. lit-cause he wanted a home.
Arthur lapse. he said. was his right.
name—given him upon his birth to
Mexican parents. .
Lopez asserted later the confess
slou had been ortorted from him.
Hill. the War Department said the
testimony of the fingerprint bureau
had been vindicated again.-
Thc Case of Robert St. Clair
Millions of persons read of the
Arthur Frasier case. There have
been many like it less widely adver-
tisell.
l‘rbnn liergcron enlisted July 28,
1917. at Menasha. Wis.. and was fa-
tplly wounded in. France a year later
in the Mane-Marne campaign.
But in September. 1934. the father
of Urban Bergeron "idehtlfled"as
his son an inmate pf the Atlanta
penitentiary.
The prisoner. Robert st. Clair. en-
couraged the identification. Mrs.
llergeron.\shedding tears of happi-
nfas. insisted there could he no
doubt
A Confession Again
Fingerprint records showed the
parents could not be correct. A
daughter of the Bergerons talked to
St. Clair, and he confessed he was
an impostor .
Subditisions of the War Depart-
ment"‘Who's Who" new number
more than one hundred thounnd
under the Iienrv fingerprint classifi-
cation system.
By fingerprints the'War Depart-
ment identiiled more than 37.000
"1-.-pcutnrs“~army recruits whose
service terminated other than hon-
orable—and thus has enabled the
army to free itself from many unde-
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nimble characters.
The positive identification of more
than 2,800,000 soldiers applying for
bonuses was accomplished at a. frac-
tion of the cost of establishing the
ldt lliity of veterans of the Civil War.
Agents were sent all over the coun-
try to secure affidavits and deposi-
tions when questions as to the iden-
tity of the latter arose.
Thousands of calls from civil life
:11'1- rl'ceivrvl by the fingerprint bu-
Card Party for
Xrnas Tree Fund
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out: on or ASSWPTION
noon 'rrrutn scour. mum
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WESTPORT
Ralph 1 Sacco. Weston" eer-
reaollileat, tel. Sentinel Office
lies-wet ea
The third at a series 0! card par-
ties given under the auspices of the
Children of Diary of the Church of
the Assumpzion will he held this
evening in the basement of the
church. Whist and pinochle will be
played and a large crowd in expect-
ed. Prim will be awarded the win~
hers and at the conclusion of the
games refreshments will he served.
The proceeds from these sociables
will go towards the Christmas tree
fund for the children of the church.
"hiamma's Affair." the Staples 5e-
nior play which will be given in the
Redford junior high auditorium. has
been set for December 8. The play,
by Ruth Barton Butler. won a liar-
yard prise and was produced in
several New York theatres. The
cast 1includea many students who
have» formerly appeared in high
school plays and is as follows: Dor-
othy Wakeman Edward Keohnn.
IAwrence Smith Diane Cummings.
Fred Post. Lillian Odell and Bernita
chler.
Members of the local Woman's
Town improvement Assoolation have
been invited to attend the meeting
of the Fairileld County club. which
is affiliated with the Federation of
Woman's Clubs. The meeting will
be held at the Btratileld hottl
Bridgeport Nolemher )1.
. --For Thanksgiving. is new dining
room suite at Sterling Furniture (‘1.
on casy terms—Adv.
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A.“Peace Pageant." commemo-
rating the signing of the Armlstlr-
eight years ago today. and gilen b)
a large number of children in the
English class of the Junior High
school. will be the feature of the ‘
first Staples Pareni- Teachers“ asso-
ciation meeting held this afternoon
at 8: 15 in the auditorium of the new
Junior high school.
Business to he conducted by the.
smociation at the meeting . ~nsists
of distribution of the money taken
‘ln at thabasaar and the election of
vice-president and chairman of the
music committee. A social hour will
follow the meeting and those who
have not yet' inspected the new
building will be given an oppor.
tunity to‘de so.
A series of exhibitions in first an:
will be given in Westport today by
Commodore W. m. Longfellow, who
is in charge of the first aid division
l'rnll. it is asked to find mining
of the American Red Cross. Com.
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Store open'Dally Till 8 P. If;
BUY. 'A' SEASON 1s SUPPLY — o R CHRISTMAS ems —— IN THIS.
WO-PAIR SALE OF.
T0 CKIN'G‘S
..Wanted Kinds for
Women and Child
at Real Eeonom
Women’s Silk Stockin
.-. e tops. Ail-Silk (tot
.hioned and in all fashionable colors.
$1. 85
GRADES
' omen ’s Silk-and- Wool Stockingsz—Full-fashione
ades' are Sandalwood, Mode‘, Biscuit, Gun Metal,
- ‘, $1.50
GRADES
Women’s Silk-and-Rayon Stockings-Lisle tops and soles. French Nude,
,Blonde, Piping Rock, Champa’fine and Black. .‘11
c BABES
—serviee ight with
e top) Chiffons. Full-
2 Pair-733
2 Pair—$2. 50
2 Pair-531:5? ‘
dBlinolr. medium wei ghb.
our. mm
1 81.65
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ONE PAIR J
_.$135 '
ONE PAIR .
850 I
‘onmn ’s Silk-and-Rayon Stockings. --Rayon tops. Everglade,"AtmOsphe1-e,
£7
GRADES:
Women s All-Wool Underhose (for cold weather wear- under Silk Stockings),
’ .-'-—but not bulky.
$1
1‘ BABES
' . - - ’s Cotton and Wool Stockin
‘ . n.5oc Peach, Nude and Black.
2 Pair—85c
2 Pair—1$1.50 ..
Fancy Cuffs. In Tan, Camel an Gra .
50¢
tRADES
dren’ 11 Wool and Rayon Stockhgsr—7e8tha.11ength: Mixed colors with
2Poir—85c
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7-8ths we
ONE PAIR l
45c
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mom with.
Longfellmv will arrive in the morn-
ing and visit the different schools.
in the evening he will meet the Y.
hi. C. A. members in the gymnasium
for an exhibition and end the day
with an exhibition between shows
at the Fine Arts theatre.
His work is spectacular and also
practical. lio uiii demonstrate
methods of self diIt‘llli.’ that can he
used by n 1111111 1101mm or child in
meeting an attack of n bandit. and
methods used in preu‘ntlng acci-
dents. rating life and rendering first
aid to the injured.
Webb Wubi ‘1.\\'esiport author
of "The lioud in tho \\ orid.’ "We
Explore The. (trial lakes." and
"8hanklln." is in how )ork making
arrangements for an udwnturous
voyage to the W111 Indies. From
there Mr. \\'nidron expects to take a.
tramp ntvulller to llu- Mediterranean.
Mrs. hlurlon \\'uldron_ who is also
a writer of llOlv, will nevmnpnny her
husband on the trip. The Wnldrons
are making the trip partly for pit-a-
sure and pnrtly to li‘t‘lll‘t‘ material
for a series of magazine articles.
The Guru Drumntiv association of
Stamford will present "The llclls."
in'National linil. “'r-stilort. Friday
evening. Deco nhnr ill. The enter-
tainment is being gin-n under the
auspices of Lady l'uimortcn lodge.
Shophcrdu of llvihlvhmn. The play
has madc- :1 big hit in Stamford and
is exported to be attended by a
“From Bucharest
As the new minister from Queen
Marie‘s lloumanin comes (ii-orgi-
(tn-inland to “'ashlnglon‘o sown-d
l'risu‘o lithium. "fro ho is upnn
landing in New York when he deni-
ed illnt he had insinu-tiuns in sl‘i'k
a loan for his government in .\nu~r-
~:lndliurlllm have been erected
a new flag which will be flown from
the pole erected by the school board
on tln- It‘lloill grounds. The sing:-
and
now H almost complete.
.l. r1 1' i‘. lx’uehsn and family ill‘-- on
:1 motor trip through \‘- w
' siul-x
'l'llv \\.-.<lport t‘ountrv l-lul-
lliiltl :1 .lmnlr dance Sntllrlinl
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Mr.- llul‘rv Morris limun hm
t'loswl llcr \\"st|mrt lmlnu 111.1 1 r
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Tobacco Growers
Better Watch Out;
English Grow Weed.
LONDON-Jf a stubborn English-
man named J. iirnndon hns his
pay. Kt‘iilill‘ky, Virginia, Ohio. North
l‘uruiina and Connecticut ulli llfne
to look to their lnnrrls and their ox-
I‘oi‘li‘.
i:rnndnn propolws in pl‘Ollllt‘fl ur-
on British soil a considerable por-
tion of the iUilill‘t‘O the llirtinh urt-
in tin 1r 11min 11nd t'lgnrniu.
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1« 'nmi. in lu' lu‘Illi‘ll by the trium-
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At ll'wlflelds. touards the «11d of
August. the tobacco l1:1r\v.~t 1s
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Always Specify
"SAMBA"
TEA BAGS
'when ordering tea at hotel. restau-
rant or tearoo’m.
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ol-nrco fields.
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intro-fool.
lint “liill he
lrn-n able to do mill-11s i‘illl dIl.
lnrmvrn begin turning lili‘ll‘ lands in-
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Cough Mighty
Dangerous Now'
Lingering. Persistent Colds Ens-
ily. Completely Stopped
with title Bottle of
large crowd. gm \.1~.:1-- ni' ling-lush soil. l-innlish rain and hung in dry in :1 rill-int; silwi.
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The. (‘urcrns ll‘nrma club will hold ‘ iiu ‘l.l-i non, so i.1r us his own i'mkm the ll‘iH't‘S Hill 1111-! pinibiv. L l N - 0 - N l N E .
a. regular movilnu ut the home of herds o'llllliichon1_ wiillmidn mus-Wt. II'l or li-«lllHl-l}: 111,1‘molthnnl in they :m: iinn bnnlnt-d. Hawk“!
George 1‘. .icnuilnrs. Tlnrduy of "tilt 'i‘i'Til‘it' linlu'e at the liui . lion's |’--'llw'1lr1-i: lltnlwrnm‘. H1- hns pro. and ll-ll lo l. 1'111- 111, l‘innlll ‘lll " . t u s ‘
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